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Tipster BlindsideDork recently shared some interesting videos with us -- none of them could be considered anything approaching official, but since when did a video have to be legitimate to entertain?

The above video is supposedly taken from the aborted Game Boy Color port of the original Resident Evil. At the time of its cancellation, Capcom cited the port's poor quality as the reason for its abandonment. If this video is legitimate, it's not hard to see where they were coming from. 

But that's not all Blindside gave us -- not by a long shot. After the jump, you'll see Chris Redfield's GBC experience, an RE-themed Beats of Rage mod, and a Game Boy Advance tech demo showing the system's ability to run Resident Evil 2.

Next up, the Chris Redfield GBC demo. Evidently, a day in the life of Chris Redfield involves a lot more walking through doors than does Jill's.

Next, the Beats of Rage mod Crisis Evil, which can be downloaded here, but you can evidently only play it with a Dreamcast. If you don't have one, sorry -- just enjoy Paint it Black.

 
Finally: a Game Boy Advance tech demo, showing off the GBA's ability to run PSX-era games like Resident Evil 2. This isn't footage from an abandoned port, but rather the result of some independent coding whiz-kids who wanted to show what the Blueroses Engine could do. You may remember that the Blueroses Engine also recreated the entire first area in Metal Gear Solid.
 

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Ambulance-Y's Avatar
Ambulance-Y at 05/02/2007 12:39
dont forget re0 for n64
or re1.5 which was abandoned to make basically the same game new characters
or the 3 versions of 4 that never were

i would have prefered a dark spooky game for 4, re4 just didn't feed to REish...
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 05/02/2007 12:43
BlindsideDork REEEALLY wanted that new article.

I'd play it!
Mabec's Avatar
Mabec at 05/02/2007 12:48
There is a RE game for GBC, this looks better.
-D-'s Avatar
-D- at 05/02/2007 12:49
I remember hearing about this coming out and looking forward to it. I still am because in my head it's fucking King's Quest.
Tempus's Avatar
Tempus at 05/02/2007 12:49
Awesome article. Nice to see some RE Homebrew :D
Rockvillian's Avatar
Rockvillian at 05/02/2007 13:03
nice.

wonder why the zombies kneel in the GBC version?
ZeroTolo's Avatar
ZeroTolo at 05/02/2007 13:08
@Rockvillian

All I could think of was, "You gonna get raped..."
Tino's Avatar
Tino at 05/02/2007 13:10
I'm totally hooking up my dreamcast. Right now.
imbeta's Avatar
imbeta at 05/02/2007 13:13
OMFG!!!!

That is SO AWESOME!!! It's like an unintentional YTMND uberness... GAMEBOY FTW!!!!!

I'll watch the other ones now... sweeeeeeet Wednesday present!
imbeta's Avatar
imbeta at 05/02/2007 13:20
YES!!!

I was unaware of the DCEVOLUTION site!!! I am SO GLAD I still have my trusted Dreamcast... I'm bringing it home next visit to the folks. Wooot!!! (Which will be... this weekend... NICE!!!)
brad drac's Avatar
brad drac at 05/02/2007 13:20
I remember really looking forward to that gbc resi game back in the day. The videos do look legit, based on screens of it I remember seeing. Looks like it probably would have played pretty terribly anyway.

That GBA thing is mighty impressive though.
CypherVR's Avatar
CypherVR at 05/02/2007 13:27
old news is oollllddd
joepekula's Avatar
joepekula at 05/02/2007 13:29
The first video is so frustrating to watch
Michmaster's Avatar
Michmaster at 05/02/2007 13:37
indeed... the sound is annoying
topgeargorilla's Avatar
topgeargorilla at 05/02/2007 13:38
it's shocking how the scene with the zombie's head turning around (something that gave me nightmares for 3 years when i was a kid) loses all of it's charm in a shit hole game system
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Jordan Grim Devore at 05/02/2007 14:06
I like imbeta's avatar. I'll probably burn a disc with that DC game this weekend too.
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OutrageousToob at 05/02/2007 14:12
Heh! Back in 1998 when I was 15 or so, I was looking forward to the GBC iteration. I didn't own a PSX and the Saturn version was soooo rare it was near impossible to find.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 05/02/2007 14:35
Kinda impressive use of a GBC, but it's cancellation was for the best. It can't even hold up to the PS1 version, much less the superb Gamecube remake.
imbeta's Avatar
imbeta at 05/02/2007 14:41
thanks GRIM... found it on YTMND - it's pretty sweet.
brad drac's Avatar
brad drac at 05/02/2007 14:55


I love that picture(sorry about the size).
Grimspoon's Avatar
Grimspoon at 05/02/2007 15:55
Really enjoyed those vids. Especially the GBA RE demonstration. Hot shit.
Jordan Grim Devore's Avatar
Jordan Grim Devore at 05/02/2007 16:00
Haha when I first saw that poster I nearly shit myself.
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ArrestedDeveloper at 05/02/2007 16:12
The gameboy Re looks like a Kings Quest game.
DrRockso's Avatar
DrRockso at 05/02/2007 16:22
In the GB video, its kinda looks like Barry has... ah, an unfortunate case of 'boner + zipper malfunction'.
momiji58's Avatar
momiji58 at 05/02/2007 16:32
@Arrested Developer:

Yeah, or one of those old Indiana Jones/Monkey Island adventure games...
Todd Umbarger's Avatar
Todd Umbarger at 05/02/2007 16:46
When a soul is condemned to hell, its hands will be fastened to a Game Boy Color and forced to play Resident Evil until the end of all existence.
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broham at 05/02/2007 17:21
I love when she shoots the zombie, he just falls to his knees and his head shrinks to "Beetlejuice" size. Good stuff.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 05/02/2007 17:28
That GBC version of RE made my soul die a little inside.
TurboHyperFighting's Avatar
TurboHyperFighting at 05/02/2007 22:09
Wow. Old news is FREAKING FANTASTIC NEWS if you hadn't heard it before!! I too will be dusting off my old trusty DC as well!!

BEAT EM' UP, BEAT 'EM UP, sis boom bah!!!
Resident Evil Crisis tra-la-la!
Thus ends my halfa-haiku....
brad drac's Avatar
brad drac at 05/02/2007 22:14
-> Turbo: I feel it's only right to inform you, your haiku structure is way off. They're meant to have 5 syllables on the first line, 7 on the second, and 5 on the third. Eg.:
From house a stick man
Evolved through quite odd means
Kung-fu fights a truck

-> momiji: Not quite. Lucasarts classics had character, style and top quality animation. GBC resi just looks ugly.
Andrex's Avatar
Andrex at 05/02/2007 23:43
hmm i though the Resident Evil for GBC never got released... and i was amused by he GBA tech...it still looked ugly tthough lol
TurboHyperFighting's Avatar
TurboHyperFighting at 05/03/2007 01:21
Brad--->

I knew it wasn't a fully developed haiku, hence my personal nomenclatural coining of the term "halfa-haiku". And it probably isn't even a correct half...

//going to sleep.
ZeroTolo's Avatar
ZeroTolo at 05/03/2007 01:57
What is this "sleep" you speak of? Destructoid does not sleep. He doesn't even wait. He's too busy ruining other people's shit to do anything but.
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar
s0lesurviv0r at 05/03/2007 02:03
I wasn't able to look at the first video, but the second one looked like a crappy copy of Maniac Mansion. Why did they put so much effort into that when they could have been publishing Shantae 2?!? Blast me and my hope for lesser known handheld games. I bet you could modify Terry Bogard's Garou sprite for a Crisis Evil 4. The GBA demo was interesting.
Tino's Avatar
Tino at 05/03/2007 02:52
Man. I've been playing beats of rage games all day. ALL DAY. LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO MY DAY.

But, seriously, you brightened it ten thousand percent. I left my cunt of an ex girlfriend and was feeling shitty. I saw this, broke out the dreamcast and hooked it up. Space Channel 5 part 2 was in there so I played that. Within seconds I was smiling.

Then I played beats of rage mods ALL DAY.
When you beat Crisis Evil you can play a special Dino Crisis mode.

But Destructoid. Thanks. You've made my day and everything. I owe you guys.
RE Fan's Avatar
RE Fan at 08/01/2007 11:35
Resident Evil 1.5 looked cool. I would of rather of had this one than the resident evil 2 that came out. ( i still like resident evil 2, don't get me wrong. )
RE Fan's Avatar
RE Fan at 10/20/2007 09:35
the dark version of Resident Evil 4 was awesome.
It seems that sometimes Capcom doesn't want to release any good versions........
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