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.
Contest:
12:37 PM on 05.02.2007
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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...
I'd play it!
wonder why the zombies kneel in the GBC version?
All I could think of was, "You gonna get raped..."
That is SO AWESOME!!! It's like an unintentional YTMND uberness... GAMEBOY FTW!!!!!
I'll watch the other ones now... sweeeeeeet Wednesday present!
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!!!)
That GBA thing is mighty impressive though.
I love that picture(sorry about the size).
Yeah, or one of those old Indiana Jones/Monkey Island adventure games...
BEAT EM' UP, BEAT 'EM UP, sis boom bah!!!
Resident Evil Crisis tra-la-la!
Thus ends my halfa-haiku....
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.
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.
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.
It seems that sometimes Capcom doesn't want to release any good versions........