The American film Night of the Living Dead was credited as inspiration for this, the first game in the series.Īlthough Japanese games with English text/dialogue are not uncommon, Resident Evil was originally intended to have Japanese dialogue for its domestic release.Resident Evil was originally inspired by the Japanese game Sweet Home for Famicom (NES).Part of the Resident Evil exclusive GameCube deal which includes ports of other instalments as well as Resident Evil Zero. The reason for this is possibly because the company was uncertain how well the game would be received, so this game could stand on its own story-wise if it failed economically.Ĭompletely redone for the Nintendo GameCube: includes better graphics, CG FMVs (rather than live-action), different item placement and other goodies. The thin African-American 'comic-relief' character was eventually recycled into Jim from Resident Evil: Outbreak.Īlong with the remake, this is the only Resident Evil to feature a "best-case-scenario" ending which does not elude to a possible sequel or spin-off and suggests that "everything is finally over".
The Edward Dewey in Biohazard 0 is a tall Caucasian and is a departure from the character's initial concept. He and another character named Gelzer (a giant man with cybernetic implants) were planned to appear in the game, but were discarded from the final version. The Japanese version had a color intro but in the Western release the intro was Black & White and was censored.īravo Team's pilot, Dewey, was originally conceived as a thin African-American member of STARS who would've also served as the game's comic relief.Thankfully the PC version (excluding the UK version) restores all the missing stuff and plays like the original Japanese release. When originally released in the US and Europe (for the PlayStation), the game had several cuts in its cutscenes, and some death sequences.This port was a fairly direct adaptation of the original with characters moving about in 3D on prerendered backdrops. Significant work on a port to Game Boy Color was completed before Capcom pulled the plug citing quality concerns. Trivia 1001 Video Games Resident Evil appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
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