Back in 1997, that version of RE2 was sold in Brazil as "official" RE2 by bootleg vendors. Hype for the game was high, so they tried to push that version to costumers. My father had one, and was my first experience with the game. However, it was a similar, but different build, as Ada's model was not finished yet, and she used Leon's model as a placeholder. So, Leon interacted with Leon with Ada's voice. Just a curious note: the same bootleg stores tried to push Silent Hill and Galerians as "Resident Evil 3" in 1999.
Man I'm so thankful that Russian pirates (well, there was nothing official, so) back in the day actually tried. Translated manuals, text, sometimes voice acted, sometimes made cover art for boxes and discs. Though they had a habit of removing cutscenes to save space. And that's how I experienced RE2, with only like 2 cutscenes.
Gee, why would a nation that had (and AFAIK still has) a ludicrously high import tax covering things such as gaming see a lot of bootleggers and pirates pushing leaked builds and outright fakes? It's so mysterious....
14:33 That inventory box under the staircase-bridge is still there in the actual game. I have used it many times, specially after fighting off Mr X. It does not have a typewriter, however.
The machine gun for Leon is not an MP5, it's the H&K MC51 which was intended for him in 1.5 version, where it was usable by him. Not sure if it was intended as a special weapon in the final version or a regular weapon or not, that and the calico carbine were unfinished by seemed to be far along graphics wise, but they decided not to use them for whatever reason. (We get the gatling gun in the final version, instead.)
On the final version of the game you can blow their arms off. In fact you were able blow/ slash their arms off in the original resident evil. Edit: also the flamethrower and spark shot ammo is in the final games files but you don’t have access to them unless you mod your game. They actually tend to pop up a lot if you’re playing a randomizer.
@@anthonygarza1900 Early versions of PC and PS1 Re1 had these fully functional in RE 1, but not placed anywhere in the game world. You can edit them into your inventory, use them and load your weapons with them. I had it done with a hacked savegame on PC. Dumdum rounds are alternate rounds for the Colt Python. They do more damage against some enemies and less against others. The sprite for the menu is slightly different and both secret ammos have a 3D model and descriptions. As I said. they are fully functional, but unused in the game. Flamethrower in original RE 1 was cool. In Remake Flamethrower was never programmed to work on zombies and chimera, only hunters and spiders even if you spawn it with a trainer. In RE 1 it was a fully featured weapon, but sadly capcom never allowed Chris to officially take it out of the mines. But if you spawn it with trainers it's cool.
A full documentary (hours long) could be made about this iconic game as it has so much history! Reading the comments here I had no idea so many bootlegs of the betas and prototypes were being sold and people actually played it months before the official release. Great vid Kai and would love to see more RE2 content!
I actually got this version of the game on a trip to Hong Kong in 1998. It was after RE2 had come out, my friend (who lived there) had bought it in late 1997, let me keep it. It came with 2 discs, but were both the Leon discs, my guess was they knew RE2 was meant to be a 2 disc game by this point, so just put 2 in there. On the front of the case, the game is titled as "Bio Hazaed 2". I was never able to get past that cut scene with Annette's more brutal death, it would always crash. The B scenario would crash at the same place as was shown here. One little difference that wasn't covered is the memory card save image is not the animated eye, but a static blue silhouette of Leon. I also don't recall ever being able to Magic Zombie Door my way into the double finger print room. I just put the Disc in my PC, the build date for this version is 31/10/1997. I recall reading in game magazine at the time that it was leaked by someone who was making a guide for the game. I don't if there is any truth to this, however. I only ever saw this in one magazine and never saw any follow up stories. Thanks for the Video, brought back some great memories of this unfinished version of RE2 I was lucky enough to get my hand on back in the day!
15:16 The stuffed bear! Finally! I remember seeing it in a screenshot on a gaming magazine eons ago (I think it was the December 1999 issue of Game Informer) - it was from the scene where Irons holds hist chest in front of Claire. Back then I thought it might've been from one of the later ports (like the N64 version), but I then discovered no subsequent versions had altered backgrounds. I reckon it was a stock image from a slightly more advanced beta.
I think the original was just as gory, cause I remember shooting Marvin's arm off after he turned, and on rare occasions, you can shoot a zombie in half with the shotgun, and their torso will still continue to chase you.
That is still in the release version of the game. I just completed LeonA today actually, and the body’s will still crawl after you if they’re decapitated
@2:44 You know the area after the bus is interesting. Both versions are good. In the finished game, it looks gives off the feeling of how much time has passed. There's a fire truck and police car on that street. Riot shields litter the ground. While in the unused version it more looks like the beginnings of the outbreak. A SWAT van blocks the street. Two cars parked have been breaken into. Police cars block the street as well.
i remember playing this in Iraq back in 1997, it was supposed to be the real deal and it was sold as one, no one knew Japanese at the time and through trial and error we did all of what you just did in the video and we had such a blast doing it, man i didn't sleep for weeks due to the death scenes at the time since i was 10, seeing this video really has awakened a deep warm memory inside of my heart and mind, thank you.
I feel home and safe in your channel. You bring me back to my best years of my life, my childhood growing up playing resident evil games, especially 2 and 3, with my siblings, so thanks. Sending love from Morocco.
I just recently found your channel and have been binging it. I have never even played a RE game myself, but grew up watching my childhood best friend play them when we were like 8-9 (well, her dad took over a lot lol). He used to make jokes that Nemesis was just chasing us for a hug, or to get help finding an orthodontist to change his braces colors. Watching this stuff gives me so much nostalgia and good memories of being terrified of simply the title screen of RE2. Love seeing someone's incredible passion for a subject like this. Also wtf that jumpscare got me even though you said it was about to happen 😂
on Kendos gunshop channel, he speculates the MP5 used in the game beta was the original intended model for the submachine gun and theorizes that the reason the Mac10 is so freakishly huge (its normally a very small gun even with an extended magazine and suppressor) is because its model was scaled up to fit the characters animation rigging of the MP5
This game will never get old, seems like new things are discovered about it all the time. I remember being both terrified and excited to watch my uncle play it in the late 90s/early 00s. Left a very big impression on me as a child. The first four games are all incredible in their own right, but number two will always be the one for me. It's fantastic.
RE1 is a brutal game with dialogue written by someone who doesn't understand English & spoken by armature actors & just random people leading to a campy charm to the lines. RE2 is a fair balanced game with depth & great use of the two players, having your choices affect the next character in obvious & subtle ways making it an improvement to 1 & a perfect game with so much interesting extra's to sink time into that help you master the game with Hunks making you learn when to fight & when to run & Tofu mastering evasion tactics to enjoy the game. The battle thingy is a fun distraction. RE3 is linear but with the quick time event decisions & randomised enemies it can feel completely different on a playthrough even if you've finished it a hundred times. Nemesis is a terrifying threat even for veteran players & the difficulties are fun Hard if you want to actually experience survival horror & easy if you want to have a power fantasy. With a perfect grouping of extra's mercenaries being brutal but rewarding with each character being a different difficulty from Carlos (easy) to Nicolai (brutally hard). With hours to sink into replaying the same game just to experience another version of events. RE Code Veronica is fun but flawed its perfect with puzzles & tension & all from the start to the near mid point. With a knife that kicks ass & perfect weapons balance but a lack of health in the early game. But the plane fight can break a playthrough if you forgot to keep the BOW rounds & grenade rounds but if you have BOW rounds its a cake walk & then you get to the Antarctic base. The base is alright but the save room being around the bloody poison moths is a pain & its a bit confusing but once you finish it you play chris. Chris is alright the Rock fort stuff is short & not that hard but the Antarctic base stuff is alright not taking long to solve the problems & you may feel some past mistakes like claire being poisoned by the boss fight but after you play as claire through the worst part of the whole game. The Insta-kill puzzle & the Steve run away & heal pain of a fight (main problem is there is no save here (possibly trying to prevent a soft lock due to a person not giving Chris good weapons & over writing a save but ends up then becoming a soft lock by this) & no auto save before the Steve fight. After this you fight the easiest boss in the game trusting you have the magnum or the Uzies if not its a pain but assuming you got them & have them in a safe place you can go back a save problem is then you'll repeat the pain of a Steve boss. Also on the magnum if you left the fire extinguisher in the security box its gone now forever & it'll never be able to be used again so either restart or you've lost it forever. certain minor mistakes you can make by doing things too soon like getting the lock picks before exploring the full palace & house locks you out of some loot & means the bats will attack you but it never tells you outside of the little demo screen when idle on the load screen. Then you have the final strech of the game which is alright & with a kinda annoying final boss due to her attacks all being at once but if you go to the sweet spot & use some powerful guns you'll be fine. Just remember to ensure Claire when running from Steve doesn't take any good guns like the grenade launcher or something. I like Code veronica but its a mess of a game to play. Its soft locks feel cheap & I wish one day we get a remake of it like RE1 remake as I don't think it'd fit an RE2 or RE3 remake & just balance the game like saying on the BOW rounds something about being great for large BOWs like a tyrant & make the worm seem like its unhittable to avoid people wasting it on the worm. Then improve the scopes of weapons. make the graphics better as its aged the worst due to having no um pre-rendered backgrounds. Make zombies in infinite areas obvious. Have better save & checkpoints for the Steve fight & remove the insta kill puzzle from there make the rock more control able like a wind up crack that stops it from falling for a time you know using visual story telling. Have Steve be more likable & a better final boss. Also let us fight wesker I want to get my ass kicked by him it'd be fun. Finally we have the fps game mode which is alright. RE0 for the N64 is a lost product & the original plan for it may never come to light. RE1 remake is a improvement adding what they couldn't making the tone what they wanted & telling the story better with it being the best way to play the game unlike all other remakes. RE0 for the game cube is a flawed game with the interesting concept but lacks item boxes has a cap on items on the ground & has the hock shot. Its story is odd & kinda ruins Rebecca in a way but anyway its flawed but a passable entry but the original is different enough that I hope one day we find it & make it playable. Finally I'll note the remakes RE2 remake is a good companion does the story worse & characters for the most part worse (Marvin & police survivors are better) but it has better gameplay in its own way showing what MR X was meant to be with its flaws you can play it to experience an alright story retelling of RE2 but an amazing gameplay reimaging of RE2. RE3 remake is a good game but not RE3 Nemesis remake. Nemesis is done wrong, Jill ain't Jill & most characters are off & the story is off. It does some things good but it lacks build up to Nemesis & the tension of him being always somewhere in the original. RE3 remake does the Merc better but alas is a flawed game It'd have been better a stand alone game set in Racoon city with a new character helping the mercs.
u just obsessed as myself with all these prototypes and beta modded , i enjoyed my time exploring each version but looking at your content(nothing new to me) bring me up to play again everything !!! ure rock!! =)
I wonder if the alt costume for Leon was what they used as inspiration for Billy in RE0, they look similar in terms of clothing and tattoos, also their arms did get blown off, just likely more common in this build vs the final version, which was a rarity but did occur, most of the time with the fully upgraded Matilda.
It's so amazing to get to see these old classic games in their work-in-progress form. There is something so magical seeing the background art half baked, with unfinished models and layouts. So cool!
9:37 not gonna lie, I kinda liked this one better than the original (minus Leon yelling A-DUHHH!) The pipes falling at different times instead of simultaneously felt more real to me.
16:43 These were likely used as a consumable version of the lighter for Claire considering how she has the lockpick and Leon has the lighter and has to use small keys as a placeholder *for* the lockpick. That's my best guess.
I wonder why a lot of japanese games back in the day had 99% of the text written in Japanese and in some places had text in english (as is the case here for the pause menu)
Awesome as usual. Btw, the "Mp5" is a modified Heckler and Koch G3/HK91, chambered in 7.62x51, modified for and used/tested by the SAS and given the name HK51 going by H&K naming standards, though never made by H&K themselves.
@@WarDogMadness the 53 in 5.56 came after they realized a 7,62 with that short of a barrel was not a good idea. Check forgotten weapons video where he goes through the story.
Happy New Year Kai. Amazing video to start off the new year. I like how for the one gun at the end, you did research on it. I didn't even know that gun existed until I saw it in the first episode of Walker Texas Ranger. Speaking of Ada dying, does anyone know if the game ends if Ada dies to the zombies or spiders?
Thanks for the video, just a info: In the area after the bus just before entering the police station, with the teleport menu there are other versions of it including the one in the demo version that you skip the bus completelly as there's no kendo van blocking the alley Back in 2000 I've bought this version in street shops called "camelôs" here in Brazil, were very cheap back in the days considering all imports back that time were very expensive and our parents mostly coudn't afford to pay, I guess those guys mistake this version with the final and sold this, I've had fun with it, took a while to realize it wasn't finished and then finally buy the final version.
13:08 - i loved this part of the video, just blatantly standing next to her until the acid spray comes and then just casually stepping back so it only hits her and not you, lol, human shield ava!
I remember and have this version! Back when I frequented the Bioflames forums (RIP), this was referred to as Beta 2 at the time. Most of what we're seeing is as close as it can be to the retail release with the differences that you're showing, but there was always the thought that a "Beta 1" existed. If I can remember correctly, people connected that version of the game to much earlier screenshots from magazines that were also shared on the forums. Obviously those were after 1.5 was officially canned.
8:33 "I also kept hearing an ivy in the room and couldn't find it, and eventually realized it was out of bounds, just vibing." Someone needs to use that animation for a meme about vibing, because... yeah. That tentacle dude was definitively vibing. Also, you showed a few times how Ada can die and the game doesn't end, but did you continue on to see what happens after? Like, does the game just keep reviving her for cut scenes and escort sections? I just wanted to add, I've loved everything you uploaded so far but I think this is my favorite yet, just for the sheer volume of completely brand new knowledge I was introduced to. The presentation didn't hurt.
Leon standing up and shouting Ada fucking killed me! 😅 but for real though, why does this version sound better than the final one?? I love that the backgrounds are actually 3D assets rendered into an image. Fore MANY years I thought that they were all hand painted digitally. So cool to see that. Thank you for the video!! And yes I'm one of the ones who've played the game a LOT as well xD I don't know about being able to shoot their arms off with the pistol but I know you can yank them off when they grab you. Might be able to shoot them off. Also no, the small key isn't there in the final build.
Awesome video sir! I just found this channel so I am am definitely subscribing! I absolutely love RE2. It was the first entry in the series that I ever played. My friend got it when it came out and I played it and it scared the crap outta me! haha! It was so cutting edge for it's time. I also completely agree with you about it being one of the best games ever made. The only one that comes close for me is the remake of the first entry for the gamecube. I am finally trying RE4 for the first time. It is so vastly different but perhaps that is for the best. Have a wonderful day!
This is prime RE content right here, thanks Kai! This was awesome! And yes, this is one of the best video games ever made in the history of forever!!!!!
This is really cool Edit: ok the alligator just walking off was hilarious. And the Ada dying thing was weird. Second: ok that Aaaaaaaddaaaa followed by the music….wow
What a wonderful video! And so nostalgic to see a lot of these rooms again. I straight up almost have this game memorized. So this was quite interesting to see. And spot on for pointing out every little detail and every little change in the game ALTHOUGH THE ONE PROBLEM IS........... A calico is available in nine millimeter but does not hold nearly as much bullets as the one in the Resident Evil games period so I'm pretty sure they're referring to the Calico that is in 22. Or at least the one in 22 hornet. the one in nine millimeter holds about 30 bullets and they keep implying in the resident evil games that the Calico they have holds quite a bit more than that Also the other minor thing is that yes I know for an absolute 100% fact in the original Resident Evil 2 you can blow off zombies arms with a 9 mm or the arrows in Resident Evil 2 Do keep in mind these are extremely minor and it didn't change the quality of the video at all. The simple fact that you got these few tiny miniscule details a little off isn't really that bad. Love the video
Great video! - I wonder if this one is before or after the early demo version in which unused music can be heard and Leon has a different item screen picture.
I think they should have kept the hole in the wall in the press room for when the player returns to the Police station in the A scenario. Foreshadowing a little bit and new players would be wondering what the hell happened
In the final version there were blond Zombies, I just don't think there were any in hallway leading to the Green Room and evidence lockers. And there weren't that many blond Zombies at least confined to one area. The final build they put the female zombie and a variety of other zombos in throughout the game. I'm suspecting that in this "build" version the blond Zombies are nothing more than a place holder for testing reasons, probably to test the A.I. pathing and for Hitbox testing when fired upon. Also, you can shoot the Zombies arms off in the final build, but it's a lot rarer and I don't think that the Handgun even when upgraded to the Matilda is able to lob off limbs, it was pretty much a shotgun and higher caliber round exclusive thing.
Im fairly sure it's exclusive to the shotgun, just like you can cut them in half with it. And aiming upwards on zombies with the upgrades shotgun blows off their head and an arm at the shoulder.
Love the OG Resident Evil games and didn't know about this version of the game. Also, you can tell that some items from this beta were later used in Resident Evil 3 like the chemicals/gun powder and the firestarter/lighter.
Also, the partial MP5 model you found is actually the HK.51, an assault rifle derived from the G.3 (so, think an MP5, but bigger). We see it used in gameplay footage of Re1.5 which suggests to me its presence here is legacy from that original build; the reason we only get a partial inventory image is likely the fact it was originally meant to take up two slots but that functionality was changed. My theory is that it would eventually go on to become the MAC 11 SMG in the final game, which is well-known for being comically large (compare how big it is in the original game to how big it is in the REmake from 2019, where it's depicted its correct size). Analyzing the way the weapon is held and its non-inventory reload animation suggests to me the MAC 11 in the final game was just slapped on whatever legacy code and animations existed for the HK.51, although Capcom made the change isn't clear. Also, a rimfire version of the Callico, the M100, would go on to appear in Code Veronica and is featured as a duel-wield weapon, as well as in several key arts of Claire. As far as the fire-starter goes, my theory would be this was a substitute for Leon's lighter key item for Claire, since there are still two instances in the final game Claire needs to burn something (the paining in the RPD building that gives you a jewel, and then Ivy vines later on inside the NEST). It sort of makes sense, given that the equivalent item to Claire's key item, the lock pick, are the disposable small keys Leon finds; if the fire starters were a similar, single use scavengable item they could be placed in the same spots during each character's respective A and B scenarios. It may be that Capcom just decided to go with how this was handled in the original game, though, and carry over Chris's small keys for Leon and just give Claire a lighter the same way Jill could find one.
I once had I think GameShark for N64 and was playing around with weapon values in Wingback : Covert Operations. I found the M16 the ain boss had and it was functional among other things. Found secret areas aswell. You can find cool things when you really look. Good video👍
Back in 1997, that version of RE2 was sold in Brazil as "official" RE2 by bootleg vendors. Hype for the game was high, so they tried to push that version to costumers. My father had one, and was my first experience with the game. However, it was a similar, but different build, as Ada's model was not finished yet, and she used Leon's model as a placeholder. So, Leon interacted with Leon with Ada's voice.
Just a curious note: the same bootleg stores tried to push Silent Hill and Galerians as "Resident Evil 3" in 1999.
Man I'm so thankful that Russian pirates (well, there was nothing official, so) back in the day actually tried. Translated manuals, text, sometimes voice acted, sometimes made cover art for boxes and discs. Though they had a habit of removing cutscenes to save space. And that's how I experienced RE2, with only like 2 cutscenes.
Gee, why would a nation that had (and AFAIK still has) a ludicrously high import tax covering things such as gaming see a lot of bootleggers and pirates pushing leaked builds and outright fakes? It's so mysterious....
Que daora mano essa história kkk Br é Br
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@@didijaku Siiiim, hauahauahaua!
Him aiming at Marvin was a good addition. They should've kept that.
14:33 That inventory box under the staircase-bridge is still there in the actual game. I have used it many times, specially after fighting off Mr X. It does not have a typewriter, however.
The machine gun for Leon is not an MP5, it's the H&K MC51 which was intended for him in 1.5 version, where it was usable by him. Not sure if it was intended as a special weapon in the final version or a regular weapon or not, that and the calico carbine were unfinished by seemed to be far along graphics wise, but they decided not to use them for whatever reason. (We get the gatling gun in the final version, instead.)
Leon shouting Ada!! was so random it was kinda hilarious 😂. But I didn't know this edit version. Overall awesome video 👍🎮
On the final version of the game you can blow their arms off. In fact you were able blow/ slash their arms off in the original resident evil.
Edit: also the flamethrower and spark shot ammo is in the final games files but you don’t have access to them unless you mod your game. They actually tend to pop up a lot if you’re playing a randomizer.
RE 1 also had refillable flamethrower ammo and dumdum rounds :)
@@DaRush-The_Soviet_Gamer was the ammo for the flamethrower in the files or is it accessible in the final game? Also what are dumdum rounds?
@@anthonygarza1900 Early versions of PC and PS1 Re1 had these fully functional in RE 1, but not placed anywhere in the game world. You can edit them into your inventory, use them and load your weapons with them. I had it done with a hacked savegame on PC. Dumdum rounds are alternate rounds for the Colt Python. They do more damage against some enemies and less against others. The sprite for the menu is slightly different and both secret ammos have a 3D model and descriptions. As I said. they are fully functional, but unused in the game.
Flamethrower in original RE 1 was cool. In Remake Flamethrower was never programmed to work on zombies and chimera, only hunters and spiders even if you spawn it with a trainer. In RE 1 it was a fully featured weapon, but sadly capcom never allowed Chris to officially take it out of the mines. But if you spawn it with trainers it's cool.
Yeah, I used to try shooting an arm off, then shoot in half with shotgun, then hit with the flamethrower so both halves are burning
im surprised he didn't know about the arms in the final version. when he said that my eyebrow arched. Im now sus of inkribbon
I'm so glad you got to put another aspect of a game so close to your heart, out there for the world to see.
A full documentary (hours long) could be made about this iconic game as it has so much history! Reading the comments here I had no idea so many bootlegs of the betas and prototypes were being sold and people actually played it months before the official release. Great vid Kai and would love to see more RE2 content!
I actually got this version of the game on a trip to Hong Kong in 1998. It was after RE2 had come out, my friend (who lived there) had bought it in late 1997, let me keep it. It came with 2 discs, but were both the Leon discs, my guess was they knew RE2 was meant to be a 2 disc game by this point, so just put 2 in there. On the front of the case, the game is titled as "Bio Hazaed 2".
I was never able to get past that cut scene with Annette's more brutal death, it would always crash. The B scenario would crash at the same place as was shown here. One little difference that wasn't covered is the memory card save image is not the animated eye, but a static blue silhouette of Leon. I also don't recall ever being able to Magic Zombie Door my way into the double finger print room.
I just put the Disc in my PC, the build date for this version is 31/10/1997. I recall reading in game magazine at the time that it was leaked by someone who was making a guide for the game. I don't if there is any truth to this, however. I only ever saw this in one magazine and never saw any follow up stories.
Thanks for the Video, brought back some great memories of this unfinished version of RE2 I was lucky enough to get my hand on back in the day!
Cool story banks for sharing!
15:16 The stuffed bear! Finally! I remember seeing it in a screenshot on a gaming magazine eons ago (I think it was the December 1999 issue of Game Informer) - it was from the scene where Irons holds hist chest in front of Claire. Back then I thought it might've been from one of the later ports (like the N64 version), but I then discovered no subsequent versions had altered backgrounds. I reckon it was a stock image from a slightly more advanced beta.
Maaaan I wish the Calico handgun made it into the game. Looks so cool and just has a 90's vibe to it lol
I think the original was just as gory, cause I remember shooting Marvin's arm off after he turned, and on rare occasions, you can shoot a zombie in half with the shotgun, and their torso will still continue to chase you.
That is still in the release version of the game.
I just completed LeonA today actually, and the body’s will still crawl after you if they’re decapitated
@2:44
You know the area after the bus is interesting. Both versions are good. In the finished game, it looks gives off the feeling of how much time has passed. There's a fire truck and police car on that street. Riot shields litter the ground.
While in the unused version it more looks like the beginnings of the outbreak. A SWAT van blocks the street. Two cars parked have been breaken into. Police cars block the street as well.
Ada's death theme in Scenario 1 of this build reminds of the 90s action death scenes where the hero loses either the girl or his best friend
This is one of the coolest videos you've done.
Blown away with how much stuff there was thatI had no idea about
i remember playing this in Iraq back in 1997, it was supposed to be the real deal and it was sold as one, no one knew Japanese at the time and through trial and error we did all of what you just did in the video and we had such a blast doing it, man i didn't sleep for weeks due to the death scenes at the time since i was 10, seeing this video really has awakened a deep warm memory inside of my heart and mind, thank you.
man i also had this 1997 but i was small i wish i can get the cover art agen of it but i cant rember
You were deployed to Iraq at the age of 10? That's rough bro.
@@SAMagic i'm Iraqi bro.
@@sick285 it’s easier to get bootleg type stuff in those countries, huh?
@@pandavelli8176 absolutely.
We need a video like this for RE3 classic!
It's great that you took your time to put this together, saw sooo much new content here. Thankyou for showing us.👍💙
Loved the Annette death scenery where Leon shouts Ada
I feel home and safe in your channel. You bring me back to my best years of my life, my childhood growing up playing resident evil games, especially 2 and 3, with my siblings, so thanks. Sending love from Morocco.
Fascinating stuff. I love when this sort of early build is released or found. I wish we could see similar ones for other games in the series.
Thanks for the video! I always love how enthusiastic you are about Resi and looking forward to you playing Resi 4 remake in a few months!
That clip at 9:46 should be uploaded directly to youtube - I have never seen that before and the stock sound effects make it meme worthy. Great find.
What a genuinely fascinating video! I really enjoyed this and how this early protype was so different from the final game, really well done!
the fact that you got to get more content of the classic RE2 game is great. I hope you find more stuff about it somehow in the future!
I just recently found your channel and have been binging it. I have never even played a RE game myself, but grew up watching my childhood best friend play them when we were like 8-9 (well, her dad took over a lot lol). He used to make jokes that Nemesis was just chasing us for a hug, or to get help finding an orthodontist to change his braces colors. Watching this stuff gives me so much nostalgia and good memories of being terrified of simply the title screen of RE2. Love seeing someone's incredible passion for a subject like this. Also wtf that jumpscare got me even though you said it was about to happen 😂
on Kendos gunshop channel, he speculates the MP5 used in the game beta was the original intended model for the submachine gun and theorizes that the reason the Mac10 is so freakishly huge (its normally a very small gun even with an extended magazine and suppressor) is because its model was scaled up to fit the characters animation rigging of the MP5
Can't believe that there is still so much new stuff to learn about resident evil 2. Keep up the great content Kai! 🔥😍
This is super cool. Love these little insights into what could have been
Ada's death music sounds like a scratched disc trying to read
This game will never get old, seems like new things are discovered about it all the time. I remember being both terrified and excited to watch my uncle play it in the late 90s/early 00s. Left a very big impression on me as a child. The first four games are all incredible in their own right, but number two will always be the one for me. It's fantastic.
RE1 is a brutal game with dialogue written by someone who doesn't understand English & spoken by armature actors & just random people leading to a campy charm to the lines. RE2 is a fair balanced game with depth & great use of the two players, having your choices affect the next character in obvious & subtle ways making it an improvement to 1 & a perfect game with so much interesting extra's to sink time into that help you master the game with Hunks making you learn when to fight & when to run & Tofu mastering evasion tactics to enjoy the game. The battle thingy is a fun distraction. RE3 is linear but with the quick time event decisions & randomised enemies it can feel completely different on a playthrough even if you've finished it a hundred times. Nemesis is a terrifying threat even for veteran players & the difficulties are fun Hard if you want to actually experience survival horror & easy if you want to have a power fantasy. With a perfect grouping of extra's mercenaries being brutal but rewarding with each character being a different difficulty from Carlos (easy) to Nicolai (brutally hard). With hours to sink into replaying the same game just to experience another version of events. RE Code Veronica is fun but flawed its perfect with puzzles & tension & all from the start to the near mid point. With a knife that kicks ass & perfect weapons balance but a lack of health in the early game. But the plane fight can break a playthrough if you forgot to keep the BOW rounds & grenade rounds but if you have BOW rounds its a cake walk & then you get to the Antarctic base. The base is alright but the save room being around the bloody poison moths is a pain & its a bit confusing but once you finish it you play chris. Chris is alright the Rock fort stuff is short & not that hard but the Antarctic base stuff is alright not taking long to solve the problems & you may feel some past mistakes like claire being poisoned by the boss fight but after you play as claire through the worst part of the whole game. The Insta-kill puzzle & the Steve run away & heal pain of a fight (main problem is there is no save here (possibly trying to prevent a soft lock due to a person not giving Chris good weapons & over writing a save but ends up then becoming a soft lock by this) & no auto save before the Steve fight. After this you fight the easiest boss in the game trusting you have the magnum or the Uzies if not its a pain but assuming you got them & have them in a safe place you can go back a save problem is then you'll repeat the pain of a Steve boss. Also on the magnum if you left the fire extinguisher in the security box its gone now forever & it'll never be able to be used again so either restart or you've lost it forever. certain minor mistakes you can make by doing things too soon like getting the lock picks before exploring the full palace & house locks you out of some loot & means the bats will attack you but it never tells you outside of the little demo screen when idle on the load screen. Then you have the final strech of the game which is alright & with a kinda annoying final boss due to her attacks all being at once but if you go to the sweet spot & use some powerful guns you'll be fine. Just remember to ensure Claire when running from Steve doesn't take any good guns like the grenade launcher or something. I like Code veronica but its a mess of a game to play. Its soft locks feel cheap & I wish one day we get a remake of it like RE1 remake as I don't think it'd fit an RE2 or RE3 remake & just balance the game like saying on the BOW rounds something about being great for large BOWs like a tyrant & make the worm seem like its unhittable to avoid people wasting it on the worm. Then improve the scopes of weapons. make the graphics better as its aged the worst due to having no um pre-rendered backgrounds. Make zombies in infinite areas obvious. Have better save & checkpoints for the Steve fight & remove the insta kill puzzle from there make the rock more control able like a wind up crack that stops it from falling for a time you know using visual story telling. Have Steve be more likable & a better final boss. Also let us fight wesker I want to get my ass kicked by him it'd be fun. Finally we have the fps game mode which is alright. RE0 for the N64 is a lost product & the original plan for it may never come to light. RE1 remake is a improvement adding what they couldn't making the tone what they wanted & telling the story better with it being the best way to play the game unlike all other remakes. RE0 for the game cube is a flawed game with the interesting concept but lacks item boxes has a cap on items on the ground & has the hock shot. Its story is odd & kinda ruins Rebecca in a way but anyway its flawed but a passable entry but the original is different enough that I hope one day we find it & make it playable. Finally I'll note the remakes RE2 remake is a good companion does the story worse & characters for the most part worse (Marvin & police survivors are better) but it has better gameplay in its own way showing what MR X was meant to be with its flaws you can play it to experience an alright story retelling of RE2 but an amazing gameplay reimaging of RE2. RE3 remake is a good game but not RE3 Nemesis remake. Nemesis is done wrong, Jill ain't Jill & most characters are off & the story is off. It does some things good but it lacks build up to Nemesis & the tension of him being always somewhere in the original. RE3 remake does the Merc better but alas is a flawed game It'd have been better a stand alone game set in Racoon city with a new character helping the mercs.
Thanks Kai been having some hard time lately but ur videos makes me feel better
Killer vid! Thanks a lot man, happy new years!
This is a pretty cool video. It’s always fascinating to see beta versions of re2 and things that could of been in the final version.
u just obsessed as myself with all these prototypes and beta modded , i enjoyed my time exploring each version but looking at your content(nothing new to me) bring me up to play again everything !!! ure rock!! =)
Welcome to Cleveland! I am a little late but I just discovered your channel. Love the vids.
9:45 now we need someone adding a loud metal pipe clank to that scene so it can become perfect
great job with this video! great info and things I had never seen before.
I wonder if the alt costume for Leon was what they used as inspiration for Billy in RE0, they look similar in terms of clothing and tattoos, also their arms did get blown off, just likely more common in this build vs the final version, which was a rarity but did occur, most of the time with the fully upgraded Matilda.
Great video kai and editing
It's so amazing to get to see these old classic games in their work-in-progress form. There is something so magical seeing the background art half baked, with unfinished models and layouts. So cool!
Here's to a great 2023, keep making that fire content
These videos are so amazing 🤩 as a huge resident evil fan i hope u make more of these videos and have a great 2023 🙂
9:37 not gonna lie, I kinda liked this one better than the original (minus Leon yelling A-DUHHH!)
The pipes falling at different times instead of simultaneously felt more real to me.
I'm almost positive there was always a typewriter in Kendo's gunshop. I distinctly remember it being there. Also the Calico is in code veronica.
Awesome video! I love seeing stuff like this especially for RE2.
16:43 These were likely used as a consumable version of the lighter for Claire considering how she has the lockpick and Leon has the lighter and has to use small keys as a placeholder *for* the lockpick. That's my best guess.
I wonder why a lot of japanese games back in the day had 99% of the text written in Japanese and in some places had text in english (as is the case here for the pause menu)
Japanese use english words from time to time
Lol that pfp
I don't care how obscure the differences are, I have absolutely loved these videos. Good job!
Awesome as usual.
Btw, the "Mp5" is a modified Heckler and Koch G3/HK91, chambered in 7.62x51, modified for and used/tested by the SAS and given the name HK51 going by H&K naming standards, though never made by H&K themselves.
Its the h&k 53 variant of the 556 platform
@@WarDogMadness the 53 in 5.56 came after they realized a 7,62 with that short of a barrel was not a good idea.
Check forgotten weapons video where he goes through the story.
@@Greger88 in the games its the 556 version . RE dosnt follow our time line. yeah i know ian did a fantastic job with the hk story
Happy New Year Kai. Amazing video to start off the new year. I like how for the one gun at the end, you did research on it. I didn't even know that gun existed until I saw it in the first episode of Walker Texas Ranger. Speaking of Ada dying, does anyone know if the game ends if Ada dies to the zombies or spiders?
Gotta love having to censor 32 bit video game gore lol. The subtlety of your humor was awesome.
It’s pretty amazing that how much unused content were still there in Resident Evil 2 before it’s release. I wanna see more of these.
Thanks for the video, just a info: In the area after the bus just before entering the police station, with the teleport menu there are other versions of it including the one in the demo version that you skip the bus completelly as there's no kendo van blocking the alley
Back in 2000 I've bought this version in street shops called "camelôs" here in Brazil, were very cheap back in the days considering all imports back that time were very expensive and our parents mostly coudn't afford to pay, I guess those guys mistake this version with the final and sold this, I've had fun with it, took a while to realize it wasn't finished and then finally buy the final version.
4:55 Yes it's in the final game. Even the default handgun can shoot arms off if you catch them from the side.
13:08 - i loved this part of the video, just blatantly standing next to her until the acid spray comes and then just casually stepping back so it only hits her and not you, lol, human shield ava!
Subscribed mate purely due to your love of RE would love to see some videos on Code Veronica as I think it's highly underrated
I remember and have this version! Back when I frequented the Bioflames forums (RIP), this was referred to as Beta 2 at the time. Most of what we're seeing is as close as it can be to the retail release with the differences that you're showing, but there was always the thought that a "Beta 1" existed. If I can remember correctly, people connected that version of the game to much earlier screenshots from magazines that were also shared on the forums. Obviously those were after 1.5 was officially canned.
8:33 "I also kept hearing an ivy in the room and couldn't find it, and eventually realized it was out of bounds, just vibing."
Someone needs to use that animation for a meme about vibing, because... yeah. That tentacle dude was definitively vibing.
Also, you showed a few times how Ada can die and the game doesn't end, but did you continue on to see what happens after? Like, does the game just keep reviving her for cut scenes and escort sections? I just wanted to add, I've loved everything you uploaded so far but I think this is my favorite yet, just for the sheer volume of completely brand new knowledge I was introduced to. The presentation didn't hurt.
Yet another great vid! Thanks Kai 😆
Leon standing up and shouting Ada fucking killed me! 😅 but for real though, why does this version sound better than the final one??
I love that the backgrounds are actually 3D assets rendered into an image. Fore MANY years I thought that they were all hand painted digitally. So cool to see that. Thank you for the video!!
And yes I'm one of the ones who've played the game a LOT as well xD
I don't know about being able to shoot their arms off with the pistol but I know you can yank them off when they grab you. Might be able to shoot them off. Also no, the small key isn't there in the final build.
In the final version, some characters had their voices pitched differently. That may be why this one sounds better.
@@lordvlygar2963 I dunno. Maybe it's different in Leon B, I usually play Leon A, Claire B. In Leon A he says it like, "AYYYE DUH!"
I like that your RE2 research videos always involve Ada dying lol.
Love the fact that you’re promoting the classic RE games! Really appreciate it!
Ohhhh I’ve missed videos on the original Resident Evil games,
Thank you so much InkRibbon!
Videos like this make me so happy.
Friggin love stuff like this. OG RE2 always were my favourite in the series.
Fantastic video, thank you, Kai 😊
Awesome video sir! I just found this channel so I am am definitely subscribing! I absolutely love RE2. It was the first entry in the series that I ever played. My friend got it when it came out and I played it and it scared the crap outta me! haha! It was so cutting edge for it's time. I also completely agree with you about it being one of the best games ever made. The only one that comes close for me is the remake of the first entry for the gamecube. I am finally trying RE4 for the first time. It is so vastly different but perhaps that is for the best. Have a wonderful day!
Love the enthusiasm of the Safsprin actress. 😆
Great video Kai!
1:57 Resident Evil 1: "oh don't you?"
8:59 actually an Ivy falling down is much better in my opinion 😯
I like how it smacks on the floor.
5:22-5:23
Dave Chappelle:
" GIMME SUM OF THAT PURPLE STUFF!!! "
OMG 😂🤣
Great job once again
Love your videos and channel such cool lore and nostalgia ❤
You could shoot zombies arms off. 9 times ouy of 10 one of the zobies in Kendo's arms would come off when shooting from its side.
This is pure gold the Ada yell was definitely the best part 😂 definitely wild seeing the difference from the actual original game
This is prime RE content right here, thanks Kai! This was awesome! And yes, this is one of the best video games ever made in the history of forever!!!!!
I replay old RE2 almost every year. It's one of my favorite games, and favorite RE game ever. Glad to see the early versions. Thanks.
This is really cool
Edit: ok the alligator just walking off was hilarious. And the Ada dying thing was weird.
Second: ok that Aaaaaaaddaaaa followed by the music….wow
What a wonderful video! And so nostalgic to see a lot of these rooms again. I straight up almost have this game memorized. So this was quite interesting to see. And spot on for pointing out every little detail and every little change in the game
ALTHOUGH THE ONE PROBLEM IS...........
A calico is available in nine millimeter but does not hold nearly as much bullets as the one in the Resident Evil games period so I'm pretty sure they're referring to the Calico that is in 22. Or at least the one in 22 hornet. the one in nine millimeter holds about 30 bullets and they keep implying in the resident evil games that the Calico they have holds quite a bit more than that
Also the other minor thing is that yes I know for an absolute 100% fact in the original Resident Evil 2 you can blow off zombies arms with a 9 mm or the arrows in Resident Evil 2
Do keep in mind these are extremely minor and it didn't change the quality of the video at all. The simple fact that you got these few tiny miniscule details a little off isn't really that bad. Love the video
That licker mirror jump scare happens in the B scenario if you collect the spray off the table scared this shit out of me due to the switch up
Great video! - I wonder if this one is before or after the early demo version in which unused music can be heard and Leon has a different item screen picture.
期待已久，been waiting for this
I think they should have kept the hole in the wall in the press room for when the player returns to the Police station in the A scenario. Foreshadowing a little bit and new players would be wondering what the hell happened
I honestly loved this video, it was so interesting.
In the final version there were blond Zombies, I just don't think there were any in hallway leading to the Green Room and evidence lockers. And there weren't that many blond Zombies at least confined to one area. The final build they put the female zombie and a variety of other zombos in throughout the game. I'm suspecting that in this "build" version the blond Zombies are nothing more than a place holder for testing reasons, probably to test the A.I. pathing and for Hitbox testing when fired upon. Also, you can shoot the Zombies arms off in the final build, but it's a lot rarer and I don't think that the Handgun even when upgraded to the Matilda is able to lob off limbs, it was pretty much a shotgun and higher caliber round exclusive thing.
Im fairly sure it's exclusive to the shotgun, just like you can cut them in half with it. And aiming upwards on zombies with the upgrades shotgun blows off their head and an arm at the shoulder.
Awsome as always kai
bro the RE content is way too good, love it, geeat stuff 😊
Love the OG Resident Evil games and didn't know about this version of the game. Also, you can tell that some items from this beta were later used in Resident Evil 3 like the chemicals/gun powder and the firestarter/lighter.
"surprise its an ivy" had me lol'ing
Also, the partial MP5 model you found is actually the HK.51, an assault rifle derived from the G.3 (so, think an MP5, but bigger). We see it used in gameplay footage of Re1.5 which suggests to me its presence here is legacy from that original build; the reason we only get a partial inventory image is likely the fact it was originally meant to take up two slots but that functionality was changed. My theory is that it would eventually go on to become the MAC 11 SMG in the final game, which is well-known for being comically large (compare how big it is in the original game to how big it is in the REmake from 2019, where it's depicted its correct size). Analyzing the way the weapon is held and its non-inventory reload animation suggests to me the MAC 11 in the final game was just slapped on whatever legacy code and animations existed for the HK.51, although Capcom made the change isn't clear.
Also, a rimfire version of the Callico, the M100, would go on to appear in Code Veronica and is featured as a duel-wield weapon, as well as in several key arts of Claire. As far as the fire-starter goes, my theory would be this was a substitute for Leon's lighter key item for Claire, since there are still two instances in the final game Claire needs to burn something (the paining in the RPD building that gives you a jewel, and then Ivy vines later on inside the NEST). It sort of makes sense, given that the equivalent item to Claire's key item, the lock pick, are the disposable small keys Leon finds; if the fire starters were a similar, single use scavengable item they could be placed in the same spots during each character's respective A and B scenarios. It may be that Capcom just decided to go with how this was handled in the original game, though, and carry over Chris's small keys for Leon and just give Claire a lighter the same way Jill could find one.
That's some cool stuff I've never seen before, nice 😁👍
ooh yeah welcome back man
3:31 I wasn't expecting Leon petting the licker
Great video, thank you!
I once had I think GameShark for N64 and was playing around with weapon values in Wingback : Covert Operations. I found the M16 the ain boss had and it was functional among other things. Found secret areas aswell. You can find cool things when you really look. Good video👍
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Amazing video!
Awesome video!!! You can shoot the arms off of zombies in extra battle scenario😄
Thats awesome! I'm actually curious what would claire and sherry scenario would look like in an early development.