Every Port of Resident Evil 1: RE Retrospective
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When I first covered #ResidentEvil 1, I simply neglected all of its wonderfully insane ports. Well I'm making up for that now. So please come along with me as we dive into some of the strangest conversion I have ever come across, and some cancelled prototypes for good measure.
It's a shame RE2 never came to the DS. I always had great fun replaying 1 on the DS back in the day.
thing is, if they did it they would have had to split it into 2 carts pokemon style, RE1 already used the largest possible cart for the DS, 128 mb.
you can mod the PC version to have a quickturn if you want :P
@@brunocar02 128 was not the max size, some games came on 256 MB, and Pokemon BW2 came on 512 MBs.
you are the one in the wrong, third party only had access up to 128mb, 256 were only use for black and white and 512 only for black and white 2.
@@brunocar02 Professor Layton and the Unwound Future had a 256 MB cart. That is a third party game. You are the one who is in fact wrong for calling me wrong.
its not a third party game lmao, in every region but japan it was published by nintendo.
Played RE original again recently and be fair was pleasantly surprised to see how well it holds up. Don't know why so many people have such an issue with tank controls, they always made sense to me. RE is just a classic period.
For the tank controls it can just be uncomfortable and somewhat counterintuitive if you're more used to 2d control
Even when they were popular people were bad at using them. You can get better at it but they're not very good controls. That kind of pivoting control scheme works better on top down 2d games if anything.
Yeah, I honestly don't know either why people made an issue with tank controls. You just got used to them, I don't know...it was like any video game of the time for N64/PSone. The controls were wonky until your muscle memory took over and you didn't even know what you were doing, but you were doing it right lol (maybe people my age that grew up with 90's video games know what I'm talking about)
I don't get why people bitch at tank controls I was 9 when I first played it, my sister who's a bigger RE fan than me had no problem picking it up when she was 5. she was actually playing the remaster on steam and was like WHAT THE FUCK WHERE ARE MY TANK CONTROLS
I haven’t played anything since ps2, recently I got a switch and a PS4. I have found I’m better at tank than not tank, what ever the opposite of tank is.
Chapters | Timestamps!
0:00 Intro
1:27 Saturn
6:35 Win 95
10:20 REbirth Mod
13:00 Prototype
15:33 Game Boy Colour (Prototype)
19:10 Nintendo DS
23:41 Outro
Can of coke to you.
Jared, dude, don't be so apologetic, lol. It only makes sense that your content evolves over time. Also, I'm happy that you are figuring more "excuses" to release RE Retrospective videos, not only because it's great content, but because (I'm sure you've noticed), those videos are what you get more views for, at least currently. I hope the channel gets bigger and bigger, love the content (all of it, not only RE). Cheers dude!
Evolves like a G-Virus infected
Why does you profile pic looks like a mixture between leonardo di caprio and Robert Deniro
@@samtepal3892 lmao, I assure you that I look nothing like either, but thank you for that
David Andrew agreed. We love you no matter the length and content of a review. Long, short, hard, soft, your review is YOUR review. We’re here for you man.
@@Heckaradad same goes for dick size
26 minutes of comparing ports of a 23 year old game? This is exactly what I want from my TH-cam content. (Not snarking, it literally is xD)
Also, yes you are correct about the Japanese Saturn version. Not only that, but all the Japanese 90s releases of all versions of RE1 are like that, Capcom USA artificially inflated the difficulty of the US release to combat the rental market, so the game couldn't be finished over a single weekend.
Capcom and especially Konami did that a lot. Castlevania 3 was incredibly well balanced on the Famicom. When it came to America, they made it the most unfairly BS game in the main series.
It was the same with RE2 also
The best RE retrospective series on TH-cam!
Resident Evil is one of my favorite game series, and RE-MAKE is still my favorite, followed by RE 2 2019.
oooooo there's a hot take. People gave me heaps of shit for thinking the remake of 2 might be standing neck and neck with the original. Also, you're the best!
@@AvalancheReviews yeah man, as much as I love RE2 classic, that remake was fucking incredible. It only had one or two small things that detracted from it beating RE-MAKE for me.
How the fuck is this comment a month old if it was uploaded 14 minutes ago?
@@skikes3033 that's what I was about to say
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Holy shit!!!! SUPER honored that you used my footage at 13:25!!! Used to run The Horror Is Alive web site for Resident Evil, and I've been out of the scene for probably a decade or more. But I'm the ONLY person with that footage from the coop version of Resident Evil, recorded it off a VHS copy of a Game Pro TV episode from the 90s I had laying around. It aired on whatever the network was called PRIOR to TechTV which later became G4. *Fist bump* Legendarily cool to see my contribution to the community living on after all these years.
That's crazy!!!!! I wish I would have known. I would have credited you. Typically you can never find the true origin of footage like that, but I'm talking to the guy that uploaded it. That's insane to me!!! I think before it was tech tv, it was gamespot tv, or at least that's what Adam Sessler's show was called. I totally forget. Either way, thank you. That footage brings me back to my first time watching old embedded quicktime videos of RE 1.5. You definitely did the internet a service.
@@AvalancheReviews No credits needed! It's all about sharing with the community at this point. Like when Dot50Cal and his gang (who took over my website many moons ago) got their hands on the only known copy of Resident Evil 1.5, and after they got it, they released it into the community for everyone to experience! It cost them thousands of dollars, and now the Resident Evil 1.5 modding community is deep into restoring what never worked in that old copy of 1.5. Keep up the good work on these videos!
Nice to see RE: DS get the love it deserves. Like you said, it's the definitive version of the original game. Absolutely love it. Still have my original copy from back when it came out!
Totally agree.
I just wish it had arrange game like the PS versions
@@kyledodson2992 it did.
Dude I have been around since the first video in the retrospective and tbh these are truly amazing. Sometimes I go back and rewatch the whole series. So happy that you're giving more love to the original RE. And hope the retrospective will keep on going!
Thank you for that! As long as RE lives, so does the retrospective.
@01:29 Saturn
@06:34 Win95
@10:24 Rebirth
@12:58 Prototype PSX
@15:33 Gameboy Color
@19:10 Resident Evil DS
@23:40 Closing
Clown no one needs a weirdo making timestamps, if this youtuber wanted timestamps he would of made them, or he would pay an editor to. I know you're use to clowns praising you "not all heros wear capes" but not here. Here ima tell you like it is. Clown
How fortunate the timing i am actually going to buy a Nintendo 2DS XL next week.
Hell yeah!!!! Just remember to hold select and start when the game boots, so it starts up in its original resolution, and not the non integer scale the 3ds uses for ds games.
Also, REupscale project for REmake is an absolute must, it fixes nearly every problem with the backgrounds in that game
Can you link me to it? I can only find the older stuff not direct links.
By problems you mean what exactly?
@@cheappyv5156 Cheap background upscaling with visible artifacts and less than perfect attempts at smoothing things out
They did it right with RE0 remaster
@@facepalmvideos1 RE0 because of the success of REREREmaster they actually redid the backgrounds. The ones in REREREmaster are occasionally higher res back upd but usually just sloppily smoothed over.
I had RE on the DS and it worked super well. Loved it. Of course, I had the OG RE game on the PlayStation.
"Go out & accomplish something. Big or small, just do something".
Strange to get that message from this channel, but very much needed right now. I've been procrastinating lately & its making me a little depressed.
Thanks for the random push.
Very happy to provide that!
Resident Evil on Saturn is where I was introduced to the series, thanks for taking me back
My pleasure!
Hell yeah, Deadly Silence is my go-to for playing for the game these days since it's so easy to hop into.
Yep. Probably the most complete version of the game.
Man I just love hearing your voice and seeing Resident Evil footage.
The Saturn CAN do 3d true transparency on VDP2, but it takes a lot of resources to do so.
Awesome vid. When I stumbled upon the DS port i was pleasantly surprised. Along with the quick turn and knife features added the active reload was always a nice touch too.
great video man!
I love RE:DS, me and a friend of mine both brought it together and raced through it- and even got to to mess around with the multiplayer modes! getting to play as wesker and the other STARS members were really cool
Resident evil is one of my favorite games of all time I literally play and complete the game without saving at least 2 maybe 3 times a year on my PS Vita, A few years back I won a bid on eBay for a sealed copy of Deadly Silence and I couldn’t wait to play, but once I got the copy in my hands and saw that beautiful factory seal I couldn’t come around to opening it, I might just take a shot of jack and crack open that sob tonight!!! How’s that for an accomplishment!
Seeing all of the different ports for RE1 was pretty cool, I never realized there was so many. But still, that's pretty awesome. I was pretty amazing that the Nintendo DS had the graphics so smooth for such a little piece of hardware. Seeing and hearing all the talks about ports and emulators makes me want to try to get resident evil outbreak on my pc.....Anyway, great review as always Jared! Will keep tuning for more reviews!
nintendo ds has 66mhz processor and 4 mb of ram. almost double the power of first playstation (33mhz 2mb ram 1 vram) so there is nothing unusual. generally good working port. I'm surprised why Jared is so astonished about it.
You should follow this up with a RE2 ports. It's so weird how many differences RE ports have.
Just finished the video, man, if you liked the DS version, you should check out the multiplayer options. It's surprisingly good and fun. I loved being able to play a psuedo mercenaries mode as Forest.
I agree 100%. RE:DS is my favorite version too.
REDS is freaking amazing.
Cant wait for the Re3 version of this. Each ports have pros and cons honestly.
Imo the PC remake port of RE1 is the best place to play. It has some essential mods too.
God, I love every single one of these videos so much.
I hope that even when you run out of games, you start doing them on characters, monsters, locations, whatever. Find something else so we can continue to have RE Retrospectives.
Can I just say (and I hope that I'm not alone) that I f@cking miss that period of time where multi-platform releases weren't a thing, and that ports to different systems would have their downsides but also sometimes some really unique additions or work-arounds. A fascinating time for programmers far and wide when it came to bringing a popular franchise to their native systems.
I sort of fell off with your channel for a bit, I came back and I’m pleasantly surprised. It’s nice to see you’re still putting out amazing content. (:
Can't wait for the Project REsistance video!
It's so distasteful how many people unliked the video... Toxic ass community that doesn't understand how spin-offs work
William RPD meanwhile some people are toxic in a different way. They feel the the series/devs can do no wrong, and are entitled to your time, money, and praise. The reality is that, they aren't. The RE series' experimental & often trend chasing spinoffs, have been hit or miss, with way more misses than hits. This is ESPECIALLY true of the Online MP Shooter titles.
Outside of Outbreak, the Online focused spinoffs have been FLAT OUT TRAINWRECKS both critically and financially. So it's pretty obvious how the community feels Online MP Shooter games. Yet here Capcom go again, trying to force another Online Multiplayer Shooter down the community's throats... despite the community already making it known loud and clear that that is the OPPOSITE of what they want.
@@Kenshiro3rd ORC and UC both have active online communities. How many other shooters that age do? Answer_____. People that blindly hate co-op shooters because it isn't what they wanted to be developed. Sounds like a personal problem. The rest of us are having fun, so they aren't "trainwrecks". Both games are perfectly fine for what they are. We enjoy playing them. Get over it.
Thanks man, you single handedly reignited my interest in this series.
Always loved the DS port , especially considering it even had the non Directors Cut music. Playing it again recently after uncovering a god awful Xplay review of it from back in the day. Definitely underrated and deserves a lot a love
One track is missing, tho.
Having RE to play on a Gameboy, that would've blown my mind back then - I wouldn't mind digging into the situation there, why it had gotten so far along before being put down 🙍 it's a shame the devs didn't receive the proper acclaim, if only for the feat of boiling things down without boiling everything off 👍
Thanks for another great video and the inspirational comments at the end... they’re appreciated.
That transition from Saturn to Windows 95 is quite a jump
One thing that the DS version does well is in the library it introduces the Chimera, in the original The Chimera is just a monster in the power room and when you leave - where the zombies, dogs, hunters get so much more presence.
It's time for more RE retrospective. Glad you are back with more.
yay back to RE! :D Are you going to make a response or share your thoughts on the Project Resistance?
The quality content keeps on coming.
This is the series that brought me to your channel, and is an excellent showcase of your talents.
Keep finding ways to talk about Resident Evil, but more importantly, keep making quality content full of heart and love for what you do. 🏆
Thank you so much for that. I most definitely will!!!
what an epic deep dive! I've always been really interested in the Game Boy Color version, ever since I read about it in Nintendo Power as a kid
You have the best RE and SH Channel!
Greetings from Bremen/Germany
already waiting for the "every port of resident evil 2" :D
Shit! ................ I may have been toying with the idea of it.
That sounds awesome!!
2 and 3 would probably have to be one video together since there's less ports. Just PC, Dreamcast, and GC for them. Though Nemesis' original PC port from 99 (Japanese Mediakite specifically) runs surprisingly well on my Windows 10 PC with barely any adjustment. The only thing that took work was getting my Dualshock 4 working, but I actually did get it working without Xpadder or anything. Just some config file edits. In fact, the 99 PC port of Nemesis (60fps) actually runs better than the Sourcenext 2006 port (30fps I believe), where with RE2 it was the opposite.
And then there's RE4's original PC port which is hilariously bad.
Found your channel due to the RE Retrospective videos.
Glad you are making more
good to see you coming back to RE, it's amazing that we have so many port for this amazing game !!
Thanks. For the video, and for the ending statement. Its nice to see someone who wants more for their fans. You're a good guy Jared. Keep up the amazing work.
Glad to give a little positivity!!
Subbed bro, I won 2nd place in a RE Capcom contest when this game was merely a month old. I won a glow in the dark resident evil shirt. I'm imagining what the would be worth now...
Thank you so much to introducing me to that DS version. It looks incredible! This is why I love this channel.
I’m totally down to watch any more survival horror game reviews you do.
I used to follow a dude online that had a page called Chris’s Survival Horror Quest. He tracked down horror games and did quick write ups and star ratings. Seeing this video and all the variations of RE reminded me that could be a pretty sick TH-cam concept. And probably an expensive one lol.
Well I've reviewed enough horror games at this point. I might as well review em all.
Avalanche Reviews You’re an insightful dude. I’d watch.
The DS version also has manual reloading :). Thr DS version is my fav (though the Classic Rebirth PC version looks awesome too). I also like the inclusion of subtitles in the DS version.
Great job at how much you have found on Resident Evil and your videos and articulate hard work. I appreciate your videos and recently watch the movies retrospective.
Ayy glad you're still doing this
Regarding playing games like this at higher 3D rendering resolutions, I prefer over that upscaling from the original resolution as well, but for what seems like a different reason to you.
For games like this, I care about the 3D geometry (characters, objects, etc.) matching the resolution of the pre-rendered environment that they inhabit, and upping the rendering resolution makes the models stand out very starkly with their super crisp appearance compared to the low resolution backgrounds. While it's often still obvious what is a 3D model and what is part of the background at native resolution, it's at least not as jarring than in 1080p or something.
What I actually prefer doing over _both_ of these however when I have the option is downsampling; rendering the game internally at a high resolution but then scaling it back down to the same resolution as the backgrounds before video output. This smooths out much of the aliasing that comes from playing at native resolution, and also helps bring out detail in the 3D models and (most importantly) in making them blend in naturally with the backgrounds. I imagine this effect works even better with a CRT and analog video too, but unfortunately while I have a CRT I can't really hook up my laptop to one.
Another thing to note about the Ds version is that the new features aren't mandatory; you can play it in original mode which retains the original PS1 gameplay and features
Having resident evil 1 in the palm of you're hand was a real treat.
I'm really not excited for the RE coop spinoff game that's been announced
Excalibur01 Same. it's little more than a Dead by Daylight knockoff.
Same. I'd rather get another single player focused game.
Who is?
well some people are, so don't be a part of the sad group that kills it out of spite like RE UC.
Yeah about that...
Great to see the lesser known ports of RE1 getting some focus, RE:DS was my introduction to classic RE and I wad hooked from there, finding RE2, CVX, Outbreak and RE3 afterwards from there.
Perhaps your next video could be on other incomplete RE projects ie the Saturn port for RE2, hypothetical DS port, CVX prototype and so forth.
*Your channel is a complete and utter masterpiece and a half..!* 😌
Excellent entry in the retrospective, Jared! As for the change in the VA for Richard, I think it could be due to the original VA (a DJ living in Japan, which also voiced Richter in SotN!) sadly passing in the early 00's. Maybe that's why Capcom got a new cast member, taking into account the new dialogue lines in the DS port you talked about.
I never knew he voiced Richter!! Damn
@@AvalancheReviews My bad! It seems he voiced Chris Redfield, not Richard. By the way, his name was Scott McCulloch.
@@anachromancer7005 not only Richter had the same voice as Chris but Dracula was voiced by the same VA of Harry Mason.
@@carlosaugustodinizgarcia3526 Should I quote Silent Hill now? Yes.
"Have you seen a little girl?"
To be honest, I never left the Mansion. In my mind, I'm always there, so I always squeeze in a run of RE every year.
I can totally understand that
Love RE, love your voice, love hearing you talk about RE lol
Thank you!!!
Yes, I always look forward to these retrospectives
I'm all for the RE retrospectives, they've been incredibly God tier content to me for months watching them. Keep up the good work Avalanche 👋
Thank you!!! Since Capcom is continuing the series, I guess I'll have content for at least the foreseeable future.
Dude, I've been following you for years. It's only natural your content changes and gets better. This, of course can make you doubt about older content, but if you did the best you could at the time you don't have to be so troubled about it. It's only natural to not be satisfied with one's creative output, especially if done when one had less experience.
You've never done a bad video, believe me.
Thank you for that. I do tend to get down on my old stuff too much. I always want to do better, but that knife can cut both ways for sure. I still like my old work though, so that's good.
Yay! Another entry is what is, undeniably, THE definitive RE documentary series.
Additional thing about the recent GOG Port: You can install the Japanese version and it works with Classic Rebirth! So now all you need to do is select Japanese as the install language and follow a guide to install Rebirth once you get it from GOG.
One thing you fell to mention that in the Saturn version of resident evil 1 if you play as Chris in the lab where you fight the tyrant after you know Wesker's monologue you actually have to fight too tyrants and only works as Chris for some reason but I hear it's pretty cool
These videos are incredible!! Love this series
Watching your videos make me want to play through all the RE games again especially the original trilogy for the ps1
You: we are gonna go through all of the ports
Me: All of them?
Me:checks video time 26 mins
You:yes all of them
OMG every time I see another chapter in the RE retrospective I get excited been here since the beginning and almost rewatch them every time a new one comes out I think you need to do a reaction video about project resistance though please
@ 6:17 I bought that exact listing of Resident Evil for the Sega Saturn I was watching the video and it popped up I was like hey that’s the actual copy of the one I bought lol
I notice you keep aiming up when you aim with your shotgun in order to decapitate the zombies. IIRC, in the original RE, you didn't have to aim up to do this. Just point and when they get close fire and BOOM! Zombie brains. It wasn't until RE2 that they made it so you had to aim up.
The ds port is absolutly amazing. Also idk if u noticed but there are more animations. Chris will punch a zombie as a counter. Not only that. When u push a zombie its a new animation.
Over all the animations are almost all new
Dude these retrospectives are must watches for everyone who loves gaming. I love RE and I was so stoped when I found these videos. I hope you do a couple on the Evil Within and Daymare 1998 when it drops.
Thanks! I actually have a video on Daymare ready to go. I just have to wait till the review embargo drops. It'll be up, the second the game releases.
@@AvalancheReviews Well I can't wait to check that out. I just hope covering survival horror doesn't burn you out. Believe it or not, the retrospectives are highly re-watchable.
The originals soundtrack has always stayed with me.... very haunting.... love it
Thanks for doing this just replayed directors cut on my ps mini (yeah I’m one that bought one there’s like me and three others) and really wanted to refresh my memory of how my Saturn version looked. Man I loved that console
I'm having a blast with RE DS
Replaying re remake today - so naturally back to rehear your thoughts 😁
Ha! Welcome back!
Feels good to be back baby
Never change!
My very first RE game was the PC version of RE1 back when the series was only on the 2nd game. I got lucky as that was the best version back then and Win 95/98 PC could run it no problem.
The Director's Cut of RE is worth a mention too due to the rearranged campaign. It even has a new jump scare with the crow during the 2nd part of the mansion.
I thought you were done and all of a sudden I see another RE video and I was like what da what? Ports of RE 1, very interesting.
14:38 I believe this animation plays in the final game if you shoot a zombie with a shotgun from far away, unless I'm remembering wrong and only hunters had this (although I don't think I remember seeing the knock back+down combination, not sure if I just didn't happen to trigger it or it simply isn't there)
Man the saturn version looks nice!
That's how I found you actually. You're RE RETROSPECTIVE 1.5
I've always recommended people to play the DS version of RE1 if they have a 3DS or DS.
You can't go wrong with the PS1 version, but having the map, a dedicated knife button and seeing your health status flash on the map really does speed up playthroughs and makes things a little easier. The port still has that annoying hunter death combo. I do prefer playing in Rebirth mode for the more death traps, puzzles and more boss fights.
Btw thanks for the words of encouragement at the end, I'm changing alot of things in my life and it's rough to do it. But thanks for telling me and all of us to do something cool.
I'm glad that helped out!! I just kind of threw it in, and a lot of people seemed to have really got something out of it. Very happy to help, even in such a small way.
Couldn't agree more with you on resident Evil DS such a fantastic version plus the skip door loads is a god send it's such a great game and my go to version when I play RE1
To be honest, I thought I would get way more pushback on that, but everyone seems to agree.
The windows 95 version has an unlockable MAC10 for Jill and an LMG for Chris. So if you've played all versions but haven't seen that then have fun installing!
The DS port is pretty sweet IMO
There's stuff in this video even I didn't know, which is rare when it comes to RE. Damn good video!
That's what i like to hear! I'll be honest, I learned a lot making this video.
I dunno why I laughed when I saw the thumbnail, but I can guarantee I clicked on it immediately. A retrospective video on my birthday? I’ll take it!
I'm really surprised you chose the DS version as your favorite and definitive version, considering you're the type to care so much about resolution and the like. Personally for me, the DS version is also my favorite with really good memories. My uncle randomly bought me the game one day when we were at Gamestop with my cousin and it was a game I wanted at the time but didn't have the money. When I played the game, I was super hyped and really enjoyed the game many times through. I absolutely loved how portable it was and the extra modes it has like Rebirth mode. It became one of my favorite DS games of all time, one that was too good to be true. I couldn't believe they were able to put it on the DS at the time. Through the DS version I was able to learn the game inside and out. I always wished that they also brought RE2 to the DS, but it never happened. It wasn't until I got a PSP and played RE2 on there for a handheld experience. Yes I"m a sucker for handheld games, which is why Im so glad that Resident Evil is on the Switch. We now have a way to play Residen Evil Remake as a handheld game.
Please revisit ORC and UC some day with a full lobby. The fans are still out there and enjoying these two games. Maybe to celebrate Project Resistance, or something.
I first beat Resident Evil 1 on the DS back when I was around 10 years old. At the time I found it creepy as all heck. But there was something about it that had me push though until the end.
Yes! Stuff like this appeals to my compulsive nature when it comes to games.
Great comparisons! I really want to try that PC version now and see how it runs on the original late '90s hardware I have. Should be a fun experiment.
You should somehow make a retrospective about RE4 but using the RE4HD mod. Or a livestream
I'd be interested in seeing him see how impressive it is.
I liked the DS port of Resident Evil 1, really wish they would've port all 3 PS1 RE classics to DS.
Man, Resident Evil Resistance turnedout to be exactly what I was hoping it wouldn't be. Yet another online focused 4 vs. 1 multiplayer RE reskin of Friday the 13th, Deatg By Daylight, etc.
Really was hoping we'd get a surprise Dino Crisis announcement, but nah.
Extra cringe for that new Castlevania game that is a cellphone/tablet game from Konami.
Oh well, at least Gungrave is getting a new proper game.
Konami? Oof.
@GuyOnAChair, Konami is extremely weird. They released this year some good collections of old Castlevania and Contra games.
And, they just releases a demo for Contra: Rogue Corps that's actually kind of fun.
But, a new mobile focused Castlevania!? Why? That's not how you try to compete with Bloodstained.
Got excited to see a new RE Retrospective episode in my feed 😃
just in time to binge the series for Halloween in a few weeks
you didn't talk about the resident evil 1 fully ported to the south korean samsung sph-g1000 model. that port was the entire game running super amazing on the samsung gaming phone. unfortunately it was released only in south korea and not worldwide. to this day i can't even believe they managed to release it on that tiny gaming phone but i'm not fully surprised the fact they released resident evil 2 on n64.