Resident Evil BETA released

[Xeauron]

Hey all,
Thought some people might like to know (if you didn't already) that Resident Evil BETA (0.5) was leaked by an anonymous donor:

:-= News Source (Download links at the bottom) =-:
Hidden Palace - News / 15th Anniversary of Resident Evil

It's a pretty interesting look at the game pre release and how it came together. You can clearly tell the game wasn't anywhere near finished in the first prototype as the controls are hideous and most of the rooms have been re-rendered for the final edition.

Aug 4, 1995 - BETA 1: (AKA V-Jump Build)
In order to run in this one you have to tap forward twice, tapping left and right twice also turns you quickly.

Triangle = open doors (action)
R1 + sqaure shoots
Tap circle to cycle through knife, pistol, shot gun (inf ammo on all I think)

You can only play as Chris in this version, and being BIOHAZARD it's in Japanease. This is a very early version of the game it seems, though I know the other BETA is 2 months after - they got a lot more polish onto the game by then.

More Info thanks to kevstah2004:

Codes by me, MarkGrass and Upaluppa.

BioHazard (August 04, 1995) aka V-Jump build.

Infinite Health - Chris
300C71E0 0060

Playable Character
300C7159 00??

00=Chris
01=Jill
02=Barry

Unlock All Doors
300C7024 0000

Pad 1 Joker - Reversed
D0007572 ????

Pad 1 Joker - Normal
D00DBED4 ????

Oct 4, 1995 - BETA 2:
You can play as Jill or Chris in this one, the controls have been altered to:

sqaure = open doors, action
triangle = run
R1 (sqaure) = aim (shoot)
START = Inventory

Again, some of the rooms were changed round a bit, music was added, more rooms are accessible and animations were changed round a bit.

BioHazard (October 04, 1995)

Walk Through Walls
800C1260 BFDF

Playable Character
300C1261 00??

00 = Chris
01 = Jill
02 = Barry - Use the above walkthrough walls code with a joker to allow Barry to open the dining room door.

Pad 1 Joker
D0007572 ????

Unlock All Doors
300C11BC 0000

Infinite Health - Chris
300C12E4 0060

Inventory (SLOT 01) Item: 300C1090 00??
Inventory (SLOT 01) Amount: 300C1091 00??

They're both worth a look if you're an old timer like me and love the resident evil games. I've probably forgot to mention stuff on there, but their definitely fun for a tinker and a reminisce if you've got 45 mins spare.

Just burn the images to a disc and play (on a modded PSX system) or convert to an EBOOT for PSP play. Though I think someone has already done that on the link I posted above.

BETA 1 - 4th August 1995
BETA 2 - 4th October 1995

..:: UPDATE ::..

Looks like a later build of Resident Evil (BioHazard) has made it onto the net, this time from 31st Jan 1996. This one has the debug menu available and judging from some of the screenies that have surfaced some extra costumes and titbits to look at.

CUT MODE = Stops / starts the camera angle switch.
EVENT TEST = Press up / down on controller 1 to change event.
VOICE TEST = Press circle on controller 1 to play 00 to 85.
SOUND TEST = Controller 2 d-pad changes the X and Y values.
ADJUST LIGHTING = Use triangle / circle on controller 1 to increase / decrease values.

Many thanks to Kevstah who's our resident font of information when it comes to Resident Evil BETA's

Download:
Part 1: http://www.multiupload.com/8EPSBH4J70
Part 2: http://www.multiupload.com/RERJPOQ1UF
Part 3: http://www.multiupload.com/HMZY1W7TR7
Part 4: http://www.multiupload.com/IM9W37GNDN
Part 5: http://www.multiupload.com/KNSH9WD5R3
Part 6: http://www.multiupload.com/CSZ4UH9XS0
Part 7: http://www.multiupload.com/SO62485DI7


Enjoy anyway!

[grasshoppa420]

Sweet! I love RE!!

Thanks yo,

GH

[Xeauron]

No probs,
I'm still hoping that Resident Evil 1.5 sees the light of day. Unfortunately 15 years ago the disc was sold to a private collector under an express gag order from Capcom for said collector never to leak the disc.

Since, it has been sold on to another collector (probably for grands) whom I don't think is bound by the same contract, however he's apparently a dick head (there could be another side to it) as he proceeded to go on various websites taunting users with images of it and refusing to dump/release the disc.

Hopefully one day they will come to their senses and dump it before it succumbs to data rot and is lost forever.

The game was around 80% complete, but was scrapped in favour of the Resident Evil 2 you have today (one of the greatest PSX games of all time).

I, along with many thousands of others would like to play through as it has characters and creatures none of the other games had, also there's quite a lot to go at for a BETA/cancelled game. It's probably the most legendary/sought after cancelled game of all time.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXnymHTvHrE]YouTube - Resident Evil 2 (1.5) Unseen In-Game PlayStation Footage[/ame]

Be aware, PlayStation Museum removed all content from their website shortly after posting it up for some reason, you can find the original review of the unreleased BETA here:

Biohazard 1.5 Review Backup - The Cheaters Place

[grasshoppa420]

No probs,
I'm still hoping that Resident Evil 1.5 sees the light of day.

Wow, I'd never heard of RE1.5 before!? I want it, dammit!

[kevstah2004]

Codes by me, MarkGrass and Upaluppa.

BioHazard (August 04, 1995) aka V-Jump build.

Infinite Health - Chris
300C71E0 0060

Playable Character
300C7159 00??

00=Chris
01=Jill
02=Barry

Unlock All Doors
300C7024 0000

Pad 1 Joker - Reversed
D0007572 ????

Pad 1 Joker - Normal
D00DBED4 ????
-------------------
BioHazard (October 04, 1995)

Walk Through Walls
800C1260 BFDF

Playable Character
300C1261 00??

00 = Chris
01 = Jill
02 = Barry - Use the above walkthrough walls code with a joker to allow Barry to open the dining room door.

Pad 1 Joker
D0007572 ????

Unlock All Doors
300C11BC 0000

Infinite Health - Chris
300C12E4 0060

Inventory (SLOT 01) Item: 300C1090 00??
Inventory (SLOT 01) Amount: 300C1091 00??

[keropi666]

thanks for the heads up!

[Xeauron]

thanks for the heads up!

No probs, I knew there were some old-skoolers like me who love these kind of things (digging up old betas).

@ kevstah - How do you use those codes? Do they work in codebreaker or other such programs. Would really like to run around as barry!

[Dangwoot]

awww i was hoping it was re 1.5

though this is still pretty cool stuff ^_^

[kevstah2004]

No probs, I knew there were some old-skoolers like me who love these kind of things (digging up old betas).

@ kevstah - How do you use those codes? Do they work in codebreaker or other such programs. Would really like to run around as barry!

These are for GameShark / Action Replay and Goldfinger?

Xplorer / Xploder and Codebreaker use a different code format irc but accepted codes from GameShark / Action Replay and Goldfinger also.

[80T]

Prety dang fine find Xeauron

BIG Thanx for this. I like having this one