Cauterize
08-08-2005, 05:25 AM
Nope im not talkin about the GBC....
Im talking about the NES!
(Im sure a few of you have seen this @NES Player, anyways)
http://www.nesplayer.com/features/didyouknow/Frame%2013%2014.gif
http://www.nesplayer.com/features/didyouknow/re/Image1.gif http://www.nesplayer.com/features/didyouknow/re/Image2.gif http://www.nesplayer.com/features/didyouknow/re/Image3.gif http://www.nesplayer.com/features/didyouknow/re/Image4.gif
Q: Is there really a Bio Hazard (Resident Evil) for the NES/Famicom, as I read in the "Did You Know..." feature?
A: Yes, technically there has been a Resident Evil release for the Family Computer; the thing is it is not an officially licensed Capcom game nor is it endorsed by Nintendo. Rather it is actually a Chinese original pirate made by Waixing Computer Science & Technology Co, LTD., which means it was developed and distributed illegally (and also quite recently).
The screen shot found on that feature is taken from the title screen.
Since all of the game text is in Chinese and my skills in the language only goes as far as ordering an eggroll at the China Town in downtown Philly, I can only assume from the intro sequence (shown above) that the game follows the same storyline as the first Resident Evil game. In case you did not know by now, RE begins as a S.T.A.R.S. members helicopter goes down in an open field filled with zombie dogs, causing the remaining survivors of the elite tactical team to find refugee in a nearby creepy mansion. They soon find out the secrets of an evil corporation called Umbrella whose experiments has virtually mutated the entire living population of Raccoon City into the walking dead. The player chooses either Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine to control and explore the infested mansion which lays on top of a secret underground facility where Umbrella tests their mutational chemicals.
This "8-bit Chinese recreation" (if you can call it that) attempts to simplify the RE forumla into a very basic overhead view adventure sort of game (i.e. Resident Evil: Gaiden on the Gameboy Color). You can only play Jill Valentine this time. The pause button brings up the classic blue status screen to equip different weapons and use items. The select button shows the map.
http://www.nesplayer.com/features/didyouknow/re/457.gif http://www.nesplayer.com/features/didyouknow/re/status_screen.gif
Does the description sound a bit too short? That's because I can say that I have "played" it in the past, but the ROM is extremely buggy and was hardly playable.
There is a ROM of the game being circulated on at least one of the NES/Famicom ROM dump sites -- unfortunately I cannot remember which one it is. Please do not email me asking for the ROM! Trust me, you ain't missing much. Instead if you haven't already, check out a translated ROM of Capcom's great Famicom survival horror title Sweet Home. It's considered the best 8-bit horror game ever made and the precursor to the later RE series (and by that I don't mean this sorry excuse of a game).
http://www.nesplayer.com/about/faq.htm
also, i found the ROM to download here @
http://romhustler.net/rom/nes/160
Im talking about the NES!
(Im sure a few of you have seen this @NES Player, anyways)
http://www.nesplayer.com/features/didyouknow/Frame%2013%2014.gif
http://www.nesplayer.com/features/didyouknow/re/Image1.gif http://www.nesplayer.com/features/didyouknow/re/Image2.gif http://www.nesplayer.com/features/didyouknow/re/Image3.gif http://www.nesplayer.com/features/didyouknow/re/Image4.gif
Q: Is there really a Bio Hazard (Resident Evil) for the NES/Famicom, as I read in the "Did You Know..." feature?
A: Yes, technically there has been a Resident Evil release for the Family Computer; the thing is it is not an officially licensed Capcom game nor is it endorsed by Nintendo. Rather it is actually a Chinese original pirate made by Waixing Computer Science & Technology Co, LTD., which means it was developed and distributed illegally (and also quite recently).
The screen shot found on that feature is taken from the title screen.
Since all of the game text is in Chinese and my skills in the language only goes as far as ordering an eggroll at the China Town in downtown Philly, I can only assume from the intro sequence (shown above) that the game follows the same storyline as the first Resident Evil game. In case you did not know by now, RE begins as a S.T.A.R.S. members helicopter goes down in an open field filled with zombie dogs, causing the remaining survivors of the elite tactical team to find refugee in a nearby creepy mansion. They soon find out the secrets of an evil corporation called Umbrella whose experiments has virtually mutated the entire living population of Raccoon City into the walking dead. The player chooses either Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine to control and explore the infested mansion which lays on top of a secret underground facility where Umbrella tests their mutational chemicals.
This "8-bit Chinese recreation" (if you can call it that) attempts to simplify the RE forumla into a very basic overhead view adventure sort of game (i.e. Resident Evil: Gaiden on the Gameboy Color). You can only play Jill Valentine this time. The pause button brings up the classic blue status screen to equip different weapons and use items. The select button shows the map.
http://www.nesplayer.com/features/didyouknow/re/457.gif http://www.nesplayer.com/features/didyouknow/re/status_screen.gif
Does the description sound a bit too short? That's because I can say that I have "played" it in the past, but the ROM is extremely buggy and was hardly playable.
There is a ROM of the game being circulated on at least one of the NES/Famicom ROM dump sites -- unfortunately I cannot remember which one it is. Please do not email me asking for the ROM! Trust me, you ain't missing much. Instead if you haven't already, check out a translated ROM of Capcom's great Famicom survival horror title Sweet Home. It's considered the best 8-bit horror game ever made and the precursor to the later RE series (and by that I don't mean this sorry excuse of a game).
http://www.nesplayer.com/about/faq.htm
also, i found the ROM to download here @
http://romhustler.net/rom/nes/160