Resident Evil 1 Shambles Onto The PSN This Week

@WillOne is putting Pots in the Dishlex: Anybody else think of this guy when reading that?

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PlatformJunkie

@MCWHAMMER:

haha that just me lol

$10 is expensive when you think there are new games such as Outrun Online Arcade, Zen Pinball, Flower etc which cost much less.

Plus these days for an extra 10 bucks you could probably grab a copy of Resident Evil V. For less than 10 bucks you could buy an original copy of RE:DC too.

@mbk337: Ew.

The Crimson Heads were the better way forward for the series, instead of the Ganado/Majini crap.

REmake is arguably the best RE game ever made, to anyone that doesn't instantly say 'RE2' because of, again, BS nostalgia.

Bergerac

You know, I kind of want to buy it for nostalgia, but I don't see myself playing through it any time soon. Maybe when I get into the "B-movie/game" mood I'll bite. I prefer this over the GCN one. I loved the original for the "brilliant" dialog and "earth shattering" acting. Really. Fucking hilarious! Original FTW!

@dirtface: <3

Well this (along with FFVII) is finally reason enough for me to want a PS3. Do want.

Dual Shock version or nay?

It's important as the DS version replaced the entire classic soundtrack with some piece of shit symphony score.

@L33Td00d: I actually think it's pretty cheap if you think that the nes games o virtual console are like $5 bucks.

Lider

@EvilMetsFan fon Fabre:Fuck the NA PSN Store!: They've released RE on every friggin Nintendo Platform platform since the PS1, they love to milk the fuck out of it.

@KyleNichol: Wooh, more shafting for us Europeans. I friggin love licensing lately. Worst bullcrap ever created by man.
"Sorry I could bring this thing right over to your side of the boarder over there but I am not allowed to sell it."

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: Maybe he's a Russian keylog scammer that forgot to copypaste his hyperlink full of virus-laden popups.

"HA HA, THAT IS SUCH THE WHACK, YES?

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dirtface

The controls is not archaic...RE5 feels exactly the same =)

ahmeng

@WillOne is putting Pots in the Dishlex: I have no idea what the hell you're trying to say O_o

It's all a bit of a ham bone in the pants, really.

A ute in the car park, so to speak.

@KylenX: Chrono Cross on PSP would be nice. It'd mean I wouldn't have to get around region barriers every time I wanted to play it.

Of course, it'd still probably only come out on the American store...

@Svend Joscelyne: Oh I totally got that but I love the fact that it IS a typo. I just find that hilarious. And it adds some humanity to the game. Thats all im sayin.

Didn't this version have the inferior soundtrack?

OpinionMan

so tell us Capcom, will it include the "uncut intro" this time out!?!?!?

BigBossPETE

@Squirminator2k: $10? Good for a decade old game?? Seriously?

@Squirminator2k: Resident Evil 1 had clever puzzles.

Ohhhhh dear.

V1L3

@L33Td00d: Who talks about nostalgia is right, but Jill's ass is TOO GOOD in the rebirth GC version to pass it.

Anyway, someone knows if the US Director's Cut is censored, like the pal one??

@EvilMetsFan fon Fabre:Fuck the NA PSN Store!: And a tear runs down Resident Evil Gaiden's cheek...

@Tychonius: Actually, I don't think there's a lot of reprogramming involved. Its mainly a disc image of the original game wrapped in some DRM and an installer.

@dirtface: I see what you're saying, but if they added stuff they wouldn't be PS Classics would they? They'd be like the XBLA games. The whole point of bringing back games from past consoles is to have it in its unaltered, original form.

Don't get me wrong, I agree with you, but if they did add stuff they couldn't sell it as a PS1 Classic. It'd have to be classified as a PSN title.

Svend Joscelyne

@aiko.adonia: or maybe it was the gamecube version where they took it out.... i can't remember now

But wait! Didn't they take the Jill sandwich bit out of the Director's Cut?

Considering that N64 games cost like, 10-12 dollars on the Wii Virtual-console, 10 dollars for this game isn't that big of a deal. This is especially considering FF7 will cost you 15 in Japan.

I appreciate this option, since the original game is out of print, most game stores stopped carrying PSOne games, old and used. There is always the GC version, but I love playing the original source materials. I really appreciate the sense of history involved.

beetnek

@EvilMetsFan fon Fabre:Fuck the NA PSN Store!: You know Aeris' original name in Japanese was Aerith, right? So technically, they already changed it during the English translation back in 1997. Your head should have exploded off in rage long ago. :P

Svend Joscelyne

FF7 is already on the Japanese PSN. Actually I just finished playing it right now.

If you guys want it that bad for your PSP and PS3, just get it there and stop praying for it to come to the US/Europe. We all know the story anyway so who cares if it's in Japanese.

Kaneda

@Squirminator2k: During our current economic downturn (Thanks Giant Bomb!).

@Ping5000 IS OUTRAGED BY BLIZZARD'S VOICE CAST:

Personally, as I have never played through any version of RE1, I'd like to go through this, just to listen to those cheesy lines everyone seems to be talking about.

paulrenzo

@Ping5000 IS OUTRAGED BY BLIZZARD'S VOICE CAST: Some people don't like retcons...

I still don't get why people are bitching about the pricing. $10 is remarkably good value for a decade-old game.

Squirminator2k

@KylenX: Sony are still packaging and selling Chrono Cross under the PSone Greatest Hits label (I bought a copy three weeks ago with the updated ESRB rating and the SquareEnix logo on the cover), so I imagine it's only a matter of time before it htis the PSN Store.

Squirminator2k

They really are taking AGES to release these games. It's not like they even have to do anything to get it to work on the PS3 and creating an eboot of it takes what, 5 minutes?

I guess it might be all the red tape with getting it re-rated again but seriously, Japan has had this on their store for at least a year as well as Resi 2, 3 and now FFVII + Tactics. Lame.

@feitclub: Well dear sir, thank you. I completely forgot and I own it. haha

@ithyphallus: What RE4 made up for in terms of control and camera related frustration, it sacrificed in clever puzzles. RE, RE:DC and REmake all had some fantastic puzzles that put the game up there with Monkey Island and Simon the Sorcerer in terms of thinking. Most of the "puzzles" in RE4 could be solved by mashing randomly at the buttons until you got the desired result.

Squirminator2k

@dirtface:Well, I was trying to make the FFVII fans sound like the Patriots. So it only looks cool to me. Haha. And meh I understand where youre coming from but I think the "remastered" verson of CastleVania SoTN on Draculas X Chronicles sucked. Maybe it was from playing that game so much as a youth, but the typos and rough translation add a little charm, in my opinion.

@L33Td00d: At what point did $10 become a bad price for what is probably one of the best games of the 90s?

Squirminator2k

I want to see the "Kojima goes high-tec with magazine clips" news!!

elmorepow

@Mr. Tambourine Man:

he's in Japan right now.

@Mr. Tambourine Man: My thoughts exactly.

I couldn't care less about RE1 since Im a self proclaimed loather of traditional tank RE games with awkward cameras, inventory management and backtracking with scarce bullets (read: every RE game except 4 and 5).

I never actually owned MGS1 (played it and owned the crappy GC remake) so Im looking forward to the PSN release!

Whats up with the price?

That game is $6 on the Japanese PSN...

FarmboyinJapan

How many times have I bought this game now?

Gundragon

@Ping5000 IS OUTRAGED BY BLIZZARD'S VOICE CAST: I honestly didn't like the new one as much anyways because of all the zombie burning and super zombies. I like the first game for its simplicity aka nostalgia.

mbk337

@dirtface:

Sony may not have, but Capcom HAS added to these games before.

Resident Evil: DS was a 1:1 port of the original with some added features. Such as the ability to touch the naught bits of Chris and Jill on the screen to see some reactions.

The touch puzzles were alright.

I wasn't a fan of the random FPS 'Screen slashing' mode when you had to open the doors though.

@EvilMetsFan fon Fabre:Fuck the NA PSN Store!: Woah there, Speed. Is that the royal "we," or something?

I'm right with you when it comes to denying Square satisfaction for their itchy edit finger. Final Fantasy Tactics got ruined that way, I know. But a few minor typo fixes wouldn't hurt anything.

dirtface

@anglon: Yes, as the PS3 and PSP share the same emulation of PSone games.

It should be noted in the post that the game is only being released through the American PSN. Sven on the Capcom Unity forums said that due to rights issues, PSone Classics by Capcom are 'not eminent' in Europe for the moment.

@feitclub:

It won't be. They didn't even restore it for the DS copy a few years back.

I know, pisses me off too.

well, aside from porting the game, they have to re-program it to work with the ps3 and psp..

I think they should've slashed $5 off that $10 ...

Tychonius

@pinshot: Why not? i think its a good chance for people to play the (almost) original RE that started it all.

@Gezbox: Actually, Sony set the $10 price, confirmed by Sven on the Capcom Unity forums. Also, it should be noted that due to rights issues, there are no current plans for Capcom to release PSone Classics in Europe, also confirmed by Sven.
[www.capcom-unity.com]

@dirtface: Yeah.. That did just open a massive barrel of napalm. And you rubbed it on this threads skin and lit it on fire. Haha

@anglon: Yes. Any PS1 title works on the PSP.

@Black-Dog-Howls: Example: We dont fucking want FFVII altered in any way at all. We dont want Aerith, we want Aeris. If you change the battle system, we will RAGE./ Example

I for one don't want a single thing changed. I know I'd be real pissed if they fixed the w-item trick.. Super fucking pissed.

@SocraticMethod: I would buy it just on principle alone. i missed the boat on this one so I would pick it up just for that reason alone.

I wonder if they've FINALLY restored the edited footage to the opening cinema? Back when Director's Cut hit the shelves, they advertised the inclusion of previously-edited graphic material but then failed to deliver said blood & guts. It was a pretty big mistake and they ended up offering rebates as compensation.

@dirtface: The only thing I want them to change about the PS1 Classics is Online Multiplayer. KOF99, Street Fighter Alpha and Tekken 2 is good and all, but if we could have some make-shift Kaillera-style multiplayer, I would gladly buy them again. (Already have the physical copies.)

Hell, if they could do this with any PS1 game, digital download or not, it would be the best thing sense sliced bread! Rival Schools, Darkstalkers 3 and Street Fighter Alpha 3 online would be a dream come true ... but I'm getting ahead of myself. Just make the current PS1 classics online-multiplayer capable, and you'll give XBLA a real good run for its money.

@EvilMetsFan fon Fabre:Fuck the NA PSN Store!: There already is a portable RE. It was released on DS a couple years ago.

@KylenX: You jerk, now I gotta go replay Chrono Cross. Fucker.

@dirtface: Jah.

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: hmm. I always wondered: won't the fans already have the original version? With PS1 games being supported on PS2, PSP and PS3 there's no problem. (ah the PSP needs a digital version.. ) . But there can't be a living fan that didn't already succumb to CFW to play his copy of FF7/whatever ASAP instead of hoping PSN grants their wish in the following decade.

Does this work on the psp too?

anglon

Where is Metal Gear Solid?

Would buy if I didn't already have this game like 3 times over.

Poxy re-issues.

@this thread: Oh God, why did I have to name that game?

dirtface

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: For nostalgia maybe? Bad translations, a slightly broken and easily exploitable battle system, along with some really wonky sections of the first disc... There are things that could be fixed to make it better at a base game level.

Black-Dog-Howls

I remember just hating the DC version of RE. The switching of item locations would have been fun (a la RE3) if it wasn't for the fact it increased the game's backtracking. Their new locations didn't really make much sense in the context of the game world anyway.

As much as I liked some of the new camera angles, some were made harder than they were because of them. Who thought up the stupid angles for the 3 crates & the vent puzzle?! GAH! I'm not even going to start on the costumes.

Still, at least we had Zombie Forest giving us that extra scare.

Stevil_T

@L33Td00d:

I notice Capcom always overcharge for everything. They are the new 'old' EA. EA has pretty much redeemed themselves in the console market in my eyes.

-$23.95AUD a PSN games
-Over $8AUD for 5 costumes
-Charging for stuff that was already on the disc.

I actually got into a verbal argument with the producer of the re-released Marvel Vs Capcom 2 on the PlayStation Blog for lying about the Bionic Commando (PSN) trophy patch. I told him I was going PSN share their games and SF4 costumes from my friend, which I did.

Don't flame me guys. They need to be put in their place for disrespecting their fans.

hows the translation on it? I hope its the same as in horrible.

kitsuneconundrum

$10? Really???

I'm fine with my CFW & RE3. Besides. RE1DC wasn't really my cup of tea. RE1GC was all it was cooped up to be. Too bad we can't get that made into a psp port. But hey, at least this is a step in the right direction, yeah?? Hell, if we're lucky, we might even get a Chrono Cross resale. :O

That'd make my inner fangirl squeal with glee.

now those who were too young or didn't take up RE1 can now experience the frustrations of RE1 and appreciate RE4 a lot more.

ithyphallus

@dirtface: FF7 is the very definition of Rose Tinted Glasses, they needn't change a thing to sell a ridiculous amount.

Then theres the problem of the hardcore fans whining about them changing or even adding anything.

I'd say with something like FF7 atleast, avoid the fuss/mess/extra cost and just release it as is.

@SocraticMethod: people like frustrating nostalgia?

ithyphallus

Dude, thats pretty fucking awesome. I can't wait to have a portable RE. Here's too portable FFVII!

@dirtface: They could release FFVII unchanged in every way and sell probably a million downloads or more.

@Ping5000 IS OUTRAGED BY BLIZZARD'S VOICE CAST: Too much crap to get. And like he said, people like nostalgia.

@Ping5000 IS OUTRAGED BY BLIZZARD'S VOICE CAST: Uhm... A lot, but not as much?

dirtface

OH GOD THE DOGS!!!

That one part with the dogs jumping through the windows was the first time I was ever scared by a video-game.

@dirtface: Imagine how much it would sell if they didn't.

New character outfits.

That is to say, they were new in 1997.

Has Sony ever prodded developers to create new content for these classics, thus generating more consumer interest?

Imagine how many $10 copies of Final Fantasy VII you could sell if you expanded some of its best parts.

dirtface

milk that back catalogue

@Ping5000 IS OUTRAGED BY BLIZZARD'S VOICE CAST: some people enjoy the nostalgia of it really. some people find the remake a sleight against the game.

L33Td00d

10 bucks?! this is an outrage!

L33Td00d

Gain a talent in negotiating and get a GC and a copy of the remake for $10 instead.

It's way better. Stupid better.

@Thief: I leapt off the couch. My brother knew it was coming and laughed his ass off at me.

@aiko.adonia:
The "Jill sandwich" remark was in the Director's Cut back when I played it on the PS1. You can't forget voice-acting moments that bad.

Kid_Bitchin

Hmm, can these be gameshare'd?

@Pronssi: Already tried for a gameplay video on YouTube?

@Bricked:
When playing it on PSP

Bricked

Hopefully they get on to RE2 and fix the freezing bug when you get to the RPD bldg.

Bricked

@Ping5000 IS OUTRAGED BY BLIZZARD'S VOICE CAST:

Unless you intend to play it on a PSP because you're never home. I'd prefer not to lug around a TV and a GC to my university library.

Bricked

@FrankieViturello: I must be the only one in the world that thinks of puzzles when I hear Resident Evil.

That's 90% of the fun and it's another reason why I think 4/5 weren't as good as the rest of the series.

MDX

This would be a lot better were Capcom to go in and fix the "localization error" that caused the original uncensored Japanese intro to remain absent from the Director's Cut.

I highly doubt that would happen. I highly doubt any game company plans to do anything with them old games except market to the nostalgia crowd at wacko prices.

CowLion

@Bergerac:

RE 2 is easily the best in the series bar none. I've played them all except 5 and it is the best story and overall fun factor that makes it #1.

Oldboy26

@Ping5000 IS OUTRAGED BY BLIZZARD'S VOICE CAST:

The original holds up just fine thank you. Just because the remake is good doesn't make the original obsolete.

Oldboy26

I emailed this story to kotaku Friday night right when capcom announced it wth!? We could have been complaining about pricing together all weekend!

@thedoorsdk: It isn't the first PS1 game costing $10.

*Looks at SOTN*

@ithyphallus: Apparently. But god forbid if a new RE game has controls that they thing are "bad" then they scream bloody murder, despite that the original RE games had controls 1000000000000000000 x times worse.

Rajolae

@randomrawr: I heart human tank controls. Lara can you hear me? come back please...

Rory Michael O'Sullivan

@dirtface: But if they change stuff they are not re-releasing classics. It's a good general rule of gaming to change little in re-releases. I mean people buy them for the nostalgia so if you change it then they don't want it.

Case and point tomb raider anniversary. People who didn't really like the original game call it a faithful remake. people who played legend and loved it ahead of all the classic tr games thought it refreshed the series. In reality it is a tarnish on what was once my favourite series. I never thought things could get worse after AOD, I was wrong...

Rory Michael O'Sullivan

@NicolasCage: Yet no one apart from Gaiden itself is sad...

Rory Michael O'Sullivan

@randomrawr: Look. I agree with you.

But chill the hell out. Maybe you should go outside and get some fresh air, neh?

@thecrisisfromthesky:

PSN of Japan has all 3 of the original RE games now along side several of the Final Fantasy titles. SOA is doing a piss poor job at delivering content to us. It's annoying, isn't it?

@Alex_Mexico:

Then you sir fucking fail as a Gamer and should quit gaming now. I've been playing RE games since the original launched and I've not once ever had an issue controlling the characters. It's fucking simple.

Up = Up
Down = Down
Right = Right
Left = Left

How can people not fucking understand this? You make it more complicated than it really is. Ignore how the fucking camera angles are.

Jesus, people piss me off when they use the "OMG This game sux because of TANKZ CONTROLS"

@togovero: Damn this comment. I searched for a decent shot of Jill's bottocks for a good 30 minutes and it wasn't that great. Gah!

@MDX: As I'm one of two who have responded in an air of disagreement with the original statement -

The issue that I have has nothing to do with "strategy guides" but the comparison to the SCUMM games (Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, Sam & Max, Simon the Sorcerer, etc.) due to the non-action bent of those games "PUZZLES" were nearly 100% of the content of those games, playing through nearly any SCUMM game is/was a non-stop puzzle-solving affair, from something as simple as figuring out the correct branching conversation to have with somebody or as complex as, deciding from close to TWENTY contextual options to do with an item (or items) to solve a puzzle.

Sure, sometimes a Resident Evil puzzle was a tad frustrating, but ultimately they all boil down to using the correct type of crank shaft in the right hole, or using the "look" command in your item box to turn a book over to find the hidden key.

When people describe the RE series they don't say "you know ... they're those puzzle solving games where you kill zombies." but when you ask about a SCUMM game you'll inevitably get the answer "they're those point and click games where you have to solve a bunch of puzzles ... not much (if any) action, it's just figuring stuff out.".

I think that the lofty comparison of RE1 to the SCUMM series/genre is way off, and "strategy guides" have nothing to do with it.

FrankieViturello

@L33Td00d: Yeah, 10 bucks isn't terrible but with every other PS1 game being $5.99 I'm a little shocked that this one didn't follow suit.
Oh well, I've still got my original copy of this anyways.

the DS ResEvil was horrible...hope this is better...sure do love some Bio..er, Resident Evil

geezer_man

i think its a lot for a ps1 game.... ill get it only if the price comes down.

@Squirminator2k: I agree with you anyone who disagrees probably had a strategy guide or didn't play the original games.

MDX

@thecrisisfromthesky: Well ... to be fair they DO have to play test them.

PS2, PSP, and PS3 all have PS1 compatibility built in but some games do hit compatibility issues either immediately or at some mid-point. They have to devote a few weeks at least to putting a few play testers on these games and make sure that nothing causes a fatal crash in nearly ever scenario.

FrankieViturello

@Squirminator2k:

You're joking right?

Almost all the puzzles in RE are either item based key/lock puzzles or slide crap around on the floor puzzles.

While RE4 doesn't have anything more complex than that none of the RE series puzzles come close to the thought that required for most of the SCUMM games. You're either remembering this scenario wrong or giving RE WAAAY too much credit.

FrankieViturello

Yaaaaay, the resident evil with the worst voice over acting ever in a game lol.
The hand movments, everything was just wrong.
I still to this day never beat this one. I beat evbery other one except this one. I guess because I just got to bored to finish it, this was before the internet was widley available to just look for walkthroughs

Crypysmoker

No thank you. I got the Japanese version for mere 600Y in 2007; likewise for RE2 and 3 later on.

@Thief:
Likewise, best 40 buck investment I ever made for my PS 1!
I'm so stoked about this, my brother and I would play at night in the dark for hours!

nico1606

Wait didn't Japan get these on psn months ago and I thought they were graphically improved since they say HD on their Japanese site or I thought they did. Anyone know.

@FrankieViturello: Water sample puzzle would like to have a word with you buddy. Thats the most glaring thing in my mind besides Nemesis about that game.

@Gundragon: Apparenty not enough, if you have to ask. :P

FUCKING....FINALLY

Way to go Sony, put good shit on PSone classics nearly three years into the consoles life.

MadExponent

The games weren't licensed for the PS3 or PSP. It's up to the publisher if they want to release it on another platform in a specific territory. So when you see CAPCOM only releasing it in Japan then maybe it's because Japan is more important to them.

MontgomeryMarigold

@dirtface: I actually grew up on FFT and have played it more times than I remember, but I feel that the PSP port is by far the better product; I shall never play the PSX version again (although, RIP spell dialogue)

And they have updated the emulator for some titles. Anyone who's tried all their old PS1 games knows they don't all work flawlessly, but I've noticed after their firmware updates some of the titles will now work. So apparently those firmware updates aren't just for new features but includes them debugging the PS1 titles they want to put out. You'll never hear me complain about lots of firmware updates, it means they are fixing something or adding functionality for unreleased games!

MontgomeryMarigold

Bleh I remember buying this because capcom said it would have the unedited intro and other stuff cut out but it was idential to the original except it has some camera mix mode and dual shock support.

@elmorepow:

Why would you post that here? It has absolutely nothing at all to do with this topic. Thats as stupid as going into a hospital and saying you want to buy a brass faucet for your bathroom.

If you cant stay on topic, why bother posting?

@FarmboyinJapan:

Because its fucking japan and its yen in japan, not dollars. What do you care the price is in another country?

If you want it then buy it, if you dont then dont. Its that easy.

@Pronssi: Please share the image with us all so we may bask in the glory.

@4nonymo: you could just get a psp. they work on that too.

@ahmeng: but RE5 sucks. a ton worse than RE4 IMO.

@libregkd: both are system-defining classics, so i think it makes total sense to charge more from a supply/demand perspective. we'd all prefer it at $6, but would you rather $10 or have it not come out?

@Rory Michael O'Sullivan: In reality your opinions aren't fact. ;P

Svend Joscelyne

"this looks like chris' blood...." best line ever.

Have they fixed the awful control scheme so that it can actually be playable this time?

@EvilMetsFan fon Fabre:Fuck the NA PSN Store!:

The water sample puzzle from RE3 is challenging, but it also has multiple solutions and can (if memory serves) be solved without even knowing the "trick" of how to align the colors. It's hard ... but not totally indicative of puzzles in the series.

Don't get me wrong. There ARE puzzles in the RE series, some more complex than others, and I like the rest of the RE fans in the world had a lot of fun figuring them out between managing items and shooting slimy things ...

... but AGAIN, it's the comparison to the puzzles found in games like Simon the Sorcerer or Monkey Island that have me on the offensive.

The Resident Evil games are NOT puzzle solving games at their core, they're action games, and what little puzzle solving they had could be boiled down to "fetch parts and figure out to combine them to do X".

FrankieViturello

@thecrisisfromthesky: Exactly, it's all about the red tape. Look how much trouble it is to get GoldenEye on the Wii Virtual Console.

HalcyonX12

@pinshot:

seeing as how it's capcom you know they will

ghastlyprotector

@Bergerac:

if anything the crimson heads were the stepping stone towards the ganada/majini

also, i recently won re2 for the gamecube and played through it and it was just as fun as i remember it...still my favorite after all these years.

ghastlyprotector

10:30 on the east coast and still no psn store update.
Finally something good on the store is promised, and they decide not to deliver. Ty capcom and sony.
my money is now going elsewere

Itharious

So it's late in the day on the day of these supposed store update/release annddddd .. nothing.

been checking the psn store all day and theres been none of the afore mentioned new releases yet. what gives?

Itharious