Info about Resident Evil 1.5

What cheap prank? i was just to lazy to edit out the msn pop-up. Jesus, you guys think into shit way to hard. It was never a prank, i was never claiming to own or have 1.5, those screens i posted were always save files that were modded.... letting you play 1.5 rooms. I stated " this is as close as any of you will ever get " or whatever the hell i said because the modded files let you play actual 1.5. rooms/backgrounds.

I know 1.5 information and what not makes the hardcore fans go crazy and research (maybe a little to much)..... but seriously don't over think a situation and start assuming shit, because all of you were wrong.

You are 100 percent right, there was never an admission of anything, i'm seriously confused by all this shit LOL

Haha thanks, i edited it because i felt i didn't need to explain this silliness but it's good that this gets out. Shesh, this is what happens when people assume stuff.... and actually think there's something behind it (with out doing the proper research or contacting the person )

Can you inform me on what "claims" i made regarding owning 1.5? can ANY of you on this forum who assumed i was getting at that show me where i ever made a claim of owning 1.5? i never ONCE said, stated or "claimed" i owned or had resident evil 1.5. I posted three pictures of a very sick mod that let's you play 1.5 rights, you all assumed i was hinting that i had it and i didn't mean for it to come off that way what-so-ever. My bad though, i'v been a part of this 1.5 community for 10 plus years, waiting and waiting, getting excited when new shit pops up like the rest of us so i should of known this would of caused a tsunami (stir is not an applicable word)

As for the Italian people, persons or group that is working on this. It's for real.... the only problem is, contact has been cut, there has been no new information or screen shot from these guys for around a month now. The chances of them actually releasing it are pretty slim. I'm hoping for a release like the rest of us but i just don't see it happening any time soon.

 

Well, there's definitely no need to get upset; The moment we let things get vicious, we lose that stability that the 1.5 community so desperately needs.

Browzers, I'm glad that you clarified things, and I'm glad you understood why that initial post [as DrunkDog306] wasn't a good idea. Humorously enough, you're correct that no claims of possession were ever made. However, you're right that you should have clarified things immediately so that people wouldn't pick apart those screen shots. As a "part of this 1.5 community for 10 plus years," you should have known how sensitive people can be towards 1.5 information. (No matter how simple or unrelated the information may seem.) Indeed, the slightest claim will always get noticed by the 1.5 community; They're actively looking for anyone that has this prototype.

Nevertheless, as far as I'm concerned, the whole thing has been sorted out, and I don't see any need to be upset. If you are still angry, I'll take responsibility for the comments here; I was the one that posted that LostLevels topic, and, therefore, I'm the reason those screen shots were even examined. However, I hope that we can simply disregard these events and maintain a [calm] focus on the Facebook group. It's true that information has been scarce, but I'm going to hold out hope that I can, one day, experience what's left of 1.5 on my own. (It is just a game, right? [All right, even I think that's too broad.])

 

My apologies to you, drunkdog306.
Sorry for the false accusation, I didn't mean to be this unfair...

Next time I'll be more careful about the stuff I write. I didn't put much thought into my previous post.
I hope I didn't cause too much unnecessary trouble there.

Let's get back to a mannered discussion regarding 1.5 now, shall we?

The facebook team is our only lead at the moment, let's hope that something good comes out of this mysterious project.
We've had too many failures in the past, it would be wonderful if this would turn out to be a legitimate source for new information.

All we can do now is wait for them to reveal their intentions. I just wonder when that will be.
It could be a matter of weeks, months, years, after all...

Well, at least we have something to look forward to, even if we don't know whether we will like the outcome of it. :smile-new:

 

It's all good, i'm not angry what's so ever, i love the passion of this community lol but let's get back on track. The female zombie picture seems legit, who ever is modding the game must have some extensive knowledge about ps1 editing because it's a pretty complex thing to do..... As for Elza's inventory screen, this seems fake. Why would the guy change the weapon icons to Resident Evil 2 ones? when he knows we want 1.5 everything (not saying he's doing all this modding for us but if he has the intention to release it switching the icons doesn't make sense)

 

What makes no sense would be leaving placeholders in there. If they are actually working on making it look more like a retail build there's no place for stuff that definitively sticks out like a punch in the face.

 

Hi everyone.

I am kind of new in the forums (although I'm registered for quite a while and figured my interest about the matter justifies creating an account). I am following the activities regarding 1.5 for a while now and I am absolutely fascinated about your persistence and the lengths you have gone (and probably will go) in order to dig out the lost disc. I am quite upset about the stupidity of some people in the past, especially about the guys who thought that threatening potential sources is a good idea. Unfortunately, the only way of avoiding such situations is to keep information secret. Its probably the best though to let trusted members of the community approach these issues.

But I digress. I just wanted to give you some words of appreciation for your work and a big thank you for effort and meticulous research on RE 1.5. I will continue to follow you and hope for the best.

 

You know the menu screen is in portuguese not italian.

the ? is because the system can't display I with an accent (not sure how you call that in english) like this í

It says: Balas para de 9 milímetros pistola
Bullets for the 9 milimeters pistol.

This isn't italian at all.

 

Yup, that was another red flag. The person or people clearly have access to the game and are editing it, but this all just seems a little weird. The female zombie was only found in very early builds of 1.5, it's nice to see the data for her is still on the disc they have access to.

I agree 100 percent but they could just be releasing photos during the editing process....

Here are another few pictures he had released that kind of make me rethink this whole thing....





That's the same 1.5 Leon character model in both pictures.

 

Resident Evil 2 had a hack translation to portuguese. I can see if I can get in touch with the team that translated it and see if they know something

 

Judging by what evidence we have the team appear to be trying to complete the game with all the resources they have to make it as close to final as possible. Things such as:

- Replacing placeholder art
- Replacing placeholder models
- Translaing text
- Finishing unfinished boundaries
- Finishing unfinished textures
- Linking unlinked rooms
- Unlocking "beta" content (items, weapons, enemies, etc.)

Clearly they're trying to make the game resemble a final product as if the game never got cancelled. Sure some of us would like to see the build for what it is, but some other people out there would like to enjoy it as if it was a complete game without crappy art and buggy gameplay etc. This appears to be a restoration project for lack of better words, making it what it deserves to be so people can enjoy it to its greatest potential.

 

Great Summary there. I, when I first heard of this project, I was questioning whether or not the intentions of it would be for the community, rather than just certain individuals (their friends and stuff perhaps). But something came out at me : Why would they put in so much effort into something that involves multiple people? I definitely believe that it's for everyone's gain, as they have stated releasing it along with the unaltered copy in the end. I don't mean to badmouth them or anything, it just seems like a tyrannical task, the amount of work involved must be tremondous, and I do thank them in their time to make it playable, even if it doesn't end up in everyone's hands. A commendable task.

 

From what i gathered over at THIA they will be releasing both the edited and unedited versions. No real confirmation on this just like the rest of the information but it's what has been stated.

 

My understanding was that an Italian group had been responsible for this "restoration" project, yet now I'm hearing it could be a Portuguese team instead. On the other hand, there are also rumours the source of this build may even be a Brazilian collector (even though I've read comments from experts on the subject of 1.5 questioning whether any prototypes were even made available to journalists in this part of the world - assuming it wasn't obtained some other way, of course)...

Whatever the case, it's already been confirmed that those behind this effort will definitely be releasing their fixed complete version along with the original, unaltered disc. As I've said before, there are claims this particular copy is approximately 40% complete in comparison with the Bioflames material, which I believe is quite close to the last known version owned by Capcom and as seen in the Biohazard Complete Disc footage.

Based on this figure alone, I suspect many areas will either be incomplete or missing entirely. However, it does mean that elements later taken out will be present, such as the female zombie model. Also, backgrounds from early in the game can be combined with the later sections as extracted from the Biohazard 2 Trial to create what I presume will be a near-complete collection of locations.

Using the editor seen in that picture, I've no doubt it's possible to recreate most of the rooms Capcom planned to include in the final version, had development not been restarted. I can't be sure how they intend to solve the lack of puzzles or enemies in these remade portions of the game, but again I remain confident the results will prove worth the wait. If not, we'll always have the unmodified files as well to see if anyone else feels like attempting something similar in the future.

 

That's bullshit. See, Capcom would never release anything here to the press, not even a build. Our magazines back in the day had to basically copy news from other sources... the only thing CAPCOM marketed here was arcade games when they were strong all over the world. Also there are no Gamespots in Brazil, and piracy is rampant. Brazil is the land of the reverse, here you get to be the butt of many jokes if someone finds out that you're buying original games, haha.

The only way a collector has to acquire the copy is contacting outside sources... because of that, the collector must be proficient in english. And the translation on that screenshot was obviously machine-generated ("Balas para de 9milímetros pistola"... what a sloppy translation, it should be "Balas para Pistola de 9mm", since Bullets for "9mm Pistol" is a little redundant, I would translate it as "Balas de 9mm" )

Or, as I wrote on THIA:

 

Their nationality was never revealed even in the FB discussion that led to the first picture leaks. Also, how many times do we have to rediscuss this point? It's been stated several times: there's no "Italian group".

Confirmed, where? There was never any word on this one either. Again, random speculation.

 

I'm going to detract this threat a little bit, to present you with something I've been working for the past few weeks. It's a small anniversary gift to the BioHazard community that I've been following for the last 10 years. I choose BioHazard 1.5 due to my passion for this little gem, and I felt this topic was the most appropriate to post it.

Screenshots: The screeshots are organized by area. If the area is significantly large (like the RPD, for example), it's divided by parts. It also contains the locations of the areas (though they are by no means accurate). You'll find some chronological sequences of the gameplay progression (like the sewer entrance, for example). However, not every sequence is organized in a chronological order... it might be merely an estimate or personal preference. All the screenshots are in .JPEG format. The resolution is 250pp per 180pp for the screenshots of the RPD and the Sewers, and 320pp per 240pp for the screenshots of the Umbrella Factory and Laboratory. Most of the screenshots come from the Final Build, the remaining from PSM Build. To conclude, I'm aware that some screenshots are missing. However, if you do find it to be missing some important screenshots, please let me know.

https://rapidshare.com/files/524305981/BioHazard%201.5%20Screenshots.rar

Magazine Scans: Every magazine scan has been cataloged. I only included full body magazine scans. They were cataloged with four things in mind: a) name of the magazine or publication; b) issue or volume (even if non-existent, I tracked down how many numbered publications were made to find out the respective issue or volume); c) date of the issue or volume, including the month and year; d) page of the scan. There were four exceptions: 1) BioHazard Archive Reprint Edition (book published by Capcom); 2) Capcom Design Works (book published by Capcom); 3) GameFan Books (strategy guide published by GameFan). Every scan available was double-checked, but there might be some mistakes, so if someone finds them, tell me so I can correct them. Also, if a magazine scan is missing, it's probably because I could not find any information regarding it. If such happens, and someone knows the information that is missing let me know so I can add it in future updates. Hopefully, this will be useful for those trying to track down magazine scans of BioHazard 1.5 for collecting purposes.

Special Thanks to Marvin for providing the best website with a library of BioHazard 1.5 scans. It was the inspiration of this project.
Special Thanks to Lamont for the valuable information to catalog the Famitsu Issue. It was critical to my decision of including the scans and concluding the project.
Special Thanks to Ridley W. Hayes and everyone who contributed for his massive magazine database. Thanks to such an effort the catalog information of the existing scans was cross-checked and corrections were made, and the numbers of magazine scans of the project was significantly increased (over 30 scans have been included in this project thanks to his great work).

https://rapidshare.com/files/3425395127/BioHazard 1.5 Book & Magazine Scans.rar

Video Footage: All the video footage available can be downloaded from BioFlames.com. I only included it because it contains the respective source of the footage in the filename, in case some of you might be interested in trying to track down the VideoTapes or CDs from where that footage was extracted from. That and you also get to download every single one available (minus the PlaystationMuseum) in one swift .rar file.

Special Thanks to OKeijiDragon for providing me the source of the first BioHazard 1.5 footage (V-Jump Festival 1996), and the last one I was missing.

https://rapidshare.com/files/805214909/BioHazard 1.5 Video Footage.rar

This is my first contribution to the BioHazard 1.5 community. Hope you like it. Any feedback is welcomed.

 

Kegluneq, you've donated some nice work to the community. I am quite glad we have people that are willing to assemble and archive information like this. If a true 1.5 release ever comes to pass, it's information like this that will allow us to dissect what's included. Indeed, without images for comparison, we wouldn't be able to appreciate what changes were made to 1.5 throughout its intriguing development cycle. Thank you, Kegluneq.

 

Great first post.
They're changing it for whatever reason, at the end of the day if they release it, who cares if they've changed it slightly or whatnot and possibly improved it? Better to have an improved/changed copy than none at all.

 

solidsnake22 obviously doesn't have a clue. We can guess from the leak screenshots that text is corrupted in some scenes, meaning could be not much of correct Japanese in there. But even if the text was fully working, I doubt most people around here would understand said moonspeak, rendering the game virtually impossible unless somebody comes up with a walkthrough.

 

I believe what solidsnake22 just expressed was an opinion, something which doesn't require him to actually have a clue about anything. And the corrupt text is clearly seen in a screenshot which represents a modified version of the game not an unmodified version of the game, evident by John's updated texture. The corrupt text was likely a result of hacking, not part of an unpleasant feature of the original build.