This page is for the original game. For the remake, see Resident Evil HD Remaster.
Resident Evil
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Capcom |
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September 17, 1997 |
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Key points
- Poor compatibility with modern systems.
General information
- Resident Evil Wiki
Availability
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DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
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Essential improvements
- A fan-made config tool that facilitates video settings management and allows keyboard and joystick keys/buttons to be remapped.
- Fixes the "Failed to initialize the Graphic Hardware Device.(3) error", forces the game to run at the correct speed, in HD and 32 bit color depth, and adds full compatibility with XInput controllers, among other things.
- Removes the need for Win95 or Win98/ME compatibility modes to start, fixes all frame rate issues, adds full compatibility with XInput, RawInput, and DirectInput controllers, adds several new resolutions and a borderless fullscreen mode, replaces Registry configuration with an INI textfile, removes the need for a physical CD-ROM drive installed on PC, and adds support for loading movie files from Hard Drives, translates the Japanese version into English.
- Provides extended mod support.
- Requires Japanese MediaKite release version 1.01.
- Replaces the audio in the game with higher quality sounds and includes FMVs.
- Includes an older version of the REbirth Patch and the Japanese MediaKite 1.01 executable.
- Use REbirth High Quality video pack for higher quality FMVs.
- Replaces in-game video cut-scenes with better quality MP4 files that have reduced artifacts, smooth interpolations to 30 FPS, and better compression.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Issues fixed
"Jill Bug"
- When playing with Jill the image may freeze during the encounter with Barry after killing the first monster. This bug becomes active when the processor clock is far above game requirements. To prevent this from happening it is necessary to underclock the processor to reach a clock value close to 400 mhz.
"Failed to initialize the Graphic Hardware Device.(3)" error
"The game would only be able to run only when Windows95" error
Enable the following compatibility settings for the CHECKER.EXE, LAUNCH.EXE, RESIDENTEVIL.EXE, and SETUP.EXE files: Compatibility mode (Windows 95)[citation needed]
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Installing the game
- During installation, the installer goes fullscreen like many 90's era installers did. An error message sometimes appears behind the fullscreen installer background. The error itself isn't a problem, but clicking 'OK' requires using Alt+Tab ↹ or Ctrl+Alt+Delete (and enter Task Manager) to be able to see said error. This might take a few tries since it's such a wonky process.
- This game is from an era where PC games asked what graphics card you had, and the list is very small and outdated. Pick the card that looks and runs best on your machine.
- By using the Classic REbirth patch, you do not need to install the game - it is made completely portable as it does not require Windows Registry information. By doing this, it is also possible to completely skip Graphics Card selection.
Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| Direct3D |
3 |
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| Software renderer |
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| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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System requirements
| Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
95 | |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 90 MHz
| Intel Pentium 133 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
16 MB |
32 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
5 MB |
400 MB |
| Video card (GPU) |
4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 3a compatible | |
References
