15 years of Resident Evil (here's to 15 more!)

[TheSelfishGene]

Happy birthday Biohazard. Thank you for the good times Here's hoping there's many more

[Saint_Eve]

Hey guys! Yeah, its been a while hasnt it? Its good to see all the old members here.

Rombie: its sad to see REFan go, but its good that you are sticking around, I wonder how many resitez era sites are still around, those where the days.

Also, in order to play those protos I had to dig up an old PSX that is not modded and now im attempting to swap disks by hand (no gameshark unfortunatley).

[Scream]

And.... why isn't anyone talking about this?

This is awesome! Thanks for bringing it up - will check it out now... Yeah we should also thank MarkGrass for all his hacking/coding efforts. Well done!

I hope the next 15 years will be even better for RE, if we can handle the change and learn from our mistakes.

Cheers.

[Kaneco]

Hurray!!!...to some great 15 years!

Well, the latest years haven't been so nice for the latest games but the heck with that!...
I wouldn't take any of the games back, I found some sort of enjoyment even from the
crappiest tittles of the series! =D

Happy 15th!!!

Hey Rombie, I loved REfan way back when I visited everyday sometime in the early 2000s and even New-Blood before you guys merged.

I just loved the website's layout and media, with all the gameplay videos, intros/endings/cutscenes & AMVs. =D

Resitez.com used to be the affiliates website from where I got to any of the RE fan community based sites.
I just checked (after many years) and it just redirects to your REFan site. xD

[Carnivol]

Then, why don't you try to do something better, yourself?

As i've said before, some file formats are pretty tough to decipher, not to mention there's hardly anyone interested in BH/RE modification.

Touchy much, are we?

What little I've poked around on the early REs myself (and what little I've bothered to check up with others who're a tad bit more seasoned than myself) indicates that pretty much everything in terms of PS1 era Resident Evil is mostly just a simple mixture of plain formats and out-of-the-box stock formats. Only thing really tricky at first sight is how at least the console versions get all butt hurt when certain types of data is altered, but at least the Spanish and Portuguese fan-translation teams seems to've quickly worked their way around those (I'd say possibly by either manually tracing the madness or comparing things to the Russian bootleg translations)

It's not like this is a FF community with a trillion members who have no lives outside of their fantasy-rpg worlds.

This so called "FF community" is (to my knowledge, anyway) mainly limited to a gazillion Final Fantasy VI/III hacks (mainly thanks to a mixture of a set of flexible tools people have made in the past, based on reverse engineering and understanding of the game, and incredibly well written documentation that makes it a cakewalk for even a beginners to achieve some decent stuff), a set of "enhancement" and "compatibility" hacks for the PC version of VII (and some translations on the PS1 version, iirc.), some old Final Fantasy Tactics stuff, a good set of translation projects spread out on a multitude of languages and across titles on various platforms (of which some are fairly simple stuff and others downright malevolent) and a couple of mention worthy TCs (such as Dragoon X Omega II).

Of course, going to the point of labeling them all the "FF community" and a bunch of "no life" is being plain ignorant and what I'd dare to call pretty insulting, especially considering how well most of the technically adept ones document their work, share their knowledge and interact with members of various communities (u jelly?). So they're not worthy of any kind of praise? I'd say these supposed "no life" are probably no different on the "no life"-o-meter from most people you see around these parts.

[MeganGrass]

@Rombie - ...sad to read about REFan. Best of luck with future endeavors!

What little I've poked around on the early REs myself (and what little I've bothered to check up with others who're a tad bit more seasoned than myself) indicates that pretty much everything in terms of PS1 era Resident Evil is mostly just a simple mixture of plain formats and out-of-the-box stock formats. Only thing really tricky at first sight is how at least the console versions get all butt hurt when certain types of data is altered, but at least the Spanish and Portuguese fan-translation teams seems to've quickly worked their way around those (I'd say possibly by either manually tracing the madness or comparing things to the Russian bootleg translations)

Apparently, you've only 'poked around' with BioHazard 1 / Resident Evil 1, for the PSone. Yes, most of the files are pretty common, but from BioHazard 2 / Resident Evil 2 forward, most files are proprietary and cannot be easily reverse engineered. Not to mention that crazy little thing called "file compression", which in CAPCOM's case, usually tends to be proprietary, as well.

And for the record, text translation happens to be the easiest modification for the PSone Classic versions. If *person* knows how to use a hex editor and a texture creator, *person* can make a language translation.

...You talk big about this kinda stuff an some-what 'diss the BH/RE community, yet, you don't really take any action to better the situation (like, trying to reverse engineer, write apps, documentation, etc).

This so called "FF community" is (to my knowledge, anyway) mainly limited to a gazillion Final Fantasy VI/III hacks (mainly thanks to a mixture of a set of flexible tools people have made in the past, based on reverse engineering and understanding of the game, and incredibly well written documentation that makes it a cakewalk for even a beginners to achieve some decent stuff), a set of "enhancement" and "compatibility" hacks for the PC version of VII (and some translations on the PS1 version, iirc.), some old Final Fantasy Tactics stuff, a good set of translation projects spread out on a multitude of languages and across titles on various platforms (of which some are fairly simple stuff and others downright malevolent) and a couple of mention worthy TCs (such as Dragoon X Omega II).

...yeah, because writing pages upon pages of file format documentation and completely reverse engineering PC video games isn't the slightest bit of time-consuming. It's taken most communites many years to get where thery're at, not mention, most member counts are insanely large and their member actually care about modification.

Of course, going to the point of labeling them all the "FF community" and a bunch of "no life" is being plain ignorant and what I'd dare to call pretty insulting, especially considering how well most of the technically adept ones document their work, share their knowledge and interact with members of various communities (u jelly?). So they're not worthy of any kind of praise? I'd say these supposed "no life" are probably no different on the "no life"-o-meter from most people you see around these parts.

I just used the FF community as a reference. I could have just as easily referred WoW junkies, but that'd be too easy. Harsh/Insulting? Yes? True? Maybe, I don't know for sure - I have a life outside of the internet/pc/cellphone, but I do know what i've read+seen for myself... though, I never said that they don't deserve praise - you tried to say it for me. Contradictory to say, I happen to really like certain FF games, plus, their communities continue to do a great job with modification, they're 'tightly-knit', extremely outgoing and supportive. That most certainly deserves praise. What else can I say? I'm an ignorant, bipolar asshole.

"u jelly"? I assume that is some internet term for the phrased question "Are you jealous?", in which case, I most certainly am not. In fact, i'm not sure what I should be "jelly" of? And the "no life"-o-meter? Yeah, i've noticed that some post counts are getting pretty high...






rants and stupid stuff aside, Happy-belated-Birthday, Bio Hazard | Resident Evil! Thank you for stealing many years of my life, money and self-loathing pride.

[Carnivol]

And for the record, text translation happens to be the easiest modification for the PSone Classic versions. If *person* knows how to use a hex editor and a texture creator, *person* can make a language translation.

Yeah, but (sadly), not all games are such an easy joyride to edit text in :/
(which is why I bring up fan translations as one of the prime samples of what insane amount of talent is sometimes required to do what seemingly appears to just be a task for Notepad and friends)

...You talk big about this kinda stuff an some-what 'diss the BH/RE community, yet, you don't really take any action to better the situation (like, trying to reverse engineer, write apps, documentation, etc).

I'm pretty sure I've several times in the past expressed my basic casual interest in the series.

Should we ever get 1.5, you might see me shine

What else can I say? I'm an ignorant, bipolar asshole.

In all seriousness, know it's personal (might've forgotten if it's already mentioned), but are you ... bipolar? (Got a couple of local friends whom are ... rollercoasters.)

"u jelly"? I assume that is some internet term for the phrased question "Are you jealous?", in which case, I most certainly am not. In fact, i'm not sure what I should be "jelly" of? And the "no life"-o-meter? Yeah, i've noticed that some post counts are getting pretty high...

Actually, I was fetching that from someone else. Shall not dive deeper into it - PM me if you for some reason would end up loosing sleep over it. ;D
Anyway, yeah! Some members (me included) have rising post counts, but, hey, gotta be "around" a little to stay in touch with people (especially when other mods/staff are busy/away/etc)

rants and stupid stuff aside, Happy-belated-Birthday, Bio Hazard | Resident Evil! Thank you for stealing many years of my life, money and self-loathing pride.

That's the spirit! Time for celebration

[MeganGrass]

Should we ever get 1.5, you might see me shine

God Speed.

are you ... bipolar/rollercoaster?

Not sure why it's personal for you, but... very much so, yes.

Actually, I was fetching that from someone else. Shall not dive deeper into it - PM me if you for some reason would end up loosing sleep over it. ;D

Not a fucking chance.

Though i've gotta say... It's one thing to hide behind a PC monitor, but to shit on someone, through someone else's alias? That takes a true, gutless-fucking-coward. And this is the person I should be "jelly" of? Wow. Yeah, I can definitely understand that "no-life-o-meter", you mentioned before.

That's the spirit! Time for celebration

...soooo, how about that bottle of Slivovitz... ?

[Carnivol]

People will forever be one of the greatest puzzles of all. That's about all I can say.

God Speed.

It's of course a bloody huge IF. I've also got some of the finest on the sideline to provide additional tech support

...soooo, how about that bottle of Slivovitz... ?

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