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Resident Evil
Developers
Publishers
Japan
North America, Europe
Russia
Release dates
WindowsSeptember 17, 1997
Reception
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  • 2Essential improvements
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  • 7Issues fixed
  • 8Other information
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Key points

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Poor compatibility with modern systems.

General information

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Availability[edit]

SourceDRMNotesKeysOS
Retail

Essential improvements[edit]

Resident Evil Configuration Tool[edit]

A fan-made config tool that facilitates video settings management and allows keyboard and joystick keys/buttons to be remapped.

Peixoto's patch[edit]

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.

Gemini's Classic REbirth patch[edit]

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.

Resident Evil: Classic REbirth High Quality BGM, VOICE & FMV[edit]

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.

RE1 Classic REbirth High Quality video pack[edit]

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[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

SystemLocation
Windows

Save game data location[edit]

Video[edit]

Launcher options menu.
Graphics featureStateNotes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowedUse Gemini's Classic REbirth patch to add support for borderless fullscreen mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)Forcing anisotropic filtering through your GPU driver has no effect in this game because of its 2D backgrounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)Do not force anti-aliasing, it will create some long black line artifacts. Only tested with MSAA so far.
Vertical sync (Vsync)See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS30 fps gameplay, 60 fps on loading doors and menus only.

Input[edit]

Keyboard and mouseStateNotes
RemappingSee Resident Evil Configuration Tool.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menusNo mouse support.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remappingSee Resident Evil Configuration Tool.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllersUse Peixoto's patch or Gemini's Classic REbirth patch to add support for XInput controllers.
Xbox button promptsKeyboard input prompts.
Impulse Trigger vibration
DualShock 4 controllersUse Gemini's Classic REbirth patch to add support for DualShock 4.
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modesunknown
Generic/other controllers
Button promptsKeyboard input prompts.
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio[edit]

Audio featureStateNotes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

LanguageUIAudioSubNotes
Japanese
English
German
French
RussianFan translation by casperpro
Spanish

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Issues fixed[edit]

'Jill Bug'[edit]

While playing with Jill the image freezes during the encounter with Barry after killing the first monster. This bug is active when your computer's performance is too high for your game requirements. To prevent this from happening it is necessary to decrease the FSB (Front Side Bus) frequency to reach a value that does not cause problems with the game, usually 100Mhz or 66Mhz. It is the frequency of the FSB clock that will determine how will the performance of the motherboard and processor of a machine. For those who do not have hardware with this configuration capability a less efficient alternative is to use software specialized in occupying processor resources to slow the execution of applications, known as 'cpu killer'.

'Failed to initialize the Graphic Hardware Device.(3)' error[edit]

Use Peixoto's patch[citation needed]
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'The game would only be able to run only when Windows95' error[edit]

Enable the following compatibility settings for the CHECKER.EXE, LAUNCH.EXE, RESIDENTEVIL.EXE, and SETUP.EXE files: Compatibility mode (Windows 95)[citation needed]
Use Gemini's Classic REbirth patch[citation needed]

Installing the game[edit]

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+Del (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[edit]

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API[edit]

Technical specsSupportedNotes
Direct3D3
Software renderer
Executable32-bit64-bitNotes
Windows

System requirements[edit]

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Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS)95
Processor (CPU)Intel Pentium 90 MHz Intel Pentium 133 MHz
System memory (RAM)16 MB32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)5 MB400 MB
Video card (GPU) 4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 3a compatible

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