Porting of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis has been ported onto five consoles since its original release on the PlayStation in late 1999.

PC version
A port for the game onto Windows 9x PCs (Windows 95; 98 and ME) was released in Japan in June 2000. Eidos released a demo to the PC-port of the game into Europe and the US in October, awaiting the western release in November.

The PC Version featured several changes:
 * An "Arrange Mode" (based on the American version difficulty) beside the "Original Mode" (Japanese difficulty) both which feature Heavy Mode (Hard) And Light Mode (Easy) (Japan/Sourcenext Exclusive)
 * The ability to select costumes before starting the game in the title screen; without having completed the game or the need to enter the Boutique
 * Additionally it contains backgrounds re-rendered in higher resolution. (While the RPD Backgrounds were just re-scaled PSX Backgrounds)
 * Jill was given 2 additional alternate costumes.
 * The PC version has The Mercenaries - Operation: Mad Jackal unlocked from the start via a separate Executable file.

The decision to unlock The Mercenaries from the start (As opposed to "Next Game" Save) was because of the decision to enable scores to be sent to a Capcom server, where top-scores would be displayed on the game's official website. The feature has since been discontinued.

Despite the improvements, reviewers such as GameSpot noted "murky" backgrounds; "awful" fonts, and "blotchy and bad" cinematics in the PC Version.

SOURCENEXT PC version
In 2006, SOURCENEXT released their own PC version in Japan. This version came with "Porting of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis" and non-letterboxed FMVs in full, uncompressed quality at 60 FPS without any noticeable lag. The shaky polygonal effect from the original PC port remains, however (Driver is always Null).

Dreamcast
The Dreamcast version which released later on, was based on the PC Version. The North American Dreamcast version was the first to be released anywhere in the world and is a port of the PC version. The Japanese version was the second Dreamcast version to be released anywhere in the world and is a port of the PC version. Unique to it is Arrange Game, which allows Japanese gamers to play the difficulty modes from the North American version. Also unique is online connectivity, using Netfront JV-Lite service. Using a Dreamcast modem, gamers could access the Biohazard 3: Last Escape homepage from Capcom. Initially it was to feature costume selection in the title screen like the PC Version (with descriptive text such as DINO, BIKER, DISCO) But was replaced with a descriptive visual costume selection similar to the one seen in Dino Crisis.

The Dreamcast versions of Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil 2 were also released to aid and support the release of CODE: Veronica on the console and introduce the players to the Resident Evil lore.

Gamecube
Both North American and Japanese GameCube versions of the game were ports of the PS1 Version of the game, instead of PC or Dreamcast versions. The backgrounds in this version are basically the same as PS1 (320x240) and the FMVs (15 FPS) are basically lower color quality. However, this version is force-run in hardware driver/display/render mode in which the models do not show any of the shaky/unstable polygonal effect seen in the PC Version, Dreamcast or PS1 Games in general.

Menu Selection comparison
The main menu selections were altered through releases: PSX (EU/US): NEW GAME | LOAD GAME | OPTIONS

After you beat the game: NEW GAME | LOAD GAME | OPTIONS | EPILOGUE

PSX (Japan):

PC (EU): EASY MODE | HARD MODE | LOAD GAME | EPILOGUE | EXIT In Easy Mode you start with an Assault Rifle and difficulty is easier.

PC (Japan): ORIGINAL MODE | ARRANGE MODE | LOAD GAME | EPILOGUE | EXIT Arrange And Original Mode are followed by Heavy Mode / Light Mode selections. Arrange Mode is based on the American Version difficulty. In Light Mode (much like Easy Mode) you start with an Assault Rifle and difficulty is easier.

DreamCast (EU/US/JP): NEW GAME | LOAD GAME | THE MERCENARIES GAME CONFIG | EPILOGUE

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