VIPERHAZARD - A Resident Evil Collection Archive

The odd and rare section of the game collection. As every console generation and iteration of the Biohazard games has seen either Alpha/Beta builds get out into the wild (or into the hands of us collectors,) or interesting promotional releases of the games from classic Trial Editions to media samples, all of those releases are placed in here for sake of coherence.

For clarification this is exclusively for playable demos or builds, not promotional MV/PV discs where it is a video loop for a store display. Please see the Promotional Discs section in media for those.

If you'd like to find a specific item quickly, please click on the code issued by the item name in the index.

Index:
[DP01] BIOHAZARD V-Jump August Alpha
[DP02] BIOHAZARD V-Jump October Sample
[DP03] BIO HAZARD Trial Edition
[DP04] BIOHAZARD 2 41 Room Sample
[DP05] BIOHAZARD Dual Shock Supported Series 'BIOHAZARD 2 Dual Shock Ver.' Exclusive Retailer Sample ROM
[DP06] BIOHAZARD 2 Trial Edition
[DP07] BIOHAZARD CODE: Veronica Trial Edition
[DP08] BIOHAZARD 5 Preview
[DP09] Resident Evil 2 Demo
[DP10] Official UK Playstation Magazine Disc 14 Vol.2
[DP11] Resident Evil 3 Nemesis Demo
[DP12] Resident Evil CODE: Veronica White-Label Sample Version
[DP13] Dream On Volume 10

[

DP01

]

Title: BIOHAZARD V-Jump August Alpha (バイオハザード Vジャンプ8月アルファ版)
Console: Playstation
Catalogue: N/A
Released: 04/08/1995
Retail: Not For Sale
Region: NTSC-J
Scans: N/A

Information:
It is thanks to an incredibly good friend of mine, and fellow Biohazard aficionado, that I have access to this sample. Back when Biohazard was in its infancy and many directions for the game as a whole were not finalised, Capcom issued these early sample builds to magazines for early access screenshots and impressions. Though both known early builds of Biohazard that have made it out were specifically given to V Jump, Capcom later ended up having an exclusivity deal with Famitsu after the success of their first game.

While I don't have the original disc the build was issued on, being given a copy of the original and unaltered ISO was a true honour between fellow collectors and archivists.

This build in particular is very basic in its functions and many areas are inaccessible, in addition to that there is no menu system in place as of yet despite datamining confirming that menus (including one for battle — perhaps more like Sweet Home) were ready to be deployed. The gun can be reloaded infinitely, and many environment backgrounds and lighting are incredibly different to their final counterparts.

It is well and truly the earliest alpha build, as digging into game assets makes it possible to find character portrait data for Dewey and Gelzer, two characters cut quite early on in development. Chris at this point was solely named as ‘protagonist’, while Jill already had her name. Both texture maps show a scorpion patch on their uniforms instead of the now-standard S.T.A.R.S. logo.

To see a full writeup on this build, please visit this page. [Coming Soon]

[

DP02

]

Title: BIOHAZARD V-Jump October Sample (バイオハザード Vジャンプ10月サンプル)
Console: Playstation
Catalogue: N/A
Released: 04/10/1995
Retail: Not For Sale
Region: NTSC-J
Scans: N/A

Information:
It is thanks to an incredibly good friend of mine, and fellow Biohazard aficionado, that I have access to this sample. Back when Biohazard was in its infancy and many directions for the game as a whole were not finalised, Capcom issued these early sample builds to magazines for early access screenshots and impressions. Though both known early builds of Biohazard that have made it out were specifically given to V Jump, Capcom later ended up having an exclusivity deal with Famitsu after the success of their first game.

While I don't have the original disc the build was issued on, being given a copy of the original and unaltered ISO was a true honour between fellow collectors and archivists.

This build is a lot more refined, and even introduces the menu screen officially. Both Chris and Jill are playable in this version, with both touting unique knife charge animations and other finite tweaks. Once again many backgrounds in this build are different, and this is probably one of the most well known builds for elements like the To Be Continued screen with Yawn out in the garden shed. A lot of items are in beta mode still as well, and feature early models that were later refined for the trial edition (see [PS03]) and final sample build January 31st of 1996.

To see a full writeup on this build, please visit this page. [Coming Soon]

[

DP03

]

Title: BIOHAZARD Trial Edition (バイオハザード体験版)
Console: Playstation
Catalogue: SLPM-80027
Released: 15/01/1996
Retail: Not For Sale
Region: NTSC-J
Scans: Front | Manual | Disc

Information:

「死より恐ろしい現実がここに…」
”A reality more terrible than death is here…”

This was the second last sample build released, and this one was a lot more widespread as it actually was distributed on a proper trial disc instead of being given out as media-only review copies. The game still had a number of major differences compared to the final press, and even had extremely different changes compared to the January 31st sample released not even two weeks later to media outlets for review. The most notorious thing this build was known for was the lingering remnants of the Trevor family chronicles in the form of diaries and letters, of which their images can be datamined (though there is no text), and the blood wall on the 2nd floor east wing:

くるしい、息が… 誰かこの苦しみをとめて… It hurts, can’t breathe… someone stop this suffering…

There are also differences in the files that are locatable in the build, with an entirely different Botany book located in the Tiger Statue of 1st floor west wing instead of upstairs in the 2nd floor east wing. An interesting build, and an interesting insight to how close to the line they changed a lot of things. The best part is that the file images, intended to be in background of the files as they were read, also gave us a name for the poor soul who wrote the infamous Itchy Tasty diary: Peter Smith.

To see a full writeup on this build, please visit this page. [Coming Soon]

[

DP04

]

Title: BIOHAZARD 2 41-Room Sample (バイオハザード2 41室サンプル)
Console: Playstation
Catalogue: N/A
Released: 01/1997
Retail: Not For Sale
Region: NTSC-J
Scans: N/A

Information:
It is thanks to an incredibly good friend of mine, and fellow Biohazard aficionado, that I have access to this sample. Back when Biohazard was in its infancy and many directions for the game as a whole were not finalised, Capcom issued these early sample builds to magazines for early access screenshots and impressions. Though both known early builds of Biohazard that have made it out were specifically given to V Jump, Capcom later ended up having an exclusivity deal with Famitsu after the success of their first game.

This build. This entire build is the definition of holy grail. As above with the Biohazard 1 alpha builds, I don't have the original disc the build was issued on, but being given a copy of the original and unaltered ISO was a true honour between fellow collectors and archivists. This is not the Team IGAS/Magic Zombie Door build - that build was released after some rather awful incidents within the community, and ultimately because they'd meddled with the ISO to patch in "translations" (they were bad) they broke a lot of functionality of this build.

This build is roughly 30-35% complete, and features a large number of unvoiced cutscenes for both Leon and Elza. With proper use of the in-game debug it is possible to get both Leon and Elza to the end game scenario in the laboratory subway. This build likely is what was used by Famitsu for a majority of their magazine caps during early 1997.

Due to the extensive amount of content, please check out our exclusive full writeup on this build including caps, video, translations, and more. [Coming Soon]

[

DP05

]

Title: BIOHAZARD 2 Trial Edition (バイオハザード2体験版)
Console: Playstation
Catalogue: SLPS-00999
Released: 25/09/1997
Retail: Not For Sale
Region: NTSC-J
Scans: Disc

Information:
Technically, from a retail standpoint, this is the most one of the more expensive trial discs sold as the only way to obtain it was through the purchase of Director's Cut.

To see a full writeup on this build, please visit this page. [Coming Soon]

[

DP06

]

Title: BIOHAZARD Dual Shock Supported Series 'BIOHAZARD 2 Dual Shock Ver.' Exclusive Retailer Sample ROM (バイオハザードデュアルショック対応シリーズ「バイオハザード2デュアルショックVer.」試遊台体験用サンプルロム)
Console: Playstation
Catalogue: SLPS-01510
Released: Early 1998
Retail: Not For Sale
Region: NTSC-J
Scans: Front | Back | Disc

Information:
This retailer sample contains a solitary disc for the Leon side of Biohazard 2, packaged with an official slip from Capcom addressed to their distributors and retailers about the upcoming Dual Shock versions of Director's Cut and Biohazard 2.

As far as I've been able to discern, both from the SLPS catalogue and playing the game (as PS1 disc matrixes are impossible to see due to the dark disc back,) the game disc itself is the same as the retail version that came out later on in August - kind of like the Dreamcast White Label discs we'd later see - but beyond that this is the only PS1 retailer sample ROM I've seen in the wild. When I came across it and confided in a close friend about if we knew what it was exactly I was met with excited yelling to buy it because it was the first one we'd seen!

As described above, the included slip let us know a Biohazard Director's Cut Dual Shock Ver. of this retailer sample set exists as well. We know that there is a stand display that goes with these as well, but I have yet to find one I could obtain.

One day I might have the pair together for catalogue.

[

DP07

]

Title: BIOHAZARD CODE:Veronica Trial Edition (バイオハザードコード：ベロニカ体験版)
Console: Dreamcast
Catalogue: T-1214M
Released: 22/12/1999
Retail: Not For Sale
Region: NTSC-J
Scans: Manual | Sample Page | Disc

Information:
This Trial Edition of CV was only obtainable via purchasing the Value Plus release of Biohazard 2 for the Dreamcast. This trial edition is essentially quite close to the final retail build for CODE:Veronica with the first part of the Prison stage playable. There are a lot of interesting items however in the back-end which were not available in the retail version of CV once people managed to hack it, finding oddities like most files being actual items that you picked up (and then could be added to your files folder after reading/using from inventory), to ammo for the sniper rifle being obtainable, in addition to other beta files that were ultimately cut or re-done for the final build.

Trial Edition also has a Sound Museum on the disc with a sample from Capcom's at-the-time current lineup of albums for the series.

[

DP08

]

Title: BIOHAZARD 5 Preview (バイオハザード5 プレビュー)
Console: X-Box 360
Catalog: 0609
Released: 29/11/2008
Retail: Not For Sale
Region: NTSC-J
Scans: Disc

Information:
Acquired with the help of a very close friend.

[

DP09

]

Title: Resident Evil 2 Demo (レジデントイービル2体験版)
Console: Playstation
Catalogue: SLES-00969
Released: 10/12/1997
Retail: $
Region: PAL
Scans: Disc

Information:

[

DP10

]

Title: Official UK Playstation Magazine Disc 14 Vol.2 (公式英国プレイステーションマガジンディスク14号2)
Console: Playstation
Catalogue: SCED-00827
Released: 04/1998
Retail: Not For Sale
Region: PAL
Scans: Insert Front | Insert Back | Disc

Information:
The first demo build to come out after the Director's Cut disc for Resident Evil 2, and it came out the same month the game released in the PAL regions. The demo is timed.

[

DP11

]

Title: Resident Evil 3 Nemesis Demo (レジデントイービル3ネメシス体験版)
Console: Playstation
Catalogue: SLUS-90064
Released: 31/08/1999
Retail: Not For Sale
Region: NTSC-U
Scans: Disc

Information:

[

DP12

]

Title: Resident Evil CODE: Veronica White-Label Sample Version (レジデントイービルコード：ベロニカホワイトレーベルサンプル版)
Console: Dreamcast
Catalogue:
Released: Early 2000
Retail: Not For Sale
Region: PAL
Scans: Manual | Sample Page | Disc 1 | Disc 2

Information:
[Coming Soon]

[

DP13

]

Title: Dream On Volume 10 (ドリームオン号10)
Console: Dreamcast
Catalogue: 833-0025/28-50
Released: 07/2000
Retail: Not For Sale
Region: PAL
Scans: Insert Front | Insert Back | Disc

Information:
[Coming Soon]


Navigation Home FAQ Sale/Trade Wanted Games Consoles PC Handhelds Demo & Promotional Special Releases Hardware Media Soundtracks Videos Books Flats Merchandise Figures Apparel Special Goods Other Official Items Custom Items	The odd and rare section of the game collection. As every console generation and iteration of the Biohazard games has seen either Alpha/Beta builds get out into the wild (or into the hands of us collectors,) or interesting promotional releases of the games from classic Trial Editions to media samples, all of those releases are placed in here for sake of coherence. For clarification this is exclusively for playable demos or builds, not promotional MV/PV discs where it is a video loop for a store display. Please see the Promotional Discs section in media for those. If you'd like to find a specific item quickly, please click on the code issued by the item name in the index. Index: [DP01] BIOHAZARD V-Jump August Alpha [DP02] BIOHAZARD V-Jump October Sample [DP03] BIO HAZARD Trial Edition [DP04] BIOHAZARD 2 41 Room Sample [DP05] BIOHAZARD Dual Shock Supported Series 'BIOHAZARD 2 Dual Shock Ver.' Exclusive Retailer Sample ROM [DP06] BIOHAZARD 2 Trial Edition [DP07] BIOHAZARD CODE: Veronica Trial Edition [DP08] BIOHAZARD 5 Preview [DP09] Resident Evil 2 Demo [DP10] Official UK Playstation Magazine Disc 14 Vol.2 [DP11] Resident Evil 3 Nemesis Demo [DP12] Resident Evil CODE: Veronica White-Label Sample Version [DP13] Dream On Volume 10 [ DP01 ] Title: BIOHAZARD V-Jump August Alpha (バイオハザード Vジャンプ8月アルファ版) Console: Playstation Catalogue: N/A Released: 04/08/1995 Retail: Not For Sale Region: NTSC-J Scans: N/A Information: It is thanks to an incredibly good friend of mine, and fellow Biohazard aficionado, that I have access to this sample. Back when Biohazard was in its infancy and many directions for the game as a whole were not finalised, Capcom issued these early sample builds to magazines for early access screenshots and impressions. Though both known early builds of Biohazard that have made it out were specifically given to V Jump, Capcom later ended up having an exclusivity deal with Famitsu after the success of their first game. While I don't have the original disc the build was issued on, being given a copy of the original and unaltered ISO was a true honour between fellow collectors and archivists. This build in particular is very basic in its functions and many areas are inaccessible, in addition to that there is no menu system in place as of yet despite datamining confirming that menus (including one for battle — perhaps more like Sweet Home) were ready to be deployed. The gun can be reloaded infinitely, and many environment backgrounds and lighting are incredibly different to their final counterparts. It is well and truly the earliest alpha build, as digging into game assets makes it possible to find character portrait data for Dewey and Gelzer, two characters cut quite early on in development. Chris at this point was solely named as ‘protagonist’, while Jill already had her name. Both texture maps show a scorpion patch on their uniforms instead of the now-standard S.T.A.R.S. logo. To see a full writeup on this build, please visit this page. [Coming Soon] [ DP02 ] Title: BIOHAZARD V-Jump October Sample (バイオハザード Vジャンプ10月サンプル) Console: Playstation Catalogue: N/A Released: 04/10/1995 Retail: Not For Sale Region: NTSC-J Scans: N/A Information: It is thanks to an incredibly good friend of mine, and fellow Biohazard aficionado, that I have access to this sample. Back when Biohazard was in its infancy and many directions for the game as a whole were not finalised, Capcom issued these early sample builds to magazines for early access screenshots and impressions. Though both known early builds of Biohazard that have made it out were specifically given to V Jump, Capcom later ended up having an exclusivity deal with Famitsu after the success of their first game. While I don't have the original disc the build was issued on, being given a copy of the original and unaltered ISO was a true honour between fellow collectors and archivists. This build is a lot more refined, and even introduces the menu screen officially. Both Chris and Jill are playable in this version, with both touting unique knife charge animations and other finite tweaks. Once again many backgrounds in this build are different, and this is probably one of the most well known builds for elements like the To Be Continued screen with Yawn out in the garden shed. A lot of items are in beta mode still as well, and feature early models that were later refined for the trial edition (see [PS03]) and final sample build January 31st of 1996. To see a full writeup on this build, please visit this page. [Coming Soon] [ DP03 ] Title: BIOHAZARD Trial Edition (バイオハザード体験版) Console: Playstation Catalogue: SLPM-80027 Released: 15/01/1996 Retail: Not For Sale Region: NTSC-J Scans: Front \| Manual \| Disc Information: 「死より恐ろしい現実がここに…」 ”A reality more terrible than death is here…” This was the second last sample build released, and this one was a lot more widespread as it actually was distributed on a proper trial disc instead of being given out as media-only review copies. The game still had a number of major differences compared to the final press, and even had extremely different changes compared to the January 31st sample released not even two weeks later to media outlets for review. The most notorious thing this build was known for was the lingering remnants of the Trevor family chronicles in the form of diaries and letters, of which their images can be datamined (though there is no text), and the blood wall on the 2nd floor east wing: くるしい、息が… 誰かこの苦しみをとめて… It hurts, can’t breathe… someone stop this suffering… There are also differences in the files that are locatable in the build, with an entirely different Botany book located in the Tiger Statue of 1st floor west wing instead of upstairs in the 2nd floor east wing. An interesting build, and an interesting insight to how close to the line they changed a lot of things. The best part is that the file images, intended to be in background of the files as they were read, also gave us a name for the poor soul who wrote the infamous Itchy Tasty diary: Peter Smith. To see a full writeup on this build, please visit this page. [Coming Soon] [ DP04 ] Title: BIOHAZARD 2 41-Room Sample (バイオハザード2 41室サンプル) Console: Playstation Catalogue: N/A Released: 01/1997 Retail: Not For Sale Region: NTSC-J Scans: N/A Information: It is thanks to an incredibly good friend of mine, and fellow Biohazard aficionado, that I have access to this sample. Back when Biohazard was in its infancy and many directions for the game as a whole were not finalised, Capcom issued these early sample builds to magazines for early access screenshots and impressions. Though both known early builds of Biohazard that have made it out were specifically given to V Jump, Capcom later ended up having an exclusivity deal with Famitsu after the success of their first game. This build. This entire build is the definition of holy grail. As above with the Biohazard 1 alpha builds, I don't have the original disc the build was issued on, but being given a copy of the original and unaltered ISO was a true honour between fellow collectors and archivists. This is not the Team IGAS/Magic Zombie Door build - that build was released after some rather awful incidents within the community, and ultimately because they'd meddled with the ISO to patch in "translations" (they were bad) they broke a lot of functionality of this build. This build is roughly 30-35% complete, and features a large number of unvoiced cutscenes for both Leon and Elza. With proper use of the in-game debug it is possible to get both Leon and Elza to the end game scenario in the laboratory subway. This build likely is what was used by Famitsu for a majority of their magazine caps during early 1997. Due to the extensive amount of content, please check out our exclusive full writeup on this build including caps, video, translations, and more. [Coming Soon] [ DP05 ] Title: BIOHAZARD 2 Trial Edition (バイオハザード2体験版) Console: Playstation Catalogue: SLPS-00999 Released: 25/09/1997 Retail: Not For Sale Region: NTSC-J Scans: Disc Information: Technically, from a retail standpoint, this is the most one of the more expensive trial discs sold as the only way to obtain it was through the purchase of Director's Cut. To see a full writeup on this build, please visit this page. [Coming Soon] [ DP06 ] Title: BIOHAZARD Dual Shock Supported Series 'BIOHAZARD 2 Dual Shock Ver.' Exclusive Retailer Sample ROM (バイオハザードデュアルショック対応シリーズ「バイオハザード2デュアルショックVer.」試遊台体験用サンプルロム) Console: Playstation Catalogue: SLPS-01510 Released: Early 1998 Retail: Not For Sale Region: NTSC-J Scans: Front \| Back \| Disc Information: This retailer sample contains a solitary disc for the Leon side of Biohazard 2, packaged with an official slip from Capcom addressed to their distributors and retailers about the upcoming Dual Shock versions of Director's Cut and Biohazard 2. As far as I've been able to discern, both from the SLPS catalogue and playing the game (as PS1 disc matrixes are impossible to see due to the dark disc back,) the game disc itself is the same as the retail version that came out later on in August - kind of like the Dreamcast White Label discs we'd later see - but beyond that this is the only PS1 retailer sample ROM I've seen in the wild. When I came across it and confided in a close friend about if we knew what it was exactly I was met with excited yelling to buy it because it was the first one we'd seen! As described above, the included slip let us know a Biohazard Director's Cut Dual Shock Ver. of this retailer sample set exists as well. We know that there is a stand display that goes with these as well, but I have yet to find one I could obtain. One day I might have the pair together for catalogue. [ DP07 ] Title: BIOHAZARD CODE:Veronica Trial Edition (バイオハザードコード：ベロニカ体験版) Console: Dreamcast Catalogue: T-1214M Released: 22/12/1999 Retail: Not For Sale Region: NTSC-J Scans: Manual \| Sample Page \| Disc Information: This Trial Edition of CV was only obtainable via purchasing the Value Plus release of Biohazard 2 for the Dreamcast. This trial edition is essentially quite close to the final retail build for CODE:Veronica with the first part of the Prison stage playable. There are a lot of interesting items however in the back-end which were not available in the retail version of CV once people managed to hack it, finding oddities like most files being actual items that you picked up (and then could be added to your files folder after reading/using from inventory), to ammo for the sniper rifle being obtainable, in addition to other beta files that were ultimately cut or re-done for the final build. Trial Edition also has a Sound Museum on the disc with a sample from Capcom's at-the-time current lineup of albums for the series. [ DP08 ] Title: BIOHAZARD 5 Preview (バイオハザード5 プレビュー) Console: X-Box 360 Catalog: 0609 Released: 29/11/2008 Retail: Not For Sale Region: NTSC-J Scans: Disc Information: Acquired with the help of a very close friend. [ DP09 ] Title: Resident Evil 2 Demo (レジデントイービル2体験版) Console: Playstation Catalogue: SLES-00969 Released: 10/12/1997 Retail: $ Region: PAL Scans: Disc Information: [ DP10 ] Title: Official UK Playstation Magazine Disc 14 Vol.2 (公式英国プレイステーションマガジンディスク14号2) Console: Playstation Catalogue: SCED-00827 Released: 04/1998 Retail: Not For Sale Region: PAL Scans: Insert Front \| Insert Back \| Disc Information: The first demo build to come out after the Director's Cut disc for Resident Evil 2, and it came out the same month the game released in the PAL regions. The demo is timed. [ DP11 ] Title: Resident Evil 3 Nemesis Demo (レジデントイービル3ネメシス体験版) Console: Playstation Catalogue: SLUS-90064 Released: 31/08/1999 Retail: Not For Sale Region: NTSC-U Scans: Disc Information: [ DP12 ] Title: Resident Evil CODE: Veronica White-Label Sample Version (レジデントイービルコード：ベロニカホワイトレーベルサンプル版) Console: Dreamcast Catalogue: Released: Early 2000 Retail: Not For Sale Region: PAL Scans: Manual \| Sample Page \| Disc 1 \| Disc 2 Information: [Coming Soon] [ DP13 ] Title: Dream On Volume 10 (ドリームオン号10) Console: Dreamcast Catalogue: 833-0025/28-50 Released: 07/2000 Retail: Not For Sale Region: PAL Scans: Insert Front \| Insert Back \| Disc Information: [Coming Soon]