Biohazard 2 Beta 1 (Very first beta)

[Guest]

I think those two are the real-life face models for Leon and Claire.

[doriantoki]

Those beta mugshots are like: yeah boys and girls, don't do drugs! Stay cool like us.

They do look a bit young. Maybe that was why they decided not to go with them.

[Guest]

With todays technology. Some very talented modder would easily make a beta 1 mod for BH 2. I dont notice alot of changes between retail and the beta.

things i noticed are:

- Some backgrounds got different angles and few different stuff on it.
-Characters got animation while they standing still. Leon has different shotgun animation related to the one he got on 1.5 (SPAS-15)
-1.5 SMG (HK something don't remember the full name)
-Different model for Sherry
-Different picture on status menu (Leon and Claire possibly Sherry and Ada)
-Zombie head falling down from the ceiling when encountering Licker.
-Marvin dialogue and possible some other dialouge (with Ada?)

BTW on those videos you notice 1.5 backgrounds those are 100% footage from 1.5 so it has nothing to do with beta 1. you notice by leon model looks different than the other part on the video.

Some minor things I know of are:

- Beta items, keys, weapons, etc
- Beta icons, animations and model textures
- Beta dialogue
- Various alterations in backgrounds and background objects (for example, Roji Bak)
- Door access to the Evidence Room is in the West Office and not the West Corridor
- Decapitated head in Licker scene
- Alternate Marvin scene in West Office
- Alternate route taken by Sherry through the RPD
- Possible beta scene with Ada in the East Office

Some major things I know of are:

- Both character scenarios are on one disc (like 1.5) instead of two (like retail)
- Leon is scenario A (normal) and Claire is scenario B (rookie)
- Underlying differences in the way the game has been coded

I believe the Ada scene in the East Office was intended as an ender for beta 1, it was later scrapped and replaced with the scene in the Stars Office for the public demo.

[Zombie_X]

Isn't the Leon one from 1.5 though? He's wearing the civilian costume from early on in 1.5's development.

[doriantoki]

Isn't the Leon one from 1.5 though? He's wearing the civilian costume from early on in 1.5's development.

You're right. The hair style matches very well. Does anyone one what the native pixel x pixel size is for the mugshots in-game? If anyone wants, I can whip up some crisp pixel perfect recreations. Maybe if this mysterious team is interested, they could use it in their game :lol

Well boys and girls, in all probability, we've discovered a 1.5 asset without even knowing it was one. My guess is that they were pretty happy with his civilian outfit and started developing a portrait after that. Then, they changed it back to his RPD outfit, and probably figured it would be easier to finalize the portrait after they settled on his final outfit.

[imacwesker]

Does anyone know if the footage of the head falling down during the licker scene is the only legit video footage we have besides that rugged low qual animated gif?

Yes, that's the only footage - so far.
Back in the day, I saw the falling head video on a French video game TV show and recorded it on my VCR. Then I took a lot of screenshots of the video and give them to a few webmasters (in 1998, there was no way I could afford to share a video online so instead, I shared screenshots of videos). Then I lost the video footage and someone created an animated gif out of my screenshots. This animated gif as been the only visual of the falling head for more than 10 years.
Thank you to Anthaemia from assemblergames forums for sharing this new footage with us

[Aleff]

Thankfully there is always a hardcore fan to back our asses up. Thank you Anthaemia and all the Thia staff and users in general.

[Guest]

Yes, that's the only footage - so far.
Back in the day, I saw the falling head video on a French video game TV show and recorded it on my VCR. Then I took a lot of screenshots of the video and give them to a few webmasters (in 1998, there was no way I could afford to share a video online so instead, I shared screenshots of videos). Then I lost the video footage and someone created an animated gif out of my screenshots. This animated gif as been the only visual of the falling head for more than 10 years.
Thank you to Anthaemia from assemblergames forums for sharing this new footage with us

Untill Martin came along! Now we can actually experience it for our selves!

[Guest]

Yes, that's the only footage - so far.
Back in the day, I saw the falling head video on a French video game TV show and recorded it on my VCR. Then I took a lot of screenshots of the video and give them to a few webmasters (in 1998, there was no way I could afford to share a video online so instead, I shared screenshots of videos). Then I lost the video footage and someone created an animated gif out of my screenshots. This animated gif as been the only visual of the falling head for more than 10 years.
Thank you to Anthaemia from assemblergames forums for sharing this new footage with us

Interesting story man, it just proves there is still rare unseen footage out there!

[Biohazard 1995]

Spoiler:

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RE2 E3-1997________ Beta1
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Source: "Scans" E3-1997 (Bioflames.com)

[GamerTak3r]

Check out this pics. Finally found the Leon one i mentioned earlier.

BH 2 Beta status pics


BH 3 beta status pic

[Guest]

Where is that first Leon portrait from?!

Spoiler:

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RE2 E3-1997________ Beta1
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Source: "Scans" E3-1997 (Bioflames.com)

Nice comparisons, thanks for the pics! Although that pic with the Licker isn't from beta 1 as the decapitated head isn't there and you can see the door to the evidence room in the background.

It's funny because all the time we've been callig beta 2 "beta 2," there's actually beta 1 the first (hybrid) build, beta 2 this build, beta 3 the Leon build, and beta 4 the Claire build.

[GamerTak3r]

I heard some people say that beta 1 has animation while character stands still but I cant find it in the video.
Check this out!

[biohazard_star]

It's in the video on page 7 of this topic. Check around the 1:50 mark. There's even an animation comparison pic a few posts below it.

[Krauser90]

Annette and spiderman?