Every Port of Resident Evil 3: RE Retrospective 

I got the flu really badly shortly after I bought a copy of Dino Crisis as a teen, and was couch ridden for a week. Tore through that game so many times.

“As luck would have it, I blew out my knee” Well, there’s something you don’t hear everyday.

"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in", dialogue from the Godfather part 3, inspired by Jared's experience covering the RE retrospective

One of my dad's favorite games, soo glad my dad got me into the resident evil franchise

That is so strange...I broke my kneecap playing soccer in Dec ‘99 so had the same experience sending my wife to buy RE3 and Dino Crisis to help pass the time. And thanks for appearing on the First Aid Spray Podcast....those guys deserve a lot more exposure

I'm so glad this wasn't an April Fool's gag. I recently had a close family member die, and really... needed this content. Thank you, Jared.

Dude. No joke. I literally watch your silent hill videos all the time. They are my go to silent hill fix. I have watched them all multiple times. Love them.

I’m honestly surprised Re3 never got ported to modern platforms.

Jared bud, I hope you and your wife are well and safe during this time. Thanks for the upload. Always a pleasure to watch your videos, especially an RE video!

Seeing the price of those gamecube component cables make me really depressed as I know I have one somewhere around my house and I paid no where near that price back in the days, and for the life of me i cant find it.

"Laughs in all re4 ports"

I was ten when RE3 came out. I had recurring nightmares of him chasing me every night for 6 months. Still my favorite monster ever.

My mom played this game with me back in 2008, late, i know, but when i was sick and felt like doing nothing but sleep, my mom handed me a walkthrough and we played the game together. Loved this game, and still play it when i feel ill.

That Capcom intro sound. So Nostalgia.

The Seamless HD project got ported to the SouceNext version of the game, pair that with Apple of Eden's Classic REbirth mod and you can get the best of all worlds: The graphical quality of the mod, the instant screen transitions and door skipping of the SourceNext version, no texture wobble of the PS1 or original PC versions, and highest quality audio as well. It is the definitive classic RE3 package!

I absolutely love port comparisons and Resident Evil, your channel is perfect for me. Thank you.

This and RE2 were my favorite games on the Play Station back when they were released. Seeimg this footage and playing the games these days puts a smile on my face, remembering playing back then. Don't know if anyone noticed the exploding DeLorean car in one of the cut scenes. I really think that was a nod to Back to the Future.

RE3 has so much nostalgic memories for me and it's always been my favorite in the franchise and you've given me more reasons to go back and replay the original as well as love it more than I already do

Always happy to see more of this!

Thank you so much for that story in the beginning, that was really nice to listen to!

Brilliant video as usual! Really loving the RE retrospective!!

Amazing content as always. I'm super excited with these game bro! Cool story about your knee! Thanks for sharing!

Love your vids. Can't wait for resi 3! Keep up the good work

Glad you’re still dropping videos in these trying times. You da man Jared!

Love the channel Jared! Got hooked through the silent hill videos and your awesome personality and style just keeps me watching! Keep it up man and thanks for your videos:)!

Getting out of work and seeing a new retrospective video is an awesome feeling. Hope you're doing well in this troubling time Jared

Feels good to anticipate the game and your Resident Evil retrospectives one more time!

what a great time to see this video in anticipation for RE3 remake 😊 great one keep em coming!

for most Japanese installers you have to change locale on the computer. Theres a few Locale emulators available, when used it show the correct symbols instead of gipperish. It also fixes some of the errors in some cases because it then can read the correct symbols.

I played this when it came out and didn’t like it at all.came back at it about 20 years later and I absolutely loved it.your retrospectives have brought me back to the games I grew up on and led me to play the ones I missed.keep kicking ass Jared! 🤟

Amazing content as always

I just want to say that you did such an amazing job on this retrospective, you honestly made the 90s nerd in me shed a tear of happiness. I don't feel like a 36 year on man but instead I still feel like a teenager from the 90s living in the future I can't wait for the remake!!!! Thank you!!!

Excellent video Jared, glad you had fun despite blowing out your knee :D Looking forward to get my hands (and see your review) of the RE3make. I was hoping US retailers would follow suite like other countries and release the game early but no dice. I'm glad the Seamless HD mod got its due. The guys behind it deserve massive kudos and yeah that version is now definitively the best way to replay RE3 (and RE2) for me as well.

Thank you for this !! I love the way you break everything down in your videos, looks like now I gotta get my hands on the original RE3 now, keep up the awesome content 👍👍

Thanks again for mentioning our Seamless HD Project, that means a lot to us and we're so glad to see people enjoying it :)

Killin it bro per usual can’t wait until u do a retrospective on the new RE3

6:34 I agree, the improvement in CGI cutscenes looked like an unreal step up from the RE2 ones.

As usual, hit the like button before the video even starts, Great vid.

The OG RE3 is my favorite Resident Evil game to replay.

That's a very nice retrospective (: Played the Resident Evil 2+3 Seamless HD Project a month ago, it is the best way to experience the game today in my opinion, those HD backgrounds are just beautiful.

Jared you're amazing, so cool the work and love you put on your videos. RE3 was my first RE, I played it a million times in my PS when I was a kid but it's been a while since my last playthrough. With all the hype surrounding the remake realese maybe it's a good time to play the original one more. Plus the seemless HD project looks good. I truly look forward to your RE3 Remake video. Keep safe, man.

Fantastic vid, thanks!

Gosh, I love your channel

THANK YOU! This video was amazing! Resi 3 is my favorite and I learned SO much especially about seamles HD project! just WOW!! (i'm suprised you didn't talked about the PS3 version lol). Can't wait for your Resi 3 remake review. I would be nice if you did a in depth look on all the ports of Resi Code Veronica, since I do find very odd they choose to port the ps2 version to the PS4 and not the PS3 HD remaster.

Y E S, two days Jared, hope you're doing well my bro stay safe

It was Raccoon City's last chance and my last chance. My last escape

Looking forward to your take on RE3 Remake after it drops this weekend. Hoping it can deliver the same amount of joy as RE2 did last year. I love this retrospective bro! Thank you for all the work you have done to document the history of this franchise, which like many of us here, means a metric shit ton to me!

Stoked to hear your thoughts on the remake!

Awesome vid Sir. Oh, and I understand and feel your pain on the knee. Patella tendon surgery when I was Active Duty, each knee. While healing, I played an ass ton of PS1 also.

14:30 The WiiU can natively run GC games, though you need to load them up using Homebrew. And since the WiiU uses standard HDMI output.... well, you got a great multi-system retro device, that's compatible with modern display systems, out of the box, and lets you also force progressive scanning and various aspect ratios! Tried this myself a few years back, and especially on the Tablet the game looks damn great.

Jared, great work on this video once again. Resident Evil 3 Nemesis is an underrated game IMO. I recently replayed it twice since playing it back in 1999 and realize how rich in RE lore and content is in it. Sure it isn't as good as RE 2 but the impending release of the remake has awakened the RE fan base. I wanted to express my appreciation for your hard work and also wanted to say your content is always in demand. Thank you for every thing and please, KEEP STREAMING! Love ya man.

Loving that intro.

For GC in HD just softmod your Wii U.

Thanks for keeping the content coming, bud. These help deal with the bullshit we're all living through these days. God bless everyone!

I'm a simple Man, I see a new retrospective I press like. Very happy tonight watching your and sphere hunters RE3 videos. Love your videos

I just wanna say I can't wait for the Resident Evil 4 Ports comparison video.

Dude, your videos are making me play some old ass games again. I think "how am I gonna remember how to play this?"... 10 mins later I'm a master of tank controls again. I gotta give my Dreamcast another hug now.

The ol' arrow to the knee/ Resident Evil combo. Classic.

I had a japanese Playstation back then and owned Biohazard 3...thank god you could identify all items on sight 😄 good review & comparison, as usual 👍

Love your RE videos! Hope you’re doing well during our real life Resident Evil: Outbreak 😅

Can't wait for you to review the remake in a couple days.

Hey, guy. I kind of forgot about your channel, but you'll be pleased to know I've clicked the bell, so I know when you've put up something new (which I obviously don't do often). Looks like I have some catching up to do... Glad to see you're still here and making vids. After this, I wanna see Capcom remake Dino Crisis. I feel like that series didn't get enough credit.

Wow I never knew anything resident evil before 4 could look that damn good, those cutscenes actually look awesome!

The Seamless HD project is awesome! I recently played 2 and 3 this way, and it was great!

Great vid

While you were mentioning your injury, while I felt bad for you, I just thought "Resident Knee-vil". I think the pun center of my brain is broken, I apologize.

It's called fate, it your injury was supposed to happen so you could play this masterpiece!!!

Not gonna lie, was waiting for that talk about your leg injury to be an extended April Fool's joke. Anyway, another killer video, RE3 is so impressive that they threw this game together in a year, seeing all the insanely clean PC mods of it makes me want a coffee table art book of all the prerendered backgrounds.

ayy new intro! PS1 RE3 is my first ever RE. Good (and scary) days.

Now Jared, I KNOW when you cover RE4 ports you're gonna start with the Zeebo version right?

You should upload full playthroughs for each resident evil where you talk about all the details as you make your way through

Boy, am I glad we have Resident Evil 3 Seamless HD now. To me it is the definitive way to play the OG RE3 on your computer! The menu screen especially hasn't looked better thanks to the newest update they did back in October!

The seamless HD mod with a GameCube adapter for smash Bros is just awesome, I played through RE3 with a Wavebird on my 4k tv.

You might like a little franchise called, Disaster Report. It's basically survival horror gameplay without the zombies/monsters. There's a new one releasing on April 7th for PS4 and Switch. We haven't seen this series in the US since the two PS2 games.

rock an mcable or an mclassic at the end of your processing chain dudeman, appreciate the content as always

Maybe it didn't came out back then. But i recommend RE3 classic rebirth over restoration, and it is mostly because it has better options.mod support, respects the sourcenext video framerate. And it seems to be the best when it comes to pick the best of each version.

I can never understand what he's talking about when it comes to all the video manipulation jargon, but I know I like it.

Nice review on homeworking

The "long list" of equipment to get Gamecube's RE3 looking good: -A Wii -Component cable (the cheap ones will do) -The game And If you really want the best possible: -A CRT

More awesome analysis Jared, I personally play the DC port - partly because of the VMU stuff and also because my TV seems to upscale DC better than composite PS1. Though that being said, I was tempted to try the PS1 classics version on PS3, which looks lovely upscaling this era.

Just a note: We now have RE3 Classic REbirth.

Wow... amazing

I’ve been playing the GameCube version on my Wii. I modded it, so I can force Progressive Scan, and because it’s a first-gen Wii, it still has the Gamecube controller and memory card slots. The added convenience of having RE3 on a hard drive is nice as well. It’s been great playing through it again. The only other version I have is the PSN Store version that plays on PS3 and Vita. I might end up playing through it on portable just for the fun of it.

I’m a newer resident evil fan started by watching the last movie then jumped into re7 loved it so much but I kinda forgot about the series until the re2 remake and then I fell in love with the series all over again and that’s when I decided to jump the gun and buy every single re game I could and that’s quite a lot for the Xbox one luckily. My favorite re game is code Veronica and I’m excited to see if they make a remake for that but the real reason I want to comment is because for my birthday this year I asked my sister if she could get me a ps1 with all of the resident evil games that way I can say I played it all and experienced it all... but I also just want to see how the series changed over time. So if your reading this thank you for taking the time and I hope you can share some similar experiences.

Nice little surprise on the 1st of April i gotta say!

Great comparison video :) But I have to mention the German PS1 version here, because it seems that not many people know about it: Gray blood, no headshots and zombies blink and disappear once they are dead. Mercenaries doesn't give you bonus time for human-like enemies you kill, which makes it nearly impossible to beat. Censorship was heavy back then, RE2 and CV were banned, so getting RE3 cut was at least something. Years later I played the uncut version and it blew my mind. Young me thought the gray blood was just a design choice and that's simply how the game is. I prefer uncut, obviously, but the cut German version still holds a special place in my heart :)

4:06 what you're describing with the boxy 3D characters and how there was limb separation was a limitation of how animations worked in older video games. They didn't have a complex skeletal bone system like modern game engines, and so each "bone" was a separate model strung together like pieces of wood with string. Similar to those wooden dolls you find at arts and craft stores. The addition of a skeletal/bone system didn't come along for years after RE1. They had to animate per vertex back in the day, and it created a weird "wavey" look to character surfaces in some instances (See 18:10 for the wavey'ness). Overall, the way RE1 and 2 did their animations was their way around animating per vertex, and thus they could animate whole chunks (limbs) independently, as long as they were separate models.

Crazy to think this was sapposed to be treated as a side game, but completes the PS One trilogy and is a perfect book end to the Racoon City set games, great content as always Jared 👊

I love playing RE3 in the easy mode and just tear it up. Glad the remake has that as well.

14:30 Or just use dolphin.

A what a time to be a RE fan..if you owned a GameCube back then.. RE1 Remake, RE Zero, RE4.. RE2 and RE3 ports.. Really good ports at that..

Ah, now this is nice. Instead of a nasty prank, just a down right awesome video!

Worth noting, you can now get a copy of the Source Next port from the RE 3 Randomizer discord.

Just as an update (not a fault of your vid at all, because the option wasn't there yet). The Classic REbirth mod for this game works really good now and fixes a lot of stuff that the other guy didn't fix (the guy who scrubbed the subtitles off the SourceNext cutscenes).

I like this port comparison and I'm an AV nut too. I'm currently playing Resident Evil 3: Nemesis through a Denon AVR x4300h receiver via HDMI (it's really the console's vga output converted to hdmi) on the Sega Dreamcast. The Denon receiver is converting the picture in it's game mode from 480p to 4k perfectly and it looks incredible. The stereo soundtrack gets converted to Dolby Pro Logic 5.1 using an 80hz THX standard crossover and its just a good time. If anyone has a home theater receiver with hdmi and a decent upconverter I highly recommend giving this a shot. Many people have this method available as an awesome upconverter for their consoles and they don't even know it.

Not sure if you mention this, but the sourcenext version of RE3 has a broken merc mode, due to it technically being a seperate EXE now, you can no longer obtain any of the unlocks from merc mode for the campaign, maybe with modding but "Officially" it's impossible.

I wish they’d made an RE3 that explored the WHOLE city. Prerendered backgrounds and like 100+ hours to finish in multiple different ways 🤤

17:16 - Is that a Delorean in RE3?! I had no idea Doc and Marty travelled to Raccoon City... 😅

3:46 after seeing Oddheader's newest video, I can't help but see that face in the gap at the top.

Honestly even without all that expensive equipment, I still think the GameCube version is the best console version of the main three, even with cheap component cables on a Wii. It's also the only version that's totally uncensored, at least minus a supposedly existant uncut PS1 version. I never tried or even thought of forcing it to 480p though, even though I easily can.