Resident Evil - Grim Beginnings

A homebrew game for the GBC by Grammy Games.

https://grammy-games.itch.io/resident-evil-grim-beginnings

Description from the developer:

ARROW KEYS - MOVE

Z - INTERACT

X - CANCEL

ENTER - INVENTORY

TAB - MAP

Completion time: ∼2 hours

Welcome to Resident Evil: Grim Beginnings - a Game Boy demake of the original Resident Evil. The game is approximately 90% complete, but can be fully played from start to finish.

The game was developed over an extended stay when stranded across seas during the pandemic. Not knowing when the flight embargo would lift, I worked on this project as a way to keep myself sane and creatively engaged. What started as a simple toy-around with the GB Studio, slowly expanded into an attempt to fully demake the original Resident Evil!

Bugs:

Some music will flow over to the next scene and continue indefinitely or until another music cue is activated.

Some symbols are incorrect in text boxes such as: #,&,+,* etc. and are displayed as random red letters. If you see 'enemy speed h1' it is supposed to read 'enemy speed +1', for example. (This is fixed in the ROM file).

Player can get stuck when lighting the Warp Point in the 'Mask Room' when done so from the top. (you can use the Warp Point to travel to unstick yourself if you have another one lit)

Player can get softlocked if the box spawns on player location in 'Zora Mask Room'.

Any non-headshot killing blow on a 'Web Spinner' counts as a critical hit and will trigger the bonus round.

If player gets a game over and begins a new game, some variables will not be reset and will be carried over from the previous save. (Ammo count, collectibles, keys etc.)

Obs: it has no music. The game only covers the first portion of the original game and ends after collecting the 4 Masks around the mansion.