Vote for Chinese Version
7 years ago
Japan

In Japan, there are a lot of excellent runners. However, all Japanese runners do not use an illegal copy.

Therefore I think the existence of the illegal version to be unfair for them.

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New South Wales, Australia

I'm just throwing in my two cents here, but the doubled-up title isn't uncommon especially with this particular game. There is even a legitimate Korean version that has a similar bit here, it's also lacking a catalog number beyond the matrix on the disc - http://www.crimson-ceremony.net/lostreleases/item.php?id=regame_re3-pc-sk2

There's another large, softbox version that appears to be the original version of 3 that has the same style as that Korean one above, but the Korean version also has had a budget repacked release as well.

So there are more PC versions of 3 around than what is listed on here, so with that in mind it's probably best to keep the versions apart.

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United States

Yeah, Furry and I have been digging around for images of it. There's even Korean releases for the first two games by the same company. Korean meta OpieOP ?

United States

If you have access to em Enetirnel then test em play em share your thoughts. And I agree with keny about been unfair to everyone out there in Japan that actually get the copies and all, but the people around here that got Mediakite the same way everyone else talking about "I couldn't get it or not accesible" dudsLmao like come on you could of gotten the CHN version the same way you got that Mediakite version xD lol Keny message me on twitch, twitter or discord.

Chicago, IL, USA

Quite honestly, the JPN version just feels clunky with the menu. I ran that version for 1 1/2-2 years and even with my new computer I feel that the version just isn't are great as the CHINA#1 version. After hearing about china and trying it I LOVED the texture, the texts, the menuing and the stability.

I vote YES

BabyRage dudsLmao

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New South Wales, Australia

I've played the same version as @faiarrow and I have gone over the data between it and the Japanese releases, US version and the later budget Explosiv version of 3.

The game has all of it's files in it from what I recall as there is certainly a fake version going around with the cinematic/cutscene folder removed to make the game's size smaller. I don't recall there being any logo inserts over the Capcom one in comparison to the other version (which is in simplified Chinese, not traditional which does differentiate between the Taiwan release and a mainland or Hong Kong release).

For what it's worth, it ran smoothly without any stuttering or crashes on systems up to Windows 7 when I previously had some slight freezing problems with some of the other versions when the choice prompts were brought up.

I don't know how the Korean version runs, I don't think Anders (whose scans I linked to) has tried the PC version himself.

I haven't seen a fully packaged version beyond the softbox and the budget one up close, though the EA one is dated from 2003 and it has a white softbox outside the actual box but nowhere on the packaging was a catalog number and the older softbox one that I've seen from Taiwan didn't have one on there either which has made it a pain to locate. Part of the problem was that the site addresses given in the manual for the EA one redirected me back to the main site, but it was active at a point (it was to EA's old Asia distribution hub which is what the small little EAD logo is referencing) and there was stuff regarding their whole budget line in the region that was, off the top of my head called the "All Stars" one because there was confusion with the inclusion of the old "just great games" tagline.

I'm annoyed I didn't scan it because of the fact that I couldn't find a catalog number on the outside in the first place and that I don't really collect Biohazard stuff.

It just kind of fell into my pile of odd regional stuff like I have - the Taiwan products all reference Capcom, but the Hong Kong ones reference either Capcom, Capcom Asia or both. Though both also have individual distribution references in them and it's the same with guidebooks from these individual regions in having picked up both official and unofficial ones.

The Dysin/Ubisoft one I can't comment on as I haven't gone over a physical copy.

Taiwan versions should be listed as - 惡靈古堡 China or Hong Kong versions should be listed as - 生化危机 Korean versions as either of these - 레지던트 이블 OR 바이오하자드 시리즈 OR 레지던트이블 (no spaces for the RE name).

So I don't know, but maybe that might be of some help to try and differentiate versions while having a look for regional variants to play through.

If more regional variants are to be added, I would say that using Crimson Ceremony as a source would be useful as Anders is very careful about sorting through legitimate versions but prefers complete/mint copies of things and that's been difficult to find as it is with the Taiwan or Hong Kong product releases. There's a few things like official guidebooks for the region and it gets confusing as some of the Taiwan products retail in Taiwan and Hong Kong, but others may only retail in Hong Kong.

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California, USA

Enetirnel, thank you for taking the time to write that out. Now my curiosity is on this Korean version!

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United States

Hey if Korean is faster and smoother and someone has it, well hmm where?! when?! Let's go! wdncR

Japan

A purpose of this thread is not whether the version is faster for Resident Evil3 PC.

I think that we should deepen an original discussion in this thread, vote for Chinese Version.

California, USA

Alright. I seem to be making some progress here. The ISBN no. associated with it is: 7900011439

Found it on Amazon. http://amzn.to/2dMdLOX

This seems to be the manufacturers info: Shanghai Ubisoft Computer Software Co., Ltd (息上海育碧电脑软件有限公司) www.ubsoft.com.cn cs@ubisoft.com 021-54075666-241

http://shoppingimg.jchere.com/320img/200732125711/2007312256558998191.jpg

BabyRage

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United States

Go get it while it is hot!! wdncPollo

Chile

This is the best prove that I see for now!

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Spain

Where's the disc tho

New South Wales, Australia

In all honesty, I don't know if the Korean version would be "faster" as other Korean versions of Capcom games I have like Clock Tower 3 are simply the Japanese version with some slight tweaks out for localization purposes as I've generally checked the data prior to testing on an emulator and console.

The reason I did jump in as there are specific regional versions of a number of games and that Bio3 does certainly have quite a few and the other regional ones are treated as dedicated regional versions for PC or console for Bio and other games so while we have the main NTSC-J, NTSC-U and PAL versions these aren't all the same build of some PS1, PS2 or PC games so it seems better to have some of these ones marked as such so that particular region ones aren't being put under one cover-all as an umbrella if there are actually speed differences within how each game runs.

Also, DudleyC_ the other company listed to have been involved in that one was dissolved in 2002 or 2003 from what I could find going through business listings and I've seen a few variations of that one's cover with different placement of logos and the like.

This is the only image I've seen of a physical version of it so far - http://i.imgur.com/jqdYjTe.png

I haven't found it any larger or clearer, unfortunately.

There is also this version, which I haven't been able to dig up the ISBN for and have only seen loose with the manual - https://tw.bid.yahoo.com/item/%E6%83%A1%E9%9D%88%E5%8F%A4%E5%A0%A1-3-PC-%E9%9B%BB%E8%85%A6%E7%89%88-Resident-Evil-%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%89%E4%BB%A3Biohazard-100146572283

It has a corresponding guidebook with the same branding -https://tw.bid.yahoo.com/item/%E6%A9%AB%E7%8F%88%E4%BA%8C%E6%89%8B%E6%9B%B8-%E3%80%90-%E6%83%A1%E9%9D%88%E5%8F%A4%E5%A0%A13-%E6%94%BB%E7%95%A5%E9%9B%86-%E3%80%91-%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%89-100020278277?%3b_ylt=Al8WfRf0qmsfBEWr1CAK1XhyFbN8%3b_ylv=3

The problem is that while some have ISBN numbers, a good amount don't and the ones that do aren't listed anywhere even with some of the official guidebooks between Taiwan and Hong Kong as I've looked around for more information on a few things in the past and there just is barely anything on certain regions unfortunately.

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United States

Chinese version out of stock on Amazon DansGame

Sweden

@Roo high demand right now Kappa

United States

lol they asked for Amazon / ebay links. we got em. Now we want discs xD OK real talk how many of you (without counting Japanese runners) actually have the originals disc from the games you run? Zenix? dudsLmao

United States

I have 3 MediaKite releases and two of them are slower than the Platinum release BrokeBack

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United States

Getting the version out there is not hard, it will be done the same way as Mediakite got in every and most runners PCs

California, USA

Thank you Enetirnel again for taking the time to post your findings. It will greatly benefit this community - maybe we can end this trivial argument now.

The version that I have with the Ubi Soft splash screen (the one every runner should be using) does not have messed up textures. The only anomaly is the movable objects in-game appear transparent. Although, this could have been intended.

I know it can be a sensitive topic to discuss on the boards but if anyone is trying to find a copy of this version of the game so that they can speedrun it, please join the RE Speedrunning Community Discord. https://discord.gg/znJq4

BabyRage

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