The Resident Evil Arcade Game Basically Nobody Played!

Dreamcast arcade games time! Everyone knows Resident Evil, whether they know it by the Resident Evil name or the Biohazard name! It's one of the most classic survival horror retro gaming franchises ever...but did you know Resident Evil got a first person arcade game? Resident Evil Survivor 2 - Code: Veronica , also known as Gun Survivor 2 Biohazard Code: Veronica...is a Sega NAOMI and PS2 oddity thats definitely not an arcade hidden gem or a PS2 hidden gem...but its an interesting game all the same! Retro games are weird like that sometimes! Retro video games review time! Because the history of arcades can be fun and weird
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[@lukemorse1]

Loved the review man. Hand on my heart, I literally pulled this one out two days ago and played through it. wanted to test out the board after all these years. Talk about some timing there lol. Keep popping up these rarities and showcasing them.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha our timing does sync up sometimes. Operation Tiger was a funny example of it

[@draketungsten74]

I think I saw this at Galloping Ghost arcade on Saturday.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Oh nice you were only like 40 minutes from my joint

[@dranimations7902]

I have this for PS2 - its an interesting add on to Code Veronica and even has its own Code Veronica version of the Nemesis from Resident Evil 3

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s a fun play after you finish CV. See if from a diff angle

[@akatsukione2377]

There's one more Gun Survivor game on arcades, and that is... Gun Survivor 3: Dino Crisis (aka. Dino Stalker) This one came on the Namco System 246 (That version is unfortunately lost media) and the PS2, with the latter being the only version available for us to play

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Maybe one day I’ll talk about that one because it is interesting for sure

[@simon41978]

I've never felt super-comfortable with RE's controls but something like this is appealing to me.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Give it a shot. It’s worth experiencing

[@whoisjayohh]

I love this game, it's short but surprisingly has a short reply value to it. I built a homemade cabinet with a Naomi 2 board, and a Namco Gunman Wars arcade gun to play this game still. Love your Naomi series videos man, keep em coming!..

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Plenty more coming :) at least seven more

[@thegamenexus160]

You kept saying they need to remake this as a regular light gun game, but the ps2 version released in Japan as Gun Survivor 2 Biohazard Code Veronica and in Europe as Resident Evil Survivor 2 Code Veronica supported the Guncon 2 and played AZ a legit free roaming light Gun shooting game. You should try that version.

[@METR0lD]

I remember hearing about this one back in the day, but never saw it in person! I know Code Veronica has a bad rep among most Resident Evil fans, but I always loved it on my Dreamcast. Would be fun if they did a remake of it like the other games recently to fix the issues it has.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I don’t know why CV gets such a bad rep and honestly is Capcom just allergic to remaking it? They’ve remade EVERYTHING by now

[@METR0lD]

Right!? As much as I love RE4, Code Veronica remake really should have arrived first.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s like Capcom doesn’t want us to be happy

[@alyx4436]

I love Spiders. Apart from the one that bit me on my eyelid and had me walk through town with a giant puffed up eye to the doctors. That one can go straight to hell.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

They can all go away as far as I’m concerned 🤣

[@RushValentine]

I remember seeing the arcade cabinet for this game out in the wild but like decades ago. I honestly never knew it was rare. And at least this game got a PS2 port which includes extra stuff.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It def wasn’t common IMO. But glad it did get a port

[@Gorilla_Jones]

Great memories of Code Veronica on my Dreamcast. Never knew this existed.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s a deep cut even for the RE franchise

[@filipmartinez1162]

There’s a first person mod for the Dreamcast version.

[@Bulbasore-zm5qu]

I played this is an arcade one time and I thought it was so cool! Never got to play it a second time. Thanks for sharing

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Happy to do it

[@DonChickoPlay]

love this game! There's PS2 version out there, also no voice acting...such a wierd thing

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Cheaper that way I’d assume

[@DonChickoPlay]

@@VideoGameEsoterica my guess is...namco made it, and they did't even bother about it

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

More than likely. Voice actors would just be added cost

[@xombiegriffin]

Out of all the quick asset flip RE games, this and the original Survivor are by far the best. Always felt like they harkened back to the original idea for RE being an fps title.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s a fun pivot. Works decently enough and you can see how they get to RE 7 from these games

[@TheloniusMUnk-DrUnkPhD-]

Not to be pedantic… but “most weakest” is unnecessary. Just “weakest” suffices. That aside great video!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I said what I said 😂

[@dorfus]

Designwise, this game is a fascinating example of sloth. Couldn't be bothered to update the character assets from RE:CV, even though they were designed to be viewed at a distance, not right up on their hands so sharp they could cut themselves while clapping.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Aren’t you hands low poly? Mine art. I haven’t touch another human in years without polygon papercuts

[@dorfus]

@@VideoGameEsoterica I feel like it's just constant excuses from you about why you can't give me a hug

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I told you it’s your hygiene

[@CarsandCats]

I recognize your voice from another channel where you do tv show location revisits! I have a Dreamcast too, what a coincidence.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Then someone else sounds like me because that’s def not me

[@gedaman]

I didn’t even know that this game came out in arcades. I remember reading about it for PlayStation 2 in video game magazines in 2003. I completely skipped it. Maybe I should have checked it out. I was huge into Resident Evil back then and loved Code: Veronica.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yep started life in arcades :) def give it a play

[@lmtliam]

I suppose they thought they would take advantage of the Dreamcast->Naomi pipeline and re-use the assets from Code Veronica to make some arcade money.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Logic 100% checks out

[@alexgeorge501]

I played this once in arcade and i was glad to try it out!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s def worth playing as the cabinet

[@Charlie-Cat.]

After a while the slow pace strategy puzzles were getting tiresome with me VGE. Glad they made a change of pace that really had potential of being something big bro. 8^) Anthony..

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

RE 4 was def a needed pivot from everything before it pacing wise

[@Kiyoshi_9606]

Excited to start emulating NAOMI 2, RingEdge, TriStar, and all these other odd cabinets that are way more powerful than Dreamcast/PS2... TeknoParrot, right?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

This was just Flycast

[@keynanmartinez]

Fun Fact: it's confirmed that this game is all a dream from Claire because she feels extremely guilty for not saving Steve.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha is that for real?

[@keynanmartinez]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Yes it's true.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Real Super Mario Bros 2 storyline

[@keynanmartinez]

@@VideoGameEsoterica It's kinda sad in Claire's POV.

[@blastbeatproductions7832]

what kind of controller did you use?

[@Riz2336]

Bullet sponge enemies dude

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Def sponges. Gotta earn those quarters somehow

[@carloscuello8814]

Capcom should had released this one on DC on Japan market. Would have been a quick and cheap port even without the PS2 extras...just a straight Naomi port. They were still releasing games on that timeframe for DC despite it was discontinnued (Capcom vs SNK 2 was released on JP DC like two months before this one). so they would made a few extra sales with a very small investment. I guess like the game was also meant to promote Namco´s Guncon 2, probably they didn´t see a DC port feasible...Hope someday someone find the way to port Naomi games to DC, as they did with Atomiswave.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes the tech may have been the issue controller lightgun wise

[@carloscuello8814]

@@VideoGameEsoterica they coulda made it compatible with the already existing ones, no?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Possibly but by the point in DCs lifespan probably not worth the time and effort financially

[@czr5014]

They should throw some modern AI voices in their

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

No I want 90s voice acting but even worse

[@gedaman]

I want to hear Steve Burnside’s Canadian accent.

[@distantearth5910]

Looks janky. I love it

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

My fav flavor of gaming

[@BlackMageLozi]

I played last year, It's pretty mediocre but with the official pistol it might be a little more fun.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s not a perfect game but it’s not without its charms either

[@filipmartinez1162]

You can’t headshot enemies in this game? Even with a shotgun?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Not that I’ve seen

[@TitchgamerRG]

I really wanted to like this when I first played it but it just controls SOOOO BAD! TBF the original Gun Survivors were ass as well, Dead Aim on the PS2 though was amazeaballs!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It def needed more work in the controls dept

[@mlgxxx808]

Was it ported to ps2

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It was :)

[@SRC267]

Nostalgic, PS1 had this based on RE2 assets. Underrated gems.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

They are def some classic RE fun

[@novelezra]

Brief slightly related tangent incoming: Code Veronica absolutely fked up Claire's personality and all of her appeal. In RE2 she was basically Ripley from ALIENS; king hearted but tough, out of her element but resourceful and most of all, incredibly motherly. When I think of Claire, I think of the moment when you get to the lab and you see that shes given her jacket to Sherry and is now wearing gun holsters and just a shirt (clear nod to her ending outfit in ALIENS). This scene perfectly hows not only how kind she is, even in the face of danger. But also how willing she is to face it. I love it and its stuck with me ever since I first played as a kid. Code Veronica Claire is just a bitch. And I dont mean in a 'Ripley telling the suits to shove their bullshit up their ass' line of bitch. I mean, she genuinely just seems childish and moody. It genuinely seems like they changed her personality to that of a teenager. Maybe this was to help with the uh... 'romance' *cough* but she just seems grumpy and standoffish. As a kid this really bothered me because I wanted nothing more than another game with Claire, but CV is just not it and frankly I dont think they have ever gotten her personality right again. Just to be nice though, I will say that Capcom got Barry PERFECT in the RE remake on GC. Capcom know exactly how to write Barry. A badass who makes dad jokes.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Capcom’s lore and canon is all over the place with their characters

[@novelezra]

@@VideoGameEsoterica oh I know, the characters are basically completely different now. But what shocked me is that this wasn't even more than a few years apart. The guy they got to write RE2, should have gotten him to do more haha

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s like every game they forget there was a previous game personality wise

[@novelezra]

@@VideoGameEsoterica who's had it the worse? Jill I'd say.