Resident Evil (1996)

***Resident Evil*** is a survival horror game developed by Capcom, and was released 22 March 1996. The game is available for PC, PSP, Playstation 1, 2, 3 and Sega Saturn.

## Leaderboards & Categories

Resident Evil Leaderboards
In this game you have a choice of two characters. Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, both characters have different routes and strategies in every category.
#### Main Categories

***You must follow all subcategory rules***
* **Bad Ending** - Reach the end credits as fast as possible, saving 0 or 1 STARS members.
* **Good Ending** - Reach the end credits as fast as possible, saving both STARS members.

#### Subcategories

* **Original** - The game is played on Original mode, meaning key items and enemies are where they should be.
* **Arrange** - The game is played on Arrange mode, which is a harder alternative to original mode. Items/enemies are shuffled as well as several other things.
* **Knife Only** - Only the knife can be used as a weapon. The use of any weapon besides the Knife, including the Flamethrower, is prohibited (Except heliport Rocket Launcher on best ending)
* **No Major Glitches** - No major glitches must be performed.
* **Major Glitches** - You may use major glitches.

#### Category Extensions

***You must follow all subcategory rules***
* **New Game +** - Reach the end credits as fast as possible while using any NG+ item.
* **All Boss Kills** - Reach the end credits as fast as possible while also killing every single boss.
* **Handgun Only** - Reach the end credits as fast as possible while only using a handgun (knife is not allowed).
* **Shotgun Only** - Reach the end credits as fast as possible while only using a shotgun (knife is not allowed).
* **V-Jolt** - Reach the end credits as fast as possible while making V-Jolt and using it on Plant 42.
* **Helipad Tyrant** - Reach the end credits as fast as possible and fight helipad Tyrant.
* **Zoolander%** - Reach the end credits as fast as possible while only turning right.

## Getting Started

The best way to start speedrunning Resident Evil is to watch other players runs on the Leaderboards and to check out the Guides page.
* Refer to the rules of any category you run, as well as the General Rules outlined for the game below.
* Check out the Forums page to ask any questions you may have directly to other runners!
* Check out the Resources page to be sure you have the necessary tools if you're playing on emulator.

## Tricks

In this game there are a number of glitches that can shorten the amount of time it takes to progress through and complete the game.

#### Minor Glitches

* **Pause Cancelling** - Allows you to knife/shoot, then pause and unpause. You will be back in a neutral standing position.
* **Quick Shooting** - Allows you to cancel the reload animation on any gun, this lets you shoot faster.

#### Major Glitches

* **Barry Glitch (Jill)** - Allows you to freeze Barry in the dining room to skip the blood cutscene.
* **Chemical Skip** - Allows you to walk past the plants in the greenhouse and grab the armour key.
* **Serum Skip (Jill)** - Allows you to glitch Richard's cutscene outside the attic so if you leave and come back in he will be dead, skipping the need for serum.
* **Plant 42 Glitch (Jill)** - Allows you to skip the cutscene of Barry saving you with the flamethrower and subsequent dialogue.
* **Rope Skip (Jill)** - Allows you to skip the cutscene of Barry coming back with a new rope.
* **Radio Skip (Chris)** - Allows you to skip the cutscene of Chris picking up the STARS radio.

## Rules

(General rules apply to all ***Resident Evil*** speedrun categories for their respective platforms. Each category also has its own set of rules in addition to the ones listed here.)
#### General Rules

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* Playing music over the game is not allowed
* Turbo/Macros are not allowed

#### Platform Rules

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* Must be played on the PC Japanese MediaKite verision or a reprint with REbirth patch (recommended) or 1.7.18 patch
* Livesplit In-game time script must be used and IGT must be fully visible (Auto-splits are optional)
* Opening the options menu as a form of pause/cancel is not allowed because it pauses IGT.
* Opening the debug menu on the Classic REbirth patch is not allowed.
* Auto aim cancel (pressing "aim change" after pressing aim to cancel auto aim at an enemy) is not allowed.
* Starting September 1st, 2018: Tabbing out/clicking off the game is not allowed during the run. Any runs submitted on or after this date will not be accepted if it breaks this rule. After the timer stops, clicking out of the game to skip the credits is still allowed

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***Director's Cut is faster than the Original release.***
* Must be played on real PSP/Vita/PSTV
* PSXjin v2.0.2 or Bizhawk for emulator.
* PAL is banned on emulator.
* Inputs MUST be shown in the emulator itself. Hand-cams and input display through programs like xPadder do not count.
* Playing music over the game is not allowed

#### Duckstation

***Director's Cut (non Dual Shock) is faster than the Original release.***
* PAL version is banned.
* Runs must be done on the Duckstation emulator.

#### Required Emu Settings

* CPU Clock Speed Control must be unchecked and Read Speedup set to "None (Double Speed)". (Found in console settings)
* Emulation Speed must be set to 100% and "Runahead" must be disabled. (Found in Emulation settings)
* Show OSD Messages, Show FPS, Show Emulation Speed, and Show Controller Input must be checked. (Found in display settings)
* Force NTSC Timings (60hz-on-PAL) must be unchecked (shouldn't matter much since PAL isn't allowed anyway)

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***Director's Cut is faster than the Original release and Dual Shock edition.***
***PS3 = Physical Disc on a PS3 PSN = Playstation Network Download on a PS3.***
* Must be played on real PS1/PS2/PS3.

#### PS2 Specific Rules

* As of 2/22/20 All PS2 players of all categories must show their PS driver version before or after a run. You can show this via the system configuration screen on the menu screen.
* All modded PS2 consoles are banned because many modchips skip certain read checks on disc, causing PS1 games to load too fast compared to stock hardware.

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* Must be played on a real Sega Saturn