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Resident Evil 3: Nemesis for PlayStation 1
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis for PlayStation 1 follows Jill Valentine as she escapes Raccoon City. The streets are filled with destruction and zombies, while the biological weapon Nemesis hunts members of S.T.A.R.S. You search shops, offices and other buildings for keys, tools and clues. Pre-rendered backgrounds and fixed camera angles keep parts of the surroundings out of sight. A previously explored street can therefore feel different when a new enemy blocks your route and supplies begin to dwindle.
You can turn around quickly and dodge attacks with good timing. Finding space remains important: an escape route may offer more than another fight. Using gunpowder and the reloading tool, you make different types of ammunition, so the materials you find influence your weapon supplies. During certain dangerous events, Live Selection appears. You then choose how Jill reacts under time pressure, changing the course of the encounter. You also meet mercenary Carlos Oliveira, who is playable during part of the adventure.
This is a single-player adventure, controlled with the directional buttons or the left analogue stick. You save manually at typewriters; every save costs an ink ribbon. A saved game uses one block on a Memory Card in slot 1. After finishing the game and saving your final result, you unlock The Mercenaries: Operation Mad Jackal, an extra challenge in which a mercenary must reach a destination in the city within the time limit.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 1 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis for PlayStation 1 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Capcom developed Resident Evil 3: Nemesis under director Kazuhiro Aoyama. The game appeared in Japan and North America in 1999 and reached Europe in 2000. Known in Japan as Biohazard 3: Last Escape, it placed Jill Valentine at the centre again after her role in the first Resident Evil. Events take place around those of Resident Evil 2, showing the city from a different position. Jill is trying not only to understand the outbreak, but above all to escape alive.
According to Aoyama, the project began as a smaller offshoot of the series. An early idea centred on escaping a house that enemies could break into. During development, the plan grew into a flight through Raccoon City. The team reused elements of Resident Evil 2, including the police station, and also created streets and other locations. Aoyama wanted the city to retain traces of everyday life despite the disaster that had struck its inhabitants.
The pursuer and changing events gave the third game its own direction within the original PlayStation trilogy. Live Selection and the option to flee or fight made repeat playthroughs less predictable. The quick turn and crafting your own ammunition also changed decisions during combat. This PlayStation 1 edition retains those original systems. The later 2020 remake rebuilt locations, combat and presentation, offering a different version of Jill's escape.
Similar games for PlayStation 1
Resident Evil for PlayStation 1 introduces Jill Valentine as one of two playable protagonists in an isolated mansion. Searching for keys, limited inventory space and saving with ink ribbons will be familiar from Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. The first game places greater emphasis on learning the layout of an interconnected building. The third adds quick turns and dodge moves and more often has Jill find a route through streets and different buildings under pressure.
Resident Evil 2 on PlayStation 1 also takes place during the Raccoon City outbreak. Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield follow linked scenarios through locations including the police station. Resident Evil 3: Nemesis partly returns to that setting, but focuses the adventure on Jill's escape and the recurring threat of Nemesis. Balancing bullets and healing remains similar; crafting ammunition from gunpowder and Live Selection give you different decisions to make in the third game.
Dino Crisis for PlayStation 1 has Regina explore an isolated research complex where dinosaurs make the passages unsafe. Its combination of puzzles, supply management and sudden danger resembles Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. Dino Crisis uses fully three-dimensional environments and faster animal opponents. In Nemesis, you guide Jill through pre-rendered city backgrounds, with a recognisable pursuer and decision points that change encounters. Both games make you consider the risks of fighting or fleeing.
Silent Hill on PlayStation 1 places an ordinary father in a foggy town as he searches for his daughter. Collecting items and solving puzzles under threat from monsters connects it with Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. The radio, darkness and supernatural phenomena give Silent Hill a different kind of uncertainty. Jill is a trained survivor who uses weapons, crafted ammunition and quick movements to react to a biological disaster and the tangible threat of Nemesis.
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare for PlayStation 1 combines investigation, weapons and puzzles on Shadow Island. You choose Edward Carnby or Aline Cedrac and follow their separate routes past mysterious creatures. The torch and the use of light give exploration a distinctive role there. Resident Evil 3: Nemesis keeps the focus on Jill's flight through Raccoon City, with timed choices and a recurring pursuer who can disrupt plans for the next street.
