I was blown away back in 1996 when Resident Evil came out for the Playstation. It did so well, that the developers started making a follow on. After a period of time, they realized it wasn’t working and abandoned that initial sequel. What happened next, however, turned into a multi-year attempt to find what had been completed.

The story of the collectors trying to find and secure a copy is a … very interesting story in human nature. A copy of the 60% complete version was secured but at a cost to those pursuing it that went far beyond money. Predictably, like many of these pursuits, it turned into a years long search with fakes, name calling, and even lawsuits.

Believe it or not, people have gotten it working and done playthroughs of the acquired game. They even continue to fix bugs.

You can finally see how far the next version would have looked like in these most recent playthroughs: