Resident Evil Gaiden
- Rikk Wolf
- Jan 1, 2021
- 1 min read
Updated: 7 days ago
"GIVE ME LOTS OF WEAPONS
THAT ARE POWERFUL
AGAINST LIVING
THINGS."
It’s time for another solo run in the Robot Rick-Op archives as Rick goes head-to-head with one of the weirdest games in the Resident Evil franchise—Resident Evil Gaiden on the Game Boy Color. Yes, that’s right: fixed perspectives, green-tinted graphics, and a bizarre first-person sword-slash combat system on a cruise ship. What could go right?
Despite everything going against it—platform limitations, awkward mechanics, and a plot that may or may not involve a shape-shifting bio-weapon named “B.O.W. Steve” (not really, but it feels like it)—Rick actually doesn’t hate it. In fact, by the end of this first stream, there's a hint of genuine respect... or maybe Stockholm Syndrome. Hard to say.
It’s classic Resident Evil through a Game Boy-sized keyhole, complete with Barry Burton as the unlikely star, mysterious radio transmissions, and plenty of reasons to keep riffing. If you like cursed handheld horror, this is your moment. GAME BIO: Resident Evil Gaiden is a 2001 action-adventure title for the Game Boy Color, developed by M4 and published by Capcom. Set on a passenger ship overrun by bio-organic weapons, the game stars Barry Burton and introduces a strange hybrid of top-down exploration and timed, first-person combat. Though non-canon, it remains a cult curiosity in the RE timeline—and one of the most ambitious GBC titles ever made.
