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Fan-made ‘Resident Evil Code: Veronica Remake’ Demo Available For PC Now
Right on schedule, the Code: Veronica Remake fan group has released the demo for the game. However, as is sometimes the case, the team has found a few bugs that they need to squash. They hope to release an updated demo tomorrow. In the meantime, you can still check out the bugged version down below.
While it’s obviously in a rough state (animations in particular), the team’s goal to recreate the the original environments seems to be on point. No word on the game’s console version just yet.
The team behind Code: Veronica Remake aims to follow how Capcom reworked Resident Evil 2 for modern audiences, “so you can relive the events of Rockfort Island in a whole new way.”
The title will consist of two modes: Classic and Remake. Remake mode will sport a third-person camera and “faithful but expanded scenarios”, while Classic mode will have the original fixed camera and “scenarios recreated and faithful to the original.”
Bobby Prince, the composer who provided the soundtracks to legendary titles such as Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Doom II, has passed away.
Prince’s family confirmed the composer’s death on June 16 late last week at the age of 81. No cause of death was released.
id Software, the company that gave Prince his first job in the industry, paid tribute to the composer, referring to him as a “video game music pioneer.”
Indeed, in addition to providing the soundtracks to id Software’s hits in the FPS genre, Bobby Prince also provided the soundtracks to other id Software classics, such as portions of the scores for Commander Keen series and the forerunner to the modern FPS, Catacomb 3-D. Prince also worked with Apogee Software and 3D Realms, providing the soundtrack for Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold, and teaming with Lee Jackson for Rise of the Triad and Duke Nukem 3D.
Bobby Prince’s death comes just after the Library of Congress announced back in May that his soundtrack for Doom would be preserved in the National Recording Registry.
The soundtrack for Doom and its sequel took inspiration from designer John Romero‘s collection of CDs at the studio, which included the likes of Alice in Chains, Pantera, and Metallica. In spite of the limitations composers faced with the sound cards of the era, Prince was able to replicate riffs from songs like “Master of Puppets” and “Painkiller” for tracks like “At Doom’s Gate”, the iconic opening track for Doom‘s first level, E1M1.
For Doom II‘s soundtrack, Prince continued to employ the same tactic, lifting rifts from songs like “Sex Type Thing”, “After All (The Dead)”, “South of Heaven” and more.
In addition to composing, Bobby Prince was also a practicing lawyer, and had pursued a career as an attorney before making his way into the video games industry.
Bobby Prince is survived by his wife Connie, and his sons, Robert Caskin Prince IV and Andrew (Cristy) Prince.