No doubt fuelling speculation about a series revival, Capcom has released the original Dino Crisis and Dino Crisis 2 into the wild once more, adding them to GOG.com’s Preservation Program.
Dino Crisis was a PS1 hit from the Resident Evil team, sharing a lot of similar game concepts to the zombie mansion thriller, but with dinosaurs and a much faster pacing. That survival horror of the first game was then ditched almost entirely for more of an action-shooter style for the sequel a year later.
With the success of the recent Resident Evil remakes that brought a much more modern third person view and gameplay to the classics, and with the dinosaur-filled Exoprimal, fans of Dino Crisis have been feeling a bit left out in the cold.
The Dino Crisis duo have had some major restorative work in their re-release on GOG.com, with the GOG Preservation Program ensuring that there’s full compatibility with modern Windows systems, added render options with up to 4K resolution support, and added functionality for a menagerie of gamepads. They’ve even gone in and fixed bugs like a save corruption issue when leaving dropped weapons!
The games are available individually for £8.99 or in a bundle for £15.29.
Here’s the full breakdown:
Dino Crisis:
- Full compatibility with Windows 10 and Windows 11.
- All 6 localizations of the game included (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Japanese).
- Original, Arrange, and Operation Wipe Out modes included.
- Improved DirectX game renderer.
- New rendering options (Windowed Mode, Vertical Synchronization Control, Gamma Correction, Integer Scaling, Anti-Aliasing, and more).
- Increased rendering resolution to approximately 4K (1920p) and color depth to 32-bit.
- Improved geometry calculation with more stable transformation and texturing.
- Enhanced alpha transparency.
- Improved game registry settings.
- Smooth animation, video, and music playback without issues.
- Reliable saving system (the game no longer corrupts save files after leaving dropped weapons).
- Full support for modern controllers (Sony DualSense, Sony DualShock 4, Microsoft Xbox Series, Microsoft Xbox One, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, Logitech F series, etc.) with optimal button mapping for both wired and wireless modes, including hot plugging.
- Validated stability.
- Added Cloud Saves support.
Dino Crisis 2:
- Full compatibility with Windows 10 and Windows 11.
- All 2 localizations of the game included (English, Japanese).
- Easy difficulty, Dino Colosseum, and Dino Duel included.
- Improved DirectX game renderer.
- New rendering options (Windowed Mode, Vertical Synchronization Control, Gamma Correction, Integer Scaling, Anti-Aliasing, and more).
- Improved music playback and volume scaling.
- Enhanced item rendering and fogging.
- Improved cartridge boxes alignment.
- Smooth video playback, task switching, and game exit.
- Full support for modern controllers (Sony DualSense, Sony DualShock 4, Microsoft Xbox Series, Microsoft Xbox One, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, Logitech F series, and more) with optimal button mapping for both wired and wireless modes.
- Validated stability.
- Added Cloud Saves support.
Source: GOG.com
