After all, at the nuts and bolts level, the action consists of fairly simple 3D characters and objects overlaid on a series of pre-rendered 2D backdrops. On the face of it, an N64 conversion of Resident Evil 2 shouldn't be a problem. It aimed to overcome the N64's most profound limitations, delivering an uncannily accurate port of the original PlayStation release. But when it came to the N64 port of Resident Evil 2, Angel Studios - now Rockstar San Diego - went for a different approach. Direct ports to other systems rarely worked owing to massive hardware differences, with some developers opting to create entirely new games instead.
Titles used to launch on bespoke arcade platforms before being ported to home consoles, and when hardware like the original PlayStation arrived, titles were specifically built around its strengths. With game-makers and publishers building almost all of their games with multiple console platforms in mind, it's worth remembering that things used to be very, very different.
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