10 Awful Versions Of Iconic Video Games You Didn't Know Existed
1. Resident Evil 4 - Zeebo
Considering the huge success of the fourth numbered entry in Capcom’s corporate terror franchise, you can’t really blame them for porting Resident Evil 4 to every system under the sun. Starting off on the GameCube, famously jumping to the PS2 and from there spreading its joy like… well, a virus.
Most likely you’ve never heard of this particular Resident Evil 4 port because the console it released for was exclusively available in Brazil and Mexico. The Zeebo was a quaint yet incredibly underpowered machine that had a fairly short lifespan and shallow pool of games.
Resident Evil 4: Zeebo Edition is a pale imitation of what made it great elsewhere. The “panic horror” gameplay of being overwhelmed by hatchet and chainsaw wielding Ganado is pretty impossible to feel considering that the game renders very few enemies at a time.
Most of the game’s campaign is completely absent. The Zeebo version is 12 missions that are all just a single iconic room from the game we all know and love. Furthemore, the joy you had organising your inventory can't be replicated here as the game does away with it.
As such, it’s not surprising to learn that the Zeebo Edition of Resident Evil 4 was originally designed for Nokia phones. Which somehow makes it even worse, that this was repurposed and brought to a home console, even one that risked winding up in very few homes.