Dino Strike, a fun browser-based demo of Dino Crisis, has been released.

March 17, 2021, 18:49 Evgenia Germanova ред.

Since the days of the ancestral Alone In The Dark, it's been well known that hardcore horror games like Ecstatica, Silent Hill, Parasite Eve, Nocturne or, in fact, Resident Evil and Dino Crisis by Shinji Mikami of Capcom create a specific mood and perception of space-time in a very specific way, in which unsettling camera angles and limited resources - coupled with unexpected story sequences and strange puzzles - purposefully appeal to a sense of constant anxiety and a desire to move on.

Often, even after such a chilling adventure is over, there remains a persistent attachment and desire to stay in that world a little longer, to share more of those same events, to recapture lived experiences, to find something unexplored there, something previously undiscovered. An aspiration comparable only to the aftertaste of good, moving literature. And then any means are used, from fan drawings to the archeology of advertising materials.

And so, as a manifestation of this craving, the author of a lot of cute browser games in the pixel style, Ben James, submitted to [Retro Jam 2021](https://itch. io/jam/retro-jam-2021/entries) (March 4-12, voting is still going on), his pain and suffering - a Dino Crisis remake called Dino Strike, consciously made with a ZX Spectrum twist (the contest is about retro games). Like in Ben's other works, the pixelation here is not "real", because of the low resolution of the whole picture, but it's stylistic - when the low resolution sprites are draped over the high resolution rectangles without any attempt to blur or smooth them out. It's a different style and different physics, with smoother movement and rotation of objects. But let's face it, it's still pretty.

As the time of the contest was running out, you can't expect much action from the demo: Regina, as we know from the original, is running around with a gun and trying to save her health and ammo by picking up rare ammunition, first-aid kits and access cards. There are only a couple of kinds of dinosaurs - green (smaller) and yellow (bigger) - popping out of nowhere at dramatic moments given by the author. You can even try to escape from them if you want (and they sometimes get stuck doing so). Levels are generously placed destructible boxes, barrels and some cylinders, and you can find a helicopter! Fly, however, will not be given, c'est la vie. Towards the end we are shown a total passing time with congratulations and... and that's it. Such a "Survival in miniature.

Meanwhile, according to AestheticGamer insider from March 1 (the same year 2021) it turns out that Capcom did launch (!) a remake (or maybe a new game) of Dino Crisis into production a few years ago. But then they cancelled it. Sad, yes.

Well, but a nostalgic run and a little boost in Dino Strike you can freely and freely right on the game page. And in addition to look speed walkthrough it: