Yesterday, popular modder Aydan Watkins announced that they were both returning to the scene and had already begun work on adding co-op to the original Resident Evil.
"Been a while huh? Well with the release of the Resident Evil decomp I wanted to have a little play with it," they posted to X. "Currently in the process of [adding] VERY basic online co-op as a proof of concept. SO far the clients connect to one another and share packets... More to come!"
Just an hour later, they shared a video of the mod in action, with two players walking around Spencer Mansion, even being able to occupy separate rooms at the same time. "Online co-op in Resident Evil 1!!! It's still VERY early and purely proof of concept. But it works!!! One is a host, the other a client, connected, rendering both players across different rooms," they said.
The original Resident Evil is 50% off on Steam right now.
Their final post on September 10 showed a second player joining the game via the load menu, with nameplates now displayed above their heads. It might be "far from finished," but it's an impressive feat nonetheless. "Everything now...
