This page details one or more prototype versions of Resident Evil 2 (PlayStation).

Resident Evil 2s production history alone gives the game its strong reputation as it went throughMASSIVE'' changes during development, most notably the scrapped first draft that spawned after Capcom decided to trash everything they made and start completely over from zero (or so they said they did). Said draft was later officially dubbedResident Evil 1.5'''.

November 5, 1996 PrototypeCompletely disparate to the rest of the prototypes, let alone the final version. Pieces of what would end up in the actual, final version can be found here.

Resident Evil 2

August 5, 1997 (Trial Edition)A preview of what would become the final, retail version that came with the Japanese version of Resident Evil Director's Cut. August 27, 1997 (US Preview)Essentially the same as the Japanese trial version, with some minor differences. October 31, 1997 PrototypeAlso known in some certain fan circles as "BETA 2", this predates the final version by three months. At this point, most of the game had already been completed, although only Leon's disc was released.