dont chew me alive i played this as a child and enjoyed on emulator i didnt even know there are two other games in franchise until recently fuck the rom i got from a random website didnt even had cutscenes.
Parasite Eve - Square Enix - PlayStation
I’ve been thinking a lot about how difficult it’s become to go back and play older horror games the way they were originally meant to be experienced.
Parasite Eve is one of those titles that defined what psychological horror could be. It wasn’t just about enemies or jump scares—it was about atmosphere, isolation, and that constant feeling of unease.
What stands out to me now isn’t just the game itself, but how limited access has become. If you didn’t hold onto a copy back then, your options today are pretty restricted—and often expensive.
It’s strange to think that something so influential is now mostly experienced through videos, emulation, or secondhand markets.
There’s also something about the original format that’s hard to replace. Playing it on its original hardware, with that specific visual style and pacing, created a kind of immersion that’s different from modern releases.
I know the series is still alive in different ways, but the original game feels like it’s slowly becoming less accessible to people who want to experience it firsthand.
It would be great to see older titles like this preserved in a way that keeps them available and easy to access, whether that’s through modern platforms or new physical releases.
For anyone who’s tried revisiting it recently—how did you manage to play it?
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A while back, I shared my HD texture pack for Parasite Eve II, and it was pretty well-received, so I wanted to share an update.
I've put together a comparison video and included some screenshots so you can see the changes.
I've already made the changes to 99% of the game. I say 99% because there might be an area I haven't checked thoroughly yet and haven't changed, but I've already upscaled all the backgrounds to 8x using AI.
Here's an album with comparison screenshots where you can see the difference better: https://slow.pics/c/NwG0fT6s
I’m also posting the videos mentioned on YouTube, since I can’t upload them here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onTfYjRdWE4
This is still a fan-made preservation/texture project, not an official remaster, obviously.
The plan is to have a more complete version ready by around mid-May 2026.
What do you think? It would really help me if you shared the project with your friends.
Long live Aya Brea!
I think I got this from one of those "a new shirt every day" sites (might have been the Yetee) awhile ago, and I never hit buy so fast. It only dawned on me recently that it's also an homage to the Wicked book cover.
I discovered it by chance on the website of the girl who cares about her fit, it's on the top games downloaded, at first I thought it was a sus game, but by browsing and seeing some gameplay I discovered that it has a combat similar to that of PE1! So I wanted to recommend it to you, maybe someone has already played it and could tell if it's good
Howdy everyone! I finally started on PE1 last week and just reached Disc 2 (saved right before the Museum). From my understanding the Museum is the last main section before the final boss, then it's EX game for the Chrysler Building on day 2. I think I have a good handle on how things go by now but I figured I'd ask a few brief questions:
I swear it's been at least twenty years since I've played a game with gameplay similar to Parasite Eve. I loved it, and I'm already looking forward to my second run on hard mode tomorrow night. And by the way, if someone knows games like Parasite Eve and this one tell me! ♥️
The term "spontaneous human combustion" refers to cases in which a human body is found with significant portions of the torso reduced to ashes, while the head and extremities show much less damage and the immediate surroundings of the body are only minimally affected. Typically, no observable source of ignition is found near the victim, and a foul-smelling, oily residue is noted.
In the past, such cases were erroneously attributed to supernatural causes, as the phenomenon tends to occur in the absence of any witneass.
A specific sequence of events is required for a human body to be reduced to ashes. The victim must first die from the initial flame, allowing the body fat to begin melting. A tear in the skin then has to occur so that the melted fat can soak into the charred clothing, igniting a wick effect that produces localized heat over an extended period. For this reason, the modern explanation favored today is the "fat wick burning" hypothesis rather than spontaneous combustion.
Hi everyone, I don’t play parasite eve but I stumbled across this video where they showed a clip from the game and I really enjoyed the music. Do you guys know which song specifically this is? The song plays at 3.50 mark. Thanks in advance :D
