Author Richard Mandel's New Book "The Hunt For Resident Evil 1.5" Reveals Niche Information Surrounding A Well-Known Franchise
Recent release "The Hunt For Resident Evil 1.5" from Page Publishing author Richard Mandel is an adventure story of unimaginable proportions, as he brings readers along a fantastic journey, with a select group of video game fans on their years-long quest to find a playable version of an early build of an unreleased video game--the original Resident Evil 2.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Richard Mandel, a former computer technician who also served in the U.S. Navy, and with a presence in the video game community due to reference works and numerous fan fiction pieces available online, has completed his new book "The Hunt For Resident Evil 1.5". It is a detailed explanation of what happened when several dedicated enthusiasts root out an early and mostly unplayable, build of the precursor to the game "Resident Evil 2"—and how their passion almost prevented the public release of the very thing they longed to find.
"It's an amazing story", Mandel explained of his book. "And one that deserved to be told in full and without any fannish filters. In certain respects, it's more exciting than the game itself, if you've ever seen or experienced the actual untampered original of the build they finally found. The Story has everything: a cast of colorful characters both good and bad, coming from all walks of life and from different parts of the world, all banding together over a period of two decades to learn everything they can about Resident Evil 1.5 – this lost original version of the game we know as Resident Evil 2. It's got excitement, it's got drama, it got incredible highs and horrible lows, and real-life plot turns and twists that have to be read to be believed. It's got good guys and gals, bad ones, ones in the middle, and ones playing to any angle they can get. The amazing thing is that these fans succeeded, folks. They found a playable build of Resident Evil 1.5 years after the game had been cancelled. Sadly, like most tales of lost treasure, there came that sad second half, where there was a falling out over what to do with it once they had it.
"Mr. Mandel concedes that the book's second half is its most controversial part. The book doesn't shy away from it, Despite what others have said and continue to say. It gives both sides of the great fannish debate. It also tells the unbridled truth about how a fan-hacked version was released first, and then how the real untampered game followed about a half-year later, so called scene politics not withstanding." Mr. Mandel also insists that his documenting of the part he played in that Final release is just that and no more. This book is not about any one individual, despite how others have criticized and misrepresented it. It's about the fans, folks. It's about how they saved that game, how they worked and are still working to fix it, and about how kept some of their own kind from keeping it as their own private little exclusive. It's the fan's story, and it deserved to be told, because there's nothing else like it in the history of video games."
Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, Richard Mandel's investigative piece is released just in time to coincide with rumors of the potential creation of a "Resident Evil" series on Netflix.
Readers who wish to go on this journey for lost treasure can purchase "The Hunt For Resident Evil 1.5" at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes store, Amazon, Google Play or Barnes and Noble.
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