Resident Evil 3: Nemesis


(Last updated November 28, 1999)

Strategy Guide

Note: This game is also titled Biohazard 3: Last Escape.

  • Mercenary mode

    Successfully complete the game once on any either difficulty setting and wait for the credits to end, then save the "Next Game" file to unlock "The Mercenaries" mini-game. Start a new game, choose that saved game, then select "The Mercenaries" mode. This mode involves controlling Carlos, Mikhal, or Nikoli from the train to the starting room with a two minute timer. Killing the various opponents and rescuing civilians during the journey will add extra money and more time to the clock. A rank and money will be awarded after the game is completed. The money can be used to purchase better weapons and infinite ammunition.

  • Boutique key

    Successfully complete the game once and wait for the credits to end, then save the "Next Game" file to receive the key to the Boutique on the first street at the start of the game. Use the key to enter and change into an alternate costume.

  • Alternate costumes

    Successfully complete the game on the easy difficulty setting with any rank better than an F to unlock Jill's costume from the original Resident Evil and Regina's costume from Dino Crisis. Successfully complete the game on the hard difficulty setting with a rank of D to unlock two costumes, C for three, B for four, and A for all five costumes. The three additional costumes are a police miniskirt, disco, and biker outfits.

  • Epilogues

    Successfully complete the game on the hard difficulty setting to unlock an Epilogue. Epilogues are a short diary description of each character in the entire Resident Evil series which describes what happened with that specific person after their adventure. Successfully complete the game on the hard difficulty setting eight times to unlock all Epilogues. All eight Epilogues read as followed:

      Jill Valentine

      After escaping the city, Jill set out to join Chris Redfield. However, all she found was an empty hideout of Chris's. On the floor was Chris's knife. Jill left without hesitation because she firmly believes that Chris is still alive. She will search for him until she finds him. Then they can go and put an end to Umbrella...

      Chris Redfield

      "Please forgive me Claire." Chris Redfield has just finished this letter with his signature phrase. As he removes his sunglasses, a lady walks by him with light steps. "She looks about the same age as Claire," he thinks. A short time later, Chris discovered that his sister was looking for him, but was caught...

      Barry Burton

      Barry Burton looks at his young daughters and says, "I'm sorry but my comrades are waiting for me." He knows that he must repay his teammates for forgiving his betrayal. Even if that means leaving his family for now. His wife tries to hide her fear, so she smiles and says, "Don't worry. We'll be OK..."

      Leon Kennedy

      Leon Scott Kennedy is confronted by a man who claims to be a U.S. government agent. Leon says, "Leave Sherry alone. She is innocent." "She knows too much," the man replies. He looks at Leon and says, "But you have value. This is a good deal. Make your choice." Without regret or hesitation, Leon closes his eyes and then sharply responds...

      Claire Redfield

      "Leave us alone." Claire Redfield couldn't believe Leon's words. Leon continued, "You're looking for your brother, right? Just go!" Claire knew that Leon and Sherry needed immediate medical attention, but she could not waste anymore time. "I... I'll be back. I promise!" She said as she disappeared into the wilderness alone...

      Sherry Birkin

      "Do you have any relatives?" When the army officer asked her, Sherry Birkin did not respond for she has no immediate relatives. Her father and mother died because of the G-virus. And so, this little girl holds herself with her arms and bites her lip tight. She thinks, "I'm sure she will come back. She won't forget about me..."

      Ada Wong

      A woman looks at herself in the mirror. She used to be called Ada Wong... But this morning she will say good-bye to the name. "I'm not Ada Wong anymore..." She feels her ab and thinks, "This is Ada's scar, not mine." And as she says good-bye to Ada Wong, she can't stop her tears. However, there isn't much time left before her next mission...

      Hunk, the 4th Survivor

      "Once again, only you survived, Mr. Death," the chopper pilot speaks with a cold bitterness. "Always, only you, survive, Mr. Death," the pilot continues. But Hunk does not respond to the pilot. He doesn't care. "The Death cannot die...," the survivor thinks to himself with a warm smile...

  • Jill's Diary

    Collect all thirty notes and books in the game to replace the first book in your file with Jill's Diary. Jill's Diary reads as followed:

      August 7th

      Two weeks have passed since that day. My wounds have been healed, but I just can't forget it. For most people, it's history now. But for me, whenever I close my eyes, it all comes back clearly. Zombies eating people's flesh and the screams of my teammates dying. No, the wounds in my heart are not healed yet...

      August 13th

      Chris has been causing a lot of trouble recently. What's with him? He seldom talks to the other police members and is constantly irritated. The other day, he punched Elran of the Boy's Crime department just for accidentally splashing Chris's face with coffee. I immediately stopped Chris, but when he saw me he just gave me a wink and walked away. I wonder what happened to him...

      August 15th

      Midnight. Chris, who has been on a leave of absence for a "vacation," called me so I visited his apartment. As soon as I walked into his room, he showed me a couple of pieces of paper. They were part of a virus research report entitled as simply as "G". Then Chris told me that, "The nightmare still continues." He went on to say that, "It's not over yet." Ever since that day, he has been fighting all by himself without rest, without even telling me...

      August 24th

      Chris left the town today to go to Europe. Barry told me that he would send his family to Canada and then he would follow Chris. I decided to remain in Raccoon City for a while because I know that the research facility in this city will be very important to this entire case. In a month or so, I'll be joining with them somewhere in Europe. That's when my real battle begins...

  • Hints
      Locker combination

      When entering the Police Station and going into the door in the top left corner you will reach a room with zombies. After killing them, enter the next room, which contains the lockers. Once there, go to the other side to find a locker with a light on it. The game will prompt for a code. The code is either "0131", "0513", "4011", or "4312".

      Park fountain solution

      When using the water control unit in Raccoon Park to drain the fountain, you will need to align the gray and black gears. The gears need to be moved in this order to correctly align them and drain the fountain. Move bottom left black gear Up. Move top center gray gear Down. Move top right gray gear to the Left. Move bottom right black gear Up. Move top center gray gear Down. Move top left black gear to the Right.

      Water sample solution

      When using the water sample machine in the abandoned Waste Processing Plant (Dead Factory), you will need to correctly align the three lines of the water sample to process the sample. The four possible solutions are A: 4 Right, B: 2 Right, C: 2 Left. A: 1 Right, B: 1 Right, C: 2 Left. A: 1 Left, B: 2 Left, C: 2 Right. A: 1 Right, B: 3 Right, C: 4 Left. This will unlock half of the lock to the door next to the elevator.


    Game Shark Codes

    North American Version

    Joker CommandD00CC830 ????
    Infinite Health Jill800CCC90 00C8
    Condition Always Fine300CCC97 0004
    Secret Mode800D1F32 FFE0
    Hyper Mode800D454C 0002
    Infinite Item Usage in All Slots8006D0CA 2400
    Have 10 Slots800D225E 000A
    Have All Pictures in Epilogue800D1F3E 0008
    Have All Maps300D2127 00FE
    300D212B 00FE
    Have All Files800D212C FFFF
    800D212E FFFF
    Infinite Ink Ribbons in Chest800D21A0 6381
    800D21A2 0001
    Rapid Fire (Press R1 + R2 + X)D00CC830 004A
    800CCC8C 1E02
    Total Time is 0 (Get Grade S)800D1F28 0000
    800D1F2A 0000
    Save Anywhere (Press L1 + Triangle)D00CC830 0014
    800D1D18 13CC
    D00CC830 0014
    800D1D1A 8005
    Access Chest Anytime (Press L1 + Square)D00CC830 0084
    800D1F2C 0200
    D00CC830 0084
    800E01C4 0002
    View Ending (Press L1 + L2 + R1 + R2)D00CC830 000F
    800CC858 C000
    D00CC830 000F
    800CC85A 0001
    All Weapons in Chest800D215C 0001
    800D2160 0002
    800D2164 0003
    800D2168 0004
    800D216C 0005
    800D2170 0006
    800D2174 000A
    800D2178 000B
    800D217C 000C
    800D2180 000D
    800D2184 000E
    800D2188 000F
    800D218C 0010
    800D2190 0011
    800D2194 0012
    800D2198 0013
    800D219C 0014
    Infinite Ammo All Weapons800D215E 0003
    800D2162 0003
    800D2166 0003
    800D216A 0003
    800D216E 0003
    800D2172 0003
    800D2176 0003
    800D217A 0003
    800D217E 0003
    800D2182 0003
    800D2186 0003
    800D218A 0003
    800D218E 0003
    800D2192 0003
    800D2196 0003
    800D219A 0003
    800D219E 0003
    The Mercenaries Mode Codes
    Infinite Time800D1F98 0078
    Get Reward800CC852 FFFF
    Max Reward Total800D25EC 967F
    800D25EE 0098

    Japanese Version

    Allows Game to Play in a Mod-Chip SystemD01840E2 1040
    801840E2 1000
    Infinite Health800CC338 00C8
    Infinite Health Everyone8003E6AA 0060
    Infinite AmmoD006D974 FFFF
    8006D974 0000
    D006D994 FFFF
    8006D994 0000
    Condition Always Fine300CC33F 0004
    Have 10 Slots300D1906 000A
    Have All Pictures in Epilogue300D15E6 0008
    Have All Maps300D17CF 00FE
    300D17D3 00FE
    Have All Files800D17D4 FFFF
    800D17D6 FFFF
    One-Hit KillD0045720 0006
    80045720 0001
    Saves = 0D01C35BA 2662
    801C35B8 0000
    Total Time is 0 (Get Grade S)800D15D0 0000
    800D15D2 0000
    Omake Mode (Start New Game And Have All Secrets)800D15DA FFE0
    Invisible (Press L2 + R2 to Enable)
    (Press L1 + R1 to Disable)
    D00CBED8 0003
    301E4358 0000
    D00CBED8 000C
    301E4358 0001
    Access Chest Anytime (Press L2 + Square)D00CBED8 0081
    800D13C0 1E24
    D00CBED8 0081
    800D13C2 8005
    D00CBED8 0081
    800DF874 0002
    Rapid Fire (Press L2 + R1 + Square)
    (Caetla Users Only)
    FFFFFFFF 0001
    E00CBED8 0089
    E10CBED9 0001
    E10CBED9 0008
    D00CC270 0501
    800CC272 0102
    Alternate Costumes Anywhere Codes
    Jill's 1st Dress (Press Up + L1)D00CBED8 1004
    800D162E 0000
    Jill's 2nd Dress (Press Up + L2)D00CBED8 1001
    800D162E 0001
    Jill's 3th Dress (Press Up + R1)D00CBED8 1008
    800D162E 0002
    Jill's 4th Dress (Press Up + R2)D00CBED8 1002
    800D162E 0003
    Jill's 5th Dress (Press Up + L1 + L2)D00CBED8 1005
    800D162E 0004
    Jill's 6th Dress (Press Up + R1 + R2)D00CBED8 100A
    800D162E 0005
    Regina From Dino Crisis (Press Up + L1 + R1)D00CBED8 100C
    800D162E 0006
    Carlos (Press Up + L2 + R2)D00CBED8 1003
    800D162E 0008
    Mikhail (Press Up + L1 + R2)D00CBED8 1006
    800D162E 0009
    Nicholai (Press Up + L2 + R1)D00CBED8 1009
    800D162E 000A
    The Mercenaries Mode Codes
    Infinite Time800D1640 0078
    Get Reward800CBEFA FFFF
    Max Reward Total800D1C94 967F
    800D1C96 0098
    Save Anywhere (Press L1 + Square)
    (Caetla Users Only)
    E00CBED8 00840002
    800D13C0 1D00
    800D13C2 8005