🚧 The game was fully rewritten since version 1.0.0, please visit deathkiller/jazz2-native to build it instead. This repository will contain only new Releases. For more information, visit the official website.

Jazz2 Resurrection is reimplementation of the game Jazz Jackrabbit 2 released in 1998. Supports various versions of the game (Shareware Demo, Holiday Hare '98, The Secret Files and Christmas Chronicles). Also, it partially supports some features of JJ2+ extension and MLLE. Further information can be found here.

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• Install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable
• Download the game
• Copy contents of original Jazz Jackrabbit 2 directory to ‹Game›\Source\
• Run ‹Game›\Jazz2.exe, ‹Game›\Jazz2_avx2.exe or ‹Game›\Jazz2_sdl2.exe application

‹Game› denotes path to Jazz2 Resurrection. The game requires Windows 7 (or newer) and GPU with OpenGL 3.0 support. Game files should not be copied to Program Files. Cache is recreated during the intro cinematics on the first startup, so it can't be skipped. Also, the sound effects in the intro cinematics require the cache, so they will be missing the first time the game is started up.

• Download the game
• Install dependencies: sudo apt install libcurl4 libglew2.2 libglfw3 libsdl2-2.0-0 libopenal1 libvorbisfile3 libopenmpt0
  • Alternatively, install provided .deb or .rpm package and dependencies should be installed automatically
• Copy contents of original Jazz Jackrabbit 2 directory to ‹Game›/Source/
  • If packages are used, the files must be copied to ~/.local/share/Jazz2 Resurrection/Source/ or /usr/local/share/Jazz2 Resurrection/Source/ instead, please follow instructions of specific package
• Run ‹Game›/jazz2 or ‹Game›/jazz2_sdl2 application
  • If packages are used, the game should be visible in application list

‹Game› denotes path to Jazz2 Resurrection. ~ denotes user's home directory. The game requires GPU with OpenGL 3.0 or OpenGL ES 3.0 (ARM) support. Cache is recreated during the intro cinematics on the first startup, so it can't be skipped. Also, the sound effects in the intro cinematics require the cache, so they will be missing the first time the game is started up.

^{Alternatively, you can use package repository for your Linux distribution:}
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• Download the game and install provided .dmg application bundle
• Copy contents of original Jazz Jackrabbit 2 directory to ~/Library/Application Support/Jazz2 Resurrection/Source/
• Run the newly installed application

~ denotes user's home directory. Cache is recreated during the intro cinematics on the first startup, so it can't be skipped. Also, the sound effects in the intro cinematics require the cache, so they will be missing the first time the game is started up.

Alternatively, you can install it using _Homebrew brew install --cask jazz2-resurrection

• Download the game
• Install Jazz2.apk or Jazz2_x64.apk on the device
• Copy contents of original Jazz Jackrabbit 2 directory to ‹Storage›/Android/data/jazz2.resurrection/files/Source/
  • On Android 11 or newer, you can Allow access to external storage in main menu, then you can use these additional paths:
    • ‹Storage›/Games/Jazz2 Resurrection/Source/
    • ‹Storage›/Download/Jazz2 Resurrection/Source/
• Run the newly installed application

‹Storage› usually denotes internal storage on your device. Content directory is included directly in APK file, no action is needed. The game requires Android 5.0 (or newer) and GPU with OpenGL ES 3.0 support. Cache is recreated during the intro cinematics on the first startup. Also, the sound effects in the intro cinematics require the cache, so they will be missing the first time the game is started up.

• Download the game
• Install Jazz2.nro package (custom firmware is needed)
• Copy contents of original Jazz Jackrabbit 2 directory to /Games/Jazz2/Source/ on SD card
• Run the newly installed application with enabled full RAM access

Cache is recreated during the intro cinematics on the first startup, so it can't be skipped. It may take more time, so white screen could be shown longer than expected. Also, the sound effects in the intro cinematics require the cache, so they will be missing the first time the game is started up.

• Go to https://deat.tk/jazz2/wasm/
• Import episodes from original Jazz Jackrabbit 2 directory in main menu to unlock additional content

The game requires browser with WebAssembly and WebGL 2.0 support – usually any modern web browser.

• Download the game
• Install Jazz2.cer certificate if needed (the application is self-signed)
• Install Jazz2.msixbundle package
• Run the newly installed application
• Copy contents of original Jazz Jackrabbit 2 directory to destination shown in the main menu
  • Alternatively, copy the files to \Games\Jazz2 Resurrection\Source\ on an external drive to preserve settings across installations, the application must be set to Game type, exFAT is recommended or correct read/write permissions must be assigned
• Run the application again

Cache is recreated during the intro cinematics on the first startup, so it can't be skipped. It may take more time, so white screen could be shown longer than expected. Also, the sound effects in the intro cinematics require the cache, so they will be missing the first time the game is started up.

The game was fully rewritten since version 1.0.0, please build deathkiller/jazz2-native instead. This repository will contain only new Releases. For more information, visit the official website. There is also the developer documentation.

This project is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3.0.