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Resident Evil 2

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This page is for the original 1999 port. For the Sourcenext port, see Biohazard 2 (Sourcenext). For the remake, see Resident Evil 2 (2019).

Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 2 cover
Developers
Capcom
Publishers
Japan Tsukuda Original
North America Capcom
Europe Virgin Interactive
China Ubisoft Shanghai
Russia Akella
Release dates
Windows February 19, 1999[1]
Reception
IGDB 55
Resident Evil 2 on HowLongToBeat
Resident Evil 2 on IGDB
Resident Evil 2 guide on StrategyWiki
Resident Evil 2 on MobyGames
Resident Evil 2 on Wikipedia
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Biohazard 2 (Sourcenext) 2006
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Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD Edition 2014
Resident Evil HD Remaster 2015
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Resident Evil Re:Verse 2022
Resident Evil 4 (2023) 2023

Key points

Poor compatibility with modern systems
Released as Resident Evil 2: Platinum in the United States

General information

Resident Evil Wiki

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows

Essential improvements

Peixoto's patch

Fixes the "Failed to initialize DirectX" error, forces the game to run in HD, 32 bit color depth, and adds full compatibility with Xinput controllers, among other things.

Alternative installer

Installs the game patched to the 1.04 version and sets the location for saving game data into the correct path.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
This is the default path used by the game. The save file location can be determined by the user.

Video

Launcher general video settings.
Launcher general video settings.
Launcher advanced video settings.
Launcher advanced video settings.
Recommended "Device Setup": Voodoo RUSH.
To play in full screen 640x480 resolution on unsupported video card, if the option selected in the settings does not work, during the game press F8 until select the video option 640x480 full screen.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
If you use the Peixoto's patch, it's necessary to edit also the "HD" and "32bit" options of .ini files inside the Scripts folder.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Borderless Gaming can be used.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

In-game key/button map settings.
In-game key/button map settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Background Music, Sound Effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Some effects censored (green blood on floor/ impacts spread grey dust not red blood, ... )
Japanese
Russian
Fan voice-over by «Team Raccoon»
Spanish

Issues fixed

"Failed to initialize DirectX" error

Use Peixoto's patch[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 6
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 166 MHz (software mode)
System memory (RAM) 24 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6 compatible
Supported chipsets: Voodoo, Voodoo2, Voodoo Rush, Voodoo Banshee, Verite Rendition V1000 series, Verite Rendition V2000 series, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, 3D Rage Pro (ATI), Permedia 2 (3D Labs), Savage 3D (S3), Intel 740, Millennium II (Matrox), Millennium G200 (Matrox)


Notes

  1. When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References