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Resident Evil 2

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Resident Evil 2
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Developers
Capcom
Release dates
Windows February 19, 1999
Resident Evil 2 guide on StrategyWiki
Resident Evil 2 on Wikipedia
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Key points

Poor compatibility with modern systems

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.

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 settings

Launcher general video settings.
Launcher general video settings.
Launcher advanced video settings.
Launcher advanced video settings.

Template:Video settings

Recommended "Device Setup": Voodoo RUSH.

Input settings

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

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

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

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
Japanese
English
Russian
Spanish
German
Some effects censored (green blood on floor/ impacts spread grey dust not red blood, ... )

Issues unresolved

Black screen when playing cutscenes

This is generally caused by codecs not being compatible with later versions of Windows. Versions such as Windows XP do have the codecs to run the cutscenes with no issues.

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