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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
Retail re-release Sold Out Software
Release dates
Windows February 19, 1999[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Cinematic camera
Controls Direct control
Genres Survival horror
Art styles Pre-rendered graphics, Realistic
Themes Contemporary, Horror, North America, Zombies
Series Resident Evil
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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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Resident Evil Survivor 2002
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Biohazard 3: Last Escape (Sourcenext) 2006
Resident Evil 4 2007
Resident Evil 5 2009
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City 2012
Resident Evil 6 2013
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Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD Edition 2014
Resident Evil HD Remaster 2015
Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster 2016
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Resident Evil 7 Teaser: Beginning Hour 2016
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard 2017
Resident Evil 2 (2019) 2019
Resident Evil 3 (2020) 2020
Resident Evil Resistance 2020
Resident Evil Village 2021
Resident Evil Re:Verse 2022
Resident Evil 4 (2023) 2023

Key points

Capped at 30 FPS.
Poor compatibility with modern systems.
Released as Resident Evil 2: Platinum in the United States.
No installation required. The game can run directly from the CD.

Availability

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

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.04 is the latest version.

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 save files to the correct path.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CAPCOM\RESIDENT EVIL2[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 2]
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.

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 and Sound Effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

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

Issues fixed

"Failed to initialize DirectX" error

Use Peixoto's patch [2]

Low frame rate

Play a media file through Windows Media Player or MPC-HC in the background

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. Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
  2. 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