Jazz² Resurrection Guide
MewLew
Requirements
- Jazz Jackrabbit 2 game files: You must own a copy of Jazz Jackrabbit 2 to use the required assets.
Obtaining the Game Assets
The following versions of the original game can be used:
- Jazz Jackrabbit 2: Shareware Demo
- Jazz Jackrabbit 2 (v1.20/1.23)
- Jazz Jackrabbit 2: Holiday Hare ‘98
- Jazz Jackrabbit 2: The Secret Files
- Jazz Jackrabbit 2: Christmas Chronicles
If you don’t own any of these versions, you can purchase the Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Collection from GOG.
Extracting Game Assets:
- For original games:
Extract the.binfile using a tool like PowerISO. Locate theResourcefolder within the extracted files. - For the GOG version:
Open the game installation folder and use its contents.
External Drive Setup
- On your external drive, if it doesn’t already exist, create a folder named
Games(e.g.,E:\Games). - In your
Gamesfolder, create a folder namedJazz² Resurrection(you can copy and paste the name for accuracy). - Inside the
Jazz² Resurrectionfolder, create another folder namedSource(e.g.,E:\Games\Jazz² Resurrection\Source). - Transfer your assets:
- For original games: Copy the contents of the
Resourcefolder into theSourcefolder. - For the GOG version: Open the game installation folder and copy everything into the
Sourcefolder.
- For original games: Copy the contents of the
- Launch Jazz² Resurrection, and you’re ready to play!
Internal Drive Setup
- Launch Jazz² Resurrection to initialize the folders, then quit the game:
- Press the Xbox button, hover over Jazz² Resurrection, press Start, and choose Quit.
- Compress the game assets into a
.zipfile:- For original games: Select the contents of the
Resourcefolder and compress them into a.zipfile. - For the GOG version: Open the game installation folder, select everything, and compress it into a
.zipfile.
- For original games: Select the contents of the
- Upload the assets:
- Open the Dev Portal.
- Navigate to File Explorer > Local App Data > Jazz² Resurrection.
- Go to the Local State folder.
- Click Create New Folder, name the folder
Source, and confirm with OK.
- Click Create New Folder, name the folder
- Open the
Sourcefolder. - Click Choose File, locate your
.zipfile, and Upload.- When prompted, choose yes to Extract ZIP Contents into the directory.
- Launch Jazz² Resurrection, and you’re ready to play!
Additional Notes
- Xbox One Build:
Jazz2.msixbundle - Xbox Series S/X Build:
Jazz2_mesa.msixbundle