Jazz² Resurrection Guide

Guide Author: 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 .bin file using a tool like PowerISO. Locate the Resource folder within the extracted files.
  • For the GOG version:
    Open the game installation folder and use its contents.

External Drive Setup

  1. On your external drive, if it doesn’t already exist, create a folder named Games (e.g., E:\Games).
  2. In your Games folder, create a folder named Jazz² Resurrection (you can copy and paste the name for accuracy).
  3. Inside the Jazz² Resurrection folder, create another folder named Source (e.g., E:\Games\Jazz² Resurrection\Source).
  4. Transfer your assets:
    • For original games: Copy the contents of the Resource folder into the Source folder.
    • For the GOG version: Open the game installation folder and copy everything into the Source folder.
  5. Launch Jazz² Resurrection, and you’re ready to play!

Internal Drive Setup

  1. Launch Jazz² Resurrection to initialize the folders, then quit the game:
    • Press the Xbox button, hover over Jazz² Resurrection, press Start, and choose Quit.
  2. Compress the game assets into a .zip file:
    • For original games: Select the contents of the Resource folder and compress them into a .zip file.
    • For the GOG version: Open the game installation folder, select everything, and compress it into a .zip file.
  3. 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.
    • Open the Source folder.
    • Click Choose File, locate your .zip file, and Upload.
      • When prompted, choose yes to Extract ZIP Contents into the directory.
  4. Launch Jazz² Resurrection, and you’re ready to play!

Additional Notes

  • Xbox One Build: Jazz2.msixbundle
  • Xbox Series S/X Build: Jazz2_mesa.msixbundle