Jazz Jackrabbit 2 (Jazz² Resurrection)

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Jazz² Resurrection: a free reimplementation of Jazz Jackrabbit 2, written in C++ on a heavily modified version of the nCine engine; the code lives in the jazz2-native repository, and this one hosts the releases. It works with the Shareware Demo, Holiday Hare ’98, The Secret Files, and Christmas Chronicles, and partially supports features of the JJ2+ extension and MLLE. On first launch it converts the game files into a cache while the intro cinematics play. It has optional gameplay enhancements (Reforged), online multiplayer since 3.7.0 (August 1), which also added player color customization and Direct3D 11 and Vulkan backends, and a dedicated server as a Docker image. There are builds for Windows, Linux, and macOS, plus Android, iOS, Switch, Xbox, and other consoles. Version 3.9.0 (October 17) greatly improved the accuracy of physics and movement outside Reforged and added the Reforged Camera option and Rev Up. Its browser version, on the project’s website, plays with the data from the free Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Shareware Demo and can import the episodes from your copy.

You needThe contents of your own Jazz Jackrabbit 2 folder, copied into the Source subfolder; The Secret Files is recommended, and the free Shareware Demo works too. Plus Windows 7 or later with the Visual C++ Redistributable, Linux, or macOS, and a graphics card with OpenGL 3.3 (OpenGL ES 3.0 on ARM).

How it gets to PC

Fan reimplementation

Console

Microsoft Windows

Original studio

Epic MegaGames / Orange Games

Year

1998

Author

deathkiller

Stars

590

Last activity

2026-10-17 · 25 days ago

Latest version

3.9.0 · 2026-10-17

License

GPL-3.0

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