Resident Evil Outbreak File #2

Someone is reverse-engineering Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2 on PC

Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2 is a survival horror RE game that came out exclusively on PlayStation 2 in 2004. This game never found its way to the PC. And now, almost two decades afterward, we can take a glimpse at what a PC version of it could have looked like.

X’s Fothsid is working on a PC version of the game by reverse-engineering it. And earlier today, he shared a gameplay video showing how the game can run at 60fps. As noted, this isn’t an emulated version of Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2. It’s a version that Fothsid has reverse-engineered to run natively on PC. And it looks super cool.

From what we know, Fothsid does not plan to release this project to the public. That’s a bummer as he could do what other similar projects have done. He could release this project for free, without any of its game assets. Instead, the PC version would require an original ROM of the game to run. This is what the PC ports of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Super Mario 64 and Jak and Daxter actually do. Not only that but all of them are still available for download, and both Sony and Nintendo cannot take them down.

Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2 is a survival horror RE game that came out exclusively on PlayStation 2 in 2004. The game was locked at 30fps, and it never found its way to other platforms.

This is one of the few RE games that use “on-rail camera angles”. Basically, think of them as the next step of the fixed camera angles that the classic Resident Evil games used. Upon release, the game was criticized for its respawned enemies and the mediocre AI of your partners.

And that is that. This looks really cool, though it’d be cool if the coder uploaded the video on YouTube. X has an awful video player, and the video is full of artifacts. Still, it’s better than nothing.

Enjoy the video and stay tuned for more!

10 thoughts on “Someone is reverse-engineering Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2 on PC”

  1. If he’s not going to release it to the public, then he may as well stop publicly mast**bating and keep it to himself instead of seeking clout.

    1. Yeah, its just make people thinking its just emulated version without proof code being released for public. If its indeed real reverse engineering there is no need to worried about repercussion from Capcom

  2. We now live in an era where fans are able to port games to PC where multi million companies can’t.

  3. The best Multiplayer Resident Evil game.
    You can play it with fan made servers online with PCSX2.

  4. “From what we know, Fothsid does not plan to release this project to the public.”

    “from what we know”, what kind of r3tard3d writing is this, an information of critical importance that you cannot even provide a proper quote? If this information (i will call it rumour, since you don’t provide evidence) is true, then you shoudn’t even bother reporting about it, but you can’t help but be even more scummier than this modder(allegedly).

  5. look guys it runs on PC but I wont share it to all of you, thanks for the free clout though!

    I cringe at these sorts of people, showing off, making people excited for no reason.

    1. >browse DSOG, sees link called “exciting news: a unnoficial RE port”
      >click the link, third paragraph in he says “it appears he will not release the port to the public”

      Yeah, i’m more mad at the idiot doing the clickbait.

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