# Jazz Jackrabbit 2 — Jazz² Resurrection web preview

Canonical: https://playable.wtf/games/deathkiller-jazz2/

Project ID: project:deathkiller-jazz2

A browser preview of the Jazz Jackrabbit 2 reimplementation with an episode import option.

## About this version

A browser preview of the Jazz Jackrabbit 2 reimplementation with an episode import option. The linked creator documentation provides the setup and platform details. Undocumented capabilities remain unknown.

Browser launch. Platformer.

[Play on creator site](https://de4th.dev/jazz2/wasm/)

## Jazz and Spaz in a fast platform adventure

Jazz Jackrabbit 2 brings Jazz and his brother Spaz into a side-scrolling adventure against Devan Shell's plan to change Carrotus' past. The original collection emphasises fast movement, with swimming, flying and warping among its ways through the levels. Its appeal is the pace and variety of moving through those spaces with different characters.

The retail collection also includes additional episodes and its own multiplayer features. Those describe the original package; the web preview's supplied content and supported extensions are a separate question.

Sources: [Epic Games · Jazz Jackrabbit 2 collection description](https://www.gog.com/en/game/jazz_jackrabbit_2_collection)

## A preview of the second Jazz engine

Jazz² Resurrection reimplements Jazz Jackrabbit 2, rather than running the first game through OpenJazz. Its browser preview supplies the second game’s Shareware Demo data. That gives you a starting point before bringing in episodes from an owned installation; the browser link is not a bundle of every supported retail release.

The broader engine recognises releases including Holiday Hare ’98, The Secret Files and Christmas Chronicles, with partial support for JJ2+ and MLLE features. Those compatibility notes describe what the reimplementation can understand, not a promise that every community extension works unchanged.

Sources: [Jazz² Resurrection · platform README](https://github.com/deathkiller/jazz2) · [Jazz² Resurrection · shareware browser preview](https://de4th.dev/jazz2/wasm/)

## Try the demo before importing episodes

Open the preview and let its initial assets load. Additional episodes are imported from the original Jazz Jackrabbit 2 directory through the main menu. Use the demo first to check the browser’s graphics path, then import the content you actually own instead of following a desktop installation’s folder-copy instructions.

The web build requires WebAssembly and WebGL 2.0. The creator names Chrome, Edge and Firefox for the browser route. The separate Android download is a native application with its own installation process; its requirements do not establish support for an Android browser.

Sources: [Jazz² Resurrection · platform README](https://github.com/deathkiller/jazz2) · [Jazz² Resurrection · shareware browser preview](https://de4th.dev/jazz2/wasm/)

## Use the right documentation for this build

Jazz² Resurrection has native packages for several systems, experimental builds and a separate current source repository, jazz2-native. The older jazz2 repository now directs source builds there and retains releases. This matters when following a guide: a native binary, a development snapshot and the hosted web preview can have different available features and setup steps.

For a browser session, follow the web preview and its episode-import path. For a specific mod or extension, check the creator’s current compatibility guidance before committing a long playthrough. The project explicitly describes its JJ2+ and MLLE coverage as partial.

Sources: [Jazz² Resurrection · platform README](https://github.com/deathkiller/jazz2) · [Jazz² Resurrection · current project information](https://de4th.dev/jazz2/)

## Do I need the original game files?

The hosted preview uses Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Shareware Demo data. Import episodes from your owned original Jazz Jackrabbit 2 installation to unlock additional content.

Creator-reported: [Project guide](https://de4th.dev/jazz2/wasm/)

## How do I get started?

Open the web preview; use its main-menu import option for your original episodes.

Creator-reported: [Project guide](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deathkiller/jazz2/HEAD/README.md)

## Which devices and browsers work?

A browser with WebAssembly and WebGL 2.0 is required. Native Android instructions elsewhere in the repository do not establish mobile-browser support.

Creator-reported: [Project guide](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deathkiller/jazz2/HEAD/README.md)

## What is included in this version?

The browser route is explicitly a shareware preview; native packages also exist.

Creator-reported: [Project guide](https://de4th.dev/jazz2/wasm/)

## Credits and project

- [Original project](https://github.com/deathkiller/jazz2)