Case study

OpenBiohazard2: a Go engine reimplementation of Resident Evil 2

OpenBiohazard2 reimplements the original Resident Evil 2 engine in Go with OpenGL rendering and data from the user's game installation. The code includes room scripts, game state, rendering and parsers for game file formats. Audio, enemy AI and several gameplay systems remain unfinished.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 305
Last commit: 2026-08-17
Language: Go
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Demo documented; the documentation covers part of the feature set.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A copy of the original Resident Evil 2; copy its installed game data into data/.
Prerequisites: Go toolchain for the documented go build step.
Limits: Audio, inventory, enemy AI, puzzles and door transitions are listed as unfinished.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{openbiohazard2-case,
  title = {{OpenBiohazard2: a Go engine reimplementation of Resident Evil 2}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/OpenBiohazard2/OpenBiohazard2}},
  url = {https://github.com/OpenBiohazard2/OpenBiohazard2},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/openbiohazard2-case/}}
}

Plain text

OpenBiohazard2: a Go engine reimplementation of Resident Evil 2. https://github.com/OpenBiohazard2/OpenBiohazard2 (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/openbiohazard2-case/

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README.md GitHub · OpenBiohazard2/OpenBiohazard2 · Revision 173f900