{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/jevarg/re-virtua-cop-2/blob/7ae9d0fe5472304339475391bb9f29a480187c8d/README.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "The Virtua Cop 2 investigation examines the 1997 PC game's asset files with parsers, ImHex patterns and a browser explorer. The explorer displays models and textures from a selected game directory and offers experimental browsing of stage maps in P_STG*.BIN files.",
  "description_zh": "Virtua Cop 2 调查项目以解析器、ImHex 模式和浏览器资源查看器研究 1997 年 PC 版游戏文件。查看器从用户选择的游戏目录展示模型与纹理，并试验性浏览 P_STG*.BIN 中的关卡地图。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/re-virtua-cop-2-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/re-virtua-cop-2-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/jevarg/re-virtua-cop-2/blob/7ae9d0fe5472304339475391bb9f29a480187c8d/tools/explorer/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "re-virtua-cop-2-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/re-virtua-cop-2-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/re-virtua-cop-2-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/re-virtua-cop-2-case/index.md",
  "name": "Virtua Cop 2: investigating PC game assets",
  "name_zh": "Virtua Cop 2：解析 PC 版游戏资源",
  "reconstruction_method": "other",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Requires the user's Virtua Cop 2 game files, including its executable.",
    "Local explorer development uses pnpm.",
    "Stage-map browsing is experimental, and the project remains in progress.",
    "No licence file in the repository."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要用户自有的 Virtua Cop 2 游戏文件，包括可执行文件。",
    "本地运行资源浏览器的开发环境使用 pnpm。",
    "关卡地图浏览仍属实验功能，项目也仍在进行中。",
    "仓库中没有许可证文件。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/jevarg/re-virtua-cop-2",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}