--- title: How Resident Evil 2 For The N64 Kept Its FMV Cutscenes description: The N64 port of Resident Evil 2 achieved a remarkable 165:1 compression ratio to fit 15 minutes of FMV cutscenes into 24 MB, down from 4 GB uncompressed. Angel... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-resident-evil-2-for-the-n64-kept-its-fmv-cutscenes-72qhy4xea twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How Resident Evil 2 For The N64 Kept Its FMV Cutscenes | daily.dev og:description: The N64 port of Resident Evil 2 achieved a remarkable 165:1 compression ratio to fit 15 minutes of FMV cutscenes into 24 MB, down from 4 GB uncompressed. 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The port leveraged the N64's programmable RSP and Factor 5's MusyX audio tools, demonstrating creative problem-solving in constrained environments. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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