diff --git a/src/openrct2/PlatformEnvironment.cpp b/src/openrct2/PlatformEnvironment.cpp
index 6e42dd791b..fd396880b3 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/PlatformEnvironment.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/PlatformEnvironment.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class PlatformEnvironment final : public IPlatformEnvironment
 {
 private:
     u8string _basePath[DIRBASE_COUNT];
+    bool _usingRctClassic{};
 
 public:
     explicit PlatformEnvironment(DIRBASE_VALUES basePaths)
@@ -45,9 +46,11 @@ public:
         {
             default:
             case DIRBASE::RCT1:
-            case DIRBASE::RCT2:
                 directoryName = DirectoryNamesRCT2[static_cast<size_t>(did)];
                 break;
+            case DIRBASE::RCT2:
+                directoryName = _usingRctClassic ? "Assets" : DirectoryNamesRCT2[static_cast<size_t>(did)];
+                break;
             case DIRBASE::OPENRCT2:
             case DIRBASE::USER:
             case DIRBASE::CONFIG:
@@ -86,6 +89,12 @@ public:
     void SetBasePath(DIRBASE base, u8string_view path) override
     {
         _basePath[static_cast<size_t>(base)] = path;
+
+        if (base == DIRBASE::RCT2)
+        {
+            // Check whether the RCT2 base is RCT2 or RCT Classic
+            _usingRctClassic = Platform::IsRCT2ClassicPath(path);
+        }
     }
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/openrct2/drawing/Drawing.Sprite.cpp b/src/openrct2/drawing/Drawing.Sprite.cpp
index 1c30498000..f9673ea1a0 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/drawing/Drawing.Sprite.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/drawing/Drawing.Sprite.cpp
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ bool gfx_load_g1(const IPlatformEnvironment& env)
     log_verbose("gfx_load_g1(...)");
     try
     {
-        auto path = Path::Combine(env.GetDirectoryPath(DIRBASE::RCT2, DIRID::DATA), u8"g1.dat");
+        auto path = env.FindFile(DIRBASE::RCT2, DIRID::DATA, u8"g1.dat");
         auto fs = FileStream(path, FILE_MODE_OPEN);
         _g1.header = fs.ReadValue<rct_g1_header>();
 
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.h b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.h
index 0a827fcd7d..2a62b6c737 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.h
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ namespace Platform
     bool ProcessIsElevated();
     float GetDefaultScale();
 
+    bool IsRCT2ClassicPath(std::string_view path);
     bool OriginalGameDataExists(std::string_view path);
 
     std::string GetUsername();
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Shared.cpp b/src/openrct2/platform/Shared.cpp
index e64f0ca90d..7b25d7d68e 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Shared.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Shared.cpp
@@ -94,10 +94,21 @@ namespace Platform
         return outTime;
     }
 
+    bool IsRCT2ClassicPath(std::string_view path)
+    {
+        auto combinedPath = Path::ResolveCasing(Path::Combine(path, u8"Assets", u8"g1.dat"));
+        return File::Exists(combinedPath);
+    }
+
     bool OriginalGameDataExists(std::string_view path)
     {
-        std::string combinedPath = Path::ResolveCasing(Path::Combine(path, u8"Data", u8"g1.dat"));
-        return File::Exists(combinedPath);
+        // Check if path is RCT2
+        auto combinedPath = Path::ResolveCasing(Path::Combine(path, u8"Data", u8"g1.dat"));
+        if (File::Exists(combinedPath))
+            return true;
+
+        // Check if path is RCT Classic
+        return IsRCT2ClassicPath(path);
     }
 
     std::string SanitiseFilename(std::string_view originalName)