It's a fun ride while it lasts, and it can be very entertaining.
A handful of years ago, Epic MegaGames (now just Epic Games) redefined the platform action genre on the PC with Jazz Jackrabbit--a knockoff of Sonic the Hedgehog, albeit with one very important difference: Jazz carried weapons. A sequel, as well as a Christmas patch, soon followed. Nowadays, Jazz Jackrabbit is fairly w... read more
Description:Jazz Jackrabbit is a platform game developed and published by Epic MegaGames. It was released in 1994 for PCs operating DOS, with subsequent Macintosh and Microsoft Windows releases in 1995 and 1996. It was one of the first games to bring the side-scrolling platformer style - common on gaming consoles - to a PC audience.[1]
Jazz JaJazz Jackrabbit is a platform game developed and published by Epic MegaGames. It was released in 1994 for PCs operating DOS, with subsequent Macintosh and Microsoft Windows releases in 1995 and 1996. It was one of the first games to bring the side-scrolling platformer style - common on gaming consoles - to a PC audience.[1]
Jazz Jackrabbit, developed in Bleszinki's mother's house,[2] was greatly inspired by the Amiga game Zool and the ongoing success of video game classics (such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man) defining the platform game genre in the 1990s market, and was initially considered to be a pastiche of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog in the computer world. The game did not manage to reach the popularity of Sonic, but did acquire a certain fan audience due to its fast-paced gameplay, advanced graphics and notorious acid jazz level soundtracks.
In 1995, PC Format magazine named Jazz Jackrabbit "Arcade Game of the Year". Two other releases originated from it: a sequel named Jazz Jackrabbit 2 in 1998, as well as a reboot on Game Boy Advance in 2002. The commercial success of the game kickstarted the career of its co-creator, Cliff Bleszinski, who would later go on to be a key force behind Epic Games' blockbuster hits Unreal Tournament and Gears of War, among other titles
“It's a fun ride while it lasts, and it can be very entertaining.
A handful of years ago, Epic MegaGames (now just Epic Games) redefined the platform action genre on the PC with Jazz Jackrabbit--a knockoff of Sonic the Hedgehog, albeit with one very important difference: Jazz carried weapons. A sequel, as well as a Christmas patch, soon followed. Nowadays, Jazz Jackrabbit is fairly well known among PC gamers, many of whom otherwise aren't familiar with platformers. Seeing the potential to revive this well-liked series, Jaleco has brought Jazz out of retirement for an outing on the Game Boy Advance. And while Jazz Jackrabbit for the GBA has a lot in common with its predecessors on the PC, it flaunts a number of changes and improvements as well.
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