Jazz Jackrabbit

Released

1994 on DOS

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Developers

Epic MegaGames, Inc.

Moby Score

7.7

#3,955 of 158K

Critics

87% (10)

Players

(58)

Ranking

#244 on DOS

Collected By

83 players

Genre: Action
Perspective: Side view
Visual: 2D scrolling
Gameplay: Platform
Shooter

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Jazz Jackrabbit is the PC world's answer to Sonic the Hedgehog. In this platform game, Jazz, the hero of the rabbit planet Carrotus, must rescue the beloved rabbit princess, Eva Earlong, and defeat the leader of the turtle terrorists, Devan Shell, traveling to different planets to gather clues concerning Eva's whereabouts while liberating them from Shell's tyranny.

The similarity to Sonic the Hedgehog manifests itself in Jazz's uncanny speed, and the fact it increases the more he runs. However, the rest of the gameplay mechanics are different. The game is primarily a shooter, meaning that in order to defeat his enemies, it's not enough for Jazz to jump over their heads. Jazz starts with a blaster, but during the course of the game acquires other weapons, such as grenade launcher, flamethrower, TNT, etc. Jazz can also pick up various power-ups, including a force shield, a hoverboard that allows him to float in the air, a bird that will fight on Jazz's side, and others.

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13 People

Design	Robert A. Allen Cliff Bleszinski Arjan Brussee
Lead Programming	Arjan Brussee
Animation	Nick Stadler
Additional Graphics / Artwork	Joe Hitchens James Schmalz Tomisa Starr
Music	Robert A. Allen Joshua Jensen
Sound	Nando Eweg
German Translations	ROMWARE
Producer	Mark A. Rein Timothy Sweeney
Manual Artwork, Cover and Comic Book	Nick Stadler
Manual Design and Typesetting	Mark A. Rein
Beta Test Leader	Andrew Lehrfield

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CHARACTER PROFILES -- WHO'S WHO

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Jazz Jackrabbit:

Height: 3'1"

Weight: 90 lbs.

Favorite Food: Carrot Pizza

Favorite Book: Watership Down

Motto: "When you're a little rabbit, carry a BIG gun!"

Devan Shell:

Height: 2'4"

Weight: 163 lbs.

Favorite Food: Asparagus

Favorite Book: How to Make Friends and Kill Rabbits

Motto: "Rabbits are lousy!"

Eva Earlong:

Height: 3'9"

Weight: Won't tell

Favorite Food: Turnip Ice Cream

Favorite Book: My Secret Carrot Garden

Motto: "Take your time, Jazz."

Arjan Brussee, programmer of Jazz:

Height: 5'11"

Weight: 150 lbs.

Favorite Food: Any Pizza and Beer

Favorite Book: Neuromancer

Motto: "Owww...What a headache. I hate hangovers."

Cliff Bleszinski, designer of Jazz:

Height: 5'10"

Weight: 135 lbs.

Favorite Food: McDonald's

Favorite Book: Games and how to make them. (By him, coming soon!)

Motto: "Wake me at 4 PM, will you?"

Nick Stadler, Jazz animator:

Height: 5'11"

Weight: One Hundred and something

Favorite Food: Anything in a cardboard container

Favorite Book: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Motto: "What?"

Robert Allen, musician:

Height: 6'2"

Weight: 165 lbs.

Favorite Food: If it's processed, he'll eat it.

Favorite Book: None. Prefers music to reading.

Motto: "Well, it HAS to be! No one likes my music!"

--- from "The Jazz Jackrabbit Manual".

Christmas

If you play the game during the Christmas period (September to early January) the game gets a Christmas theme, with snowflakes falling on the main menu and several new backgrounds.

References

The cheat codes have a few references: apogee (16 bit colour mode) and doom (harder enemies). The Apogee code is not available in version 1.3.
One of the game's weapons is the LFG-2000, which is obviously a spoof of DOOM's BFG-9000 weapon.

Release

Jazz Jackrabbit has six episodes with only the first episode in shareware version. You could buy Episodes 1-3 or Episodes 4-6 and both together. Registered versions has a color Jazz manual. Some also included a comic book and free bonus disk.

Those episode and stage titles:

Episode 1: Turtle Terror!

Stages - Diamondus, Tubelectric and Medivo.

Episode 2: Ballistic Bunny

Stages - Letni, Technoir and Orbitus.

Episode 3: Rabbit's Revenge

Stages - Fanolint, Scraparap and Devan's Megairbase.

Episode 4: Gene Machine

Stages - TurTemple, Nippius and JungRock.

Episode 5: The Chase is On!

Stages - Marbelara, Slugion and Dreempipes.

Episode 6: The Final Clash