Jazz Jackrabbit (series)

"Jazz Jackrabbit" is a series of video games featuring the titular character of Jazz Jackrabbit, a green anthropomorphic hare, who fights with his turtle nemesis, Devan Shell, in a science fiction paradoy of the fable of "The Tortoise and the Hare". Created by Cliff Bleszinski and developed by Epic MegaGames, the series debuted on the personal computer in 1994 with "Jazz Jackrabbit". The series consists of two computer games and a handheld console game.

Games

Jazz Jackrabbit

The first Jazz Jackrabbit game was developed and released by Epic Games in 1994 for PCs running DOS. Jazz had to rescue Carrotus princess Eva Earlong, who was kidnapped by his nemesis, Devan Shell. The shareware edition was extremely popular and the game was named Arcade Game of the Year by PC Format.

Jazz Jackrabbit 2

A sequel, "Jazz Jackrabbit 2" was developed by Orange Games, produced by Epic Games and released in 1998 by Gathering of Developers in North America and Project 2 in Europe. Jazz and his brother, Spaz, team up to get back Eva's stolen wedding ring. Despite moderate success in Europe, it was the first game Gathering of Developers ever lost money on.

Jazz Jackrabbit 3

"Jazz Jackrabbit 3" is an abortive project by World Tree Games. The game was cancelled in 2000 when Epic Games failed to find a publisher. The game's plot had Jazz entering Devan's dimensional machine (a modified version of the time machine used in "Jazz Jackrabbit 2") into a three-dimensional Carrotus to save his children and remove any chaos Devan brought along the way.

Jazz Jackrabbit Advance

"Jazz Jackrabbit Advance", developed by Game Titan and published by Jaleco under license from Epic Games, was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2002. It was controversial among Jazz Jackrabbit fans because of several changes done in overall design, oriented to cosmic fantasy inspired by Star Wars. Jazz's appearance was changed, losing his trademark bandana, backpack, and wristbands, and portraying now a similar looking to Han Solo, with his blue large gun also being replaced by conventional weapons. Eva Earlong is missing from the game and Devan Shell, featuring a Darth Vader-esque appearance, is now known as Dark Shell.

External links

* [http://www.jazz2online.com/ Jazz 2 Online (J2O)] , the hub of the Jazz Jackrabbit community
* [http://www.jazz2online.com/jcf JazzJackrabbit Community Forums (JCF)] , the message board associated with Jazz 2 Online
* [http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/wiki/ Earlong Royal Encyclopedia (ERE)] , the wiki associated with Jazz 2 Online
* [http://www.dutchfurs.com/~haze/ Haze's Hideout]
* [http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/game/111/ DOS Games Archive | Jazz Jackrabbit]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/jazz-jackrabbit-series Jazz Jackrabbit Series at MobyGames]