Jazz² Resurrection: Open-source Jazz Jackrabbit 2 reimplementation

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Post by generichuman » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 8:37 PM UTC

Jazz² Resurrection: Open-source Jazz Jackrabbit 2 reimplementation
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Re: Jazz² Resurrection: Open-source Jazz Jackrabbit 2 reimplementation

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Post by henriquez » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 8:56 PM UTC

Hell yeah! Jazz Jackrabbit 2 was amazing and I always thought it was sad it became abandonware.

Re: Jazz² Resurrection: Open-source Jazz Jackrabbit 2 reimplementation

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Post by leni536 » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 8:59 PM UTC

henriquez wrote: post #2

Hell yeah! Jazz Jackrabbit 2 was amazing and I always thought it was sad it became abandonware.

Same. I tried playing it on wine, but it was always a bit unstable for me and crashed. I never knew that there was a FOSS reimplementation.

edit: Looks like this project started in 2017, but it made leaps in the last year.

http://deat.tk/jazz2/release-notes

Re: Jazz² Resurrection: Open-source Jazz Jackrabbit 2 reimplementation

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Post by egman_ekki » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 9:05 PM UTC

Anyone tried running it on SteamDeck?

Re: Jazz² Resurrection: Open-source Jazz Jackrabbit 2 reimplementation

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Post by gambiting » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 9:06 PM UTC

egman_ekki wrote: post #4

Anyone tried running it on SteamDeck?

Regular Jazz 2 runs great on the steamdeck btw :-)

Re: Jazz² Resurrection: Open-source Jazz Jackrabbit 2 reimplementation

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Post by pawelduda » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 9:08 PM UTC

FYI, the original game can be purchased for few dollars and runs fine on Windows with coop and all - tested not so long ago and had a blast playing it

Re: Jazz² Resurrection: Open-source Jazz Jackrabbit 2 reimplementation

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Post by Waterluvian » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 9:08 PM UTC

henriquez wrote: post #2

Hell yeah! Jazz Jackrabbit 2 was amazing and I always thought it was sad it became abandonware.

I’ve always been curious… are there concrete definitions of “abandonware” in the various major jurisdictions? Or is it just a loose concept that remains legally dubious?

I feel like “Adopt an Abandonware” would be a pretty great source of meaningful, educational, and productive projects for devs with extra cycles or looking to refine skills.

Re: Jazz² Resurrection: Open-source Jazz Jackrabbit 2 reimplementation

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Post by fruckyt » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 9:14 PM UTC

Waterluvian wrote: post #7

henriquez wrote: post #2

Hell yeah! Jazz Jackrabbit 2 was amazing and I always thought it was sad it became abandonware.

I’ve always been curious… are there concrete definitions of “abandonware” in the various major jurisdictions? Or is it just a loose concept that remains legally dubious? I feel like “Adopt an Abandonware” would be a pretty great source of meaningful, educational, and productive projects for devs with extra cycles or looking to refine skills.

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Re: Jazz² Resurrection: Open-source Jazz Jackrabbit 2 reimplementation

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Post by qbasic_forever » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 9:14 PM UTC

Waterluvian wrote: post #7

henriquez wrote: post #2

Hell yeah! Jazz Jackrabbit 2 was amazing and I always thought it was sad it became abandonware.

I’ve always been curious… are there concrete definitions of “abandonware” in the various major jurisdictions? Or is it just a loose concept that remains legally dubious? I feel like “Adopt an Abandonware” would be a pretty great source of meaningful, educational, and productive projects for devs with extra cycles or looking to refine skills.

There's mention of it in the DMCA if I remember correctly. It says DRM can be cracked if something isn't available to be sold anymore or something similar: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/dmca-game-preservation-exemp...

Re: Jazz² Resurrection: Open-source Jazz Jackrabbit 2 reimplementation

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Post by anfractuosity » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 9:15 PM UTC

Looks very cool, fingers crossed multiplayer support gets added at some point (noticed it says 'Multiplayer is temporarily removed in version 1.0.0.' on the website).