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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 desi_ninja »

zbendefy wrote: post #63
Nition wrote: post #49

As a kid, my family got a new PC and it came with the full version of Jazz Jackrabbit 2. Both the campaign and the local multiplayer were a lot of fun, but quite often the multiplayer crashed. I also read about the game having a level editor called the Jazz Creation Station, but my copy absolutely didn't come with it. I looked though the game files and all that. I loved level editors so I was really disappointed. We…

Half life (1998) also had an OEM version called "Day one" containing the first half of the game along with some slightly last minute changes missing from it, compared to the released version (different handgun ammo count etc). Wondering why oem versions were dumbed down pre-releases

First quarter likely as it had first 4 chapters only.

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

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Post by erremerre »

egonschiele wrote: post #15

I wish Jazz had been more popular. I loved Jazz Jackrabbit 1 and 2, and I believe there were plans to make a third, but they decided it wouldn’t sell enough copies. If anyone here can recommend platformers similar to Jazz that run on a Mac, I’d love to play them. I never got into shooters or 3D games, but always enjoyed platformers like Mario and Contra, and Jazz felt perfect for me.

With a DS emulator: Henry Hatsworth in the puzzling adventure.

That game is the dark souls of platformers though.

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

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Post by lloeki »

NetOpWibby wrote: post #26

I have fond memories of playing Jazz Jackrabbit...and Commander Keen, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Secret Agent Man, Jill of the Jungle, and so on. Epic Games and Apogee were the logos I remember seeing most often. OMG! Jetpack from Adept Software is still available?! https://www.adeptsoftware.com/jetpack/

Gods and Abuse were also staples of my early VGA days.

Abuse had that crazy scriptable level editor, I must have spent more time in it than actually playing.

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

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Post by busfahrer »

NetOpWibby wrote: post #26

I have fond memories of playing Jazz Jackrabbit...and Commander Keen, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Secret Agent Man, Jill of the Jungle, and so on. Epic Games and Apogee were the logos I remember seeing most often. OMG! Jetpack from Adept Software is still available?! https://www.adeptsoftware.com/jetpack/

Don’t forget Crystal Caves, my favorite of that era

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

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Post by rpastuszak »

rascul wrote: post #45
NetOpWibby wrote: post #26

I have fond memories of playing Jazz Jackrabbit...and Commander Keen, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Secret Agent Man, Jill of the Jungle, and so on. Epic Games and Apogee were the logos I remember seeing most often. OMG! Jetpack from Adept Software is still available?! https://www.adeptsoftware.com/jetpack/

Apogee had some great games for their time. Some of the full versions and many of the free/share ware versions are available at the various DOS game archive sites.

Ah yes, we almost finished Death Rally with a Sentinel (best car in the shareware version).

Sometimes I hang out with my little brothers on Discord, with one of us playing DR (or a similar game), the rest watches the stream. We have some snacks and pretend we travelled back in time to the era when we shared the same PC and had a (very elaborate) hot-seat queueing/watching and commenting system.

"streaming" as watching your buddy play in the same room beats Twitch for me every time!

Recently I had fun with The Curse of Monkey Island and Microsoft Bob experienced in the same way. Although the latter is more like bringing your friends home for a Tommy Wiseau movie night.

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

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Post by archi42 »

luchris429 wrote: post #34
anfractuosity wrote: post #10

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).

Seems like the creator says it would take 300+ hours and they don't have time (on their discord).

Thanks for digging this detail out! I'm a bit disappointed since I was looking forward to playing this with friends again (fond memories), but I can totally understand how the dev might not have the necessary time to implement this.

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

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Post by lycos »

I have great memories of playing Jazz Jackrabbit 2 online multiplayer, if I'm not mistaken at some point the official game servers were killed and to still play online we had to patch it to connect to a server hosted by someone I only remember as being called Nimrod (I didn't remember that I knew this until I started writing my memories). I think he was from the UK.

I met a friend by being in a "clan" in JJ2 who kind of introduced me to caring about music, and I went to my first concert with. We are no longer in touch, but I do have one pen pal friend from that "clan" from another country who I still exchange birthday/christmas cards and gifts with for over 23 years now (and occasional messages throughout the year).

Having said all that, I haven't played the game in years though. I remember the excitement over Jazz Jackrabbit 3D that I believe never saw the day of light, or well I vaguely remember there being a playable demo. Not sure, I could probably quickly search for it online but I'll leave that to you, the reader.

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

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Post by HelloNurse »

durumu wrote: post #44
egonschiele wrote: post #15

I wish Jazz had been more popular. I loved Jazz Jackrabbit 1 and 2, and I believe there were plans to make a third, but they decided it wouldn’t sell enough copies. If anyone here can recommend platformers similar to Jazz that run on a Mac, I’d love to play them. I never got into shooters or 3D games, but always enjoyed platformers like Mario and Contra, and Jazz felt perfect for me.

I would check out Celeste or Shovel Knight. Neither is exactly the run and gun style of Contra or Jazz. However, Celeste is extraordinarily polished with best-in-class controls and movement, and Shovel Knight borrows heavily from classics like Mega Man while ditching the stuff that didn't age as well.

Both best in class, but two quite different classes from JJ.
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