Jazz Jackrabbit - Gameplay

Jazz Jackrabbit is a Jump&Run/Platformer game. It was made and Published by Epic Games. It came out in 1994.
The game is shareware and that means you can download episode 1 for free. (Just search for it on google)
You know, there was Super Mario and there was Sonic and there was Rayman and I'm pretty sure a hell of a lot other jump and runs. But I always liked Jazz Jackrabbit. Probably because I was that "shoot some shit guy" instead of "jump on enemy heads guy" ^^
Could also be because I really like rabbits and even have 2 rabbits as pets here ;)
However...I think the game can somehow be described as a mix between Sonic and Turrican. It is a pretty fast game but you also have to shoot a lot. There even is an option to slow down the game if it is too fast for you.
Also this game has a bonus mini-game (which can be seen in the video) in which you play in third person mode in a 3D environment. It is not spectacular but atleast something different. You run around on streets and have to collect as many gems as possible.
There are a lot of levels in this game, some of them have red gems to open a secret level and If I remember correctly every episode has a Boss fight at the end.
But most importantly is that the soundtrack of the game is what finally did it for me. Even today I listen to some of the tracks and it is only surpassed by the soundtrack of its own sequel JJ2.
Definately a great game and hey, it has a save function. That has to be mentioned because only few jump and runs had save functions. And it saves you a lot of frustration ;)
All in all a great game but the only problem I saw was the low resolution. The graphics are good thats not the problem. But I mean you can only see about 3 meters what is in front of you and this can be very annoying as the game tends to throw enemies right in your face and you have to have the reflexes of a panther to react to that.

[@Raveslord]

this brings back memories i played this game so much, it was alot of fun

[@Ztrigg]

I think about this game from time to time, remembering how awsome it was.

[@NostalgicGames]

I see it like this: Jazz was basically Sonic with guns while Sonic was just a faster version of Super Mario. I don't know where that leaves Rayman but one thing is sure, all of those games surely found their fans for one reason or another ^^

[@ZeDingoBlag]

Oh no, I don't blame you for recording on Easy. Without some kind of virtualization I can't run Jazz at all, and I haven't even tried OpenJazz yet. Virtualization with the enemy count of Turbo AND Fraps makes for an absolutely horrible framerate. And I beat the game on Turbo years ago :D

[@Raveslord]

i believe i still have the cd of this game somewhere

[@theruben25]

Used to love this as a child. Now it just seems like a poor man's sonic, but with guns. :(

[@ZeDingoBlag]

The only reason I'd posted that first comment is because of an Iosys video with the two rabbit girls from Touhou laughing through the fourth wall at everyone who plays Touhou on easy. The song's so catchy that I can never forget it.

[@Mw2FinalKills]

OMG! I remember this game!

[@NostalgicGames]

Seriously if I would have played this game on hard I would need to activate Slow mode to even get through the first chapter. That has mostly to do with a bad combination of fast gameplay and the ridiculously small field of view of the game where you can't see what's a few meters in front of you ^^ But if you think it's too easy and want a real challenge then you could try Turbo mode in addition to the Hard difficulty but you probably need to be a real crack to play it that way ;)

[@Makron5]

Fun fact: One of the people who worked on the Jazz Jackrabbit artwork (Or at least the sequel) was a furry and actually made furry porn of some of the characters.

[@AHunDread]

I remember having -alot- of fun playing this. I wanted to know what happened to the wabbit. xc

[@TheL1ch_]

this game realy owned ;]

[@y1982pisti]

The bunny skin in Fornite now makes sense

[@excme22]

y1982pisti Yep, same makers

[@theruben25]

I never played 2, and I never even knew there was a JJ3, lol.

[@thejroc]

I like how TradeChat fans come to this video just to thumbs up her comment XD

[@maximal881]

Jazz Jackrabbit 1 - Maybe Jazz Jackrabbit 2 - 3x better than Sonic, Mario and other console crap Jazz Jackrabbit 3 - Why it's so dark?

[@maximal881]

JJ2 Is amazing, you really need to give it a shot. JJ3 never really comeout, there was only demo, it was never finished sadly.

[@dudzicetnik98milovic54]

Good

[@ZeDingoBlag]

Easy mode? On a game with rabbits? WHY INTERNET WHY. WHY DO YOU KEEP REMINDING ME OF UNDONGEIN AND TEWI LAUGHING AT EASY MODE.

[@blazejames47]

@Makron5 Oh that's nasty

[@dmorgan8697]

Here because of the Easter Egg in Horizon Zero Dawn

[@MrNecrosmasher]

@tradechat Omg trade chat, you rock hopefully you get to see this and comment back if so i would so get my feast of strength, ^-^and hopefully you'll get to be in maxim!!

[@raphaelfernandes2981]

Vin pela minha namorada