The game is set in a fantasy world based on Aesop's 'The Tortoise and the Hare', in which the enmity between tortoises and hares continues even after three thousand years. It was one of the first games to bring the side-scrolling platformer style - common on gaming consoles - to a PC audience. It was released in 1994 for PCs operating DOS, with subsequent Macintosh and Microsoft Windows releases in 19. Jazz Jackrabbit is a platform game developed and published by Epic MegaGames. Be patient :-)Ĭliff Bleszinski, Arjan Brussee, Nick Stadler Unfortunately, this game is currently available only in this version. If you think that the game in your browser does not behave as it should, try to choose another online emulator from this table. For fullscreen press 'Right Alt' + 'Enter'. I have found no ordering information for this game.Game is controlled by the same keys that are used to playing under MS DOS.

Patches Jazz Jackrabbit ATI video card patch for corrupt setup display (64,578 bytes) Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare Episode X shareware episode (1,437,899 bytes) Jazz Jackrabbit v1.0 Shareware Episode (1,417,337 bytes)Įxtras Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare 1995 Episode X shareware episode (1,440,508 bytes) Jazz Jackrabbit v1.1 Shareware Episode (1,429,362 bytes) There are 10 episodes in this game, with only two episodes playable in the shareware version.Ĭomplete version history: Jazz Jackrabbit v1.3 Shareware Episode (1,947,482 bytes) A second Episode X was released in 1995 as Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare 1995, which takes place on the planet Candion instead of Holidaius. Episode X (originally released as the standalone Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare demo in 1994) was added in version 1.3. Originally, episodes 1-3 and 4-6 could be purchased separately, and three new episodes, A-C, were added in the CD-ROM version, Jazz Jackrabbit CD. The graphics and sound are excellent, and Jazz Jackrabbit is generally regarded as one of the best DOS games ever. He's also a great jumper, so perhaps he's Sonic, Mario, and Duke Nukem rolled into one. Finally, Jazz carries a big gun and finds many different kinds of ammo. There are a lot of items to collect, which requires extensive exploration, something that Sonic wouldn't have time for. Being a rabbit, Jazz can run fast, and speed is a major component of the game, warranting instant comparison to Sonic the Hedgehog. Jazz Jackrabbit is a combination of several styles of platform game.

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