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Permalink Jazz Jackrabbit 1 CO-OP October 1st 2016

Source: YouTube, h/t cooba

Have you ever wanted to watch two people playing through the entirety of JJ1 using OpenJazz’s online coop mode?

Now you can!

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Votes: 1

Permalink Forerunners: The History Of The PC Side-Scroller September 27th 2016

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xY_BumEWBA&feature=youtu.be

3D Realms has released another interesting thing: it has teamed up with some of the most iconic legends to bring us a piece of gaming history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xY_BumEWBA&feature=youtu.be

Featuring:

- John Romero
- Cliff Blezinski
- Tom Hall
- John Passfield
- Bill McIntosh
- Dave Taylor
- Scott Miller
- Clint Basinger

And others. Go check it out.

Votes: 1 (admin approved!)

Permalink Rad Rodgers - Jazz Jackrabbit inspired platformer? September 6th 2016

Source: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1093001909/rad-rodgers-the-return-of-the-90s-era-apogee-platf/description

It looks like Interceptor, the guys behind Bombshell and Rise Of The Triad, were working hard in the last few months, developing a platformer! Rad Rodgers goal is to “Bringing back the 90’s-era PC platformer with a game inspired by classics like Commander Keen, Conker, Ruff’n‘Tumble & Jazz Jackrabbit.”

Yes, a developer officially stating that their game is inspired from Jazz Jackrabbit! The game, however, uses Unreal Engine 4 and does not have hand drawn graphics. Except that awesome hand drawn art! And if you watch the trailer, you may ask yourself what part of the project is Jazz Jackrabbit inspired. Honestly, I don’t know the answer. I can only guess that it may have some gameplay similarities, like shooting in different directions with different guns. Aand maybe (now I’m giving this a wild shot here) a name association with Rogger Rabbit, who is a rabbit and Jazz is also a rabbit. Soo… Rodgers.Jackrabbit anyone? No? Ok.

Well anyway, the project is still only in a kickstarter phase and given that platformers are not the most popular genre in the universe, the success of this coming to fruition is still questionable. Interceptor also doesn’t have a huge fan base either.

But I know for sure that the people at Interceptor are a huge Commander Keen, Cosmo Cosmic Adventure and other Apogee and 3D Realms games from the past fans, so it will be nice to see this gets funded.

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Votes: 1

Permalink National Tournament 2016 is OVER! August 16th 2016

Source: http://jazzjackrabbit.net/index.php?league=1&season=1&op=forumz&watte=viewtopic&topic=956

National Tournament – Season 5 (2016) is now officially over! All games have been completed except for the 7th place which has been awarded to Serbia. Congratulations to Poland for winning the tournament 3rd time in total! Final rankings:

1. Poland
2. The Netherlands
3. Germany
4. Finland
5. Egypt
6. United Kingdom
7. Serbia
8. Romania

Stats and awards can be found HERE!

Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the whole tournament is: [GER]KeV! Congratulations!

It was an exciting tournament overall with a lot of fun! Thanks to everyone who participated on one way or another! Many thanks to all the referees, all the broadcasters, the whole crew and all players who represented their countries!

In case you missed any game, you can watch most of the replays by clicking on a specific game you want to watch!

All information about the NT can be found in the menu to the left under ‘Tournaments’, when you click on National tournament! (JJ.net)

See you next season!

Votes: 4 (admin approved!)

Permalink UNniversary bash 2 extended! August 14th 2016

Source: http://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/showpost.php?p=490285&postcount=13

Just for one more day. We will be starting off by finishing the rest of the CTF list, then moving onto the battle ones.

The event will now end on August the 15th, 5:30pm BST.

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Votes: 1

Permalink It begins! August 12th 2016

Source: http://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/showthread.php?p=490270#post490270

NOTE: The event has been extended by one day, and now ends on the 15th!

The not-so-annual UNniversary bash 2 has begun! It will end on the 14th of August, 2016 5:30pm BST August 15th, 5:30pm BST

To give a recap, it’s a casual event where we go through all the bash levels, minus duplicates. Whether you want to chat or play, it’s up to you. A whopping over 250 levels for both gamemodes!

For those who have a failing serverlist, you can also join via the IP here: 213.127.217.229
However, it’s highly recommended you use JJ2+ or the LK avalon serverlist fix. However, support for plusless players is only temporary.

Votes: 1 (admin approved!)

Permalink Create-a-Boss contest! July 31st 2016

Source: http://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/showthread.php?p=490198#post490198

Have you ever said to yourself “Man, I have an awesome idea for a boss, but I suck at animating art.” – well, here’s your chance to shine!

Unlike my other contests, the prize is not money, but your boss coming to life – fully animated from scratch!

If you have a lack of trust in contests, don’t worry – I have a good track record in promising contest winners. I got experience in animating sprites with high standards.

The deadline is on September the 15th, 2016

For more information about the contest, click here.

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Votes: 4 (admin approved!)

Permalink Unniversary Bash 2 date announced! July 24th 2016

Source: http://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/showthread.php?p=490093

The UNniversary bash is a blast through time, showcasing all the bash levels right from the start! It’s a casual event – so you can chat or play, or just mess around.

It will begin from the 12th to the 14th of August.

More information (such as how plusless users will join) will be provided later.

- TreyLina No Comments - Post Comment

Votes: 1 (admin approved!)

Permalink Saint Vitus day June 28th 2016

Kind of late, but I would like to wish happy Saint Vitus day to all of the Serbian players.

Or, in Serbian: Srecan Vidovdan, Obilici!

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Votes: 2

Permalink SilvaGunner's JJ3 "high quality rip" June 12th 2016

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuGKv4cnkpQ

If you don’t know who SilvaGunner is, he (or she, I don’t know their gender) has an YouTube channel where they post “game OST rips”. In reality, those are actually remixed versions to make them funny. I suggest giving this channel a shot, it’s really hilarious. Here’s the remix of Castle City, which is now, well, The Flintstones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuGKv4cnkpQ

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Votes: 2