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Deadline extended! - November 17th 2014
Source: JCF thread
You may have been working on an entry to my treasure contest, and thought it’s too late. Well, in fact it’s not quite yet, since I extended the deadline to November the 25th!
The thread is right here, incase you missed it.
I’m also hosting a LRS server soon. It won’t be dedicated, however.
This was posted on RabbitJournal on November 17th 2014. You can post, too! The treasure contest has begun! - October 3rd 2014
Source: JCF thread
And if I get at least 2 quality entires, there will be a 2nd place prize of £12! Infact, It had begun a few days ago, I was just lazy about posting it.
Here’s the thread. The deadline is November the 15th, and a few new rules have been added.
The website has been unreachable a lot over the past few days due to heavy traffic. I have increased our server's capacity and everything seems back to normal now. Apologies for the inconvenience!
Want to take part in a treasure level making contest? - September 17th 2014
Source: JCF thread
That’s right, a contest for the forgotten official gamemode. And you could win real money! However, this won’t happen without your input.
You can also find more information on this thread here.
The poll will last for two weeks, so get voting!
Nick Stadler visits JCF, offers JJ2 artwork for sale - September 14th 2014
Source: JCF thread
In the wake of the Jazz Jackrabbit Revival Kickstarter fiasco, none other than original Jazz Jackrabbit 2 artist Nick Stadler just visited (and posted on) our forums!
Basically you should just go read his post, but what it comes down to is that he’s found a stack of old JJ2 artwork (the hand-drawn originals) and will be offering them up for sale soon. Included are for example the originals for the Time Warp comic and the game’s box art.
So if you’re interested in getting your hands on those originals, do go visit the thread. Nick says he’ll post some scans/photos too soon, so keeping an eye on the thread for the next few weeks might be useful.
POLLLLLLL - September 10th 2014
| Bowser with a Bandana |  7 votes (17%) |
| Solid Snake with a Spinkick |  5 votes (12%) |
| Bulbasaur with a Buttstomp |  10 votes (25%) |
| Toad with a Trigger Crate | 5 votes (12%) |
| Frogger with a Fourteen-Carrot Diamond Ring |  13 votes (32%) |
| Total votes: 40 | |
I have no idea how he’s gonna cross the road with that huge ring. Still, the people have spoken. Get on it, Violet!
Fairly mundane question this time, but I’m interested in the answer nonetheless. The downloads section has arguably always been the most important part of our site (together with the JCF), but uploads have slowed down lately. Are you still keeping up with the newest levels and tilesets?
Ballistic Bunny remix is out - September 3rd 2014
Source: JCF thread
As a (slightly belated) gift to the community for Jazz’s 20th anniversary, our household composer DoubleGJ and his band have released a delicious small remix album: Ballistic Bunny.
It is a remix EP consisting of remixes of (you guessed it) the Ballistic Bunny planets from Jazz 1: Letni, Technoir, and Orbitus. With a bonus track, even!
(…) there’s 4 tracks. The EP includes an original composition “in the style of” – a song for a mockup of a planet, a robot assembly compound hidden on a highly unstable volcanic planet which I dubbed Lavalon.
Listen to Ballistic Bunny HERE!
Jazz Jackrabbit Revival appears on Kickstarter - September 3rd 2014
Source: Kickstarter
Update: The kickstarter was taken down after a copyright claim by Epic: see here
A rather unknown and small indie group Turbo Tech Games lead by Róbert Taddeo wants to revive Jazz Jackrabbit. This by making a kickstarter and let people pledge (in return for some rewards).
The game will be developed as Semi-3D in the Unreal Engine, so think about games such as New Supermario Brothers & The Giana Sisters.
They are planning to have 4 episodes that includes 3 different planets. Each planet will contain 10 levels.
You can find more info on: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/913575118/jazz-jackrabbit-revival?ref=watched_project_launched
Note: There’s no mention of Epic games on the page and the name of the series is actually misspelled in several places. So tread carefully, this may not be legit!
Jazz Jackrabbit turns 20 - August 1st 2014
Source: Google Groups
Fasten your seatbelts for the ride of your life! JAZZ JACKRABBIT is coming towards you at light speed, and this little bunny carries a big gun. The evil turtle emperor Devan Shell has rabbitnapped the beloved princess Eva Earlong. Now he’s swiping all the goodies in the galaxy to support his plot of Galactic Rabbit Destruction! Lead the speedy Jazz on a wild treasure hunt spanning enormous areas jam-packed with major danger!
Jazz features ULTRA-FAST scrolling 256 color graphics, ROCKING Digital Audio with Surround Sound, and WHITE-HOT action from Epic MegaGames! Look out Sonic, this is one tough little bunny!
August 1st 1994 saw the release of Epic MegaNews #3, and its announcement of the shareware version of Jazz Jackrabbit. The initial release, with the APOGEE cheat code that they quickly removed for some obscure reason.
Time would bring two Holiday Hare freeware releases (what we’d call DLC nowadays), an expansion pack with three new main episodes, cameos in other games, a sequel with three expansions of its own, a plush doll, a GBA game, an iOS stick shooter demo, and nobody knows how many failed attempts to produce a third game in the main series. But that was all later. Today we celebrate Jazz Jackrabbit 1.
Happy 20th Anniversary, everybunny! I’ve dug up a bunch of links and posted them in the comments.
Are you a guitar player interested in playing some Jazz (Jackrabbit) music? Community member Robo4900 is assembling a list of guitar tabs, sheets, and the like.
