Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Nice and different. I can’t rate this, but if i can: IT ISNT A JB2 FOO! A J2B!!!!!!
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This is a very good single player pack! Tileset was useful and also trigger scenery was good.(Disappearance of the blocks were very well.)And the switch parts were interesting also. But the enemy types were not so good according to the levels. And the 9.level was a super end boss level.(this must be the longest end boss level in jj2!) Anyway, this pack is one of the best single player levels after a long time

Hmm….I planned on rating this a 9.2, but I have been bribed. Well, not really. But this pack is very good. and here comes a review that will most likely end up being very long.
start review and spoy bashing

Well, when Violet told me he was converting the first episode of Hocus into jj2, I had my doubts. I told spoy about it in the form of calling him foo.
Which I do anyway.
Then, after a long time, I was allowed to play the first level. It was a VERY faithful conversion to the actual game Hocus Pocus…the main difference being the poorly drawn heroes….Normally, hocus is somewhat well drawn, and jazz……is jazz. ;p
Anyway, the level lived up to the game and more. I found it more fun to play than the actual game, truthfully. I enjoyed it more, probably because I get to play as Jazz, who, although isnt at all better drawn, has some good…moves.
Even though we arent supposed to use them, I find it really adds to the game. And, having beaten original Hocus ep. 1, I dont feel too bad. Anyway, it was an incredibly faithful conversion, probably as close as it can get.
Later, I was given the opportunity to play many more levels from the pack. I figured the first one would be the best…..but no! The rest of the levels are also exact conversions. I couldn’t believe that in only a year and 3 months Violet could create something so….good. (no, i’m not saying he makes bad levels ;p) So, I played various levels, which were surprisingly done in no order that I can tell.
Next, after playing most of the 8 levels, the Mad Monks of Mellenwah were finally finished. I couldn’t wait, as the monks are probably the best part in the entire game Hocus Pocus. I eagerly recieved the file from Violet, and went straight to the level in JCS to press run. I dont know why, as my levels list is not full at all. but oh well.
So, i began my long fig ht against the monks. Hard at first, but it was well worth it. THis is probably the most fun I’ve ever had playing a single player Jazz Jackrabbit2 level. And then there’s the music. For some reason, my sound card only worked with Hocus ONCE, and then Hocus wouldn’t detect it. But i DID hear the music from one of the levels……and the music here is a nearly perfect conversion, as is the rest of the pack. The tilesets are perfectly converted, as well. I was amazed that this wasnt one of Spotty’s high-quality type tilesets such as Land Of Blode v5. I let out a sigh of relief, and continued on with my life. Then, a while later, Violet told me he planned to release the Hocus pack. All the levels were done. I was happy. I asked if he’d like an episode file to go with that. So, we set to making one. He did the images, and I created the files. The menu selection text worked well, but it took quite a few tries to get the main image to work. after a while, it did work, though. Vio let then prepared to submit the pack to J2O. I waited. And then, a few hours later (he gave up at first because the pack took forever to upload), the pack was on. and now i reviewed it, as i finally finished almost all of the pack. (still cant beat level5 for some reason).
SO there is some history, and the reason why i hereby give Violet this well-deserved 10. I am very glad that this is such a good conversion of a great game. Download recommendation for sure.

This seems to be an update to the Holiday Hare pack, but I can’t exactly say that this should be considered as much as an update as of a downdate (if there is such a thing.) As Violet said, the first levels are completely acceptable, but the rest of the levels just don’t feel “right.” Eyecandy is chararisticly average. The first two featured forgivable eyecandy design errors, but the errors started getting more and more noticable as the pack progressed. On top of that, the multiplayer levels reach new lows. The levels all seem slapped together with little or no regard for perfecting anything. There are so many loose ends in this level, you could have a knot tieing contest. The rest of the levels fall into a range of average to slightly above average, with tedious gameplay and uninspiring eyecandy, weapon placement, and flow. These seems like the creator was at least marginally interested in making a level pack at the beginning, but quickly got bored and slapped together the rest of the pack as quickly as he could. So I give this level a rating of 6.2 and absolutely no download recommendation. These levels may be passable, but they are quite boring and not worth note at all. For this, I give this pack one large lump of coal for Christmas. And a 6.2. There are much better, and more inspired, holiday levels out there than this unexiciting and unpolished pack of mediocre creations.

Eh…Am I the only one to think that jeffrocks and Lean Machine are the same person?

Anyway, this is a fairly rudementary level with not much to note. It apparently falls before the Goblen’s Lair level, which was similar in style to this (maybe because it is by the same author?). Still, this level is OK. Not anything more than OK, though, and I can’t recommend it for download. I will give it a rating, but if this turns out to be the same author cheating, I must say that I am very disappointed. Upload your own levels and rate those of others.

Well, after seeing smilar tilesets in action in the Hocus Pocus conversion pack (and earlier “ancestors” of it in the Foo Races series), I must say that I am a fan of this sort of tileset. The 1.44MB file (the exact size of a floppy disk, coincidentally) contains three files. The first is, of course, the tileset. The second is an average demo level. The last file is “Strider” (strider.it), a catchy and somewhat post-techno (if you have any idea what that means, you’ve been listening to too much Cracking Ice) music file that is good but not my favorite. The tileset itself has a red tint, which I did not exactly expect in a Hocus Pocus-themed tileset (most of Hocus Pocus is blue, purple, green, or a combonation of the three.) The standard Hocus Pocus tiles are there, with the wizard, keys, gems, etcetera, etcetera. The tileset comes with everything you would need to make a good platformer-ish puzzle level (to see a great example of one of these, download Violet’s conversion of Hocus Pocus’ first episode, which I gave a 9.5 and a download recommendation.) Also included is the Fooruman (or any wizard for that matter) wizard tiles, the animation that is used when you kill something (you will have to play Violet’s pack to understand what the heck I am talking about.) If for some reason you have the urge to include EvilMike or FireSworD tiles (a hint that this will probably be used for Foo Races) in your level, this tileset provides them. Also, a nice animation of Spotty exploding is the icing on the cake. A very nice tileset that is another great conversion of Hocus Pocus. I am not sure if it is possible to get sick of seeing Hocus Pocus-themed levels and tilesets, but I can not say that I am anywhere close to sick of these great conversions yet. For this very good tileset, I give a score of eight and a download recommendation. Very nice job.

@Black Ninja: you feeling OK? ;P I don’t think this tileset is a 3 tileset.[This review has been edited by Trafton AT]

Boy, this is pretty awesome!! Another old game converted to Jazz2! I got some special thanks in that cool outro…and i guess i know why. The whole thing reminds me pretty much of the Blues Brothers remake i tried with some guys (which i like a bit more, esspecially regarding the graphics, but that’s probably not your fault :-).
Unfortunataley, i don’t have the time to give a detailed review of the very good levels and tileset. But i hope i will be able to write one soon.
Then, i will eventually change my rating to fat NiNE POINTS then, too :-)
However, my first impression is that this is definitely one of the ALL TIME TOP 50 DOWNLOADS IN JAZZ2 HISTORY!

VERY COOL!
AND: Its so mysterious how about the Original HP Adventures!
Super!
Mega!
Giga!

I agree with that. This level simply sucks: Too much non-fitting enemies (What are all those monkeys doing in the Damn< tileset), sucky eyecandy (including destruct blocks without destruct events on them and lots of pits you cant get out of), bad event placement (boss area without activate boss event, electro blaster powerups that keep coming back) and a VERY original level name isn’t enough for a 7,5, I guess. Don’t download unless you have the brilliant idea to waste harddisk space.

its a really good race level a lot of animals and it`s long but not to long

(Rating removal. The usernames madness, Satan, and Salad are all the same user, and all of their double reviews and review of their own uploads will have their ratings removed. -Trafton)[This review has been edited by Trafton AT]

sniff he finally did it- he said he would be makin sumthin big- and he did.

Ahem!*

Now review- Great levels- practically exactly like the actual hocus pocus game!

Put as the fist post said bad enemy placement- i know they dont have the same enemies but, for the ememies you could’ve tried “stop enemy” personally, ive never used it. But it might work.

Good join violet, and good luck for making episode 2! (for us that dont have the full version- like me :()[This review has been edited by KILLERRABBIT]

Basicly, this patches also boss music for Dirty Landry.
And it isen’t such of a great file.
I prefer this than for the orginal boss music, and wanted to share with other people.
If you don’t like the idea of change your .j2b names, fine, do not download this.

Short Comments
Good Eye Candy
Fair Gameplay
Good weapons amount
Good weapon variety
Bad Direction

Review
This level is pretty good. Mostly I didn’t like the idea of having to fall down everytime for the ammo. You should’ve added more springs. Otherwise it’s fairly small, but the right size for a battle level. And remove the copter and put an airboard or Flyboyy carrot, copters get screwed up easily.

Another Good conversion from Spoy, it has enough tiles to make a decent level and i’ve noticed a lot of invisable blocks for creating illusions or whatever you have in mind. I wanted to have a long review but theres just not enough material to cover.

So download and enjoy yourself![This review has been edited by Fire Sword!]

I find it interesting that you have uploaded your changing the filenames of two music files.

Wow! Nostalgia time! I had the full version of Hocus Pocus, and loved it. These levels are emulated perfectly! It must have taken a lot of work.

The trick with the switches is really cool, however I found it hard at times to flip them just right. Still, a minor complaint. And I also have some others, but they aren’t your fault. Stupid JJ2 drops fastfires from enemies, and makes the game too easy. Oh, and in the boss level, you can get hit while stomping the trigger crate.

The credits level at the end is worth beating the pack for, it is very cool and original.

It was great fun reliving the first episode of Hocus Pocus. Of course, Jazz jumps higher, but not as far, and runs much faster. But that cannot be avoided. Your enemy replacements were usually pretty good choices. Overall, I am very impressed. Great job. You know, I’d love to play the other episodes ;P. (Although they might be a bit more difficult to do, I’d imagine. Like elevators, for instance. Well, I’d give Jazz a hoverboard in the elevator shaft and have fly off zones at the exits.)

I know, we aren’t supposed to ask for the other episodes. Alright, fair enough. I’m still wondering how you converted this so well. Great job! A 9.2 for great levels, and lots of effort.

A 100% perfect conversion! Here Violet, you deserve this! I think this is the first time I give somebody 10!

These musics are preety different, they won’t fit Bubba ‘n Devan and other bosses…

Dodo is evil in reviewing.
This pack really really rules, I love the way Blade detailed the eyecandy, and the levels contains loads of secrets and coins to collect.
Download this.

ET’s one of my favorite tileset builders. He’s almost better than Agama.

This tileset looks awesome, haven’t got more to say. Yay for ET.