My arrival to this thread is a little late, but I do share the same sort of story. The first time I 'met' Jazz was a day in 1994 when my father got the shareware from his work and installed it on his computer. We were both very impressed by the fast animation and colors.. I also remember a dream about a Jazz sequel around then, and this actually became true somewhere in 1998 when I searched for 'Jazz Jackrabbit' at school, where they had a dial-up connection.. Of course I too came to the Daily Carrot and found out about Jazz2, haha that day my concentration at school was as good as gone and I was really looking forward to this game more than any other release back then. When the day finally arrived (again my father managed to get a copy via his work) I became 'obsessively' addicted to Jazz2. I started playing online in 2003 when I got my first internet connection, but played a few games in 1998 at my fathers PC with dial-up.

Jazz is the number1 game of my life, not because of quality, but I suppose it's the community that keeps it impressed even in these late days.!