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Jazz Jackrabbit

Devan Shell, the leader of the turtle terrorists, has kidnapped the beloved rabbit princess, Eva Earlong, and has inhabited the galaxy with his looting goons! Is all hope lost for the galactic rabbits? The…

87 3 July 1994

Jazz Jackrabbit is an adventure developed by Epic Games, released 3 July 1994 on DOS.

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What Jazz Jackrabbit is

Jazz Jackrabbit is an adventure game developed by Epic Games and released in 1994. It is available on DOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Jazz Jackrabbit is a 1994 platform game developed and published by Epic MegaGames. It was released for MS-DOS-based computers. The game was re-released on GOG.com along with Jazz Jackrabbit 2 on November 30, 2017, with support for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Jazz Jackrabbit holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1994 averaged 72, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 58 votes.

What it launched against

Jazz Jackrabbit launched on 3 July 1994, within three weeks of Donkey Kong, Disney's The Jungle Book, Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors and Road Rash. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Donkey Kong, Disney's The Jungle Book, Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, Road Rash.

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When did Jazz Jackrabbit come out?
Jazz Jackrabbit was released on 3 July 1994 for DOS.

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