
įollowing the events of Jazz Jackrabbit 2, Jazz Jackrabbit and Eva Earlong settle down in Carrotus Castle and become parents.

Spaz and Lori, both of whom were from the preceding game, were also intended to be playable, but only Jazz is playable in the alpha. Since then, the demo of alpha has been leaked onto the internet. ĭevelopment of the game was ceased part way through in May 2000 as Epic Games was unable to find a publisher. The game was planned for release on PC and PlayStation 2. As the game's alternate name implies, it would have been rendered in 3D. Spearheaded by Dean "Noogy" Dodrill (an animator for Jazz Jackrabbit 2) and coded by World Tree Games, it was being developed for the original Unreal Engine technology in 1999. OpenJazz is available under the GNU General Public License version 2 or later, see licenses.txt for additional information.Jazz Jackrabbit 3 (alternatively called Jazz Jackrabbit 3D: Adventures of a Mean Green Hare) is the cancelled game of the series.More academic pressures meant there were few updates over the following few years, but in 2009 a multiplayer version was released. Since then, a variety of ports have been released by other people. The source code was released on the 25th, and the first version with a degree of playability was released on the 15th of January. Academic pressures put the project on hold until late December 2005. OpenJazz was started on the 23rd of August, 2005, by Alister Thomson.

Many people still fondly recall the shareware versions. The fast-paced, colourful gameplay proved popular, and the game won PC Format's Arcade Game of the Year award. Produced by Epic Games (then Epic MegaGames), it was first released in 1994. Jazz Jackrabbit™ deserves more - and would benefit greatly from new features.

With the demise of DOS-based operating systems, it has become necessary to use emulators to play old DOS games. To play, you will need the files from one of the original games. Also ports are available for some homebrew platforms, for example Wii and PSP. OpenJazz can be compiled on a wide range of operating systems, including Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and *BSD.
