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I wish Jazz had been more popular. I loved Jazz Jackrabbit 1 and 2, and I believe there were plans to make a third, but they decided it wouldn’t sell enough cop
by egonschiele 3y ago
I wish Jazz had been more popular. I loved Jazz Jackrabbit 1 and 2, and I believe there were plans to make a third, but they decided it wouldn’t sell enough copies. If anyone here can recommend platformers similar to Jazz that run on a Mac, I’d love to play them. I never got into shooters or 3D games, but always enjoyed platformers like Mario and Contra, and Jazz felt perfect for me.
- system2 3y agoI thought it was popular. Nearly all my childhood friends played it.
- pengaru 3y agoMy friends at the time all played it, copies pirated from BBSes though. None paid for a copy AFAIK.
- blibble 3y agoa good chunk of the third exists and is playable it's not very good though (except the music, Alexander Brandon is still amazing)
- dale_glass 3y agoOh, thanks for that, I didn't know it existed. Found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gckYADZp0A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gckYADZp0A Yeah, it's interesting, but I think it's not a huge loss. Early 3D games have aged very badly, while many from the 2D era are still perfectly playable. So a higher res 2D followup might have actually been better.
- ironSkillet 3y agoFor anyone who doesn't know, this is the same guy who did the Deus Ex soundtrack. He is a phenomenal electronic composer.
- durumu 3y agoI would check out Celeste or Shovel Knight. Neither is exactly the run and gun style of Contra or Jazz. However, Celeste is extraordinarily polished with best-in-class controls and movement, and Shovel Knight borrows heavily from classics like Mega Man while ditching the stuff that didn't age as well.
- HelloNurse 3y agoBoth best in class, but two quite different classes from JJ.
- epcoa 3y agoMega Drive and SNES emulator, then you can play an entire library of the golden age of platformers.
- xyproto 3y agoCave Story+, Rogue Legacy 1, Spelunky, Broforce, Spiritfarer and/or Fez may be to your liking.
- erremerre 3y agoWith a DS emulator: Henry Hatsworth in the puzzling adventure. That game is the dark souls of platformers though.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoHollow Knight is great, officially it's a Metroid-style game but it's got great platforming bits as well.
- 3np 3y agoPerhaps you'd be interested in the genre of Metroidvanias? Hollow Knight, Ori, Celeste. For multiplayer, Towerfall.