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Jazz Jackrabbit is the title character of a series of Platform Game s. DESCRIPTION Jazz Jackrabbit is a 3'1", 90-pound Anthropomorphic green Rabbit . Strictly speaking, his name implies that he is a Hare , but "hare" and "rabbit" are used interchangeably in the game. He comes from the planet Carrotus, and is usually referred to as Jazz. He is defined as a cross of Rambo and Bugs Bunny . GAMES Jazz Jackrabbit ''Main article: Jazz Jackrabbit '' The first Jazz Jackrabbit game was released in 1994 . The shareware edition was extremely popular and the game was named Arcade Game of the Year by PC Format . Jazz Jackrabbit 2 ''Main article: Jazz Jackrabbit 2 '' A sequel was released in 1998 . Despite moderate success in Europe, it was the first game Gathering Of Developers , the U.S. publishers, ever lost money on. Jazz Jackrabbit Advance ''Main article: Jazz Jackrabbit Advance '' Jazz Jackrabbit reached the Game Boy Advance in 2003 . It was controversial among fans, owing to the changes made to the franchise. Other games '' Jazz Jackrabbit 3D '' was an abortive project by World Tree Games . The game was cancelled in 2000 when Epic Games failed to find a publisher. The game's plot had Jazz entering Devan's dimensional machine (a modified version of the time machine used in ''Jazz 2'') into a three-dimensional Carrotus to save his children and remove any chaos Devan brought along the way. Jazz, Eva, and Devan made a cameo in '' that was suited to their individual personalities. This was in keeping with the Epic Megagames inter-universe Cameo Appearance / Crossover theme also seen in Tyrian , which referred to their previous starship-piloting game '' Solar Winds '', as well as a reference to ''OMF:2097''. Jazz Jackrabbit has also appeared in a number of fan-made games. EXTERNAL LINKS
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