Editing Jumping Flash! (section)

== Reception ==
{{Video game reviews
| GR = 84%<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/572469-jumping-flash/index.html |title=Jumping Flash! for PlayStation |website=[[GameRankings]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=6 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209014710/https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/572469-jumping-flash/index.html |archive-date=9 December 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| Allgame = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Jumping Flash! review" />
| Edge = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:Edge_UK_022.pdf&page=62|title=Jumping Flash|date=July 1995|magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]|pages=62–63|issue=22|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref>
| EGM = 34.5/40<ref name="EGM76" />
| Fam = 34/40<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Famitsu staff| date=1995 | magazine=[[Famitsu]] | publisher=[[Tokuma Shoten]] | title=クロスレビュー | trans-title=Cross Review | language=ja | url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title_review&title_id=1766 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324191434/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title_review&title_id=1766 | access-date=24 March 2019 | archive-date=24 March 2019}}</ref>
| GameFan = 279/300<ref name="gamefan">{{cite journal|title=Jumping Flash! review|journal=[[GameFan]]|publisher=DieHard Gamers Club|date=October 1995|volume=3|issue=10|pages=16, 28}}</ref>
| GamePro = 16.5/20<ref name="GamePro" />
| GameRev = A−<ref name="GameRev" />
| IGN = 7.5/10<ref name="ign" />
| NGen = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="NG8">{{cite magazine|title=Jumping Flash! review|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=August 1995|issue=8|page=68}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[Games World]]''
| rev1Score = 83/100<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/games-world-14/page/5/mode/2up|title=Jumping Flash!|magazine=[[Games World]]|issue=14|pages=56–57|date=July 1995|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''Maximum''
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Max1" />
| award1Pub = [[GameFan|''GameFan'' Megawards]]
| award1 = [[List of Game of the Year awards|32-Bit Game of the Year]],<br /> PlayStation Game of the Year,<br /> Best New Character (PlayStation)<ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[GameFan]]|title=GameFan Megawards|publisher=DieHard Gamers Club|volume=4|issue=1|date=January 1996|pages=104–106}}</ref>
| award2Pub = ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]''
| award2 = Game of the Month<ref name="EGM76" />
| award3Pub = ''[[Guinness World Records]]''
| award3 = First platform video game in true 3D<ref name="guinness">{{cite web|title=First platform videogame in true 3D|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211033921/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-platformer-in-true-3d|archive-date=11 December 2015|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-platformer-in-true-3d|work=[[Guinness World Records]]|publisher=[[Jim Pattison Group]]|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
| OPMUK = 8/10<ref name="opsm">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Official UK PlayStation Magazine]]|issue=1|date=1995|url=https://archive.org/details/Official_UK_Playstation_Magazine_Issue_001_1995-11_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n77|title=Official UK Playstation Magazine - Issue 001 (1995-11)(Future Publishing)(GB)}}</ref>
}}

The game received generally positive reviews upon release. Critics mainly praised its unique innovation, advanced graphics, gameplay and clean textures.<ref name="GameRev" /><ref name="eurogamer">{{cite web|last1=Fahey|first1=Rob|title=Jumping Flash (1995)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016051200/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/jumping-flash-review|archive-date=16 October 2015|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/jumping-flash-review|work=[[Eurogamer]]|publisher=Gamer Network|access-date=25 November 2014|date=9 June 2007}}</ref><ref name="EGM76" /> The four reviewers of ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' gave it their "Game of the Month" award, citing the outstanding graphics and particularly the innovative 3D gameplay. They described the style as "cutesy" but not off-putting.<ref name="EGM76">{{cite magazine|title=Review Crew: Jumping Flash|first1=Andrew|last1=Baran|first2=Mark|last2=LeFebvre|first3=Mike|last3=Desmond|first4=Scott|last4=Parus|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=76|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=November 1995|page=40}}</ref> "Major Mike" of ''[[GamePro]]'' said that despite the game appearing "strange", it had action, strategy, and some humour.<ref name="GamePro">{{cite magazine | title=ProReview: Jumping Flash! | issue=76 |magazine=[[GamePro]] |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG Communications]] |date=November 1995 |issn=1042-8658 |page=50 |last=Major |first=Mike<!--|url=http://www.imagebam.com/image/addaf4218993645--> }}</ref> ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' said that "[many] of the boundaries have been redefined in a big way", contrasting it with [[Side-scrolling video game|side-scrolling]] platformers with a first-person perspective and explorable 3D environments. They called it "simply superb" and gave it a "Revolutionary" five-star rating.<ref name="NG8" /> ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' magazine called it "one of the most innovative and entertaining games seen" and "the first true 3D platformer."<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=February 1996|title=3D Platformarama|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/5/53/CVG_UK_171.pdf#page=13|magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]]|issue=171|publication-date=12 January 1996|page=13|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref> ''[[Official UK PlayStation Magazine]]'' wrote that "To suggest that ''Jumping Flash'' is innovative is a criminal understatement: there's never been anything like this game in terms of sheer brain-popping wow factor."<ref name="opsm" />

''Maximum'' stated that ''Jumping Flash!'' was one of the most "imaginative, playable, enjoyable" and original titles seen on the [[fifth generation of video game consoles]]. They criticised its length and lack of difficulty, expressing that it could have been one of the "greatest games ever" if it was longer and more difficult, and questioned whether it was "a really worthwhile" purchase.<ref name="Max1">{{cite magazine|title=Jumping Flash|magazine=Maximum: The Video Game Magazine|issue=1|publisher=[[Emap International Limited]]|date=October 1995|page=153}}</ref> [[Game Revolution]] called the graphics "mind blowing" and the game itself "totally unique", but criticised the overall length and ease of play.<ref name="GameRev">{{cite web | year=1995 | title=Jumping Flash - PS (review) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709021526/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/sony/jumping_flash|archive-date=9 July 2008| url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/sony/jumping_flash | publisher=[[Game Revolution]]| access-date=7 August 2007}}</ref> [[IGN]]'s 1996 review similarly disapproved the difficulty, stating that despite the small worlds and easy difficulty, it is "a great, genre-pushing game", also saying it is an essential for all PlayStation owners.<ref name="ign">{{cite web | date=25 November 1996 | title=Jumping Flash (review) | url=http://ign.com/articles/1996/11/26/jumping-flash |work=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |access-date=7 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211032509/http://www.ign.com/articles/1996/11/26/jumping-flash|archive-date=11 December 2015}}</ref> 

=== Retrospective ===
In 1996, ''Next Generation'' listed it as number 86 on their "Top 100 Games of All Time", saying it had created the genre of 3D platforming. They particularly praised "the vertigo inducing sense of height as Robbit leaps from platform to platform".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 100 Games of All Time |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=21 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=September 1996|page=39}}</ref> In a 2007 review, [[Greg Miller (Internet celebrity)|Greg Miller]] of IGN condemned the graphics as "dated", having "jagged edges" and "muddled" colours, and said every aspect of the game is "weak" and that it had not stood "the test of time".<ref name="greg">{{cite web|last1=Miller|first1=Greg|author-link=Greg Miller (Internet celebrity)|title=Jumping Flash! Review |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121133322/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/03/13/jumping-flash-review|archive-date=21 November 2015|url=http://ign.com/articles/2007/03/13/jumping-flash-review|work=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|access-date=5 November 2015|date=12 March 2007}}</ref> In a retrospective review, Andrew Yoon of [[Engadget]] praised the gameplay and innovation, saying the "grainy" and "antiquated" graphics did no harm to the vibrant atmosphere of the game.<ref name="Joystiq" />

Speaking in 2007, Rob Fahey of [[Eurogamer]] stated that ''Jumping Flash!'' was arguably one of the most important ancestors of any 3D platform game, as well as asserting that the game would always have a part in videogaming history.<ref name="eurogamer" /> Albert Kim of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' stated that the game provided perhaps the most euphoric sensation of video gaming at the time and described the first-person perspective as "hypnotic".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Kim |first=Albert |title=With the PlayStation, Sony Pursues Game and Fortune |url=https://ew.com/article/1995/09/22/sony-releases-playstation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429045224/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C298827%2C00.html |archive-date=29 April 2014 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |publisher=[[Time Inc.|Time]] |access-date=1 December 2009 |date=22 September 1995 |url-status=live }}</ref> Maddy Thorson, the creator of the [[indie game|indie]] video game ''[[TowerFall]]'', praised the game, saying "something about the sensation of leaping through 3D space captured my childhood imagination".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shuman|first1=Sid|title=PlayStation Turns 20: Our All-Time Favorite PSone Games|date=3 December 2014 |url=http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/12/03/playstation-turns-20-our-all-time-favorite-psone-games/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221041105/http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/12/03/playstation-turns-20-our-all-time-favorite-psone-games/|archive-date=21 December 2015|publisher=PlayStation US|access-date=8 December 2014}}</ref>

[[1UP.com]] cited its first-person platforming as a precursor to ''[[Mirror's Edge]]'', despite suggesting that the jumping remained "woefully out of place" in the platform genre.<ref>{{cite web|last=Adkins|first=Nickolai|title=Leaps and Bounds: The History of the Jump|url=http://www.1up.com/features/leaps-bounds-history-jump|work=[[1UP.com]]|publisher=[[UGO Networks]]|access-date=28 May 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612053335/http://www.1up.com/features/leaps-bounds-history-jump|archive-date=12 June 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2007, Matt Casamassina of IGN ranked ''Jumping Flash!'' as the third-most underrated video game of all time.<ref>{{cite web |last=Casamassina|first=Matt|author-link=Matt Casamassina | date=30 January 2007 | title=Top 10 Tuesday: Underrated and Underappreciated Games |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115055154/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/01/31/top-10-tuesday-underrated-and-underappreciated-games|archive-date=15 January 2016| url=http://ign.com/articles/2007/01/31/top-10-tuesday-underrated-and-underappreciated-games |work=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] | access-date=1 December 2009}}</ref> After release, co-developer Ultra renamed themselves "Muu Muu", after the creatures featured in the game.<ref name="exact2" /><ref name="GamespyMuuMuu">{{cite web|title=MuuMuu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529142859/http://www.gamespy.com/company/706/706005.html|archive-date=29 May 2014|url=http://www.gamespy.com/company/706/706005.html|work=[[GameSpy]]|publisher=[[IGN]]|access-date=26 November 2014}}</ref>