JamLegend


JamLegend was an online, browser-based music video game, similar to Guitar Hero, developed by American studio Foobrew.
As of April 29, 2011, JamLegend ceased all of its activity and closed the site. A list of the artists that contributed has been kept on the front page of the website.

History

JamLegend was created by Andrew Lee, Arjun Lall, and Ryan Wilson in 2008. The company participated in the LaunchBox Digital 2008 summer cycle. The game was in private beta from August 2008 to December 2008 when the players needed invitations to access the game. On December 4, 2008, JamLegend became open-beta so players no longer needed invitations to register.
In March 2009, JamLegend reached 5 million plays. In July 2009, JamLegend reached Version 1, releasing new features.

Closure

On 29 April 2011, FooBrew announced that JamLegend will be closing to "move on to new ventures". From 18 April 2011, VIP memberships could no longer be purchased, and on April 28 all user data was deleted. Users with leftover JamCash or months of VIP membership past May 27, 2011 may be eligible for a refund due to the closure. To find out more and to see if they qualify for a refund, gamers could go to the refund section of the website, which however currently just links back to the homepage.

Features

In Version 1.0, features such as "Pro" and "Pro Plus" Accounts were introduced.
Free accountPro accountPro Plus account
Uploads5 songs100 songs500 songs
AdvertisementsYesNoNo
Removing possibleNoYesYes
BadgeNoYesYes
PriceFree$4.99US per month,
$29.99 per year
$9.99US per month,
$49.99 per year

Available music

More than 1620 songs were available to play, as at June 2010. Some of these songs were automatically tracked by a computer program, but most of the popular songs were tracked by trackers/producers.

Services used

JamLegend won the CNET WebWare 100 Winner: Audio and Music in 2009.

Response after closure

After a lot of comments and frustration asking to bring JamLegend back, two software engineers started a project about creating another game base on the same game play of JamLegend.
Some other users tried to replicate JamLegend and made available copies of offline versions, such as JamProject, which packed several dozens of song packs mostly contributed by trackers and producers who contributed greatly to JamLegend. Due to timing issues, lack of profit to keep a site and professional staff to work on the project stagnated the progress, however the project left everyone a modified copy of JamLegend's flash software that can be used for offline playing for entertainment purposes.
JamProject was created by Luna, frequent player, moderator and producer at JamLegend before it closed, and Chuck, who was brought to the project by Luna and was responsible for creating an offline version of the game. Luna and Chuck are Portuguese and both worked together on JamProject. The third member was Puchyy, a contributor from Argentina who had joined the group later.