| Developer(s) | Foobrew |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 1.2.50 / November 1, 2011 |
| Development status | Ceased as of 29th April 2011 |
| Operating system | Internet: website |
| Type | Music video game |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.jamlegend.com |
JamLegend was a pay to play, online, browser-based Music video game, similar to Guitar Hero.
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.
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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.
On 29 April 2011, FooBrew announced that JamLegend will be closing to "move on to new ventures".[1] From the 18th 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.[2]
The closure came as a blow to the dedicated gamers from the site, and some even wrote poems and letters of goodbye.[3] The blog stated that the community grew to 2M users and 110M plays, and worked with all four major music labels and independent artists alike.[1]
In Version 1.0, features such as "Pro" and "Pro Plus" Accounts were introduced.
| Free account | Pro account | Pro Plus account | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uploads | 5 songs | 100 songs | 500 songs |
| Advertisements | Yes | No | No |
| Removing possible | No | Yes | Yes |
| Badge | No | Yes | Yes |
| Price | Free | $4.99US per month, (1st month is $1.99US) $29.99 per year |
$9.99US per month, (1st month is $1.99) $49.99 per year |
More than 1620 songs were available to play, as at June 2010. Some of these songs were automatically tracked by a computer program (this is the case for the BeatJam tracks), but most of the popular songs were tracked by trackers/producers.
JamLegend won the CNET WebWare 100 Winner: Audio and Music[4] in 2009.
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