Atari Jaguar Hidden Gems -- Five to Try!
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Yet another older series that I'm trying to bring back on the channel! This one I did quite a few more of than the Five Fun Facts series which I tried to unsuccessfully bring back during Homebrew Month. This is the fourth edition of Five to Try and the Jaguar's first appearance. If you want to see the previous videos then follow the links below!
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Let me know what games YOU think belong in a video like this!
There have been some great suggestions. Enough to do a sequel "commenters edition" video if you would all be interested in that!
Man I begged my Dad for the Jaguar every time we went to KMart. It was Plastered Everywhere.
I Love Playing our 7800 with you Dad, we should get the Jag and continue the Fun!
I take it he never caved and got you one?
@@TheAtariNetwork Nahhh.
Good Choice on his end, but Damnit if I didnt bug him
Great little system! The last console made in America too
Love the Jaguar. It's a ton of fun and feels very different from everything else
5:55 This reminds me of Cybersleds in the arcade and PS1.
remember seeing this video about the Atari jaguar how one of the workers wanted the console to be in Europe mostly in the Uk .But Atari didn't even though " supposedly Europe was liking Atari more" I wonder would Atari jaguar be a huge success if Atari would have done it in Europe. Sorry i wasn't popping up school and other stuff anyway great video.
No problem you watch whichever videos interest you. So I remember reading that Atari had to choose a US release or a European release initially. They only had enough money to support one region. Europe was salivating over the Jaguar they wanted it, the US could care less. Especially compared to Europe. It's been a long time but I remember reading about that somewhere
There's not enough room in the Jag's catalog to actually hide a gem.
Gems are everywhere in life. You just gotta find em!
If we ever find one, its gonna be on a rom on a dev board.
@@TheAtariNetwork Oh I'm not disputing the fact that these are gems. Just that they're hidden. Every year I attend a retro conference in WV and something that's become popular is my jag with a multitap running NBA Jam. This year it'll be on the featured table. Will be there next Thursday.
jag has some good titles
its too bad the cd addon is so rare
dragons lair is one of my favorite games
VidGrid for the Jaguar Cd was a music video slide the pieces puzzle game. Not groundbreaking but a pretty unique game for its time. Probably doesn't get much talked about due to licenses considering it had songs like Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel, Cryin by Aerosmith and November Rain by Guns and Roses.
A great video as always! I now have to check out Defender 2000!
ATARI F O R E V E R ♥️
Pinbal Fantasies was also cool(also a Amiga-Port(almost ironic), like Zool, CannonFooder etc.)..
Subbed.... ATARI F O R E V E R ♥️
GREETZ 🤖🙏
and speedrun them too
Zool 2 and Cannon Fodder are great. NBA Jam: TE is good, but single player is hard. Defender 2000 is way too hard, and I have never been a fan of I-War.
I wished to see best 10 atari jaguar games instead .
Zero 5, Battlemorph and Iron Soldier are on my personal list.
Excellent review I actually did not know they had NBA JAM for the 64 👍 left a like to the video 🕹
Thanks
1:25 Rodman on the Spurs with Green hair.
That's a sweet nostalgia cut
I'd put Pitfall over Zool 2 as the Jag's second best platformer. Sure, it isn't as buttery smooth as the Genesis version, but it's decent. Zool 2 just gets in its own way. Levels are too busy and speed is often cumbersome.
I'll add it to the list of games recommended by the comments
My Atari Jaguar hidden gems; 1) BRUTAL SPORTS FOOTBALL. I'm not even into sports games and I think this game is incredibly fun. You can play as a football team of lizard people or futuristic viking people or one of the other teams who runs around with swords, cutting off the heads of enemies and beating other enemies with their teammate's decapitated heads while trying to score four touchdowns in one game. The game looks 16-bit, but it looks nice and it's just a fun game.
2) RUINER PINBALL. Just a really fun game. I love the overall atmosphere of the pinball tables in Ruiner pinball. Looks 16-bit, but it's tons of fun.
3) ULTRA VORTEK. A lot of people will ignore this because it's a Mortal Kombat rip-off and they already played the highly inferior Kasumi Ninja. The thing is that Ultra Vortek is actually REALLY AWESOME. Tons of fun. It's a billion times better than Kasumi Ninja (which is a terrible game. Yeah, both games have that Mortal Kombat vibe, but Ultra Vortek actually has really awesome gameplay and looks better than the incredibly crappy Kasumi Ninja) and while it's a Mortal Kombat rip-off, I actually enjoyed Ultra Vortek more than Mortal Kombat 1 and 2. Also, the digitize graphics look really sharp on the Atari Jaguar. Overall, Ultra Vortek is a really awesome fighting game (and it's easily the best fighting game on the Atari Jaguar).
I love ruiner pinball and considered it for the video. Maybe it'll have to go in a follow up. Ultra Vortek is my favorite mortal Kombat clone on the Jag. It's honestly my favorite fighting game period on the console. I was considering that too but I've already done a review and brought it up a few times on the channel.
Brutal Sports Football doesn't do much for me personally but I can definitely see why you would enjoy it. Thanks for the input!
The thing with NBA Jam Tournament Edition, is that the developers that ported this version made the game way too hard. Every shot, dunk or layup you attempt will bounce off the rim and you will quickly find yourself down by twenty points to the computer. I have to go to the options and put the difficulty to "Very Easy" just to make this game playable. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!?!
It definitely is hard but I didn't think it was that hard. I usually have close games though
NBA Jam TE for the Jag is supposedly the BEST version of the game, even more so than the arcade version because of the extras the console version has. The issue is the high cost, so the Saturn version is likely more recommended.
Iron Solider definitely deserves a mention. Its a really solid game.
@@Fools_Requiem I feel like Iron Soldier is well known for the Jag but maybe I was wrong. NBA Jam is so good for the Jaguar I really enjoy it. Looks and plays fantastic. My recommendation to everybody is getting a game drive for the Jaguar it's well worth the investment. And then collect carts if you're interested in the games after playing them on the game drive.
Attack of the Mutant Penguins is unique game. I believe it is an exclusive hidden gem. Power Drive Rally is another great game.
More great suggestions thank you!
I love the intro where you positioned what a “hidden gem” is - something relatively unknown sitting between console defining games and the utterly dismal games that brought down the console. I don’t think I’ve ever heard it defined in those terms.
I didn’t’ realize NBA Jam was released on the Jaguar. I loved it on the SNES. Great list of games! They all look fantastic. I-War looks very interesting, and I found Cybermorph a lot of fun. I’m a big Defender fan so will need to check out Defender 2000.
The library for the Jaguar is small so I think most people who are interested know them all. So I'm hoping this video helps new owners and people just learning about it to dig a little deeper and learn more of the games! NBA Jam is overlooked on the Jag but it plays really well. It might be my favorite version personally!
People who have player the Jaguar version of NBA Jam T.E. (myself included) consider it as probably the best and most complete iteration of the game. Player scaling, more secrets and cheat codes than any other port, and the fact that Adisak Pochanayon (programmer of the Jaguar port) did it in less than 6 months by porting the arcade's code to the Jaguar.
It's a great version of NBA Jam to be sure and nobody, not even Jaguar fans ever seem to bring it up. I'm glad there are people out there who appreciate it though!
Very nice selection! I need to dive into I-War a bit more myself, tbh. Always thought there was something nice about it. And Defender 2000 is a personal favorite of mine 🤩👏
I like I-war a lot but it really, really needs a strafe. I feel like I take a ton of damage because I can't move out of the way fast enough. But I keep coming back to it.
Defender 2000 is great!
Actually many of the retro gamers say that the Jag version is the best on any other consoles. I love the game and I think it is very close graphics, sound and gameplay to the arcade. NBA jam that is!
I'm glad that its better known than I thought. I never personally have heard people talk about it much but I guess I'm not entrenched in the NBA Jam community lol
The Jaguar definitely has some impressive games in it’s library.
It wasn't bad overall. Not too many standouts but I really enjoy the library personally.
Defender 2000 looks great. I think the ship should be slightly smaller than it is, it's a little too large imo
It really is a bit too large but once your flush with power ups it makes up for the size by having an overwhelming amount of artillery!
I will try these on BigPemu , thanks for the video Jon !
Thanks for watching!
Rayman looking at Bubsy and he's laughing at him.
And i think it's super funny when it comes to the Atari Jaguar.
I'm a big fan of Defender 2000, especially Defender Plus. It really good with a Pro-controller. Also, I-War is a terrific inclusion. Both of those would have been on my list.
Five gems not listed include Breakout 2000, Zero 5, World Tour Racing, Flip Out! and Blue Lightning.
I really wanted a Jaguar for Alien vs Predator... I'm glad I never got one because that controller is just a mess.
There are no gems. Hidden or unhidden.
Actually. I war was a good game.
8:59 Chupa chups?! An advertisement right there in the game, huh?
7:20 Great sound effects
Not bad, all decent.
It's too bad that this console was mostly used for 6800 ports. The true umph of its custom chips were ignored.
Then don’t look at the ports! Anyway, the true umph of the 64 bit memory was ignored. At the same time the i486 used burst of 4 reads. Combined with 64 bit, 256 bit would arrive at the chip. Do we really need a double line buffer for 2d games ? What if we had used the 1440 bytes as buffers at every component (distributed over the chip)? Maybe 2d would still be twice as fast as on the 3do. Cache two bursts so that a JRISC loop fits in.
They are okay. There were so many options at the time that none of these games really stood out.
Also Tempest is one of the most over hyped over rated games ever. It’s fun but dang people go on like it’s some must own game. It’s not.