Malix Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Well I have decided to buy a jag. I have one bid on ebay I am winning and a chance to buy one from atari70's. Wish me luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 good luck nice controllers - you'll like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_ruck Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Malix: Well I have decided to buy a jag. I have one bid on ebay I am winning and a chance to buy one from atari70's. Wish me luck. The best add-on peripheral I've found is Songbird's rapid fire controllers, great for Tempest and Raiden, if you can get one. Some of my favorite games include Iron Soldier, Defender 2000 and Hyperforce. Good luck Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malix Posted December 18, 2001 Author Share Posted December 18, 2001 I won the ebay auction and I am getting the jag with all the hookups and controllers for 61 bucks. Not sure if that is good but I am really excited for it to arrive. You guys should see alot of posts from me here, now that I have one. Need something to replace my gaming habit as every other system I have is getting boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 I have two complete Jag systems, with all the extras, like the CD players, and with the way these babies play, I can't belive that Atari went out of business. welcome and buy all the games you can, because unlike the 2600, there's not a lot of games out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malix Posted December 27, 2001 Author Share Posted December 27, 2001 Sweet got the email and it was mailed last friday....so I figure with christmas time slowing things down it should get here today!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 Hi guys, Feels wierd to be out of the 2600 group. I just got an extra Jaguar this week. No controller or power cable. Looks good. If anyone wants to trade for a boxed Kaboom for the 2600, its yours. I could hook it up and verify it works if interested. Cassidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 I know a guy nearby with a jaguar that he wanted to sell me. I should see if he's interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malix Posted December 31, 2001 Author Share Posted December 31, 2001 Well it finally came on friday and after a weekend of playing.....I have to say I am very dissapointed. Not quite what I was expecting. I am sure I will be flamed off the bored for this, but the controls were slow and boggy and the graphics were not what I thought 64 bit was gonna look like. Maybe I was expecting to much or maybe I just got crap games but damn I am dissapointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted December 31, 2001 Share Posted December 31, 2001 quoteMaybe I was expecting to much or maybe I just got crap games but damn I am dissapointed. What games do you have? A few of the games are real stinkers. Checkered Flag is a pretty common game that is probably the worst. Which games you have can determine the fun factor greatly. Mitch http://atari7800.atari.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari-Jess Posted January 1, 2002 Share Posted January 1, 2002 Club drive is pretty bad too, i mean for a good reason i cant see where i am going, when you set speed to fast, the controls are very jerky, and there isn't much to do in that game but its fun enough for me to keep playing it ...i need more jaguar games... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted January 1, 2002 Share Posted January 1, 2002 Truthfully, I only know of 3 games worth owning on the jag.. get tempest 2000, radien (if you like the coinop) and if y ouhave a jagcd get primal rage. I have played a jag before and i wasent impressed, but to each his own i guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari-Jess Posted January 1, 2002 Share Posted January 1, 2002 anything with texture mapping is good, lol battle morph, iron soldier II and skyhammer are excellent proof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari-Jess Posted January 1, 2002 Share Posted January 1, 2002 zero 5 too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 I experienced a similar phenomenon. THe Jag initially looked like a great system to begin collecting for, so about a year ago, I bid on a bundle on ebay and was for the most part impressed. My bundle came with the system, 2 controllers and 4 games-Tempest 2k, Kasumi Ninja, Iron Soldier and that rally racing game. I was, for the most part, impressed and figured that all Jag games were of similar quality. I mean, with Iron Soldier and Tempest 2K, arguably the best Jag games out there, I figured I could do no wrong by buying more Jag games. My expectations were high... Sadly, I began to buy more and more Jag games, but when each package of games arrived from GoAtari and Telegames, I found myself more and more disappointed! The quality was nowhere near what I expected after playing IS and Tempest2k. After buying about 15 additional games, I decided that I had played the best Jag games and the rest of the released titles were mediocre at best. Even Defender2k failed to live up to the lofty standards of quality that T2k had set years ago. THe Jag CD was out of the question as the games were limited and the rarity of the add-on made the cost of acquiring one too high for even a die-hard game fan like myself. In short, the Jag is a great game system if you have those 3-5 killer app games like Iron Soldier, Tempest2k, etc. The rest of the games honestly aren't that good. Only hardcore collectors or completists will try to buy every single game, many of which are just plain horrible to spend any amount of money on. I prefer my 2600 to the Jag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 Here are some of the best Jag games available: Alien Vs. Predator Tempest 2000 Iron Soldier (I and II) Super Burnout NBA Jam Atari Karts Raiden BattleSphere Worms Zero 5 World Tour Racing BattleMorph Missile Command 3D Wolf 3D Doom Stick with these, and it's not likely you'll be disappointed. Some decent but not phenomonal games: Towers II Breakout 2000 Defender 2000 Fight For Life Primal Rage Highlander Hover Strike (CD, cart version is worse) Ultra Vortek Flip Out And I can't let a post like this go by without a plug for the new Songbird games : Protector and Skyhammer - definitely the best sellers and generally regarded by fans as top 10 games. Hyper Force - Next best seller, impressive game but obviously a 2D action/platformer. Soccer Kid - Slowest seller but still a solid 2D platformer with cartoony graphics and decent music/audio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malix Posted January 2, 2002 Author Share Posted January 2, 2002 Thanks for all the input. I have Iron soldier and alien vs predator those are decent. And if Iron Soldier is as good as it gets then I might not be collecting for the jag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Malix: Thanks for all the input. I have Iron soldier and alien vs predator those are decent. And if Iron Soldier is as good as it gets then I might not be collecting for the jag. Remember that the Jaguar is 9 years old, regardless of bits, which don't mean anything. AvP and Iron Soldier were edge of the art quality stuff when they came out, but no, there are better games than I.S (graphically), like I.S.2 for example. Just forget that whole "bits" thing and 64-bit should be better than 32-bit cr*p. Did you know that the most powerful system in the world right now (the XBOX) is a 32-bit system? It blows away the DC and PS2 which are 128-bit, and the Gamecube is a 64-bit like it's predecesor the N64. Jaguar is a system from 1993, that's what's important to remember, in 1993 you had the Genesis and SNES among others. Could they do AvP or Iron Soldier? Not a chance in h*ll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malix Posted January 3, 2002 Author Share Posted January 3, 2002 Thanks for the fresh outlook Gunstar. When you look at it like that you do have a good point. Like I said though, my expectations were just a little to much, that is my own fault though, not the jaguars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenx82 Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 what games did ya get with ya jag???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malix Posted January 4, 2002 Author Share Posted January 4, 2002 Alien vs predator, Iron Soldier, Zool 2 and cybermorph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 4, 2002 Share Posted January 4, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Malix: Alien vs predator, Iron Soldier, Zool 2 and cybermorph. You definately have not seen all of the best the Jaguar has to offer, your opinion of it will improve, if you get some of the other games that Carl from Songbird mentioned above. Those are all first generation titles(the ones you have), and while they are pretty good, they aren't the absolute best the Jaguar has to offer in any of those genres, except maybe AvP for the FPS genre, but even that is arguable, it probably is the best FPS game that is or was exclusive to the Jaguar. But you'll also need to pick up the cd unit eventually to get some of the systems best games too, like Battlemorph among others...the bottom line is that you've only seen the tip of the iceburg in both great games and mediocre ones on the Jag, there are a lot more of both to be had. [ 01-04-2002: Message edited by: Gunstar ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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