Atari Jaguar Console Review & Games

[@pepintechnlogy7965]

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[@brianbruhh8386]

Pepin Nator he certainly is

[@MajinBacon]

he's awesome.

[@Talk378]

Metal Jesus is the truth

[@misteralien9958]

You guys are gay🤣

[@Talk378]

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[@matthewbartke4424]

I wonder why Atari was so obsessed with the number pad...

[@raminudl]

Because back in the days of ye olde 2600, its main competitors the ColecoVision and IntelliVision both had them. So I guess Atari was just like "We'll show them!!!"

[@Stevaside]

lol...IKR?! 1993 & they still couldn't let it go.....If they were still around in the console world today, they'd have some wireless touchscreen number pad controller or some shit =P

[@penguincamp]

Despite the fact that the 2600 was much more successful than the ColecoVision and Intellivision? Boy, that definitely shows how much Atari had spiraled downward :P

[@MetalHorrorGamer]

Matticus Barticus the number pad is a good think when it comes to fps games. Like pc it easy to switch to a specific weapon quickly instead of cycling through all your weapons.

[@ncshuriken]

@Metal_Horror_Gamer: And the graphic panels you got with each game were a great little touch. You just bought Alien Vs Predator (possibly the scariest FPS game available in those times) now you got a customised joypad to go WITH the game.

[@BewilderedBird]

I recently found a stash of all my old ps1 games at my parent's house, all cd's stacked up without cases. Guess what? none of them work, which sucks, because there are some awesome games I found. My genesis games, however? Play like new, even though they around 5-10 years older. I miss cartridges.

[@Chrisjb1983]

+ILoveMyAnus Can't just throw shit around bro, LMAO. The higher tech, the more damage prone the product or machinery is. Learn to take care of your shit man, it isn't 1988 anymore.

[@6StimuL84]

I kept the Jag just for Iron Soldier, was a great Mech game, till the sole died....Thx for the memories.

[@wackyworldofwindios3476]

What you didn't play Iron Soldier ll CD.Even better . Sad you gave up so soon .

[@DarkCylon]

I think it's easy for people who did not play this system in the 90s to trash it. The first time I played Iron Soldier and saw the helicopters fly toward me.... I was amazed. Now, looking at this video you might think, "the graphics are simple", but my previous systems had been the Genesis and the SNES. The helicopters on Iron Soldier seemed to move so fluidly.

[@carlitoxb110]

I love everything, the games the console the controllers, How didn't I know about the jaguar?

[@augustwest5356]

and to think I almost didn't check out your channel just because I thought your name was incredibly stupid. you don't resemble jesus (at least not the common depiction seen in paintings or on crucifixes) and aside from the shirts you wear and the the barely existent music, I just don't get it. Anyway...I'm so glad I gave you a chance. I LOVE every episode you've made. Your a knowledgeable, pleasant, all around likeable guy. You don't try too hard to be funny but when you do you usually nail it. Your guest stars are always well versed in the subject matter and not just an excuse to have another KZbin "celebrity" just for the to show of who you know. You're all around my favorite game reviewer/history buff. Its your down to earth well balanced style to your site. The whole metal jesus thing is not played up or gimmicky. I dunno, I'm just glad I subscribed instead of judging the game by the box art alone. So keep up the great work and don't let the internet game go to your head like oh...I don't know...pewdie pie or that Nostalgia critic jack ass. Metal Jesus, you certainly do rock

[@carlosbarreto4695]

I never had the chance to play the Atari Jaguar. Looking at the control, it seems to be easy to mock it for its size. But then I remember that Xbox 360, Xbox One and PS4 has keyboard accessories to attach them into their gamepads, so it's not so odd to have extra buttons _if_ you can use them in the game.

[@aljr357]

You need to do a top ten games video on the jaguar and a hidden gems if it's possible.

[@oldgamersnetwork6231]

I remember running into this console in some toy store on my way to the computer shop to buy some disk for my Amiga. I remember thinking; Atari are they still in business :) I played some Doom on the demo machine and it was pretty good. It did things my Amiga certainly could no do.

[@alexokrat8171]

damn, finally I can watch that video, it was blocked for some reason (music probably, even if its barely noticable) in my country

[@JAGUARCD32X]

Believe it or not when I decided to get stuck into Cybermorph I did enjoy it. I think if they added a 2D background it wouldv'e been a little less baron. Cybermorph was originally designed for a 32bit system called panther but when the Jag started coming together quicker the dropped it and threw Cybermorph on the Jag. Battlemorph looks a lot more like the early 3d games from the 32bit days. Skyhammer, Iron soldier2 and Fight for Life, Battlemorph etc show it's 3D capabillities in a better light.

[@masterbjohnson2]

This is like an unboxing video from 1993 haha, its great!

[@matthewcassar1395]

You forgot about the Atari XEGS system, the true successor to the Atari 7800

[@nathandross5095]

I owned one! it was awesome!

[@ncshuriken]

Me too, still got the old beast, and you're right!

[@wackyworldofwindios3476]

Got 2

[@kinorai]

as with every other dead consoles out there... I would love to see this system pushed to its limits, like, real limits. Just like the 32x/CD combo

[@IndustryPets]

I had one of these back in the day

[@desiv1]

If you were an Amiga user back in the day, you'd be familiar with Zool and Canon Fodder. I was surprised to see more than a few Amiga ports. A lot of the games "feel" like Amiga games. Which is great if you're an Amiga fan, but maybe not so much if you are trying to sell a 64-bit system..

[@DavidMadeira29]

"In the beginning I could afforded to go on vacation leaving my black watch into my desk without worryin' about remainders. It's a 2600, repackaged, cleaning out my closet would also remind you of that potatoes. You're not the only one who had cat people playin' a long time. Yeah, I could made that repack before leaving the thing ordered into the closet. Ordered, are you expecting anything but your crappy personal balance? Nightmares at night? White cats with black heads visiting?! By the way, that thing would go perfectly with the fully functional japanese TV by Sanyo that doesn't light up below 240V. The dead black cat in the videos, was my babysitter a big hitter? I guess so. What piece 🔘 of the Lambo was holding the 🔛 button?" 🗨😏🐱📤⌚💸♨️📺🛋💄🚸🕹🀄🎴

[@seanfitz]

metaljesus, i do enjoy most of your vids and i really like watching the hidden gems vids, they give me ideas of some retro games to buy. but when ever i see a console or game review i know before clicking on the play button you will concentrate mostly on the positive notes of what you are reviewing than the negative ones. and for me its frustrating and on the verge of being biased; and it seems you do it just for the sake of making you feel better about owning either a shitty game or console. the jag had some good games yes, but only a handful. most of the games had terrible graphics and horrible game play, not to mention the cd was extremely buggy and mostly did not work at all. now in this vid you did actually point out some of the worst things about the jaguar but even when you do mention the negatives you say it in a way that makes it seem not that bad which i believe is misleading. you probably wont even read this comment but if you do i hope you acknowledge and realize that you focus more on the positive than the negatives, even if the negatives outweigh the positives you still make it seem like "its not that bad". thats all i gotta say, thanks for the vids you upload and keep them coming....

[@wackyworldofwindios3476]

the problem with the cd player was a loose power cord that plugged in to the back of the cd player . making a good connection fixed the bugs .

[@aljr357]

I like the cartridges for the jaguar

[@DevilMaster]

The quantity of bits that a processor can read in a single clock cycle has nothing to do with graphical quality. Remember that current PCs are 64 bit and they display much better graphics than a PS2.

[@WellBeSerious12]

Hey Metal Esho, your name is misspelled!

[@gillbates35]

I really want an Atari Jaguar with Rayman

[@johnsimon8457]

I suppose the gameplay of Tempest 2000 was great, but I hate the presentation with the voice effects and wavy text. I’m thinking of games like Terisphere as having more style.

[@Anthony-df4bs]

I remember being a kid and seeing Jaguar commercials on tv and thinking it was the coolest thing ever....and then it went out of business.

[@christopherst.charles5278]

Anthony Ricci Lol......😂😂😂 my crazy cousin bought that....I bought super Nintendo....smh

[@ncshuriken]

@Christopher St.charles: The Jag was a lot more powerful than the SNES, just nowhere near as succsesful but it was still a great console. Alien Vs Predator was a reason to have a Jag. The scariest FPS you could get in those days. Doom was nothing in comparison, and didn't look as good either.

[@wackyworldofwindios3476]

AND THERE STILL MAKING GAMES TODAY FOR THE JAGUAR . LONG LIVE ATARI

[@101Volts]

Homebrew is where dedicated fans are.

[@Lolz-b5t]

they're

[@MetalJesusRocks]

@MAMECADE - Atari was just a MESS in the late 80's & early 90's...and it's so disappointing! I really think they lost site of what gamers wanted. They had the world, and pissed it away.

[@mattorama]

The 3D graphics might have been crappy and choppy, but the thing came out in 1993. Keep in mind that predates even the Sega 32x by a year. The 3d graphics, while they don't hold up today, were damn impressive when the thing came out. Attempts at 3D games on the Genesis and SNES were crappier and choppier.

[@aboriginalmang]

+drop bass not bombs But jag had better framerate. If you wanted to play a good 3D game back then you'd have to buy a PC rather than console though. Except for N64, 90's consoles were absolute crap for 3D games. They used the fastest method of generating 3D graphics called Affine texture mapping instead of Correct texture mapping that most games on N64 used. Affine mapping causes 3D textures to be jaggy and all over the place, like what you see when you play old PS1 games. Compare PS1 Medal of Honor to Perfect Dark, you'll see the difference between correct and affine texture mapping.

[@RetrOrigin]

+Aussie Noonga I rather have jaggy detailed textures than blurry indistinguishable filtered messes.

[@ZEMO74]

+mattorama - I bought the Jaguar in 93. I was not impressed. Got rid of it quick. It was the shittiest console I ever owned. The controller is horrible. It was not a true 64 bit system either.

[@retroworld8090]

I have to disagree. Star Fox and Donkey Kong Country look pretty comparable if not better than most games on the Jaguar. Also, I'm pretty sure the Panasonic 3D0 had better graphics than the Jaguar.

[@TheAgradeneu]

No way Star Fox "looked" better. Donkey was very good, but keep in mind Nintendo games had insane production values while the games for the Jaguar were mostly low budget.

[@mjay5783]

I love my Jaguar, at 32 I can remember launch day queuing and parting with my hard errand pounds, Alien Vs Predator and Tempest 2K were fantastic games, the sound track to Tempest is brilliant Jeff Minter Is a true legend and the atmosphere on AvP - Rebellion hit the nail on the head Its so so scary even today It still has you checking over your shoulders. BattleSphere for the Jag was mind blowing truly a stand out game people who say the Jag wasn't powerful enough obviously haven't played this, the Jaguar lives on and BattleSphere shows what it really can do. There Is a lot of stinkers on It and parting with your £50 In the 90s broke your heart but when you did get a gem like AvP It made It all worth It and as I said the Jaguar like my beloved NEO AES and CD still lives on to this day. Oh and as for the controller Its like Marmite you either love It or hate It and me I love it, strange as Im a MASSIVE 2D fighter fan the Japanese Saturn pad Is the best controller ever made and the Saturn's analogue disc pad Is another Marmite controller which Is joint top In my eye's!!

[@justinhughes8202]

M Jay Reading your comment... I feel like I'm watching American Psycho...and I'm about to get an Ax to the head.

[@wackyworldofwindios3476]

I love my JAGUAR too. Thay made some assume sound tracks that made the game complete . Thay new how to make great games and great games have to have a kick ass sound tracks . LONG LIVE ATARI

[@MetalJesusRocks]

The proper way to say it is "Jag-you-are", like they do on Top Gear... which makes sense since the company is British like the show.

[@JesseSwaney]

Wow, this comment really got lost amongst the bottomless pit; that is your comment section.

[@WIDERisBETTER]

I love my Jaguar, I bought it new in 95 nd still have it with the original box and a ton of games. I'm up to 63 games on the console right now only missing a few for a complete collection. I hate that so many dislike it, but I have a ton of fun and play it all the time.

[@stillsearching1284]

I always thought it was pretty cool. I had an NES back in 1993 and loved it. I wanted a Super Nintendo, but if my parents had bought me a Jaguar I'd have been happy.

[@subtledemisefox]

What are some of the best games for it?

[@mau7522]

@@subtledemisefox I would recommend you wolfenstein 3d, alien versus predator,Doom and another world

[@wackyworldofwindios3476]

Asteroids 2000 , Defender 2000 , Blue Thunder , Missel Command 3D , Vid Grid , VLM , Atari Carts , Alltered Beast with hidden levels and Beast as well as a hidden graphics mode . just to name a few .

[@kakoroto]

my fave games on the jaguar are doom and aliens vs predator still got my console and looking for more games for it :)

[@PeterSivazak]

Does it still work?

[@aljr357]

The number pad would be good for RPG games if they used it right.

[@wackyworldofwindios3476]

number pad was for entering codes that unlocked hidden games , graphics , and cheat codes .

[@AJMitchell777]

With there being a million different video game related channels on KZbin I just have to say I love your style. It's unique and refreshing. You've always been great metal Jesus!

[@toshineon]

"Looks like an exotic sports car" You mean... Kinda like... A Jaguar?

[@jeffprince599]

Lol yeah... Hello McFly!

[@davidallen8822]

I had this when I was 14! Had only three games for it. To be honest it was really disappointing! Although Aliens vs Predator was bad ass!

[@TampaJay]

I had two Jaguars! One sealed in box and gave them both away in circa 98. Should have kept them

[@flyingcumshot]

Jaguar cd, aka the toilet.

[@andrewhudson7108]

Simon Dearing where did you learn to fly?

[@fruitypeebils]

yeah not sure how this guy equates this system with an exotic sports car. it really does look like a toilet

[@Nwhhhhh]

@@fruitypeebils He is referring to the bas jaguar not the jaguar with the CD add-on.

[@fruitypeebils]

@@Nwhhhhh shit, my bad

[@310revelation]

Finally, someone gives fair review of the Jag without slamming it. I just picked one up recently and have Iron Soldier and Val d'Isre sking & snowboarding with Cybermorph on the way. I love it.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I was a Commodore 64 kid in the 80s... and never owned an Atari ST, even though they looked impressive!

[@peterpayne2219]

Cool video, thanks for posting! Never owned one of these but now I know what they were like.

[@3zoro33]

I love how you're positive on your reviews even if it's not good consol

[@idhamsyakir6355]

actually i found one atari jaguar at a shopping mall in a box

[@WOSArchives]

I would not be surprised that a lot of people have already told you this, but you missed the Atari XEGS when talking about the timeline of Atari consoles.

[@aboriginalmang]

+Windows OS It was more of a consolized PC than a console.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I was probably 10 or 12 years old, when I really got serious about collecting games for the Commodore 64. However, I was a dumbass in College...because I was poor and sold a bunch of stuff to buy beer or something that I regret. I got back into collecting seriously about 5 years ago when I started finding great deals on Craigslist. However, I've always been a gamer...

[@user-sd7qt3hy8l]

too bad they stopped using cartridges. They don't scratch and can't be broken as easily as discs.

[@parallaxcraze958]

+CHICKEN SALAD And no loading times (well, except for several SNES games lol). Cartridges are my favorite games support and it's used for my favorite gaming system to date: the Mega Drive/Genesis. Also the Neo Geo, the 32X and even the N64 tho I never dug the latter... I'm also kinda fan of the little cards used for Sega SG-1000/Mark III and PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

For the record, I happen to think a thick British accent is sexy as hell... so no hate intended. Here in the States we have at least 5 different language accents depending on if you go in the deep South, Eastside, West coast, etc...

[@TiberiusWallace]

I remember the CD drive mainly because it looked like a toilet seat.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Because we're not British. It's the same reason why Jeremy Clarkson (of Top Gear) says al-lu-minium funny :) It's all good

[@Protoman85]

It's a controller/gamepad, not a joystick

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I use the term Joystick because that is what they were originally called in the Atari 2600 era. It was only later that people started calling them a controller or gamepad.

[@jaymusique4566]

I actually remember that term and I wasn't even born in the 70's.

[@phuturephunk]

Nobody gives a shit what you call them.

[@Protoman85]

My policy is that if it is a joystick (like Atari 2600, Commodore or an accessory controller), call it a joystick. If it's a gamepad (NES, SNES, Megadrive etc) call it a gamepad. I remember when cartridges were called tapes but I still call them cartridges

[@Luka1180]

meatloaf forlife I think he might have meant to adress that comment to Johan.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Just a used console is selling for around $50~$60... but if you add a box and the CD attachment, it can quickly add much more.

[@eternalhalloween1]

The problem with this system was that Atari launched a system that was too far ahead of its time. And the reality was that most people weren't ready to program games for a memory of this magnitude. To be sure, the Jaguar had a handful of really successful games like "Alien Versus Predator" and "Tempest 2000." But unfortunately, these few smash hits were not enough to take back the game market from Nintendo.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Dear god, I have no idea! Probably the PS2, since it has the biggest library and tons of great games in every genre.

[@hemidesign]

never liked the Jaguar.. was totally POS!

[@Chrisjb1983]

+hemidesign It really was. My old man, bought be this console back in '93..... I immediately went back to my genesis the day after purchase. I wish reselling consoles was a little more popular back then. That god awful console is still lying around in a closet somewhere.

[@hemidesign]

hahahaha.. that's funny Chris.. I had mine for a month and sold right after and got the 3DO.. what a big difference! WOW

[@Chrisjb1983]

hemidesign I probably would of been happier with a 3do vs. a garbage Jaguar. Nonetheless, PS came out 1 year later. That console more than surpassed anything that came out 2 years before it.

[@wackyworldofwindios3476]

yes I am a picker. I would love to have a console with low hours .

[@atarileaf]

Great video and overview. I had never heard of this when it was released. I went from the TG-16 to the Genesis to the SNES and I don't even remember in all that time hearing about the Jag.

[@caitlinboeing]

I miss my Jaguar CD and the Highlander game

[@wackyworldofwindios3476]

And it had VLM built into the CD player witch was assume when you played music CDs . What a light show fractals graphics 1993 . Like an acid hi with out the drugs.

[@FlintTheDad]

Metal Jesus, I have been sent here to this comment section from the future. The year is 2031 and there is some weird shit going on involving you, drunken master Paul, a jaguar, and a pogo stick. Please don’t ask questions. I need you to come back to the future with me now! Your asshole depends on it!

[@dmannion81]

I loved my Jaguar. The Controller I think to this day was the best console controller ever made. what was weird is the one they gave you with the system was awesome but if you bought a aftermarket one the buttons where crazy hard to press. I took back 3 of them thinking it was just a manufacture problem but same thing with all of them. I had alien vs predator, bubsby, wolfenstein 3d, and kasumi ninja. I remember I really wanted doom on the jag but never got it. I heard it was really hard for devs to make games on it especially since they had some sort of different processors or something to get 64-bit so manufactures couldn't make 64-bit games because of the way atari set it up so thats why most games on it look like garbage to what its really capable of.

[@wackyworldofwindios3476]

I would buy the PRO Controller much better quality .

[@Mrshoujo]

Raiden is pronounced "Rye Den." I think it's a stretch to call the Jaguar controllers "joysticks" when they don't have a stick. Checkered Flag and other games that appear to suffer from a low frame rate came out that way due to Atari Corp's management telling the developers to do it that way for fear the games would cause seizures. Check out Super Burnout in comparison.

[@Mrshoujo]

***** People who make movies using Japanese names and words aren't known to be correct on pronunciation, especially when they're not native Japanese speakers and could benefit from consultation from those who know. RYE DEN USES ELECTROCUTE! IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE!

[@Mrshoujo]

***** These are the kanji for RAI DEN : 雷電 They are pronounced RYE DEN. You have been schooled.

[@baigandinel7956]

In the English versions of Mortal Kombat the announcer says Raid-en. Actually, it's not even a Japanese game is it? The concept may be from Japanese, but in the game Raiden is from a fictional location.

[@RWSCOTT]

Super Burnout was a really decent Hang On knock-off. Played it alot!

[@pacmania1982]

Jag-u-ar! NOT Jagwire :P

[@XV250]

Sometimes words have more than one pronunciation... From dictionary.com: jag·uar [jag-wahr, -yoo-ahr; especially British jag-yoo-er]

[@DevilMaster]

LS650 Exactly. The British pronunciation sounds like "jag-you-ah"; the American pronunciation sounds like "jag-wahr", but *nowhere* it is pronounced "jag-wire".

[@XV250]

Well, now you've learned of a third pronunciation.

[@jamesdupuis1]

LS650 In 'Murica we pronounce it"Jagwire"

[@DevilMaster]

jamesdupuis1 Only if you're uneducated. dictionary.reference.com/browse/jaguar?s=t

[@michaeldavidson8971]

Alien vs Predator sucked! It was slow slow slow!! doing a 180 degree turn was painfully slow. Jaguar was a terrible console, lousy games and poor performance.

[@deadskinmask9997]

Agreed. They should have gave up on the console market and just focused on making games for other consoles.

[@AngryApeTV]

Well it does have some good games, it's ports of Doom and Wolfenstein were actually very impressive for the time especially considering Doom was the first console version.

[@joseluki]

AngryApeTV Without music... and Doom music was fucking awesome.

[@AngryApeTV]

Yep but thats the only downside to an otherwise really good port, it looks good and runs well. Easily blows the Saturn Snes and 3DO versions out the water.

[@joseluki]

AngryApeTV 32X version is still better. Problem with 3DO, it was a port from jaguar, and the saturn a port from PSX. Both ports are horrible and didn't use properly the hardware. For example you can see the quake version of SS and is awesome, or the 3DO wolfestein version is by far the best in any home console system. Jaguar was just a piece of garbage, and the only playable games are conversions from 16 bits systems. The control pad is horrible, everything. 3DO had much more potential, but it failed in the price and game cataloge.

[@nbttl1975]

I just bought a Jaguar. Sadly, it was flawed by having like APP games. Honestly it was a great gaming system. Some of the more mainstream games where of course just SNES/GENS releases, but the exclusives, with exception to Alien VS Predator, their games were still app like; play once and play again and the challenge just gets more difficult from time or more enemies. I also think Atari nailed the aesthetics, but they were still in the 80's with 1st party exclusives.

[@danmitchell6126]

What's a Jagwire?

[@Wezi427]

jag-you-are

[@BigDippas]

or Jag-wahr if your american

[@Wezi427]

BigDippas I'm American

[@sinisterlollypop]

Atari is American, the host is American, hence Jagwire, or if you're in Boston, a Jagwa

[@Azuris190]

juh-goo-are :)

[@hqqg]

I'm from Basil, (we use "s" not "z" but is the same sound) and im 1996 I have a friend as buy one Atari Jaguar, and I wnt buy a color portable , in Brasil my opiton wAS THE GAME GEAR, Atary linx, and the sega nomad (was a genesis, 6 buton and cartrige slot )

[@ncshuriken]

I loved the Jag back in the day, IDGAF what todays edgy cringe-master teens want to say with their throwaway lines like "worst console ever" and they say that without ever having even SEEN a Jag in the flesh let alone played on one. Alien Vs Predator on the Jag was EASILY one of, if not THE most frightening FPS games available in those days. Ultra Vortek was a great little fighter with dark themes and evil as fuck sounding music. I still remember the name of one track "Thy name is evil" lol. Tempest 2000 was a brilliant & trippy arcade shooter classic with a facelift. Trevor McFur was a great fun little shootemup. The console might not have lived a succsesful life but as its name suggests, it WAS a beast, in its own right, and powerful for its time, I mean, it beat Nintendo to the 64bit punch by what, 5 years?

[@carpediem4887]

Couldn't agree with you more.

[@arronharrington4109]

Yeah but its a piece of shit console.

[@markwatson3248]

Don't let your nostalgia do the talking.

[@WarsunGames]

For future reference.NO! The Atari jaguar was NOT by ANY MEANS difficult to program on.The Sony playstation WAS.An for people who are saying Jaguar is pass say,Well is 64 bit our dated? No.Then there you go.

[@michaelglattli2520]

Aliens vs Predator, baby.The only decent game for it.

[@chargermaster4054]

right thats the only game that makes me wanna get a atari jaguar

[@wookiefraggergaming8336]

+Nashty Tripper agreed, Iron Soldier is a sweet Jag game that didn't see releases on other systems, as far as I'm aware

[@qwqwqwqw2222]

You're so incredibly wrong.... there are many quality games for the Jaguar - to name a few: Tempest 2000, Power Drive Rally, Super Burnout, Iron Soldier, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Ruiner, Defender 2000, Raiden, and several others.

[@michaelglattli2520]

oh yeah, I totally forgot about tempest & wolfenstein 3D.My bad

[@adamphillip5305]

People forget the Jag had the best console versions of Sensible Soccer & Cannon Fodder so they are best games on it. Not a patch on their Amiga versions but still fantastic games & alot better than the MD/Gen & SNES ports.

[@GuilleArgies]

maybe in 1993 was a great console, but cant compete with the playstation one,no chance...you just have to wait 1 year and that is all...and for example games for playstation one can be played for the playstation 2...so...your games have more years to be playable. I think Atari dont respect the gamers, in the past only so the players like a childs y not a game lovers...or gamers.

[@Mr.GameMaster]

I would agree the Doom and Wolfenstein games are very well done and because you could (at that time) play it on a large TV better than the PC versions.

[@ncshuriken]

And you can't forget AvP on Jag too. AFAIK it was the scariest FPS you could get back then. Fucked me up as a kid, I wasn't gonna sleep in the dark after playing and watching that shit, hearing those creepy AF sounds.

[@shaundurrance3453]

A true gamer can find something good about any console. quit insulting someone just because their glass is half full. Way too much hate. video games are for fun, this guy seems like a good guy who is into his hobby. If you don't agree with his opinion that is fine but Insulting him is stupid. I think a lot of people are so stuck in hate mode these days that they can't even live and let live. Save the venom for the politics and road rage incidents morons!

[@SomeOrangeCat]

The Jaguar port of Wolfenstein 3D is quite well done. Picture the SNES port, but much higher detail, and minus the censorship. It was handled by iD themselves too.

[@kefkahkefkah]

you should check out the genesis port, makes all these other look like trash knowing how more powerful they were.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

kefkahkefkah I know about it, and I'm just not that impressed by it. Its being ported with none of the problems that faced a developer back in the day. No costs involved, no deadline, no publisher breathing down their neck demanding changes. That and he's going for a 1:1 of the DOS game. I've ate, slept and breathed the DOS game. The Jag port was something different. I'm sure if someone wanted to, they could easily make a 1:1 of the original game on one of these other consoles, if had they a devkit and all the time in the world.

[@ncshuriken]

Jaguar was far more powerful than the SNES, thats why IMO it had an edge over Nintendo, despite commercially being a flop. The console had some great games IMO. Alien Vs Predator, Tempest 2000 and Ultra Vortek were firm favourites I still remember. There was another game too, some 2D sidescrolling RPG kind of game. All I can remember is you played as some kind of futuristic soldier accompanied by a lizard looking alien and I remember he always used to say "who are you talking to warrior?" if you pressed "talk" when there was nobody there. No idea what that was called though.

[@irishgavin6687]

I'm doing a large project on the good and bad of video game consoles, and am using this review in part. Could you please tell me what you would give this console out of 5?

[@igotyou62darthvat]

it looks like a toilet seat :/

[@theq4602]

A youtuber actually pretended to shit in one. Looks op "Angry Video Game Nerd Atari jaguar"

[@PDL929]

avp was one of the best games of its era much better Than doom ,Bruce Lee enter the dragon was very good , tempest 2000 was great once you got up in levels lol very addictive , I had a crazy game called brutal sports it was Vikings with weapons playing American football lol , good game!

[@Powerhouse1]

The biggest problem with the Jaguar was that it wasn't really a 64-bit console. It was a combination of a bunch of components that added up to 64-bit. This made it very difficult and time consuming for developers to make games for the system.

[@Animated__Freak]

+Pow3rh0use Well the added up to 64-bit is a myth that stared with the CEO of 3DO saying it was just two 32-bit processors adding up to 64, that is not true. The Jaguar has 64-bit processors such as a Blitter and a Object processor, it can process 64-bit of data because all processors runs on a 64-bit bus and the blitter allows it to move 64-bit of data really fast. So the system can do 64-bit when ever it is needed and ignore it when it is not needed. However the problem is that what the amount of bits a system has, is usually determent by the CPU, however Atari determent it by the amount of bit-data that could be processed. So it depends upon peoples definition. One thing that can be agreed on is that the system is complicated as hell and the power of the system was probably never fully seen.

[@TheAgradeneu]

The problem of the console was NOT the marketing number thing. The biggest enemy of the Jag was Atari's lousy (read: piss poor) software support, low budgets and lack of focus on the systems strenghts (which was not 3D). In fact the system has a 64 bit processor and a 64 bit bus. The two riscs are 32 bit. The CPU is 16 bit. This adds up to 144 bit bTW ;-)

[@wackyworldofwindios3476]

Thats how u do the math. It is a 64-bit system . built on military technology .

[@MOS-MHz]

The Jag was way ahead of the rest but personally there is a few reasons it failed. The design i never liked, thought it was an ugly system compared to the rest, mind you im from Australia so we had the good looking SNES at the time. Another issue was the price due to the superior hardware and well back in the 90's no one was whiling to pay that amount. Lastly the complex architecture of the hardware made it really difficult to program, im from the Atari Age community and know for a fact it still is very hard to develop software for. However having listed all it's flaws the system is amazing none the less. When a programmer has a full understanding of the hardware the games produced run and look brilliant. The system was definitely powerful and even more powerful then the later Saturn, 3DO or anything alike at the time. Some would even say more powerful then the N64 and Playstation despite being older hardware by a few years. You need to remember because of the poor understanding of the hardware, developers hardly ever pushed the system past 50% of it's potential. IMO Atari should have held off for a good 6 months and designed the hardware a little more user friendly and in conjunction the wait would have knocked down the price tag. Atari's biggest issue in the late 80's and 90's was their company management that kept shoveling 90% complete systems. The 7800 had potential also but leaving an ancient sound chip in the system compared to the superior Sony chip Nintendo used was a big mistake. I understand it was for backwards compatibility with 2600 games however a completely redesigned chip was needed. Many big mistakes Atari made on their own accord led them to an early grave, poor management and QA

[@arpor7777]

The cardboard overlay over the controller's buttons isn't unique the Jaguar, the ColecoVision had it too.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

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[@gottfriedvonbouillon3490]

Though your hairstyle and nickname are ridiculous, I really enjoy your videos! Thank you for them. : )

[@stefanurquelle7736]

His hair is dope. If I was white or had straight hair like that I would grow it that long.

[@MuscleDad420]

Well, I'm gay and happily married so I don't get out enough to be considered "cool" or "hip" these days. My username has nothing to do with any of this though, a 12 year old should be outside and playing with people and not playing video games.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

@WARPUDDY666 - Thanks very much! It's amazing how quickly the video game industry changed year by year in the 1990s. CPUs, video cards, CD-Rom speeds, networking... everything was changing rapidly! The 90's are some of the most interesting consoles to collect!

[@idiotwhoedits3522]

When i first played iron solider it blew my fucking mind

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I have not. Is it any fun?

[@xucaen]

I would love to see a sequel to this video. Were you ever able to play Wolfenstein and Doom for the Jaguar? Give Super Burnout a try, and the pinball games. Plus there were a bunch of cartridge ports released recently on AtariAge. I would very much enjoy your reviews of these and other Jaguar games. Maybe Drunken Master Paul can come up with some Jaguar title inspired Gamer Eats! :)

[@peregrineruncie]

Was a great console for it's time. I owned this and had Cybermorph, Doom and Trevor Mcfur in Crescent galaxy. Great games. When playing doom, you could pause the game then hold the asterisk or hash button then upause for god mode and infinite bullets if i remember correctly.

[@VirtualRobotsRevolt]

Thanks for the video! I just got this system yesterday after playing this system a lot at my local arcade expo :-) I loved AVP and Tempest 2000.

[@BlckCloud73]

Another World for Atari Jaguar- $1000 on eBay. Great game.

[@UncleFeedle]

When I first read about this thing back in 1992, I lusted after it. I scanned the pages of EGM every month for any piece of news about it. The tech specs seemed incredible for the price. It was even claimed that the Jaguar was better than the 3DO, the super-hot, expensive new system at the time. On paper, it sounded like the console I'd always wanted. Then in 1994, I saw the first screenshots and 100% of my enthusiasm died immediately. Coupled with the fact that Atari seemed to be screwing up at every step, it was clear it wasn't going to succeed. Hopefully, the new improved Atari can do better with this upcoming Atari Box.

[@wales2k4747]

Very underrated console. 64-bit graphics in 1993 is extremely impressive. The PS1 came out in 2 years later in 1995 and had 32-bit graphics.

[@Spegrogy]

wales2k it's not 64-bit it just has a 32-bit processor and 2 16-bit processors

[@larrywharf1583]

@@Spegrogy It had two 32 bit processors (Sound and graphics) and one 16 bit, which essentially was there to tell the other chips what to do. Game machines have always been rated by their fastest components, otherwise everything would still be 2 bit, so the maths went 2 X 32 bit chips working in conjunction with each other = 64 bits. Why they didn't incorporate the two chips into one I don't know, but I would imagine cost came into the equation somewhere.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Actually... originally they were called Joysticks, according to the official Atari 2600 instruction manual. Look it up.

[@burkezillar]

Think a lot of the problems with the Jaguar stemmed from the way it was built. It has 5 CPU's, one of them being a Motorola 68000. A lot of the developers making games for this couldn't be bothered working properly with the other CPUs and concentrated on the 68000 chip instead as it was used on the C64, Amiga etc.

[@blppt]

Wasnt really their fault---from what I've read, the tools for programming the RISCs didnt exist or were very poor, so unless you were willing to experiment, most devs that were even interested in programming the Jag saw that familiar 68K and used it. Also, FWIR, the RISCs were theoretically very powerful, but shipped with some crippling bugs, like an apparent inability to execute code out of main ram, which was only worked around years after the console's demise, by the homebrew community.

[@toaf6467]

defender 2000 and hover strike. classics for the good old tom and jerry chips :D you haven't played defender 2000 until you've seen the fingers....trust me good fun.. Brutal Sports Football and Missile Command 3d must get a heads up too.

[@wackyworldofwindios3476]

Did you find the secret game and Hairy Yak Defender graphics yet.you will the secret codes .The main reason for the number pad was for inputting codes . Look up JAGUAR cheet codes and u will find not only cheet codes but special hidden codes that unlocked hidden features and games put their by the programmers. DEFENDER 2000 has a game called PLASMA PONG hidden in it that the programmer made for his son and the HAIRY YAK DEFENDER GRAPHICS for one of the first ATARI inventors who's nic name was the HAIRY YAK. LONG LIVE ATARI .

[@sparticus214]

I dont think the motorcross and racing game is bad id id glady play it over the bullshit nintendo has to offer these days

[@brettybluevein]

I really like your videos, you give a nice honest review and seem like a really nice guy. Keep up the good work.

[@ps4fan794]

If your gana port doom to the jaguar add the kick ass rocking music

[@TurnipDaBeet]

Rayman, Atari Karts, and attack of the Mutant Penguins are also good games overlooked by this review. Rayman was originally going to be a Jaguar exclusive, but got ported off when it was delayed and Jaguar sales didn't do well.

[@wackyworldofwindios3476]

WHAT NO DEFENDER PLAYERS ,SAD. THE BEST VERSION EVER.Thank you Williams electronics, Atari , and the Hairy Yak, for making the ultimate Defender game for the Jaguar .

[@paspax]

Jaguar used 2 32bit SH2 chips. Most developers were lazy & designed games which used only one of them.

[@rudiangath9971]

+paspax Sega 32x and Sega Saturn both has 2 x SH-2 processors by Hitachi. The Atari Jaguar has 4 custom-made RISC processors plus a Motorola 68000.

[@2makefilms132]

Get: Defender 2000 Missile Command 3D Theme Park AvP Doom Wallenstein Iron Soldior 1, and 2 BattleSphere NBA JAM TE Brutal Sports Football Trevor McFur Rayman (this was its first release) Atari Karts These are the must haves, there are other jems as well.

[@GenerationRx]

The Jag was alright. Ours quit working, shame it didn't hold up... N64 did, THANK GOD!

[@wackyworldofwindios3476]

hated n 64 controlers

[@Harlock2day]

I am glad I stayed away from it when it came out, the Jaguar had a bad vibe from the beginning. The point for me is this, with the arrival of the Playstation it signal the beginning of a new era were gaming was the stuff of rich corporations like Sony and little Atari just could not compete. Then Microsoft arrived, Sega vanished. Only one company was able to survive the big rich companies, Nintendo. And they are still here.