I bought an Atari Jaguar. WHY NOW? And how does it play?

I finally added an Atari Jaguar to my collection. But is NOW the right time to do it? What changed my mind?
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[@MetalJesusRocks]

Maybe I shouldn’t use the term “brand new games” when describing ports, but they are new releases on a 26 year old system. Pretty cool, right?

[@imrrandomwiw6405]

Yeah! Congrats on getting the Jaguar, it is definitely uncommon to get one boxed in good condition, like yours!

[@screwthenet]

I keep being either the 666 or 667 person to liked a lot fo the channels I sub to. EPIC! HAPPY SHOCKTOBER!!! THIS vid was great. I never got to plau the jaguar. Always wanted to though.

[@AcornElectron]

That's agreed 😀

[@screwthenet]

@Mike UK 1970 Probably for the same reasons we notice the way people in the UK say things differently..its just a simple different way of speaking. :P BUt more than likely if you pronounce it, theres a w sound in the enunciation thats kinda un avoidable; In America most folks say " JAG WAR" where as in the UK yall say " JAG U WAR" Life is silly. Tisnt Tit?! Tit tis...TITTIZZZ ^,;,^

[@MetalJesusRocks]

@Mike UK 1970 - And while we're at it, why the HELL are we not on the Metric system?! I blame the Illuminati and Freemasons.

[@Fallout9520]

"Where did you learn to fly"

[@MisterLiker]

"Ah, come on! That's enough for that."

[@justinmraap]

"Where did you learn to be an asshole?!"

[@xusiaxod6255]

Lol, AVGN rules...

[@J2ojuiced95]

AVGN’s Jaguar videos are some of my favourite videos he made.

[@mynthon0]

Check out TheCinemassacreTruth subreddit.

[@aaronzx10r]

I wanted one of these so bad when i was a kid, also a 3DO. Those 90's gaming mags had me brainwashed.

[@wmurray003]

I wanted one... until those bad reviews started flowing in.

[@darrenthetuber743]

I love the first game, is a complete rip off of Bill Lambiers Combat Basketball

[@kingcobra7183]

@@wmurray003 U mean u heard frm word of mouth? ahh da good ol 90z...

[@squishstuff50]

3DO was fucking awsome! Ahead of its time, its was more advanced the ps1 and came out before ps1 and even had bunch of the same games plus a lot more but it just didn't have the right promotion and. Buz before ps1 and n64 took off

[@squishstuff50]

Jaguar was the shits though

[@jollysheldone425]

I looked at the specs of the upcoming jaguar in 1993 and thought "This is going to blow the opposition away" I then started an import company to distribute the Jag in the UK! it went as well as you're thinking. The lack of software support, negated its superiority over the other consoles of the time and it ultimately cost me a few quid before bailing. Was sorry to see it die, it was a far more technically advanced machine that what was around at the time, but what is the use of a game console with no games? didn't see that coming!

[@1183newman]

from my understanding the jaguar sold rather well in the uk, but the demand far outweighed the supply that atari could provide.

[@David-nm4yc]

"it has this loooong slot, I'm going to get into later" Nice.

[@catgarbage3700]

Oh god

[@aidetund6263]

😳

[@huldu]

I really like that people make homebrews for old consoles to this day.

[@elimalinsky7069]

I wonder how fan ports are made without access to the original source code. How is it possible?

[@vivisect53]

When Hasbro aquired Atari's stuff way back, they released all Atari Jaguar related patents into the public domain which would include any code and made it an open platform. Which was a pretty cool thing to do.

[@777JonT]

I recently saw someone made Final Fantasy 7 in 8-bit for NES. It's amazing.

[@elimalinsky7069]

@Spooksville Scoob From what I understand parts of the source code for Diablo were reverse engineered back from machine code binary. The programming languages used to compile the code and the SDKs were well known, so by using this knowledge some of the source code was reverse engineered.

[@bangerbangerbro]

@Eissari4No they wouldn't be. There doesn't need to be a community for people to still play them.

[@crescentfresh8001]

"If you haven't played Defender before, it's really easy"... I think I just discovered a combination of words that's never been said before, haha.

[@peruprofundodance]

It’s not too crazy but crazy to know that Jaguar lives on as a dental camera. Imagin Systems, a manufacturer of dental imaging equipment, has since purchased the molding plates for the Jaguar's casing as with minor modification they were found to be the right size for housing their HotRod camera. The game cartridge molds were reused to create an optional memory expansion card.

[@burtbackattack]

@ron s : That’s brilliant, I love finding out random stuff like that!

[@ian1753]

True but they don't use those cameras anymore according to my brother lol (whos a dentist)

[@phroobar]

@Joe Musashi Can you say Coleco Chameleon? Yikes!

[@SuperFam12345]

Hahahahaha..

[@Chris-Courage]

But it is missing the toilet seat topper.

[@jottka2162]

I had a Jaguar when I was young and I loved Alien vs Predator.

[@carbonara2144]

I need to find that game.

[@Texasmilitarydepartmentvid9654]

The artwork on the box is amazing.

[@markputnam4902]

I really can’t believe that you’re going to review the Atari and tell everyone to ignore the one through nine keys. For anyone who has ever played doom or AVP in the later levels when you have a ton of guns , imagine being able to switch to whichever gun you want without having to scroll through each gun,, Sounds cool right just like how the PC guys had it? Well as long as you have the little cover that pops over the 1-9 pad you know exactly which number activates exactly which gun, the aliens versus predator game also utilized it well, I agree for most games you probably would ignore it but for the ones that utilize it it is a godsend.

[@atarijaguarsgarage8873]

Iron Soldier, Theme Park, Syndicate, Battlemorph, Cybermorph, Hover Strike, Doom all use the Number pad rather extensively.

[@markputnam4902]

Atari Jaguar's Garage yup 👍 . Exactly

[@ShaFnZAM]

AVP!

[@muthatruckajones3314]

Don't forget alien vs. Predator were it comes with 3 slides for what character you choose.

[@markputnam4902]

That's actually usually the first game that comes to mind, but there were actually 3 plates for that game, the Human , the Predator & the Aliens

[@MattMcIrvin]

"If you haven't played Defender before, it's really easy" This must be some definition of "easy" I haven't encountered before.

[@tedboggs4569]

My thoughts exactly. I must have destroyed half a dozen Atari 5200 joysticks trying to get better at Defender, with little success to show for it.

[@neilisabass]

“It’s easy” to loose all your lives in less than 2 minutes anyway.

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

@@tedboggs4569 you could also play 5200 Defender with the awesome CX53 Trak-Ball Controller. That is, if you had/have one... :)

[@stillamitchinmybook6320]

@@neilisabass 😂😂😂

[@benn1181]

I think he meant the concept of the game is easy to grasp

[@zezesilver]

MJ: I think it's impossible to own every game console John Hancock: Hold my beard

[@beezle1976]

Damn man, you just created visuals in my head of MJR stroking John Hancock's beard, which, no offense to either, is a little disturbing. And yet, it's a video I kind of want to see. Just for the weirdness.

[@Gator49er88]

This was on point funny as hell lol.

[@MasonMillerKingofCaturday]

@Retro Dave oh nonono museum never ever

[@dstaple4328]

Hahaha! Well played, literally LOLed there!

[@karl_rocco]

Hancock is a joke.

[@bryanyurcan4363]

I loved the Jaguar. My friend had one. Glad to see it is getting love

[@moandaindesigns]

Welcome to the Atari Jag family! I love mine. I would suggest getting a Jag CD, a Spinner controller, Tempest 2000, and Alien Vs. Predator. Other games to look into are : Brutal Sports Football, Doom, Primal rage, Raiden, Trevor McFur, and Wolfenstein 3D.

[@derekdash2179]

Moandain Designs I agree, a rotary controller works great with Rebooteroids and Tempest 2000. I wonder if MJ knows that he can use the keypad for Total Carnage...

[@elbitxo5945]

Super Burnout, the best racer this console has. It's not so well known, but it's one of the very best games on the system.

[@ademozkum2716]

Tempest 2000 was incredible. If you can only get one game, that's the one to have!

[@TheRedRoom]

Are you for real! Trevor McFur is a train wreck of a game. It has to be one of the worst shooters ever made. I collect for the Jag and wouldn’t have that on my shelf. 😂

[@slickwilly8333]

Tempest 2000 GOAT! I got Polybuis for PSVR; it's mind blowing

[@xwingpielot]

I remember being at KB Toys and begging my mom to buy one that was marked down to $20!!

[@ODT81]

Did you get it? Can make 10x more now in box

[@sabres6481]

Great move

[@crowmigration8245]

I remember dreamcast on sale for 50 and I wanted it but couldn't afford it and parents wouldn't buy it.

[@Cspence216]

I bought one in box for $25 at a game store somewhere between 2001-2004 can’t remember lol. It’s crazy because it had been setting on top of the store shelve for a very long time and nobody bought it. I just bought it out of Curiosity. It came with cybermorph game. Played a very few times and stored it away, mainly because you don’t see Atari Jaguar games in game stores. Planning on getting a flash cart whenever that’s released at a reasonable price. The good games cost to much.

[@MrSEA-ok2ll]

What a shame.

[@Bunlert]

I was at the Portland auction when they pulled this Jag out of the mystery box! It was the best thing in any of the boxes by far!

[@pauldavis5665]

Alien vs. Predator and Doom are two must have games for the Jaguar.

[@sirconkers342]

Paul Davis yep and tempest 2000

[@cliffreign3330]

How about Rayman?

[@EhCloserLook]

Don’t forget about Wolfenstein.

[@AlexSmith-px4gy]

Wolfenstein 3D too

[@stevenspx6226]

Doom was definitely the best game on jaguar loved it and this alone made owning the jag worth it for me

[@jeff97ish]

I remember the old video. Congrats on getting the Jaguar! Hope it brings you years of enjoyment!

[@xnonsuchx]

One of the problems with Jaguar games is that so many devs just treat(ed) it as a 68000 system w/ a few co-processors, so were barely more than ST/Amiga games w/ better colors. Granted, it was notoriously bad regarding dev tools and documentation, and even if devs learned how to use the Tom & Jerry chips better, there were RAM limitations and hardware bugs that added to the headache of trying to do more advanced stuff. Oh, and the card edge connectors on the back are AV (capable of composite, S-Video and analog RGB along w/ stereo audio) and DSP (that could handle things like networking). I think I still have some Jaguar stuff in a box somewhere (not system, but a few games and MemoryTrack cart for saving data for CD games). And it looks like you got a better controller. The original ones at launch have black keypad buttons (see back of system box), but they improved the feel of them a bit later and those improved ones have grey keypad buttons.

[@RWL2012]

Nice to see someone actually mention Tom and Jerry 😄

[@NuKnightRider]

The only reason I wanted that system was for Aliens vs Predator

[@shapeshifter-theamorphousg3264]

Just had this image from somewhere in the back of my mind, an Alien fps of sorts for this system.. Am i confused or was that Alien vs Predator?? It looked amazing back then..

[@NuKnightRider]

ShapeshifteR nope, they did have it for the system back then

[@shapeshifter-theamorphousg3264]

@@NuKnightRider Cool, way ahead of it's time.. Thanks

[@SuperFam12345]

Me to and I still never got it.

[@GMan-cv9ig]

ShapeshifteR Stayed late up night playing AVP being 10 back the. and playing I was spooked when I would hear the predator in the background Still love that game to this day

[@schaumi396]

As a proud Atari Jaguar owner I highly recommend to try the classic "Alien versus Predator" game.

[@thejman4257]

My favorite jag game. So many memories with that one. And of course silent doom.

[@stckyjoey1]

I use to play that game in the dark with the stereo turned up. My little brother was scared but we enjoyed it lol

[@JohnDoe-ip3oq]

And Doom. I believe the graphics were improved over even the DOS PC version in terms of color depth, and Carmack himself helped work on it.

[@slickwilly8333]

I played a ton of VID Grid and NBA JAMS

[@DuckAlertBeats]

Hmm. Classic is a very strong word ;)

[@ttebroc235]

Tempest2000 alone is worth it for the Jag :) many hours played

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

And along with it, Raiden, Alien vs. Predator, and id's own ports of DOOM and Wolfenstein 3D. Iron Soldier was also incredibly popular.

[@garytwiss1]

Amazing game music was pretty cool. Gaz 46 years old

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

A few months ago I stopped by this little thrift store down the street from my house and was shocked to see that they has STACKS of Jaguars New In the box unopened! this shop also had stacks of Playstation 1's new in the box as well as N64's! I bought a Jaguar, N64 and playstation for 80$ out the door. I'm loving the Jaguar and the only games the shop had was Doom, Aliens vs Predator and pole position.

[@romanzelgatas]

What? Tell us more about this store of magical ￦izards

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

Eric Garman Stockton California, but they have since sold everything

[@jamescrowley8598]

Fantasy world dizzy was first game I played on Commodore 64 and Amstrad 464

[@danestegman155]

Nice video! Glad you got a Jaguar. I bought mine when they first came out. Still collect for it today!

[@jakemeals]

"Do The Math!"

[@noxnc]

Most ironic slogan ever😆. They should’ve taken their own advice.

[@JazGalaxy]

@@noxnc It was actually a pretty great slogan. It was lying without lying. And it was playing on the unreasonable criteria that gamers used to judge the quality of games.

[@noxnc]

JazGalaxy I was mostly kidding, but I just meant it is ironic that this is the slogan they used for a product that sold poorly and took down the company. If they had “done the math” they would have made different choices and not gone out of business. I was mostly joking though.🙂

[@stillbuyvhs]

Atari Corp was already in trouble; they took one last risk &it didn't pay off. They did leave the market in a relatively good way. They didn't run everything into the ground & go bankrupt; they shut down & merged with another company. This let them pay their employees, shareholders, etc.

[@scottbreon9448]

Meth? No thanks, I prefer LSD... Oh, MATH

[@slapout7]

The Atari Jaguar is one of the few consoles you can legally develop for without a license from the company. Also, thank you for taking the time to use the controller before commenting on it. I always thought it was comfortable. I'm tired of seeing people knock it without every having used it

[@gametourny4ever627]

Get AVP, Tempest 2000, and Raiden. Some good ones for the jag.

[@duncanself5111]

Speedball 2 is a classic! One of my top 10 all time games. It's a brilliant 2 player game and the single player has a surprising amount depth to it with training up and buying players on the transfer market. Big ups to the Bitmap Brothers!

[@rocker11281]

And it is best played on the Amiga or the PlayStation...

[@deg6788]

Speedball 2 on thé megadrive was an pretty epic port !!

[@PanzerSeven]

9:55 literally the game from Grandma's boy.

[@timberry3509]

I was looking for this comment lol

[@stillamitchinmybook6320]

Thank you!! My God I couldn’t find this comment I’m these aren’t mid 30’s gamers watching this cuz they would know about the greatest video game movie ever made! Amateurs.. the lot of them!!

[@WIDERisBETTER]

Wow I am surprised you didn't actually have one. I have been a hardcore Jaguar collector and an owner originally since 1995 and still have all my original stuff and over 60 Jag carts and over 100 CD games for it. I'm like the Metal Jesus of the Jaguar!

[@robertt9342]

Something I really like about this channel, is An impression I get from MJR in that while he may like to "collect" consoles and games, he actually likes to play the use the consoles and play the games.

[@rickyrosay33977]

I know many people that only collect the consoles and games and don't like to play them they only collect to collect me on the other hand I use my 3do and Japanese sega saturn (I was born in 96) and I actually love playing them

[@bigrich439555]

Frog feast was in the movie Grandma’s Boy.

[@zeelong1589]

@Tong Zou i agree. I friggin love that movie!

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

Did they ever release that on Blu-ray? I swear it's only on DVD and the cable channels...

[@draculabyte7252]

Nice pickup, love the Jaguar logo and overall look of the box! Nice to see my design at the Portland expo. Any more photos of this event with you?

[@Jackie_Fhan]

Which design you refer to?

[@draculabyte7252]

@@Jackie_Fhan He has on one of my designs, he is wearing the Mega Rockman shirt. (as seen in the image he shows of him at the expo)

[@videogameobsession]

Instead of svideo I highly recommend tracking down a GEN2JAG adapter. They pop up on eBay. This plus an HD Retrovision component cable will give you a much nicer RGB quality output. This can also be combined with a RetroTINK-2x.

[@MesquiteKevin]

I've wanted a Jaguar since I first tried a demo of AVP when it was released. I couldn't afford it then and probably can't afford it now with such demand in retro gaming. After watching this, I might have to disregard my gaming budget and just get one.

[@ChrisDoesTV]

Nice Jason, you actually bought something! - Welcome to the club :)

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Never seen my pickups videos? I buy shit all the time LOL

[@ChrisDoesTV]

@@MetalJesusRocks Yeah that is a fair response. You know why I said my previous comment and as valid as that may or may not be, it wasn't a very positive thing of me to displace on you. I apologise.

[@Gator49er88]

Idc how much everyone hates on the jag, I love that system, still one missing from my collection

[@Parialated]

16:44 "Sometimes a lotta joy can be found with something that's a little bit off-beat" thats gonna be my pickup line lmao

[@VideoGameVotary]

What's strange is I was just saying to myself that I've never seen you do a review or buyer's guide for the jaguar. Then I look through your videos and saw that very video from 11 years ago. Fast forward, you buy one. Great video! It's currently my holy grail item. I also picked up soccer kid but for the Panasonic 3do. Good pickup man!

[@Tom_Van_Zandt]

Back around 2008 and before it wasn't even a Holy Grail item...You could get the console with 2 controllers and a couple of games off ebay for around $50. Now it's ridiculously expensive because of KZbin and the game collecting renaissance.

[@derekned]

The 3DO version of Soccer Kid is great, definitely the best version.

[@hugopolo-lecoffredugeek8318]

Thanks for all your work on this video. Very informative 👍

[@Pixelmusement]

I get the feeling you'd really like "Base Wars" over on the NES as it's a Baseball / Giant Robots / Fighting game hybrid. ;)

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I've heard that before. I'll need to hunt down a copy. Thanks!

[@KomradeMikhail]

Base Wars is an amazing game. As a baseball fan, it was my favourite baseball game during the NES era. But as soon as you discover the inherent flaw, of the pitch that is impossibe to hit... it loses all replay value.

[@Color-Theory]

I love ADG! Nice to see you over here.

[@Sirmeatwad]

@@MetalJesusRocks Base Wars was one of my childhood favorites

[@MySalsaSalsa]

He might like Bill Lambeer's Combat Basketball on the SNES too

[@johnrose4572]

A big problem with the "64-bit" promise of the Jaguar was that the rushed development of the hardware left the next-gen chips ("Tom" and "Jerry") poorly documented and buggy, forcing developers to rely on the back-up Motorola 68000 (16-bit) for most of the processing -- resulting in a slew of games that all-too-closely resembled their 16-bit rivals.

[@Part_Time_Fox]

I haven't watched the full video yet but imma yell GET TEMPEST 2000! Edit: Watched it, saw no Tempest I shall now cry

[@MetalJesusRocks]

The game is on the list to buy ;)

[@Part_Time_Fox]

@@MetalJesusRocks awesome!

[@Tom_Van_Zandt]

That's one of about a dozen good games on the console.

[@KomradeMikhail]

@@MetalJesusRocks And a custom spinner wheel modded controller for use with Tempest...

[@jascadet]

I still have my Atari Jaguar... I bought it in 1993 for the Alien vs Predator game, which was amazing.

[@MarkFreak12]

That telephone keypad would come very useful for old FPS games like Doom to swap weapons.

[@CPS2]

It is used exactly like that in Jag games. Doom and AvP used it to instantly switch weapons. MJ kinda screwed up by downplaying the keypad.

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

The older consoles had those keypads. The 2600 had keypad controllers and the Mattel Intellivision, Coleco Colecovision, and the Atari 5200 all had them built into their controllers. It was definitely useful with the overlays.

[@johncross1341]

As great as it is that people are still releasing for the Jaguar, those ports show one of the key problems with the machine. The two custom RISC processors generally got ignored in favour of the 16 bit 68000 that was so familiar to developers. So yeh, great for ports from the ST or Amiga but not exactly flexing the Jags muscles.

[@ernestmiller5954]

Bought one when it released, wasn’t very impressed but then got hooked on Tempest. I also bought the cd add on when it was released and was even less impressed. Still collecting for it though, check out Iron Soldier... great game.

[@hanningtonthegreat]

Downfall on Jag CD (homebrew) is quite possibly the best thing since sliced bread

[@davidbarlee4722]

It was a crazy time in gaming and people were spoilt for choice with new consoles coming out ( 3D0, CD32, Saturn, PlayStation, neo geo CD and probably more I can’t remember ). I never bought a Jaguar at the time for probably 3 reasons : 1) most of the games were ports and although the new exclusives looked cool there weren’t enough of them coming fast enough. 2) we were in a stage of CD being the format of choice going forward and spending another £200 on the CD bolt on was a lot of extra money. 3) everyone know Atari were in financial trouble so it was unlikely to win the console war. I went for a PlayStation as they were very clever with their marketing strategy of showing off the console before release in night clubs and pubs and cool new games including wipeout with its sound track , they targeted the 20 something year olds with cash in their back pockets . Sony were the first people to make gaming on a console to anyone over 18 years old not just be socially ok but even managed to make it cool. Man how times have changed !

[@SnipingIsFun]

Oh man....clean shaven MetalJesus. It has been forever since then.

[@chrishexx3360]

Alien V Predator was amazing on this console. I'll always have great memories of that game.

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

I had an acquaintance who almost dropped out of university over his obsession with the game. He sketched out the levels and played it for hours at a time. I loved the game but I wasn't anywhere as obsessed about it as he was. And then he sold his whole Jaguar set-up for money to buy the PS1 at launch. Fargin' icehole...

[@IvoryTowerCollections]

Some of my favorites on the Jag along with Tempest, are also the ST ports like Star Wars & Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters. You should get a hold of a rotary controller as well as Rebooteroids and Tempest play soo much better with one! Iron Soldier was also mentioned, but if you do get a Jag CD, my favorite game on that is actually the sequel to Cybermorph called Battlemorph and is vastly better compared to Cybermorph.

[@atarijaguarsgarage8873]

It's interesting to note that Total Carnage and Soccer Kid are not homebrew games. They were developed by professional studios for Atari and later rediscovered and published as aftermarket releases.

[@EnigmaticPlay]

Oh man this really made me want a Jaguar! I loved the Amiga back in the day so it’s really cool to see Amiga ports on this. The home brew games look fantastic. - Edward

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

Ruiner Pinball was converted to the Jag back during its original shelf life. Thought I'd mention that...

[@bejizzel34]

I plan on pick up this System in 2 weeks even though I have not tried it I love the way the whole system looks

[@onenessseeker5683]

specsavers dude

[@mumfnah]

Viewing Jaguar from back, doesn't look too far from the PS5 prototype we've been seeing eh Those vents and that cut out shape

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Wow... yeah, now I see it! HAHAHA

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

@@MetalJesusRocks it wouldn't be a first that SCEA took case design ideas from Atari Corp. After all, the Sony PS2's case design was based upon the case [the "MicroBox"] of the unreleased Atari Falcon040 computer. Many Atari Corp employees went to work for SCEA as Atari Corp was shutting down. And that's in addition to all of the ex-Atari Inc employees [Mark Cerny, Jerry Jessop, etc] that were already employed by SCEA.

[@WoodenBoatGuy]

The Jaguar is the only system that I used to have and now regret selling, especially with all the home-brew titles available.

[@4thcoming]

Florida Keys Wooden Boat Fishing Emulation and Roms...

[@vigoroushero8623]

Oh my God! Cybermorph the AVGN had some choice words for that game. 😂

[@MikeSparksMusic]

vigoroushero 88 “Ahhh! That voice!”

[@craiganderson7986]

Back in the day all consoles had a pack-in game so you could start playing right out of the box. Cybermorph was that game and it looked and played like nothing I had ever seen before! I couldn’t stop until I beat it-good times!

[@ThePaulcarter35]

Love the jaguar, always held a certain mystique back in the early-mid 90s - ahead of its time

[@msbae]

You need to go out and get the following titles ASAP: Alien vs. Predator Defender 2000 Doom Iron Soldier Tempest 2000 Wolfenstein 3d Trust me. Those 6 are easily the Jaguar's best.

[@megabiv3246]

My brother had AvP back in the day and it was awesome if incredibly difficult. Dino Dudes is also worth a pick up.

[@FantasyVisuals]

Super Burnout and Chequered Flag easy bash half those.

[@rhettoric]

eKane Pegg you made me look up the fact that there are some places that actually use that different spelling of “checkered”, but I can’t believe there is any place in this world that would really believe that Checkered Flag, with its absolutely horrendous frame rate and even worse control would ever be even remotely considered as a good game let alone one of the system’s best.

[@FantasyVisuals]

@@rhettoric Chequered Flag on Jaguar runs at around 18 fps . The controls can be tweaked , I don't struggle with them at all. the biggest problem is the game is too easy. Better than Iron Soldier defo

[@ShrtRndKid]

I loved Frog and Flies on Atari as a kid. My grandparents had a 2600 and all the grandkids would sit around the TV and play at holiday get togethers.

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

When explaining RF to young uns, you might need to explain what a crt is. 🤣

[@bangerbangerbro]

CRT hasn't been gone for long enough for young people to not know what they are. Explaining RF isn't dependent on CRT either.

[@ezioauditoredafirenze5453]

@@bangerbangerbro That depends on what you consider young. If we think that young is 15 years old, then it's likely that he or she doesn't know what CRT is. I agree you on that RF thing.

[@adsjones1984]

I got a jaguar and cybermorph for a birthday when my parents couldn’t afford a PlayStation, I loved it and had forgotten about it until your video! Thank you I want one again

[@SongbirdPro]

Great video! Thanks for showcasing some Songbird titles, and I'm glad you're enjoying the new addition to your collection. :)

[@davidprodigy5833]

I loved the Jaguar's TV commercial marketing.

[@asakapala12345678]

I remember when AVGN said that the design of an Atari Jaguar looks like a toilet seat.

[@Benobot99]

And then in the Jaguar CD episode, he takes a "dump" on the Jaguar CD, haha.

[@VidweII]

@@Benobot99 mmm...Snickers...

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Especially with the CD attachment! LOL

[@CPS2]

@Mark Priest You are kidding of course?

[@CFWhitman]

I have a Jaguar that I acquired back when it first came out. It was a pretty capable piece of hardware at the time. However, Atari had trouble gaining a lot of software support. One reason was the obvious that Atari was an underdog at the time, and that meant there was no user base to attract developers. However, many new systems face that issue and still succeed. There were two other problems. The first was that it was not simple to develop for. You could easily make or port games using the 68000 processor that it contained, but those games would be basically 16-bit games using a small fraction of the system's power, and those detracted from its reputation as a more advanced system. To use the custom 64 and 32 bit processors that it contained as well, you had to learn the system, and that was more complicated. Developers don't like complicated development, especially for a custom chip (standard chips mean you are learning to develop for several systems). The second problem is that Atari didn't really have enough in house or contracted game development talent to attract buyers with great games. They had Jeff Minter, of course, and they managed to get some third party developers to come out with very good games, but it wasn't really enough. The final nail in the coffin of Atari was their deal with Walmart. They put a lot of money into building up inventory to sell at Walmart locations during the Christmas season of 1995. The system did not sell as well as they had hoped (of course), but the deal with Walmart allowed Walmart to ship back all unsold inventory whenever they wanted without making any further attempt at a sell-through. Walmart did this right after Christmas. This meant that a lot of Atari's money was tied up in inventory that wasn't even readily available for sale (approximately 100,000 units after having sold 125,000 altogether up to that point). They basically had no choice but to fold up and sell off assets at that time. They could have continued to make a go of it if they hadn't put so much of their money in inventory for the Walmart deal. It seems doubtful that this would have changed things in the long run for Atari. More likely it would have just allowed them to limp along for a few more years, but we'll never really know for sure. The deal with Walmart was a familiar issue with dealing with them at the time for smaller companies (most smaller than Atari was at that time). They would encourage you to provide them a lot of inventory, but if it didn't meet sales expectations, they would drop you like a hot potato with no attempt to sell the remaining inventory since they had the ability to just ship it back instead. A book publisher that almost went bankrupt after making such a deal published a book about this and other business practices of Walmart that they thought were harmful. I believe it was called _How Wal-Mart Is Destroying America_ or something like that.

[@larrymelroy5687]

I have a jaguar I'm my garage somewhere even have the cd player that plugs into it I should dig it out and play it

[@JasonVoorhees10100]

No joke the cd workings worth like 1000 (cdn)

[@malakzero5175]

Ive always wanted a Jaguar, congrats on the pickup! When I got to play one at SoCal Retro Game Expo, what suprized me the most was how light the controllers are! O_O

[@tiagoj8020]

DOOM deathmatch on the atari jaguar was amazing! You can connect to other tvs if you have 2 or more jaguars that is. It was the most fun EVER! We played 4 player deathmatch with 4 different jaguars and tvs! You should try it with your friends jaguar and hook it up!

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

Battlesphere could connect 16 Jaguars together for a total of 32 players. Granted, the legitimate game cartridge can run $500, the CatBox adapter can go for $500 each, and the ProControllers were going for $500 until the homebrew reproduction run happened two years ago. So crunch the monetary value of 16 Jaguars, 16 Battlesphere catridges, 16 Catboxes, and 32 ProControllers! Total insanity!

[@chipmichael8121]

I have just recently purchased one and am excited to dive into what the console has to offer great video!

[@dent20111]

I really can’t see any difference with the “smoothing”

[@shanobian]

Yeah it's minimal

[@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism]

I can see it but remember youtube compresses the video so hard that things like this wont appear to be so drastic as they are in person on his tv screen.

[@tinfoil209]

I think it's smoootthing...

[@franciscocaro2666]

Watch in 1080 at 60fps

[@MaxiM_PL]

Maybe try watching it on a screen bigger than 4 inches.

[@chriscorsello]

I have owned a Jaguar since the 90s. I had an Atari Lynx and it absolutely blew away the Gameboy, and yet, hardly anyone (in California at least) knew about it. Every time I pulled out the Lynx people were like, "whoa, is that from the future?" and/or "Atari is still around?" So when the Jaguar came out, I was super excited, it looked really promising and as an Atari fan from the early 80s I was really hoping they would make a come back... even still when I got one at the time I was pretty disappointed. Games looked really good from the magazines or the back of the box... but when I got them home I rarely found much entertaining game play. Some looked good, but weren't much fun to play, other were fun to play, but looked like garbage. The notable exception was Alien vs Predator, but I think everyone knows that. I'll have to look through my games, as I got quite a few of them when they started clearing them out, but almost none stick out in my mind. Glad the home brew community is doing something with it, because of their lousy development kit and poor support few game designers ever really took advantage of the architecture and just leaned on the 6502 processor which did not make it stand out from the crowd of consoles. Good video, thanks for sharing.

[@MrMysterious420]

3:07 Where did YOU learn to fly?

[@briansivley2001]

AVGN:Where did you learn to be a asshole?

[@shifty2755]

You must be the billionth person to say this shit and repetitive quote. Congrats

[@MrMysterious420]

@@shifty2755 Thank you :)

[@shifty2755]

@@MrMysterious420 You're welcome 👌😘

[@barrybear2012]

I had my original Jaguar from 1994 to 2012. I sold it in a charity auction and donated the proceeds to the ADL in memory of Jack Tramiel who had passed away a couple months prior. Last week, I picked up a Jaguar which rhe seller was selling "for parts or repair". Turned out that the Jaguar wall wart had gone bad (probably leaked capacitors). I plugged in my NES wall wart, and it powered right up. So far I have collected AVP (which the seller included), Cybermorph (I actually like that game), Doom, Iron Soldier, Checkered Flag (still loathe the steering mechanics), Hover Strike (did not own thay back in the day), and Flip Out (another guilty pleasure).

[@michaelpegasiou4531]

I bought one of those on release day,mine had an rgb scart cable.The games were all pretty bad and the pad was terrible but I liked the game overlays for all those rubbery calculator keys.No way this was a proper 64 bit system it was eaten alive by ps1 which was 32 bit.without doubt the worst console I ever owned and not even as good as an Amiga in my opinion.

[@CPS2]

@Lassi Kinnunen It does.

[@michaelfedorsha8147]

I was always rooting for the Jaguar since day one, glad to see it gets a little bit of love now.

[@ronnybeaulieu1029]

I have a Jaguar CD games sucked but homebrew is great.

[@biggdigg84]

This brings back memories. Got one for Christmas back in '94, along with Doom and Kasumi Ninja. Loved my Jaguar!

[@rodcooper7532]

YES... I HAD kUSUMI NINJA AS WELL AND ULTRA VORTEX

[@biggdigg84]

@@rodcooper7532 yup, I had Ultra Vortek too. Those games were so bad, but at the time they were great.

[@rodcooper7532]

@@biggdigg84 exactly lol

[@nightruler666]

MJR: "I think it's impossible to own every game console" John Hancock: "Im about to end this man's whole career"

[@djpywell]

last gamer: "who is john hancock"

[@Robin-lz8wz]

I have my dad’s old jag and also the jag cd as well as a jag tap and four controllers (two regular and two pro). I now play the jag regularly and I love the console and especially tempest 2000. I love that you make a video about the jag because of the fact I have one. Thanks!

[@Trainy2]

Crazy they shipped with rf like something from the 80's

[@Trainy2]

I got a playstation in 1995 and it came with A/V cables if I remember correctly. I just think Atari was being cheap

[@retrosoul8770]

Even the Snes and Gen were being shipped with composite cables Im pretty sure

[@mrmerlin6287]

@@Trainy2 My N64 came with RF

[@Trainy2]

@@mrmerlin6287 With the foggy graphics of the N64 that's understandable lol

[@jontaejohnson21]

Oh my gosh. I remember my mom getting me this for Christmas as a kid, I had no clue what game it was but this system was most definitely a gem of it's time. I had busby and I absolutely loved that game. Till this day Idk what my mom did with my Jaguar system.

[@bangerbangerbro]

Most definitely not a gem. But cool.

[@miniflamingo9299]

I loved “bingles farming world” it was truly ahead of its time. I used to play it all the time.

[@Kstrader23]

Wow. I though you already had one. I recommend some others. Iron solider 1 or 2, tempest 2000, alien vs. Predator, fallen angels, there are tons of mediocre games that were impressive back in the day and good for a play or two.

[@SneedyKetler]

Kevin Strade these are all good titles. Alien Vs. Predator was a minor classic and Tempest 2000 was a great remake of the arcade classic

[@SneedyKetler]

Rayman was the best platformer, but not easy to find

[@taylernordenger1215]

Nice pickup! Wish I could have stayed longer at the PRGE to see your panel.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

It was a great panel. I'm going to try and upload the footage if I can find it

[@d00m3fanatic]

Atari Jaguar: Exists Audience in their head: "Where did you learn to fly?"

[@BuzzsawGaming]

I LOVE my Atari Jaguar! ❤ I feel like it’s the most retro of retro consoles and it’s finally getting the recognition it deserves! 🎉 I remember seeing the Jaguar and games on the shelves like it was yesterday. 🎉

[@SuaveCerealKiller]

I owned one long ago and was disappointed by most of the games.

[@hondamanvtec2894]

Why were you disappointed? It was shit from the first day it came out in the mid 90s

[@GordonBraicks]

Yes! Speedball 2 Brutal Sports was fantastic. Played it on Amiga en ST. It had great music soundtrack.

[@Chino-Kafu]

I remember asking for this for xmas glad I didnt.

[@pfromdapab]

Last year at PRGE I was there at your panel. I remember saying to you guys on the panel that I was a big time Jaguar collector and I think it was John Riggs kinda said under his breath “I’m sorry” like i was collecting junk. Funny, but there is a lot of fun to be had on the Jaguar and I’m happy your starting to get into it. Good things being done today for it. Especially at Reboot

[@briangriffin5701]

"Where did you learn to fly."

[@heavenlysammich8052]

Where did you learn to fly

[@dzeroprime1500]

ah, I see you are a man of culture as well

[@rimjobledouche5201]

There's a hilarious tidbit regarding Cybermorph. Dave Halverson, Editor-in-chief of Gamefan, notoriously gave an absolutely glowing review of Cybermorph, leaving many people scratching their heads. Truth was one of the junior editors had spiked the coffee pot with LSD, and had led to Halverson having a transcendental, otherworldly experience with the game. The shimmering review was the result.

[@smittenthekitteninmittens2679]

it's only "soccer" in America....since our football came first i think we get the right to call it by its proper name!!!

[@smheath]

It is not only soccer in America. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the Philippines all call it soccer. And even the UK called it soccer until the 1960s.

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

If it's not rugger it's just not important.

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

"Soccer" was the term previously used in the UK for it. That's where we in the US got the term from. Look it up.

[@captain4825]

Wow never really knew much about this system. Thanks for sharing this video! Love the custom games so much.

[@watdahel]

I cried when my mom got me a Jaguar 64 when I really wanted the SNES. Now I miss the Jaguar 64.

[@Guncannon]

Isn't Jaguar actually cost more than the SNES?

[@watdahel]

When it came out it wasn't that hot. I wanted to play mario. Today it's very collectible and rare to find even on ebay compared to the snes.

[@FelixGameRoom]

I've had mine for a year or so. I like it even though I don't play it too often. It outputs really clean picture via RGB scart. I don't even have to upscale it to make it look good.

[@joseluki]

Terrible software, terrible hardware, terrible gamepad, pass.

[@jhainje83]

But the smoothing

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

Great review, MetalJesusRocks. I would suggest buying the reproduction ProControllers from AtariAge's Store. There was such a huge demand for the improved Jaguar controllers that they were selling used on eBay for up to $500 each so a determined member of the homebrew community raised the funds to recreate them and have a new production run on them for more reasonable prices. And as of today, I've seen one of them modified to use a thumb stick instead of the DPad. A lot of the games being converted over from the Atari ST and [Commodore] Amiga computers are being done by Cyrano J and his allies. He's a master of the Jaguar's DSP chip and so he's been able to get it to play back audio from many different sound chips such as the Atari TIA, the Atari POKEY, Commodore SID, the DAC used in Williams arcade games and "pins", the YM2149, the YM2151, and the Amiga PAULA. So in a lot of these Jaguar conversions, he'll throw in options to play the games with the different audio sound chip versions. Plus, a lot of the games have tweaked graphics. The Atari ST conversion of Gauntlet II threw in support for the Jaguar's TeamTap so 4 players could play [the original Atari ST and Amiga versions required an adapter to their Parallel Printer Port(s) for 2 extra joystick ports]. AtariAge sells an adapter to plug in the Amiga or Atari ST Mice to play Defender of the Crown with. And SainT/RetroHQ's Jaguar SD Cartridge Adapter is almost complete. SainT famously developed the excellent SD Adapter for the Atari Lynx. Rebooteroids is called that because it was programmed by the Reboot group.