Atari Jaguar
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- For emulators, see Atari Jaguar emulators, and for system information, see Atari Jaguar.
Sure, the Jaguar is not the best console of its time. You might be better off getting a PlayStation, Saturn, Nintendo 64, or even a 3DO. Plus the controller is garbage (the 6-button "ProController" is a bit better), and the Jaguar CD add-on is pretty much guaranteed to not work... so we're not saying you should go and get a Jaguar, BUT if you do have one, there are some very good games that might make it worth keeping.
The list
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Alien vs. Predator | FPS | Play as a Xenomorph XX121 (aka Alien) rescuing the Alien queen, an Yautja (aka Predator) trying to kill the Alien queen, or as a space marine (aka earthling) trying to get the fuck out. Marine campaign is by far the best, although all three of the campaigns are good. Framerate is on the sluggish side though. The same team later made the excellent Alien versus Predator (2000) on PC, pretty much a reimagining of this.
Usually on the Top 10 of Jaguar games lists, even though the ports of Doom and Wolfenstein 3D are definitely better. |
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Attack of the Mutant Penguins | Action | A Jaguar exclusive, you play as a penguin or some cupcake thing and collect treasure, save your penguin friends etc. | 
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Brutal Sports Football | Sports/Action | This game is the tits, and you wouldn't know by looking at it, but this is a must own title, even for non-sports fans. Has little to do with football, and plays more like Ultimate Frisbee, giving it a feel like the cult classic Deathrow for Xbox. Object is to score the ball in the opponent's goal, and do so by beating the hell out of the opposing players, using punches, kicks, and 14 different powerups that appear on the field like bombs and axes. Decapitate an opposing player, and they are gone for good. Win by decpitating every opposing player or having the most points when the time runs out. Intense multiplayer makes this game hold up even today. Only thing holding back is a shitty password system and occassional frame rate problems. | 
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Cannon Fodder | Strategy/Shooter | Basically you control a squad of soldiers, and you have to complete the objective of a mission, divided into phases. Whoever survives the mission gets a promotion and becomes a bit better. Missions get pretty complex and require some creative thinking later on. Also a definite must-have for the Jag. | 
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Defender 2000 | Scrolling shooter | Hugely upgraded port of the arcade classic, from the same guy who did Tempest 2000. Trippy electronic soundtrack. | 
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Doom | FPS | Great port, developed in-house by id themselves! Most console ports of the era (SNES being the exception) are derivative of this one (Engine and Doom 1 Maps). There's no music during gameplay for technical reasons (the DSP is handling collision detection). Just put the excellent PS1 Doom music and you're good to go. | 
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Flashback | Action-adventure | A young secret agent invents a portable device to analyze molecular density, finds that certain people are actually shapeshifting aliens, and they have his memory erased. The best-selling French game ever at the time, and an absolutely fantastic cinematic platformer. Back in the day, those vector cutscenes were utterly stunning! Also released for several other systems (the Mega Drive version is also great and may be the easiest to find, the SNES port is butchered). | 
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Iron Soldier | FPS | Play as a mech in first-person view. Fuck shit up. Though it hasn't aged well visually, it's still a blast to play. Has a sequel which came on cart and CD, thogh the CD version is preferable and easier to find. | 
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Pinball Fantasies | Pinball Sim | Enhanced port of the classic Amiga game, and likely the best game on the Jaguar! | 
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Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure | Platformer | Best version, though the 32X version is close. | 
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Raiden | Vertical Shmup | A good port of the arcade game. Great graphics, no slowdown, perfect music. Only annoying thing is that the score panel takes up a fucking third of the screen. | 
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Rayman | Platformer | Excellent platformer. Considerably easier than the Saturn and PS1 versions, and therefore easier to recommend to a first-time player, but unfortunately lacks the legendary CD soundtrack. Be warned that the Jaguar version costs significantly more due to its rarity. | 
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Sensible Soccer | Sports | Simple, yet terribly addicting. | 
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Skyhammer | FPS | You're in a space ship and you shoot stuff. HUD covers most of the screen, which is annoying, but great fun otherwise. Be prepared to shell out some cash for this one.
From the same dudes behind AvP. |
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Super Burnout | Motorcycle Racing | One of the few awesome racing games on the Jag. Great sense of speed. | 
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Tempest 2000 | Tube shooter | Probably the best game on the console. First of all, this soundtrack is pure awesome. In fact, the soundtrack was even released on its own awesome CD. You play as a ship, fixed on the edge of a colorful "web" and you shoot incoming shit and get powerups. Very addictive. Also on PS1 and Saturn, not to mention the fantastic unofficial PC remake, Typhoon 2001. | 
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Worms | Strategy | Control a team of earthworms and destroy the opposing teams with various weapons at your disposal. A good port of the PC game. | 
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[edit | edit source]| Fifth Generation | ||
| Consoles | 3DO - Commodore Amiga CD32 - Capcom CPS Changer - Atari Jaguar - Casio Loopy - SNK Neo Geo CD - Nintendo 64 - NEC PC-FX - Apple Pippin - Bandai Playdia - Sony PlayStation - Sega Saturn | |
| Handhelds | Nintendo Game Boy Color - Tiger game.com - SNK Neo Geo Pocket - Tiger R-Zone - Nintendo Virtual Boy | |