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I've bought this mostly for the Atari Jaguar (and Lynx) content. So will mostly cover those, rather than much else. So there are a variety of Arcade games, plus games from the Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, 800, Lynx and Atari Jaguar. The Atari ST/STE systems are almost completely ignored, as though they don't exist at all, in terms of there being any games available, but the Atari ST is mentioned extremely briefly in the history section.
You can play and learn about the games and the history of the systems, or you can bypass the history lessons and select the games you want to play directly. There are two options when starting: OpenGL, or DirectX, I went for OpenGL (with Nvidia 2060) and it worked perfectly, whilst DirectX was glitchy in the menus.
So skipping all the other systems, here are the Atari Jaguar games available, with brief ratings from when I originally played them on the console:
- Atari Karts – this is almost impossible to get for a real Atari Jaguar, so it’s good to see here, but it doesn’t compete with Mario Kart (on the SNES) in terms of fun
- Club Drive - this was terrible on the console
- Cybermorph - this was okay
- Dino Dudes - OK
- Fight for Life - this was the "cool" looking game (at the time), but not much fun
- Missile Command 3D - quite good
- Ruiner Pinball - another pinball game, the likes of which you've seen on the Amiga 500 / Atari ST/E
- Tempest 2000 - the best version of Tempest ever, this whole package is worth buying for this alone
- Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy - a forgettable sideways scrolling shooter that I completely forgot about, even after playing it, end level baddies are quite big though
There are obvious omissions from this list, including Alien vs Predator (not included), which was very slow on the Atari Jaguar, but very scary and fun to play. The other game that I think is worth playing on the Jaguar is Super Burnout, which was very impressive and very fast for the time (60fps), but again, not included with this compilation.
Rather frustratingly each Atari Jaguar game you play has the controls assigned to different keys, perhaps there’s some reason behind this, but it does make switching between games frustrating.
Atari Lynx games include:
- Basketbrawl
- Malibu Bikini Volleyball
- Scrapyard dog
- Super asteroids / Missile Command
- Turbo Sub
The best Atari Lynx games are missing, such as California Games, Paperboy, Robotron 2084, and of course as mentioned, all the great Atari ST/STE games are nowhere to be found (Lemmings, IK+, Stunt Car Racer anyone!?).
There are also arcade versions of Missile Command, and Tempest, so there is some duplication. There are also 6 new games, but who wants to play new games, when they want to relive their childhood?
The history included is really interesting, with lots of information including old adverts, old video interviews and features, as well as new stories, interviews and information. There is a lot to watch, and play here!