Mr.JT

I came across the Jaguar Doom2 ROM hack the other day, and have spent hours since playing it on my gamedrive. I always go back to Doom, but this was like getting a whole new game even if it isn’t ‘complete’ Made me think, is there a list of similar ROM hacks (ie., changes to existing games) or a best of… and if not, what do people think? (I couldn’t find one with some ‘moderate intensity’ searching… imagine if there was a best of list that hadn’t been done before…!) I’d think the Doom2 one would probably feature near top of the list given all the new content (at least until slayer edition is released), but im aware of the checkered flag controls hack too - making a game much improved; a different kind of hack. Thoughts?

I think this is an interesting point. (I’m not against the VCS and personally enjoy mine, even without having tried a lot of the extra functionality installing new OS’s brings). I just found it interesting the CEO being supposedly quoted as implying software was potentially going to be more the future for Atari (perhaps).

I’m going for CD add on! 😜

Doesn’t sound like much future for VCS / hardware… describing the VCS performance as struggling and not unique enough… https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/gaming/atari-ceo-hopes-to-win-back-players-support/ar-AA19YJC1

So it seems, after a lot of testing, the top options for a 4 year old (based on a data point of 1!): - Val D’sere skiing (on training mode) - Super burnout (I thought this would be too hard but the sort of auto steering meant she didn’t really need lightning reactions or actually even be steering in the right direction sometimes!! Thanks for all the suggestions

This…! I’ve done exactly that a few times!

Checkered flag has gone down well! Precisely for the reason grown ups hate it - it’s impossible to control so you get ‘cool flips’ of the car

Sorry took me a while to get back on the Jaguar! It’s somewhere in zone 3, Jericho, top right of the map…. The centre point is around the 3 round looking buildings not the white square which is a bit misleading. Can anyone point to where the objective is on here!? (I found an open area on the roof here which I’d not found before. Shot out like 38 turrets but still didn’t find a ‘shed’?!).

I've looked but without success for a guide to Skyhammer (assuming its maybe not needed as most levels are obvious)? However I'm stuck in Jericho trying to find the 'hidden weapons sheds' in Zone 3. The mission where you are supposed to find them, destroy them and then take one of the weapons to use in 'part 2' of the mission. I've literally looked everywhere and can't seem to find them - anyone have any clues / can point to it on the map!? Thanks! JT

Maybe this whole thread becomes a new type of review… opinions of a 4 year old… so far Atari karts is “fun but slightly ‘noyyin’ 😅

I was actually wondering about this one too. Might try it. (Once I’ve explained what a bazooka is and why a worm wants to shoot it at another worm lol)

So on moving some boxes my 4.5 year old daughter bizarrely homed in on my Jaguar. Once we got past the “funny wires” and a game being inside an actual piece of plastic I realized I couldn’t really find a suitable game to try as everything is, well, quite hard We played Atari Karts for a bit which was ok after a lot of practice, but even then the flat obstacles seemed unfair on a 4 year old! Vid grid seemed like another possible one but I couldn’t find the power adapter for my CD unit. Are there any good simple games suitable for smaller children to try learn? I’m assuming if there are they are probably home brew as nothing in the commercial catalogue really stands out. Thanks! (and hopefully a ‘best game’ list that maybe hasn’t been done a million times - couldn’t find one when I searched!) JT

i have a cardboard boxed version. whats quite interesting about it is its not the normal oversized boxes the CD games like primal rage all have... its the size of a cartridge box. but also has the CD case inside it!

I had Graham Gooch on the ST years back... loved it. particularly the 2 player.Broke multiple joysticks over the years with it as you had the waggle the joystick left and right as fast as possible to bowl faster or spin the ball more, or run between the wickets. Not sure it would have translated as well to the joypad?!