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Like a woman. Just put a finger in and pull back the flaps.

WTF? That's crazy!

That's would be the ST. (hence the name) Though by that logic, pretty much any 68000 based system was 16/32-bit -68008 is an odd case though. (the Neo Geo was not 24-bit though... that makes no logical sense, it's not like it has a custom VDP using a 24-bit bus or something) I know, right?

These kind of comments show up on every Jaguar video. Either people just saying that the Jaguar sucks and has no good games or the people still under the assumption that the Jaguar is a 16-32 bit system.

I didn't know much about the Jaguar until I was offered a boxed console and 5 games for £100 last year. I didn't have the internet at the time so I couldn't look it up but I knew they were rare so I took a chance and bought it. I remember being anxious on the way back home hoping that it was a good decision. First 2 games I played were Doom and Wolfenstein 3d. Both were awesome and I knew right away it was money well spent. I tried out Cybermorph which I thought was pretty crap at the time, though it's now one of my favourites and also played Alien vs Predator which I thought was quite good at first but it got boring pretty quick. The 5th game I got, I-War sat on my shelf for months as it was sealed and I thought it would be worth a bit of cash, which it isn't really. I didn't like the look of it but one day I couldn't help myself and opened it up. I ended up playing it for about 3 hours straight and being mesmerised by the look and atmophere of it. I was hooked on the Jaguar ever since then.

If you can't get an RGB cable, even composite provides a great picture.

How did you get a sharp picture using RF?

Would the Wii even be powerful enough to run a Jaguar emulator? A lot of PC's have some trouble with certain games.

I've never played this, and probably won't anytime soon. But it's had a big impact on the Jaguar and it's community, so for that... Happy 10th Anniversary! You're Winner!

If I like Checkered Flag will I like this? Both games seem to have same flaws, frame rate and control (due to the frame rate).

Cool. I start getting hammered on the second set of levels. There's quite a jump in difficulty on the second set and I never expect it because the first set is so easy. It's only a couple of planets that give me hassle though.

I will definately get a Pro Controller but I think I'll leave it a while until I've built up a bigger collection.

The controls don't bother me at all. They get pretty sensitive when the car hits top speed but a quick tap of the brakes sorts that out. With corners, I'll approach at high speed, let go of accelerate, tap the brake and then accelerate again through the turn. I still find the S bends tricky but I get that problem on most games. Also the Hairpin on Island Hop.

I would add Val D'Isere to that as well. Man, was I disappointed in that game. I even thought the visuals were mediocre. Yeah, I'm more disappointed with Val D'isere than Checkered Flag. It's ok but really it's only fun for 5 minutes.

Would it have been possible for the Jaguar to pull off Die Hard Trilogy? I'd imagine alot of levels from each game would get axed but what about the graphics and gameplay?

That wasn't neccessary. lol

Checkered Flag doesn't seem to have the twitchy, flickering polygons like I've seen on Virtua Racing, also CF looks like it's pushing more polygons and there's more shades of colours. Also, there's more pop up on VR. Virtua Racing does look better at first because it's brighter and there are more things on the courses but Checkered Flag is technically better, despite the framerate.

I like CF graphics but yeah the audio is average. It's not 'bad', but it's not good either.

Looks like you've come up with a list now but I though I'd post anyway. I'd recommend: Doom- The best FPS on the Jaguar and one of the best ports of Doom Wolfenstein 3d- Very similar to Doom but plays a lot faster. Excellent port. I-War- Takes some getting used to and suffers from a bit of slowdown but it's a unique shooter with bright vibrant graphics. Iron Soldier- One of the best mech games around. Challenging with great graphics. Checkered Flag- Most people hate this game and it does have some flaws, but it's worth a shot. If you can find it cheap, it's worth getting.

Nevermind, I have a vague idea of how that poll would've turned out.

Possibly, but I seem to find entertainment in the majority of terrible/bad/mediocre games. My brain doesn't register the flaws as being that much of a problem. lol But yeah it does help when you expect the very worst.

I was wondering about the 50hz/60hz difference. It seem that it runs faster in the videos I've seen. When I started a race I was thinking 'oh it's not actually that fast'. Whatever the reason, I think this game's pretty good. Thanks for the feedback.

So Checkered Flag arrived today (as well as Val D'isere) and I was eager to try it out to see if it really is that bad. Now, after spending about an hour on it, I don't it's bad at all. I started out doing a practice race on green valley and straight away I'd figured out how to handle the car, when to hit the brakes, etc and did 10 laps, only crashing a few times. I've done 12 proper races now and have come 1st in 10 of them. I don't think the controls are as broken as people say, they just take some getting used to. I think the graphics overall are great, though the framerate is quite bad on a couple of courses. I'm not saying the game is perfect or even great, but I think it IS a good game and I'm glad I got it.

Are the grey button controllers a lot better than the black button ones? I have the black button controller and I think it's great.

How can you sell Wolfenstein?!