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Go ahead and give it a play and submit your score. You will still get a point for participating.

I love Resurgence. It’s easily the CD that has seen the most use on my JagCD. Unfortunately it shares the high score table with the regular game.

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It's pretty much Iron Soldier with upgraded graphics. IS2 is a nice graphical upgrade over IS1. IS3 is probably an even more substantial improvement. Other than that it is a very similar experience.

Like Machine said pressing '0' in a lot of games toggles music on and off. I'm not sure if this is true of Zool 2. It is not mentioned in the manual. The manual does say that the volume of sounds and music can be adjusted in-game. To adjust music volume hit 'Pause' and then hit 'A'. Here is the relevant page in the manual.

I look at the radar to watch for clear areas. It seems like staying near the top is better than staying near the bottom since they bounce and break into many pieces but you do risk getting hit by one as it drops without enough time to dodge. I have not discovered any sure strategy. I get to wave 19 with plenty of lives but I end up losing them all because of the meteor shower on that level.

Stupid meteor showers.

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The meteor shower is the only thing I really don’t like about this game. It just doesn’t seem like a fair mechanic. The only strategy I have come up with is to navigate by radar. That still isn’t a foolproof approach though.

It was the last game I needed to complete my collection. At the time I could get the jewel case version no problem and the price wasn't too bad. I had to have the longbox to consider it complete though and it took me quite a while to be happy bidding on one. Ultimately I think I paid $125 to finish the collection up. I wasn't too happy with that price but it didn't seem like the situation was going to get any better so I went for it. As for the game itself... I'm not crazy about these games. They can be frustrating indeed. The animation really is great though.

This game is a blast. Light miles more fun than Defender 2000. 195,500

I like all three but I would put Iron Soldier 2 on top.

Awesome! I will have to get my skunk out and give it a go.

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The Doom wiki does not list that track: https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Atari_Jaguar#Soundtrack

Jaguar HSC used to award a participation point if you submitted a score for any of the season's games after the round was over. I guess that was dropped from the rules some time ago.

I really like the Tower table. It's good fun.

I have been collecting for Jaguar since it was on store shelves. Once the bargain pricing ended prices have only ever gone in one direction. Jaguar seems impervious to market trends. People have long predicted the peak of Jaguar prices and it defies those predictions again and again. Maybe you're right or maybe the Jaguar is just an enigma.

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I have played a few games but I haven't gotten a score worth posting yet. I have always liked the Tower table better than the Ruiner table and that is still true today.

Has anyone compared textured ball to normal ball? Does it make any difference to the framerate? I know that in World Tour Racing turning off the road textures improves the framerate.

Why would you do this to us?

I do think a good balance is key. Participation seems to be lower for non-retail games. At the same time we have been doing HSC for a long time and the retail games have all been played. That doesn't mean there isn't more fun to be had with them.