Are Atari Jaguar games region-free?...

[ataridave]

I LOVE my Jaguar, and I'm very curious about this because of a collection video done by a guy from the UK on Youtube. His Jaguar game boxes look identical to mine, where we have the same game, and they come in multiple languaes-as do most of the game manuals I have-in English, French and German.

[Pacmania]

Yep

[ataridave]

Yep

Yep

 

Awesome! I thought this was only the case with the CD-i and 3DO, but this is good news! Because now I can quit ignoring the international listings on Ebay!

[ataridave]

BTW, Tempest 2000 is AWESOME, and one of the best console games I've ever played! IMO, it's worth getting a Jaguar just to own this game! Tempest X3 on the PS1 isn't awful, but it's nothing compared to Temepest 2000! The graphics and gameplay are so much better (including the accuracy of the AI droid) on the Jaguar!

[+Stephen Moss]

Technically all jaguar games are region free however a couple of the Don Bluth CD games (Space Ace and Dragons Lair IIRC) will not run on a PAL Jaguar. As I recall it is something to do with the timing as they are coded based on a 60Hz system not 50Hz, Braindead 13 however does run on a PAL Jaguar.

[danny_galaga]

And there is a multi-region Raiden cart, I think the idea was it would run at full speed on both PAL and NTSC...

Edited May 13, 2013 by danny_galaga

[+rdemming]

Technically all jaguar games are region free however a couple of the Don Bluth CD games (Space Ace and Dragons Lair IIRC) will not run on a PAL Jaguar. As I recall it is something to do with the timing as they are coded based on a 60Hz system not 50Hz, Braindead 13 however does run on a PAL Jaguar.

 

Yes, Space Ace and Dragon's Lair only run on 60Hz. You can add a 50/60Hz switch to your PAL Jaguar and in combination with a monitor or TV that supports 60Hz you can then play these games on PAL Jaguars as well in 60Hz mode.

 

 

And there is a multi-region Raiden cart, I think the idea was it would run at full speed on both PAL and NTSC...

 

There are no "multi-region" carts as such. All carts run on both PAL and NTSC. However of some games (Raiden, Crecent Galaxy, Dino Dudes) there are early releases (without the E extension in the product code) that take no advantage of the bigger vertical resolution of PAL. On PAL these releases will display the screen with a big black border at the bottom. These games were later released (with the E extension in the product code) that display extra lines of graphics on PAL thus without the big black border at the bottom.

 

Robert

[danny_galaga]

Ah, I see what you mean. I was thinking of the Raiden variation in particular. So a pretty dumb idea then

[+Stephen]

BTW, Tempest 2000 is AWESOME, and one of the best console games I've ever played! IMO, it's worth getting a Jaguar just to own this game! Tempest X3 on the PS1 isn't awful, but it's nothing compared to Temepest 2000! The graphics and gameplay are so much better (including the accuracy of the AI droid) on the Jaguar!

You may be happy to know that Minter is currently bringing this game to the Playstation Vita.

[ataridave]

Maybe I made a mistake getting into the Jaguar. The games are great, but they're SO expensive! The two I want to get now are Missile Command 3D and Defender 2000, but I can't find them on either Ebay or Amazon for a decent price.