Stratofall Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 (edited) So I had a Jag, JagCD and around 40-45 games back in the day. I sold it all off at some point around 2000. I recently bought another Jag console and a GameDrive. I didn't realize the homebrew and games released since I never paid much attention to Jaguar stuff until recently. With the GameDrive... Will I eventually be able to play all the homebrew on it? Cart and CD? Am I able to buy just the rom files from the Homebrew creators for the carts or CD's? I would like to support them. The JagCD is so expensive now it's a hard buy for me but I would like to play the CD based games if possible. So.. can I buy homebrew and newly released games to put on the GameDrive to play them that way? So I don't have to spend a fortune looking for a working CD drive? Edited June 24, 2021 by Stratofall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Head to the thread about ST games released on Jag. There are loads of free roms in there of the ST ports. That’s a great place to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 You can also find a few homebrew games for purchase that'll work on the GD cart here: https://orionsoft.itch.io/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosquare Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 13 hours ago, Stratofall said: With the GameDrive... Will I eventually be able to play all the homebrew on it? Cart and CD? Most (if not all) should work fine on it. 13 hours ago, Stratofall said: Am I able to buy just the rom files from the Homebrew creators for the carts or CD's? I would like to support them. Some of them offer that option, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIZZARD77 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Head to YouTube. There are folks that show you how to run CD games from the GameDrive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFG 9000 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Whether the roms are released for homebrew games is up to the developer. Orion has posted roms of his games for sale on his website. There are tons of other free downloads here if you use the search function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratofall Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 Thank you all. That orionsoft looks very cool. Will be buying those up. Also, where is the best place for news on homebrew games for the Jaguar? This forum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Stratofall said: Thank you all. That orionsoft looks very cool. Will be buying those up. Also, where is the best place for news on homebrew games for the Jaguar? This forum? Nowhere else but here. This forum is the main hangout for the Jag community. EDIT: Forgot to say, you can download some freebie homebrew games from Reboot's website: https://www.reboot-games.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratofall Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) So, scouring the net... Especially ebay. Prolly not the smaetest thing. However.... I came.across this seller that has four game discs. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-Jaguar-JagTris-CD-Game-/133799259757?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286 Are these just burned cd's? Or are these actual pressed discs? Also... I decided to complement my console with a JagCD. Just in case there are games that can't be played on the GameDrive. Guess I'm going all in at this point. Edited June 26, 2021 by Stratofall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 You have to be careful buying homebrew off EBay and etsy, let's just leave it at that. Jagtris is one of the earliest homebrews on the Jag, if you want the latest/greatest version of Jagtris, you should buy Loopz from our friend Carl at Songbird: https://songbird-productions.com/product/loopz-jaguar/ That said, you can find the original release out there on the intertubes for download, I believe it is public domain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratofall Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 Is there an issue with counterfit games on the Jag? I have bought several games from Songbird in the past day or two. I already have two of the reproduction Pro controllers. A lot of their stuff is sold out on their site but the songbird ebay account still has some of the stuff available. So I got some from both places. myatari seems like a place to get stuff from as well. I'll most likely scour the threads a bit more. I really want to support the homebrew though. To help encourage more games to be released. I do the same with the TG16/PCE. Is the atariage store coming back at some point does anyone know? I mean... I don't know when they took it down or stopped taking orders. So have no idea how long it's been. But I am more than interested in getting any of the commercial homebrew games through reputable places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 6 minutes ago, Stratofall said: Is the atariage store coming back at some point does anyone know? I mean... I don't know when they took it down or stopped taking orders. So have no idea how long it's been. But I am more than interested in getting any of the commercial homebrew games through reputable places. I'll have the store back online early next week. Just took it down for a few weeks so orders wouldn't stack up while I'm working on getting a large number of pre-order games shipped. We have a large number of newer Jaguar games in the store that we have published, as well as many Piko and Songbird releases. The Jaguar titles that we have published thus far: Rebooteroids AstroStorm Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe Treasure Island Dizzy Fantasy World Dizzy Escape 2042 Jeff Minter Classics reBOOTed Last Strike Brawn and Brains Defender of the Crown (out of stock) And many more are in the pipeline, we'll have more releases this summer. ..Al 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 12 hours ago, Stratofall said: Are these just burned cd's? Or are these actual pressed discs? They are just burned CDs someone made. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratofall Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 Dude .. lol ... Defender of the Crown? Tell me I can get that at some point? I used to play that I think it was on the computer during the DOS days? Maybe 3.1? I don't know... but it would be awesome to see again. I literally just bought whatever was available on the songbird site. I'm so crazy excited I may have gone Jag retarded.... Like I said... I had a lot of Jag games back in the day. But all this new homebrew stuff really makes me excited to try and get back into the Jag hard. I'm the same way with TG16/PCE. I own all that stuff though. Every last piece. 28 minutes ago, Albert said: I'll have the store back online early next week. Just took it down for a few weeks so orders wouldn't stack up while I'm working on getting a large number of pre-order games shipped. We have a large number of newer Jaguar games in the store that we have published, as well as many Piko and Songbird releases. The Jaguar titles that we have published thus far: Rebooteroids AstroStorm Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe Treasure Island Dizzy Fantasy World Dizzy Escape 2042 Jeff Minter Classics reBOOTed Last Strike Brawn and Brains Defender of the Crown (out of stock) And many more are in the pipeline, we'll have more releases this summer. ..Al 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 3 hours ago, Stratofall said: Dude .. lol ... Defender of the Crown? Tell me I can get that at some point? I used to play that I think it was on the computer during the DOS days? Maybe 3.1? I don't know... but it would be awesome to see again. I literally just bought whatever was available on the songbird site. I'm so crazy excited I may have gone Jag retarded.... Like I said... I had a lot of Jag games back in the day. But all this new homebrew stuff really makes me excited to try and get back into the Jag hard. I'm the same way with TG16/PCE. I own all that stuff though. Every last piece. He'll have more copies of Defender of the Crown at some point. Meanwhile, if you have the Jag GD, you can download quite a few fun free games from Reboot's website. That should keep you occupied until the AtariAge store comes back online. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 4 hours ago, Stratofall said: Is there an issue with counterfit games on the Jag? … myatari seems like a place to get stuff from as well. Not counterfeit for the most part, most repros say what they are, but there are a lot of piratical sorts out there selling games without permission. myatari (B&C ComputerVisions) is awesome. You can get Brett Hull Hockey and other prototypes from them if you want physical copies. BHH is basically a finished game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 4 hours ago, Sauron said: if you have the Jag GD, you can download quite a few fun free games from Reboot's website. That should keep you occupied until the AtariAge store comes back online. On the site: Releases / Commercial will also take you directly to the store page for the release - if you purchase from there you can 100% guarantee they are not dodgy knock-offs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripled79 Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 6 hours ago, jgkspsx said: Not counterfeit for the most part, most repros say what they are, but there are a lot of piratical sorts out there selling games without permission. myatari (B&C ComputerVisions) is awesome. You can get Brett Hull Hockey and other prototypes from them if you want physical copies. BHH is basically a finished game. Are there updated roster versions of Bret Hull Hockey? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 On 6/26/2021 at 10:07 PM, tripled79 said: Are there updated roster versions of Bret Hull Hockey? Found this area if people want the updates... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 I don’t see any links for downloads there. That would be neat, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratofall Posted August 1, 2021 Author Share Posted August 1, 2021 I'm getting their. But yes, I need to start getting the downloadable games for the GameDrive at this point. I still have a handfull coming from the Atariage store. And I need to figure out what ones I still don't have. Been having a blast with the Jag and JagCD. Even my wife really hasn't complained about me playing them at night in bed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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