Hey guys! Here's something that kept me busy and it's something that various members at AtariAge started and i wanted to do 'cause some people ask about emulators for the Atari Jaguar and which one is the best one to play if you don't want to shove out a lot of cash for a real system or until SainT's SD Cart comes out. I did this on my own for the Jaguar Sector III crowd and i thought it would be cool to share this. Here's a list of games that do or don't work for the multiple emulators i tested my collection of ROMs. As of 07/28/2017: ===Project Tempest=== (NOTE: some games may require a download adress so here it is: 0x04000): - Alien Vs. Predator (works but the sound is not like on the real deal and sprites shows noticeable black outlines). - Atari Karts (barely playable, after you start any cup the game crashes). - Attack of the Mutant Penguins (after the intro, the title screen glitches off and after pressing B, it crashed). - Arena Football '95 (it works until the first catch of the ball happens). - BattleSphere (it doesn't recognize the ROM). - Brett Hull NHL Hockey (it doesn't work). - Breakout 2000 (after a few seconds of gameplay, it crashed). - Brutal Sports Football (it works but it sounds pretty off-key). - Bubsy in Fractured Furry Tales (works great but with a slight imperfection on the screen). - Barkley Shut Up and Jam Alpha build. (it works but after selecting a stage, it crashed). - Black Out! (while i don't have the ROM for the game, i did remember seeing this running on the emulator somewhere WAY BACK in the day. Apparently it worked flawlessly). - Beebris (it works pretty well). - Cannon Fodder (works but with slight imperfections). - Cybermorph (it works until you start any mission and then crashes). - Checkered Flag (it works but with very slight imperfections). - Club Drive (it works but it's glitched up beyond belief). - Club Drive Beta (same as above). - Dark Guardian Ep.1: Unknown Enemy (it works but it's glitched up beyond belief). - Defender 2000 (works but it's very glitchy). - Degz (it works pretty well but it doesn't have sound). - Doom (it works and runs great). - Do The Same (it works really well). - Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls (it works and runs good). - Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (it works with slight imperfections). - Downfall (unsurprisingly, it works). - Evolution: Dino Dudes (after passing the menú screen, it crashes). - Flashback: The Quest for Identity (it works pretty well). - Fever Pitch Soccer (it works and plays pretty well with some imperfections). - Fight for Life (after you choose your character, it crashes). - Flip Out! (crashes before you see the company's logo). - Full Circle: Rocketeer (it Works but it doesn't have sound and it has some minor glitches). - Frog Feast (it works but without sound). - Hyper Force (it crashes before you start the game). - Hover Strike (it crashes before you start the mission). - I-War (it works but the 3D models are barely visible, rendering the game almost unplayable unless you remember the positionment of the enemies). - Iron Soldier (it crashes before you start any of the missions). - Iron Soldier 2 (same as above). - International Sensible Soccer (it works but with various imperfections). - Jaguar Tetris [Jagtris] (glitched up beyond belief before you even start...and then it crashes). - Jaguar Space Invaders (it works flawlessly). - Kasumi Ninja (it crashes before you start the fight). - Kobayashi Maru (it works but it's glitchy). - Missile Command 3D (text is glitched up beyond belief, Original straight up doesn't work due to the very glitched up screen. 3D is playable but it's glitchy. Virtual crashes after completing level 1). - Missile Command VR (same result with Virtual mode). - NBA Jam T.E. (it doesn't work). - Native (it crashes if you don't start the game quickly. Otherwhise it Works but it's missing some graphical effects and it's glitchy). - Painter (works but the sound doesn't work sadly). - Power Drive Rally (it works but after a few seconds of gameplay, it crashed). - Pinball Fantasies (it works but it's glitchy). - Project One (it works). - Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (after pressing start, it crashes). - Protector & Protector S.E. (they don't work). - Raiden (works but with slight imperfections). - Ruiner Pinball (it doesn't work). - Rayman (it works until it randomly crashes). - Slam Racer (it crashes if you attempt to access any of the menus). - Skycopter II (it crashes before you even start playing it). - Speedster II (same as Skycopter). - Super Burnout (works but it's very glitchy, sounds horrible and after the first race, it crashes). - Supercross 3D (it crashes before you start a race). - Syndicate (it works well enough). - Skyhammer (it doesn't work). - Space War 2000 (it works but it's very glitchy). - Tempest 2000 (do i really need to say it?). - The Maxx (it works but it's glitchy). - TRF Alpha build. (it doesn't work). - TRF Beta build. (same as above). - TRF HVSCMAZE demo (same as above). - Tiny Toons Adventures: Plucky Duck in Hollywood Hijinks (it works). - Theme Park (works but after a few moves on the map, it crashed). - Troy Aikman NFL Football (it works pretty well with some imperfections). - Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy (it works but it's glitched up beyond belief). - The Assassin pt.2 (it works with various imperfections). - Ultimate Brain Games (it doesn't work). - Ultra Vortek (it works with some imperfections). - Val'd Isere Skiing & Snowboarding (despite the screen being off-center, it works, sounds and plays well). - Worms (it crashes after the Team 17 logo). - Wolfenstein 3D (it works well enough). - White Men Can't Jump (it doesn't work). - Zero 5 (crashes after you pass the title screen). - Zool 2 (it works but after a few minutes of gameplay, it crashed). - Zoop (works but it's very glitchy and doesn't have sound).
===Virtual Jaguar=== - Aircars (it doesn't work). - Alien Vs Predator (it works but framerate is slow and it gets worse on the predator and alien ships). - AVP Beta #1 (it works but goes faster). - Arena Football '95 (it works but sprites are not visible and the controls go hairwire). - Atari Karts (same as above). - Attack of the Mutant Penguins (it doesn't work). - Action Fighters (it works). - Barkley Shut Up and Jam Alpha (it works but the menus are glitched up up the ass and the game plays way too fast for it's own good). - Barkley Shut Up and Jam Beta (it doesn't work). - BattleSphere (it works but you can't get past the menu screen). - BattleSphere Gold (same as above). - Beebris (it works without issues). - Black Out! (it works but the screen doesn't show absolutely nothing). - Breakout 2000 Beta (it doesn't work). - Breakout 2000 (it works but the sound emulation is borderline fatal). - Brett Hull NHL Hockey (it works but once you get past the Dynacam screen it crashes). - Brutal Sports Football (it works really well!) - Bubsy in Fractured Furry Tales (it works just as well as in PT). - Cannon Fodder (it works but it has some lag issues in the control, which is absolutely unforgettable). - Checkered Flag Alpha (it works with some imperfections). - Checkered Flag (it works but it play way too fast and the controls are somewhat stiff). - Club Drive Beta (it doesn't work). - Club Drive (it barely works before it crashes). - Cybermorph Alpha (it doesn't work). - Cybermorph 1MB & 2MB (same as above). - Dark Guardian Ep.1: Unknown Enemy (same as in PT). - Defender 2000 Beta (it works well enough) - Defender 2000 (same as above). - Degz (it works). - Downfall (it works). - Do The Same (it doesn't work). - Doom (it doesn't work). - Double Dragon V (it works well enough). - Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (it works but it's glitched up). - Evolution: Dino Dues (it works really well!) - Expressway (it works). - Fast Food 64 (works well enough). - Fever Pitch Soccer (works well but the controls are somewhat messed up). - Fight for Life Alpha (it doesn't work). - Fight for Life Beta (works good but it plays too fast for it's own good). - Fight for Life (it works but the menu is glitched up, and the game plays too fast for it's own good. Also the controls are messed up, making it unplayable). - Flappy McFur (it works flawlessly). - Flashback: The Quest for Identity (it works well enough). - Full Circle: Rocketeer (it works but the sound emulation is awful). - Frog Feast (it works). - Gryzzles (it works well enough). - H.E.R.O. Demo (both work well enough). - HMS Raptor (it works). - Hover Strike (it crashes the emulator). - Hyper Force (after the briefing screen, it crashes). - I-War/Netwar (it works better than on PT but not by much, it plays way too fast and it has some graphical & sound errors on display). - International Sensible Soccer (it works well enough). - Iron Soldier (same as in PT). - Iron Soldier 2 (it crashes). - IK+ (it works but it has some display issues). - J_ Demo (it works). - JagMatch (it works well). - Jaguar Development Club Demos (they don't work). - Jaguar Hockey League '13 & '15 (after the Dynacam screen they crashed). - Jaguar Space Invaders (it doesn't work). - Jaguar Tetris (it crashes the emulator). - Jetpac (it works). - Joust (it works) - JagWorm (it doesn't work). - Kasumi Ninja Beta (it doesn't work). - Kasumi Ninja (it works but it has some graphical glitches and the selection screen moves slow). - Klax (it works). - Kobayashi Maru: Final (it doesn't work). - Kobayashi Maru (it works). - Llamatron 2112 (it works) - Mercenary: Escape from Targ (it works). - Metro-Cross (it doesn't work). - Missile Command 3D (Virtual mode controls sluggish, making it unplayable, the same goes to 3D and Original). - Missile Command VR (same as above). - Moon Patrol (it works). - Native (it doesn't work). - Ninja Mission (it works but it has display issues). - NBA Jam T.E. (it works well enough). - Ozmosys 3D (it doesn't work). - Outrun (it doesn't work). - Painter (it doesn't work) - Phase Zero (it doesn't work). - Pinball Fantasies (it works but it has serious sound issues). - Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (it works but somehow the controls are sluggish in the emulator). - Project One (it works). - Power Drive Rally (after the introductory map sequence it crashes). - Protector S.E. (it works really well). - Painter SE (it works flawlessly). - R-Type (it works but it has serious display issues and controls even worse). - Raiden (it works but the controls are somewhat screwed up). - Rayman Beta (it works but it has the same issues with the final version). - Rayman (it works but it seems that there's some parts of the game that you can't get through, because it crashes the game). - Ruiner Pinball (it doesn't work due to the game disabeling the M68000 after the startup). - Revenge of the Mutant Camels (it works). - Rick Dangerous (it works but plays way too fastfor it's own good). - Rocks Off! (it works). - Skycopter II (it doesn't work). - Skyhammer (it works but after a few seconds of gameplay, it crashes). - Speedster II (same as Skycopter II). - Slam Racer (it works but before the gameplay even starts, it crashes). - Soccer Kid (it works pretty well). - Solomon's Key (it works). - SpaceWar 2000 (it works pretty well). - Spikey in Transylvania (it works). - Star Wars (it works with some serious display issues). - Stormbringer (it works). - Super Burnout Beta (it crashes). - Super Burnout (after the menu screen, it crashes). - Supercross 3D (it works with serious graphical and sound issues). - Superfly DX (it works). - Surrounded (it doesn't work). - Syndicate (it works pretty well). - Tempest 2000 (it works but it has problems working here, unlike PT). - The Assassin pt.1 & 2 (they don't work). - The Maxx (it works well). - The Quest (it works but after the 2nd leve it crashes). - Thea Realm Fighters (Alpha: it works but it's glitched up the ass. Beta:it works but it's very glitchy. HVSCMAZE: it doesn't work). - Theme Park (it works but it's glitched up). - Tiny Toon Adventures (Plucky Duck in Hollywood Hijinks: it works). - Total Carnage (it works well). - Towers II: Plight of the Stargazer (it barely works). - Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy Beta (it works well). - Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy (same as above). - uFly (it works). - Tory Aikman NFL Football (same as in PT). - Ultimate Brain Games (it doesn't work). - Ultra Vortex (it doesn't work). - Ultra Vortek (same as above). - Virtual VCS (it works). - VX Pong (it doesn't work). - White Men Can't Jump (it doesn't work). - Wolfenstein 3D (it doesn´t work). - Worms (it works really well). - Val'd Isere Skiing and Snowboarding (it works but unlike in PT, VJ screws the animation of the hills, making it unplayable). - Xenon 2: Megablast (it works well). - Zero 5 (it works...until you arrive at the canyon rally sequence..). - Zool 2 (same as in PT). - Zoop (crashes after the "Licensed by Atari" screen).
===Phoenix Emulator Project=== ==Commercial & Post-Releases== - Air Cars (it doesn't work). - Alien Vs. Predator (it works great but has speed issues). - Atari Karts (it works great and it never crashed!). - Attack of the Mutant Penguins (it works nearly flawlessly!). - BattleSphere (it didn't worked on my computer). - BattleShere Gold (same as above). - Black Out! (it works great but with speed issues). - Breakout 2000 (it runs but has speed issues). - Brutal Sports Football (it works nearly flawlessly). - Bubsy in Fractured Furry Tales (it works nearly flawlessly). - Cannon Fodder (it runs nearly flawlessly). - Checkered Flag (it works almost without issues). - Club Drive (it works great but with issues). - Cybermorph 1MB (it works but has speed & sound issues). - Cybermorph 2MB (same as above). - Defender 2000 (runs great). - Doom (it works but plays too fast). - Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls (it works). - Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (it works nearly flawlessly). - Evolution: Dino Dudes (it runs nearly flawlessly but with the small iusse of being a Little off-screen). - Fast Food 64 (it runs well enough but some of the graphics are screwed up). - Fever Pitch Soccer (same as in VJ). - Fight for Life (it works but has issues). - Flappy McFur (it works but runs awful). - Flashback: The Quest for Identity (same as in VJ). - Flip Out! (it works really good, played it until the end but there's some issues with the speed, the music not playing properly and in the last level with the King it starts flickering like crazy!). - Full Circle: Rocketeer (it works). - Hover Strike (it crashes before you land a planet). - Hyper Force (it works but has speed issues). - Iron Soldier (sadly it's the same as in VJ). - Iron Soldier 2 (same as above). - I-War (same deal as in VJ). - Kasumi Ninja (it works nearly flawlessly). - Missile Command 3D (Original: it works but has serious speed issues. 3D: same as original. Virtual: same as the VR build but runs worse). - NBA Jam T.E. (it works but has speed issues). - Painter (same as in PT). - Painter S.E. (same as in VJ). - Pinball Fantasies (it runs flawlessly). - Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (it works well enough). - Power Drive Rally (runs nearly flawlessly! played it until the end). - Protector (it works great! - Protector S.E. (same as above). - Raiden (it runs nearly flawlessly, played it until i beat it). - Rayman (it works almost flawlessly...if it wasn't for the issue that if you press left and right in desesperation, it crashes the game). - Ruiner Pinball (it works but it has speed & sound issues). - Skycopter II (it hangs on for some weird reason...). - Skyhammer (it works but has serious sound ans speed issues). - Speedster II (same as above). - Soccer Kid (it runs nearly flawlessly). - Super Burnout (it works better than in PT and VJ!...if it wasn't for the speed issue). - Superfly DX (it works well enough). - Supercross 3D (it works nearly flawlessy!). - Syndicate (it works just like TP!). - Tempest 2000 (it works but has the same issues as in VJ). - Theme Park (it works great). - Total Carnage (it runs nearly flawlessly). - Towers II: Plight of the Stargazer (it works but has display and some speed issues). - Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy (it works flawlessly but here's the very strange thing: it runs on a letterboxed format! played it until i beat it). - Troy Aikman NFL Football (it works well enough). - Ultra Vortek (it runs nearly flawlessly!). - Val d'Isere Skiing and Snowboarding (same issue as SB). - White Men Can't Jump (it works but with some issues besides the speed). - Wolfenstein 3D (it works but has speed issues). - Worms (it works great). - Zero 5 (it runs nearly flawlessly and it also loaded the tunnel sections without too much issues!). - Zool 2 (same as in VJ). - Zoop (it runs nearly flawlessly!). ==Alphas, Betas & Demos== - Arena Football '95 (it works but after a few second of gameplay it crashes). - Barkley Shut Up and Jam Alpha (it works but crashes before the match starts). - Brett Hull NHL Hockey (it runs but has speed and display issues). - Club Drive Beta (it works but has display issues). - Defender 2000 Beta (it's works really well). - Missile Command VR (same as in VJ). - Slam Racer Demo (it works!). - Super Burnout Beta (same as the final versión). - Thea Realm Fighters Alpha (it Works but you need a second player to even start a match). - Thea Realm Fighters Beta (same as above). - Thea Realm Fighters HVSCMAZE Demo (it works but plays too fast). - Tiny Toon Adventures: Plucky Duck in Hollywood Hijinks (it works well enough). - Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy Beta (it runs well enough but some of the graphics are screwed). - Ultra Vortek Beta (it runs pretty good). - Ultimate Brain Games (it didn't worked). - Virtual VCS (it works well enough but has issues). - Virtual Xperience/VX Pong (it doesn't load). ==Unreleased & Unfinished== - Native (runs flawlessly!). ==Homebrew== - Dark Guardian - Episode 1: Unknown Enemy (it's more stable here but it has some new issues). - Degz (it works). - Downfall (same as above). - Jaguar Hockey League '13 & '15 (same as BHNHLH). - Jaguar Tetris (FINALLY! it works but it has some serious speed issues). - JagWorm (FINALLY! I managed to play it but it doesn't play the sound effects and it has some slight speed issues). - Jetpac (same as FC:R). - Kobayashi Maru (it works). - Project One (it works). - μfly (it didn't work). - Surrounded (it works but has some serious issues). - The Maxx (it works well enough). - The Quest (it works). That's all for now...Hope this helps!
Why is it that out of 3 emulators, none of them can play even half the games right? Is Jaguar emulation that difficult or is it that nobody has really bothered to emulate it well?
Simply put IMO, it could be that nobody is bothered to make it so (with the exception of PEP and a upcoming one called Chocolate Jaguar). I believe that the other reason goes to that there's not a demo that can test the hardware of the system. That being said, the Phoenix emulator does show a lot of promise. Playing Zero 5 here without crashing is a blast...if brutally difficulty XD.
New android jag emulator called iratar jaguar , plays every game I've thrown at it , great speed although I'm using shield to.
I think it's supposed to have kind of a wonky design. It may also be poorly documented. Both are serious issues when it comes to emulation.
Here's the thing, there's good documentation of the system by the original team who did the hardware + the other ones by the old homebrew developers but there's another issue and it's that the Jaguar hardware design is both complex and buggy (since they couldn't iron out the remaining bugs that caused development of games difficult, moreso than the Sega Saturn).
