This looks a lot like Virtua Racing mixed with Gungriffon. I have Iron Soldier 3 on the PS1, and its a handfull of a game, even with the twin stick controller. I still quite like it though.
Mighty impressive for the Jag, considering how it wasn't very powerful in the 3d department. I'd even say the N64 would be pressed to do a game like this
Quite interesting. I'd never thought of the Jag as a 3D machine. The graphics look sort of like a half way house between the 16 bits and the later hardware accellerated machines like the Playstation. I suppose it's probably closest to some of the 386 VGA stuff that was floating around at the time.
@rhydermike In reality, it is a halfway house between the 16 bit machines and the later stuff. Like many systems, if they'd released it a year or so earlier, it probably would have done really well.
this game looks really fun i missed this hidden gem when i had the short lived jaguar. only had alien vs predator , kasumi ninja, doom and that flying game that came with the console
@malc1976 It was great being on the podcast malc, I really enjoyed it, and enjoy listening to it.
I actually like the sound, oddly. The hissing kinda makes me think of listening to medium wave radio back in the 80s, and that's just brilliantly retro :D
Wow, a Steve Benway video where he didn't get killed once!
Seriously though, that game looks like a lot of fun and it runs very smoothly. And that robot reminds me of Tranzor Z (an 80's cartoon show which was based on the 70's manga & anime Mazinger Z in Japan).
This looks really cool. It reminds me of some of the old Amiga 3D games. I'm sure this is technically better than what the Amiga was capable of but the flat shaded polygons give it a similar feel. I would like to pick up a Jaguar at some point, as it was something I wanted to buy back in the day, and I think this is something that I will try to get for it when I do.
@gamerslivingroom A souped up A1200 could manage this fairly well, if they dropped the gouraud shading. It'd probably need a minimum of a 50MHz 68030, and more likely an 040 or 060 to run smoothly.
I'm finding quite a few Jaguar games have quite an Amiga feel to them, which is nice, as I'm a big Amiga fan :D
@wrestletube1 It's not the same chip as the Amiga sound chip. Commodore and Atari were arch rivals and the Amiga chipset was a highly prized piece of intellectual property.
There's a very interesting thread on the atariage forums about the Jag sound capabilities at
Your podcast was great. It was tripping all over the place in sound quality though over some of the more recent 1HMPS podcasts where the sound quality is perfect.
@wrestletube1 I dunno what was going on with the sound. May have been my mic, as my audio sounded worse than malc's. It's odd, as it sounded like an old medium wave radio show.
This guy put those monsters from Rampage out of a job. It was pretty sad, really. Due to the Iron Soldier's immense building-smashing capabilities, they were deemed surplus to requirements and had to be put down.
Graphics remind me of an old TV show I watched a few times when I was younger named Virtually Impossible. It wasn't that great but looked cool.
Although i never had a jag, this reminds me of the old mechwarrior games on pc which I did enjoy immensely. Oh and shame about the rioting/looting. Was listening to five live when it went down and also some of the discussions afterwards... No comment. /facepalm
Tell you what is nice and sorry if someone has already pointed this out. Ultimately this is a FPS, and how many FPS's do you know, apart from the Halo games. where you can look down and see you legs?
Put COD on and back yourself into a corner and look down to see what I mean.
I'm a tad disappointed with the Jaguar really. I would enjoy this game, but sadly when I think of 90s gaming, I'm biased towards the PS1 which came out the same year this game was released. While the PS1 sported off full textured polygons with shading, this had mostly flatshaded polys with little texturing and shading, which an Amiga two or three years prior could pull off. But then again, games came on carts and not CD so flatshading instead of texturing probably saved space. I give it a C+ :)
Thanks for the demo, I only vagely remember this title, I more remember the Aliens vs Predator one. Have always wanted one of these, but they are really rare in AUS, so if I ever do decide to get one I will probably have to import one. There seems to be a few available in the US, how common are they in the UK?
@electricadventures They appear on ebay on a pretty regular basis, though prices vary a lot. A boxed mint one could fetch around £50 or so. Unboxed but tidy ones sell for less.
@pundewhee The slow pace and flat shaded polygons do give it some of the feel of Hunter, though this seems more simplistic in it's "walk around and destroy everything" style of gameplay.
@Guttermouth It plays really well. Perhaps a little slow in places when you look for that last building to trash, but when things get moving, it's great. Definitely the Jaguar at its best.
@Starxxon Gouraud shading can look wrong one some low poly count objects, like those trees, but it works well on others, like those chimneys. Probably one where they should try it and see, and not just use it for the sake of it.
I know what you mean about the "in between" thing. I see the Jaguar as being along the same lines as the 32X in terms of performance.
@lettersfromtheleft I never saw it in the arcades, and it's probably just as well. There's something very appealing about fighting robots. I think I'd have spent daft amounts of money too.
@MooreGamesJay Of the games on the Jag that aren't on a dozen other formats, many are very mediocre, so the system was never a "must buy"... but this game is good :)
You are the only person I'd ever watch playing Jaguar games ^_^. Gouraud shading it's the next best thing to texture mapping. Yeah don't talk politics here, you could lose a lot of friends with that :). I'll say one nice thing about Iron Soldier, it shows off the 3D hardware in a respectful fashion.
Very interesting game. I had no idea there were this good games on the Jaguar. :)
What surprised me more was this video, I wasn't expecting one for a few more days. I keep watching (5-10 min at a time) of your hour long week long video and lost track of time. :)
Man, Atari heads sure had them shoved inside a camel's ass to manage to ruin the company.
@Trusteft What happened to Atari was quite tragic. But it had always been that way, right from the start. They struggled.... boomed briefly, and then proceeded to go bust after bust after bust for the following decade.
This actually looks like a lot of fun. An unusually fun looking game on the JAG. I know that other classic Mech games from the Genny/SNES era seem to screeem for an analogue stick. How comfortable are the controls on this? Do they get confusing? Playing Quake 2 in digital mode felt really REALLY weird.
@pocketmego The controls weren't at all what I'd have expected, but they were pleasingly effective and didn't make me want to pull my hair out. Not bad at all really.
Who doesn't love giant robots? The robot fist looks like it's stroking the buildings to death rather than hitting them though. Have you played any of the Mech Commander games on the PC? They're fairly similar in concept.
Trashing stuff is indeed fun, when it's fake. How distasteful would it be to suggest a game based around looting? A bit like Grand Theft Auto, but not grand or auto. So just theft... and arson... and being stultifyingly moronic. Crap Theft Moron.
I haven't played any other Mech games... well... some Super FX thing on SNES that I couldn't get to grips with and Virtual On on mame, which I also couldn't get to grips with... but thing else.
@AtsumaKarin I was entirely lost for words. Not through lack of practice but through feeling a little ill. Couldn't even tell you what was wrong... I just wasn't feeling right. Much better now though :D
@Polaventris Don't worry it's picked up in sound quality mate, Steve's one is two months old done whilst they were ironing out their sound quality and put up late because it's a guest podcast and they put one a month on whenever there is any in line. I think you'll enjoy listening to it on a regular basis as I do.
The manipulator. Looks more like he is manipulating himself.. if you know what I mean.
xebek 4 months ago
The robot hand looks like it is petting the houses.. "Nice housey housey..."
carm3d 5 months ago
This looks a lot like Virtua Racing mixed with Gungriffon. I have Iron Soldier 3 on the PS1, and its a handfull of a game, even with the twin stick controller. I still quite like it though.
Monacomaverick 6 months ago
Exploding trees is a completely normal thing in real life.
16mes 6 months ago
Lets Travel back in Time back to 1999
FindJesusNOW220 6 months ago
Watching this video makes me want to play the game. Definitely one of the best titles on the system, in my opinion anyway.
austinmackert 6 months ago
looked fun to play.
murrayefc78 6 months ago
Looks really nice visually, like the shaddowing.
28steryan 6 months ago
Do The Math!! 64bits !!!! :-)
paulspydar 6 months ago
Mighty impressive for the Jag, considering how it wasn't very powerful in the 3d department. I'd even say the N64 would be pressed to do a game like this
Infinitrium 6 months ago
Quite interesting. I'd never thought of the Jag as a 3D machine. The graphics look sort of like a half way house between the 16 bits and the later hardware accellerated machines like the Playstation. I suppose it's probably closest to some of the 386 VGA stuff that was floating around at the time.
rhydermike 6 months ago
@rhydermike In reality, it is a halfway house between the 16 bit machines and the later stuff. Like many systems, if they'd released it a year or so earlier, it probably would have done really well.
SteveBenway 6 months ago
this game looks really fun i missed this hidden gem when i had the short lived jaguar. only had alien vs predator , kasumi ninja, doom and that flying game that came with the console
filosofia0098 6 months ago
Looks a bit BATTLEZONE - gone Mad. Steve Benways NEWSROUND!!! : )
broken1394 6 months ago
Thanks for being on the podcast Steve and the shout out here it was great haveing you on the show.
The sound quality was my fault sounded fine when we was recording
Andy worked really hard to clean the sound up.
editing the podcast is really hard to do ive been trying myself on the latest one we recorded and made a mess of it twice.
Never played Atari Jaguar before but its got some good games shame it failed
malc1976 6 months ago
@malc1976 It was great being on the podcast malc, I really enjoyed it, and enjoy listening to it.
I actually like the sound, oddly. The hissing kinda makes me think of listening to medium wave radio back in the 80s, and that's just brilliantly retro :D
SteveBenway 6 months ago
Excellent vid dude!
AfroedNinja 6 months ago
Wow this looks great. Got to pick me up a Jaguar and this game.
MrStephen182 6 months ago
Wow, a Steve Benway video where he didn't get killed once!
Seriously though, that game looks like a lot of fun and it runs very smoothly. And that robot reminds me of Tranzor Z (an 80's cartoon show which was based on the 70's manga & anime Mazinger Z in Japan).
kevin12567 6 months ago
This looks really cool. It reminds me of some of the old Amiga 3D games. I'm sure this is technically better than what the Amiga was capable of but the flat shaded polygons give it a similar feel. I would like to pick up a Jaguar at some point, as it was something I wanted to buy back in the day, and I think this is something that I will try to get for it when I do.
gamerslivingroom 6 months ago
@gamerslivingroom A souped up A1200 could manage this fairly well, if they dropped the gouraud shading. It'd probably need a minimum of a 50MHz 68030, and more likely an 040 or 060 to run smoothly.
I'm finding quite a few Jaguar games have quite an Amiga feel to them, which is nice, as I'm a big Amiga fan :D
SteveBenway 6 months ago
Atari Jaguar actually used the AMIGA's sound chip which is why all the music that was released from the system is in Mod format.
wrestletube1 6 months ago
@wrestletube1 It's not the same chip as the Amiga sound chip. Commodore and Atari were arch rivals and the Amiga chipset was a highly prized piece of intellectual property.
There's a very interesting thread on the atariage forums about the Jag sound capabilities at
atariage[dot]com/forums/topic/179872-jag-sound-capabilities/
SteveBenway 6 months ago
Your podcast was great. It was tripping all over the place in sound quality though over some of the more recent 1HMPS podcasts where the sound quality is perfect.
wrestletube1 6 months ago
@wrestletube1 I dunno what was going on with the sound. May have been my mic, as my audio sounded worse than malc's. It's odd, as it sounded like an old medium wave radio show.
I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
SteveBenway 6 months ago
This guy put those monsters from Rampage out of a job. It was pretty sad, really. Due to the Iron Soldier's immense building-smashing capabilities, they were deemed surplus to requirements and had to be put down.
Graphics remind me of an old TV show I watched a few times when I was younger named Virtually Impossible. It wasn't that great but looked cool.
Hindleyak 6 months ago
Although i never had a jag, this reminds me of the old mechwarrior games on pc which I did enjoy immensely. Oh and shame about the rioting/looting. Was listening to five live when it went down and also some of the discussions afterwards... No comment. /facepalm
IrenicusFTW 6 months ago
Great video. I like that the running time is 13:37!
Rieder73 6 months ago
Tell you what is nice and sorry if someone has already pointed this out. Ultimately this is a FPS, and how many FPS's do you know, apart from the Halo games. where you can look down and see you legs?
Put COD on and back yourself into a corner and look down to see what I mean.
LeShark75 6 months ago
There needs to be more giant robot games.
Gooberslot 6 months ago
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starblazers1969 6 months ago
I'm a tad disappointed with the Jaguar really. I would enjoy this game, but sadly when I think of 90s gaming, I'm biased towards the PS1 which came out the same year this game was released. While the PS1 sported off full textured polygons with shading, this had mostly flatshaded polys with little texturing and shading, which an Amiga two or three years prior could pull off. But then again, games came on carts and not CD so flatshading instead of texturing probably saved space. I give it a C+ :)
senorverde09 6 months ago
Thanks for the demo, I only vagely remember this title, I more remember the Aliens vs Predator one. Have always wanted one of these, but they are really rare in AUS, so if I ever do decide to get one I will probably have to import one. There seems to be a few available in the US, how common are they in the UK?
electricadventures 6 months ago
@electricadventures They appear on ebay on a pretty regular basis, though prices vary a lot. A boxed mint one could fetch around £50 or so. Unboxed but tidy ones sell for less.
SteveBenway 6 months ago
Knowing nothing about the game or the console, except what I gathered from this vid, this reminds me of Hunter.
pundewhee 6 months ago
@pundewhee The slow pace and flat shaded polygons do give it some of the feel of Hunter, though this seems more simplistic in it's "walk around and destroy everything" style of gameplay.
SteveBenway 6 months ago
I'm actually surprised at how good it looks and (seems to) play.
Guttermouth 6 months ago
@Guttermouth It plays really well. Perhaps a little slow in places when you look for that last building to trash, but when things get moving, it's great. Definitely the Jaguar at its best.
SteveBenway 6 months ago
Okay graphics for the time. Video seems smooth and fluid, and it's truly 3D.
17R3W 6 months ago
@17R3W Yup... right up my street :D
SteveBenway 6 months ago
Very nice vid for polygons!
0000Ishbo 6 months ago
@0000Ishbo Polygons FTW :D
SteveBenway 6 months ago
I find that gouraud shading is not well suited for very low polygon models, I'd rather have flat shaded polygons in these conditions.
Nevertheless, I love seeing Jaguar games as they were in a sort of "in-between" era when 3d console games were just beginning.
Starxxon 6 months ago
@Starxxon Gouraud shading can look wrong one some low poly count objects, like those trees, but it works well on others, like those chimneys. Probably one where they should try it and see, and not just use it for the sake of it.
I know what you mean about the "in between" thing. I see the Jaguar as being along the same lines as the 32X in terms of performance.
SteveBenway 6 months ago
cool looks great nice video thanks
RonnieCoffman 6 months ago
Sorry, commenting during video again! :P
Anyway Virtual On was for the Dreamcast (only released in Japan - sadly) and looked like a fun mecha game that had twin sticks as a DC accessory!
namcos 6 months ago
@namcos I played Virtual On on mame, but couldn't get the controls sorted properly. I think I'd have liked it a lot otherwise.
SteveBenway 6 months ago
@SteveBenway I probably wasted 50 dollars on that game over the years... absolutely LOVED it, even if I could never get past the third stage.
lettersfromtheleft 6 months ago
@lettersfromtheleft I never saw it in the arcades, and it's probably just as well. There's something very appealing about fighting robots. I think I'd have spent daft amounts of money too.
SteveBenway 6 months ago
Game with the twin sticks...Virtual On? or Berserk/Robotron?
Mechwarrior also let you twist the torso whilst going in a direction! :)
namcos 6 months ago
I love this games, still have it
cyrus649 6 months ago
@cyrus649 It's definitely a good one :)
SteveBenway 6 months ago
This was one of the better games for the ill-fated Jaguar. A lot of fun destroying buildings, tanks and other mechs.
DLiberator78 6 months ago
@DLiberator78 I agree entirely. I've got and played a few games on here, and only a minority are genuinely fun. This is one of them.
SteveBenway 6 months ago
There was a not-so-popular sequel called "Iron On Soldier" about an ex marine with a custom t-shirt shop. :D
atarileaf 6 months ago
@atarileaf LOL :P
SteveBenway 6 months ago
Atari Jaguar sounds good, and i wouldnt have mind playing this when i was younger, shame i skipped on it :(
MooreGamesJay 6 months ago
@MooreGamesJay Of the games on the Jag that aren't on a dozen other formats, many are very mediocre, so the system was never a "must buy"... but this game is good :)
SteveBenway 6 months ago
You are the only person I'd ever watch playing Jaguar games ^_^. Gouraud shading it's the next best thing to texture mapping. Yeah don't talk politics here, you could lose a lot of friends with that :). I'll say one nice thing about Iron Soldier, it shows off the 3D hardware in a respectful fashion.
TheBladeJunker 6 months ago
@TheBladeJunker It's probably one of the best 3D games I've played on the system, and definitely shows it at its best.
SteveBenway 6 months ago
Not a bad framerate for an early polygon game.
shaurz 6 months ago
@shaurz Yes, it's surprisingly smooth.
SteveBenway 6 months ago
As I'm a podcast-junkie, YAY, another one...! :D
DocHackenbush 6 months ago
@DocHackenbush I hope you enjoy it. It was fun recording it :D
SteveBenway 6 months ago
Very interesting game. I had no idea there were this good games on the Jaguar. :)
What surprised me more was this video, I wasn't expecting one for a few more days. I keep watching (5-10 min at a time) of your hour long week long video and lost track of time. :)
Man, Atari heads sure had them shoved inside a camel's ass to manage to ruin the company.
Trusteft 6 months ago
@Trusteft What happened to Atari was quite tragic. But it had always been that way, right from the start. They struggled.... boomed briefly, and then proceeded to go bust after bust after bust for the following decade.
SteveBenway 6 months ago
DO THE MATH!
Seriousely the Jaguard was not really better than the 3DO!
mspeter97 6 months ago
@mspeter97 Not remotely, but then it was about 4 times cheaper. Performance wise, it compares with a 32X or an Acorn Archimedes.
SteveBenway 6 months ago
@SteveBenway oh...ok didn't know that...
mspeter97 6 months ago
Nice looking game for the time! And quite good fun Im sure... lots of smashy smashy haha! Cool video Steve, got to love the Jaguar! ;o)
interghost 6 months ago
@interghost You can't beat a bit of smashy smashy :D
SteveBenway 6 months ago
This actually looks like a lot of fun. An unusually fun looking game on the JAG. I know that other classic Mech games from the Genny/SNES era seem to screeem for an analogue stick. How comfortable are the controls on this? Do they get confusing? Playing Quake 2 in digital mode felt really REALLY weird.
pocketmego 6 months ago
@pocketmego The controls weren't at all what I'd have expected, but they were pleasingly effective and didn't make me want to pull my hair out. Not bad at all really.
SteveBenway 6 months ago
Who doesn't love giant robots? The robot fist looks like it's stroking the buildings to death rather than hitting them though. Have you played any of the Mech Commander games on the PC? They're fairly similar in concept.
Trashing stuff is indeed fun, when it's fake. How distasteful would it be to suggest a game based around looting? A bit like Grand Theft Auto, but not grand or auto. So just theft... and arson... and being stultifyingly moronic. Crap Theft Moron.
JimPlaysGames 6 months ago 2
@JimPlaysGames lol @ Crap Theft Moron game title.
I haven't played any other Mech games... well... some Super FX thing on SNES that I couldn't get to grips with and Virtual On on mame, which I also couldn't get to grips with... but thing else.
SteveBenway 6 months ago
A stomp around with gian robot and trash stuff game. Not a bad game for the Jag I say.
markvergeer 6 months ago
@markvergeer It's definitely one of my faves for the Jag, and feels quite polished compared to some of the other games on the system.
SteveBenway 6 months ago
Ah Jaguar footage good, I was hoping you would do some
GamingWithStatoke 6 months ago
@GamingWithStatoke It's a one off, sadly. Just something I picked up before we went on holiday.
SteveBenway 6 months ago
Very Japanese-looking game. Giant Mech walking around blowing shit up? Yeah you can't go wrong there.
neojake999gamer 6 months ago
seems like a very slow paced game indeed! Good vid though. Does this mean we will see a bunch of jag games for a bit :)
gabbogabbo 6 months ago
@gabbogabbo Sadly I have no other Jag games to do vids of at the moment, so this is a one off.
SteveBenway 6 months ago
Yay! Welcome back, Sir Steve! :D
Lol @ your comment re: trashing stuff, I was wondering whether you'd remark on what you did remark about. :P
Also: glad to hear you figured out the name of the game at the end. :P
You seemed a little bit lost for words in this one...literally lol. ;) Don't worry, you'll get back into it!
This game reminds me a fair bit of Blast Corps on the N64. Not exactly alike but the principle is fundamentally the same.
Finally: nice video length! :D
1337 5W1LL! ;)
AtsumaKarin 6 months ago
@AtsumaKarin I was entirely lost for words. Not through lack of practice but through feeling a little ill. Couldn't even tell you what was wrong... I just wasn't feeling right. Much better now though :D
LOL @ the video length. I hadn't noticed that.
SteveBenway 6 months ago
@SteveBenway sorry to hear you weren't feeling so good, man. :( Glad to hear you've recovered now, though!
AtsumaKarin 6 months ago
The podcast was quite fun to listen, although the audio quality was quite far from good.
Got to be a good game when even the trees explode!
Polaventris 6 months ago
@Polaventris I dunno what happened to the sound on there, but it was certainly fun to record :)
SteveBenway 6 months ago
@Polaventris Don't worry it's picked up in sound quality mate, Steve's one is two months old done whilst they were ironing out their sound quality and put up late because it's a guest podcast and they put one a month on whenever there is any in line. I think you'll enjoy listening to it on a regular basis as I do.
wrestletube1 6 months ago