Aircars - Atari Jaguar

Aircars for the Atari Jaguar is one of 2 games that supposedly has flawless networking.
The Jaguar has a network hardware bug, which usually makes the network multiplayer games crash (like Doom,) but a group of coders who were working on a game for the Jaguar (BattleSphere) figured out a way to get around the bug and have flawless networking. They incorporated that into BattleSphere and they let the makers of Aircars use it as well.
Unfortunately, Aircars isn't as good as BattleSphere, but I'm looking forward to playing it networked anyway to see if that makes it a little more fun.

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• aircars
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• atari
• jaguar
• jag

[wondermega4ever]

so that game is worth 550$ on ebay and in loose condition???????for this price, I can get a Jaguar...with all great masterpieces like AVP, Rayman and even maybe the CD addon!

[viMasterJag]

@wondermega4ever I haven't seen this game go for $550 on EBay, but I haven't been looking for a couple years. BTW, "loose condition" is the only way this game came. It never had an official box.

If it did go for $550, though, that's because an original copy of it is very rare.

Repros are obviously not as much.

[badbirdkc]

What? Did they just get their secretary to do the voice overs?

[viMasterJag]

@badbirdkc It's possible.

The programming teams back in those days were MUCH smaller than those of today. We're talking generally less than 7 people and a lot of the time less than 5.

[ChicoEdge]

What was that tank doing from 1:19 to 1:27? Laying eggs?

[viMasterJag]

I don't actually want to watch through until that point, but I think you're talking about popping smoke :)

[gatsuuga9]

Target destroyed

[kentatm]

yuck. dreck like this really hurt the Jags rep and sometimes it almost seemed like the VG press was giddy to show this as typical over the good stuff.

it reminds me of that old shooter on I think it was Macs where you were an arrow looking thing and you shot other arrow looking tanks.

[incarnationofsorrow]

It looks like the tank is farting out boulders.

[pasinurminen2233]

The voice sounds like a Filipino tour guide.

[Daemonocracy]

Man I remember wanting this game so bad when I was a kid. There was some cool concept art released when it was officially announced and it seemed like the coolest idea. Then the reviews hit and they were just abysmal, I couldn't risk spending $50 on it when it might have been the only game I got all year. I've always been curious about this one though, but the videos make the gameplay look incredibly bland for it's time.

[dogeymon83]

@wondermega4ever - Yes, even call them if you want. They are the super nicest people ever. The wife is the one who takes the calls generally, and she and her husband made sure for days that my Atari 7800 was fully tested, refurbished, and ready to be shipped before sending it. She even sat and talked with me about the convention in San Jose I met them in. They answer emails back quick. They are only two people, so be a little patient. Heh.

[wondermega4ever]

@dogeymon83 based on your advice...I did have a look. It's true the website is (with all due respect) crap-looking. But it also seems there is a fair amount of games so I should email them to ask directly..their 100% txt is confusing. but thanks again for the website!!

[dogeymon83]

@wondermega4ever - Well look hard. It's run by a married couple who used to have a store but couldn't afford it anymore. Too bad because they own an huge, gigantic inventory of old Atari stuff that they got (forgot how). They're really nice people. But they don't really try hard to make their website anything special. I kinda don't like how they make each page all text. Very hard to read through. But look hard.

[wondermega4ever]

@dogeymon83 thanks!!will do!!I wanna get the CD addon just to play Nativ..maybe I could find stuff on that website then.

[dogeymon83]

It's such a blessing when games let you know a target is destroyed. That's genuine concern for blind gamers who don't have the advantage of sight, and need to know whether or not they destroyed their target.

[dogeymon83]

@badbirdkc - It was actually the programmer's mother.

[dogeymon83]

@wondermega4ever - You can get Aircars for less than $50 from myatari.com

Those two people remain the best people online to get jaguar games from. Incredibly great condition on almost everything!