Serious ninjas in a cruel Krool world: play as Zool or Zooz to banish Krool's shape-shifting henchman Mental Block from six crazy worlds in this challenging and cartoony platform game on the Jaguar. In this episode, I cover a little history of Gremlin Interactive, describe the colorful levels and inventive enemies, list some amusing instrument names from the .mod file metadata, and gush about cheat codes. Also included in this episode is some excellent feedback from Lost Dragon, Wade, Jon, and Doctor Clu! Stick around after the Zool 2 coverage for an announcement, a couple barely-related stories, and a surprise mash-up, which is made slightly less surprising by being mentioned here. Full show notes are available at http://atariage.com/forums/blog/615/entry-13511-16-zool-2/   Next episode: Val d'Isère Skiing and Snowboarding

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 Wait, another Atari game compilation? Is there anything to distinguish Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration from all those that came before? Is it worth our time and money? Do these people even get why we so love Atari? Tempest 2000 answers these questions for us: "YES! YES! YES!"  This deep dive into Atari 50 walks through the entire experience, not just Jaguar, but reviewing "reimagined," analyzing arcade games, perusing the platforms, and tackling the timeline. Some bugs are found, sure, but also a few delightful surprises.  Also included is feedback from Richard, Nick, and Editorb! Full show notes are available at  https://forums.atariage.com/blogs/entry/18634-s03-atari-50-the-anniversary-celebration/   Next up: JaguarCD and Virtual Light Machine! 

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Who says you can't teach an old cat new tricks? Probably nobody. That's not a thing. But what is a thing, a very cool thing, is the Jaguar GameDrive from RetroHQ: a custom cartridge that lets you load games, demos, and homebrew from a microSD card. And speaking of homebrew, we also talk about homebrew, including detailed coverage of not one, not two, but eleven games and demos, all made available from RetroHQ.  As if that weren't enough, we also have some top-quality feedback from Louis, Sloth Machine, and Editorb!  All that plus storytime  and maybe Jesse Eisenberg in this special episode of the Atari Jaguar Game by Game Podcast.   Full episode show notes are available at  https://forums.atariage.com/blogs/entry/18459-s02-retrohqs-jaguar-gamedrive-11-homebrews-demos   Next Episode: Special coverage of  Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration 

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Use slick animation, vibrant colors, and a complete lack of limbs to defeat the evil Mr. Dark in Rayman! In this giant-spiky-fruit-sized episode, we learn the history of Ubisoft as well as Rayman's platform-hopping path to production. We then walk through the game, compare the different ports, find a Portuguese typo, and cover more previews and reviews than you can shake an Electoon at. But don't shake Electoons, kids, they're our friends.  Also included is feedback from Clinton, Roberth, Bill Kendrick, Greg, JB, Weird and Retro, cubanismo, RollOut, DoctorClu, tripled79, Justin, Sabertooth, TrekMD, SuperRetro64, Arethius, and Brian in Albuquerque! Full show notes can be found at https://atariage.com/forums/blogs/entry/18173-32-rayman/   Next up: JaguarCD and Virtual Light Machine

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Set your cybernetic sights on world domination in Syndicate! Get a handle on the controls, concoct an unofficial overlay, peruse reviews from around the world, and question the ESRB rating in this episode about Bullfrog's cyberpunk classic. Oh, yeah, and check out several previously-undisclosed cheat codes. Also included is feedback from RJ, the Lost Dragon, PFG 9000, tripled79, MightyFrog, cubanismo, Kyle, Louis, and Bobby Tribble! Woohoo! All that plus storytime involving out-of-context Atari, and nerds makin' noise in the computer lab. Full show notes can be found at https://atariage.com/forums/blogs/entry/17232-31-syndicate/   Next up: Rayman!  KEEP ON THINKING

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Blisteringly-fast arcade-style motorcycle racing hits the Atari Jaguar with Super Burnout. In this episode, we figure out if "super" really is better, Bishop wreaks pre-programmed havoc on a national anthem, we track down the real-life inspiration behind each of the game's courses, hunt for the optimal audio balance, and create crazy glitches with a cheat code. We're also packed with feedback from Randal, Björn, Lestat, Roberth, Olivier Nallet (really!), Rhett, Derek, Peter, atarilbc, Doctor Clu, RJ, Louis, TrekMD, Steve Clinton from London, and Kyle! Throughout the episode, check out snippets from the underrated soundtrack, including the entirety of Shen's Theme at the very end, following Storytime, which includes my COVID-19 update. Full show notes are available at https://atariage.com/forums/blogs/entry/16882-30-super-burnout/ Next episode: Syndicate!   This episode has been modified since its original publication. Changes applied on 2021-03-06:  Tried to balance audio levels a bit better 

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