The list of Atari Jaguar games has the complete library of 50 cartridges and 13 CD-ROMs from the console's original 1990s retail release period. The list of canceled games is of those announced or in development but never released.
First released in North America on November 23, 1993, the Jaguar is a fifth generation home video game console developed by Atari Corporation and manufactured by IBM. [1] [2] By 1996, the Jaguar and game development for it were discontinued. [3] [4] The best-selling game is Alien vs Predator , with 52,223 copies as of April 1, 1995. [5] Hasbro declared the Jaguar as an open platform in 1999, releasing the console's patents and rights into public domain, allowing software developers to make and release games for Jaguar without requiring a licensing agreement. [6] [7] [8] [9] Since then, hobbyists have released previously finished but unpublished games and produced homebrew games to the Jaguar's cult following. [10] [7] [11] [12]
The official library includes 50 [a] cartridge games. [1]
Titles [13] | Developers [13] | Publishers [13] [14] | Release dates | Ref. | ||
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NA [15] [16] | EU/AU [17] | JP [14] [18] | ||||
AirCars | MidNite Entertainment Group Inc. | ICD | June 18, 1997 | Unreleased | Unreleased | [19] |
Alien vs Predator | Rebellion Developments | Atari Corporation Mumin Corporation (JP) | October 21, 1994 | October 20, 1994 | December 8, 1994 | [20] [21] [22] |
Atari Karts | Miracle Designs | Atari Corporation | December 22, 1995 | January 1996 | Unreleased | [23] [24] [25] |
Attack of the Mutant Penguins | Sunrise Games | Atari Corporation | March 15, 1996 | December 1995 | Unreleased | [24] [26] |
Breakout 2000 | MP Games | Telegames | December 10, 1996 | December 10, 1996 | Unreleased | [19] |
Brutal Sports Football | Teque London | Telegames | August 22, 1994 | September 1994 | 1995 | [27] [28] |
Bubsy in Fractured Furry Tales | Imagitec Design | Atari Corporation | December 1994 | January 1995 | 1995 | [29] [30] |
Cannon Fodder | The Dome Software Developments | Computer West (NA) Virgin Interactive Entertainment (EU/AU) Mumin Corporation (JP) | February 24, 1995 | February 1995 | May 26, 1995 | [31] [32] [33] |
Checkered Flag | Rebellion Developments | Atari Corporation | November 1994 | December 1994 | 1995 | [34] [35] |
Club Drive | Atari Corporation | Atari Corporation Mumin Corporation (JP) | November 1994 | December 1994 | March 24, 1995 | [34] [36] [37] |
Cybermorph | Attention to Detail | Atari Corporation Mumin Corporation (JP) | November 23, 1993 | June 1994 | December 15, 1994 | [38] [22] [39] |
Defender 2000 | Llamasoft | Atari Corporation | February 14, 1996 | February 1996 | Unreleased | [40] [41] |
Doom | id Software | Atari Corporation Mumin Corporation (JP) | December 2, 1994 | December 1994 | February 17, 1995 | [42] [43] [44] |
Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls | Telegames | Williams Entertainment | April 5, 1995 | April 1995 | 1995 | [45] |
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story | Virgin Interactive Entertainment | Atari Corporation | November 1994 | December 1994 | 1995 | [34] [46] |
Evolution: Dino Dudes | Imagitec Design | Atari Corporation Mumin Corporation (JP) | March 1994 | June 1994 | January 13, 1995 | [47] [48] |
Fever Pitch Soccer | Distinctive Developments | Atari Corporation | December 15, 1995 | December 1995 | Unreleased | [23] [24] [25] |
Fight for Life | Atari Corporation | Atari Corporation | April 19, 1996 | April 19, 1996 | Unreleased | [49] [50] |
Flashback: The Quest for Identity | Tiertex Design Studios | U.S. Gold | August 9, 1995 | August 1995 | Unreleased | [51] [52] |
FlipOut! | Gorilla Systems Corporation | Atari Corporation | August 28, 1995 | July 1995 | Unreleased | [53] |
Hover Strike | Atari Corporation | Atari Corporation | April 21, 1995 | May 1995 | 1995 | [54] [55] |
I-War | Imagitec Design | Atari Corporation | December 15, 1995 | December 1995 | Unreleased | [23] [24] [25] |
International Sensible Soccer | Williams Brothers Developments | Telegames | April 1995 | February 1995 | 1995 | [45] [56] |
Iron Soldier | Eclipse Software Design | Atari Corporation Mumin Corporation (JP) | December 22, 1994 | January 1995 | March 24, 1995 | [37] [46] [57] |
Iron Soldier 2 | Eclipse Software Design | Telegames | December 15, 1997 | December 15, 1997 | Unreleased | [58] |
Kasumi Ninja | Hand Made Software | Atari Corporation | December 21, 1994 | December 1994 | 1995 | [59] |
Missile Command 3D | Virtuality Entertainment | Atari Corporation | December 12, 1995 | December 1995 | Unreleased | [60] [61] |
NBA Jam: Tournament Edition | High Voltage Software | Acclaim Entertainment, Atari Corporation | January 9, 1996 | January 1996 | Unreleased | [62] |
Pinball Fantasies | Spidersoft | Computer West (NA) 21st Century Entertainment (EU/AU) | June 9, 1995 | July 1995 | 1995 | [63] [64] |
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure | Imagitec Design | Activision, Atari Corporation | October 17, 1995 | October 1995 | Unreleased | [65] [66] |
Power Drive Rally | Rage Software | Time Warner Interactive | October 9, 1995 | October 1995 | Unreleased | [66] [67] |
Raiden | Imagitec Design | Atari Corporation Mumin Corporation (JP) | November 23, 1993 | June 1994 | December 15, 1994 | [22] [68] |
Rayman | Ubi Pictures | Ubi Soft | September 19, 1995 | Unreleased | Unreleased | [69] |
Ruiner Pinball | High Voltage Software | Atari Corporation | November 6, 1995 | December 1995 | Unreleased | [61] [70] |
Super Burnout | Shen Technologies SARL | Atari Corporation, Virtual Xperience | July 5, 1995 | July 1995 | 1995 | [64] [71] |
Supercross 3D | Tiertex Design Studios | Atari Corporation | December 20, 1995 | January 1996 | Unreleased | [23] [24] [25] |
Syndicate | Bullfrog Productions | Ocean Software | March 1995 | February 1995 | 1995 | [72] |
Tempest 2000 | Llamasoft | Atari Corporation Mumin Corporation (JP) | April 13, 1994 | June 1994 | December 15, 1994 | [22] [73] |
Theme Park | Bullfrog Productions | Ocean Software (NA) Atari Corporation (EU/AU) | March 1995 | March 1995 | 1995 | [74] [75] |
Towers II: Plight of the Stargazer | JV Games | Telegames | December 10, 1996 | December 10, 1996 | Unreleased | [19] |
Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy | Atari Corporation | Atari Corporation Mumin Corporation (JP) | November 23, 1993 | June 1994 | January 13, 1995 | [48] [68] |
Troy Aikman NFL Football | Telegames | Williams Entertainment | March 1995 | May 1995 | 1995 | [72] |
Ultra Vortek | Beyond Games | Atari Corporation | September 13, 1995 | September 1995 | Unreleased | [76] |
Val d'Isère Skiing and Snowboarding | Virtual Studio | Atari Corporation | December 1994 | January 1995 | 1995 | [30] [77] |
White Men Can't Jump | High Voltage Software | Atari Corporation | August 1, 1995 | August 1995 | Unreleased | [52] [78] |
Wolfenstein 3D | id Software | Atari Corporation Mumin Corporation (JP) | August 1, 1994 | August 1994 | December 15, 1994 | [22] [79] |
Worms | Team17 | Telegames | May 15, 1998 | May 15, 1998 | Unreleased | [80] |
Zero 5 | Caspian Software | Telegames | September 29, 1997 | September 29, 1997 | Unreleased | [58] |
Zool 2 | Imagitec Design | Atari Corporation Mumin Corporation (JP) | December 1994 | January 1995 | April 21, 1995 | [30] [37] [77] |
Zoop | Electric Spectacle Productions | Atari Corporation, Viacom New Media | January 1996 | January 1996 | Unreleased | [62] |
The official library includes 13 [b] CD-ROM games. [1]
The Jaguar is a home video game console developed by Atari Corporation and released in North America in November 1993. It is in the fifth generation of video game consoles, and it competed with fourth generation consoles released the same year, including the 16-bit Genesis, the 16-bit Super NES, and the 32-bit 3DO Interactive Multiplayer. Jaguar has a Motorola 68000 CPU and two custom 32-bit coprocessors named Tom and Jerry. Atari marketed it as the world's first 64-bit game system, emphasizing its blitter's 64-bit bus; however, none of its three processors have a 64-bit instruction set, as do later 64-bit consoles such as PlayStation 2 or Nintendo 64. The Jaguar launched with Cybermorph as the pack-in game, which received mixed reviews. The system's library ultimately comprises only 50 licensed games.
I-War is a 1995 shooter video game developed by Imagitec Design and published by Atari Corporation for the Atari Jaguar. The plot takes place in a futuristic setting where the mainframe supercomputer Override begins to mutate databases and create computer viruses. The player is tasked with piloting an antivirus tank vehicle to eliminate mutated databases and viruses clogging the I-Way network, while recovering data pods and facing off against a variety of enemies.
Alien vs Predator is a 1994 first-person shooter developed by Rebellion Developments and published by Atari Corporation for the Atari Jaguar. It was also distributed in Japan by Mumin Corporation, where it became a pack-in game for the console. It is the first entry in the Alien vs. Predator franchise developed by Rebellion. Taking place in a simulation depicting the fall of the Golgotha training base camp, the game offers three playable scenarios: Alien, Predator, or a human of the Colonial Marines. The player is presented with a series of interconnected sublevels and ships to progress through. Each character has different objectives, abilities, weapons, and disadvantages.
Atari Karts is a kart racing video game developed by Miracle Designs and published by Atari Corporation for the Atari Jaguar in North America on December 22, 1995, and Europe in January 1996. In the game, the players take control of one of several playable characters, each with differing capabilities. One or two players race against computer-controlled characters in four cups consisting of multiple tracks over four difficulty levels. During races, the players can obtain power-ups placed at predetermined points in the tracks and use them to gain an advantage. It plays similarly to Super Mario Kart and features Bentley Bear, main protagonist of the arcade game Crystal Castles (1983).
White Men Can't Jump is a 1995 basketball video game developed by High Voltage Software (HVS) and published by Atari for the Atari Jaguar. It is loosely based on the 1992 20th Century Fox film of the same name. The game features a loose version of basketball known as streetball. It can be played against computer-controlled opponents, or up to four human competitors using the Team Tap multitap.
Highlander: The Last of the MacLeods is an action-adventure video game developed by Lore Design Limited and published by Atari Corporation exclusively for the Atari Jaguar CD first in North America on 30 October 1995 and later in Europe on November of the same year. The first installment in a planned trilogy based upon Gaumont Television and Bohbot Entertainment's Highlander: The Animated Series, which was both a loose spin-off and sequel of the 1986 film of the same name, players assume the role of Quentin MacLeod in an effort to save the Dundee clan from slavers of the evil immortal Kortan. Its gameplay mainly consists of action and exploration with a main eight-button configuration.
Defender 2000 is a 1996 scrolling shooter video game developed by Llamasoft and published by Atari Corporation for the Atari Jaguar. Part of Atari's 2000 series of arcade game revivals, it is an update of Eugene Jarvis' arcade game Defender (1981). The premise takes place in a future where the Alpha Promixian empire attack mining settlements on distant resource planets. Gameplay is divided into three modes, with the player acting as part of the System Defense Team commanding the Threshold ship to defeat waves of invading aliens while protecting humans.
Brett Hull Hockey is an ice hockey video game developed by Radical Entertainment and originally published by Accolade for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in North America in January 1994. It prominently features former Canadian-American NHL player Brett Hull and is officially licensed from the NHL Players' Association.
Fever Pitch Soccer, known as Head-On Soccer in North America, is a soccer video game originally developed and published by U.S. Gold for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in 1995.
Attack of the Mutant Penguins is a action-strategy video game developed by Sunrise Games and published by Atari Corporation for the Atari Jaguar in Europe in December 1995, and North America on March 15, 1996. A port titled Mutant Penguins was released in 1996 by GameTek for MS-DOS. The plot follows Bernard and Rodney, intergalactic heroes defending earth against alien invaders disguised as penguins. The player must dispatch the alien penguins before they reach a doomsday weapon, in the form of a weighing scale. Earth also has real penguins, who help the player by fighting the aliens and counteracting their weight on the scale.
Club Drive is a 1994 racing simulation video game developed and published by Atari Corporation for the Atari Jaguar. The premise takes place in 2098 at the Club Drive amusement park, where driving became legalized after being deemed illegal for safety reasons years prior due to the invention of indestructible vehicles which allowed the ban to be lifted. Gameplay consists of three modes for one or two players, each with their own adjustable ruleset.
Bubsy in: Fractured Furry Tales is a platform video game developed by Imagitec Design and published by Atari Corporation for the Atari Jaguar in North America in December 1994, and Europe in January 1995. The third entry in the Bubsy series, the plot follows the titular character, who ventures through a realm of fairy tales to restore order and protect children all over the world from creatures and antagonists of corrupted fairy tales, which appeared after Mother Goose was captured by Hansel and Gretel.
AirCars is a 1997 shooter video game developed by MidNite Entertainment Group and published by ICD for the Atari Jaguar. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, the player pilots a hovercraft to fight the E.B.N.E.R.S. organization and stop their plans for world domination. The player is tasked with destroying key targets while fighting enemies and bosses in multiple missions. Two players can play in a co-operative campaign, or up to eight players can participate in a deathmatch mode via local area network (LAN).
Missile Command 3D is a 1995 shoot 'em up video game developed by Virtuality Entertainment and published for the Atari Jaguar. As part of Atari's 2000 series of arcade game revivals, it is an update of Dave Theurer's arcade game Missile Command (1980). The game has the player defend six cities from incoming missiles by launching anti-ballistic missiles.
World Tour Racing is a 1997 racing video game developed by Teque London and published by Telegames for the Atari Jaguar CD. In the game, the player controls a Formula One car competing against computer-controlled opponents in races across multiple locations. Gameplay consists of three modes and the player can customize the vehicle's characteristics.
FlipOut! is a tile-matching puzzle video game developed by Gorilla Systems Corporation and originally published by Atari Corporation for the Atari Jaguar in Europe on July 7, 1995 and later in North America on August 28 of the same year. It is one of the first titles developed by Gorilla Systems.
Power Drive Rally is a 1995 racing video game developed by Rage Software and published by Time Warner Interactive for the Atari Jaguar. It is a conversion of the 1994 racing game Power Drive, which was released on multiple platforms. Revolving around rallying, the game features six real vehicles and circuits based on eight locations around the world. The players participate in various racing events and earn money by qualifying or winning to continue the rally season and repair damage to the car.
Breakout 2000 is a 1996 action video game developed by MP Games and published by Telegames for the Atari Jaguar. Part of the 2000 series by Atari Corporation, it is a remake of the arcade game Breakout (1976), and one of the last officially licensed releases for the platform. Featuring a similar premise to Breakout, the player must destroy a layer of brick lines by repeatedly bouncing a ball spawned off a paddle into them and keep it in play. Gameplay modifications to the original game include a third-person perspective behind the paddle in a pseudo-3D playfield, power-ups, bonus levels, enemies, varying level designs, and multiplayer features.
Phase Zero is an unfinished shooter video game that was being developed by Hyper Image Productions and would have been published by Atari for the Atari Jaguar. Set in the future on a terrestrial planet, the player takes on the role of a newcomer to the Phase Zero squad, piloting a hovercraft to fight rival corporate states. The player is tasked with various objectives while fighting enemies in multiple missions.
Space War 2000 is an unreleased first-person space combat simulation video game developed and originally planned to be published by Atari Corporation on a scheduled November 1995 release date exclusively for the Atari Jaguar. It is an update by Robert Zdybel of Ian Shepard's 1978 Atari 2600 game Space War. In the game, players assume the role of a space knight to fight against other opponents.