Jagvent Calendar - Day 7

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Grey Fox

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Published on December 12, 2022 8:24:57 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7pmbAHN3pQ

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Doom (1993)

Duration: 9:28

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I hope you are all happy, safe & healthy whatever challenges you are facing right now.

Apologies for the delay in my Jagvent Calendar uploads - had some stuff going on so couldn't make videos. I'll aim to catch up over the next few days hence multiple uploads here :-)

Fans of my channel may remember I did a GameBoy Advent Countdown last year - a different mystery game each day of December. I thought I'd do something similar this year for the much maligned Atari Jaguar. So this is Day 7 of my Jagvent Calendar :-)

First some credit though - I used a snippet of Kevin Macleod's version of Jingle Bells to set the tone at the start of the video details below:
Music Used: Jingle Bells by Kevin MacLeod | https://incompetech.com/
Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
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The Atari Jaguar gets a lot of stick but I got mine back in the mid 90's purely for Tempest 2000 & the port of Doom & then picked up cheap games after that. To be fair I actually got my Jaguar by trading a few PAL Saturn games I had Japanese versions of (I got my Jag CD as part payment for clearing my bosses spare room - pro rata probably the most I've been paid for a single days work :) - so I didn't pay for either console in real terms

I won't reveal the game in the Title until the next day but in the Description.......well that's a different matter. Does anyone other than me actually read them?

This is Cannon Fodder by Sensible Software. This appeared on the 16 bit home computers and was ported to many consoles. While it doesn't push the Jaguar hardware and is hardly a showcase for the 64-bit credentials of the system it is a really solid port and an excellent game like all the other ports. Detailed graphics including a choice of "Hi Res" and "Lo Res" options and clear sound and responsive controls make this one a fun game to play.

I rush through a little here for the video so lose some of my squad but it should give you s bit of a flavour of the Jaguar port. It is one of the more playable games even if it doesn't really show off the system.

This is my original PAL copy from back in the day played on my Jaguar console through S-Video (I have the official RGB Scart cable somewhere) through a Retrotink 5X for ease of capture.

I'm slowly digging out my Jaguar carts although there is a box of them somewhere in the loft that I'm yet to find so it may be touch and go if we make it to 24 on the countdown as I think I only have 26 cart games (I have most the CD library but I need to replace the laser on my CD unit as it wasn't functioning when I checked it at the weekend :(

As always if you enjoy this video let me know. As always this is running on original hardware. Also let me know if there are particular games or systems you'd like to see.

As always this is uploaded under the Fair Use Policy - no money is being made from this video.

Stay strong, stay safe and stay healthy - Grey Fox

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