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Atari Jaguar Breakout 2000
Posted: November 27th, 2008, 12:18 am
by Ken1
Why the heck is this game so far to find? Does anyone know of some place I may find it? It is the last game I want for the Jaguar. Thanks for the help.
Atari Jaguar Breakout 2000
Posted: November 27th, 2008, 10:17 am
by wur1
Wasn't this from an EGM April Fool's issue in 94 or so?
(I remember them saying that there would be Pong 2000, Breakout 2000, Combat 2000, etc. after the success of Tempest 2000.)
Atari Jaguar Breakout 2000
Posted: November 27th, 2008, 11:35 am
by soporj1
[QUOTE=wur]Wasn't this from an EGM April Fool's issue in 94 or so?
(I remember them saying that there would be Pong 2000, Breakout 2000, Combat 2000, etc. after the success of Tempest 2000.)[/QUOTE]
No, it is a real game.
http://www.atariage.com/screenshot_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=1068
Atari Jaguar Breakout 2000
Posted: November 27th, 2008, 4:39 pm
by Bruce
Atari Jaguar owner here. I own a copy of B2K and quite like it. Opinions seem to vary wildly on it: some folks love it while others loathe it. The game is essentially Breakout played from a third person viewpoint. The pace of the game is fairly mellow and laid-back - it's the kind of game I want to play when I just want to kickback and relax.
The game was on Atari's release list but never made it out the door before Atari shut-down. Telegames somehow bought up the rights to release it, and have done so in small quantities: I've read somewhere that they made 2000 copies and still have some up for sale on their web-site.
I guess they figure that serious collectors will always be willing to pay top dollar, so they charge accordingly. Price for a new copy is about $75 US from Telegames, and you will rarely see them for much less than that on eBay.
Like I wrote, I really enjoy the game, but it isn't spectacular. Unless you are serious about having a Jaguar collection, I can't really advocate spending that kind of coin on it.
Atari Jaguar Breakout 2000
Posted: November 27th, 2008, 4:42 pm
by wur1
Oh yeah. I remember this from the PS1. Didn't know they had it on the Jaguar.
Atari Jaguar Breakout 2000
Posted: November 28th, 2008, 11:40 pm
by Leo1
Not the same game, the PC/PSOne release was a different title sharing the Breakout name.
Atari Jaguar Breakout 2000
Posted: November 29th, 2008, 3:02 am
by Luke
[QUOTE=Ken]Why the heck is this game so far to find? Does anyone know of some place I may find it? It is the last game I want for the Jaguar. Thanks for the help.[/QUOTE]Well, this is the internet. So try... the internet?
Atari Jaguar Breakout 2000
Posted: January 23rd, 2009, 5:59 pm
by riftt
there is an even harder Jaguar game to find..it's called Towers 2 (apparently there is no Towers 1) and looks like a King's Field-esque game.
Atari Jaguar Breakout 2000
Posted: January 24th, 2009, 10:52 am
by Bruce
Good luck finding a copy: Towers II is very rare and tends to eBay for around $150 to $175 a copy!