Raiden was a vertically scrolling shooter released in arcades in 1990. It was ported to a variety of home systems starting the following year though different ports were done by different teams and there was a lot of variation. Perhaps the closest to the arcade original is the Atari Jaguar version.
The Atari Jaguar version got mediocre reviews but it wasn't so much a reflection of the quality of the port as of the game itself. Reviewers generally felt that the pace was too slow and it was not an advanced enough game for the hardware it was running on. Still, if you are looking for an arcade shooter on the Jaguar, Raiden is not a bad choice.
In addition to the Atari Jaguar, Raiden was also released on DOS based PCs and on the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo as Raiden Trad (it's unclear why the name changed). There was also an unreleased Amiga version and a version for the Atari Falcon (an Atari ST successor).
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Atari Jaguar is the black sheep of retro gaming, but that's also what makes it fun. This looks a little bit like Jackal (NES) from the screen shot. Is game play comparable to that?
I had a Jaguar for a while but got rid of it. It had a few really good games but not enough to make it worth keeping the system (for me anyway).
This is a vertically scrolling shooter where you are flying a ship. I think Jackal was ground based wasn't it? There are some superficial similarities but really different types of games IMHO.
Nice post. I've been out of the emulation game for a while - what is the state of Jaguar emulation? Is it possible to play any of these on our PCs these days?
Virtual Jaguar seems to be the best Jaguar emulator around at the moment. Last update was 2014 as far as i can tell but it has decent performance and compatibility.