New Jaguar Game Announced: Mad Bodies
Force Design announced that it is taking orders for Mad Bodies, its Atari Jaguar game featuring Breakout-style gameplay with shoot'em up mechanics.
The team spent six years on the title in their spare time, which is impressive if you consider that the hardware was already discontinued for eight years when Force Design began working on it.
The game features 10 stages, multiple power-ups and weapons, digital speech samples, and a humorous, self-aware plot:
Force Design priced the game at $80, which might seem ridiculous, but what other Jaguar game are you expecting to buy this year? Each copy comes with an "oversized plastic clamshell case with full color cover and cartridge label, and a semi-gloss, black and white instruction manual."
[Via Digital Press]
Comments
This is great! I already ordered mine and am awaiting shipment. It looks like it's going to be a really great game, I'm sure! This is a great time to be a Jaguar fan this is the second software release in a weeks time and there was a recent development system released also lat week! -WOOOHOOOO! JaguarRULEZ!!!!
Thank You all at ForceDesign. ;)
Posted by: ovalbugmann | May 6, 2009 3:28 AM
It's great to have a new full Jaguar game cartridge release!
Much Thanks!
Posted by: ovalbugmann | May 6, 2009 3:31 AM
AVGN will be pleased.
Posted by: vidextreme | May 6, 2009 6:33 AM
Yes! The Jaguar lives ever on! Oh joy, oh joy.
Posted by: Gnome | May 6, 2009 6:33 AM
anybody have a copy of Battle Sphere to sell me? shee-oot.
(seriously!)
Posted by: Raoul Duke | May 6, 2009 3:56 PM
The best years of the Jaguar happen to have been once the system was dead and the underground developers took ver. This is gonna' be sweet once I pick it up. You guys are awesome.
I only have one thing to say to AVGN: "Where did you learn how to fly?"
Posted by: T2KFreeker | May 6, 2009 6:09 PM
One correction - these aren't 'pre-orders', but actual orders that have already started shipping.
I'm looking forward to getting my copy....
Posted by: LS650 | May 6, 2009 8:12 PM
Thanks everyone. Also to Freeker for pointing out that the game is being shipped and folks are actually playing as we speak.
Enjoy
Steve
Posted by: Gorf | May 7, 2009 10:47 AM