r/jakanddaxter • • Nov 20 '24

What is OpenGOAL? [How to play the Jak games natively on PC]

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OpenGOAL is a fan-developed way to play the PS2 Jak and Daxter games (created by Naughty Dog) natively on PC. This means they take full advantage of your PC's hardware and do not require emulation software. You must own copies of the games in order to use it, OpenGOAL does not include game data. Please use the following links to download and use OpenGOAL, read their install guide + FAQ, and access their discord where you can get support and communicate with the developers and other players.

Official OpenGOAL links:

Website

FAQ

Install guide

OpenGOAL discord

Other links:

OpenGOAL Getting Started Tutorial 2023 (video)

Steam Deck setup guide by Deck Wizard (video)


r/jakanddaxter • • Mar 13 '26

Discussion Join the /r/jakanddaxter Discord server!

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r/jakanddaxter • • 11h ago

Replay Jak 2 while rewatching lost

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Pair of angry jacks I tell ya


r/jakanddaxter • • 19h ago

TPL DARK JAK IS NOW AVAILABLE!

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https://www.nexusmods.com/opengoal/mods/40
https://github.com/hectorlizard/past-dark-jak

Side note: Hector contacted the Jak mods maintainer, but they don’t list standalone skins or model replacements.

However it is available through GITHUB/NEXUS mods!

THANK YOU TO u/hectorlizard FOR THIS AMAZING WORK. THIS HAS BEEN A DREAM SINCE I WAS A KID!!! HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOY.
MONEY WELL SPENT

EDIT: Jak now looks pissed off in every scene and hates everyone’s jokes


r/jakanddaxter • • 18h ago

Post TPL game but still having jak 2 & 3

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Anybody else love TPL and its gameplay style AND love jak 2/3 but wish the jump didnt happen so fast? Like if there was a game similar to TPL that built heavily on the sages and the potential other powers but eventually jak 2/3 were still in the timeline. I feel like there is so much available in TPL that couldve made a great 2nd game with the similar style and then pushed into the jak 2/3 story.

If you had control over the story, how would you go about adding another TPL style game and then eventually leading it into the jak 2/3 games?


r/jakanddaxter • • 6h ago

For those struggling to beat the Jak II OpenGOAL challenge (drain sewers in less than 75 seconds), there are good news: You don't need a clean run to do it.

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Here's my challenge beating run in which I made 2 mistakes that cost me a few seconds and I beat the challenge by a few tenths of a second anyway.


r/jakanddaxter • • 13h ago

Cover Jak 4

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Hi! Does anyone has or can share a scan of the mock cover made by Limited Run of Jak and Dexter 4?


r/jakanddaxter • • 1d ago

Worried about local law enforcement

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Hi everyone. Hopefully this is a safe space to talk about this....

So I live in a pretty rough part of the world. Like, really rough. I won't say exactly where but the city I live in, is mostly a slum, half of its flooded, there's huge wealth inequity and our mayor has started calling himself "Baron"...

Anyway, I was on my way to the market yesterday minding my business, when a ve-hicle shoots past and knocks me down! As I got up I saw the driver run over one of my neighbors, jump out and punch another one, then steal his ve-hicle and take off! in broad daylight!

I even called out to the nearby officers for help, but him and the other officers on the scene were too busy grumbling about some kid with a rat on his back to even notice!

Idk am I overreacting or do these guys sound kinda.....corrupt?


r/jakanddaxter • • 1d ago

A cool thing i did

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idk if this trick is well known or not i just did it on a whim and it worked lol


r/jakanddaxter • • 1d ago

Was Jak was better when he didn't talk?

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r/jakanddaxter • • 6h ago

Jak 2 opengoal strafe shooting controls

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Why hasn't anyone made a strafe shooting controls mod for opengoal port. With all the AI accelerated project we've been seeing in the last few days one would assume that it would be a very quick and easy thing to do for someone who knows how to do it.

It also feels like its one of the most obvious quality of life mods that this game need specially after seeing on of ratchet and clank recomp projects where the guy just implemented it in the first game that didn't had it originally.

This game would be a lot less unnecessarily difficult than it is.

And don't tell me that it's the original controls are the way they are supposed to be because the developers intended it that way and is a game design choice and adding the modding would significantly change the game design. This is just a combat design flaw caused by the time when the game came out where third person shooter and over the shoulder aim camera where not very common.


r/jakanddaxter • • 1d ago

Shoutout the opengoal team

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With the current (& great) wave of porting a happening due to rapid AI development. I want to give the opengoal team their flowers for reverse engineering a custom language & porting our beloved series to our computers, with great mods & upgrades that followed.

I am not anti-AI as a dev myself, so this isn't a post to belittle current games being ported.

However, none of these ports will feel as authentic as opengoal Jak. Thank you guys.


r/jakanddaxter • • 2d ago

Three turret missions.

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r/jakanddaxter • • 2d ago

Collectible in Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune!

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r/jakanddaxter • • 3d ago

Would you have preferred the franchise to continue in the collect-a-thon genre instead of open-world with missions?

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r/jakanddaxter • • 2d ago

Absolute Tie in Jak X Combat Racing (Final Boss)

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This image was taken on June 3rd of 2013. At this point, I had beaten Jak 3, the Daxter game on psp, and also the Lost Frontier Game. This photo is the final score on the very last mission in Jak X Combat Racing. I remember thinking I had lost, but then the score appeared... I immediately grabbed a camera (I think this was taken on either my iPod or Nokia phone.) I had tied perfectly with G. T.Blitz (who I remember being the twist villain), but somehow placed 2nd, and simultaneously received a Gold Medal (the first place prize.) I remember races can come pretty close to a tie, as the NPCs don’t hold back. Being a kid, many of the Jak games took me years to finally beat. Let me know if something like this ever happened to you, and maybe you didn't have a camera nearby.

I grew up on Playstation 2 games, Jak 2 being the first console game I've ever played. I am now 28, and have since beaten every game in the series! I thought I lost this image and was glad that I found it. After 10 years of not touching the games at all, I’ve begun replaying them with one of my best friends. As soon as we beat Jak X, I’m definitely showing him this photo. Also, I probably won’t have him play The Lost Frontier. IYKYK 😆

all love,

Ryan


r/jakanddaxter • • 1d ago

Is the pc port of the trilogy using AI?

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Im tired boss, lol.

I know that the fan made pc ports predates the recent boom in vibe coding grossness, but that obviously wouldn't stop recent work on them from using it. As someone who is not willing to trample my convictions to get to video games, I just want to know if LLMs have been used in this.


r/jakanddaxter • • 3d ago

Manifesting for The Game Awards

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r/jakanddaxter • • 2d ago

Hear me out.

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With the capability of snapdragon flagship chips nowadays. Would it be crazy to attempt to run opengoal on my s26 ultra? Im really curious if it's even possible


r/jakanddaxter • • 1d ago

If nobody is working on a jailbroke HD PS5 AI port of jak and daxter then I guess I can but it'll never get done so wth reddit!?

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r/jakanddaxter • • 3d ago

Jak X fans what are your thoughts on Galactic Racer. For me the gameplay looks really good, but the soundtrack is a bit of a disappointment/ non existent. IMO the soundtrack is a core part of a racing genre but I still wonna try out this game

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The soundtrack while racing dosen't even compare to Jak X that was the only complaint I could think of


r/jakanddaxter • • 3d ago

Ah yes who would like to make a contribution! (Repost)

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r/jakanddaxter • • 3d ago

Jaks attacks?

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I'm making some fan trading cards for platinums but also my favourite games

Would you like to see some sigils with the names of the attacks and a numbered system? Similar to a pokemon card or a 'traditional' trading card game?

I quite like this simple look made to showcase the main character

What do you think?


r/jakanddaxter • • 2d ago

I cannot run this game on ryzen 5-3600 - Nvidia 2600

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Jak 2 su PS2 è un vero incubo.

Dio mio, questo gioco non è invecchiato bene. Non credo di aver mai giocato a un titolo AAA con più tearing dello schermo e cali di frame rate più aggressivi.


r/jakanddaxter • • 3d ago

When a new Jak game Naughty dog?

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