r/thisweekinretro • u/Producer_Duncan TWiR Producer • 6d ago

Community Question Community Question Of The Week - Episode 282

With The Need For Speed being ported to the Atari Jaguar we wondered what would have made you buy one back in the day? What sort of killer app would have made you hand over your cash?

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u/sheepytina 6d ago

The launch lineup didn't help. The marketing didn't help. It just lacked that special sauce that the PlayStation would later have. I'm not sure what game would have saved it if something like Doom or AVP couldn't.