Sabertooth

Going to give it another go before midnight.

Joust
Arcade
Difficulty: Default
High Score: 90,950
November 14, 2015
Notes: Obtained at the 2015 Houston ArcadeExpo

is there a "dis-like" button ? .... some reason I thunk I had a whole 'nother day ? ( til I read the original post again)
 
the Space Ace controller has firing issues I'm sure some q-tips & some rubbing alcohol would fix ... already did the conductive paint to fix traces awhile ago
 
but overall I did enjoy the challenge, congrats to the 100k guys

Best I could record. This may be the best arcade port for the 2600!! Great game that never gets old.

27,122
 

 
 
used same stick as first try .... tapping to the right or left doesn't always seem to register .... only use vertical movement sparingly
 
I did try some other sticks ... a newly manufactured cx-40 with a cx-10 circuit board inside for clickyness , but having to hold the button down had some serious hand-crampage
 
I did try a trak-ball & had great vertical control but the horizontal control was less than ideal .... I am positive the "trak-ball hack" really addresses this 
 
I'm going to dig out my Space Ace controller & see if it still works & post my last score if it improves

"I think I'll post my high score from a few days ago, to solidify my lead. Just to be safe..."
 
*Hops on to the forum, looks at NSG's score*
 
"AAAAAHHHHH!"
 

 
129800 here.
 
There's still a few hours left, I can do this! Maybe....
 
 

129,928
I joined the 100k club! 
I was actually surprised I could do it.
This time I did it on a Flashback 2 with Sega Genesis 6 button contoller
(I also plugged in an Edladdin Seagull 78 so I could use the C or B buttons)
PS- Sorry about the mono audio. I forget to plug in a splitter to the audio cable.

I squeezed in one more good game 75,116:
 

Tempest 2000
Atari Jaguar
Difficulty: Default
High Score: 473,815
October 15, 2015
Notes: So pumped to see a Jaguar game on the scoreboard! This was a score from back in October. Played with a pro-controller. I'll breakout the game again next week after my final and provide a fresh score.

Tempest 2000
Atari Jaguar
Difficulty: Default
High Score: 473,815
October 15, 2015
Notes: So pumped to see a Jaguar game on the scoreboard! This was a score from back in October. Played with a pro-controller. I'll breakout the game again next week after my final and provide a fresh score.

Tempest 2000
Atari Jaguar
Difficulty: Default
High Score: 58,352
November 13, 2015

You also have to remember that the Jaguar was doing something not done on console before.  Everyone had to start somewhere with learning how to develop for the Jaguar and not everything went as planned.  I mean, Nintendo and Sega's machines were battling it out trying to deliver 16-bit arcade experiences and exclusive titles in a 2D fashion.  The Jaguar, on the other hand, was native capable of delivering, for its time, stunning 3D capabilities.  That was unheard of then.  Even PCs were struggling in that department.  So if you don't understand something what do you do?  Which is why I feel that, as Bakerman has mentioned, the media and public dogged the Jaguar as much as they did.  
 
I*War is a fun 3D experience and Cybermorph is a good shoot 'em up game.  I spent hours on Cybermorph when I got my Jaguar.  You don't have a timer so you can explore.  I do wish the environment were a little bit brighter but all the game elements come together nicely.  Not bad for a game that was to be demonstration of some of the thing that Jaguar could do.  So, I agree with Bakerman, I*War and Cybermorph could very well be Jag's sleeper titles.  I'm sure there are others as well. 

Opps...Hoverstrike was suppose to be Jag's sleeper title.  Well...I guess it can be there with Cybermorph and I*War as well

These were the games I grew up with. I never thought they were bad, I thought they were awesome! I had received one of the very first Jaguar systems in the Fall of 1993 before they went on sale across the country. At that time there were few games available, but what I had I loved dearly.
 
Jaguar felt very underground, like a well-kept secret that only awesome people had figured out. I had already been collecting 2600 and 7800 and had a Lynx, which meant I was used to having to hunt down games wherever I could find them (story here) and figure out on my own what games were good. In those days the hunt was half the fun!
 
Back then there wasn't a social media mob of bratty selfie-taking video game bloggers and corrupt disgusting video game critics beating me into submission with the ideology that Jaguar was to be loathed and laughed at. In the early days I played the games I had and for the most part I absolutely loved them.
 
Cybermorph in particular felt like magic that first morning I brought the Jag home. I had loved Star Fox on Super Nintendo but Cybermorph took it to a new level for me. It did feel slightly unfinished, I wished there had been more music and more action-oriented objectives to be achieved in the game. But the ability to circumnavigate an entire planet rather than fly in a straight line along a predetermined path was wonderful. I was also impressed with Skylar’s ability to actually speak, it had usurped the nonsensical horn-like “Charlie Brown’s Mom’s voice” of the StarFox characters. I was not disappointed and nobody was there to instruct me that I should’ve been.
 

@justin & kamakazi20012 - Interesting choices. You wouldn't often see Cybermorph or Baldies listed but both are, in my view, criminally under appreciated games. Its great to see them represented on your lists!
 
Raiden nearly made my list too but I felt that between Zero 5, Tempest 2000 and MC3D I had enough thumb punishing arcade action represented. If I had a second player with me, it would definitley be there.
 
I've been seeing a lot of love for Hoverstrike and i-War lately. Could it be that these have become the Jaguar's sleeper hits 20 years on?

Close, but RP is still king!
98,529
 

Dang Radio is killing it!
 
Here is my new score of 48,582. Played on a newly restored 4-switch.

Dang Radio is killing it!
 
Here is my new score of 48,582. Played on a newly restored 4-switch.

Dang Radio is killing it!
 
Here is my new score of 48,582. Played on a newly restored 4-switch.

Its cool to see Hoverstrike on two lists as it is actually a pretty decent game. Much like Wolf 3D, it used to make me woozy when I was younger. I think this was due to the bouncing of the hovercraft. Now I quite like it. I generally play it on CD.

Wow...it's hard to pick just 5.  Let's see...
 
Tempest 2000 Cybermorph Iron Soldier Baldies (CD) Raiden There...I think that does it.  Honorable mentions:
 
I*War Myst (CD) Hover Strike (I have had cart and CD at one time and CD is better) Flashback Wolfenstein 3-D Doom

Dang Radio is killing it!
 
Here is my new score of 48,582. Played on a newly restored 4-switch.

Dang Radio is killing it!
 
Here is my new score of 48,582. Played on a newly restored 4-switch.

Dang Radio is killing it!
 
Here is my new score of 48,582. Played on a newly restored 4-switch.

Ok, so maybe I was having a bit of a laugh with my first list.
 
My real top five as they stand today are:
Tempest 2000
Zero 5
Missile Command 3D
Skyhammer
Rayman
 
There are obviously other games that I'd include in a "Top 10" or "Top 15" but I find that limiting it to five really makes you think about it.