This was the reason I bought a Jaguar back in the mid 90's. Have many great memories of this game

I enjoyed the story behind this review. Rather than just reviewing the game with no context, your backstory made me much more engaged with the video.

Great job on this, there's a few things I'd like to add if that's alright with you. First, the enemy A.I is a magnet so no matter where you (the player) are the enemies are designed to follow you until they reach you and attack. With the Motion Tracker this becomes more apparent as enemies get stuck on the geometry of the level, use this to your advantage. You can bottleneck enemies and safely take out enemies with ease, as for acid pools I'd recommend either luring aliens in large open areas as you can safely take them out or killing aliens near vents or in the elevator. The reason being is when you exit a level and return the game checks to see if there's any obstructions near the player, if there is the game will automatically de-spawn anything near you when you return. This works in vents as well, lure aliens to vent openings kill them in front of you then leave and reenter all those acid pools are gone. This makes traveling through the vents much easier as you no longer have to deal with acid damage. One thing to note is all enemies use the conga line mentality meaning enemies approach in single file and stack in single file, use this to your advantage whenever possible. Second, this game has more in common with Blake Stone Aliens of Gold as you can travel to different levels or go back to previous levels. Wolfenstein 3D is the major inspiration as there's a single flat level which is exactly what Alien Vs Predator Jaguar is whereas Doom added height and a second story to levels. As for saving your game always and I mean ALWAYS save in the elevator as Lewis or the Predator, for the alien always save in the vents. The enemy placement is dependent on RNG every level has a set amount of enemies when playing as any of the characters, Lewis is the only character that deals with enemies in vents. Almost all vents have 10 Aliens the only exceptions is AirDuct 3B and 3C both contain 5 Aliens. Third, as much as I love this game it's flawed the biggest issue is where to go exactly. This game is what I consider a "guide game" because there is absolutely no way any player is supposed to find their way in this game without outside assistance. The computer terminals only tells you so much and even then it's rather vague, the Alien and Predator? Nope the game just drops you in and that's it good luck! I personally recommend this www.thejagzone.com/jaguar/Codes/avpmaps/index.html these do a MUCH better job explaining where areas of interest is and just knowing where to go at all. Fourth, Facehuggers comes in two flavors free-roaming and Eggs, the free-roaming are found ONLY in the Med lab's located in Sub-Level 2 and 4; as well as, the Alien ship for Lewis. 3 are in level 2 Med Lab, 6 in level 4 Med Lab and finally 5 in the Alien ship found in Sub-Level 5. To deal with the Eggs simply walk up and have the egg open, the reason being is if you fire your gun the egg will automatically open and release a Facehugger by default which will waste ammo. If you have the egg open by walking near it, this takes time for the Facehugger to emerge and gives you time to destroy the egg before it happens. This helps save ammo considerably; and speaking of, when using the Smart-Gun I'd recommend short controlled bursts as this gun is the MOST POWERFUL gun in the game for Lewis. Just a single press of the fire button and aliens shred like tissue paper; whole hoards of enemies drop at this hands of this absolute BEAST of a weapon. Thank you for taking the time to read through all is, I've been playing this game for a quarter century exploring every nook and cranny on console itself or via emulator. Personally it's nice to see this game get some recognition, I love this game to death but that doesn't mean it's perfect it has a lot of faults. Thank you again for listening! Cheers!

You’ve got a great voice for narration and some smooth editing; couldn’t believe how low the view count was after this came up in my recommendations. Can’t wait to see what you do next

"The Predators shoulder cannon looks like a blue loofah sponge" lol, I will never look at it the same now. Great review and video.

I experienced a lot of AvP on the Jaguar. There’s a board species locally that makes a sound nearly identical to the Predator’s clicking sound when they’re clocked and watching you. The first time I heard that bird after playing a bunch of AvP on the Jag, I actually froze in place, completely freaked out for a split second!

Really insightful mate. The solid research and thought is extremely evident. Albeit sounds like a bittersweet experience it’s great you’ve got to play this one after so many years. It’s certainly a title synonymous with the Jaguar. Enjoy the weekend 👍😊🕹️

I had a Jaguar with Doom & AVP (and many others) back in 1994, all boxed and pristine. When I moved out a few years later my dad dumped it all...... would of been worth a small fortune now 😩

Great hearing your story with this game, and you finally being able to play it and giving it a review - well done! 👌

You earned a sub. Great review, and great to see some much deserved love for Alien³ and Predators.

Genius Review. Needs more views. Love it. Thank you for that!

It's nice to have the perspective of the Jaguar from here in blighty, great video. Mental that I managed to get a copy of AvP for £25 ten years ago, prices have gone mad

Great video and great review. I completely empathise. As a child, I was awestruck with this game, but never even got to see it in action. Thanks!

I also always wanted this game! I actually got it running on an emulator a couple months back so I could play with mouse and keyboard, and I felt the same way about it as you. The game has a really amazing atmosphere, especially for its time, but I think that the limitations it had to work with on the Jaguar and the clunkiness of the combat really age it, and not in a good way. I was also unaware of the fan remaster-- definitely will have to check that out when it's finished so I can get an experience a little closer to the way I imagined it in my head before I could play it. Great video and excellent editing! You deserve a lot more recognition for the amount of effort you put in and the quality of the videos!

Same, brought it when it came out. What atmospheric sound! Really made the slowness bearable. I think it was amazing!

This is a great video! I too have wanted to play AVP for the Jaguar, but having already played Rebellion's (amazing) AVP FPS from the turn of the century, I suspect that this game will probably pale in comparison. It was nice of you to inform viewers about the Unreal Engine 4 fan remake of the game, and to show footage of it. I hope to see more videos like this one. You have a new subscriber. (Just hope that KZfaq doesn't shadowban your channel.)

Thank you for this video. I bought a Jaguar just for this game too. Seemed crazy at the time but it was worth every penny.

You have a very soothing vibe, reminds me a lot of RMC. I liked how you added your personal memories of the game. Glad you finally got to live the dream after all this time, even if it could never live up to expectations.

326 subs? Whaaaat? That's crazy, I'm sure your channel will get found at least it needs to because this is good stuff man. Well done. I subbed

Great vid, was interesting in this game after the AVGN. You did a nice job covering and giving us a little look into the nostalgia 👍

I'm not sure how i found this review, but i'm glad i did. you're great to listen to, i never knew this game or console existed, this was really interesting, thanks!

Great review , I was in the same boat buying any magazine that had an update on the game , the game much better in the mags as in your video , shame no one's done an update for this game with updated graphics and even vr!

Great review, sir. I begged for a Jaguar when I was 8 in the early 90's just for this. Worth it, though the console DEFINITELY suffers from a severe lack of good games. That said, the ones that are good are really good. Tempest 2000 is an all-time great in my book. Also, subscribed!

"anytime.." is sick audio que to leave on :P AVP 2010 scratches the itch for me i play every few years and i have my own war story of playing on xbox 360 multiplayer back in 2010 and everyone left a game one time except one human and myself as a predator and it felt like the movie where hte human didnt wanna give up and made me work for it and i didnt spam the easy weapons and gave him a fair shot even tho the predator was OP he toughed it out leading me into water and caves to limit the predators advantages it was my most memorable experience for AVP that felt close to the films

Oh...the "snes"...was a scratching my head thinking you were saying the "snares". Also, I haven't really played console video games since the Genesis/Megadrive and computer games since the Doom/LucasArts era. Yet I still find videos like this fascinating

Great review, you nailed it. I got the game new with the console back in 95' for $50 USD from a mail order catalog (bargain bin price). It blew me away with the visuals and sound (just before the PS1 and Saturn hit the scene). However I was a bit too young to have the patience with the gameplay structure. I was 14 years old , went in playing it like Doom. I never even read the manual. I spent a lot of time with the game back then but did not make much progress. Today, I greatly appreciate the approach the developers made. The sluggish framerate is not an issue for me. Rebellion really had ambition with this one, even if it meant taking the console too far. Most movie games were terrible. This was made with love. It's great to read what other features they had in mind that had to be scrapped because of limitations (like the Alien climbing walls, etc). It's because of these limitations that make the game so unique. The cancelled Jaguar CD sequel had these concepts that Rebellion would use for the 1999 Aliens Vs Predator game. The game is just so timeless for me. Top 10 of all time for me. It's a great horror game for the Jag. I like to try a no death challenge with the marine...haven't done it yet. Also, killing the Queen is optional for the Marine..so that can be an added achievement.

This was awesome, loved the backstory of how you eventually got your hands on a copy

I had a Jag as well, and this was definitely one of the best games for it.

You where a really smart kid. Actually looking at the entire library before you made a system purchase. My friends stuck with brand loyalty and got an N64, cause we all enjoyed the SNES. I however went with the PS1 just from looking at the following 2 years launch plans. When FF7 came out, the smug look I got to wear everyday was glorious.

Lol, it was like never meet your heroes-you’re right. I bought the system in 2008 and finished Alien vs predator with all three characters. The marine was extremely tough, after you finish the final objective there is a timer for reaching safety, and the maps really did seem disorienting. Sold the system with all my games in 2019, after my Super Burnout cartridge went bad just sitting in a shelf.

I have a copy right here on my shelf. I just played it recently. It's still pretty awesome.

Whatever one thinks of this game playing it 20 years later, understand that it was a triumph of atmosphere generation! This was not only before Halo, it was even before Goldeneye. It was truly the first excellent console-exclusive shooter IMO!

Yup, bought a Jag for this and only this. Not a single regret. Great game.

Really enjoyed The time you put in to Telling the story of how you really wanted Is this package A-day And how you finally got your hands on an Atari Jaguar , The game definitely had potential, It's a shame about the difficulty and that you can't play multiplayer And definitely didn't help it been on the jaguar, Great video mate I can tell you put a lot of hard work and research into it

I bought the Jaguar with AvP on the Atari Fair and I own it today. The game was great back then especially the sound design. I remember drawing the hole maps on a millimeter paper 😊

Great video, I'm also a recent Jaguar owner. The wife bought me one for my birthday last year, after my having wanted one for years but just never got around to getting one. I wanted to let you know that there are different revisions of the standard controller, and they have different d-pads. The standard controller has grey keypad buttons, and that has the mushier d-pad. While I like the standard controller's d-pad, for fighting games like Ultra Vortek, I prefer the controller with the black keypad buttons, as its d-pad has a different feel and is more precise. Based on your comments in the video, I think you may prefer that one.

The box and Art Are still very dear to my heart Its a thing of buety!

helped me discovere a really cool channel 10/10

Loved this game, completed the alien and predator, still have the console in storage and it will surface and (hopefully) still work to complete the marine game one day

Hi guys. I played this game on that time. Now I'm a game producer, would love to show my work for you and maybe do an Alien tribute game for all the fans in the future. Wish you the best and nice video man👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

If they increased the turn speed by even 10% that would have been nice. Spend hours searching the training center and used to get headaches going through the Ari ducts aswell. Good level of difficulty tho and completing it was rewarding. Good vid mate

Amazing review - more than this game really deserves to be fair.

Man I feel this. I share your story. I wanted a Jaguar as a kid just for this game. Never got one though. The price of a Jag back then was astronomical

There are games I would play today, that I wanted to bad as a kid. Most of them I've seen others play on KZfaq. So I feel you on that one. And even if a game sucks, it will still be a fullfilling quest to actually play, or perhaps even beat, the games you always wanted to play.

I had an identical experience regarding seeing this game in magazines but never playing it.

Have you played the aliens arcade game?? It’s fun, not amazing but def worth a try! Great video, cheers!!

I still enjoy this game from time to time. Predator is my go-to to play as, then the Marine. I always thought of aliens being hard mode, and predator is easy.. Great video!..

I loved this review I'm still yet to finish avp

Great story. I always wanted a Jaguar too.

Great looking game with so much promise. I hope it gets a re-release on modern platforms one day.

I’ve been playing this game for almost 30 years on original hardware, but to play it for the first time now I recommend an emulator, even if you pay for a real copy. The uneven frame rate when many objects are on screen exacerbates all the problems well documented in this video. After a while playing it on Jag you get used to basing your timing off the lagging sound etc etc and that’s how you have to play it or it feels weird. At steady 30fps it’s just plain less frustrating though and you don’t have to learn to trick your brain in addition to all that other BS. Which is of course worth it, because this is somehow still an amazing AVP game in those moments when none of that is getting you killed unfairly.

Fun fact, I phoned around the shops for a Jaguar on release day. They had all sold out and heard 10-30 units was all some shops got. A tip off then came in of a shop which wasn't well known for selling consoles had 25 of em. Went to the shop and yes, bought one 💪 In general most of the games for the 64bit Jag left a bad taste in your mouth 😂

I had this when it originally came out. It was utterly superb- so atmospheric. I’m getting a GD this week so am going to play through it again. However this wasn’t’T THE BEST REASON TO BUY A jag back then as many may say. That was Tempest 2000- which is probably the greatest video game ever made.

I got the Jaguar and AVP back in the day after begging my mother. My Jaguar died years ago but still have the game. Couldn't stop playing it so good for the time.

new to the channel but I appreciate your personal views and how you wanted this game more than most

When I got the game back in 95 it was an absolute dream and we didn't care about FPS or anything like that . Also you got to remember this is running on a cartridge which in itself very impressive. Sad that you never played this when it came out , because it was a fun time and eventually for me that turned into getting other great games for the system, like Power Drive Rally , Tempest 2000 , Rayman , Iron Soldier , Flashback, Dino Dudes, Cannon Fodder, Doom, Space Ace , Defender 2000 ,Super Burnout , NBA Jam TE and more , but one game that should be in every Jaguar owners library is Zero 5 , like holy cow this game blew me away back in the day(just crazy hard) and it shows what's possible with great programmer's. If only they would have made the system CD based from the beginning, because it would of been a different outcome, like did you know that Crash Bandicoot almost came out for the Jaguar , but they needed a CD's storage capacity so they opted for the PlayStation. Oh also do you know you can get cheat codes for Aliens versus Predator.

A very legendary game ,i played in the 1994🇮🇹🙋🏻‍♂️

I was just playing AvP 2010 to figure out using a capture card this week. I kept thinking how bad I wanted this as a kid. Back when displays were everywhere in Walmart and Toys R Us stores that I could get a few minutes in, but we didn't have the money. Now I look at them and still can't afford the $600+ to get a jag and AvP. This was definitely the holy grail for me as a kid.

Dunno, I played this on my buddy's Jaguar when I was a teenager, and I always thought the one that came out on PC around 2000 was waaaaay better. Probably the best AVP game ever made, and remains that way to this day.

Gamesmaster TV show still holds ire with me because they shat on Street Gangs on NES, aka River City Ransom. A classic beat em up even today. The some of the reviewers came off as thinking it was dated due to it being on NES, but one of them called it an insult and something you should give your enemies.

I just loaded this up in BigPEmu, and I'm really surprised that overclocking had little effect. It makes the framerate stable, but it doesn't really make it any better, still maxes at about 15 fps. This would be so much more fun if it ran a little faster and a lot smoother.

You are right, unfortunately there is no selectable controls on Alien versus Predator which are should have been from the beginning. And therefore the strafing controls are not mapped to the pro controller shoulder buttons. However the keys 7 + 9 mapped to the z and x buttons. So it is possible to strafe and do a turn strafe and fire at the same time if you can learn to slide your thumb over top of a couple of buttons at once on the 6 face buttons of CBA and ZYX. Obviously this situation works much better than reaching down to the keypads 7 and 9 buttons. Doom also works this way, it's strafing buttons were also map to seven and nine, so they are also mapped to the z and x buttons on the pro controller. This allows you to do circle strafing in Jaguar Doom too. As you can still turn while pushing the z or x buttons. A later FPS/RPG game for the Jaguar, callee Towers II actually made to use of the pro controller and the left and right trigger buttons allow strafing in that game.

It was freakin hard to play and a horror when you play it at night with headphones. My Uncle still remember the Nightmares he had after playing it. The Game was a Survival game in a Location where you was completely alone from the beginning to the End. There was nothing like that at this time with this deepness.

A truly cinematic game.

The game still holds up to this day. Not sure what that says about the state of modern programming. I was actually able to get a beta cartridge of Alien vs Predator for the Atari Lynx. NIB of course.

I bought the jag and AVP and loved it the tension as the marine is great, i only play as the marine i still play it today, for best results play the aliens soundtrack on random really elevates the game, its not perfect but i love it ❤

The gameplay is actually quite similar to Metroid Prime - an ego-Metroidvania" befor Metroidvania. Very unusual and overlooked for 1994.

Now you can play Jaguar AvP on PC using the emulator BigPEmu, running at a higher frame rate, with WASD/movement-strafing and mouse look turning controls. Multiplayer is also possible.

30 years later I never knew you could get face huggers off 😂 thought it was an automatic death

I loved this game!

I got the game when it first came out and loved it. Considering my first taste of an FPS was Zero Tolerance on the Sega Genesis this game seemed smooth. What I didn't like was the brutal difficulty and the map layout. The air ducts were hard to navigate. I liked the Atari Jaguar and eventually had 56 boxed games with the CD add-on. I should have never sold it since all that stuff is worth a lot now.

Apparently Rebellion claimed Gamesmaster TV show reviewed a Beta copy of AVP, some 3 months before the retail version and they were not at all happy: Statement from Rebellion at the time: ‘ Gamesmaster [the television program] is produced about three months ahead of time - so the version they were reviewing then was three months old. What they had at that time was a pre-alpha version of the game. We told them what else was going to be put into the game, but the reviewers were, for some reason, not given this information by the people who run Gamesmaster. In fact, large areas of the map were not populated at that time; the game was only two meg rather than four, so the majority of the samples were absent.’

This was a flagship title on the Jaguar, together with Tempest 2000.

I got a used AJ, I got Wolfenstein, Doom and AVP.... This was the definitive AVP game....this is the one that needs to be remastered for current systems

Such a good watch!!!

Anytime I had to save, I would go back to the brig. Then you are in a safe zone. There were other times when I would simply pause the game and turn the tele off, come back and resume where you were.

Spot on I cudenot afford a pc but got this doom for Xmas young below me away and was best console for 2 mouth till mega cd came my way but I needed to play doom AVP so bad I had to get this

Had to physically map this out on graph paper to find the way into the medbay thru the ventilation

Love this game

I was hoping you would like AVP, but clearly you think much better hardware was available at the time; however not even the FX2 Chip on the SNES would come close to AVP graphics and performance. One of the issues in this game performance is that Atari wanted it to be on a 2MB cart, and the developers had to beg to get it on a 4MB Cart. Even then, the game is highly compressed (said to be 14MB uncompressed.) So the DSP which normally does sound and music is being pushed as a decompression engine, and then, the DSP is connected to RAM by a 16 bit data bus (GPU, Blitter and Object Processor are connected to Ram 64 bit (cartridge 32 bit)) which then slows down other parts of the system with bus contention. A larger Cart could have sped things up as it would have reduced compression, as would have a CD version. Also this was still an early game on the Jaguar, so with new programming skills / tricks it could have been much faster, sort of like how Uncharted 1, vs 2, vs 3 on the PlayStation 3 evolved. And even though it runs slower, AVP looks much better than Alien Trilogy on the PlayStation.

Jaguar is worth it just for this game and Cannon Fodder...plus i liked Crazy Ivan.

First 3d Metroidvania - one of the best game.

It'd be great if nightdive could get theyre hands on this

i remember seeing ads in magazines for this back in the day and thinking it looked awesome. but by the time i was playing the AvP games on pc years later i was starting to get the feeling that it wasn't all it was cracked up to be. funny side note. since the time of the first 2 AvP games on pc i has always wanted to have npc squadmates helping me mow down aliens in the game with me. now those games were very good, but that's not an experience that they provided. i did find out years later that the expansion to AvP 2 did have a short section where 2 marines shoot xenos alongside of you in some tunnels, but based on the videos i've seen here on youtube it seems pretty lackluster. also 2010's AvP had a few moments where as the marine you had some ai squadmates, but they felt pretty unresponsive. then years later colonial marines came out i finally, FINALLY got to have that experience. for all of it's flaws i will always have a special place in my hear for colonial marines for that one reason. they finally gave me the npc squad vs xenomorph firefight i had been dreaming off for almost 15 years. sometimes games are magical like that. great video and thanks for sharing your experience!

This game seems quaint now but in 1994 (barely 8 years after Aliens) this game was something else.

As a kid this game gave me nightmares, but I'd keep playing for some reason. Also, THERE WAS A WAY TO GET RID OF THE FACE HUGGERS!? I didn't have a manual.

To this day... i regret selling my collection that consisted of every sega console, a jag with doom n cybermorph. Atari vcs (sound don't work on that) All for 350quid in 2013. Bear in mind boxes and Cd consoles were seriously temperamental. These were well worn and well loved machines played 7 days a week hour after hour since there purchase in the 80s and 90s - with the price and value. I am very greatlful for emulation though so I still get to play them all plus many more. As for AvP. The guy I bought the jag off he had this and we played it together a lot, but i was sad it didn't come in the sale. He liked weird consoles such as jaguar and had a philips cdi in the day...

I still have this game. Its almost CIB except i cant find the predator controller overlay. Also the manual cover ripped off but i have the manual and cover still. I tried to play it recently on my Jaguar and it definitely aged like shit lol. But The memories are priceless

Like everyone else, I too wanted a jaguar just to play this game, never did get one but have briefly played it on emulator only as the marine, I was disappointed to find it wasn't a doom kinda game

Aliens vs Predator vs the Holy Grail

A friend of a friend owned a Jaguar and I borrowed it just to play AvP.

i own and love it..i d say its more of a wolf 3d clone...btw did u know a ps1 port was cancelled?

One of the most excellent first person shooters. Graphics aside, the game play would hold up today.

I wish this console could have taken off its awesome

I got a jaguar in 94 when they were pretty new. Always wanted avp ...never got it. Was stuck with cyber morph.

I have always been curious about this game. Never owned a Jaguar. I had a Sega Saturn with Alien Trilogy which I still love but I always wanted to play as the alien. Finally got to on the PC later but this game was always the starting point fore dreams of this franchise crossover. Also the SNES beat’em up game was kind of a let down

AVP definitely sold more magazines than games. it was so cool, a hint of the wasted potential of the Jaguar.

Games like this are greatly improved via emulation. You can increase the frame rate and remap buttons to any controller, and this vastly improves the gameplay experience.

I read the comics Yong b4 film came out when film cam out I told them for 10 years ago film will happen magical day never forget

When i finally got the game some years ago I spent 50 dollars for this game (expensive at the time and young broke) and was so disappointed I traded the Jaguar for a Sega CD. Maybe emotions got the best of me because I probably should have kept it.