Aircars For Jaguar!
Multiplayer fun or just an exotic collectible?
By Wes PowellMay 1, 1997Jaguar owners are being hit with yet another
surprise. Aircars was finished right around the time that
Club Drive, Dragon and Checkered Flag were released, but for
some reason, the plug was pulled on the game. ICD, the
company who'll be manufacturing 4-Play's BattleSphere, has
plans to bring it out. This is a good way for ICD to promote
sales for their own Catbox peripheral.
You see, Aircars supports networking for up to 8
Jaguars; the same goes for BattleSphere. But you need a
Catbox to take advantage of this feature, so you can see one
of the major reasons behind this release.
I guess you could call it a cross between Hover
Strike and Cybermorph... with networking thrown into the mix.
Early magazine ratings have been below average, but we know
how they don't like most of the Jaguar's products. Sometimes
you swear that they couldn't tell a good game if it came up
and punched them in the face.
From the pictures I've seen of the game, it looks
rather mild from a graphical standpoint. But, graphics aren't
the only thing that make the game.
There are a collection of Club Drive fanatics out there, and do you think it's because
the graphics are out- standing? No! It's just because the
game's quite a riot to play. Aircars has that same
possibility. Anyone on the net who's linked up for some
deathmatched Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem, etc. will tell you that
it's just plain fun. I don't doubt that the same should apply
here.
Comments have been made about the game's hills and
smooth and realistic movement. Nothing has been said about a
jerky framerate, and that's a plus. Looks like we're getting
quite a handful of missions and weapons too. Also, I haven't
heard a peep about buggy network coding. This means that the
Networking sessions should be nice and error-free.
I've heard some bashing of this game and ICD's
decision to release it. We have not played this game yet so
don't jump the gun and automatically take the magazines' word
for it. It could be cool. The limited release also suggests
that this game may be valuable in the future. Even if it is
going for $59 bucks, I'm not going to hesitate to put it in
my collection.
I look at the release as a plus, not a minus. We're
getting another game to utilize the Jag's networking
capabilities. Now we're getting 3 games to network. I was
having second thoughts about buying a $70 Catbox for the
sole purpose of hooking BattleSphere up, but with Aircars
coming, it makes my purchase more worthwhile.
More info is available at: http://www.icd.com/jaguar/aircars.htm
Be warned: ICD is notorious for not delivering a
product once you've paid for it. Just ask Jaguar fans about the
CatBox!
