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Cover to Cover Jaguar EGM Promo pp 6 7

Our pagethrough of the 1994 Atari Jaguar ad insert in Electronic Gaming Monthly continues, with pages 6 and 7.

Page 6 features one of the most innovative and technically impressive games to grace the Jaguars lineup -- Iron Soldier, casting the player as the pilot of a giant robot.  The missions were varied and challenging, from seek-and-destroy to escort duty, and there were upgrades along the way to keep the basic mechanics interesting.  The largely-untextured polygon graphics look dated now, but seeing buildings disintegrate into what seemed like an impossible number of tiny cubes still looks pretty unique and cool.  The game saw a CD sequel on the Jaguar, and another sequel on the Playstation, titled Iron Soldier 3 though it seems more like a graphically updated version of this original game.  And, to the games credit, the ad doesnt have to exaggerate the games features:



Page 7 features one of Ataris ill-fated attempts to get in on the one-on-one fighting craze, with a shameless ripoff of Midways Mortal Kombat franchise.  The digitized graphics and backgrounds were somewhat impressive at the time -- the Jaguars color depth outdid the SNES and Genesis -- but the action was uninspired and poorly balanced.  The ad does its best to drum up some excitement, but even in 1994, "Use a fatality move to finish him!" sounded almost as lame as the preceding "Ooo, thats gotta hurt!":


More to come -- there are 16 pages of Atari promotion in this brochure.