Jak and Daxter got a PC Port... and it's INCREDIBLE!

No, you read that right. Jak and Daxter has been ported to PC with all the HD resolutions, high frame rates and QoL improvements you could dream of!

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[Casketkrusher_]

This game blew my mind back in 2001. No loading, huge worlds, funny story, insane graphics. And to be fair it still holds up today, still the best platformer to date.

[ToastyMann]

I'm psyched at the idea of more decompiled PC ports made by fans. 6th gen emulation isn't quite there yet so having native PC ports of some of these games is an absolute gamechanger.

[normietwiceremoved]

This is incredible. Especially the changes in the menus and customisation. This is what publishers should pump their money into.

[crashbandishoes]

I hope someone can do something like this for the Ratchet and Clank games in the future, because I feel like Sony's never going to port them up to modern hardware like they did the good Jak games, and leave them trapped in that HD collection on the PS3 and Vita.

Been craving the old PS2 mascots lately.

[supersprawy]

Can't believe that, this is incredible work. Imagine Ratchet and Clank treated like this. I mean, shit...

[TwoAwesomePeopleTAP]

PC Port? Smoother graphics in some areas while preserving the old look in others? Looks pretty cool… wait… Subtitles? Even during runaround gameplay dialogue? YES!

[weeb]

Can I hug the OpenGOAL devs? Or, like, give them my money? This was the first videogame I ever played, so I cannot express how grateful I am for this

[EmperorDank]

What an exciting time to be a Jak fan! We really needed news like this, i cant wait to see what the next months bring, especially with the potential of mods! Fantastic job, heres to hoping Jak 2 gets this treatment as well

[SlyCooper]

R&C Trilogy was based on J&D2 engine. Naughty Dog and Insomniac worked in the same building during that time. IIRK from a magazine article, Ted Price told to Andy Gavin (or was it Jason Rubin) that Insomniac still do not have a capable PS2 engine for their new character-driven action game in development which was Ratchet and Clank. So Naughty Dog just gave their J&D2 engine to Insomniacs. And all R&C Trilogy games on PS2 (except Deadlocked) were using this J&D2 engine even though ND also proposed their J&D3 engine later on.

That's why I'm so excited about this news. Fan mods for the original J&D and potentially for R&C would be so awesome. I love what Spyro fans made with Zera the Awakening for example.

[TikkaQrow]

This was quietly a historic game. On top of real time loading the environment by just constantly reading the disc, Jak was the 1st game to sync character IK to the environment, essentially, as you moved the hero, your feet didn't 'skate' around the ground due to the running animations not being perfectly times with move speed/direction. Having a character's feet stay on the ground and have friction with the ground is now quite common (looking at you Assassin's Creed). It's the 1st game, really, where the hero is 'part' of the world instead of overlaid 'on top' of it.

[RegalPixelKing]

9 months later and Jak 2 is starting to take shape. The devs are almost done with recompilation and they are now in the bug testing phase. That probably means that we are just a few months away from the Jak 2 port releasing. And considering how quickly Jak 2's port came out, that probably means we are less than a year and a half away from a Jak 3 port as well.

[fdfd]

I want to cry this is beyond amazing. This game along with 2 and 3 made up a significant portion of my childhood.

[QuartzRoolz]

Jak and daxter, Mario 64 and OoT have all had this treatment and it's great. While true naitive pc ports are unreasonable for all games, and emulation will be the only option, the ones that have gotten it are all classics and I am so happy to see all this work put in by dedicated fans

[rabbitenjoyer]

Incredible effort by the OpenGOAL contributors! Replaying Jak and Daxter on PS2 last year cemented it as a GOATed platformer for how refined, cohesive, and fun it is. So excited for this new era of Jak and Daxter!

[danyawelly]

I genuinely enjoyed playing through both Jak 2 and 3...but as I've grown older, I think the biggest missed opportunity with this franchise was shying away from the world and platforming roots of the original game.

The world of Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is SO rich, and while I understand its sequels capitalized on the trends of the time (primarily GTA's open-world structure and gunplay), I desperately yearn for another adventure in the vein of the original game:

Not Jak 2, but Jak & Daxter 2.

[pardeepdhaliwal]

Such a big part of my childhood. The opening cutscene still gives me goosebumps during the Sage's monologue. "Even the rocks do not recall".

[degeneratephoenix]

The thought of Jak 2 and Jak 3 alongside this makes me so hype, tho i know we probably won't see either till 2024

This is the future for game preservation (at least for 5th and 6th gen games)
I really want to see more of this in the future, PC ports with Quality of Life improvements for games like Gran Turismo, Ratchet & Clank, God of War, Shadow of the Colossus, Fatal Frame etc.
(I would include Nintendo games, but we all know what they do when people emulate or modify their games)
I hope that Sony or Naughty Dog don't sue the devs or cancel the project.

[NachozMan]

Absolutely amazing, never thought this would even be possible. I still rely on PS2 emus for the trilogy.

[Feraligatrfjhgujvgh]

I’m loving how much YouTube is recommending me Jak and Daxter videos, wish it were sooner!