Current Events > Jet Set Radio deserved more than to be a cult hit franchise

(+) Yeah! (+)

Such a shame.

Jet Set Radio is an arcadey skate game. Pretty good. Launched on the Dreamcast so never quite caught on for obvious reasons.

Jet Set Radio Future then released on the original Xbox. It's a fantastic mix of skating and a platforming adventure. Again seemed to fly under the radar. The developer was then closed by Sega a couple of years later.

JSRF was BC on the much more successful 360 but it had severe emulation performance issues.

Eventually the original was relaunched on Steam, XBLA and PSN. Again it didn't quite seem to be a success. By this point the original is pretty hard to get into with a tough tutorial that asks the player to do a 50 trick combo and very demanding controls. Perhaps the sequel would have fared a bit better since it's significantly more accessible but we'll never know. Doesn't look like that's going to get a re-release soon as it has been nearly 10 years since the original JSR HD.

Since then Sega has rejected a couple of JSR pitches early in development and the franchise is dead outside of when Sega All-Stars games. Which is a total shame.

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Darmik posted...

Perhaps the sequel would have fared a bit better since it's significantly more accessible but we'll never know. Doesn't look like that's going to get a re-release soon as it has been nearly 10 years since the original JSR HD.

They actually lost the source code for Future so that explains why there's never been a rerelease.

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BlazinBlue88 posted...

They actually lost the source code for Future so that explains why there's never been a rerelease.

Typical Sega.

Xbox could emulate it with their BC program but I'm guessing music licensing is another hurdle.

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Darmik posted...

Typical Sega.

Xbox could emulate it with their BC program but I'm guessing music licensing is another hurdle.

That too.

Maybe this will make you feel better.
https://jetsetradio.live/

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If JSRF would have been for PS2 and not Xbox it wouldn't have bombed as bad as it wouldn't have killed the IP but Sega were extremely devoted to MS bitd and here we are

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ZombiePelican posted...

If JSRF would have been for PS2 and not Xbox it wouldn't have bombed as bad as it wouldn't have killed the IP but Sega were extremely devoted to MS bitd and here we are

Sega spread out exclusives to all three companies. Shinobi on PS2 didn't really fare much better. Basically everything that wasn't Sonic flopped.

If JSRF future was on PS2 it would be held back by weak hardware as well.

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Darmik posted...

If JSRF future was on PS2 it would be held back by weak hardware as well.

Even whem I agree with you, you have to spout absolute nonsense. Why?

I had no idea that JSRF was a graphics and AI powerhouse that choked the massively powerful Xbox at the time and wouldn't have been possible on PS2....oh wait.....it wasn't and it wouldn't have.

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ZombiePelican posted...

Even whem I agree with you, you have to spout absolute nonsense. Why?

I had no idea that JSRF was a graphics and AI powerhouse that choked the massively powerful Xbox at the time and wouldn't have been possible on PS2....oh wait.....it wasn't and it wouldn't have.

It has a 480p resolution with a lot of visual effects, large scale levels and a butter smooth framerate. So nah. Plays and looks like a dream on Xbox. If it was easy to port to PS2 they would have done so.

I doubt it would have made that much of a difference anyway. 2002 era gamers were all about guns, blood, boobs and games being more 'mature'

If anything it would have done better on the GameCube than the PS2.

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ZombiePelican posted...

Even whem I agree with you, you have to spout absolute nonsense. Why?

Because the PS2 was the weakest spec wise of that generation. Whether or not that would have made a difference to JSRF is a different story.

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Damn didnt know they lost the source code. Would kill for an hd port of JSRF.
Game shouldve deserved more attention

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BlazinBlue88 posted...

That too.

Maybe this will make you feel better.
https://jetsetradio.live/

Came to post this.
Anyway, ya that was Sega doing what they do and at the top of their game.
It's a shame, but then again, the whole industry has changed tremendously.
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JSRF was a major reason I rebought an Original Xbox recently lol. Definitely gonna play through it again soon. It has been a long time.

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SONIC_305 posted...

Damn didnt know they lost the source code. Would kill for an hd port of JSRF.
Game shouldve deserved more attention

Yup. It's so much better than JSR imo.

SiO4 posted...

Came to post this.

I spam this in every topic related to the series. lol

Darmik posted...

JSRF was a major reason I rebought an Original Xbox recently lol. Definitely gonna play through it again soon. It has been a long time.

You need to look up what revision it is and if you need to remove the clock capacitor. All revisions (1.0-1.5) other than the last revision(1.6) have a cheap clock capacitor that by now has started to leak. If it isn't removed and cleaned with rubbing alcohol, it will eat through the motherboard and kill the system.

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Bomb Rush Cyberfunk seems promising

https://youtu.be/11TmDJYHAmw

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The transitions between songs is still one of my favorite things

The company that made it is making a new game, they just couldnt call it Jet Set Radio Future because they dont have the rights anymore:

https://youtu.be/11TmDJYHAmw

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9eAg7Nhq-o

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I had it and loved it on Dreamcast, I got that duo game JSRF and some racing game together, it may have come with the console. Great games though.

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MabusIncarnate posted...

I had it and loved it on Dreamcast, I got that duo game JSRF and some racing game together, it may have come with the console. Great games though.

Yup. Sega GT 2002. Came as a pack in with a lot of the xbox consoles.

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Yep I got a Xbox bundle with Halo, JSRF and Sega GT for Christmas. Was mostly excited for Halo but ended up playing JSRF more for the first few weeks heh.

Will definitely keep an eye out for Bomb Rush Cyberfunk.

BlazinBlue88 posted...

You need to look up what revision it is and if you need to remove the clock capacitor. All revisions (1.0-1.5) other than the last revision(1.6) have a cheap clock capacitor that by now has started to leak. If it isn't removed and cleaned with rubbing alcohol, it will eat through the motherboard and kill the system.

I got a 1.6 model (and this was verified by the weird scrambled screen issue has that is unique to this model and JSRF lol) so should be all good.

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Darmik posted...

I got a 1.6 model (and this was verified by the weird scrambled screen issue has that is unique to this model and JSRF lol) so should be all good.

Oh nice so you don't need to worry. You'll just have issues if you ever plan to m-d.

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JGR Dreamcast is a top 5 game all time for me. It may be difficult to grasp the controls and camera in modern times, but when I first rented it in summer 2001, I knew I was playing something special. The style, presentation, DJ Professor Ks idiotic broadcasts, the soundtrack, there was nothing like it.

BlazinBlue88 posted...

I spam this in every topic related to the series. lol

Haha, keep up the good work!
Also: I think you would appreciate my shout out in here. ;-)

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/79401189
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