Some of you may remember Jet Force Gemini, a Nintendo 64 classic from the golden days of Rare. Though Banjo-Kazooie and Goldeneye 007 may be games that are mentioned more, Jet Force Gemini was nonetheless a lovely third person shooter that positively oozed of Rare's charm and quality. It was also a one-off game, though evidently there was another game in development for the Game Boy Color at one point in time.
Not much is known about the GBC game, though it was cancelled somewhere in 2000. Also of note is the fact that this was an outsourced game, with Bits Studios handling the meat of development. It seems that there's some prototype cartridge of the game floating around out there in the wild, however, as a video was recently posted showing off the game's introduction. Check it out below:
What do you think? Would you have picked up this game? What did you think of the original Jet Force Gemini? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
[source rarefandabase.com]
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Just bought the game two weeks ago for the lovely n64, haven't had the time to play it through yet but I might start today!
Oh how I wish this game had gotten a sequel. So much fun, and difficult.
I remember having the original, such a cool game!!
I remember having the original, such a cool game!!
Great game, put a 100 hours into it.
Would have skipped it.
Man Jet Force Gemini. Needs a sequel. Badly.
Regarding JFG as one of the 3 greatest N64 games ever, I had certainly been interested in playing anything more from the series. It would be interesting to see a bit of actual gameplay.
One of those games I've always been meaning to get around to playing. If it was on the VC i'd get it in a heartbeat. I might have to look for a second hand copy.
Edit: tons on ebay and pretty cheap, problem solved
This is one of my favourites on the N64. It had great animation, graphics and soundtrack. I wonder if it's worth buying an Xbox 1 just for the Rare games compilation.
Loved this game and still own it. Might get back on it because i never found all those villager things.
What were they called?
Hated collecting them dam tribals!!! Was fun though the dog was a tank that could fly ffs!! Amazing 😃
Quite cool! Could that video have been any smaller and more vague though? XD
Jet Force Gemini was an amazing game, especially the soundtrack, unbelievable! Although the game was hard. Very, very hard. I never could get used to the controls.
The game was a great title for the N64...graphics may look outdated now, but when the N64 was out, this was great!
It really does need a sequel, but unfortunately, the sequel would come to only Xbox. Does anyone know if this one is on the Rare Collection game for XONE?
@cloudrunner64 King Jeff and the Tribals! Was gonna throw out an old 14" CRT recently and hooked up Jet Force Gemini for a laugh. Ended up playing through again and now can't bring myself to throw away the CRT. Gonna have to revisit a few more old N64 classics!
@JLPick Yes, it is! This one and the other N64 games included are slightly improved: better frame rate, crisper visuals, etc. Also, you can map the buttons for Jet Force Gemini.
It's worth having an XOne for Rare Replay alone. Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64) is also included and it's extremely expensive if you search the original version on eBay.
This is one of those games that I REALLY want to get a sequel but due to the limited appeal that will almost certainly never happen. Still judging by the video that game looks pretty solid so I probably would have considered getting it if it would have been released. I played through Jet Force Gemini on Xbox One recently and the game still holds up marvelously in my opinion.
Cool, never knew this! Would be a very different game though, since its a other developer and it probably wouldn't be 3D either.
@gb_nes_gamer Jet Force itself is pretty cheap. Got it a few years ago with a worned box for 6€.
@Rei Thanks but I still have the cartridge. It's just N64s don't play too well on modern T.Vs. A digital version of the game would be ideal.
I like your profile picture. I'm a fan of Evangelion
Lovely intro song.
Great game, though I wonder how it's held up over the years. I liked the graphics on this game, especially the little space ships.
Errrr... This doesn't seem authentic for a ~1999 game :T
Unless the Follin brothers were back in town at the moment.
And I just got the winamp plugin to listen to n64 sound files... So freaking cool. Jet force Gemini had an incredible soundtrack. (Some tracls were obviously inspired by famous artists though lol (Danny Elfman))
Robin Beanland, Evelyn Fisher, Grant Kirkhope and Dave Wise were incredible artists. I'm sure there were others, but those names stuck with me.
Best co-op ever! except when your player 2 shoots the last tribal on the planet just as you're about to collect it.
multiplayer kinda stunk. Anyone ever master those floyd mini-games and unlocked the final multiplayer characters? Anyone actually enjoy the multiplayer?
Homing shuriken ftw!
I got Perfect Dark and Conker on GBC just because I loved the N64 games so much. I'd have picked up JFG for GBC without a doubt.
Great underappreciated game. Didn't know about the GBC game. The game play is still pretty unique which is why I think the few fans who discovered it are always wishing there was a real sequel.
The CG characters for promotional artwork are some of the ugliest off-puting creations I've seen. Fortunately, they aren't as frighteningly hideous in-game.
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