r/jakanddaxter Nov 20 '24

What is OpenGOAL? [How to play the Jak games natively on PC]

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OpenGOAL is a fan-developed way to play the PS2 Jak and Daxter games (created by Naughty Dog) natively on PC. This means they take full advantage of your PC's hardware and do not require emulation software. You must own copies of the games in order to use it, OpenGOAL does not include game data. Please use the following links to download and use OpenGOAL, read their install guide + FAQ, and access their discord where you can get support and communicate with the developers and other players.

Official OpenGOAL links:

Website

FAQ

Install guide

OpenGOAL discord

Other links:

OpenGOAL Getting Started Tutorial 2023 (video)

Steam Deck setup guide by Deck Wizard (video)


r/jakanddaxter Mar 13 '26

Discussion Join the /r/jakanddaxter Discord server!

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r/jakanddaxter 7h ago

made a custom commander for MTG

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Wanted to do something silly and fun, just to use with friends at home (obviously it's not a real card. so it's neither a proxy nor tournament legal).

Would be cool if there was a Secret Lair set with these guys, considering the Limited Run Games collector's sets sold out in less than a second as soon as they were launched lol.

ART CREDITS: + Naughty Dog (technically Scribble Pad studios since they were hired as contractors at the time)
+ Myself (I tweaked the concept art years ago, my old reddit account is deactivated because I had a silly crashout),
+ There was another guy on here who took the edited artwork and gave it a nice forest background, his polished version has been reposted in multiple places everywhere, you can find him pretty easily on this reddit if you look hard enough, but it's 4 AM and I'm too tired to search his username and dig through pages of posts to find him.


r/jakanddaxter 19h ago

Did anyone else use the Jetboard during the boss fights in Jak II?

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During my first playthrough of Jak II two months ago, I used the Jetboard for the boss fights. In particular, I used them during the Krew and Kor boss fights. I found the Jetboard to be very useful for avoiding the holograms and other such attacks in each fight, but I was curious if anyone did that.


r/jakanddaxter 1d ago

I'm back in my childhood

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Haven't played this game since it first launched. I'm having a complete blast! It holds up so incredibly well, can't wait to play the whole series


r/jakanddaxter 1h ago

What would happen to jak and daxter if playystation got bought by Nintendo or sega

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Tell me in the comments


r/jakanddaxter 1d ago

Do you think Precursors bombs were supposed to be in the game more?

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In the opening cutscene of TPL, Jak uses an ancient Precursor explosive to protect himself and Daxter from a lurker on Misty Island. It was just laying around, and it only worked when he used it, even turning red at his touch.

It seemed like it was something perfectly set up to be featured regularly throughout the game. Do you think it was intended to be, but was just cut?


r/jakanddaxter 18h ago

Question about “Beat time to race garage”

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I remember having difficulty with that as a kid, so I went and did the Torn missions instead. Eventually, I came back to the race mission and took a different route that cuts through the palace area thanks to Ashelin’s yellow security pass. It was easy. Recently I was watching playthroughs of this game for nostalgia and I noticed they all did the mission without the yellow pass, and some of them still had 20 seconds to spare. So I am curious, how many of you on this subreddit did the mission the intended way, and how many took the yellow pass route? And which one is faster?


r/jakanddaxter 1d ago

I wish Jak 2 and 3 had more stuff from TPL

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Considering it's the same world but in the future, I wish we would see some familiar landmarks return, like those Precursor statues or Sentinel Beach with it's temple ruins or Forbidden Jungle. It's only 300 years in the future, plenty of stuff should have survived and the layout of the world should match more of the TPL map. Jak 3 doesn't even have lurkers and what happened to Flut Fluts? If I made Jak 4, I would put a lot of stuff from TPL and make the map match that one as it's the original


r/jakanddaxter 1d ago

🎶 Gotta get those yakows, gotta get those yakows...🎶

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Got a little surprise playing Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker just now


r/jakanddaxter 1d ago

Which version of The Lost Frontier is better?

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Planning on playing it and saw theres a ps2 and psp version. Was wondering which version is better. Thanks!


r/jakanddaxter 23h ago

I'll postpone getting jak and daxter until I get a PS5

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Tbh I wanted to try and complete the jak and daxter but I think I'll park that idea since I am saving up for a ps5 and once I get it I'll play it there since it's a more pleasing experience than on the ps4


r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

Blaster go brr

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r/jakanddaxter 1d ago

Beating Jak and Daxter with a Crowbar

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r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

Does anyone else wish we'd seen more of Jak and Daxter just chilling and being friends?

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I can't help but feel like their friendship is good but not great at times. For the sake of giving players a loading screen-less experience, I feel like the devs sacrificed letting us see any characters in their downtime. Like some of my favorite cutscenes from Ratchet and Clank were just scenes of them hanging out together, same with Crash and Coco.

We do get some cute moments here and there of them having a laugh, but we never really get to see what their like when their not "on." We don't even know how Jak and Daxter first met and became friends.

I know that with TPL in particular, downtime scenes would be next to impossible, given that Jak was a non-speaking character, but I really think II and 3 could've given us something. Even something as simple as Jak apologizing to Dax for accidentally causing him to become an ottsel. After all, it was Jak's idea to go to Misty Island and it was Jak who knocked Dax into the Dark Eco. At times, it's hard to tell if Jak cares about Dax as much as Dax cares about Jak. A line here or there would've gone a long way IMO.

Is it just me, or does anyone else agree that their friendship could've been expanded on more in these games?


r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

Idea for a potential Jak 4

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Jak’s tonal shift will always be one of the boldest and coolest things ever to me, but it is a shame we didn’t get at least one more game like the first one. I think if there were a sequel, they could incorporate playable flashback moments from perhaps before TPC starts so we could have a little more content from that era. Only issues I can think of then is we wouldn’t have ottsel Daxter if they take place before, and there isn’t much room for post TPC since the ending pretty much leads straight into Jak 2. I guess human Dax could just follow you around and throw some jokes from a distance. Thoughts?


r/jakanddaxter 3d ago

Jak Trilogy

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r/jakanddaxter 3d ago

Jak and Daxter merch at The Yetee

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Hi folks! I've made two designs inspired by Jak and Daxter and Jak 2 and they're live at The Yetee website for the next 48h :)

https://theyetee.com/collections/continue

Cheers and hope you enjoy it! ✌️


r/jakanddaxter 4d ago

First progress on my Daxter bike!

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I’ve been working on customizing my bike inspired by Daxter, and this is the first progress I wanted to share. Still a lot left to do, but I’m really happy with how its starting to look!

I’ll post more updates as I keep working on it. Next update: built-in Waze with Daxter’s voice, since the bike is electric and basically silent while riding. Figured I might as well let Daxter do the talk.

What do you guys think so far? Any Ideas?


r/jakanddaxter 3d ago

Is there a difference?

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I wanted to buy jak and dexter bundle since it's on sale i emulated the first one on my android tablet and enjoyed the initial experience of it i didn't finish it tho .

Anyways,on ps4 the UAE VERSION OF THE BUNDLE IS 17.5 DOLLARS , AND THE USA VERSION IS 19.99 AND THEY JAVE DIFFERENT COVERS SO ARE THEY DIFFERENT AND WHICH ONE TO GET


r/jakanddaxter 4d ago

Jak 3 marauders ruin the desert

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I don't understand why Naughty Dog decided that the marauders are always driving in the desert. They made this huge desert that we could explore and you really can't because you're always being attacked. This bothered me so much as a kid


r/jakanddaxter 3d ago

Daxter should've had a proper arc where he learned to love being an ottsel

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I know I'm going to get flak for this, but I find Daxter's character arc post-TPL to be a tad underwhelming. The entire premise of the first game is trying to find a way to turn Daxter back into a human again. That's literally the entire reason Jak and Daxter even set off on their first quest, even if it does later turn into a save the world plot involving Gol and Maia.

But in the sequels, Daxter just more or less doesn't care about being an ottsel anymore. He just seems to have quietly accepted it, given he names the bar "the Naughty Ottsel" at the end of Jak II and then chooses to have pants instead of turning human again at the end of Jak 3.

But I personally find this somewhat underwhelming. I know he told Keira that "good things come in small packages" and this is enough for most people, but to me, that never sounded like genuine acceptance. Daxter's flirts with Keira in the first game, and his wisecracks always came off defensive to me. Like something an awkward teenage boy that is already hated by the village would do, if he found himself turned into a small fuzzy animal. I don't think Dax had fully accepted his transformation by the end of 1, he just accepted defeating Gol and Maia was more important than being human again.

After this, other than a mention of missing pants and saying if not for Jak he'd still be human, Daxter never really mentions being human, which is odd to me. The two year time skip may have played a part in that, but this isn't addressed in the PSP either.

It's been pointed out by a lot of fans that Daxter may have become somewhat reliant on his ottsel form, due to being able to hide behind Jak in a less cowardly way, as well as because Tess fell for him as an ottsel, meaning there'd be no guarantees she'd love him as a human.

Just imagine that though. Imagine we'd gotten an actual arc where Daxter still missed being human but set that aside once again for the greater good (freeing Jak and stopping Praxis) and then finally turned human again in 2 or 3, only to realize he loved being an ottsel because it brought him closer to Jak and Tess. So he makes the active decision to go back to being an ottsel again and Tess becomes an ottsel with him (after she already expresses love for him as a human).

That way, they could've kept the arc of Daxter's insecurity, and done a proper story of him learning to love his new form. It's sort of done in the actual trilogy, with the Precursors being ottsels twist solidifying Dax's decision to want to be one, but it could've been built up much better IMO. Maybe that's just me. What do you think?

And yes I know Jak is the focus in these games really, but Ratchet and Clank were able to give Ratchet and Clank fleshed out character arcs despite almost always being on-screen together at the same time.


r/jakanddaxter 4d ago

This clip of the office reminds me of this clip of Daxter saying ‘he is Jak’s father’

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r/jakanddaxter 3d ago

openGOAL steam deck question

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anyone else using the hd gui mod for jak2 on steam deck? my game ran flawlessly before but with this mod i get frequent drops to ~45 fps. im unsure how something seemingly lightweight could hurt performance this bad? if anyone has some advice or knows a potential fix that would be appreciated because i really dont want to play without this mod lol


r/jakanddaxter 4d ago

[OC] Poker Night at the Cock and Plucker

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Daxter joins some fellow chaotic, loud-mouthed comic relief characters for poker night:

  • Daxter: Plays aggressively and bluffs frequently
  • Conker (from Bad Fur Day): Gets progressively more drunk as the game continues, making his tells more obvious
  • Max (from Sam and Max): Still doesn't know how to play poker, will begin eating his chips if someone takes too long on their turn, progressively reducing the overall payout of the game
  • Impmon (from Digimon Tamers): Sometimes cheats, occasionally with cards from completely different games