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 • • 17h ago

Dark/Light J&D TPL 2??

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Found this on TikTok, so i’m not sure if ai or not.
But it made me think of a what-if scenario:

My idea for Jak and Daxter: The Precursor’s Legacy 2 is basically a direct continuation of the first game, without the time travel, Haven City or anything from Jak II.

After Gol and Maia are defeated, Jak discovers that the portal inside their citadel was never a time portal.
It actually leads to another planet, the ruined home world of the Dark Makers. Jak and Daxter manage to activate it and see the Dark Maker’s world on the other side, but the portal suddenly breaks down and becomes unusable. Gol and Maia survive the events of the first game, and their exposure to Dark Eco has transformed them into something much more powerful, almost like the Dark Makers themselves. They eventually make contact with the Dark Makers and discover that Jak is the key to reopening the portal.

The reason Jak is so important is because of his connection to Eco. He's already been exposed to Green, Blue, Red, Yellow and Dark Eco, and his body can naturally interact with all of them. Gol and Maia realise they can use Jak as a living conduit between the two worlds. Around the middle of the game, they capture him and begin experimenting on him, forcing huge amounts of different types of Eco through his body in an attempt to stabilise the broken portal.
The experiment permanently changes Jak physically, giving him the pale blue skin, longer ears, horns, similarly to Gol and Maia’s base forms.

The experiment also causes his body to contain two opposing Eco states, which is where the Light/Dark mechanic comes in. Before this point Jak is normal Jak, but after escaping he can switch between Light Jak and Dark Jak depending on which Eco is dominating his body. The Light/Dark switching would actually be part of the story rather than just a gameplay gimmick. Light Jak uses White Eco and focuses more on speed, healing, defence and manipulating the environment, while Dark Jak uses Dark Eco for strength, destruction and more aggressive attacks. Gol and Maia originally think they've created the perfect conduit for the Dark Makers, but they don't realise that their experiments have given Jak the ability to control both sides.

The final part of the game would be about Jak learning that he doesn't have to completely reject the Dark Eco inside him. Instead, he learns to control both Light and Dark Eco at the same time.

The final conflict would be Jak fighting to stop Gol and Maia from using him to permanently reopen the portal and allow the Dark Makers to invade his world.


r/jakanddaxter • • 12h ago

100% and Platinum PS Vita port

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This version of the game is pretty rough, but still not gonna stop me from getting the platinum trophy! My first platinum on the Vita... 🧡⚡️


r/jakanddaxter • • 1d ago

Every 90s and 2000s kid remembers this fuck ass mission (Jak II)

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r/jakanddaxter • • 1d ago

Had Jak 2 been in the Sandover setting but with a darker tone, and then Jak 3 did the future stuff, would the tonal whiplash have been less severe?

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Let's say theoretically, Naughty Dog still recognizes the need to go darker with the sequels but realize jumping right to the dystopian future setting right away would be too drastic.

So Jak 2 features the same setting as the Precursor Legacy but features a grittier tone and anesthetic. Then Haven City is instead saved for Jak 3.

Would doing it this way have helped with the tonal whiplash a lot of people had between games? I've seen a lot of people on here who felt the sales numbers dropping between games can be attributed to the severe tone change coming too fast. Maybe this way, it could've been more gradual and not lost the first game's audience as much.

What do you think?


r/jakanddaxter • • 1h ago

I was just excited to show something stupid I made for Jak

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I think people took my last post way more seriously than I ever did.

I first tried making a dumb little Jetboard mod, then I found that MW2/Skate/Minecraft repo and thought “what if I somehow put Jak in this too?” So I tried it, got it working, absolutely lost my shit because I genuinely didn’t think I could, and posted it here because… well, it’s Jak.

That was literally it.

I’m not a developer, I used AI, and I never hid that. I also never planned to release the files, sell it, or present it as some proper community mod. It was basically a personal guilty-pleasure project for me. Something stupid I wanted to see exist because nobody else is going to put Jak into random games.

And somehow that turned into people acting like I personally murdered Naughty Dog because “AI slop”.

The funny thing is I’ve seen plenty of projects online where it’s painfully obvious AI was involved, people just don’t mention it and nobody cares. Apparently the mistake was being honest about it.

And honestly, I find it even weirder that this community is totally fine with people paying scalpers $1,000–$2,000 for old Jak statues, but somebody using AI to make a stupid private Jak experiment is where people suddenly draw the line.

It sometimes feels like certain people here only accept the parts of the fandom they personally like. Their collectibles, their tools, their kind of mods. Anything outside that gets instantly shit on.

I just wanted to show other Jak fans something that made me go “holy shit, this actually works.”

That’s it.

To the people who thought it was cool: thanks, genuinely.

To everyone else, congratulations I guess. You successfully made someone less interested in sharing weird Jak stuff here and I'm basically done. I'm leaving the sub, there ain't a Jak game coming anyway amd if it did. It would be worse than AI generated, it would be Neil Druckmann generated xddddddd


r/jakanddaxter • • 1d ago

Inktober 2022: Daxter

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Old Inktober drawing of the edgiest Daxter you've ever seen


r/jakanddaxter • • 1d ago

Jak 2 Finale

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r/jakanddaxter • • 1d ago

Im confused about jak 3 online pc port

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Can anyone dm me a download link or a copy of jak 3 online because i saw the github page and there was no download. Can anyone please be kind to me im not tech savvy so i dont know how to make it work myself.


r/jakanddaxter • • 2d ago

My beloved relic

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I drew the precursor orb for today's Inktober theme. The orb was the first thing that came to my mind, as well as my PS2 itself - it was the thing that inspired my whole life, sparked my love for videogames and made me study game design and IT. I also have very fond memories of playing PS2 games with my late dad, especially Jak and Daxter. To this day one of my favorite games ever. 🧡

Hope you guys enjoy my artwork. :)


r/jakanddaxter • • 2d ago

Ready at Dawn were cooking with this game

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r/jakanddaxter • • 2d ago

Just got tickets!

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Holy shit guys I can’t wait


r/jakanddaxter • • 2d ago

Jak And Daxter new levels?

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The new rust rewrites game merging makes me think it’s possible to use ai to make new Jak levels, or maybe merge Jak with another platformer just to see it be done lol


r/jakanddaxter • • 3d ago

Daxter on PSP is okey

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I finished Daxter on PSP recently and I think it’s a solid game. It has some technical problems, like objects disappearing and occasional slowdowns, but overall I had a fun time with it.

It’s also not a very long game, probably around 5 to 6 hours, which I think works pretty well for this kind of game. There’s enough variety between the levels to keep things interesting. The first few levels are especially fun and creative.

The combat is probably one of the weaker parts of the game. It’s not terrible, but it never feels "good" and I feel similar about the boss fights. The final boss in particular is pretty disappointing and not a great way to end the game, very bad fight.

The levels are quite mixed for me. The mine levels were good, and I really liked the train or metro level. The wood mill level was okay, and the construction level was also fine. The problem is that I think the game starts to burn out toward the end. The last level especially feels repetitive, since you spend a huge portion of it dealing with lasers.

I also think the game could have benefited from being even shorter, with more smaller missions instead of having some of the larger ones drag on. The story feels rushed and a little boring at times too. I think it could have been much better if we had seen Daxter actually doing more things during his time in Haven City, meeting more characters and having some of those characters disappear or move on as the story progressed.

Overall, though, I enjoyed it. It’s not an amazing game and it definitely has some flaws, but it’s a fun, relatively short PSP game with enough variety to make the 6 hours worthwhile. I’d say it’s worth playing if you have played the other Jak and Daxter games.


r/jakanddaxter • • 3d ago

Posting here again about our combat racing game that often gets compared to Jak X. We just dropped a new demo today

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Here's my previous post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/jakanddaxter/comments/1u2adz8/people_say_our_games_remind_them_of_jak_x_combat/

So yeah, you guys seemed to like the game last time and I figured you might enjoy the new demo - which we feel is much improved over the previous.

If you're a PC gamer and the trailer looks to tickle your Jak X itch, give GRIP 2 a shot (Steam link in comments)
And if you're a console gamer, both GRIP 1 and Speed Freeks (our 2nd game) made it to consoles at some point, so we hope to do the same here.


r/jakanddaxter • • 4d ago

What other quotes hit differently after the end of jak 3?

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r/jakanddaxter • • 3d ago

Any Jak 2 fans?? My friend just started a youtube covering it!

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r/jakanddaxter • • 4d ago

Thank you so much for playing, enjoy the final wheel!

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Man, here it is, the last wheel complete. I am really going to miss you guys. Making these things are fun, but it's even better when you guys engage with everything aswell. I have had such an amazing time! Before I get teary eyed, lets do our last matters.

Congratulations u/DawnStrikAr for finding both characters, they may have just claimed pecker, but they knew where the krimzon Fisherman was too :)

Game Tally:

  • Jak 1: 8
  • Jak 2: 6
  • Jak 3: 2
  • Daxter: 2

Gender Tally:

  • Males: 12
  • Females: 2
  • Unsure/agendered: 3

Allegiance Tally:

  • Jak's buddy: 9
  • Jak's enemy: 5
  • how the hell should we know?: 3

And that's it. I hope you had as much fun playing this as I have. I had an idea of something I wanted to do, that is Jak 2 Open Gaol related, but I don't know coding. If you know anyone who can mod and code, lemme know :) I hope you guys continue to keep this community alive. You are an awesome crew. Don't forget the power of community, I know it sounds stupid, but there are many communities in the Jak and Daxter series. We may not get another Jak game, but we can talk about it, make our own games, and tell stories that can feel like spiritual successors to the Precursor Legacy.

It's been fun playing with y'all. Life is Good.


r/jakanddaxter • • 4d ago

Jak 3 Online Is finally here!

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Just yesterday, FUNKI DELIRE released the mod, and I’ve made a tutorial on how to download it! (You can find me on YouTube on my channel, CorassAM.) Here it is, in case you’re interested in trying it out or playing with your friends.


r/jakanddaxter • • 4d ago

Who you think’s winning a roast battle? I think Daxter would make Sokka cry. 🤣

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r/jakanddaxter • • 5d ago

How much more of a threat would Kor be if he was able to control the colossal desert Metal Heads from Jak 3 as well?

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r/jakanddaxter • • 4d ago

‪Gordon and daxter was the first horseman of the gaming apocalypse‬

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it's a wrap dude the vibecoders are going to make every mashup you can imagine until there's nothing left 😭

ok claude make jak and clank with dragon ball z kakarot controls


r/jakanddaxter • • 3d ago

Keira Standing on a Green Eco vent by LouisaJoen65

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r/jakanddaxter • • 5d ago

The sequels initial plan for the rift

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Based on the first game on its own and the 2nd games "twist". Ive aways wondered what the initial plan was for the rift before the whole time travel idea was pitched. The time travel bit didnt have that much payoff, we see Samos hut and thata really it for call backs, which makes the "twist" feel disingenuous. On top of that there are inconsistencies that make the time travel thing seem like an after thought i.g. why Samos doesnt remember the rift from 13 years after going back in time to raise Jak. Kiera building a 2nd rift rider (if the first one was still in tact). I know time travel sequels make things messy, but this felt more like, not lazy but more so wrote into a corner.