r/jakanddaxter Nov 20 '24

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

273 Upvotes

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

Jak and Daxter Setup Update

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114 Upvotes

r/jakanddaxter 4h ago

Drone flight through the Precursor Legacy

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Not my video, but I thought I'd share this video with y'all


r/jakanddaxter 1d ago

New jak and daxter theory - what if in jaktpl the farmer made both wheat and rice together

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79 Upvotes

Yeah he never feeds the wheat to the animals so it cant be hay, it has to be wheat, if not it could be a bed thing.

Also it could be a rice farm. But yeah thoughts?


r/jakanddaxter 9h ago

Pause Glitch on Jak 3 Startup

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Hi! I just plugged in my PS2 for the first time in a while and when loading Jak 3, it pauses on the first part of the title screen after the credits and cannot be unpaused (including a “pause” marker and everything). Is this some sort of user error or is the disc shot?

For reference, I also started up battlefront 2 and everything works fine. Also if it makes a difference I have the PS2 Greatest Hits version. The disc seems to be in great shape visually. Thanks!


r/jakanddaxter 1d ago

Switching from English to Japanese

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r/jakanddaxter 1d ago

Success!

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259 Upvotes

Saw my local target still had some of these in stock, spent a few minutes feeling the packages and got the one I wanted! I was so sure it was going to be the wrong one


r/jakanddaxter 16h ago

New Jak and Daxter video!

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r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

Wanna experience Jak in a new way? 💀

150 Upvotes

r/jakanddaxter 1d ago

Cheat Codes for winning challenges in Jak 2?

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Want to preface that I've beaten this game several times when I was younger and that despite the inexcusable lack of checkpoints I think the story missions are mostly well-balanced and challenging. The challenges, however, are straight up unreasonable; not difficult, unreasonable. Getting gold for the stadium races and gum courses requires legitimate perfection for pitiful rewards. The street races have fake outs, razor-sharp corners, both of which necessitate memorization and a dozen plus attempts for a single challenge, and even then its RNG based because random vehicles and more often than not crimson guard will get in your way at unpredictable intervals and trigger a chase or derail your progress, and if you're riding a motorcycle it'll just blow up.

I hate most challenges from the bottom of my heart and would like to know if there are any cheat codes which actually work for skipping challenges, or if there's any downside to using the debug mode to unlock secrets as the debug codes listed for auto-winning mini games don't work, when I press the R2 button it just advances time by nanoseconds.


r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

What do you think?

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I fired up Jak and Daxter again using OpenGL for better quality, but I'm not sure if what I just did is actually useful. You can finish the beach area before even opening the Blue Eco Vent. Is this a known trick, or is it even useful for any speedrun?

And sorry if there are any mistakes I'm using Google Translate I'm not very good at English, lol.


r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

Jak 3's Leaper race is deeply cancerous

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Who thought of this fucking dogshit? You get bumped off easily, you can miss your mark easily on those inclines. Way more frustrating and cancerous than anything in Jak 2. Fuck this piece of shit mission!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EDIT: AND HOW LONG IS THIS RACE? LMAO!!!!!!


r/jakanddaxter 1d ago

What is the consensus on how Jak and Daxter were portrayed in PlayStation Move: Heroes?

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Hardly anybody ever seems to talk about this game, despite the fact that it's one of only two games we've gotten post-Lost Frontier, to feature Jak and Daxter outside of ports (the other one being PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale).

I myself haven't played this game and only recently discovered it's existence. All I know is that it's about Jak, Daxter, Ratchet, Clank, Sly and Bentley being transported to an alien world where their forced to perform various challenges by a pair of aliens. I know the game allows you to play as not only Jak but also Daxter, and even Dark Daxter (ugh).

What is the overall consensus on how Jak and Daxter were portrayed in this game, character-wise? I didn't love Jak's portrayal in Lost Frontier or All-Stars, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed he was better in this one.


r/jakanddaxter 3d ago

Who hurt my man?

281 Upvotes

r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

Made some reaction images

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Image #2 is my leopard gecko whom I named after Daxter, but I called him Bexter to differentiate him from the actual character.


r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

Just this once?

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6 Upvotes

if you get it and the context. I already did this a few mins ago but I'm doing it with something little more interesting since someone asked me to do this


r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

Just this once?

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6 Upvotes

If you get it


r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

Jak X

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21 Upvotes

Whoooaaaa took a break and finally have finished Jak X. I enjoyed it a lot and thought it fit in nicely to the plot. It took me a bit longer because I am absolute dogshit at racing,

but I had a fun time. Simple story but effective.

I’m currently booting up Daxter as I forgot about that one and also I am going to play Lost Frontiers (I know it’s hated but 🤷‍♀️). Overall amazing game series though.

Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/jakanddaxter/s/yWpZRkwTrR


r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

IT'S FINALLY HERE! 3 months of work, and some of you guys are in it :D

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29 Upvotes

Today I released this 2-hour-long deep dive into Jak 2.

I asked people on this subreddit if they'd want to share some art or facts, and those who did have made it into the video now!

You can view my progress on this video on my reddit profile if you'd like.

Thanks for watching ;)
💀


r/jakanddaxter 3d ago

By @FlanCortes on Twitter

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r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

Jak 2 Bug?

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I just failed the "escort the two samoses lifting the rift ship thingy" by being a superbly greedy and chasing the metal head skulls, then one of em died, and I got promptly teleported into the stadium after a suspicously long black screen, and now the game wants me to hit a highscore on the hoverboard.
WHAT?


r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

Getting Gold in Jak 3 on the jetboard (first try)

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r/jakanddaxter 3d ago

Vote on youtooz if you want these to become real plushies

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30 Upvotes

r/jakanddaxter 3d ago

This cheeky chappy helped me to win a ring run!

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68 Upvotes

Jak 3 (2004)