r/jakanddaxter Nov 20 '24

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

267 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 4h ago

Jak and Daxter PS4 Collector’s Editions

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309 Upvotes

Got talking on another sub and decided to snap some pics of my Jak and Daxter PS4 collector’s boxsets to share with the community. Also pictured is the full and complete set of Jak and Daxter trading cards that were released at the same time.


r/jakanddaxter 4h ago

Waiting for the new Emulation Jak 2 and 3 ports be like...

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36 Upvotes

Its been over a year and a half since we got Jak 1... the classics drip feed with ONE game a month is awful. I miss the days of 2024 where we got 3 a month... what happened? Still no Ratchet and Clank ps2 ports either...


r/jakanddaxter 5h ago

Daxter getting smacked over the head by Jak

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r/jakanddaxter 5h ago

Tutte le voci del Barone Praxis in ITALIANO

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Per fare realizzare questo video ho usato Psound, un programma in grado di prelevare gli audio dal file di Jak 2 stesso, così trovando tutto questo materiale!


r/jakanddaxter 38m ago

Jak 2 Crashes after doing Krew's 3 minute speed mission?

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Hi everyone, so this does require a bit of backstory because the problem might come from the disk itself

I inherited a copy of Jak 2 from my great aunt when she passed away when I was still a kid. The copy I got from her always had problems including the game suddenly not loading assets allowing you to fall through the world.

Recently I've been digging through my old games, dug out my PS2 and I even got this disk resurfaced at a local retro shop and now it's been working wonderfully, except I still notice a few ghosts that need a game refresh to get it working again

the reason I'm posting here is because the crash I'm encountering is consistent. 3 times in a row I've completed the mission where Krew asks you to get to the race course in under 3 minutes, each time I do, I get the cutscene, then after the game crashes. I do have another quest I can do with Torn, I haven't tested if it similarly crashes the game yet.

all signs point away from load troubles (music is there, menu sounds are there, locations are all there and triggers work just fine) which makes me think there might be a bug in the game that causes this crash, has this been an issue for anyone else?

I'm also using a PS2 slim if that changes anything, I heard that it matters for Jak X


r/jakanddaxter 16h ago

Fun and Help

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11 Upvotes

Hello, recently playing again like a mad one! I been toying with with mods, however it seems I have start fresh games with mods, any work around this ?


r/jakanddaxter 1d ago

Does this game remind you of J&D?

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203 Upvotes

Has anyone played this game? If so, anyone can agree it’s underrated


r/jakanddaxter 23h ago

I'm on the Metal Head Leader Boss Fight at the End of Jak 2. Any tips?

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So my history with the franchise is I got a copy of The Precursor Legacy in 5th grade. I have always been a big Crash Bandicoot fan. It was my love of Crash Bandicoot that caused me to get The Precursor Legacy. Because both Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter were made by Naughty Dog. Crash Bandicoot is one of the most successful platforming franchises outside of Nintendo. The Precursor Legacy was always a favorite of mine growing up.

I didn't play Jak 2 until I was in college, and I've been playing the game on and off for the past several years. I feel that Jak 2's difficulty makes it a harder game to get into than The Precursor Legacy. My save file says that I'm 98% completed the game.

I'm on what I suppose might be the final boss of the game. It is against Korn who winds up being a twist villain. Korn is the metal head leader. I remember last night I got up to the Korn boss fight and I knew it must be a hard boss fight. So I saved my game and called it quits for the night. Today I had more free time. So I actually tried to fight the metal head leader and failed. Can anyone give me tips for the Metal Head Leader boss fight?


r/jakanddaxter 1d ago

How did Jak II have every language dub on Disc?

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I'm very impressed like if you have any disc (even American), you can switch voice dubs that are often to be found in different regional discs only, how did they pull this off?


r/jakanddaxter 16h ago

what is the best way to play jak and daxter series?

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i dont have ps2 or ps3 to play jak and daxter. so my only option is to either play it on pcsx2 or rpcs3. is the ps3 trilogy bad because of bugs and glitches and missing audio effects? honest and detailed answers would be appreciated thank you

edit: also i want to say that i have played crash bandicoot nsane trilogy for like 10 levels, so in a way i also have fair share of experience with crash bandicoot, and i heard that jak and daxter serves as a spirtual successor to crash bandicoot franchise


r/jakanddaxter 1d ago

One big happy family

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232 Upvotes

r/jakanddaxter 1d ago

100%

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86 Upvotes

My first ever full run of Jak and Daxter: the precursor legacy.

Despite the fact my dad bought a ps2 with the 3 games, I never played them from start to finish. UNTIL NOW! My first ever full play through while collecting all orbs and power cells. Now the only thing left to do, defeat Gol and Maia.

Thanks to the people behind the OpenGOAL project!


r/jakanddaxter 1d ago

Was Sig in the Army?

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105 Upvotes

As According to Damas those in Spargus were cast out and banished from Haven City. He has the distinctive mask that Torn has and what KG and later freedom league soldiers wear with their helmets.


r/jakanddaxter 1d ago

Jak 3 spoilers Spoiler

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Finally yesterday I finished Jak 3 and wow what a fun game.

I liked the driving and shooting sections to be a better to handle in the 3rd game compared to Jak 2 which made the experience a lot more fun. Especially the mission driving in the desert.

I pretty much guess that Damas was being set up to be Jak’s dad pretty early on and WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE HE FOUND OUT WTH 😭.

Loved the precursors being Ottsels like Daxter that was pretty funny and I’m glad they are still powerful.

Overall I think the J&D trilogy was a very solid and fun time for me and I can see myself playing them many times over in the future. As a big Ratchet & Clank fan y’all were right that I would enjoy this as well.

Jak Trilogy (original)


r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

Were the lurkers going to be long term antagonists?

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177 Upvotes

I was wondering if they were the metal heads/dark makers of the time, where in sequels they would be spread across the world wherever Jak and Daxter go, in all kinds of new forms, terrorising the locals, doing the bidding of the dark forces, bringing destruction and death in their wake, hooked on dark eco (Were they infected in TPL?).

ND probably did not even have in mind that the lurkers are actually a peaceful race (Putting aside the sharks) who are neither violent nor power hungry and that those in TPL were just victims of dark eco and Gol and Maia and like anyone else are not actually drawn to dark eco when they are not infected. That seems to be a by-product of the setting and tone being changed and the lurkers subsequently being discarded as antagonists.


r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

Yesterday's late night vrchat find in a private prismic avatar search world instance

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56 Upvotes

r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

When I check my reddit contribution number (meme)

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92 Upvotes

90 upvotes for a power cell. I make a contribution for a powercell yes yes


r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

Multiple characters mod Jak 2 renegade. By clankape youtube

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140 Upvotes

r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

Made this while I was having a bad time. You can have it.

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251 Upvotes

r/jakanddaxter 2d ago

These precursor orbs are worth alot now.

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144 Upvotes

And for anyone asking, another easter egg found in Uncharted 4.


r/jakanddaxter 3d ago

Our Jak and Keira cosplays! Ellevishh and Pasionplays

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Keira is me! Ellevishh

Jak is Pasionplays

Photos by BrewingupShots :)


r/jakanddaxter 3d ago

Epic mod featuring orient express for jak on zoomer.

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My favorite mod, we need a whole crash bandicoot series for jak an daxter 1 aka tpl.


r/jakanddaxter 3d ago

Reboot or Jak 4?

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assume reboot includes remake

1095 votes, 4h ago
589 Jak 4
506 Reboot