Once selected, the player sets out to fight the others in a life or death contest to challenge "the Guardian" and take control of "the Ultra Vortek" - "the wellspring from which mankind draws its eternal energy." If you lose, the life force of your faction will be subsumed by the Ultra Vortek. The player selects one of 7 playable characters, each representing one of three factions. This write-up will focus on the single-player game.Īt its core, the single-player mode of Ultra Vortek is a rather generic tournament fighter with a standard best of 3 set-up. There are four difficulty levels that range from "Training" to "Killer". Gameplay: Ultra Vortek offers two main game modes: Vs. Is Ultra Vortek the killer 2D fighter that the Jagauar sorely needed? Let's plug this totally extreme game in the big cat to find out.
Ultra Vortek is considered by many Jaguar enthusiasts to be the system's best fighter. The game is crammed with 90s fighter tropes, complete with all of the special moves, fatalities and attitude of the era.
Instead, Jaguar 2D fighter fans were treated to questionable ports of 16-bit console titles like Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and Double Dragon V and two Jaguar exclusives: Kasumi Ninja and Ultra Vortek.ĭeveloped by Beyond Games of Lynx Battlewheels fame and released for the Jaguar by Atari in 1995, Ultra Vortek is a 2D fighter firmly in the mold of the Mortal Kombat series. Unfortunately, with the notable exception of Primal Rage for the Jaguar CD, Atari's 64-bit console lacked conversions of well known arcade titles like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter 2. 2D arcade fighting games were incredibly popular in the mid-90s and console gamers wanted that experience at home.
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