Jet Set Radio HD is the latest remaster in a string of Dreamcast “hits” to see new life on download platforms, but Sega has been insistent that they’ve learned its lessons. The publisher has emphasized how hard it’s trying to get things right this time, and for many, it couldn’t have chosen a better game.
Jet Set Radio was part of Sega’s onslaught of new properties with an emphasis on flash and style during the second wave of Dreamcast software, but it might be one of the more obscure. It’s a game that almost everyone has heard of, but I think few have actually played. This was remedied somewhat with 2002’s Xbox sequel Jet Set Radio Future. Unlike Sonic Adventure or the arcade hit Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio HD is the chance for many to finally play a game they’ve only heard about.
Nostalgia has the side effect of high expectations though, and Jet Set Radio HD just can’t meet them. While the flash and style of Jet Set Radio HD remains untouched and unvarnished by a dozen years of progress, the rest of it can’t stand up to scrutiny. Squirrely controls, camera catastrophes, and nonsensical level design make Jet Set Radio HD a better memory than game.
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | Intel Pentium 4 1.3GHz / AMD Athlon MP | Intel Pentium D 820 2.8GHz / AMD Athlon LE-1640 |
| VRAM | 128 MB | 256 MB |
| RAM | 256 MB | 1 GB |
| OS | Win Xp 32 | Win Xp 32 |
| Graphics Card | nVidia GeForce 7050 / AMD Radeon X1270 | nVidia GeForce 7800 GT / AMD Radeon X800 Pro |
| Direct X | DX 9 | DX 9 |
| HDD Space | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Game Analysis | If you're unfamiliar with the story, Jet Set Radio lets players join the GGs, an up-and-coming street gang in the futuristic city of Tokyo-to, fighting for the right to self-expression against an overbearing, corporate-controlled police force. Rolling and leaping through crowded urban environments on magnetically driven inline skates, players take control of gang leader Beat and his growing posse of deviant artists as they steal turf from the local gangs by covering the city with colorful graffiti. Guided by Professor K, DJ for the hottest pirate broadcast in town – "Jet Set Radio" – the GGs will ultimately uncover the sinister plot hatched by the controlling powers of Tokyo-to. | |
| High FPS | 200+ FPS ( GTX 1060 ) | |
| Optimization Score | 5 | |
