The Atari Jaguar Thread

[Arethius_RGC]

I love his video they are nice and always fair.

Definitivelly a great show.


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[64bitRuss]

It just occured to me, after going through the process of soldering in new batteries on NES and SNES games, that the Atari Jaguar cartridges have save features without the use of batteries. Is the Jag the only cartridge system to accomplish this? I think even some N64 games have battery save, which the N64 didn't release until the Jaguar was dead and gone.

I have to once again give appreciation to Atari for the forward thinking in design, and it's quite amazing that even after the Jaguar utilized non-battery save on cartridge, that Nintendo continued to use batteries in their cartridges. Did Atari have some proprietary technology or something that nobody else could use legally? I'm just glad I never have to open up my Jag carts and modify them, thanks Atari!

[Tomleecee]

Really? I didn't know that...although a lot of the game manuals explain that there is a 100,000 limit on the number of times the game data can be saved. I'll wager Laird knows...

[64bitRuss]

Really? I didn't know that...although a lot of the game manuals explain that there is a 100,000 limit on the number of times the game data can be saved. I'll wager Laird knows...

Yeah, and the effects of that 'limit' are pretty vague, I mean, what happens when you hit the 100,000 cap? Does it stop saving or can you simply reset the cartridge and start over? Some games let you wipe out the save data and start over. Does that count against the 100,000 changes, or does it reset it? I'll bet nobody really knows.

[TL]

I bet I know :21:

Jaguar carts use an EEPROM chip in them. These are reprogrammable chips that can be over written again and again. The 100,000 figure is just an estimate, at the bottom end of the scale. In reality they are likely to go on a lot longer than that. If they do run out then you can simply replace it.

[rush6432]

I bet I know :21:

Jaguar carts use an EEPROM chip in them. These are reprogrammable chips that can be over written again and again. The 100,000 figure is just an estimate, at the bottom end of the scale. In reality they are likely to go on a lot longer than that. If they do run out then you can simply replace it.

Exactly.

You just need to take the cart apart and de-solder the 8 pin eeprom chip and replace with a suitable replacement. Not hard to do, but taking the cart apart does poke holes in your label on the front side as the screws are behind the label.

[Tomleecee]

Thought anyone reading this thread might be interested in this extremely insightful podcast I recorded with The Laird himself a few weeks ago:

http://www.retrocollect.com/Podcast/retrocollect-fm-retro-gaming-podcast-issue-05-defending-the-atari-jaguar.html

I apologise for my Northern accent in the first instance.

ENJOY!

[TL]

Thought anyone reading this thread might be interested in this extremely insightful podcast I recorded with The Laird himself a few weeks ago:

http://www.retrocollect.com/Podcast/retrocollect-fm-retro-gaming-podcast-issue-05-defending-the-atari-jaguar.html

I apologise for my Northern accent in the first instance.

ENJOY!

Excellent! You really should start a thread about the Retro Collect podcasts in the podcast forum here!

[SnakeEyes]

Thought anyone reading this thread might be interested in this extremely insightful podcast I recorded with The Laird himself a few weeks ago:

http://www.retrocollect.com/Podcast/retrocollect-fm-retro-gaming-podcast-issue-05-defending-the-atari-jaguar.html

I apologise for my Northern accent in the first instance.

ENJOY!

Excellent! You really should start a thread about the Retro Collect podcasts in the podcast forum here!

Retro Collect is a great site.

[Tomleecee]

Thanks man! I have to say, it's such a good episode and massive thanks to Laird for his input

[TrekMD]

I will be listening to this.  I've already saved it on my podcast app on my tablet. 

[64bitRuss]

I want something like this for the Jaguar:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tyco-Power-Plug-SNES-Super-Nintendo-Controller-Super-NES-Complete-w-Box-Turbo-/301155822497

I actually came up with the idea to use all those useless Team Taps and convert them into a rapid fire device like this, but I don't know how to do the mod, or I would definitely give it a shot. There's an opportunity to make some money with a modification like that to the Team Tap I think.

[TrekMD]

That sounds like a neat idea.  I have two Team Taps and they really just sit there!  LOL

[rush6432]

Hah even i got a mention. Thanks laird. Glad some enjoy my efforts / tinkering. I need to get some vids of the jag modems uploaded so you guys can see them in action.

[Arethius_RGC]

Damned I can ´t download your podcast on my Iphone due to territory raeson...

Like movies on my xbox can't habe them in english with subtitles...
 

Those ridiculous little thibgs make me angry like I was not able to understand them or not "pure" enough listen to them...



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