The Atari Jaguar Thread

Shadowrunner · June 14, 2014, 00:53:39 AM

Quote from: "Jag_Slave"I know exactly what it is. And I must say, I am happy it is coming out- I had a chance to make it happen for everyone FOR FREE or for cost of parts. But it is what it is. Like I say, just glad it will happen (even for 50-100 bucks each...)

Cool! Can't wait to find out what it is!

TL · June 14, 2014, 16:35:41 PM

Quote from: "Jag_Slave"I know exactly what it is. And I must say, I am happy it is coming out- I had a chance to make it happen for everyone FOR FREE or for cost of parts. But it is what it is. Like I say, just glad it will happen (even for 50-100 bucks each...)

Really? How do you know? PM me!

TrekMD · June 14, 2014, 19:32:12 PM

When do the rest of us find out?!?!?!?Â

WiggyDiggyPoo · June 16, 2014, 20:22:18 PM

Quote from: "The Laird"Well I came across something very interesting today, a conversation on Facebook between B.J. West - the graphic artist and designer of Crescent Galaxy and Black Ice/White Noise, Marty Goldberg - author of Atari Inc. Business is Fun, Mike Fulton - Developer Support Engineer at Atari Corp. from the ST right through to the Jaguar and one Leonard Tramiel - the son of Jack and co-owner/director at Atari Corp.

This is fascinating stuff:

Perhaps but its barely readable, I got a headache trying! If its from your FB can you do a copy/paste of the convo text?

TL · June 16, 2014, 20:34:33 PM

Quote from: "WiggyDiggyPoo"
Quote from: "The Laird"Well I came across something very interesting today, a conversation on Facebook between B.J. West - the graphic artist and designer of Crescent Galaxy and Black Ice/White Noise, Marty Goldberg - author of Atari Inc. Business is Fun, Mike Fulton - Developer Support Engineer at Atari Corp. from the ST right through to the Jaguar and one Leonard Tramiel - the son of Jack and co-owner/director at Atari Corp.

This is fascinating stuff:

Perhaps but its barely readable, I got a headache trying! If its from your FB can you do a copy/paste of the convo text?

Are you viewing on a phone or something?

It's fine on my PC when I click on it to enlarge it, but I will see if I can get it bigger

WiggyDiggyPoo · June 16, 2014, 20:51:39 PM

Quote from: "The Laird"Are you viewing on a phone or something?

It's fine on my PC when I click on it to enlarge it, but I will see if I can get it bigger

When I clicked it earlier it grew from really small to just small lol Much more readable now if you changed it or maybe it didnt load properly for me....

I disagree with the 6 months though. It would have taken much longer and IMO Jaguar should have been Jag+CD based with extra power to compete more favourably with the Saturn/PS1?

TL · June 16, 2014, 21:07:21 PM

I re-uploaded it.

I think the Jag bugs could have been fixed in 6 months. The CD unit was ready to go at launch but they delayed it, it doesn't really add any extra hardware from a performance point of view except for Cinepak video.

WiggyDiggyPoo · June 16, 2014, 21:58:55 PM

Quote from: "The Laird"I re-uploaded it.

I think the Jag bugs could have been fixed in 6 months. The CD unit was ready to go at launch but they delayed it, it doesn't really add any extra hardware from a performance point of view except for Cinepak video.

I agree 6 months, but in hindsight of Cartridge vs CD (N64 vs PS1 really) the CD won out. So a CD equipped bug free Jag with all the games released there and then on launch (that in reality had come out in those first 6 months the 'buggy' jaguar was out) and it would have had a much better chance.

TrekMD · June 16, 2014, 23:33:21 PM

That was an interesting read.Â I guess Leonard had some beans to spill that he rather not spill in public view.Â

TrekMD · June 17, 2014, 01:40:43 AM

I just got this email from Songbird Productions...makes me wish I was going to CGE!

[font=verdana:2anzjjeg]Hi, Atari fans,

Just wanted to let you know Songbird Productions is a confirmed vendor for CGE in Las Vegas this September, and attendees can look forward to purchase an exclusive CGE version of a new Jaguar CD to be released by Songbird at the show. The exclusive CD will be limited to 50 copies total, and will feature some unique in-game graphics indicating this is the CGE version. Once the exclusive version is sold out, Songbird will release an unlimited version with slightly modified graphics and/or gameplay.

What is the game, you ask? Stay tuned in the coming weeks for a formal announcement.

I can confirm that work is already underway with testing both in emulation and on a real Jaguar.[/font:2anzjjeg]

Shadowrunner · June 17, 2014, 04:53:10 AM

Quote from: "TrekMD"I just got this email from Songbird Productions...makes me wish I was going to CGE!

[font=verdana:3nsc9lvl]Hi, Atari fans,

Just wanted to let you know Songbird Productions is a confirmed vendor for CGE in Las Vegas this September, and attendees can look forward to purchase an exclusive CGE version of a new Jaguar CD to be released by Songbird at the show. The exclusive CD will be limited to 50 copies total, and will feature some unique in-game graphics indicating this is the CGE version. Once the exclusive version is sold out, Songbird will release an unlimited version with slightly modified graphics and/or gameplay.

What is the game, you ask? Stay tuned in the coming weeks for a formal announcement. :78:
But yeah, wished I was going too but l'll be happy with the standard edition. Just glad to be getting a new Jag gameÂ

Shadowrunner · June 17, 2014, 15:23:50 PM

Just read a blog post by Carl over at AA and he wrote that it's not a formerly lost Jaguar game, so I guess we can stop speculating about what game it is. Regardless I'm still very excited to find out what it is!

TL · June 17, 2014, 16:10:14 PM

Quote from: "Shadowrunner"Just read a blog post by Carl over at AA and he wrote that it's not a formerly lost Jaguar game, so I guess we can stop speculating about what game it is. Regardless I'm still very excited to find out what it is!

Correct!

TL · June 17, 2014, 16:11:02 PM

Quote from: "WiggyDiggyPoo"
Quote from: "The Laird"Are you viewing on a phone or something?

It's fine on my PC when I click on it to enlarge it, but I will see if I can get it bigger

When I clicked it earlier it grew from really small to just small lol Much more readable now if you changed it or maybe it didnt load properly for me....

I disagree with the 6 months though. It would have taken much longer and IMO Jaguar should have been Jag+CD based with extra power to compete more favourably with the Saturn/PS1?

Leonard's following replies were even more interesting but I have been asked not to share them.

WiggyDiggyPoo · June 17, 2014, 16:29:23 PM

Quote from: "The Laird"
Quote from: "WiggyDiggyPoo"
Quote from: "The Laird"Are you viewing on a phone or something?

It's fine on my PC when I click on it to enlarge it, but I will see if I can get it bigger

When I clicked it earlier it grew from really small to just small lol Much more readable now if you changed it or maybe it didnt load properly for me....

I disagree with the 6 months though. It would have taken much longer and IMO Jaguar should have been Jag+CD based with extra power to compete more favourably with the Saturn/PS1?

Leonard's following replies were even more interesting but I have been asked not to share them.

Leonard seems like an interesting chap, I just read this interview with him. Apologies its on another site....

http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.p ... ail&id=268