color game using look up tables to achive its graphics. There is nothing to what that games does.....my credentials? I coded all three machines. The Jaguar crushes the Genny and SNES and Both Nintendo and Sega should thank God daily that Sam and Jack Tramiel ran Atari....the real reason the Jaguar failed.
Incompetance, no tools to code with and no support at all from Atari.
I totally agree w/you about the Tramiels. Those guys surely were not dedicated to the gaming industry. Just look at their piss poor support of the highly capable 7800.Their incompetance is still amazing to me to this day.What level of incompetance can one have to ruin a company that was loaded with the resources of PC's,home videogames,arcade games,and software all under a well established brand?Couple that w/in-house manufacturing and several patents.
There is simply no substitute for GREAT GRAPHICS. You can't BS people with cute slogans or half-truth ads. I sincerely hope that someone was fired and blacklisted for pushing this farce of a game system on gamers. My LED alarm clock had better graphics.
1. Atari was trying so hard to push 64-bit that they forgot about the fun. Even Sega managed fun stuff with the Saturn.
2. As "lesser" 32-bit systems and even "Donkey Kong Country" had proven: more bits doesn't mean it's better.
3. In computer design, more bits doesn't mean it's better. The original XBox was technically 32-bit because of its CPU: a Pentium III derivative that's 32-bit x86.
4. Telling people to do the math is like telling them to go to school.
Lol! You put a link at the top of the video! What a fucking n00b you are! Keep the commercials the way they are! Not with little fucking annoying link at the fucking top of the page you little
yes 64 bits of hardly any games that were frequently buggy and 64 bits of a huge price tag plus 64 bits of the worst controler design since... whenever
Moron.....the Bus the Blitter and the OPL of the JAguar are 64 bits. The 68k is a boot processor. The Risc CPU's are 32 bits as there is absolutely no need for 64 bit math. the 64 bits is the ability to move 4 true color pixels at a time. Something niether NES or SNES or Benny cant do.
I agree. They should of advertised Tempest 2000 and the good graphics, and then mabye they would of gotten better views. Then, mabye improve of the controller and got more 3rd party support. If they did that, business would be great.
Its ok to be a fan of the system, but I like how Atari fans try to make it out as if there system was the superior one. I guess it would be if you were a deprived child! LOL!
64 bit of lying power! That machine is not 64 bit! Nintendo had the first 64 bit console! That system is barely better then the 16 bit consoles like Super NES and Genesis. With grainy 3d graphics like doom and Predator vs Aliens. I believe even the lousy 3DO was better. The Jaguar also gets its ASS handed to it by the likes of Playstation, Sega Saturn, and N64.
Atari marketing at its best. The Jag's marketing campaign consisted of Atari yelling 'Look! Look! 64 bits! Yes 64 bits! Really!' and ignoring the fact that most of the games were dreadful. They tried to sell a machine purely on its specs (were were incorrect anyway).
iforget the reaso why but i think the extra buttons for editing games, not sure, some one please correct me on this because i know i am most likly wrong
Too bad for Atari Jaguar, killed by the Playstation and N64. Out of curiousty, why does Atari Jaguar controller have numbers on it, instead of A,B,C or shapes? or move pad. Wikipedia said Atari Games Inc. disband (died) in 2003.
The standard controller has 3 fire buttons. A B C.
The numerical keys are used to select weapons, view, map or whatever the programmer assigns to it. It's really handy for the more complex games. Lot of games have a overlay for the keypad. Atari Games was separated from Atari a long time ago and had nothing to do with Atari computers. Except that they made 2 games on the CoJag A pimped up jag for the arcades. Area51 was one of them.
If I recall correctly, wikipedis quotes that "Technically-minded gamers debated the merits of Atari's claim: some felt the Jaguar's principal "64-bit coprocessors" were essentially nothing more than graphics accelerators (with limited programmability), requiring external control from the Jaguar's primary processors; the primary GPU executed a 32-bit instruction-set, while the remaining CPU (68000) was already established to be a 16-bit unit."
Do the math huh? Do the math on how many Jaguars were sold compared to the SNES you Basterds!
TheBillbot 2 years ago
There is a great substitute for great graphics......Its called great GamePlay.
You should bet your head out of your ass and try it some time.
3gdosrsfs 3 years ago
Hey Donky Kong Country fan......that is a 256
color game using look up tables to achive its graphics. There is nothing to what that games does.....my credentials? I coded all three machines. The Jaguar crushes the Genny and SNES and Both Nintendo and Sega should thank God daily that Sam and Jack Tramiel ran Atari....the real reason the Jaguar failed.
Incompetance, no tools to code with and no support at all from Atari.
3gdosrsfs 3 years ago
I totally agree w/you about the Tramiels. Those guys surely were not dedicated to the gaming industry. Just look at their piss poor support of the highly capable 7800.Their incompetance is still amazing to me to this day.What level of incompetance can one have to ruin a company that was loaded with the resources of PC's,home videogames,arcade games,and software all under a well established brand?Couple that w/in-house manufacturing and several patents.
dstarks80 2 years ago
There is simply no substitute for GREAT GRAPHICS. You can't BS people with cute slogans or half-truth ads. I sincerely hope that someone was fired and blacklisted for pushing this farce of a game system on gamers. My LED alarm clock had better graphics.
TruthandJustice101 3 years ago
Few things were obvious here:
1. Atari was trying so hard to push 64-bit that they forgot about the fun. Even Sega managed fun stuff with the Saturn.
2. As "lesser" 32-bit systems and even "Donkey Kong Country" had proven: more bits doesn't mean it's better.
3. In computer design, more bits doesn't mean it's better. The original XBox was technically 32-bit because of its CPU: a Pentium III derivative that's 32-bit x86.
4. Telling people to do the math is like telling them to go to school.
Watcher3223 3 years ago
Lol! You put a link at the top of the video! What a fucking n00b you are! Keep the commercials the way they are! Not with little fucking annoying link at the fucking top of the page you little
theblue64 4 years ago
how the fuck do you get youtube noobs? seriously keep the gaming lingo inside gaming ok. (i get really sick of people doin this)
aksquash 3 years ago
you tell em mr squash ( love yo name )
Dillonjf 3 years ago
64 bits is more than crappy 16 bits from baby sega and nintondo!
holabalooser 4 years ago
It is betrer than 8-bit Atari 2600.
cyndassprites 4 years ago
2600 is 8-bit?
But the NES is 8-bit!
sega31098 3 years ago
yes 64 bits of hardly any games that were frequently buggy and 64 bits of a huge price tag plus 64 bits of the worst controler design since... whenever
aksquash 3 years ago
nintendo and sega which only offter 16-bit
sega 32X.
64-bits of mega power!
more like 64-bits of mega ripoff!
Yesh, technically only a small part is 64-bit. the rest is 16/32-bit.
sega31098 4 years ago
Moron.....the Bus the Blitter and the OPL of the JAguar are 64 bits. The 68k is a boot processor. The Risc CPU's are 32 bits as there is absolutely no need for 64 bit math. the 64 bits is the ability to move 4 true color pixels at a time. Something niether NES or SNES or Benny cant do.
3gdosrsfs 3 years ago
I know, but I was stupid at that time.
sega31098 3 years ago
No you were mislead by the lies of
the gaming mags and the over hype of
the Tramiels. If only they put more enery
into the Jaguar then flapping ther lips,
we might have a Jag II or eevn a Jag II by now.
They did not love the game market for the love of games. You cant expect to do well
when your only motivation is money. Bushnell
would have done better....at least he loved
games.
3gdosrsfs 3 years ago
I agree. They should of advertised Tempest 2000 and the good graphics, and then mabye they would of gotten better views. Then, mabye improve of the controller and got more 3rd party support. If they did that, business would be great.
sega31098 3 years ago
They did not advertise enough. The third party support was there...originally they had 300 developers. Once the developers saw how
hard it would be to get the thing to run fast(lack of tools) they all ran the other way.
Atari did nothing to help....like put any money left towards improving the tools.
Us homebrewers have fix that issue. We just release a new set of tools that will allow
mostly GPU only code and will also allow
the GPU to run code out in main RAM. Something
Atari didn't.
3gdosrsfs 3 years ago
Two processors of 32 bit Jaguar... Not true 64bits processor.
fsm1982 2 years ago
Its ok to be a fan of the system, but I like how Atari fans try to make it out as if there system was the superior one. I guess it would be if you were a deprived child! LOL!
phonedork 4 years ago
64 bit of lying power! That machine is not 64 bit! Nintendo had the first 64 bit console! That system is barely better then the 16 bit consoles like Super NES and Genesis. With grainy 3d graphics like doom and Predator vs Aliens. I believe even the lousy 3DO was better. The Jaguar also gets its ASS handed to it by the likes of Playstation, Sega Saturn, and N64.
phonedork 4 years ago
what does mega power mean?
lucasbadong 4 years ago
Just a silly advertising slogan. ;)
KevinCali24 4 years ago
Sounds like what there trying to do with Playstation 3. You know the whole my specs are so amazing so my games have to be amazing too.
Kieyran 5 years ago
64 bits of MEGA POWER
RobohX360 5 years ago
Quite refreshing, funny animation too... Oh, John !
mario64bits 5 years ago
i think that if atari promoted games like DooM and Tempest 2000 instead of "OMG 64bits" Jaguar would've done a bit better
but once the Saturn came out Jaguar was dead
Kajayacht 5 years ago
Saturn didn't survive much longer i am afraid.
RazorFastClaws 4 years ago
the jag would have been much better off never promoting the 64-bit thing, it only left people disapointed
rollinss1983 5 years ago
all the jaguar commercials are about specs
MalukuMix 5 years ago
Atari marketing at its best. The Jag's marketing campaign consisted of Atari yelling 'Look! Look! 64 bits! Yes 64 bits! Really!' and ignoring the fact that most of the games were dreadful. They tried to sell a machine purely on its specs (were were incorrect anyway).
UncleFeedle 5 years ago
iforget the reaso why but i think the extra buttons for editing games, not sure, some one please correct me on this because i know i am most likly wrong
NESHero 5 years ago
Too bad for Atari Jaguar, killed by the Playstation and N64. Out of curiousty, why does Atari Jaguar controller have numbers on it, instead of A,B,C or shapes? or move pad. Wikipedia said Atari Games Inc. disband (died) in 2003.
Satoru003 5 years ago
Yup, makes me feel REALLY sorry for ol' Jag.
TotallyAnnihilated 5 years ago
The standard controller has 3 fire buttons. A B C.
The numerical keys are used to select weapons, view, map or whatever the programmer assigns to it. It's really handy for the more complex games. Lot of games have a overlay for the keypad. Atari Games was separated from Atari a long time ago and had nothing to do with Atari computers. Except that they made 2 games on the CoJag A pimped up jag for the arcades. Area51 was one of them.
RazorFastClaws 4 years ago
If I recall correctly, wikipedis quotes that "Technically-minded gamers debated the merits of Atari's claim: some felt the Jaguar's principal "64-bit coprocessors" were essentially nothing more than graphics accelerators (with limited programmability), requiring external control from the Jaguar's primary processors; the primary GPU executed a 32-bit instruction-set, while the remaining CPU (68000) was already established to be a 16-bit unit."
topclaw 5 years ago