Atari Jaguar Console Review & Games

The Jaguar was Atari's last hurrah into the video game console market. And while it only sold for a couple short years, this sleek console left an impressive with its powerful processors, quirky joystick and a handful of classic games.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/96462-jaguar-homebrew-news-and-exclusive...


The original background music is written and performed by me, the Metal Jesus. The video game footage was captured by me for review purposes only.

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[WARPUDDY666]

First great review I've watched that's not totally bashing this great retro system.

I hate that way to many people are comparing it to the Later released N64 witch to me is just ignorant as Graphics in 93 were not as good as 1995 and later

Rock On Man

[MetalJesusRocks]

@WARPUDDY666 - Thanks very much! It's amazing how quickly the video game industry changed year by year in the 1990s. CPUs, video cards, CD-Rom speeds, networking... everything was changing rapidly! The 90's are some of the most interesting consoles to collect!

[OneRealOG]

...where at downtown was that store?

[MetalJesusRocks]

@OneRealOG - D-Pad Gaming is in Burien: 12602 1st ave s, Seattle, WA 98168. It's a little hole in the wall, but is owned by two awesome dudes who love to make sure you find what you are looking for!

[MAMECADE]

Thanks for the video MJ. I was one of the early adopters of this system. I found myself defending it against other console owners but eventually gave up when Atari lost heart in its own product and pulled the plug. It was a quirky system that "tried but died". Though it is way cool that the homebrew comm is alive and kicking, maybe that was it's ultimate purpose in life.

[MetalJesusRocks]

@MAMECADE - Atari was just a MESS in the late 80's & early 90's...and it's so disappointing! I really think they lost site of what gamers wanted. They had the world, and pissed it away.

[Theamrajr218]

@MetalJesusRocks

Did you know that there was going to be a version of tempest on the 2600 but it never got released?

The way i found out about it was on Atari's Greatest Hits on the DS

[ckendrick341991]

Really informative review. I used to have one in the box with some boxed games. I'm gonna get another boxed one someday. I miss it. :( Great job showing all of the best games and the positives of what it can do and what it was at the time of the release.

[Chubzdoomer]

@WARPUDDY666 I was about to say the same thing. The positivity and enthusiasm shown in this review was refreshing after seeing so many people bashing the system. Excellent review!

[cant1rac]

if you look at checkered flag and contrast with say the cd version of world tour racing, its like your playing a different console.

part off it is storage capacity limitations and part is the difficuilty is programming with new developers still largely unfamiliar with the jaguar.

world tour racing and the demo paze zero proves that the jaguar was capable off some pretty commpetive 3d graphics for the time

[cant1rac]

the pad i think is fantastic, but dosent look that good.

the number pad look intimidating and retro for 93.

but with the game transfers on it comes into its own.

i find it comfortable.

like the megadrive a few year earlier it has 3 buttons & no flipper buttons, atari did rectifie this with the pro controller.

which i'd say is the best controller till the n64.

it offers controls not avilable on other controllers i can acess weapons directly in doom without cycling unlike even the in xbox and ps3

[cant1rac]

i have the cd unit, it has a flaw in the clip that keeps the lid down and engages the unit has tendency to sheer, but its an easy repair job and a heavy book on the lid will do the job.

other than that ive found them very reilable.

what it does is allow for a much higher standard off game, getting over the limitation of the very limited capacity of a catridge (something that had a serious effect on the n64 as well)

world tour racing and phaze zero, even come close to playstaion standards

[cant1rac]

atari in 93 release the falcon, which gave st user a significant lead over amiga users.

but within 5 months had released they were not going to provide any support or new models.

atari had no money, was doing insane things with there products, undermining the confidence in suppliers and developers.

its ironic that atari who were again releasing the best hardware by far, did not have competent management or resources to make good on what their designers had produced.

the jaguar had the ablity.

[cant1rac]

all console have a mixture of 8 bit- up to 256 bit chips.

the jaguar actually has better claim off being what it claims than any other in history because it doubled up its processors on a 64bit bus and its gpu's are 64 bit.

a dreamcast has a single 32bit risc cpu and a 128bit gpu for example.

why its stuck to the jag is more to do with competiors claims agianst it like nintendo that release the the n64 with a single 32bit cpu and a 64bit gpu and actually less of a ligitamite claim than Atari.

[cant1rac]

breathtaking hardware you just have to read what john carmack's (doom) comments when talking about the jag and the 3do.

sadly it was horrendously let down by Atari's game development, poor panther developed titles never showed of its strengths.

and made reviewer make overly harsh reviews.

as well as the curious decission to remake atari arcade classics like missle command over other more popular atari arcade classics like gauntlet paperboy & hard drivin, sadly most off these remakes made the n64

[LongIslandVideoGamer]

NBA Jam TE is great on Jaguar