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That is true. I would never really advocate piracy. No. But, there are people that have ported copyrighted titles to the Jag. I will not name names. So, Lost Dragon, you are correct on that statement. I am talking about making new home-brew games from scratch, of course. Plus, it would have helped to make commercial ports by the actual developers for the Jag, no doubt.

Yes, Ishar III was coming for the Jag. It was released also for the 3DO.

Here is my Personal Top Five Jaguar Games List: 1. Doom 2. AVP 3. Myst 4. Tempest 2000 5. Dragon's Lair These are my most favorite Jaguar games of all time. I put Doom on top because, although AVP is absolutely spectacular (and it shows), Doom has more levels: twenty-three, to be exact. Plus, I understand that T2K is towards the bottom, but this is really not an undercut to the game. Actually, I absolutely cherish that game. Dragon's Lair is there for the almost spot-on cel animation. There is a problem, however: Cinepak does not do justice to Dragon's Lair graphically (it really needed the MPEG cartridge released and needed MPEG compression to stand out). Plus, Dragon's Lair is actually very challenging because you are using a different way of controlling the game that makes it "inter-reactive", so to speak. I also like it because I like FMV games. That is my two cents. Thanks.

I have I-War for my Jag and have had it for over seventeen years. Completed the game, too. Fun game, but it needs work on the graphics, of course. But, needless to say, despite the visage of the game it plays quite well. I like it and I am sure it may have a following. But, bear in mind that the Jaguar is obscure and was under-marketed. It should have cheaply been upgraded to four megabytes of RAM or more instead of two. Better hardware and software support would have made the Jaguar a real beast to contend with. Did you know that third-party game developers for the Atari Falcon030 computer had 300+ titles ready to be converted for the Jag? It could have been easily done. But, Atari CEO Jack Tramiel put the kibosh on it, and that was part of the death knell of the Jag and, ultimately, Atari Corporation. We all know the rest of the story. However, one person has found a way to port Atari ST games to the Jaguar, as most of you already know, I am sure. So, by hook or by crook, I am sure someone will figure out how to port Falcon titles to the Jaguar. I am almost positive it is inevitable. But, people can learn Raptor BASIC+ from CJ. It is supposed to be easy to learn, but I am, alas, a noob and know really very little about game coding. So, that is another avenue for games to be released for the Jag. Sorry for being long-winded. Atari games, however seemingly "obsolete" that they are, will still be my fave choice in gaming preference. I am just waxing passionate about it and, maybe, somewhat rambling on. No worries. Thanks for letting me share.

I was wondering. Even though I have looked at this site before, I am wondering if there is a DIY way to manufacture and record a new issue CED video disc. Perhaps, the CED could be 3D printed. Vinyl records have been 3D printed before, and a CED is basically a record. I wonder if someone could manufacture a CED recorder just for the heck of it. But, the recording process was sold and it has not been released to the public, as far as I know. But, maybe this site has been updated with new information that I have not previously been aware of. Is this something new on the site that I may have missed, Kamikazi20012? Thanks for the information.

Yes, I have seen this site before. It is pretty informative. Thanks for posting this.

Hello, all, Been a long time. Sorry about the hiatus. I am one of the beta testers for V61 and Tempest Elite, listed in the end credits as Artisan21. It is a spot-on game that will live up to players' expectations. We have tested various controllers, as it will have multiple controller support. So far, the best controllers that I have tested are the joystick, the European joypad, and the driving controller, with the driving controller being the best. You guys will love to play this game. It will be great. Thanks for letting me share that tidbit of information.

I have never owned laser discs myself, but I remember when they were popular. I also remember a similar type of movie that you all have heard of: CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc), which is a movie disc that was really a record. They were popular around the time of Laserdisc. However, they phased out as well. The process of making CEDs is well hidden. No one knows how to do it anymore. I think RCA still has the writing technology, but they have not shared it with anyone else. They are just resting on their laurels with it when they could find an advanced way of producing it for the populace. I am sure that it can be done. but, that is just me. Laserdisc, however, was still being produced in the 1990s. I remember "Down Periscope" in widescreen format on Laserdisc. It was and is a great format for watching movies. I also like the Laserdisc games, Like "Dragon's Lair", and "Space Ace". Those were the best games I played in a long time. I could not beat them in the arcades, but did on the Atari Jaguar. Pretty cool stuff.

Truly, "Altered Beast" looks great on the Genesis. It could have looked better, granted, but that is all they could have done at the time. Sure, the arcade version was better, but we are dealing with a video game system that had the power of an Atari ST computer at the time. But, there were better looking games for the Genesis later on. But, for a 16-bit conversion, it is still a bang-up job. I liked it. When a game system is first developed, no programmer knows exactly the power of that system until they work with it. That can take several game writes. I mean, look at how much better "Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition" looks on the Genesis than on the Super NES. It is almost a perfect carbon copy of the arcade version. Then, there is also blast processing on the Genesis. Sure, the Genesis in today's standards is primitive. But, I would rather play that than the PS4 or the XBox One. It is still a fantastic system, and "Altered Beast" is a fantastic game.

Cool setup. I have never heard of this game before. But, since I was born in the 1970s, it is hard to remember games from then. Nice find! P.S. I was born in '74, so I was maybe a year old when this game came out.

Hey, guys, Been a while. But, if someone can mass produce these, I might want to look into getting two. At least, if it is affordable for me.

Pretty cool stuff. Will it be released to the public, or will it be used to design some more wicked cool accessories for the 16/32-bit Atari computer line?

Hi, all, Sorry again for the long hiatus, but I am here with some special and exciting news. I have heard on AtariAge that the Vampire2 accelerator for the Commodore Amiga line of computers has been fitted for the first time in an Atari 1040STF computer. It looks to have a 68080 processor that can perform like a Falcon with a 68060 clocked at 150 MHz (the fastest 68060 was 75 MHz), and has 128 MB of fast RAM onboard the accelerator. Here is the link for that forum topic: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/257989-apollo-68080-new-68k-core-running-on-atari-stf/ Please feel free to read on about this developing situation. I do not know when this accelerator will be fully ready for the ST/TT/Falcon line. But, thanks for letting me share this information anyway.

Hi, fellow Atarians, I have been playing "Electrocop" on my Lynx II quite a bit. I love the way it scrolls and plays. Also, the graphics were quite innovative at the time. Surely, the music is repetitive and some of the levels look the same. I think that it may be more difficult than some think, but that's just me. Anyway, we're looking at a game that was one of the first Lynx games ever made. When you have a new system comes out, even the developers still need to tinker with it and the games to get the full potential of the system. This can take a while. I agree that "Electrocop" could have been more. But, being the game that it is, it still really shines. Sometimes, being it is a side-scroller, it kind of reminds of "Metroid," only it has robots instead of aliens in a building on a future Earth. Kind of a combo of "Metroid" and "Xybots," don't you think? Cool idea, though. Thanks for letting me share.

Where I lived, in Minnesota, there was a KayBee at Maplewood Mall. It was in a large suburb (also called Maplewood) in Saint Paul. I went there a few times and looked around. They used to have a great selection of games. I think I got my first Atari 7800 system from that KayBee, but I don't remember. That was Christmas Day 1987, about twenty-nine years ago, and it still is in perfect working order. You never can beat the quality of the legacy Atari game systems. They can outlast the Energizer Bunny.

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I have always liked the Atari Jaguar since its inception and release. Even though it wasn't a commercial success, I know that it could have been so much more. I own two Jaguars and two CD units. They are my dream machines, even though they are retro. But, that's OK. I think that, in time, the home-brew community will create some dynamite games. In many instances, they already have.

To be sure. I used to play those when I was a kid, too. They were fun. Ah, the good old days…

I agree that the Atari Jaguar needed more and better games than when it started out in 1992-93. It's sad that such an iconic system had such a short shelf life in the stores. I wish I could develop for the Jag, but I hear that it took teams of developers to develop games for it. One person couldn't do it at that time. Maybe, with Raptor, just one person could pull it off now. I am not so sure since the Jaguar is so much more radically advanced than previous Atari systems. Some day, I would love to take a stab at it, though.

It is a good controller. But, for me, it can be somewhat unbecoming at times. It depends on the game. I use it anyway. I think it is the combination of joystick and joypad that can be confusing, at least for me. But, it has its pros and cons as anything would. No doubt. Personally, I like it overall. It just needs a few minor tweaks, but it does a good job.

That's not a problem. Batari BASIC seems quite intuitive anyway, it seems. I can go from there. Thanks again.

Thanks for the response. I will check that out. I do have Batari BASIC already, but I just have not used it yet. I am hoping that, just like AtariAge, we have programming tutorials on this forum to see. Just a thought. Anyway, there are other platforms other than the 2600 that I want to learn, like the Lynx and the 7800 platform. Batari BASIC seems intuitive enough, however, and it even has a user interface that can be downloaded (called Visual Batari BASIC) which I also have. It's pretty cool. I guess that could be a start.

Hello, everyone: I have a question. I just joined the forum tonight. Are there any programming tutorials for BASIC and assembly language code for beginners on the Atari platforms that can be accessed on here? If not, will they be available? If so, I am duly interested in learning more about programming, primarily on the 8-bit platform as a base. I also want to learn how to program on other Atari platforms as well. Could there eventually be tutorials on those systems as well? Thanks for reading this post and for having me on here as a new member. I appreciate the opportunity.