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Yes, but did not play through it. It's indeed more of an oldschool experience that takes some time. If you're looking for a faster gameplay pace and more enemies, you'll be disappointed. But I find that very relaxing, and there is also the puzzle elements and some interesting rooms and enemies in later levels, but so far, I've only made it to level 3 (shame on me). Part of the reason is that you need some time to dig into it, half an hour of spare time here and there doesn't get you anywhere.

Sorry it might've went to spam but I'll promote it on the channel

Well, as far as I've seen, there does not seem to be any Jaguar game jam or whatever you want to call that kind of thing. Saw that for the Lynx and I wonder (for quite some time now): Wouldn't that be a nice thing to start? Sure, there are not that many Jag devs out there, but maybe this will give them and others an incentive to make some games? Prices (money for sure and other stuff maybe) would be necessary. I'd be willing to throw some money in the pot for this and get things going.
 
Maybe you have some thoughts regarding the criterea of the games? So far, I've come up with:
 
Every type of game is welcome No 1:1 ports of existing games from other platforms The cartridge image must run on a GameDrive (submittable ROM types should probably be mentioned) Include instructions on how to play the game (.txt file) The game will have a free public release at least in form of a playable demo after the contest (to not exclude people who'd like to get their stuff published by Songbird or AtariAge) If this Jam starts in February, the deadline will be close to the year's end, probably in November  
I wonder if there should be some kind of bonus for people who actually try something with vector graphics or polygons?

So now the JagJam 2024 is online: https://itch.io/jam/jagjam2024
Hopefully some people will participate. ( @7800 Pro Gamer I wrote you, but am not sure my mail got through, probably not, I guess. Maybe you want to push this news anyways now that it's online. @Ballistik If you'd be willing to cover this as well, that would be awesome.)
 

Warning…highly addictive gameplay.
 https://forums.atariage.com/topic/363874-new-game-destroyer-7800/#comment-5437348

It reminds me of Thunderfox, too. Plays similarly to that game. 

So now the JagJam 2024 is online: https://itch.io/jam/jagjam2024
Hopefully some people will participate. ( @7800 Pro Gamer I wrote you, but am not sure my mail got through, probably not, I guess. Maybe you want to push this news anyways now that it's online. @Ballistik If you'd be willing to cover this as well, that would be awesome.)
 

So now the JagJam 2024 is online: https://itch.io/jam/jagjam2024
Hopefully some people will participate. ( @7800 Pro Gamer I wrote you, but am not sure my mail got through, probably not, I guess. Maybe you want to push this news anyways now that it's online. @Ballistik If you'd be willing to cover this as well, that would be awesome.)
 

Will really did a nice job on this one. The music fits excellent and the game is surprisingly fun, despite (or maybe even because of) the 8-bit optics. Graphics aren't everything, that's for sure... 👍

Has anybody here actually had the chance to look and play this pre-alpha?

Yes, but did not play through it. It's indeed more of an oldschool experience that takes some time. If you're looking for a faster gameplay pace and more enemies, you'll be disappointed. But I find that very relaxing, and there is also the puzzle elements and some interesting rooms and enemies in later levels, but so far, I've only made it to level 3 (shame on me). Part of the reason is that you need some time to dig into it, half an hour of spare time here and there doesn't get you anywhere.

Cheers Paul. That sounds indeed like a heck of a folder. Thanks again for sharing your memories. If this one should surface one day, that would be awesome. Hopefully, it has survived. To this day, so little is known about the JagCD at all. I can't even seem to get to people who were in any way involved into the hardware development of that add-on. Well, maybe in the future, who knows ...

Edit: Well, to be honest, Leonard Tramiel would be an obvious choice in that regard, but I was lucky to get a few sentences from him at all regarding the Jaguar, so I'm not too confident asking about any CD stuff ... but who knows ...

Thank you for your kind words. I will keep improving and updating it and am glad people enjoy it.

You can email me at 7800progamer@gmail.com that's my public email given in the description of all my videos so it's out there already

@7800 Pro Gamer Yes, I did. And that is a great idea, please send me a private message here with your mail address, I'll gladly contact you.
 
I'll disclose more info as soon as more details are fixed, probably around early April.

I played the demo a few times now and wish the scrolling was faster. Also, sometimes it felt like the detection of where a hole is, for example, was not working that precise. But hey, maybe that's just me sucking at the game. I kinda like the concept, but so far, I would not play it again, to be honest. It feels a bit dull to me, but we'll see how much will change in the finished version. I look more forward to "Jumping at Shadows"

Good question, we will see. I am still on it and the jam will start in May, thought the info about it will probably be available online earlier (in April, I guess). It will be done via itch.io and I hope there will be some participants and some interesting games.

It's in the serial number, the second digit (not counting the B) tells you the year (3 for 93) and the third tells you the month (6 in this case). There is an Atari internal document explaing this; I will include it in the 3rd edition of Clipped Claws.

The design is closely related to the design of the Panther console. Leonard Tramiel, who did not remember exactly, said it was plausible that they reused the design for this pad (and made it happen). John Mathieson said that these designs existed when he started working there. Prototypes of this design might have been around somewhere even earlier, as magazines were referencing it around 92 or even 91 - I dont' remember from the top of my head, but there is a reference (and chapter about this stuff) in Clipped Claws.
@walter_J64bit : Thanks for the addition! Same date code there.

Yes, but did not play through it. It's indeed more of an oldschool experience that takes some time. If you're looking for a faster gameplay pace and more enemies, you'll be disappointed. But I find that very relaxing, and there is also the puzzle elements and some interesting rooms and enemies in later levels, but so far, I've only made it to level 3 (shame on me). Part of the reason is that you need some time to dig into it, half an hour of spare time here and there doesn't get you anywhere.

I guess so, too. But originality might be a good point for the voting chart. Currently reading about how to start a Game Jam on itch.io and if it would be allowed to give out prices there. Would not know where else to start something like that other than itch.io, or maybe @Justin would be interested in doing this via atari.io?

Well, as far as I've seen, there does not seem to be any Jaguar game jam or whatever you want to call that kind of thing. Saw that for the Lynx and I wonder (for quite some time now): Wouldn't that be a nice thing to start? Sure, there are not that many Jag devs out there, but maybe this will give them and others an incentive to make some games? Prices (money for sure and other stuff maybe) would be necessary. I'd be willing to throw some money in the pot for this and get things going.
 
Maybe you have some thoughts regarding the criterea of the games? So far, I've come up with:
 
Every type of game is welcome No 1:1 ports of existing games from other platforms The cartridge image must run on a GameDrive (submittable ROM types should probably be mentioned) Include instructions on how to play the game (.txt file) The game will have a free public release at least in form of a playable demo after the contest (to not exclude people who'd like to get their stuff published by Songbird or AtariAge) If this Jam starts in February, the deadline will be close to the year's end, probably in November  
I wonder if there should be some kind of bonus for people who actually try something with vector graphics or polygons?

I guess so, too. But originality might be a good point for the voting chart. Currently reading about how to start a Game Jam on itch.io and if it would be allowed to give out prices there. Would not know where else to start something like that other than itch.io, or maybe @Justin would be interested in doing this via atari.io?

I guess so, too. But originality might be a good point for the voting chart. Currently reading about how to start a Game Jam on itch.io and if it would be allowed to give out prices there. Would not know where else to start something like that other than itch.io, or maybe @Justin would be interested in doing this via atari.io?