Chubbz Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 Simple question really. Is it possible? Obviously, this would have to be for new games, but it would be an excellent way to connect the community. We'd finally have people to play Jaguar games with. DegasElite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 There was going to be a Web adapter called Cortina for the Jag. So, I think a modem would have been in the works from Atari anyway. So, entirely possible. Yes. Chubbz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubbz Posted February 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 Has it been attempted by anyone else? Would it be too costly? DegasElite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 I don't think anyone else has attempted it. Just Atari themselves. Cortina never left the prototype stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 I don't think it would be costly, really. But, would it be viable? That I don't know. Chubbz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubbz Posted March 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2022 (edited) It would certainly be cool. Devices like the P.R.Connection allow ATARI 8-bit micros to connect to modems; It would be a cool addition to the Jaguar scene. Edited March 5, 2022 by Chubbz DegasElite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted Wednesday at 03:57 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 03:57 AM Agreed. It would be nice. I could imagine an Internet access device would be nice for the Jaguar. I sometimes wonder how the Jaguar would have fared with Cortina. It might have fared better with Web access and online multiplayer games. But, it was all about the marketing as well. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted Wednesday at 04:05 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:05 AM So many missed opportunities with the Jag. It literally had a keypad on the controller, they could've shipped the Jag with an online service (think SegaNet) that provided early online access to email, chat, and the web for a low monthly subscription cost. Atari had spent the second half of the '80s literally trying to be a computer company, they had the resources to do something like this, why not go for it? DegasElite and RickR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted Wednesday at 04:16 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:16 AM 10 minutes ago, Justin said: they had the resources to do something like this Did they, though? I imagine everyone with the knowledge and vision had left by then. Justin and DegasElite 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted Wednesday at 04:21 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:21 AM Just now, RickR said: Did they, though? I imagine everyone with the knowledge and vision had left by then. I know they had the lines and they had the computing power to get started with something. What Atari really needed was somebody in the building with the willpower and authority to empower a small group of young, ambitious, creative minds with that scrappy '90s gen-x attitude - just a handful of them working in a small group, having fun, taking on the world, throwing two sheets to the wind knowing they were small and they were the underdog and they were going up against Nintendo and Sega and Amiga and Sony and Apple and Sun and NeXT and everything else, and just pick something and go full bore with it and make it cool. RickR and DegasElite 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted Wednesday at 04:27 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:27 AM 19 minutes ago, RickR said: Did they, though? I imagine everyone with the knowledge and vision had left by then. These guys could've made it happen 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 RickR and DegasElite 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted Wednesday at 04:28 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:28 AM Yeah, that would have been awesome! It boggles the mind to think of all the talent they had and allowed to blow away like dust in the wind. The brain power at the Grass Valley research office alone could have taken them to such highs. But sadly, Warner management just had no idea how to treat these creative people and their revolutionary ideas. DegasElite, MaximumRD and Justin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted Wednesday at 04:47 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:47 AM 26 minutes ago, RickR said: Grass Valley BINGO. Say it a million times. I just sent a video message to @MaximumRD like an hour ago, regarding Amiga saying this very thing. That is so right on Rick. 26 minutes ago, RickR said: It boggles the mind to think of all the talent they had and allowed to blow away like dust in the wind. The brain power at the Grass Valley research office alone could have taken them to such highs. But sadly, Warner management just had no idea how to treat these creative people and their revolutionary ideas. Speaking of Cameron and Joe, in all seriousness, it would have been nice for Atari during the Warner / Atari XL / Hawkeye era to have set up a subscription service not unlike a PlayNet (or the fictional Mutiny). Or at the very least, court other small companies to want to develop services like that to run on the Atari 8-Bit computers. Warner could've offered all sorts of incentives, and imagine buying tickets to Warner movies, online, in 1984, or playing the latest adventure game online for the Atari 8-Bit. That would've been the gateway into an internet age for the ST, or better yet the Amiga had Atari not lost the Grass Valley gurus. Whatever Jaguar would've become, would've been lightyears ahead of what it was. RickR, MaximumRD and DegasElite 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted Wednesday at 04:55 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:55 AM I was always a bit disappointed that the Atari 8-bit computers had modems, but there was no Atari-hosted service to go with them. It's true that that was the case for the other computer companies too, but it sure felt like Atari had a lot to offer with games. They built the infrastructure, but then left the market to Prodigy, Compuserve, etc. ATARILINK with high scores and game competitions would have been spectacular! DegasElite, Justin and MaximumRD 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted Wednesday at 04:57 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:57 AM And you're right...losing Amiga was a huge blow. It's almost like they lost the same brain power TWICE. All because they were completely mis-managed. MaximumRD, Justin and DegasElite 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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