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[Controllers]

I'm still waiting on mine to arrive...

[Toki]

I've been looking for that game too, but it's always managed to elude me.

[Brute Force for XBOX]

A friend of mine's roommates both work for Digital Anvil, the development house working on this game. I've been hearing status reports for the last year and a half, and all I can say is I'm really not sure how this game is gonna turn out. They've changed directions with it so much it's not even funny.

[JI2 down]

JI2, or Jaguar Interactive 2, was the main hub for Jag enthusiasts for many years. I've been on it for over 5 years myself, while some people were on the original Jaguar Interactive message board several years before that. It's main problem is that it's mostly been unmoderated, which allowed all kinds of trolls and flamewars to linger on well past their expiration date. Since this board is pretty well moderated, there generally isn't ever a problem here.

[Neo Geo v.s Atari jaguar]

I think it's a stretch saying that the character models had 3,000 polys to them.

[Looking to get my Lynx back]

Honestly, eBay would probably be your best bet. You should also try checking at some local independent video game stores, if you have any in your area. As for games, there's several threads in here about everyone's favorites, but I'll give you a short list of mine:

 

Warbirds

Battlewheels

Rygar

Ninja Gaiden

Blue Lightning

Gates of Zendocon

Rampart

Shadow of the Beast

[Neo Geo v.s Atari jaguar]

The Neo Geo also had the benefit of being officially supported for a MUCh longer period of time than the Jaguar. It's amazing what those programmers were able to pull out of that architecture for over a decade, but it still doesn't compare to the raw power of the Jag.

[JI2 down]

I'll agree, this forum is much better than JI2 any day of the week. It does help that AA is moderated...

[Looking for Jag fans to speak with]

Same here, feel free to shoot me a message on AIM if you're up for chatting!

[GAMEINFORMER Magazine SLAMS the Jaguar]

The only things I really disagree with are the score for Ultra Vortek (it's a MUCH better game than Kasumi Ninja) and the comment about the Jag being a poor system. The rest of the things they said, though, were spot on. Would you really recommend a Jaguar to a fighting game fanatic? Neither would I.

[Digital Press Collector's Guide NOT on AtariAge]

Since you are all obviously too lazy to do this for yourselves, I guess I'll do it for you. Please read this before making any more self-righteous comments. As you'll see, I made the same mistake myself.

[What's a decent price for a Jaguar CD Unit?]

Your best bet is to try working out a trade with someone, which is what I did. You'll end up having to settle for a used JagCD if that will work for you. Brand new ones are just way too expensive and definitely aren't worth the $150+ that you'd have to pay for it. FWIW, I got two different JagCD's for $50, one working, one not.

[Digital Press Collector's Guide NOT on AtariAge]

Like MacGurl said, read up on some of the threads that started up back in August (I think) regarding Atari Joe. Doing that and checking out his website should clue you in on him a little.

[Why doesn't Nintendo do this?]

Nintendo did create an adapter for the SNES to play GameBoy games back in the day. They're also creating an adapter for the GameCube to play GBA games, and I believe it's due out in March/April.

[ScatoLOGIC ScatBox Announced]

Please, guys, let's try not to turn this into the JI2 flame-a-thon that this subject has become.

[Jan sales chart]

Remember, this is all mostly before Nintendo started their current promotion (free game w/ GC). From what I understand, GC sales have jumped up by quite a bit since the start of that promotion. I don't know how many GC games will show up on the Top 10 list, but I'd imagine we'll see a drastic improvement in monthly sales.

[What's your favorite Jaguar game?]

T2K tops my list. That game is literally digitised crack.

[Super Cool Powerful New Gaming System Coming in March!!]

I didn't say anywhere that MS designed hardware or wrote BIOS code. What I did say is that they were the driving force behind most of the innovations that people here attribute to the "hardware only" companies.

 

I would agree that they are ONE of the driving forces behind those "innovations". But I wouldn't by any means call those things innovative. More like evolutionary. The PCI 2.1 (AGP) standard, USB, Energy Savings, etc were more or less things that strived to put PCs into positions that had already been seen by other systems well beforehand. But yes, I guess you could say that Microsoft was one of the driving forces behind it.

[Dave Munsie]

Just a simple question...are/were you using STOS to develop that game?

[Super Cool Powerful New Gaming System Coming in March!!]

BIOS - Not invented by MS, but now heavily influenced by them (although not by MS alone)

USB - an Intel invention

Plug&Play - an Apple invention Handled by the BIOS

AGP - another Intel invention

Energy Savings Mode - Again, another Intel invention

 

And I do remember the Windows key being a generic menu key before everyone started putting the Windows symbol on it.

[Death in the family]

My condolenses.

 

Tim

[Super Cool Powerful New Gaming System Coming in March!!]

They arn't stealing the PC from themselves.  The actual PC was developed by IBM, MS just came up with the OS.

 

We're not talking about an IBM PC here.... we're talking about something more current, like a Celeron based machine. Microsoft has probably had more influence on the design of current machines than the influence left over from IBM's original design. There are so many things on a new PC which are directly created specifically for use by Windows. They are head of just about every comitttee and standards organization. IBM is "just another PC maker", while Microsoft and Intel rule the world.

 

It could be argued that the main influence of IBM's design of the initial PC is that it mostly remains an "open" architecture. I wouldn't look for much of Microsoft's direct influence beyond the BIOS; Intel and other hardware companies have ruled the hardware end of the spectrum for quite a while.

 

It could also be argued that IBM has nothing to do with the "PC" anymore. They also introduced the world to the "workstation" and "server" concepts, and still mostly rule the world within those markets. IBM is hardly "just another PC maker".

[Syndacate]

I'll also agree that it can be fun, but could've used a little more optimization. It also would have benefitted from being on CD by not having the movies from the PC version simply cut into one still frame. Regardless, it's still worth a pickup if you can find it for cheap.

[Anyone remember AtariUser magazine?]

Yes, it was definitely more than 8 issues. It probably ranks as my all time favorite Atari publication, even though I got burned with the ultra-cheap subscription offered in the very last issue.

[Favorite ST games]

Wow, 3 pages and nobody mentioned MIDI-Maze?? That was the best LAN party game before LAN parties were even invented!!! Half the fun of it was coming up with the most disturbing name....

 

I'd have to go with Dungeon Master as my all time favorite ST game, for all of the obvious reasons. Some of my other favorites:

 

Pacific Islands - Cool tank platoon "simulator", played the hell out of it

 

Droid - A cool little PD program I found on the cover disk of an issue of ST Format. Played the hell out of it also.

 

Llamatron - One of my all time favorite games. Also loved the "hidden" curse word.

 

Time Bandits - Played the hell out of it due more to hype than anything else. Hated the controls and the difficulty, but still had fun with it.

 

No Second Prize - Surprisingly addictive motocycle racing game. Loved the smoothness of the polys.

 

Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge - Liked it better than it's sequels.