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madman

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  1. Try Best for a new or reconditioned one. Cheaper than buying one on EBay and it's guaranteed to work.
  2. 100% false. But I'm now certain we're being trolled, so I won't go into further detail.
  3. The differences you speak of pertain to the BIOS, not the actual cart/system. And yes, the MVS systems are not 100% the same as the AES systems, that's just common sense. You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about here.
  4. "ROM carts are measurable in RAM" is the most nonsense statement I've read on here, which is saying quite a bit. There is NO difference between an MVS game and an AES one, they are the exact same mask ROMs, only the AES cart has an additional logic chip.
  5. Eh...nevermind. Abandon logic all ye who enter the Jaguar forum.
  6. This is due to the CD media, doesn't have anything to do with processing power, it has to do with RAM. The Neo Geo didn't need much RAM because data was accessed directly from the cart.
  7. The 32X had a total of 36 US releases, including a couple CD games that worked with or without the 32X adapter. There were I think 2 Euro exclusives, 1JP and 1 Brazilian Tec Toy release. So, 40 in total. The 32X suffered from similar hardware issues as did the Jaguar, most games barely used any of the 32X's capabilities and instead relied mostly on the good ole Genesis. This is quite evident with a number of games. However, there are still some excellent games for the platform. There are also a lot of duds and many "how is this any better than just a regular Genesis?" releases. While the Sega/Mega CD is mostly remembered by the masses for having a bunch of crappy FMV games, there are some gems to be had on that platform. Though the RPGs tend to cost quite a bit these days. I think it's subjective to say that one platform is superior to another, but objectively the Neo Geo was orders of magnitude more successful than the Jaguar. That's a fact. Magician Lord is the game you're thinking of, it was one of the launch titles. I can't see why the Jag can't keep up with the Neo in 2D muscle because none of the games prove it. Power Drive Rally is a great Jag game, but it doesn't look as good as Neo Drift Out or Thrash Rally. Rayman looks excellent on the Jag, but doesn't come anywhere near the amount of enemies on screen as something like Metal Slug. Raiden looks good too, but can't compete with Blazing Star or Pulstar. I have zero programming experience with the Jaguar, but I've read from multiple sources over the years that bus contention is an issue with the Jaguar. There was a thread recently about music slowing down in Wolfenstein that demonstrated this issue. I think one of the reasons the Neo is able to do what it does so well is that it used multiple buses. The 68k and z80 have their own buses, along with the graphics/sound ROMs. From what I recall the graphics ROMs are mapped directly to a video chip and the 68k never has to get involved with moving the graphics data around, it just tells the GPU what to do. It's been years since I've been into NG, but I believe that's how it works. I'm open to corrections if any of that is incorrect. Yes, large cart sizes help, but not if the underlying architecture can't process all the data coming in.
  8. Yep, plenty of his posts confirm that he's a troll.
  9. According to this link http://atariage.com/forums/topic/228647-jaguar-cheats/ they should just be there after winning the breakout game.
  10. I no longer own a Neo (sold my cab) and when I did own one, I didn't have any of the fighting games as I'm not really into those. There are plenty of excellent Neo Geo games that aren't fighters. Metal Slug series, Baseball Stars 2, Puzzle Bobble, Neo Turf Masters, Magical Drop 2/3, Shock Troopers and most of the shooters to name a handful. The Neo Geo being successful isn't a delusion, games were produced for it for 14 years and IMO still stand the test of time even in today's 3D hi-def age.
  11. Brad can sometimes be slow to respond, but I've never had a problem getting what I ordered. B&C I've used over the years and haven't had issues either, but generally Best/Brad is my go to.
  12. As I said elsewhere on here, I appreciate the Jag for what it is. Not for what it could've been. Not to speculate about what Atari could've done to make the Jag successful. Not to say the Jag was better than every other system of the time. And I certainly don't defend it saying the games look great on a shelf or that the cart port was accessible because it didn't have a dust cover. I have a large Jag collection and I enjoy parts of it, but I'm certainly not under the delusion that it's the most underrated system ever or that it's better than the Neo Geo.
  13. This pretty much sums up Jag collectors. Games that look nice on the shelf, but are generally shit to play. If you like collecting stamps, the Jaguar is for you. If you like playing fun games, move on to another system.
  14. I heard that the Tomb Raider that was in development supported the VR hardware. That would've made the Jag the best video game system of the era, as we all know. It probably would've had the longevity of the Atari 2600 or NES.
  15. I got a scare from mine as well, I put Highlander in and it booted up. What a nightmare!
  16. I would open it and play it. I often seek out sealed copies of classic games, but always to play them, not sit on a shelf.
  17. Nice writeup! Minor detail, but you've confused which chips are the EPROMS and which are the EEPROMs.
  18. I think the Jaguar would've been more successful if all games had the Atari logo in the shell.
  19. I'm agreeing with you for the most part. But I often find that Jaguar compliments are qualified with "it's good...for the Jaguar". I understood your point on Rayman as well and I fully agree. The NG simply wasn't a platform for such games and it didn't have the color palette to pull that game off. The Jag had more potential than what we saw, to be sure, but in the grand scheme of things that doesn't matter. I realize I may come off negative here, but I appreciate the Jag for the quirky footnote in gaming history that it is. Not for what it could've been.
  20. Who cares if "Atari" is on the cart shell or not? It's not on my Protector SE cart, doesn't make me enjoy the game any less. It is on my Club Drive cart and I can safely say it doesn't make the game any better.
  21. Looks like another one escaped the mental institution.
  22. Yeah, the Jag outputs a 240p signal, upscaling obviously isn't going to add any additional information, despite one of our old resident lunatics telling us his Jag outputs 1080p. But that's another story.
  23. Power Drive Rally looks good for a Jag game, but I would say Neo Drift Out looks better IMO. Something like Rayman obviously wasn't in the Neo Geo's wheelhouse, as nobody would want to stand at an arcade machine long enough to play a full on platformer like that. Spin Master and Top Hunter were the closest offerings in that genre and for what they were, they looked great, of course they don't have the same palette depth obviously. I would agree that the Jag probably could've done some better 2D games given time, but like most discussions on this forum, it's really irrelevant.
  24. Jaguar games look better than Neo Geo? Wow.
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