What was all the fuss about?

[What was all the fuss about?]

Clint, Jay..thanks for the warm welcome.

 

Hey Jay, as far as your collection is concerned, I can only say: WOW! I can't even identify most of the peripherals you have for the Jag. I had no clue they even existed. It would probably take me 10 years, mucho luck, and even more bucks to assemble an impressive ensemble like that. Good show!

 

Gunstar, At the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist, it wouldn't surprise me if Nintendo & Sega did actively undermine Atari's efforts in such an unscrupulous way, especially when one considers the completely amoral and unethical business practices adopted as standard policy by Nintendo over the years. I'm sure they'd love to pull the same stunt, this time with Sony's assistance, on Microsoft today. However, M$ isn't Atari, and if you're going to hunt that particular shark, you'd better have an awfully large harpoon at your disposal. :wink:

 

Hey Thunderbird, do you remember any additional details about that interview with that fat ass on the Today show? Did Katie Couric interview this guy? If so, did she manage to twist that interview, as she does with every other interview she conducts, into another one of her patented anti-republican, pro-Clinton diatribes?..hehe..j/k

 

Anyways, it's nice to be here guys, and I'm really enjoying my Jag so far..esp. AVP! **Steps in the acidic remains of another dead alien**

[What was all the fuss about?]

I recently purchased a Jag on ebay, along with several games, and I have to say that this system isn't nearly as bad as I was lead to believe it was based on all the negative reviews it received.

 

Can anyone else recall the vituperative nature of some of the game reviews printed by the likes of EGM, Game Players, and Game Fan magazines, or those preposterous rumors that the Jag wasn't an actual 64-bit system, but rather a 32 or even a 16-bit system? I can, and being a gullible 14 year-old at the time, I believed them whole-heartedly.

 

I can still recall the breathless awe I felt when I first saw still images of AVP and Kasumi Ninja in EGM & Game Fan magazines, and the utter disappointment I felt when those games were later panned by the critics. Those reviews, and many others like them pertaining to Jag games, persuaded me not to buy (well, beg my parents to buy me) a Jaguar at the time.

 

When I recently purchased my Jag, I must confess, I did so primarily out of morbid curiosity. I thought owning "the worst console system ever" would make an interesting collectable. However, now that I've had an opportunity to play a few games on the Jag (AVP, Kasumi Ninja, Cannon Fodder, and Tempest 2000), I can say with utter certainty that the Jag did not deserve, at least in some cases, the bad press it received. If the Jag isn't an actual 64-bit system, as was rumored, it sure has a funny way of showing it.

 

Now I'm not advocating that the Jag was on par with the Playstation in terms of having an extensive, quality library of games, but the games I've played thus far are as good if not far superior to any 16-bit titles that were released from 93-95. After all, from what I recall, Atari initially positioned the Jag to compete with the then reigning 16-bit systems, not the Sony Playstation that was released later.

 

Well, I guess I'll end by stating that I'm happily disappointed in my new/used Jag thus far. I intend to purchase the CD unit for this puppy next, so perhaps I'm in for more pleasant surprises.

 

Jim