[Checkered Flag just got Awesome]

Looking really smooth in this video!

https://youtu.be/rLadpoUGcGM?si=ugtQLTjQDH9Cfkpg

[New lynx. What games do I NEED!]

California games and zarlor mercenary are the two I've spent the most time with.  California games was a pack in for many lynx systems so you really ought to play it to get a sense of the lynx experience that many had back in the day.  In my opinion it's quite a bit better than other versions of California games on other systems.

[Checkered Flag just got Awesome]

Anyone feel like uploading a video to show how the game plays now?

 

I can think of many other Jag games that would be awesome with improved framerates, like almost all of the 3d games...

[Ted Hoff artwork for the unreleased Asteroids 5200 (Atari, 1982)]

On 12/19/2023 at 5:47 AM, Kr0tki said:

I've noticed that artwork was used on the Lynx "Super Asteroids/Missile Command" cartridge.

Good catch. When viewing that box I always figured the guy with the goggles was launching a missile for missile command, but I guess it's the asteroids pilot!

[Saw a Jaguar "Dev kit" in the Wild - LA Video Games]

Morphius would be a cool name for a Jag game though. 

 

[Saw a Jaguar "Dev kit" in the Wild - LA Video Games]

I wonder if the current owner himself got tricked into paying a high price for what he thought was an official dev kit with prototype game.

[About selling majority of my game collection]

eBay is best place for getting top dollar quickly, but a sizeable chunk will get taken out for commission and taxes. 

[Question about the D-pad]

Yes there is less travel compared to some other controllers, but I didn't mind it much when playing the games. Dpad felt responsive and accurate.

[3DOI commemorative Box Collection?]

My interest is piqued lol

 

And can we get a reproduction of long box crash and burn?

On 11/10/2023 at 1:45 PM, Charede said:

 

From my research, the considerations you made today may have been modified. Today in Box 4 and soon they should be at number 5. If you consider the best games within a universe of more than 200 there aren't many left, this way you're not putting the history of the platform as a negative, which I think is pretty cool. When analyzing the box's I saw that they are the most perfect copies in the world, including posters that weren't available at the time. In the latest releases there are self-adhesive stickers and cards with the history of programmers, companies and games, all wonderful in envelopes. Regarding the indication you question regarding the numbering of the boxes, yes it exists and is fixed internally. So don't be so critical, especially without knowing the whole story in depth. The programmer will be revealed, along with a big surprise where everyone who has the complete collection will also be "immortalized" as collectors. Maybe it's the craziest retro project of all time.

 

 

[Sealed Jaguar Full Set]

Is there a place where I can read the rant?

[Sealed Jaguar Full Set]

6 hours ago, Songbird said:

All of the Telegames Lynx and Jaguar releases were sold in USA retail shops back in the late 1990s.

That's very interesting and I didn't know that.  I vaguely remember when telegames released Raiden for lynx several years after I had ever seen a lynx for sale in stores, and thought it was a mail order only item.  Were they sold at mainstream chain shops such as ebx/electronics boutique, babbages, funco land, kb toys, or was it more hole in the wall shops since the Jaguar and lynx were no longer officially supported by that time?

[Emulation on PC question]

Would it be possible to use a PC emulator for atari ST in conjunction with a USB floppy drive to play genuine ST floppies, assuming they are still in readable condition?

[Sealed Jaguar Full Set]

12 hours ago, PFG 9000 said:

Yes, but my copy of Worms arrived sealed, straight from Telegames.  And it still is.  I bought it around the time the JagGD was first announced, so I left it sealed knowing I could one day play the game that way.

Was just thinking since op mentioned he wanted a North American/commercial release set, that this would exclude the telegames stuff.

 

 

[Sealed Jaguar Full Set]

Didn't air cars, worms and iron soldier 2 come out after the official life of the system ended/were never officially sold in stores in the US?

[Atari is set to become the king of the retro gaming market]

6 hours ago, Razzie.P said:

 

If anyone believes that making things hard to purchase is perfectly ok and/or an efficient way to build and grow a fanbase, then oh well... hope I'm wrong and best of luck to all involved.

 

I don't love this business model as a consumer, but it's definitely used to good success in other industries, such as womens clothing, handbags, sneakers, heck, even the Nes and SNES mini by Nintendo. I think it can be an effective tool to increase interest in your brand.

[Atari Acquisition Megathread (Stern, Nightdive, Accolade, M Network, and now ATARIAGE!)]

19 hours ago, Giles N said:

… anyone who knows what the full list are?

 

Are the Epyx-games (licenses) spread among different owners now, of did Bridgestone Multimedia obtain like all of them for all platforms?

 

Do we have any sources/links to IPs …?

Bridgestone acquired what was left of epyx in the early 90s, which was a time when epyx had recently come out of bankruptcy and had like fewer than 10 employees.  I don't think it's public knowledge precisely which IPs BSM has and whether it has kept everything since then or if it has sold some stuff but retained others.  Not aware of any public list of their ips, but I suppose if you contact them with an enticing business deal they would let you know... Could also be the case that like many companies, they don't really know what legacy IP they have from old mergers and acquisitions, any records for those transactions have long since been moved into off site storage or discarded, and people who would have been working there in the early 90s have probably all retired or moved on from that company at this point.

[Atari Acquisition Megathread (Stern, Nightdive, Accolade, M Network, and now ATARIAGE!)]

27 minutes ago, Giles N said:

Does Epyx exist as an (economically) functional or operative entity?

No, I think it's assets and ip are owned by Bridgestone multimedia.  I have seen some epyx lynx games show up on steam bundled with emulators, and an epyx lynx collection cartridge for the evercade so they seem amenable to epyx licensing deals in any case.

[Tempest for 3DO]

Wow very impressive for homebrew.  I'd say there's a lot more than a little inspiration from T2K. 

[E-Jagfest 2023]

Awesome, love the cake. Was hoping it would include the Jag CD.

[Xenowings]

Game looks great! Love the scrolling back grounds. Those do add a nice look to the game!

[30th ATARI JAGUAR anniversary at Silly Venture 2023WE in Poland!]

I would like to see pictures of the jaguar cake when it is ready.

[VA0 with bad gd rom what to do?]

Consider why the drive might be failing. Sometimes people think the laser is bad because the drive doesn't read games anymore. However, in some cases it is actually failing caps on the power supply that are preventing the gdrom from getting sufficient power to work correctly. Maybe you just need to do a recap or power supply replacement.

[Jaguar+, Yay or Nay?]

Seems like the 2600+ could easily be repurposed into a 7800+ just by changing the case since 7800 games are already supported.  But makes sense for atari to use 2600 shell since the nostalgia and user base are probably way higher for 2600 than the other systems.

[Jaguar+, Yay or Nay?]

I would probably buy any form of atari Jaguar mini as long as it wasn't as expensive as the real system and games these days.

[Atari Jaguar audio cd promoting the cd add on]

8 hours ago, Smallywood said:

Sure I can run a quick 3:30 vid of the audio if that works. It’s similar to the PS1 launch disc I remember having it outlines the CD system and its capabilities and launch software etc and who to contact for more information. Nothing too crazy but it’s definitely a piece of history for sure.

That would be great!