Boris K.

I have a May 95 one, I think. And I have also definitely seen ones from June 95. But not anything later than that. This corresponds to what I read during research about Atari having stopped production mid 95. Edit: I actually own a June 95 one. From the serial numbers I watched go by over the past two to three years (and this is speculation of course), my guess is that they made probably another 6.000ish in that month and then flipped the switch.

Correct, it did not.

Yes, that's scam. Looks like someone went for picture search on ebay, websites and in forums, collected what he could get and "offers" this stuff now. If you are in doubt, just click on one of these and order a 128GB Jaguar (yes, that option does exist there) . Actually, I would prefer some mod to ban the link. That guy does not even deserve a single more click.

Not sure where you are going with this, but from what I understood: I don't want to sound discouraging, but if you don't tackle that challenge yourself, probably nobody will. There are multiple reasons for this, one of them being that there are very few Jag coders today, and you probably won't sway them with boxarts and kind words. If Mortal Kombat got you into Jaguar coding, I hope you'll dig deeper into and stay with it. Cheers!

The production run was so small that it is highly unlikely they produced anything other than the matching Jag color. In other words: There is no evidence for such a thing. I've seen some custom paint jobs, some of them decently made, some not so much. They did not even make Jags in any other colors during the Atari days, so why would they even bother doing that for the CD? Exactly.

That happened because they did not even care anymore. You can find a video on Youtube where the buyer (and maker of the dental equipment) gets interviewed and explains all this and even shows some documents from the very short contract for his purchase.

This is so far off topic for so long that I guess everyone does not even care anymore. However, just maybe, someone could consider changing the title of this thread?

Does anybody here have experience with replacing these rubber screw covers on the Jaguar controller? I've found some rubber feet that could match, but I'd rather have them as flat as possible and thus closer to how the original was.

Thanks! Actually, I do not want this book to be sold, the idea of it being freely available was my goal from the beginning. Maybe I'll do a small run of hardcover ones some day in addition to the existing free pdf, but that is currently not on my list, as I still look to expand it with a 3rd edition first.

Wow, four hours ... sounds fascinating.

I'd love to see an enhanced version of Alien Brigade for the 7800. It's an Atari Corp. title anyway, so there you go. It just would be great if it had additional Pokey sound. On a side note, if you ever think of an "up-port" (well, it doesn't work this way, I know, but you might get the idea 😉 ), this title would also be great. If you're really feeling crazy, please, please make it a new Jaguar game - large sprites, some polygons in the background, nice arcade action - that would be truly amazing for the couple of Jaguar fans that still are out here.

If you could do that, that would be great!

I asked the guy in the comments on YT, and he said: "My Dad was the vp of the art department at high voltage. We found this while cleaning out the basement lol."

Awesome, thanks so much!

Awesome, thank you and everyone involved for this! Just played it on real hardware on easy, very enjoyable! Will try the higher difficulties next. Looking forward to the cart release and keep my fingers crossed it might include more screens👌🖖 THANKS!

I will happily update it, that's the charm of a digital publication. The preface contains an e-mail adress you can write do. Cheers!

I appreciate that, thanks!

Thanks for the feedback, 42bs. You are right, the homebrew community on the Jaguar deserves probably a whole book. I decided only to tease that in the regarding chapter very briefly, as at some point, one has to draw a line and finish. Originally, I thought of leaving the chapter "Afterlife" out altogether. But then again, decided that maybe that will spark some interest for people not into the Jag at all right now to dip their toes into the topic and give the console a chance.

Thanks! With regard to an epub version: I am sorry to say that this is currently not on my priority list. I use a Kindle from 2012 myself, and this PDF works fine. But that is very subjective view and I hope you understand, since this is a pure passion project, that I probably will not look into that anytime soon. I will however update the file uploaded to archive.org if suggestions for additions and corrections come in via mail. @Cyprian: A very specific deep-dive question, probably John Mathieson can say something about this. You will not find the answer in this book, I am afraid. Yet.

After two years, my book on the history of the Atari Jaguar is finished and can be downloaded for free. It was a great pleasure for me to dive into the story around this last real Atari console and talk to the people who developed for the system, were employed by Atari, sold the console and last but not least those who played with it at that time. Thanks for your insights to those who answered my questions along the way. I hope you enjoy it as well and would appreciate if you spread the word. https://archive.org/details/clipped-claws

Around 5.000 were sold in Japan from what I read. Might have not been the final number, but I guess that would not be that much higher.

Love this little cart, it's amazing to be able to play a few rounds in some games every now and then and get the scores posted on a highscore list automatically! Amazing stuff! One question: What are the chances to see the original Pac-Man for the 2600 in the highscore club at some point in time? I know, there is the 4K one, which is considered to be the better version. There is the 8K one, which is somewhat like the original, but well, not exactly. To be able to play the original, Tod Frye one for hishscore online would be amazing! Any chance of that happening?

@phoenixdownita: I am digging into the (hardware) history of the Atari Jaguar and it just made me curious why nothing, expept for the trademark for the Jaguar logo, can be found trademark- or patentwise. As for your assumption based on my nick here: nope. Nothing to do with that. Which also leads me to agree with you, @BitJag. I think the whole press release is unnecessarily unspecific, but I'd make the case that it is about the publishing rights as well. But what I find even more interesting: They talk about "rights that it [Hasbro] may have" Hm. I'd think that you could phrase that differently if you were absolutely sure. Be it publishing rights, trademarks or hardware patents: I think there was not really much to go by, at least that'y my theory, based on the seemingly non-existent patents. I mean they already called the then 5 year old system "vintage", which tells you what their overall perspective was. But as you said, really overanalyzing this here. I think it was first and foremost a PR thing, appearing not to stand in the way of passionate devotees and looking good by doing so. @Clint Thompson: Agreed. It also does not affect the Jaguar logo (yet), and it was just interesting to see.

Cheers Andy! :-) Yes, I know about the Imagin Story. But as described in this article, and I think in a Youtube video I saw as well where the guy was interviewed, they just found the moulds that were going to get scrapped. So they bought them and reused them. This does not imply that they acquired the patents as well, as they did not need to. Atari had no interest in using the moulds anymore. Jaguar was dead. Moreover, it is still uncertain if they trademarked the design, if not patented it. And Hasbro, whatever they held on to gamewise, did not have any interest in looking back at the console. That does also not imply that they released the hardware for public domain, and I could not get that from the press release as well. But the platform was de facto abandoned nonetheless, as was the Jaguar logo. Either way, the patent, if there was one, would appear as VOID or something like that in a seach and reappear under new ownership. The same should apply for trademarks. Example: Amiga (sorry guys ;-) ). You can find the old trademarks (and patents, for that matter) via online seach pretty easily. So it is pretty unlikely that, if Imagin bought any patents, they would not pop up under Atari Corporation as well. That being said, I thought: Maybe Flare Technology filed any patents ... nope. Searching for John Mathieson and Martin Brennan individually also got me zero results. This all leaves me baffled. I mean even the Panther designs surfaced eventually.