doctorclu

So anyone looked into porting Sega Genesis games to the Jaguar? What steps would a person need to do to bridge the two? (Looking to see if anyone has researched this yet). Thanks! Doctor Clu

Finally got to view it. It was in some funky Divx format. After much downloading got it to work. Yeh, looks like it would have been cool. Though granted, Panzier Dragon and Spyro along with a multitude of others would have been pre-emted by this one. Me personally, there was a commercial that had 3D animation advertising Joust for the 2600. It would be awesome if THAT style could be used. It was really awesome. Doctor Clu

For those that like the furry bobcat, I am pleased to announce that the webmaster at Bluies Island has recently added information on the Atari Jaguar of Bubsy in Fractured Fairy Tales to her Busy HQ Fan site. You can find this at: http://www.bluies-island.com/BubsyHQ/

"xenomorpher wrote: lol thanks. But I bet life would suck if a bunch of aliens were running around with people's chest exploding. uhm....did i gave you the wrong medicines" Here.. I'll give you a choice. You can take the blue pill, or the red pill...

10:49 pm October 12th, 2004 Add to Memories Steph moved to regular room. I spoke with Steph a while ago and she is very tired. Some of our conversation rambled, as they can when Steph is exhausted and low energy. The good news is that she's out of the Special Unit and in a regular room. The good news is that she's awake, talking, and able to get out of bed. The not-so good news is that her kidneys are not in great shape and she's discussing dialysis options with the specialist. There is one at-home method where she could lie down and undergo dialysis while asleep and they are considering that. And in the future, looking into a transplant for her. Her mother has volunteered and will be tested for compatibility/suitability. I have volunteered too, though I've already been told I'm an unlikely candidate because of my blood type and my owm immune system issues. She is still shaken up by the experience of having to go through all that she's gone through and quite rightly paranoid about the medical establishment. To have to stop breathing three times and have to get compression on your heart the third time would make anyone nervous about being in the hospital. I've made it very clear to her how many people are thinking about her and that I don't want her to die. She made it clear to me she doesn't want to die either, even as depressed as she's gotten. She wants to create. She wants to work and her mind has been clear but her health has been so poor it's prevented her from doing anything but exist. We're both rather angry at how things have been going and how long it has taken for her to directly talk to a nephrologist. Her parents, Steph, and me are all looking at the medical system with a bit of loss of faith, even though there are some outstanding individuals in the field who are doing their best... being hospitalised isn't an experience that should leave one breathless. I don't have anything to add here except that if you wish to call her tomorrow, you can now that she's in a regular room. This is a message from the journal today. Apparently she would be good for calls around the afternoon sometime. Doc Clu Please CALL ONLY BETWEEN THESE HOURS: 12:00 pm Eastern Time to 10:00 pm Eastern Time (1200-2200) as Steph will either be asleep or getting tests in the morning: +1 570 271-8743 She may be getting tests later in the day, but most doctors do their rounds in the morning. If you decide to visit, she's in room 743. I did not find out if that's in Bush Pavillion 7 or if it's another building though; you may need to call the Geisinger Medical Center operator or directory services. That's all for now. I'm getting ready for bed and going to sleep. -- [info]hopeforyou

Posted by Monkey (ky-24-159-151-176.midtn.chartertn.net) 21:14 11/Oct/04 I'd hope that everyone here knows sebab/Steph as one of the founding members of 4Play/Scatologic that developed BattleSphere. She composed all the music within BattleSphere, and is the ex-wife of fellow BS alum and coder-wizard Scott LeGrand. Her LiveJournal gives the details, but needless to say, things look rather bleak for her. This BS player and Jaguar owner is praying for you, Stephanie. And I hope other so inclined will do so too. Sebab's Journal... http://sebab.livejournal.com/

This reminds me... what is the status on Mad Bodies?

I love the reserve price. Well, for under five I'll add it to my collection. Doctor Clu

The big game I wanted released has been... battlesphere! I wanted a game with a Star Raiders element. (Atari 800 fan too). Would like to see even a simple version of Joust and Warlords (Warlords being multiple player of course!) Raiden 2 would have been awesome.

"But BUBSY!? AVP and Temptest where the only reason ppl bought the jag. AVP's frame rate is sluggish and Tempest is good with a roto controller yes I understand but Bubsy!?" Oh yeh.. now that was a fun game. Perhaps it was the color, the humor, and for me, the way my friend's kids loved it. I must have played that game for years with them watching. It was awesome seeing them laugh when Bubsy tapped on the screen. It was great having them help me with sound effects as he would go through the doors and be transported to another part of the level. Sigh... Sometimes we still play Battlesphere together. They tried Bubsy, but they said it was too hard. The first video game they ever played was Tempest 2000 BTW. Yeh the Jag is a blast. That bit about Wolfenstein... I have to agree about the PC or Mac version being better. What is up with not being able to just use a knife on your opponents!!!? I hated that part. Doctor Clu

Anyone thought of asking these older companies to make these game available online, or even a partial game, and then if you wanted a more completed version, send in shareware fee? Like Soulstar. Get them to host a part of the game, or even the whole game online. We get to try it. We send in a shareware fee. True many will probably not pay it, but the important thing here is FEEDBACK. They see how many are interested, and even fill out the registration for it maybe. Though it is unlikely they will do further development on the game, they could incur some shareware fees from what was made. Look at what a sensation Doom (on the PC) was in the early days... distributed only as shareware at first.

Now don't forget about the ability to turn the Jag into a Atari 2080 ST. http://home.t-online.de/home/Matthias.Domi...in/tosonjag.htm Cool stuff really. Doctor Clu

I'm trying to remember why I bought the Jaguar to begin with. It was 1999, I was trying out all things Atari. I had already worked with the Atari 400/800 and was ready to get back into that, but I was told about other Atari items. I was given a Atari ST from the local Atari club on borrow and worked with the desktop publishing software. That was fun. Then I picked up a Lynx. Not bad. And then on a fly I searched the Dallas area and found a Jaguar at a Kaybee toy store for $30. I went and bought it, and played Cybermorph... and hated it!! "Avoid the ground!" , "Where did you learn to fly" AArrrggg!! Picked up Bubsy, and had a blast. Then I got a copy of Aliens vs Predator, and was disappointed at first, and then it grew on me. Tempest 2000 was the next game I believe, and that took a while to grow on me. I think the Jaguar was one of those systems that I enjoyed but always said "And what else?" Then one day I looked back and realized there were some fun games for the Jag. I guess when I got the Jag, I wanted to relive the fun I had of playing and collecting the 2600, only with improved graphics. And I think it turned out much like that. It is my current 2600. Doc Clu

Now that I have stated my stance of it all, how about a suggestion. The experience is nice. I like shareware. I played the first dungeon level of Dark Castle for the Mac, and bought the game when I wanted the full version. I played Wolfenstein to death on the Mac, and cried when ID would not sell me expansion packs (Too old a game they said... geezz... the nerve of some people). An idea though... it would be nice if we could get Core to authorize the free distribution of a crippled version of Soul Star. That way people could try the first level, see what it was like, and later get the fullest version possible later. I imagine with a CD game it would be a matter of only copying certain tracks and leaving others out. Or just make it where there is a glitch in the game, so that it errors out at a given point in the game. I would go for this version of shareware or cripple ware. Doctor Clu

"Reminder to self: cancel planned thread about availability of pirated copies of "Arena Football". " LOL!! Since I believe honesty is the best policy, I'll say that I was a pirate in the Atari 400 days, and I'm a pirate now. Pirate is the fun term. I am more of a "long term borrower" actually. Well, that is to say, I like to get copies of games, play them, and more than likely, if I don't like the game, I will probably misplace the game along the way anyway. If I like it, I buy a real copy. This has recently been called "shareware". If I liked the game, I have and do pick up a copy when one comes available at the right price. (Played Archon for 20 years... but it was sweet finally getting both the cartridge AND the disk, the album cover, ect ect ect.) Played Joust for years, now I own like three original cartridges. I own every variant of Star Raiders that has come out. And I have at least two copies of Return of Heracules. I am currently collecting every infocom package I can get ahold of. And the list goes on. Truth is, you give me a game, I will try it. Even play it. A *LOT*. I like it, I will WANT the real thing (when one comes along). I don't, it will get lost by natural selection. In the meantime, thanks to everyone that gives me a chance to try these games out. To matter the fact, let me say blantantly, if you have a prototype game, E-mail me. Your secret will be safe with me. I would entertain the idea of sending a blank CD and postage. FOR THE OVERAL JAGUAR EXPERIENCE I would love to play the game, and return the borrowed copy to you at whatever time you set. In truth, I only play most games only a few times anyway. Arena Football, for example, I would probably play... once. Not much for sports games. I would fire it up, play it a bit, and then probably never play it again. But I would be willing to write reviews for what I borrow (Not saying who I borrowed it from) and write it in such a way that people will drool over the rare game that you will announce you have... some time in the future when you are good and ready. To me the fun is saying "Oh yeh, played that, and I liked this this and this about it." Kinda like when I got to see the JagDuo and WEAR the Jag VR at a JagFest (2003) once. It's all part of the experience. So again, thanks to all who have made the games possible. Thanks to those people that snuck those games out of the companies that were developing them and would have been thrown away forever. Thank you to the developers that took alpha and beta copies and made the proper arrangements to see a copy to me. And thank all the other people that made games possible in other ways. Yep I'm a pirate... aaaaarrrr!!! I keep what games I like, and I hunt down the real thing. Nothing is are good or as prestigious (for a collector) as the real thing. And those games that I don't like find their way to Davy Jones' locker!!! Keep or toss, it is all part of me memory you see?! Doctor Clu

I have to admit, the collections here have been inspiring. Looking it over, I believe the only two things I would like to get for the Jaguar in the future would be a 4 meg Alpine cart, since I am starting to get the bug to start coding, and a rotary controller. Aside from that, I'm fine with what I have. I would like to stumble across the carts and games I am currently missing, but I think I have all the good titles currently. Thus the reason why I want to get a Alpine... time to make more good titles. That, and I really wouldn't mind getting one of Matthias' ethernet cartridges when they come out. Doctor Clu (PS: I have a birthday coming up... hehehe...)

LOL! Wow, you guys must be really new to the Atari Jaguar. How refreshing!! I usually hang with people that are getting prototypes, rumoring prototypes that I will never see, etc. You guys are going to love the Atari Jag. It doesn't have hundreds of games, but it has enough games to remain interesting. It is actually my main game system 1) to keep from going broke collecting video games so I stuck with only Atari 2) because it is just a fun system. Well, you from Oklahoma, looks like you just missed the Oklahoma Gaming Expo... http://ivorytower.emuviews.com/okge/ Oh well... maybe you could contact some people from there. For a slow going but generally informative board on Jag only, check out... http://www.atarihq.com/interactive/index.shtml I've had a Jag since 1999 (bought new at Kaybee stores... it had been there a while...) Most of what I bought where on Ebay most of the time. Hit that JI2 link above, hit all the links at the top of the page. You'll get an idea of what is out there. Catch you more later!! Doctor Clu

Well, that would make for some great games of Battlespherre. But at this time Ultra Vortek is the only game that is playable over a phone line with the Jaguar moodem. The ethernet module is mainly to get the Jaguar to do some webbrowsing, load in a game here and there, that sort of thing. Doctor Clu

Well, ever since Aliens Vs. Predator I have been dusting off my Jaguar, and the games, and the Atari 800 and that ethernet project, and I have to admit that I am curious about the Jaguar ethernet project. So how is that coming along? Just wanted to know if anything new has happened since June. Thanks! (BTW... birthday in two weeks!!) Doctor Clu

To correct what I just said, the contact information is... 978-921-3700 (I told them I had suggestions for the Atari: Flashback, they forwarded me to...) Matthew Siden (Spelling verified) Fax number 978-921-3080 Attn: Matthew Siden. Ultimately I am thanking them for their good work, and just suggesting a cartridge port for future sells and expansion! Doctor Clu

I am going to suggest they make a cartridge port possible on that or a future game system. After a bit of research the suggestion line is... 978-921-3700. They forwarded me to a Matthew Sidon. (Not sure the exact spelling on the name.) Good luck! Doctor Clu

I would LOVE to post there, but how do you register to get an account? Doctor Clu

I have been reading through old issues of kilobaud computing, Microcomputing, and so forth, and what has always been interesting to me is that is how the computing world at the time wondered if the Atari 800 was a true computer, and then was blown away when they realized what the computer could do. It was a bit pricey compared to some home kits, many bought the 400 (I know I did...) to come close, and then upgraded the 400's to be more 800 like. But yeh, there was a lot of scoffing in the magazines about the Atari computer being a "game machine", but it soon became the icon of personal computers replacing other popular machines at the time. (like the Commodore Pet, the Sol Terminal, Heath Kits etc etc...) It is almost surreal to see the 800 with all it could do dropped into a scene that was mainly terminals and text displays. But there it is. Like it was dropped from the future or something. Made quite a stir back then. I'll try to share an article here, a supposed "review" of the Atari computer when I find it again.

The Atari 800... my personal favorite, was first introduced in 1979 I believe right. When would the official "25th birthday" to the Atari 800 have been? (My favorite computer is only seven years younger than me!) Doctor Clu

So what is involved with beating Thrust + ? I would be willing to work at it for a patch. Speaking of patches... here is my picture of a score of 3601. My collection of Star Raider like games stand at attention in the picture to celebrate the moment of this fine new cockpit style 2600 game. Yes, Star Master is missing... have to do something about that. (Also pictured here is my hand after playing this game. Most of the black areas are the 20 year old rubber feet of the joystick that rubbed off during play. The rest are just bruises and blisters. Yeh, the 2600 joystick is not ergonomically correct, but hey, it is still my favorite stick. Go fig!)