Stephen

The CD brings nothing to the Jag really. It gives it no more computational power, just more storage and the ability to stream audio. But it takes some main RAM away as well. OK - just watched some video. No - the Jag wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell of pulling that off. No more chance than it would doing Quake. I know there will be people here exclaiming "just wait until some awesome new game comes out that shows just what the jag could do, and you'll see". Well, ain't happening. I wish I could find my discussions with Battlesphere grand asshole Scott LeGrand, discussing Playstation and Crash Bandicoot when it just released. Was funny - he said that yeah, the Jag could never do it, but the PSX cheated because Bandicoot has such a limited draw distance compared to Battleshpere. There's always been such a strange aura around the Jag. For anyone wondering. Compare Highlander on Jag CD (few dozen polygons over streaming 2D nackgrounds), to Pitfall 3D on Jaguar if you doubt what I wrote above.

Oh no - this has taken so long, the poor tacos have hardened, turned stale, and are now morphed into doorstops. That new Atari console - doorstop. Man - just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Not even Sony not releasing the Playstation would have saved the Jaguar. Still a fun system though, and I'm glad I got mine in 94 and kept it! Regarding CD reliability. My Jag obviously works like day one as it is cart based. The CD player works because even though I have all the CD games, I only used it for VLM. My 1st generation SCH-1000 Playstation CD just died. I'm getting a flash based solution for it. Dreamcast - CD player is going strong and it played 90% "backups".

Wow - I just noticed he replied to my comment on the video a few months ago (9 years after I posted the comment!)

Felker Farkas did some stunning tunes on the Atari. I believe he also did the Lemmings intro which to this day I think is the best overall PoKey tune I've ever heard.

Now that's just utterly bad ass!

Awesome - moms can stream Netflix, and daughters can play Minecraft like on 10 year old hardware. Talk about bringing the innovation like the VCS did in 1977! I keep getting more and more impressed with this.

Too bad it costs $399 to do so little.

That was fast - thanks! Only reason I asked, is we are being made to use this at work now and it's always better to learn with fun stuff rather than slogging through job related crap

With it being linux based, and chance of creating a Docker file for your setup?

Sorry - I cannot remember the guy's name, but there is a TV guru who has attended both VCFMW shows I was at. Anyone that attended in 2019 or 2017 remember the dude? In 2017 he had pong working on an old TV which was using a slow phosphour green screen CRT. @Slor - do you recall who this was?

So if all they are offering is a case, why did that take $3 million dollars and 3 years and they still have nothing shipped? Surely it can't take 3 years to design a plastic case?

Same thing here - I get job anniversary reminders for my dad's old Linked In account. I still get mail addressed to him at the house which pisses me off. Offers for things like cable and electric service, etc. He passed away almost 3 years ago.

No - first you have to bilk people out of 3 million dollars on a crowd funding platform. Not to raise money mind you, just to "gauge interest" and "build a community". Remember those two lies?

Which is precisely why I said consistency is better than high frame rate. Unfortunately, Pitfall on the Jag has neither.

No - the 64-bit Jaguar never does 60fps. Only the lowly 16-bit Genesis does.

"It's not a goblin CVGA"

Happy b-day. I had two tacos and a mexican pizza (Taco Bell combo #8 - before they kill off the mexican pizza) in your honour.

I think the issue though, is not the fact the game was 30fps. It's about consistency. You do not want a game's framerate jumping all over the place. If it can only maintain 60fps maybe 75% of the time, it's usually better experience to lock it to 30fps. With it being steady, you'll not notice it. But Pitfall doesn't manage 60fps ever (16-bit Genesis did - Sega does what Atari-don't). It can't even maintain 30 steadily. This jumping is VERY evident to me - I guess the same reason that I am so susceptible to flicker. When listening to music, a .1 second stutter is jarring as hell to me - I am very sensitive to this being that I play drums (poorly) / focus on that. I wonder if it's the same thing? Many people won't hear a stutter in music, nor will they see any signs of flicker. Could be that the visual un-steadiness is also not noticed? Not saying that noticing vs not noticing is wrong, just that maybe some people don't see it, rather than not caring about it?

I wonder if the not-VCS comes out, and people have no games to play on it, what will the conversation circle to?

Just tried in the latest test Altirra, no key presses register. I'll try to test on real hardware a bit later this evening.

Sadly that practice continued and now we are flooded with cheap Chinese shit everywhere. No American made TVs, radios, electronics, speakers, car or home amplifiers, etc.

I get that it's on the TIA but man is that tuning hard to listen to.

Find me a racing game on the Jaguar that looks and plays anywhere close to Need for Speed on the 3D0 then come back and we'll discuss it

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The bullshit surrounding this "un-console" has provided countless hours more entertainment than the physical product ever will. Best part is that I also didn't drop $400 for the privilege. Winning!