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  1. Posted

    I find it funny that people actually pay for the box inserts - I trashed most of mine years ago. I keep my Jaguar games in a plastic cassette holder that holds about 20 games - they fit very well.

     

    The inserts help the boxes from being crushed so easily, the artwork on the boxes, is vintage videogame art of asthetic value to collectors and vastly increases the return at resale, if needed. It is also enjoyable and interesting to look at, so the white inserts help preserve the game box shape more. I also keep all my Jag cartridges in a separate box all together, so I don't have to open a game box everytime I want to play, and it keeps the box top from eventually falling off.

     

    Everybody's different man; some people keep all Jaguar releated materials that they buy, and some people couldn't give a shit about any friggin' stupid boxes or manuals and just chuck 'em. You own it and can do anything you want with it. Neither is better or right, you do what is best for you.

     

    Does anyone here actually PLAY their games, or do they just keep them boxed up on their shelves?

     

    Like I said I and many others keep their boxes and games separate for easy game access. Most adamant Jaguar owners play their games several times a week or more, and since we have had many of the same games since '95 they have all been played many many times for years on end, dude. :D

  2. Posted

    Cool!, thanks for the links, also when your Errievale novel is ready for it's initial gleaming upon by curious eyes, please see if you can get an English translation of it done so Britains, and Americans can also enjoy your writings of EerieVale. I eventually would like it as a companion to the Jaguar program by the same name that you have been working on for the past several years.

     

    Cheers :)

  3. Posted

    The B&C WTR F1 2-disc Beta set is great! They are both very playable and have excellent frame rates, I reallly like WTR so I bought the F1 set and was very pleased. They are unencrypted so you need some kind of bypass cart; B&C's Bypass cart, Protector SE, or Battlesphere Gold to make 'em run on the Jaguar. The cars handle very well in these betas just like in WTR and that makes them enjoyable to play, also you get to see some development progression of the game and how they build on the program to make the final product. :)

     

    F1 Racer 2-disc set = :cool: :D

  6. Posted · Edited by ovalbugmann

    And also, I want to avoid having to buy a Jaguar CD for as long as possible. (For Battlemorph, and I'm not paying $100 for Iron Soldier II cart).

     

    Why would you want to do that,.... :ponder: because it is sensitive and may eventually need repair? or doesn't offer enough to justify the $75.00 and up prices for it? You have kids and it could easily get broken? You just like cartridges better?

     

    I wouldn't put off getting a Jag CD just becuase you think all it offers for you is Battlemorph and Iron Soldier 2. You can play better versions or similiar but better games on the Jag CD now, that you've mentioned need fixing. You are missing out.

     

    The JagCD is a neat little toy to have for the Jaguar, and is the crowning hardware jewel of the system. The VLM alone puts me into a relaxing trance after long hours at my stressful job. The unit has almost as many or more programs to run from it than the base unit. Don't be biased against the JaguarCD, Atari meant for it to take us into the future as read on the back of the base unit box. I think Jaguar hardware is just as interesting as the software and what if when you decide to get a CD-ROM Drive for your Jaguar they are even more rare than now and much higher in price - that probably will happen; as they stop working and people throw them out because they don't know how to fix them. (Many can be fixed by replacing the CD Pickup - a Phillips CDM12.1) You are really missing a lot of cool games, here is a mostly complete up to date list compiled by Kevincal: (Kev: hope you don't mind me quoting your JSII post here on AA- let me know if you do mind, but looking at how far we have come since the original 13 Atari JagCD's makes me happy about all the support the community has given the unit.)

     

    (not all are playable on the JagCD, but are Jaguar relavent)

     

    Atari Jaguar CD unit Software & PC- CDs - 71+ CDs :cool:

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    American Hero demo - w/sound (earlier)

    American Hero demo - w/out sound (later)

    Asteroids

    Atari HQ #1 CD

    Atari Times.com - 2-disc set

    Atomic

    Baldies

    Battlemorph

    BattleShere Soundtrack

    Belboz BJL CD

    Black Ice/White Noise Rev. 18 Ambient Distortions

    Black Ice/White Noise Rev. 18 Kelp Entertainment

    Black Ice/White Noise Rev. 19 2-disc set

    Black Ice/White Noise Soundtrack

    Blue Lightning

    Brain Dead 13

    BS:G pack-in demo CD

    Caves of Fear demo

    CD Encryption Tool CD - Matthais Domin

    CGE 5th Anniversary

    Demolition Man/Commander Blood demo B&C

    DiamJag

    Double Feature #1

    Dragon's Lair

    Dream On German PC-CD

    E-Jagfest 2k1

    Frog Feast demo CD

    Gone Nutty Scrat/Doom 3 (cinepak video)

    Gorf Classic

    Gorf Classic Limited Edition

    Highlander

    Higherland Final beta

    Hover Strike: Unconquered Lands

    Iron Soldier 2 CD

    Jag-Ads

    Jag-Ads 2.0

    Jag Launch audio CD

    Jaguar "eyes" CD (nonfunctional)

    JagFest '99

    JagMania CD

    JagMind: Bomb Squad

    JagMind: Bomb Squad E-Jagfest Edition

    JagTris CD

    Jaguar Sector II Commemorative Pack *!!! 3-cd pack!

    Jaguar Sector II Extremist pack #1 *!!! 3-cd pack!

    Jaguar Sector II Extremist pack #2 *!!! 3-cd pack!

    Jaguar Sector II Extremist pack #3 *!!! 3-cd pack!

    JUGS CD

    JUGS CD V. 1.01

    Lost Treasures

    Lost Treasures E-Jagfest Limited Edition

    Lost Treasures boot disc for E-Jagfest L. E.

    Myst

    Myst demo

    Native demo

    Ocean Depths

    Ocean Depths E-JagFest S.E. w/mouse & adapter

    Primal Rage

    Primal Rage Audio CD

    Primal Rage B&C glass master

    Painter

    Painter JagFest Edition w/ 20 special levels

    Soul Star proto

    Space Ace

    Starcat Dev. Jag tools V. 1.1

    Starcat's Developer Club CD Vol. 1

    Tempest Soundtrack

    Test disc 2-A

    The Big Disk

    Varunas Forces demo 2-disc proto set B&C

    Vid Grid

    World Tour Racing

    World Tour Racing (F1) 2-disc proto set B&C

     

    more........???

  7. Posted

    The JagCD is a really a cool CD-ROM Drive addition to the Jaguar, it has a VLM lightshow, CD+G capability along with FMV & AudioCDs, and can run unencrypted homebrew games (with Protector SE), has fastloading times - and can play large, in depth games like BattleMorph. :)

  9. Posted

    Double Dragon already got an update on the JAG it was DD5, the game that needs the update is the little remebered title Fatal Run, I remeber back in the day everyone on the block had an NES my friend the got the luck of the 7800 (since it was backwards compatiable his parents wouldn't have to throw out all the $$ invested in 2600 games). Well most games on the 7800 were just 2600 games w/ better graphics except this game....Fatal Run basicaly a Road Blasters rip-off except their are bonus rounds where you drive through the town and off people so you can still their gas or $$ so you can go to a shop and make your car better.

     

    Sadly this game was tossed 1 day when his Dad walked by and ask the question what are you suppose to be doing in this game, He was grounded for playing the game and The 7800 was banned form the house.

     

    I know that the JAG has a hard time making good driving games but an update to this could of been Atari's Grand Theft Auto in the right hands

     

    Sounds like a cool game!, yeah I change my vote, we need a Fatal Run update on the Jag! :D

  10. Posted

    Hey that's cool, it's all good. :) Using the Jaguar & Dreamcast all the time, I've actually been drawn more to PC games recently because of the better graphics, higher resolution, more complex games. I have been trying to figure out how to use my ICD catbox's RGB conection (a DB9) to increase resolution and clarity, but I need a color monitor that can sync down to the required 15Khz horizontal scanning that the Jaguar requires. Haven't found anything yet, to make my monitor do that.

     

    Anyway's I've been playing some slightly older PC games recently and enjoying the higher resolution and graphics, Doom3 & the Resurrection of Evil expansion pack, AvP & AvP2 for PC, Medal of Honor-Pacific Assult, Some Tom Clancy games and Area 51. I'm using a Logitech cordless 2.4 Ghz controller because I'm used to controllers rather than a keyboard. All the PC games have been a real nice experience, much different than consoles. :)

  12. Posted · Edited by ovalbugmann

    about! $5.45 in US Dollars! :D WoooooHooooo..... of course shipping from the UK will probably be around $5 pounds which is $10 dollars added on to it. I might be able to swing that. lol

     

    That's like finding a BattleSphere cart at the thrift store! :) I hope it stays LOOOWW.

  14. Posted

    I've had my same Jaguar base unit/AC adaptors/controllers since November of 1994 and use it quite regularly, They are built excellent by IBM and JVC. If you don't plug in the wrong power supply of jarr them with hits, falls, impacts or take them out in freezing weather then bring it in a warm house because condensation can form. Maybe you live in a wet, humid part of the world.

     

    The Jaguar should last a long ass time, Integrated Circuit dissolution (disintegration and melding of fine metals inside the cilicon jacket) is said to start happening after 100 years, although they really don't know because chips haven't been around that long.

     

    Jags aren`t as durable as 2600s, no matter how well you take care of them
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    Could be true, since the more complex something is the more there is to go wrong, and the Heavy Sixers PCBs were fully encased in thick cast metal.

     

    would burn out or just stop working.

     

    I live in the Hot desert and mine works great, although I can feel it gets warm sometimes, when the AC isn't on in the summer or I have a window open.

     

    my point is really to avoid all old clunkers

     

    I try to avoid collecting old plastic things

     

    The Jaguar is not a clunky, (old - yes) plastic thing, it's one of the smallest consoles out there, besides Dreamcast. Sounds to me like your not a console player - for sure. Well, your computer is going to be a large clunky thing in about five years if you don't get a new one by then and trash the old one.

     

    Those things don't last very long, depending on how much of their lives they`ve lived by the time you`ve gotten them

     

    It just depends on how they've been treated as I said: IC's can last a supposed 100 years!

     

    I don`t really fetish old toys (and certainly not their cardboard boxes)

     

    Some Jagfans keep the carboard box because it can add value at resale and is part of commercial video game pioneers ' Atari history. Some Jaguar fans are fanatic about it though.

     

    I'm not trying to be a dick or nitpick but just give you a different way of looking at the Jaguar, because clunky implies bulky and large which the Jaguar is not, although it has a plastic case as does your flatscreen computer monitor.

     

    I can understand you only want to play emulators on your computer and not use real consoles, for space reasons? for keeping an uncluttered look to your AV area? or maybe you prefer the higher video capabilities of PC's? but some people prefer the feel and play on a real console, whether it be XBOX or Jaguar.

     

    :)

  15. Posted

    There was some talk on JSII about IS3 for the Jaguar, a key person working on IS4 (or trying to get the company to do it) is developing a multiplatform tool/devunit to easily convert the code to different systems and IS3 is probably able to run on the Jag with modifiaction. (dan h - on JSII?)

  16. Posted

    A BattleSphere thread saved!!! :D

     

    Unbelievable! Maybe one day the word BattleSphere won't hold such contempt for some people in the Jaguar community. :)

     

    Orion_ : English language nuances and slang are sometimes tricky, however "shit" can used to describe anything, it's just slang, "the best shit" means : The Best "Stuff" or in this case "the best game." It is not to be taken literally.

  17. Posted · Edited by ovalbugmann

    Although, It would have been great to see backwards compatability for the Jag to play 2600, 5200, or 7800 games or simply a series Jag cartridges with ports from these systems, but I voted for a update of Double Dragon for the Jag. :)

  21. Posted

    Yeah, out of the four tempest clones I have seen recently Typhoon 2001 is relly nice looking and plays nice with a PC controller which I easily configured for play, I am using the Logitech 2.4 Ghz cordless - Rumblepad 2 works great, you can assign the buttons. I also tried Tsunami 2010, The Torus Trooper - T2K clone, and the largest clone; Ultra!(12mb DEMO).

     

    http://www.ultrathegame.com/

     

    http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/tt_e.html

  23. Posted

    One of the things I noticed, while playing Typhoon 2001 for the first time is that if an enemy reaches the rim, the top of the web, that it is possible to run right by them, which is good but it is not possible to destroy them by pressing fire rapidly with the blaster or particle laser, like in T2K. Now, in T2K when enemies reach the rim if you press fire rapidly they can be destroyed. Not so in Typhoon 2001. Since, in T2K, there is a gap in rounds fired after eight or so shots, you cannot simply hold down the fire button and expect to destroy enemies that have reached the rim (because of the gap in the eight shots fired in a series of shots), but if you press fire very rapidly, they won't be able to "catch you", on the gap after the eight shots in firing, Because your firing fast.

     

    In Typhoon 2K1, Since you cannot destroy enemies that have reached the rim?, except by the superzapper, then I need to know what to do if an enemy gets to the top of the rim? How do I destroy them, there? Run by them and try to finish the level? (which doesn't always work) Get "jump" enabled? Superzapper? What if I've already used it?

     

    Both T2K and Typhoon2K1 both have the gap in shots if you hold down the button, but Thorsten seems to have left out the ability to press fire rapidly and kill enemies that way when they reach the rim. Any, suggestions on how to kill enemies on the rim in Typhoon 2K1? Sometimes it's not always possible to kill them in the web.

  25. Posted

    Gorf: Hey, I want to sign the petition to get the remaining Telegames Jaguar titles released by Telegames. Where/How can I sign this petition? How many signatures do you have? Have you given the petition to TG yet?

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