108 Stars Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Did a mock up like 5 years ago, but nobody would code it. Sam the Man just deserves to be Atari's mascot. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 That's the Jaguar CD's mascot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felyx Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Jex... the... Alligator...?!...? What? http://www.theoldcomputer.com/game-box-art-covers/Panasonic/3DO/Gex%20%282%29.jpg My souvenirs were fuzy: in fact this is GEX the lizard It was a game for 3DO and used for some 3DO advertisements: this is what it became the 3DO mascott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 That's the Jaguar CD's mascot... No worries, it's 5gal... plenty of room for everybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Willy Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Did a mock up like 5 years ago, but nobody would code it. Atariri_3.png Sam the Man just deserves to be Atari's mascot. You might try reposting the mock up again. With the release of Raptor and Raptor Basic, someone might just take a shot at it now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Was there other screen concept shots? Who were the adversaries? What was the objective of the game? Was Sam trying to get Jaguars to as many stores for selling? This is reminding me more and more of Journey Escape. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) Did a mock up like 5 years ago, but nobody would code it. Wait... why is he rushing towards those bins holding that... oh no, god no! Edited January 16, 2015 by sh3-rg 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Stars Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Was there other screen concept shots? Who were the adversaries? What was the objective of the game? Was Sam trying to get Jaguars to as many stores for selling? This is reminding me more and more of Journey Escape. It was basically just the idea that you take control of Sam as head of Atari Corp, who is ordered by his father to become the no.1 in the video game industry. So you would have a simplistic management game serving as a hub, where you decide what to do next and see your income. Each task would lead to another kind of mini game. I only did a mock-up for this one, being a platformer where Sam indeed has to try to get the Jaguars into stores. Professional distribution would be expensive after all, and a Tramiel doesn't like that word! I didn't get too far thinking of the other games. One I would have liked to be a puzzle game assembling hardware, kind of like Tetris with electronic parts that fall down randomly, and you having to place them like in an example picture. Something similar for designing a new game system would have been nice too, with some internal random generator developing the competitions hardware and deciding on the winner in several aspects such as price, power, advertising etc... like the card game top trumps! You would have won had you either reached a certain score ($$$) or driven your competitors out of business, not sure. I had this in mind as a Lynx game, but matashen had just done Lynxopoly and found the intertwining gameplay concepts too complex for his knowledge of the Lynx at that time. Could of course be on Jaguar as well. Wait... why is he rushing towards those bins holding that... oh no, god no! Damn... all these years I never saw this. It must have been an unconscious move by me to design it that way. A game of choice! Die a hero and discard the dreaded, fume-exhaling torture device, or sell your soul and live in wealth, dooming the rest of mankind to play Trevor McFurr, FFL etc! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I think the Jag's mascot should have been Skylar. Thanks to the Angry Video Game Nerd, Skylar has become the unofficial mascot for the Jaguar in the minds of many online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) Wait... why is he rushing towards those bins holding that... oh no, god no! He's dumping the Jaguar off while running over to Steve Kipker - former owner of STeve's Computers in Woodland CA - to ask him if he would sell a Sony Playstation for wholesale price to one of his buddies as Sam did [according to Steve] in real life. Edited January 17, 2015 by Lynxpro 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 It was basically just the idea that you take control of Sam as head of Atari Corp, who is ordered by his father to become the no.1 in the video game industry. Jack didn't like video games or the video game industry. Sam liked video games. Sam seemed to be attempting to remake Atari Corp into Atari Inc during the Jaguar run…hence him trying to hire back a lot of former 2600 coders. But the Jaguar failed for various reasons - including dirty tricks on Sony's and Nintendo's parts - and then Sam has his heart attack leading Jack to swoop in, dismantle everything and do the reverse merger with that shlock hard drive company. The rest is history. Jack had absolutely no love for the Atari Inc mythos. I think Sam in a sense was like Steve Ballmer's kids*, wanting to play for the cooler team. *Ballmer's kids famously wanted iPods and he forced them to have Zunes instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Stars Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I am aware of that, but it's really beside the point here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Willy Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Wait... why is he rushing towards those bins holding that... oh no, god no! I figured he was going to throw the Jaguar through the window and loot the place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I figured he was going to throw the Jaguar through the window and loot the place. No, that would be Jack Tramiel doing that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Did anyone notice this thread was revived after ELEVEN YEARS? Sat Jul 24, 2004 7:04 AM : : Tue Jan 13, 2015 9:46 PM 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Did anyone notice this thread was revived after ELEVEN YEARS? Sat Jul 24, 2004 7:04 AM : : Tue Jan 13, 2015 9:46 PM Quick, someone shoot it in the head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAGUAR Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Skylar had a family member or a being of her race starring in another game in the 90's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagCD Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) Did anyone notice this thread was revived after ELEVEN YEARS? Sat Jul 24, 2004 7:04 AM : : Tue Jan 13, 2015 9:46 PM Personally, I'm waiting for the movie adaptation of this thread: "A Good Day For Thread To Die Hard" So I refuse to read anything here because I don't want to spoil the ending. Edited January 29, 2015 by JagCD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 ... ... You two should hook up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAGUAR Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 You two should hook up. Jag CD should blow me first. You know, could be dust, we want a good connection. And hope its not that time of month, red screen of death. We just need to push the right buttons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagCD Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Jag CD should blow me first. You know, could be dust, we want a good connection. And hope its not that time of month, red screen of death. We just need to push the right buttons. I'd bet you'll still give me the roar sound -- even when you red screened me. Just because of the tease that you are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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