A_Username Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Wow an Atari Jaguar II prototype Here's a link to the story Atari Jaguar II Prototype Lookee Lookee Schematics Jaguar II Schematics Specs Here Jaguar II Specs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 What are you gonna post next, a link to AtariAge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese007 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 (edited) weired ting is i THINK i have seen several jag2 protos floating around on the net Edited February 2, 2006 by Cheese007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG4EVER Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Too bad - we will never know the greatness that Atari was about to unleash on the world. Any Jaguar II prototype software out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese007 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 not that i know of. maybe some collector out there is hoarding it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG4EVER Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 not that i know of.maybe some collector out there is hoarding it 1011126[/snapback] GRR!!! That makes me about as mad as the N64. 'Nuff said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I saw one of those at the Austin Game Expo. Too bad it wasn't in functional order. I don't know if there was any software in the works for it, but I remember hearing something about the Jaguar II being able to improve the graphic quality of original Jaguar games, kind of like playing a PS1 game on a PS2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I saw one of those at the Austin Game Expo. Too bad it wasn't in functional order. I don't know if there was any software in the works for it, but I remember hearing something about the Jaguar II being able to improve the graphic quality of original Jaguar games, kind of like playing a PS1 game on a PS2.1011132[/snapback] I remember listening to Bill Rehbok talking about this during one of the CGE2K4 keynotes. Apparently Atari Corp. was working with Atari Games and incorporating some of the improvements that they had made to the Jaguar (as part of their CoJag platform) into Jaguar II. He said that original Jaguar games were running on Jaguar II and "magically inheriting bilinear filtering" and other features that were post-Playstation but pre-N64. A lot of those plans came to a grinding halt after Sam T.'s heart attack and the subsequent merger with JTS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanadium Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 IIRC one of the prototypes that has been found is actually working (meaning only regular Jag carts, nothing Jag II), while the other (IIRC, again) is just a chipset without processors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC Modeler Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Jaguar's are nothing but a waste of solder and plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG4EVER Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Jaguar's are nothing but a waste of solder and plastic. 1011183[/snapback] Waste of solder and plastic? The Jaguar64™ has proven time and again that it IS the 64-bit gaming paradise of the future - and it is available now! Thanks to advanced features such as the 100,000 writes available to the cartridge EEPROM, the Jaguar64™ will continue to do battle well into the next millenium, when the so-called Super Nintendo and Playstation are things of the past, only to remembered and fetished over by nostalgic zealots. Go back to your precious SuckiNES and your PSuX and harvest all the solder and plastic you can from them - they've been replaced... by the inimitable Jaguar64™! Jaguar64™ - Nostalgia is for suckers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 (edited) Jaguar's are nothing but a waste of solder and plastic. 1011183[/snapback] Oh, great ... who let RCModeler back in here?! Edited February 2, 2006 by jaybird3rd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariman Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 (edited) Jaguar's are nothing but a waste of solder and plastic. 1011183[/snapback] Don't forget to cite your sources for that insightful comment... Edited February 23, 2006 by atariman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagFan422 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Too bad - we will never know the greatness that Atari was about to unleash on the world. Any Jaguar II prototype software out there? 1011119[/snapback] what, an actual 64-bit system capable of actual 64-bit graphics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG4EVER Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Too bad - we will never know the greatness that Atari was about to unleash on the world. Any Jaguar II prototype software out there? 1011119[/snapback] what, an actual 64-bit system capable of actual 64-bit graphics? 1012404[/snapback] The Jaguar64™ offers the best 2D performance on the market today. It is 37.3 times faster than the Saturn, 34.4 times faster than the PSX, and 41.9 times faster than the N64. The 3D0 isn't even worth mentioning! The reason can be summed up in two short words: Blast Processing. The Jaguar64™ blitter was designed from the ground up with blast processing, a technique originally pioneered by Sam Tramiel, in mind. Some will remember that Sega adopted this technology for application in Sonic The Hedgehog. Later a lawsuit involving infringements of blast processing related patents was settled out of court in Atari's favor. Blast processing, properly implemented, permits any number of sprites (within reason) to be displayed with any number of layers of parallax (within reason) w/ truecolor bitmaps at a constant 60 FPS. Constant is the key word here!! Some 2D games peak out at 60 FPS but often drop frames when sprites get congested or backgrounds get complex. The blast processing subsystem of the Jaguar64™, built into the blitter, suffers no such degradation when properly programmed. It is important to note that Blast Processing can also accelerate 3D performance. In fact, the Jaguar64™ can use it to achieve such techniques as mip-mapping, real time ray tracing, texture mapping, fogging, trilinear filtering, and anti-aliasing. Blast processing is important because it means that the future of the Jaguar64™ is anything but concluded. The machine can rise again like a great Pheonix on the wings of this superior technology to recapture vast markets. A Jaguar64™ utilizing blast processing can, for example, easily outrun a Pentium II 300 with dual 3DFX "banshee" cards. In fact, Jaguar64™ running at its maximum resolution can outrun dual Voodoo II / Banshee systems running at their lowest resolution and color depth. Jaguar64™ - Roar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Hello, It's good to dream. ...the future of the Jaguar64™ is anything but concluded. The machine can rise again like a great Pheonix on the wings of this superior technology to recapture vast markets. You'll probably like my now historical Alter Atari pages...http://justclaws.atari.org/altatari/ Cheers, JustClaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinkoVitch Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 mmmm wonder if releasing a machine called the Jaguar XJ64 would cause issues ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Laird Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 But have you seen this A_username? AMAZING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 not that i know of.maybe some collector out there is hoarding it 1011126[/snapback] GRR!!! That makes me about as mad as the N64. 'Nuff said! 1011130[/snapback] I don't like it either, but it's the choice of the collector. Try being a 7800 fan sometime! That's the holy grail as far as prototypes go (few made, pre-internet, Tramiel cheapness) and those collectors are often very reluctant to share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82-T/A Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Too bad - we will never know the greatness that Atari was about to unleash on the world. Any Jaguar II prototype software out there? 1011119[/snapback] Yeah! They had a whole line of 16 bit games ready for porting! Hahah.. just kiddin, sorry. I love the Jag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Id love to see something made if they had real hardware that pumped up jag1 graphics... that would be cool. Even if we never saw what it could do as a jag 2, I'd still be happy with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Username Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 Jaguar's are nothing but a waste of solder and plastic. That crossed the line, don't diss the Jag, YOU'RE a waste of solder and plastic, despite being made of flesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjudge3 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Jaguar's are nothing but a waste of solder and plastic. That crossed the line, don't diss the Jag, YOU'RE a waste of solder and plastic, despite being made of flesh. Yeah that's like saying... Anyone who plays with remote control cars is pathetic because it's a toy meant for 4-year olds! See, not cool is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Nope, they were drivin out off the 16Bit ports... and driving right into... the 8bit ports, ha ha ha ! -Andreas Magenheimer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonforce-Europe Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Jaguar's are nothing but a waste of solder and plastic. 1011183[/snapback] Waste of solder and plastic? The Jaguar64™ has proven time and again that it IS the 64-bit gaming paradise of the future - and it is available now! Thanks to advanced features such as the 100,000 writes available to the cartridge EEPROM, the Jaguar64™ will continue to do battle well into the next millenium, when the so-called Super Nintendo and Playstation are things of the past, only to remembered and fetished over by nostalgic zealots. Go back to your precious SuckiNES and your PSuX and harvest all the solder and plastic you can from them - they've been replaced... by the inimitable Jaguar64™! Jaguar64™ - Nostalgia is for suckers! say what? you mean the atari jaguar can battle the xbox 360?. if the atari jaguar was a gaming paradise it would be a huge succes. which it aint. nonethless it got some pretty good games and there are new jaguar games coming out too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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