I was one of the chosen few who made the Jaguar their console of choice back when it was new (bought mine off a guy who barely played it during the first year of release) - at least until I saw Williams Arcade Classics on the Playstation and dumped it.
I'm actually getting a bit nostalgic for it, but there's only a handful of games I'd want. The question is, is it worth it when basic stuff like a SCART cable will set me back a minimum of £20 and the few games I want are easily more than I pay for new Wii titles?
I'd really only want Tempest 2000, Defender 2000, Wolfenstine 3D and Iron Soldier (if I could actually find the cart version of Iron Soldier 2 I'd want that as well, though it would cost a small fortune).
If you do decide to get one, definitely don't bother with the Jaguar CD. They're rare, expensive, and most don't even work. Not to mention it makes the console look like a toilet.
Put aside some cash for the system then if you still want it post-new year, I'd say you should get it. Yes, the games are expensive for oldies, but they can be pretty fun. I wouldn't expect the games to appear on other consoles for quite some time, so it might be a good investment. And you've got collector's items (good profit) if they ever do show up on Wii 2's Virtual Console or something.
I bought one back when it was new. Played it for about a week, boxed it back up, and it's been in my game closet ever since. I even found the CD attachment years later for $19.99 at Walmart. It's brand new in the box in my closet. LOL.
I bought the JagCD new when it came out, though I considered myself lucky at not having a duff one as even new they had a high failure rate - no way I'd chance buying one now. Probably helps that the only CD games I can recall being worthwhile were the Cybermorph sequel and Iron Soldier 2 - the latter had a limited edition cart release minus the FMV which is apparently impossible to find.
I know there's people working on emulation, but I really have a soft spot for that machine. It was the first proper console I had owned since the Atari 2600.
I'm not buying a CRT for it, but I have to think it would look pretty good with RGB SCART output on my plasma. I had an S-Video hookup in the States and was jealous of Europeans with the SCART cable option.
With regard to the power it did have both 32-bit and 64-bit components, however the 32-bit bus was a limiting factor and as-stated it suffered from a distinct lack of programming tools and a complicated architecture. As a result many people programmed games for the Motorola 68K processor that was a tertiary processor on the motherboard, giving the Jag a reputation as being only 16-bit in reality. Skilled programmers, like the famed Jeff Minter of Tempest 2000 and Defender 2000 fame, who could write assembler for it showed what it was really capable of.
The Jaguar has the best version of Wolfenstein 3D. It has Rayman It has Syndicate It has Alien VS Predator It has the aforementioned utterly fantastic Tempest 2000 (which has one of the most amazing hardcore soundtracks)
Third-party support was mostly limited to a few mediocre companies. And Atari was largely relying on the fact that "OMG! IT'S GOT MORE BITS THAN THE COMPETITION!" to bring in sales.
The Jaguar was marketed as a 64-bit system, but was actually a dual 32-bit system. The 3D capabilities of the system were barely exploited, and the touchtone pad probably confused the heck out of everybody.
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The Jaguar has the best version of Wolfenstein 3D. It has Rayman It has Syndicate It has Alien VS Predator It has the aforementioned utterly fantastic Tempest 2000 (which has one of the most amazing hardcore soundtracks)
Apparently It also had a pretty good version of Cannon Fodder from what I've read.
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