Comments on: Platform Review: Atari Jaguar http://the-board.info/2009/08/02/platform-review-atari-jaguar/ Sun, 20 May 2012 07:11:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: LoOpY http://the-board.info/2009/08/02/platform-review-atari-jaguar/#comment-1961 LoOpY Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:33:58 +0000 http://the-board.info/?p=194#comment-1961 Update to earlier post: it turns out the Jagaur could do Gouraud shading, my bad :P Update to earlier post: it turns out the Jagaur could do Gouraud shading, my bad :P

]]> By: LoOpY http://the-board.info/2009/08/02/platform-review-atari-jaguar/#comment-1960 LoOpY Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:26:37 +0000 http://the-board.info/?p=194#comment-1960 A solid review. Although I'm not a big fan of the Jaguar, as you know quite infamously, it did have the best versions of most of the multi-platform titles at the time (e.g. Cannon Fodder). Exclusives like Alien Versus Predator as well as Tempest 2000 are sought after quite commonly now as well. Sadly in terms of long terms video gaming it lacked the ability to pump out the polygon numbers that the Playstation, Saturn and even the N64 were capable of and features goraud shading was a deinite no-no for the system. Considering the price tag though and the market at the time, I don't believe that was Atari's intentions (hence the "Do The Math" ads). Ultimately that might've been the reason why it was a failure. I'd have to say though, despite the bad press it has, the Atari Jaguar is a machine of intrigue. Many gamers are now noticing it better as a hardcore games machine than a failed jump to the next generation that critics saw it as. A solid review. Although I’m not a big fan of the Jaguar, as you know quite infamously, it did have the best versions of most of the multi-platform titles at the time (e.g. Cannon Fodder). Exclusives like Alien Versus Predator as well as Tempest 2000 are sought after quite commonly now as well.

Sadly in terms of long terms video gaming it lacked the ability to pump out the polygon numbers that the Playstation, Saturn and even the N64 were capable of and features goraud shading was a deinite no-no for the system. Considering the price tag though and the market at the time, I don’t believe that was Atari’s intentions (hence the “Do The Math” ads). Ultimately that might’ve been the reason why it was a failure.

I’d have to say though, despite the bad press it has, the Atari Jaguar is a machine of intrigue. Many gamers are now noticing it better as a hardcore games machine than a failed jump to the next generation that critics saw it as.

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