Jaguar Game Console
This system had serious potential.
Jaguar game console. Filled with clever references to popular sci fi creations you choose one of seven known intergalactic races including humans before being placed in a fully 3d sphere of space and battling it out to become champion. With only 50 games made for the console and 13 exclusives included on the jaguar cd you get access to video games most players have never seen. Sony patent for ps1 2 3 cloud gaming. It was the sixth programmable console developed under the atari brand.
Improved graphics and cd quality sound. Its only control is a bright red power button and its two controller ports are tucked neatly under the front edge. Video games ps4 xbox one switch wii u pc 3ds ps3 xbox 360 accessories virtual reality trade in deals best sellers more gaming 1 12 of 68 results for video games. In 1993 atari released its sixth and final console.
The atari jaguar is a fifth generation 1993 2005 video game console developed and distributed by atari corporation. A successor to the 7800 the jaguar came as part of the fifth generation of video game consoles and was controversially marketed by atari as being the world s first 64 bit video game system while competing with the existing 16 bit consoles sega genesis and super nintendo entertainment system and the 32 bit 3do interactive multiplayer platform which launched the same year. It boasted graphics and processing power well ahead of the competition but it was hampered by the console s multi chip architecture that made game development difficult and contributed to a very low adoption rate. Although some have compared its shape to that of a toilet seat the jaguar console is actually a slick looking uncluttered machine.
The epic space opera battlesphere both normal and enhanced gold versions is a triumphant example of what the jaguar is truly capable of. On paper the jaguar was a solid console. The only problems with it were it was too expensive the controller was terrible a sega controller with a keypad and lack of 3rd party games. Hook this console to your older model or newer hdtv and enjoy cd quality stereo unlike game consoles before it.
It was released in november 1993 in north america at a retail price of 249 99. The atari jaguar was a great machine and was 2 years ahead of nintendo with their nintendo 64. The console was later released in europe 1994. Atari jaguar retro bit atari 2600 controller joystick retro bit atari jaguar.
The atari jaguar is a 64 bit home video game console developed by atari corporation and designed by flare technology released in north america first on november 23 1993.