| Subject: RE: How is the Jaguar faring? ICD, Battlesphere? |
Author: Bruce (h24-69-102-15.gv.shawcable.net)
Date: 01-03-2001 15:52
>I know the Jaguar has been left behind by Atari. I do know that there are quite a
>few 3rd party companies still producing games and hardware for the Jaguar.
Actually I would say that Atari has been left behind by Jaguar!
There have been about 3 or 4 new carts out in the last year or so, and Atari is long gone...
>I guess what im curious about is... is the Jaguar development still going strong?
>Or is it dying off faster now than it was before? Is Carl Forhan the only one still
>producing Jaguar games or are other companies planning a few releases?
I think what we'll see over the next couple of years is a handful of games, either never-released games coming out, or hobbyist games written from scratch and sold in small numbers, a la Battle Sphere.
I think there are perhaps a few thousand active Jaguar fans - enough to support a few games as above but not nearly enough to attract "professional game developers".
I have this fantasy that Infogrames will embrace the Jaguar and produce/support it as an alternative "budget" video game console. Realistically - that won't happen. You couldn't mass-produce a Jag for less than say $50 US, and not many people will buy 10 year old technology when for twice the money they can buy a PS1 or an N64.
>AND!! Where the hell can i get a hold of Battlesphere? I was on the waiting list for
>one copy, but I was never able to get one. Are they ever going to have a re-
>release????
Damn good question. I have asked at the official site www.battlesphere.com and have never received an email back.
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