The 68000 was meant to function as a "manager chip" that wouldn't actually do any heavy lifting, but due to the aforementioned poor documentation and its history of use in previous computers and game consoles, it was the only part of the hardware most developers were comfortable using unfortunately, the end result was that the Jaguar effectively became an overclocked Sega Genesis when the 68000 was used this way. Outside of the fact that determining power based on the bit number is a gross oversimplification of how bits work, the Jaguar was poorly documented and hard to program for, so developers often defaulted to using the system's Motorola 68000 chip as the main processor instead of its 32-bit chips "Tom" and "Jerry". Headhunter Review for the Sega Dreamcast.While Atari claimed that the Jaguar was a beast of a 64-bit system, many games barely looked better than what you'd find on either of its 16-bit competitors or the 3DO, especially compared to the latter when it came to 3D.Ma thocts on Joker (… on My Thoughts on Joker (SPO… Happy 25th Anniversa… on Happy 20th Birthday Sega …Ĭould the Dreamcast… on Happy 20th Birthday Sega … Rossies Classic Sega… on Happy 25th Anniversary Sega… Telltale Games… on Telltale Games – A retro… I’ll be looking forward to next few years for this baby, buying a bunch of awesome games, digging up some rare gems, that is if the Jag CD lasts though it all, I have faith in it. …Alright, I lied, the rarity attracted me to it even more, but that wasn’t the reason I bought it, I’m not a game collector who keeps their valuables in glass cases, waiting for it to be worth more, no, I bought it, so I could play it, I’m probably the only gamer in the world to want a Jaguar CD for that, but there you go, there’s a first for everything. Also, I wanted it to extend my horizon on Jaguar games, to extend the amount of games I can choose from, and stuff like that, I really didn’t want it for it rarity… Was it worth the price… not so far, but I didn’t want the Jaguar CD for one game, I wanted it for pretty much all of them, they all look brilliant, except for primal rage and baldies. So there you have it, it all worked out in the end, I gave a working Jaguar CD a nice home, where it will be played alot. In all fairness, I’ve heard that AVGN DID get a working Jaguar CD after he filmed the review, so good on him, and I’m not hating on AVGN, in fact I’m a huge fan of him myself, it’s the fans that annoy me, alot. Yes, I have proven that Jaguar CDs are in fact NOT self-aware, how did I avoid getting a dodgy JagCD, well the answer in simple, yet many overlook it… I checked the EBay item’s description, and made sure the words “Tested, and works properly.” appeared, and it did. I hate being mean to my readers, I really do, but I must make an exception… Get that up youse, AVGN fanboys!!! … but it didn’t work at first, it came up with the now notorious red screen of death, but then I figured out that the Jaguar CD was properly attached, at the back, and I had to use a bit of force to get it in, but I managed, and it worked! … yes it does!!! By the way, excuse the amateur taking-a-photo-in-front-of-the-TV style of capturing this, it’s because I don’t have the Jaguar AV cables, and they’re hard to find, so I’m stuck with the RGB SCART, which is a NIGHTMARE to set up, although the quality makes up for it I think. I know what you’re all asking, does it work?… …and what’s inside the box that’s making it so big… only this:Ī photo with it attached to the Jaguar, I have to admit, it looks pretty cool:Īnd finally, a picture of the Jag+CD with a cartridge slot at the back, or as I like to call it, the toilet formation: The box for the games themselves are actually BIGGER than the cartridge games, here’s a photo of comparisons (by the way, the WWE curtains at the side of the 3rd photo are temporary, just in case you thought I was just some big kid.): The box for it is shorter and narrower than the regular Jaguar box, but it’s alot taller, unfortunately, I forgot to take the picture of the 2 for comparison, but the boxes are already stored away, and I can’t be bothered to get them out again and take a photo or two because I’m a lazy rascal! I did, however, get a photo of the box on it’s on, here you go: I’ve always wanted to get one of these managed to find one on EBay, boxed and with the game Hover Strike: Unconquered lands for £200, it may sound like alot but considering that they usually go for £500, it’s a pretty good deal, so naturally, I jumped at the chance, and it arrived today! That’s right! I finally got myself an Atari Jaguar CD! At long last!