The Mysterious Lost Atari Jaguar Duo

  Рет қаралды 13,530

Lady Decade

Lady Decade

Күн бұрын

Пікірлер: 62
@ScrapKing73
@ScrapKing73 Жыл бұрын
The numeric keypad was a proven concept, having been done to great success on the Intellivision console, allowing more advanced gameplay (see games like Utopia, Sub Hunt, and too many more to list). Numeric keypads also appeared on the Colecovision and the Atari 5200. So it’s inclusion on the Jag was somewhat unconventional by 1993, but not without precedent. I think the only thing the original Jaguar controller was missing was two shoulder buttons, honestly, which would have given you five buttons plus the numeric keypad. But they did later come out with a 6-button controller instead.
@almendratlilkouatl
@almendratlilkouatl Жыл бұрын
Lady Decade´s gorgeous accent, a necessity for gracious living...
@ScrapKing73
@ScrapKing73 Жыл бұрын
The Panther being Motorola 68000-based is interesting, given the rumours they intended to market the Panther as 32-bit. The 68k chip is internally 32-bit, but cost-reduced to communicate with the rest of the system over a 16-bit bus. The reason the Jaguar has a legitimate claim to being a 64-bit system is that it has a 64-bit system bus, letting two or more of its chips use the bus simultaneously. And some homebrew has gotten some pretty impressive results from the Jaguar, given it was an inexpensive system released in 1993. Would the Panther have been the same, and had a 32-bit bus? If so, what other chip(s)? Would have shared that bus? Fascinating!
@ArneChristianRosenfeldt
@ArneChristianRosenfeldt Жыл бұрын
Not simultaneously, but it runs at 28 MHz and as on AtariST every cycle a different processor can use the bus. RAM runs at 14 MHz in fast page mode. So if the memory controller could just block traffic from leaving the chip every second cycle, we would have internal free bandwidth. So even with a single bus, the blitter could blit from RAM to GPU or linebuffer or palette at full speed. If those all would accept 64 bit in their input latches ( hint: they accept 32 bit or less ).
@jrherita
@jrherita 8 ай бұрын
The Jaguar blitter was 64 bit also
@ScrapKing73
@ScrapKing73 Жыл бұрын
I’ve not previously considered a downside of CDs the inability to put extra chips in the game. Interesting point. And that practice goes back a lot further than the SuperFX chip. Some 7800 games had Atari’s “Pokey” sound chip in the cartridge. And even 2600 games sometimes had extra RAM and RAM-banking chips in them as RAM costs came down later in the 2600’s life.
@ScrapKing73
@ScrapKing73 Жыл бұрын
Pitfall II for the 2600 had a chip that added extra horsepower to the system. From the web: “Game creator David Crane engineered and patented a special component that was embedded in the cartridge along with the game's ROM. Called a Display Processor Chip (DPC), it enabled Pitfall II to be capable of much more than any other cartridge for the console.”
@ArneChristianRosenfeldt
@ArneChristianRosenfeldt Жыл бұрын
SEGACD put extra chip into the system, but like on Jaguar, the system bus is the real limit. So you want a cartridge with 64 data pins and then some??
@fattiger6957
@fattiger6957 Жыл бұрын
Something all these failed 90s consoles had in common was there was no long-term thinking. All the companies just expected things to work out.
@mattBLACKpunk
@mattBLACKpunk Жыл бұрын
Just like me!
@AFourEyedGeek
@AFourEyedGeek Жыл бұрын
Didn't you know "If you build it, they will come" is the matra of the console manufacturers of the 90s?
@MikeRotch-ur7sx
@MikeRotch-ur7sx Жыл бұрын
It was a time of entrepreneurial gaming and culture. Capitalism at its finest. Creative thinking. Maybe you like living in your socialist country now with 2 choices for everything. I picture you with a Walmart hat and an Xbox T-shirt typing this comment 😂😂😂
@AFourEyedGeek
@AFourEyedGeek Жыл бұрын
@@MikeRotch-ur7sx couldn't be more wrong. Massive amount of gaming on: XBox, PlayStation, Switch, PC, Android, and iPhone. There is a whole heap of various other gaming platforms such as a plethora of retro emulating devices, handheld PCs ala Steam Deck, Panic Playdate, Pico-8, Atari VCS, and others too. 90s have nothing on today.
@MikeRotch-ur7sx
@MikeRotch-ur7sx Жыл бұрын
@@AFourEyedGeek Agree to disagree further, your generation has no shortage of energy drink choices and rehashed, rebooted, remade films and games from which decade????
@gtvrossa
@gtvrossa Жыл бұрын
Yet another great in depth vid from Lady D! I just love your vids! Keep up the great work.
@RyanRumbles434
@RyanRumbles434 Жыл бұрын
Love it! The Duo wasn't really necessary since the Jaguar CD itself was a failure.
@maroon9273
@maroon9273 Жыл бұрын
They should've used the duo convept with the jaguar 2 or just released a jaguar pc graohics card or pci computer add-on like the 3do blaster.
@ecliperson
@ecliperson Жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great video!
@ScrapKing73
@ScrapKing73 Жыл бұрын
32 KB of system RAM?! If those rumours are accurate, that would have been ridiculously low. Wow. Especially for 68k code!
@Paradigmfusion
@Paradigmfusion Жыл бұрын
At least the duo didnt look like a toilet, and the CD drive might have actually worked!!!!
@ScrapKing73
@ScrapKing73 Жыл бұрын
The Lynx sold about two million units, so it was a pretty big success by Atari’s post-2600 standards. That’s half as many units as the 7800, but twice as many as the 5200. And about 9x more units than the Jaguar sold. Though I loved my Jag, and my roommates and I had a hell of a lot of fun with it, for what it’s worth. :-)
@cavves
@cavves Жыл бұрын
O MEME da Nazaré em um canal gringo??? Eu vivi para ver isso!!!! BRAZIL!!!!
@gsbarlow4
@gsbarlow4 Жыл бұрын
Aliens Vs Predator on the jaguar is one of the best games ever.
@mikesilva3868
@mikesilva3868 Жыл бұрын
Interesting video 😊
@GabePuratekuta
@GabePuratekuta Жыл бұрын
Hey, the Jaguar comes out this week....30 years ago!
@TheSoundsOfTheSTown1
@TheSoundsOfTheSTown1 Жыл бұрын
No feet 😢
@joshmar1574
@joshmar1574 Жыл бұрын
I used to have one of those but one day we moved and i dont know where it ended. :(
@JGreen-le8xx
@JGreen-le8xx Жыл бұрын
Lady Decade!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😄
@relaxeddigger91
@relaxeddigger91 Жыл бұрын
I kept my Jag and cd unit in my loft from the late 90's. Got it all down in June and sold it all off for about £1,200 in separate lots. I did spend a few weeks revisiting my 30's playing the games. Most of the games were not great like Trevor McFur, truly awful. But there were some really great games like Tempest and Doom. Such a shame that the CD unit wasn't utilised more. But mine did work even after nearly 25 years in my roof. That got me £650 on it's own, just amazed. But I do miss all of the Atari stuff. I was such a huge Atari fan.
@rokkson7925
@rokkson7925 Ай бұрын
I actually bought an Atari Jaguar! 64 Bit! Yey! We had a store for video games. You could actually get anything there. Almost. I'll never forget the pitying face of the shopkeeper when I asked about games. And his question: “Oh, you actually bought a Jaguar?” Then he laughed. Since then, I have never made such an impulse purchase again.
@retrogamerecluse
@retrogamerecluse Жыл бұрын
It may look like bathroom scales, but it's still a lot sleeker than the actual Jaguar! ('Alien vs Predator' is still awesome though!)
@DevilMaster
@DevilMaster Ай бұрын
Atari should've released the Jaguar Duo INSTEAD of the normal Jaguar. Possibly, without the cartridge slot and related circuitry.
@Motorheadache95
@Motorheadache95 Жыл бұрын
Is there a single console video that doesn’t start at the 80s video game crash? I mean, I know we need some context for these things but every single console at any time it’s always “the video game crash of the early 80s led to the rise of Nintendo…. Something something and that’s when the Neo Geo CD hit the scene!”
@Des_Zee
@Des_Zee Жыл бұрын
Atari Jag-ooh-war. Love that accent
@AdamIsUrqed
@AdamIsUrqed Жыл бұрын
So much wasted time and money went into all of the ATARI malarkey trying to compete with SEGA and Nintendo. If only they had directed all of that money into software as a third party for the big two instead.
@jasonbrown4239
@jasonbrown4239 Жыл бұрын
You got to remember I'm 44 and my cousin s were older that was the og system most of us had that still instead of nentendo nes because Atari was so expensive and or parents didn't want to waste money on something the felt was the same so everyone of us who had the Atari 2600 we had hooked up even when we got a nes or super nes because u would get games for free or almost nothing towards the end of its life and that's all we knew at first it was still fun for us
@fattiger6957
@fattiger6957 Жыл бұрын
They didn't want to be part of the existing ecosystems and only get their share of the pie. They wanted their own ecosystems they could control and get a share of everyone's pie (via licensing fees). And it's not thinking that has gone extinct. Look at what Epic Games has done in the PC space and what they tried to do in the mobile space.
@Garone1998
@Garone1998 Жыл бұрын
it looks like a toilette 😂😂😂
@seagull4800
@seagull4800 Жыл бұрын
this has to take a lot of effort, a lot of research, a lot of investment, a lot of time, editing... i get the impression that she works harder to produce this kind of content then most youtubers and i appreciate her sense of humor. i hope one of these goes viral and she reaches 1 million subs. anybody who puts in that much time, money, effort, deserves to be rewarded with success, may this comment help fuel the algorithm
@darinherrick9224
@darinherrick9224 11 ай бұрын
In gaming groups I’ve seen massive hate for her and I’m convinced it’s just sexism and elitism. Me? I want documentaries about video games and this husband and wife duo delivers. Nothing else matters.
@jeremygreen2883
@jeremygreen2883 Жыл бұрын
Maybe the Jaguar development should have been "paw"sed.
@pikmin4743
@pikmin4743 Жыл бұрын
Jag-yoo-ar :)))) love it!
@headbangersworld
@headbangersworld Жыл бұрын
Thanks for mention that the video-game crash was only a USA thing. :) Drives me crazy to hear europeans talking about it as a global phenomenon... ;)
@Major07able
@Major07able Жыл бұрын
Another cool video ….. I love learning about 90’s consoles
@mjdf122
@mjdf122 Жыл бұрын
Atari 🕹️ Jaguar 🐆
@harrisonallen651
@harrisonallen651 Жыл бұрын
There’s always a failure in the gaming industry
@forcedfeedbackclassicgamer5499
@forcedfeedbackclassicgamer5499 Жыл бұрын
If CNN ever had a dedicated video game news segment, Lady Decade would so be the perfect candidate for its host.
@McAster99
@McAster99 Жыл бұрын
I remember trying out the demo of Aliens vs Predators and wanting the Jaguar for that, but the controller was just so bad feeling in my hands it negated any desire. Maybe the Duo being released instead of the Jaguar, and a better controller could have convinced me, but I still doubt it with all their other "brilliant" strategies.
@eric23perez
@eric23perez Жыл бұрын
Atari would’ve probably been better off making the original jaguar a cd based system to begin with
@maroon9273
@maroon9273 Жыл бұрын
Plus, fixing the graphics chips bugs and replacing the limited 68k with a 68k020.
@ArneChristianRosenfeldt
@ArneChristianRosenfeldt Жыл бұрын
The cartridge seems to need a lot of components and space on the PCB. With the low data rate of the CD a serial connection to Jerries SPI pin suffices.
@ArneChristianRosenfeldt
@ArneChristianRosenfeldt Жыл бұрын
@@maroon9273the real problem is that both Jerry and the 68k only use 16 bit of the bus and need multiple cycles become Tom cannot distinguish them ( a bug, I think ). Jerry should be 64 bit. 68k and the cartridge should sit behind a bridge with a 4 phrases cache. Cartridges 16 bit always.
@Riz2336
@Riz2336 Жыл бұрын
The Atari Jaguar was one of the consoles in the past I had absolutely no interest in
@TJDious
@TJDious Жыл бұрын
Excellent wardrobe department.
@almendratlilkouatl
@almendratlilkouatl Жыл бұрын
she has style
@DJeimaXe
@DJeimaXe Жыл бұрын
*I laugh every time she says Jaguar* ...
@almendratlilkouatl
@almendratlilkouatl Жыл бұрын
u mean fella
@BM-wh5qk
@BM-wh5qk Жыл бұрын
There was only room for one anti-Nintendo console, and Sony was just better than Sega or Atari.
@ianscarborough596
@ianscarborough596 Жыл бұрын
Are you single?
@darinherrick9224
@darinherrick9224 11 ай бұрын
She’s married to Top Hat Gaming Man. They are the king and queen of gaming history documentaries.
@benniehooker3869
@benniehooker3869 Жыл бұрын
I know John Hardie and will tell him he got a mention in your video
The Atari Jaguar - What Happened?
24:11
Matt McMuscles
Рет қаралды 763 М.
Why Does The Sega Game Gear Get No Respect !?
17:16
Lady Decade
Рет қаралды 33 М.
Chain Game Strong ⛓️
00:21
Anwar Jibawi
Рет қаралды 41 МЛН
The Lost NES Console Add-On! - Gaming History Secrets
17:19
Lady Decade
Рет қаралды 66 М.
Why The Philips CD-i Console Failed ! - Gaming History Documentary
18:58
Why was the Atari Jaguar so Difficult to Develop on?
18:11
Zygal Studios
Рет қаралды 27 М.
How Atari 8-Bit Computers Work!
34:01
The 8-Bit Guy
Рет қаралды 360 М.
Unreleased Nintendo Advanced Video System -  Gaming History Secrets
15:17
It's Official: The Real New COMMODORE® 64x is Finally Here!
39:28
Retro Recipes 🕹️ vintage tech + tv
Рет қаралды 807 М.
Should You Sink Hundreds Into an Atari Jaguar?
12:25
The Atari Network
Рет қаралды 7 М.
When The GameCube Got Destroyed !!
21:36
Lady Decade
Рет қаралды 25 М.
Atari Jaguar CD & Games Overview
13:43
The Atari Network
Рет қаралды 6 М.
😱НЕКСТБОТТАРДАН ҚАШЫП КӨРДІК✅
10:14
24 Часа в РОБЛОКС !
38:21
A4
Рет қаралды 13 МЛН
HAMMER JAM Is Here! Don't Sleep On It! Clash Of Clans Official
1:23
Clash of Clans
Рет қаралды 11 МЛН
Clutches At Different Ages (Worlds Smallest Violin) #shorts
0:38