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Atari Jaguar
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The Atari Jaguar is a hame video gaemm console pit thegither bi Atari Corporation an pit oot in North Americae in November 1993. Pairt of the fift generation o video gemm consoles, it competit wi the 16-bit Sega Mega Drive, the Super NES and the 32-bit 3DO Interactive Multiplayer that wis pit oot the same year. Driven bi twa custom 32-bit processor – Tom an Jerry – as weel as a Motorola 68000. Atari mercatit it as the warld's first 64-bit gemm seestem, pittin emphasis on its 64-bit bus uised bi the blitter. The Jaguar wis pit oot alang wi Cybermorph as the pack-in gemm,[11] thit wis gien divisive reviews. The seestem's library wis ultimately made up o juist 50 licensed gemms.
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Developer | Atari Corporation |
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Manufacturer | IBM |
Type | Hame video gemm console |
Generation | Fift |
Release date | |
Retail availability | 1993–1996 |
Introductory price | |
Discontinued |
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Units sauld | < 150,000[9] |
Media | ROM cartridge |
CPU | Motorola 68000, 2 dissimilar custom RISC processors |
Storage capacity | Internal RAM, cartridge |
Memory | 2 MB RAM |
Display | Composite, S-Video, RGB, or RF TV out |
Graphics | Tom chip (up to 720×576 / 720x480, 16.8 million colors) |
Soond | Jerry chip (16-bit, two DACs, Wavetable and AM synthesis) |
Best-sellin gemme | Alien vs Predator (85,000)[10] |
Predecessor |
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Relatit airticles | Atari Jaguar CD |
Development for the Atari Jaguar stairtit in the early 1990s bi Flare Technology, thit stairtit tae focus mair on the seestem efter cancellation o the Atari Panther console. The Jaguar wis an important seestem for Atari efter the company shiftit its tent frae computers - efter pittin a stap tae the production o its Atari ST - back tae consoles.[12] Hounaiver, the multi-chip architecture, hardware bugs, an scunnersome tuils made pittin thegither gemms for the Jaguar difficult. Unnerwhelmin sales pit aff third-pairty support fur the console an aw.[11]
Atari attemptit tae stend the seestem's lifespan wi the Atari Jaguar CD add-on, wi an extrae 13 gemms, an pittin an emphasis on the Jaguar's price o ower US$100 less nor its competitors. Wi the lowsin o the Sega Saturn an PlayStation in 1995, sales for the Jaguar conteenued taw faw. It didnae sell mair nor 150,000 units afore it wis discontinued in 1996.[citation needit] The commercial failure of the Jaguar promptit Atari to lea' the console mercat an become a third pairty developer fur ither consoles insteid.
Efter Hasbro Interactive boucht oot aw o Atari Corporation properties,[13] the patents for the Jaguar war pit int the public domain, wi the console declared as an appen platform.[14] Frae its discontinuation, hobbyists hiv pit thegither gemms for the seestem.[15]