Atari Jaguar
Atari's final home console, marketed as a 64-bit system thanks to its custom Tom and Jerry chips, paired with a Motorola 68000 supervisor CPU.
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Atari's final home console, marketed as a 64-bit system thanks to its custom Tom and Jerry chips, paired with a Motorola 68000 supervisor CPU.
On the performance side, work is split between Atari's custom chips and the Motorola 68000, which coordinates the system. The hardware runs at 26.59 MHz and is backed by 2 MB of RAM. How good any given game looks and plays depends heavily on how well it spreads its workload across the processors. That is a big part of the technical fascination this hardware still holds for enthusiasts today.
As a home console, the Jaguar has no built-in screen and connects to a television. Available video outputs are composite and S-Video. S-Video typically delivers a cleaner picture than composite on TVs that support it.
The play experience is classic couch gaming, with the console permanently hooked up to the TV. There are no handheld-style compromises and no battery to manage. You simply insert a cartridge and start playing.
Games come on ROM cartridges, a sturdy format that loads quickly and holds up well over time. For collectors, the cartridges are a key part of the appeal. Every original title is a piece of Atari history and of the 1990s transition toward 3D graphics.
Ideal for: retro console collectors, Atari fans and video game history enthusiasts. It also suits anyone curious to explore an unconventional multi-chip hardware architecture, connected to a TV via composite or S-Video.
- Manufacturer
- Atari (custom)
- Model
- Tom + Jerry custom + Motorola 68000
- Frequency
- 26 MHz
- Capacity
- 2 MB
- Video Output
- composite / S-Video
- Card Support
- ROM cartridge
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Pros & Cons
Pros
- custom Tom and Jerry chips
- Motorola 68000 supervisor CPU
- S-Video output
- durable ROM cartridge format
- collectible piece of Atari history
Cons
- only 2 MB RAM
- complex multi-chip architecture
- analog-only video output (composite / S-Video)
- no built-in screen
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