Interview With Atari Jaguar creator John Mathieson

Bill Kendrick writes "The website Toxic Mag has an interview with John Mathieson, creator of the short-lived Atari Jaguar 64-bit game system - the system we can thank for such awesome games as the original Alien vs. Predtor, Iron Soldier, and the gorgeously psychadelic Tempest 2000. The beginng and end of the interview are in French, but the actual questions and answers are 'en anglais.'"

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xbox

[Raven42rac]

Atari innovated the crappy console controller, that contoller was roughly the size of a lincoln towncar, Microsoft had great inspiration for the Xbox's gorilla-sized controllers.

How to pronounce?

[Anonymous Coward]

So de we call it Jagwar or Jagwire?

I'm all confused, damn you Jobs

Re:Question about the "64"

[Anonymous Coward]

no.
it was actually two 32 bit processors stuck togethor with gaffer tape as I remember.

Re:I still have one... thinking of selling it

[Anonymous Coward]

Ahh nice memories.

Of the console? Or the wife?

I always liked Atari

[squaretorus]

- since I first laid hands on a square old 2600 joystick and draw a psychadelic multirainbow Atari logo on my bag.

Atari always seemed a bit more edgy, less businesslike. You kinda thought that Atari was more interested in screwing your older sister than your wallet.

The Jaguar was discounted before it even came out in the UK as far as I can remember - poor bastard.

I have another question

[shren]

(Looking at the bottom right of the motherboard diagram) What advantages are there to on-motherboard butter? Does it make the games creamy and smooth? Doesn't butter make heat dissipation a serious issue?

Re:I have another question

[Anonymous Coward]

that's BLITTER !

Re:Open Source Emulator

[unicron]

And a ton of roms can be found he-..uh, nevermind.