Atari Panther Prototype Explored

Thanks to Atari Explorer for their updated article revealing concept pictures of the Atari Panther, the 1991-era machine which "was going to be the first new Atari console since the launch of the 7800 by Atari Inc. in 1984", before the console "was shelved at the last minute as a parallel project within Atari showed much more promise and much more power - that project gave birth to the Atari Jaguar nearly 2 years later." The new pictures reveal that "The unit is much smaller than a stock Jaguar... [and] the cartridges would be inserted flat into the front of the Panther like a front-load VHS tape recorder."

Comments

like a VHS?

[rritterson]

the cartridges would be inserted flat into the front of the Panther like a front-load VHS tape recorder

that's quite an odd analogy to use, since there is one in the video game industry that works better- the NES. It didn't work nearly as well as the top loading system did, mostly because you had to push the cartrige down after loading it, and after a while the little lock holding it down would wear out. It sometimes takes 10 or so tries to load NES games when i try to play them now. (Of course, it wasn't meant to last 15 years, i know)

Similarities...

[E-prospero]

Jaguar... Panther...

Am I the only one that is amused by the similarities between the product naming schemes of Atari and Apple?

Russ Magee %-)