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Ahhh, actually I think you're close. Trevor McFur was supposedly developed for the Panther but then was put on hold until the Jag was released. I do remember Raiden being announced as a game for the Falcon a bit before it was released, and even had screen shots. I heard that Cybermorph was almost a "last second" game that Atari wanted basically just to "show off" the Jag's poly and goraud shading abilities. EDIT: Dino Dudes was also being developed for the Falcon...both it and Raiden were ported over to have some Jag games available for launch.

Just for everyone's info, both Dark Guardian and Native were demoed at JagFest. Both of them had music playing, too, which I believe is enough to convince at least a few skeptics. Anyway, just wanted to throw that out there.

In a way, I think Raiden could possibly be considered the first Jaguar title. If I'm remembering correctly (please correct me if I'm not), Raiden was originally being ported to the Atari Falcon. From what I've heard, Atari did a quick port of the Falcon version to the Jag just to get another launch title available. I've also heard that Trevor McFur was also originally being developed for the Falcon, but I don't think that's true.

Simply put, this game rocks. I picked it up last night and played it all night....I can already tell this game is going to suck up many hours. Graphics are pretty sharp, and the insanity effects will drive you insane. This is what RE and copycats should all strive to be. I'd definitely recommend it for GameCube owners.

I paid $60 for it, and already feel that it was well worth the price. I'll put up with the price from Blizzard, who releases a game once every two years, with expansion packs intermingled. Considering that they're always putting out a quality game, I think it's justified. Now just don't raise the prices anymore...I spend too much on games as it is!

I used to have a mouse called a "Beetle Mouse" (if I remember correctly). That thing was about a thousand times superior to the stock ST mouse. I'd definitely recommend getting ahold of one of those. The hard part would be finding them. Or you could overpay for a stock ST mouse from B&C Computervisions

Don't mind Adrian, he's just in denial right now. I'd expect the "new" Xbox to pretty much flop, just like Ultimate TV did. M$ just hasn't had much luck in the consumer appliance business.

Right now I'm hoping to get Eternal Darkness for the GC. After that, the typicial big name GC games are on my waiting list: Mario Sunshine Zelda Metroid Prime Star Fox Adventures etc. Hopefully I'll be getting a PS2 sometime soon, so when I do I'm gonna have a bit of game shopping to do.

JagFest 2K2 is almost here folks. Anyone here plan on attending? I'll be driving up on Thursday along with James Garvin, and should be there sometime late Thursday night. You can find more info at http://www.omcgames.com/jagfest/

On the console side, I'd have to say the XEGS. Doing a search for it on Ebay hardly ever brings up one in working condition, much less a brand new one. On the computer side, I'd have to say the STBook.

Yet another person here who just set it as their desktop wallpaper. Thanks!

That's probably because not too many people are willing to pay $1000 for a system less powerful than almost every Quadra Apple had released around that time, which can now be had for less than $100. I have no doubt that $1000 is reasonable when compared to what they sell for brand new from Best or B&C, but for the rest of the world it's quite unreasonable. But I guess that's how supply and demand work....

Better to get everyone's hopes up for a new Game of the Year then? I stand by what I said, but I'm NOT going to make promises that James can't keep. Just by judging your expectations, though, I think people will be pleasantly surprised.

Unless you haven't noticed, James really hasn't officially announced anything as of yet. I'll let him do his own announcements, as you guys often tend to confuse rumors with truth.

Actually, it's quite possible to do at least a very stripped down version of Linux on the ST. It would be severely handicapped, though. The stock ST chipset is missing a few features that Linux generally takes advantage of. However, it is still possible, even without a hard drive. There's several Linux distros available that fit just fine on a floppy disk, although they're mostly highly specialized for a specific task. If you happen to have a Falcon030, TT030, or a Hades system, check out http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/atari/ for a port of NetBSD. I haven't personally used it yet, but if it's anything like FreeBSD, it should be fairly simple to install.

Sorry, I don't have any more details to give. I think it would be better anyway to let James announce whatever he's done with it.

Native was originally made by Duranik Software. The fact that OMC is working on it does not bode well. Unfortunately, they have a long history of starting and abandoning Jaguar projects. They also seem to drag their feet on the ones they do work on. They've been working on jag projects now for about as long as BattleSphere was in development, and nobody has seen anything more than a crude demo come from them. I wish they would put forth more tangible effort. I hope they do this time. I wish them the best of luck. Let's not forget that James is basically 1 guy. He occassionally gets help from several other people, but nothing reliable. He's had his hands full with quite a few different things, as I can personally attest to. He's working on these projects as hard as he can, but real life keeps getting in the way. Let's just say, though, that you guys should be pretty impressed by what you see at JagFest 2K2.

Despite what a few select people may say, the DC has one of the best game collections for any system. Honestly, there's way too many great games available to list. Most of the suggestions offered up so far are definitely on that list. However, here's a few of mine: Phantasy Star Online Record of Lotus War Capcom vs. SNK 2 (import) Shenmue II (import) Mars Matrix Jet Grind Radio Street Fighter III: Third Strike Elemental Gimmick Gear Skies of Arcadia Grandia II I'm in the process of putting together spreadsheets of my entire game collection. Once I complete my DC spreadsheet, I'll put it up on my website (still under construction). I've been pretty good about avoiding the crap games (DO NOT under ANY circumstances buy Spawn!), so most of my games are worth owning.

Yes, I have a Nuon. Mine is a Samsung N501 DVD player, although there were several other Samsung and Toshiba players which were also released with the Nuon chipset. There's even an RCA Nuon player on the way, although it's not gonna include the controller ports. Are you looking for an opnion on the Nuon DVD players?

I don't know if any of you would know this, but how does 7800 Mean 18 stack up compared to the Atari ST version? I had the ST version years ago, and absolutely loved it.

UPDATE: Just wanted to let everyone know that I decided to take Elektro33 up on his offer. I received the unit in great condition, exactly as described! This was a great transaction, and I would definitely trade with him again in the future!

I don't remember my exact high score, but I did get close to (but not quite) 1,000,000 once. My typical good scores were around 800,000 though. I do know of a few people who hang around here and JI2 that could whip my score without breaking a sweat.

Thanks everyone. I've already had a bit of fun with it today. And yes, there's always something that needs to be fixed, which in this case would be the paddles. Unfortunately, WD-40 hasn't done the trick yet, so I may need to take these suckers completely apart.

After well over a decade of inactivity while having to endure extremely long sits in the closet, numerous moves, and various other problems, my 2600 is finally running again! It merely took a quick stop by Goodwill Computer Works, where I picked up 2 sets of paddles and 2 joysticks, and then several stops at Radio Shack, trying to find the right AC adapter. Anyway, just had to get on here and brag. Now I just need to fix those paddles...

Thanks for the info guys! I'm actually hoping to start developing for the Lynx, and maybe move to the older consoles afterwards. I have actually done 6502 and 68k before, but it's been YEARS since I've done any kind of programming.