[With clever programming, do you think we could reach the true potential of the Jaguar's 3D power?]

[Alien vs Predator Help]

On 12/23/2022 at 6:11 AM, Cousin Vinnie said:

I know this is a dumb thing to say, but I played Alien vs Predator tonight for the first time and I cant believe how good it was... especially the atmosphere and how great the sound is. However, I get kinda lost and Im not sure how to find the objectives for each character. Is there any info source online to point me in the right direction? 

 

Oh man, I envy you... 

I still remember the Christmas when I got AvP when I was younger. Awesome to be playing this game for the first time 👌

[Seen in Japan]

On 3/4/2020 at 6:32 PM, Christos said:

Did you also see the brochure?

 

 

"Where did YOU learn to draw?" 

[Atari Jaguar - Trace Repair - Blown IC Chip]

Can you post some pics of the problem? 

Depending on the traces, it might be a simple repair if you are decent at driving a soldering iron. 

[What Jaguar games were able to reach 60fps? What 3D games were able to reach 30fps?]

[The world is ready for Trevor McFur 2]

1 minute ago, mdkdue said:

Well it’s not obvious. How long exactly would I have needed to lurk for to understand why some think it’s ok to talk to others like garbage?

See edit above before you self immolate even more while trying to defend the indefensible. 

[The world is ready for Trevor McFur 2]

If you were actually a long time lurker it would be patently obvious why some deserve and even invite the ire of the community at large. 

 

Edit:

If you are honestly ignorant as to why some select few people get shit, it's invariably brought upon themselves. 

 

Contribution to this community is far from mandatory. Most people here are consumers, myself included. It's been years since I contributed anything of substance. 

That's just fine and dandy. 

 

What irks people is when mud gets slung at those that DO put their time and effort into producing works for the Jag by people who do nothing but chat shit and constantly act as though they have more knowledge or ability than the people with actual, practical experience. 

[The world is ready for Trevor McFur 2]

53 minutes ago, Astal4 said:

I'm pretty sure it's option 3, shitpost.

This guy's threads are always the same. 

 

Rather than just post a picture that he made and say "I made this. What do you think?" he feins interest in a game and accompanies it with a title and story of questionable veracity. 

Once he gets pulled up, level 99 sarcasm and passive aggressive clashes with well established members ensue!

 

Get your popcorn ready!

[The world is ready for Trevor McFur 2]

6 hours ago, Jag64 said:

Howdy, sweetheart. Glad you missed me.

Indeeed. 

 

Glad to see the formula hasn't changed even slightly 🤣

[The world is ready for Trevor McFur 2]

Not you again... 

[New TV]

5 hours ago, Zerosquare said:

And in video form (he's using a fancy probe instead of a screwdriver, but the process is the same):

 

Yeah that was probably quicker than writing all that spiel. Lol

 

I used to have a big sit-down arcade cabinet about 15 years ago. 

It had a whopping big 36 inch Hantarex Polo II monitor. 

Very big, very cool, but very flaky. 

I had to pull out the monitor chassis on several occasions and became a dab hand at it. 

[New TV]

11 hours ago, cubanismo said:

I'm glad it sounds that way 😁 I don't, and I don't know much more than you about it at the moment other than it's something to do with capacitors or some inherent capacitance of the tube itself (Do I still sound like I know what I'm doing?).

Yes indeed. 

The average CRT can hold a charge in the tens of thousands of volts for weeks after the machine has been switched off. 

 

You can discharge it through the flyback with a flat blade screwdriver and some wire. 

 

Get some wire, at least AWG16, and strip a good 3 inches or so from one end. 

Wrap that end around the metal of a long, flat bladed screwdriver. You can tape it as well if you feel the need. 

 

Strip the other end and attach it to the metal frame of the CRT. Use an existing screw point. 

 

Put your off hand in your pocket. 

Hold the screwdriver at arm's length, making sure you only touch the handle, and gently move the blade up under the rubber cup that is connected to the tube. 

 

Be careful not to scratch the coating on the tube.

 

When you hit the electrode, you should hear a loud 'twang!' as it dumps its charge into the frame. 

 

If you don't hear anything and you know for a fact that your blade is touching the metal contact under the cup, is safe to assume that your CRT is one of the rare, self discharging types that appeared later. 

[Is Skyhammer the most ambitious Jaguar game?]

10 hours ago, ArneCRosenfeldt said:

But that does not match the slow downs. We all know that the blitter is slow. So I don't really know what evil trick they used with their textures, but till now I only read about one guy trying two days to implement a spanbuffer to avoid overdraw. The blitter cannot even do transparency, so another possiblity of slow down avoided. Quake uses span buffers succesfully in its software renderer. Skyhammer seems to rely on z-buffer a lot. Already at corners around houses the double overdraw ( most of the scene + the house corner over it ) halve the frame rate.

Aha! But you forget that when you octobuffer the reticulated splines of the transtator array, you can also octuple the quantum throughput of the phased wobble inducer. 

 

You silly sausage! 

[Jumping At Shadows - WIP Platform Game from Reboot-Games]

This is looking awesome! 

 

I love the touch of having the little glow effect around the main character, to keep him visible without having to make him brighter and spoil his aesthetic. 

[Stormbringer - coming soon to the Atari Jaguar!]

It seems like this release was a long time coming. 

 

I just found footage of this game, on the Jag, from reboot, but the video was 5 years ago! 

 

If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. 

[Is Skyhammer the most ambitious Jaguar game?]

On 9/27/2022 at 1:07 AM, Editorb said:

 I've also seen longplays that were two hours of someone playing the game for the first time and failing utterly.

That's known as a "shlongplay" 

 

I do agree that Skyhammer is a pretty good representation of what the Jag can do 3Dwise. 

Definitely sub-PS1, but not by an awful amount if used correctly. 

[Stormbringer - coming soon to the Atari Jaguar!]

Oh yeah! This looks real sweet! 

[Wipeout Source Released. Would be fun to have on the Jag.]

I was just gonna say that! 

[What could have saved the Jag?]

On 8/8/2022 at 12:40 AM, johannesmutlu said:

On the internet the snes is praised to be the best 2D system ever made 

Lol. 

Maybe on SNESFANZ.COM

[Wipeout Source Released. Would be fun to have on the Jag.]

Sir Bump-a-lot is on a roll! 

[Improvement Patches for Jaguar Games]

Invincibility mode for Rayman! 

[Improvement Patches for Jaguar Games]

A patch for AvP so the shoulder buttons on the pro controller make you strafe would be cool. 

[Jaguar Gamedrive Questions]

2 hours ago, Cousin Vinnie said:

USA USA USA

So you want 3 sets of ROMs? 

[Just got a Jaguar in 2022 - New to this community]

3 hours ago, DreamcastUK said:

Indeed it is however, this would of been the first game I would have purchased if I had a Jaguar back inthe day. Being a fan of games like Hard Driving which I played loads on my Amstrad CPC 464 and Virtua Racing which only owning the Mega Drive version I feel this game could be simlar to either of those. The box art and gameplay images from the box looks like regardless it would be a game I enjoy but we will see when I do a video about it on my YT channel  

The key difference in this case being that Hard Drivin' and Virtua Racing are good games that offer the player some semblance of control. 

 

Welcome BTW! ?

[Why not try port Super Mario 64 without vfx?]

 

I think it's definitely possible. 

Just like perfect Neo Geo ports.