Crickster Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Hello all, I was going through my boxes of oddities I've collected over the years and I found an Atari Jaguar Development system that I don't really recall how I got it. I have zero use for it outside of actually playing games and was wondering what its value is? I'll need to dig out my controller and whatnot but if I remember right you have to hold down the middle of the three buttons to boot a retail cartridge. Thanks for looking and any help in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_rg Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 If you have all the rest that came with it you could be lucky and attract a collector, price wise it depends on what else you can find 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlynxalot Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Is this the kind of setup that would come with that giant alpine cart, such as in the picture below? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crickster Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 1 hour ago, neo_rg said: If you have all the rest that came with it you could be lucky and attract a collector, price wise it depends on what else you can find Sadly I believe all I have is the system itself and no other corresponding hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestorm18 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 i remember a dev kit with the alpine board selling for $700 back around 2018. Without the alpine board i don't think its all that special, id charge an extra hundred over a regular console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cubanismo Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Yeah, you basically have a regular Jaguar with a different BIOS and a cable soldered to an existing mounting area on the PCB. Various people can turn a regular Jaguar into this in an afternoon, so not a huge premium without the Alpine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlynxalot Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Not trying to be rude but I was thinking it might not even have as much value as a regular Jaguar. The cord is kind of unattractive looking, I guess you need to do a special trick to boot retail games, and it's devoid of the other developer accessories that give it context and meaning. I'd personally pass this up over a regular retail console, and I'd assume not having the accessories and documentation would limit the appeal for those collectors who would be up for paying big money for the dev kit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilinger Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Do we know how may dev. kit Atari has made? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag64 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 (edited) Considering only 250K total Jaguars were even manufactured (including the OEMs still being trickled into "gen pop" today), your console is valuable regardless. It's unique in that its mods were made by Atari or an actual developer, and not some random doink trying to play backups. It's interesting to say the least. Thanks for sharing your "re"find. Edited August 3, 2022 by Jag64 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 42 minutes ago, dilinger said: Do we know how may dev. kit Atari has made? One. It was on time share. Connected to an electricity meter which we all had to have a stack of coins ready to top-up to keep it powered on. When we begged for more units they laughed at us and mocked us with "what? spend some money? On this?" 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42bs Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 On 8/3/2022 at 5:07 AM, CyranoJ said: One. It was on time share. Connected to an electricity meter which we all had to have a stack of coins ready to top-up to keep it powered on. When we begged for more units they laughed at us and mocked us with "what? spend some money? On this?" They knew about BJL and thought no more need to make expensive HW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 31 minutes ago, 42bs said: They knew about BJL and thought no more need to make expensive HW Yeah but they thought the "L" was for lips..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42bs Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 28 minutes ago, CyranoJ said: Yeah but they thought the "L" was for lips..... Ok, must be a "native English" joke. I don't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42bs Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, 42bs said: Ok, must be a "native English" joke. I don't get it. Ah, hm, think I got it. "Pfui" Edited August 11, 2022 by 42bs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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