calfranklin0598 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 The price for buying an original Atari Jaguar CD System is between $700-1500.00 on eBay right now! Are there any alternative external CD drive systems that would work with the Atari Jaguar console? External CD Drives are relatively inexpensive right now, since that media is slowly disappearing. Thanks, Cal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Moss Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 I could be wrong but I would think not. If it were just a dumb CD drive unit then you probably could pach a standard CD unit to work, but the Jaguar CD unit has a custom processor (Butch) inside it that a standard CD unit will not have thus I would think the chances of a standard external CD drive working instead are none. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 The Jaguar game drive has the possibility to let you play cd games too. The save feature is not yet implemented though but it is supposedly coming so that will safe you from buying a CD Rom. No other alternative is available. The GD is also awesome to play homebrews and check out lots of demos and stuff that gets released here, so it is highly recommended. Only other alternative is to play the games on the emulator. There is a really good one out there now just recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmbe Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Install BigPEmu on a laptop with a dvd drive and you can play the actual Jaguar CD games via the emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alucardX Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 On 12/31/2023 at 5:58 AM, mmbe said: Install BigPEmu on a laptop with a dvd drive and you can play the actual Jaguar CD games via the emulator. Does nobody use desktops any more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 12 hours ago, alucardX said: Does nobody use desktops any more? Yeah, the same people who write checks at the grocery store. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 13 hours ago, alucardX said: Does nobody use desktops any more? Haven't used a desktop/tower in nearly 15 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlynxalot Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 I use a desktop. It was very affordable compared to a laptop, and a little more comfortable to use. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 20 hours ago, alucardX said: Does nobody use desktops any more? We have two desktops and Two laptops (each is a main and secondary in case one of us needs access) to this day though I like the laptops as well as my iPad mini and Android tablet I still happily choose to sit in front of my main desktop for most of my computer access time, whether this is just familiarity or nostalgia I cannot say but for me a mouse/keyboard/27' and using a desktop browser still works best for me for long stretches. 🤷♂️ I say this as someone who has never used a cheque at a grocery store 😝though admittedly I Am a creature of habit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alucardX Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 10 hours ago, madman said: Yeah, the same people who write checks at the grocery store. I don't use checks, but I like to pay cash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alucardX Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 2 hours ago, sirlynxalot said: I use a desktop. It was very affordable compared to a laptop, and a little more comfortable to use. You get way more bang for your buck and they are far more modular. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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