Fully Portable Atari Jaguar
posted in Technology |Engadget - Benjamin Heckerdorn — that oh-so-crafy modding guru we love to love — is at it again with his console-morphing antics, and this time the victim is the ill-fated “64-bit” Atari Jaguar. The mission? To create a portable, all-in-one, battery-powered version of Atari’s flailing attempt to make it in the ever-competitive console market.
Cool. Yeah, I’m an Atari nerd. I’ve got a Jaguar. Heck, I’ve got a Jaguar CD unit, and a few of the games for it (meaning about half of them). The design of this portable unit is amusing. A little bit kludged, but certainly fitting with the Jaguar design motif well enough. Jeff Mintner’s Tempest 2000 was a game so fantastic that it was worth the existence of the Jaguar all by itself. There were a handful of other good games for the system (and a fair share of total lemons, too). It’s was on of Atari’s final gasps for breath before they were pulled under. I have fond memories of the machine. Great, now I feel like firing it up and playing some Tempest 2000…
