Total Carnage (Midway arcade game conversion) now available for Jaguar

[kedawa]

I guess Sega must have just delayed the games and waited for Atari to eat dirt.
If that's the case, it'd be one of the smartest things Sega did back then.

[K3V]

Anyway, $90 is a bit crazy for anyone that's casual about this, but look at the prices people pay for Neo Geo AES carts, heh. I'm sure there's some people who are very excited about this. I'm not one of them, but I think it's interesting to see new releases coming up from the community. I know there were some recent Sega CD games, and if I'm not mistaken, at least one PCE CD game?

Carts are MUCH more expensive to produce than CD-based games. Chips, PCB's, Cart cases and labels. And for Jag games you need the white cartridge insert, instruction manual and outer cardboard box. Factor in a small print run and prices per unit jump up quickly.

But carts have the benefit of having a larger userbase, and greater reliability. Some of the homebrew JagCD games that have come out have worked fine on some CD players and not on others. Also note that games written to run from a cartridge on the Jag cannot be changed to the CD format without a signifigant re-write of the code.

I wonder if any Jaguar collectors have purchased the dentistry camera that reuses the Jaguar mold.

I know some people were looking into getting one - but I don't believe anyone was ever able to get a hold of one. Here's a letter from the company that was makinge the dental cameras:

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index...=post&id=18997

[Grave]

Yeah, I understand why carts are more expensive, but I do think it definitely limits the audience, compatibility issues aside. Only the most hardcore of the hardcore can drop $90 on a single game that more or less only exists to be a cool collectible and a curiosity, as it's not even the best port available. Like I said, I'm sure the audience exists, but I couldn't see myself there.

I know some people were looking into getting one - but I don't believe anyone was ever able to get a hold of one. Here's a letter from the company that was makinge the dental cameras:

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index...=post&id=18997

Holy shit, that's really cool that they'd respond like that, that is, if they plan to make good on it. A working Jaguar with that white shell would be pretty cool. Hah, not to mention a wall-mounted Jaguar.

[PKBMax]

I know some people were looking into getting one - but I don't believe anyone was ever able to get a hold of one. Here's a letter from the company that was makinge the dental cameras:

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index...=post&id=18997

That's very cool. I'd love to have one of those white shells.

[Frogacuda]

$90? Who are they kidding?

Bear in mind at least $50 or $60 of that is manufacturing cost.

Songbird does good work. I'm glad to see them put out something new. I payed $40 for Cybervirus on Lynx and I honestly got my money's worth out of it.

[Giga Power]

That's very cool. I'd love to have one of those white shells.

Yeah so would I. A white jag would be pretty sexy.

[JefmcC]

Yeah so would I. A white jag would be pretty sexy.

Paint?

[Josh]

http://www.imaginsystems.com/products.htm

[kedawa]

My Jag has no shell at all, since I used it to make a clock.
I actually kinda like the looks of my 'naked' Jag though.
It's very industrial.

[RoleTroll]

If I still had my Jag, and the wife wouldn't flip out, I would consider buying it for $90.

Yeah, it would make more sense to release games for the more popular systems like 2600, NES, SNES, Genny. Especially PSX since those games are still playable on PS2 and PS3. Still cool, though.