Collecting ATARI JAGUAR with Dad in the '90s - My Retro Life [Extended Cut]

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  • Back in the 90s, Dad bought us an Atari Jaguar with games and filmed our entire collection for the home movie archive!
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    Collecting Atari Jaguar with Dad in the '90s - My Retro Life [Extended Cut]
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Komentáře • 84

  • @umiami80
    @umiami80 Před rokem +34

    Your dad is magical. What an amazing Childhood.

  • @goldpieceleo
    @goldpieceleo Před 4 měsíci +3

    Your dad is a hype king. I think your dad bought the Jaguar for his self.

  • @colindunham5717
    @colindunham5717 Před 9 měsíci +8

    I got my Jaguar at kay bee toy store on clearance for $20, and $5 per game. It’s insane what they are going for nowadays. I still have mine complete in the box and about 20 or so games.

  • @isaac702
    @isaac702 Před 8 měsíci +4

    Watched so many of your videos that I started calling your dad "Dad". Thanks for these gems.

  • @philgower5551
    @philgower5551 Před rokem +19

    I’ve recently discovered your channel and have been watching a few of the episodes. Your dad was a cool guy!👍🏻

  • @highflyer011
    @highflyer011 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I don't know if anyone on Earth at that time was more excited about the Jaguar than your dad! Love the enthusiasm!

  • @loganjorgensen
    @loganjorgensen Před 11 měsíci +7

    It's that mostly unfulfilled potential that draws me to the Jaguar after all these years, I tried it at the store bitd and it was fun, not like I instantly hated it like the internet consensus demands now and forever lol. I might have gone down that path in the 90s if it had been a little cheaper, much like the 3DO Ie. cool but a large investment for a kid.
    Mainly in my research of what happened historically with the Jaguar it's just a lot of "What are you doing, don't do that Atari, this not how to create a market?" "Stop saying it's 64-bit, jeez!".😆

  • @gamingguy9006
    @gamingguy9006 Před rokem +4

    Glad to see there are people that actually likr cybermorph

    • @Milkiy-Hazard
      @Milkiy-Hazard Před rokem +2

      I like it too, people who complain must crash into the mountains willingly because they want it to be bad.

    • @GarseJanacek
      @GarseJanacek Před 4 měsíci

      "Where did you learn to fly?"

  • @derpnooner
    @derpnooner Před rokem +5

    I love my Jaguar! My brother and I got swept up in the bit wars, but AvP and Rayman were great games! I just recently bought a Jaguar Game Drive and resurrected my love for the cat! Great video and awesome channel.
    Your Dad seemed like a really cool guy.

  • @TheMk37994
    @TheMk37994 Před měsícem +1

    I got the Jaguar for free from Sam Tramiel the ceo. I was the kid showing off the system in NYC at the unveiling. Still have it.

  • @Chriskros1984
    @Chriskros1984 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Wolfenstein on the jaguar looked badass incl flamethrower…

    • @user-hy9it2lm9k
      @user-hy9it2lm9k Před 8 měsíci

      It was based on the Mac edition, as was the 3DO port, hence the higher resolution sprites & textures

  • @carlosarellano4
    @carlosarellano4 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Your dad is/was the best your truly blessed 🥹

  • @trzy
    @trzy Před rokem +5

    I remember seeing the Jaguar box and games at Electronics Boutique (tucked away in the very back lol) but never did I get to play one nor knew anyone who owned one. Weren't unit sales in the low tens of thousands in the US?

    • @mrblackblack2802
      @mrblackblack2802 Před rokem

      why would you play that trash

    • @dtester
      @dtester Před 9 měsíci

      roughly 100k to 150k sold but that is still considered really low.

    • @williamgregg8062
      @williamgregg8062 Před 5 měsíci

      @@mrblackblack2802as a curiosity. Many people, myself included are intrigued by failed systems and the could have beens. I always wanted to collect for the Jaguar for that reason but thankfully I went with the Saturn which has a library light years better.

  • @jonaspatrick3674
    @jonaspatrick3674 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Thank you for sharing this video. It feels like time traveling without needing a DeLorean.

    • @shredbraahh8606
      @shredbraahh8606 Před 5 měsíci

      LOL I finished watching back to the Future 2, like 5 minutes before reading this comment.

  • @saku0207
    @saku0207 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Your dad was the man 👏

  • @voxtek
    @voxtek Před 7 měsíci +1

    Just pulled the trigger on one, will be here tomorrow. Waited my entire life, never played or knew anyone who owned one.

    • @bricethompson1922
      @bricethompson1922 Před 6 měsíci

      How are you liking it so far?

    • @voxtek
      @voxtek Před 6 měsíci

      @@bricethompson1922 Its actually pretty good. The first game I put in was Raiden and I hard time putting it down. Better software would have save this console, its actually not bad.

    • @williamgregg8062
      @williamgregg8062 Před 5 měsíci

      How much did you pay? I always wanted this system but I already sank money into a Saturn collection so sadly no Jaguar.

    • @voxtek
      @voxtek Před 5 měsíci

      @@williamgregg8062 475 i think it was, but it came with 10 games, 8 of them are some of the best on the console, as well as an extra controller.

  • @nottrash9034
    @nottrash9034 Před měsícem

    That bubsy cover would’ve captivated me at that age

  • @katogojira7223
    @katogojira7223 Před rokem +2

    Jaguar was cool at it's time

  • @Dannypage22
    @Dannypage22 Před 2 měsíci

    Your dad was the one really cool. R.I.P

  • @TheJodyhicks
    @TheJodyhicks Před 24 dny

    What a fun video!

  • @alexanderdorsey6400
    @alexanderdorsey6400 Před 3 měsíci

    I love the channel ❤

  • @user-hy9it2lm9k
    @user-hy9it2lm9k Před 8 měsíci +1

    It was never 64 bit and even was weaker than 3DO and 32X, to say nothing of PS1 or Saturn. The only edge it had over 32X was color depth. Doom 32X Resurrected proves it could run Doom significantly better, when competently programmed and without brutal development deadlines. A fair appraisal of Jaguar's max potential is the GBA, it was roughly equivalent in power and GBA Doom is based on JagDoom. If Jaguar had extensive third party support somehow we'd eventually have seen 3D games on it of about the same quality as later lifespan GBA titles, like Asterix & Obelix XXL or V-Rally 3.
    The bigger problem was lack of vision for first party game dev. We just got remasters of arcade or 2600 IPs like Defender and Breakout. Namco's Pac Man World series did a much better job of modernizing a classic IP rather than just remastering it. It's a fun thought experiment to imagine how to "save" Atari, like many do with Sega. But Atari was even more doomed than Sega. To save Jaguar you'd first need to save the 7800, by never launching the 5200, and preventing the lawsuit which delayed the 7800 launch by 2 years.

  • @schuylerogden967
    @schuylerogden967 Před rokem +3

    Did you every own a Jaguar CD?

  • @revenge1205
    @revenge1205 Před 2 měsíci

    Can you upload a video of you getting the CD attachment? Because I saw you had that on your N64 launch video and I wanted to know if you have a recording of you using that if your dad filmed it. Also, how come you never had a 3DO? Perhaps it was the only console your dad couldn’t afford? He literally bought everything else but that lol. Regardless, it goes without saying that you not only had the best dad in the world, but the best childhood in the world.

  • @aberdeenkiko
    @aberdeenkiko Před 5 měsíci

    Turns out that the Atari Jaguar, was and is still, a well-built video entertainment machine.
    Only, that: at that same time, Atari "kicked the bucked," regarding the tough task of developing and upstreaming a comprehensive and decent games library, for that same "newer" gaming console.
    Still the Atari Jaguar, got made, a few good video games, such as: Super Burnout, that achieved the first proper road elevation tilt sensation, to the player. Or Rayman, where the player would feel like playing through another afternoon cartoons episode.
    When something over-steps its path... It should work on to getting to somewhere, where the ground is at least mildly steady.

  • @dark_horizon706
    @dark_horizon706 Před 4 měsíci +1

    0:30 yes unfortunately, forever.

  • @TadashiNazuka
    @TadashiNazuka Před 3 měsíci

    Where were the real game boxes? Just curious.

  • @DemiGodX
    @DemiGodX Před 8 měsíci

    did you get a CDI too?

  • @MasterBlase
    @MasterBlase Před rokem +6

    AVGN roasted the shit outta this console lol
    crazy to see the perspective of a fan

    • @gamingguy9006
      @gamingguy9006 Před rokem +4

      Did not really deserve it

    • @BIGBURT
      @BIGBURT Před 5 měsíci +1

      Pretty sure that’s the first Avgn episode I watched lol

    • @Aqua.man045
      @Aqua.man045 Před 2 měsíci

      @@gamingguy9006 It did if you know you know

    • @gamingguy9006
      @gamingguy9006 Před 2 měsíci

      @@Aqua.man045 not really fanboy

  • @austinblack7991
    @austinblack7991 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Why didn’t you get the lynx?

    • @DummyThiccOwO
      @DummyThiccOwO Před 4 měsíci +1

      Looks like this was a later jaguar (black button controllers) so by then the Lynx was all but dead

  • @TMNTRaphael-lz5ew
    @TMNTRaphael-lz5ew Před 11 měsíci

    Shell shock

  • @grtitann7425
    @grtitann7425 Před 4 měsíci

    It was a 64bit system, but I honestly think they shouldn't had use that for the marketing.
    I would had said it was 16 bit Pro or something like that and let the games speak .
    Sadly, Atari simply had bad luck plus poor timing in many things.
    Plus the Japanese would had never provided support for it and since they controlled the video game industry, the Jaguar simply didn't had a chance

  • @mrblackblack2802
    @mrblackblack2802 Před rokem +1

    The Atari Jaguar sucks

    • @WarlockGolems
      @WarlockGolems Před rokem +3

      the memories not

    • @nicholas.alan85
      @nicholas.alan85 Před rokem +8

      Your comment tells me exactly how old you are.

    • @mrblackblack2802
      @mrblackblack2802 Před rokem

      @@nicholas.alan85 yeah whatever drinking paint thinner is better than youtube now and the trash whatever thing

    • @mrblackblack2802
      @mrblackblack2802 Před rokem

      @@nicholas.alan85 yeah whatever drinking paint thinner is better than youtube now and the trash whatever thing

    • @mrblackblack2802
      @mrblackblack2802 Před rokem

      @@nicholas.alan85 yeah whatever drinking paint thinner is better than youtube now and the trash whatever thing

  • @PapaBearWorldPeace
    @PapaBearWorldPeace Před 9 měsíci

    a great video as always