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Atari Expands Jaguar Play Experience with New Peripherals

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The Atari Corporation has announced several new gaming options to enhance the Jaguar play experience. According to Sam Tramiel, CEO of Atari Corporation, these new peripherals will leverage the Jaguar's 64-bit technology to provide consumers with even more value. The company has unveiled the Jaguar CD player, a multimedia compact disc (CD) player that attaches to the top of the Jaguar console and plays new CD games, including "Battlemorph" and "Myst." The Jaguar CD player features 790 megabytes of raw data storage, allowing for more complex digitized images, full-motion video sequences, and high-quality audio soundtracks.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Jaguar CD player is priced at approximately $150 and features 790 megabytes of raw data storage.
  • The CD player can play many new CD games, including "Battlemorph," "Highlander," "Blue Lightning," "Demolition Man," "Myst," and "Creature Shock."
  • The Jaguar CD player also provides fast access speed for smoother game play, massive data capacity for better graphic detail, expanded plot lines, and more characters.
  • The Virtual Light Machine is a built-in feature that creates and displays 81 different light patterns on the video screen in response to music played through the system.
  • The Jag Link is a peripheral that allows users to play competitively side-by-side, priced at around $30.
  • Team Tap is a new peripheral that enables competitive, simultaneous play for up to four players on one Jaguar, priced at around $25.
  • The Jaguar Voice/Data Communicator gives players the ability to link up over the phone, developed by fax-modem-voice technology experts, Phylon Communications.

Statistics:

  • The Jaguar CD player has 790 megabytes of raw data storage.
  • The Virtual Light Machine can create and display 81 different light patterns on the video screen.
  • The Jag Link can connect two Jaguar systems up to 100 feet apart using standard RJ11 phone line cable.
  • Team Tap enables competitive, simultaneous play for up to four players on one Jaguar.
  • The Jaguar Voice/Data Communicator utilizes fax-modem-voice technology to allow players to compete over the phone.
  • Atari has been in the video game business for over twenty years.

Sources:

  • Atari Corporation press release, May 16, 1995
  • Dorf & Stanton Communications (cited in the press release)

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