Website Temporary Closed

Hello everyone. We are moving to a new, bigger premises so website ordering will be closed for the next month while we move everything to our new building, reorganise and do a full stock take. We will not be taking any orders or able to reply to any messages during this time. We will be open again at the start of December. Many thanks. Console Passion

Atari Jaguar CD

The Atari Jaguar CD is a CD-ROM peripheral for the Atari Jaguar game console.

Late in the life span of the company, Atari released this long-promised CD-ROM unit. The device sat atop the Jaguar console, plugging into the cartridge slot, the physical design of the system sometimes compared to a toilet. The drive had its own cartridge slot to allow cartridge games to be played without removing the CD drive. There was a separate "Memory Track" cartridge for storing saved game position and high scores.

The Jaguar CD unit featured a double speed (2x) drive and built-in VLM (Virtual Light Machine) software. The VLM, which provided a sophisticated video light show when an audio CD was played in the machine, was as popular among buyers as the games themselves. Packaged with the drive were two games (Blue Lightning and Vid Grid), a music CD (Tempest 2000 soundtrack), and a Myst demo disc.

[collapse collapsed title=read more...]

Jaguar CD games could include as much as 790MB of data, considerably more than conventional CD-ROMs. The designers chose to ignore established CD-ROM formats and instead created their own based on the audio CD format. While allowing for dramatically more storage on the disc and foiling casual piracy, the format only provided limited error correction.

The drive was manufactured for Atari by Phillips in the United States. The initial shipment was 20,000 units. Comments from Atari a few weeks after the unit was launched stated that the entire inventory had been sold, and that another batch would be ordered. However, with the JT Storage reverse takeover looming just a few months away, it is possible that those 20,000 drives were the only units ever produced.

[/collapse]

Braindead 13

Submitted by admin on Wed, 20/07/2011 - 15:17
in
Facebook
Feature on Facebook?: 
no
Box: 
yes
£40.00
Manual: 
yes
£40.00

Deep in the bowels of the sinister castle, evil is brewing. As Lance, the world's hippest computer repair guru, you're called to the mysterious castle of the disembodied brain, Dr. Nero Neurosis. You learn of the Doctors master plan. There's no turning back now! Race through the evil playground of the demented Doctor's twisted castle and battle the ultimate mishaps of science: Moose, Vivi, and Fritz, the half human, half pet of Dr Neurosis.

Battle Morph

Submitted by admin on Wed, 20/07/2011 - 15:17
in
Box: 
yes
£25.00
Manual: 
yes
£25.00

This time it's war! You though Cybermorph was challenging? Now face a whole new mixture of enemies, worlds, weapons and puzzles in Battlemorph, only on the Jaguar CD. The Perntian Empire has been kicked out of human space but they're back for revenge! Head off their attack with the morphing War Griffon that changes shape with the environment. Fly high or low, backwards, underwater and even underground to get at the enemy's weak spots. Discover new weapons and abilities on alien worlds like nothing you've ever seen!

Blue Lightning

Submitted by admin on Wed, 20/07/2011 - 15:17
in
Box: 
yes
£15.00
Manual: 
yes
£15.00

Blue Lightning only Strikes once! A top UN General named Drako has gone renegade. As a member of the U.N's Blue Lightning Squad, you must stop him from organising a global crime empire and holding the world for ransom. Use a multi national selection of deadly fighter and attack aircraft to stop Drako's military forces. Only you stand between Drako and world domination!

Baldies

Submitted by admin on Wed, 20/07/2011 - 15:17
in
Facebook
Feature on Facebook?: 
no
Box: 
yes
£20.00
Manual: 
yes
£20.00

Baldly go where no one has gone before! Ever want to rule the world? With Baldies you have the resources, but do you have the strategy and skill? Build your own society complete with workers, builders, soldiers, and scientists, and use them to conquer enemy territory. When it comes to killing your foe, creativity is highly encouraged. You can skunk em, drown em, blow em up and electrocute them. The only limit is your imagination. Plan your attack well. The enemy is trying to do the same to you!

Syndicate content