¢THE BLACK AND RED¢¢JAGUAR NEWS¢¢¢THE JAG IN THE UK¢¢ If you're looking for a good deal on a Jaguar in the UK then check out Special Reserve. In their current catalogue they are selling the Jaguar (including control pad and Cybermorph) for 179 pounds. They also have Jaguar carts from 32.99. Doom is priced at 49.99.¢¢ Special Reserve is a games club so you'll have to become a member (yearly membership = 7.00 pounds). Contact them at this address:¢¢Special Reserve,¢PO Box 847,¢Harlow,¢CM21 9PH.¢Tel: 0279-600204¢¢¢NEW RELEASES¢¢ Look out for the following new releases for your Jaguar:¢¢AIR CAR WARS (imminent)¢CANNON FODDER (27th Jan)¢RISE OF THE ROBOTS (Feb)¢SENSIBLE SOCCER (Feb)¢THEME PARK (Feb)¢TINY TOON ADVENTURES (Feb)¢VAL D'ISERE SKIING (out now)¢¢¢SEGA TITLES¢¢ With Sega's recent investment in Atari, we can look forward to many Jaguar conversions of Sega titles. Virtua Racing here we come! Let's hope that the conversions make use of the Jag's capabilities and aren't just 16-bit rip-offs!¢¢¢WILLIAMS TITLES¢¢ Look out for more classic Williams titles for your Jaguar soon! Following Tempest 2000 will be Battlezone and Defender (by Jeff Minter!).¢¢¢NEWS FROM THE USA¢¢[The following news extracts are from "XIO3", the newsletter of the Garden City Atari Computer Enthusiasts (GCACE). For more information on XIO3 contact: GCACE, 1003 Amphion Street, Victoria, B.C., CANADA, V8S 4G2. If writing from outside of Canada include 3 IRC's. GCACE membership dues are $25 per family per year.]¢¢ More big names in software production have signed up for the Jaguar. Among them are 20th Century Fox Interactive, JVC Industries, Time Warner Interactive and Electro Brain Corp.¢¢ A lot of outside developers prefer to use CD ROM disks. Some interactive games have not worked too well with this medium (it is slow compared to cartridges) but techniques are being developed to make better use of CD's and many future Atari games may turn up on disk.¢¢ Atari is now prepared to ship its CD ROM drive. The drive comes with the Virtual Light Machine cartridge. This turns digital sound on any CD into a video display.¢¢ At least five CD titles are in development for the Jaguar. These are Battlemorph, Jack Niclaus Cyber Golf, Highlander, Creature Shock and Demolition Man. The golf game uses true colour images of Murfield golf course and needs the capacity of the CD.¢¢ The MPEG cartridge will be available with the Jaguar CD drive for $150. This allows full motion video displays through the Jaguar.¢¢ The Catbox interface for the Jaguar allows almost any connection: svideo, composite, analog RGB, RS232, comlynx, stereo audio and dual headphones ($49.95).¢¢ Now there is Catbox+ which adds stereo headphone amplification and a differential pair network (?) for $69.95.¢¢ Catbox is (or will be) made by ICD. However, Tom Harker of ICD says that Catbox is "not quite" available.¢¢ When Atari releases its driving games, users can use the Thrustmaster steering wheel and pedals ($139) to add to the fun.¢¢That's all for now!¢
