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****************JAGUAR****************
*Not a car, not a cat, but a console!*
**************************************
This is the section in Atari Update where we take a
look at everything that is going on in the Jaguar
world. Be prepared; this section is big. And I mean B-I-G!
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JAGUAR NEWS
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Atari + Sigma = Jaguar PC card
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Sigma, the PC specialists, are now going to produce a plug-
in card for PCs with help from Atari. If the board takes
off, it would mean at least another 1,000,000 Jaguar
"users". The board will emulate a standard 64-bit Jaguar -
there will be no differences - and it is expected to cost
something between $199 and $399. Hopefully, Atari will get
the add-on card out before Christmas this year, because soon
Sega will be releasing their new console as will Nintendo
and Sony.
Loads more Jaguar games
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There are now around one hundred Jaguar games in
development, all being produced by top software companies.
Altogether 101 software developers have signed up with Atari
and are hastily waiting for their developers machine. It
looks like the Jaguar is really going to take off well!
Alone in the Dark
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Another brilliant game for the Jaguar expected to hit the
market is Alone in the Dark. It is a 3D graphics adventure
in the same style as Robocop 3 but twenty times as better!
The graphics are incredible and so is the game which has
over one hundred locations in it. Every character in the
game is made up from hundreds of moving vectors which
Infogrames have put a lot of hard work into. It will come
out sometime in 1994 and will appear on CD-ROM.
Snasm 2 is new developers machine
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Instead of using Atari's TT development system for the
Jaguar, developers can opt for the Snasm 2 system which can
also write games for the Megadrive and Super Nintendo. It
can create games on cartridge or on CD-ROM and is based on
the Snasm which was originally designed specifically for the
8-bit and 16-bit consoles. For more details on the Snasm 2
contact Cross Products Ltd on (0532) 429814. Don't expect it
to be cheap!!
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Jaguar Games
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Here are a list of all the games in development, along with
their developers.
Aero the Acrobat Sunsoft
Alien Versus Predator Rebellion
Al Michaels' Hard ball Accolade
Alone in the Dark Infogrames
American Football Park Place Productions
Another World Interplay
Arena Football V-Real
Batman Atari
Battle Chess Interplay
Battlenmorph Attention to Detail
Battlewheels Beyond Games
Battlezone 2000 Atari
Blue Lightning Attention to Detail
Brett Hull Hockey Accolade
Bubsy Accolade
Car Wars Midnite Software
Charles Barkley Baseball Accolade
Checkered Flag 2 Rebellion
Club Drive Atari
Commando Microids
Creature Shock Argonaut/Virgin
Double Dragon 4 Tradewest
Dungeon Rebellion
Dungeon Depths Midnite Software
European Soccer Challenge Telegames
Evidence Microids
Evolution Dino Dudes Imagitec
Hosenose and Booger (!) All Systems Go
Phong 2000 Phalanx
Raiden Imagitec
Return to Zork Activision
Space Pirates Atari
Star Raiders 2000 Atari
Star Trek: Next Generation Spectrum Holobyte
Ultimate Brain Games Telegames
Ultra Vortex Beyond Games
Zool 2 Gremlin Graphics
~~~~~~
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Evolution Dino Dudes
====================
Do you remember Lemmings? Do you remember when Mirage copied
Lemmings and brought out Humans? Well, now there's Evolution
Dino Dudes which is the sequel to Humans. You take control
of these humans, who now call themselves Dudes, and have to
guide them through each level, sort of like in Lemmings.
There are eighty levels of mayhem and you have things like
spears, ropes and fire which each "dude" has and uses to get
through the level. First of all you have to find the objects
which is done by manipulating your "dudes" to do certain
things.
Evolution Dino Dudes doesn't really do the Jaguar much
justice. The machine's full capabilities aren't used at all;
I'd say only about 35% of them. The graphics are pretty
nice; the scrolling is smooth and the game uses near true
colour. Quite a lot of hard work has been put into it. On
the sound side, it's good but not brilliant. The sound could
have been further worked on; there is a tune which has
nothing special about it with some rather poor sound
effects. Another thing is the game doesn't seem to work well
with the Jaguar's joypad. Never mind, though. You get used
to it....
The Jaguar is a very good machine, and should really be used
to its limits. Dino Dudes doesn't do this, and although it's
a good, lively platform-puzzler by the ST's standards, by
the Jaguar's it's poor. Check out some of the other games
unless you're really impatient.
From: Atari
Contact: 0753 533344
Price: £59.95
The Uppers....
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* Graphics are quite nice
* Nice puzzles
* Good gameplay; it'll keep you going for a while
and the Downers
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* Not suited to the joypad
* Sound's rather poor
* Doesn't use the Jaguar's hardware to the limit
Overall: 69%
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Tempest 2000
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Jeff Minter. Brilliant Gameplay. Very addictive. Excellent
graphics. Superb sound. These are just some of the words
associated with Tempest 2000, the shoot-'em-up with
difference. A huge difference. You control a ship which sits
on this web type thing darting through these tunnels
shooting everything in site (that should be sight - David).
Sorry, sight. There are all types of enemies and they are
all brilliantly displayed while this brilliant music goes in
one ear and stays there. There are always power-ups whizzing
towards you in this extremely fast game as your little
Jaguar does all its calculations in real time! On shooting
things they explode and whizz around with all these dots
everywhere. Oh God! It's just too difficult to describe; you
have to see it for yourself.
There are sampled sounds in the game; brilliant quality
sampled speech and absolutely wonderfully brilliantly
stunning music (Please! - David). I've never played a game
like Tempest 2000. If anything could give you epileptic
fits, this could. I'm not saying it does, or anything. I'm
merely trying to explain that you sort of get sucked into
the game and you can't get out. Maybe I'm going a little
over the top but, well, it is really astonishing. I'm
surprised even the Jaguar didn't explode with the amazing
sound, graphics and gameplay given to you by that wonderful
programmer, Jeff Minter.
This game has really been the hardest game I've ever had to
review. I can't say anything bad about it and it's
incredibly difficult to describe. Just go out and buy it and
play it yourself. Then you'll know what I mean....
From: Atari
Contact: 0753 533344
Price: £44.99
The Uppers....
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* Wonderful graphics
* Really addictive
* Sound is beyond belief
* Uses the Jaguar to almost its limits
* Brilliant sound effects
* Beyond description - you have to play it yourself
and the Downers
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* It has no bad points whatsoever. None. Zero. Honestly.
Overall: 98% * GAME OF THE MONTH *