Atari Jaguar Anyone??????????

[Leo_A]

There is actually a Skunkboard USB/Flash cart available for the Jaguar that allows the use of both commercial games and homebrews.

That really doesn't do much good for the average fan.

With the multitude of solutions for many other classic systems out there, I have the convenience of having my own collection on a single cartridge if I'm not in the mood for changing games, I can easily play freely released homebrew efforts, I can get into the testing stages for many a homebrew, I can check out prototypes, I can check out various modifications of commercially released software from back in the day, I can check out commercial efforts that long ago ceased to be sold or protected by the IP holder that are fair game by most classic gamer's standards, and in many cases, it adds functionality that the original hardware never had like 7800 cartridges integrating the never officially released high score saving support.

Easily acquired multicart solutions only seem to have encouraged other homebrew communities and their fans. But in the Jaguar community, it often instead is portrayed as the devil and as the final nail in the Jaguar's coffin at a time when homebrew development has really hit its stride for several classic systems despite easily acquired multicart solutions.

I can't speak for them, but I bet someone like Pac-Man Plus would only have good things to say all around about something like the Cuttle Cart II.

There is also a pretty healthy homebrew scene on the Jaguar beyond just the unreleased commercial games.

I did a poor job of phrasing that, I fear. There indeed is quality homebrew activity taking place in the Jaguar community.

But it's not nearly to the degree that some of the most vocal and opinionated folks would like to think it is. Some attitudes are like I said and they act like this is big business that needs to be protected and that a multicart would lead to its destruction. And oftentimes, what is made available is often unavailable to quite a few Jaguar fans even when freely released by its author. Homebrew cartridges are expensive all around and rarely produced and the CD player is expensive not to mention the media is easily pirated with hardware in all of our homes.

A Everdrive/Harmony/Powerpak/Cuttle Cart style solution for the Jaguar would be very welcomed I believe once it was de-stigmatized and would only help the homebrew community reach its full potential.

Hopefully someday...