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The '''Atari Jaguar''' (AJ) was a fifth generation home video game console produced by [[wikipedia:Atari|Atari]] on November 23, 1993 and sold for {{Inflation|USD|249.99|1993}}. It had a Motorola 68000 CPU and 2 custom RISC CPUs. It has 2MB of RAM. Despite the intense marketing efforts by Atari, the Jaguar is, in fact, a 32-bit console rather than 64-bit, as a whole; only one part of its two CPUs were 64-bit. The system's convoluted architecture didn't help matters either, which led most developers to just use the 68000 for gameplay logic. The console would prove to be the final home console release for Atari, before releasing plug-and-play versions of their older games. There was also a CD addon called the '''Atari Jaguar CD''' (AJ-CD).
 
The '''Atari Jaguar''' (AJ) was a fifth generation home video game console produced by [[wikipedia:Atari|Atari]] on November 23, 1993 and sold for {{Inflation|USD|249.99|1993}}. It had a Motorola 68000 CPU and 2 custom RISC CPUs. It has 2MB of RAM. Despite the intense marketing efforts by Atari, the Jaguar is, in fact, a 32-bit console rather than 64-bit, as a whole; only one part of its two CPUs were 64-bit. The system's convoluted architecture didn't help matters either, which led most developers to just use the 68000 for gameplay logic. The console would prove to be the final home console release for Atari, before releasing plug-and-play versions of their older games. There was also a CD addon called the '''Atari Jaguar CD''' (AJ-CD).
  
 
==Emulators==
 
==Emulators==
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! scope="col"|Name
 
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! scope="col"|Latest version
 
! scope="col"|Latest version
 
! scope="col"|AJ-CD
 
! scope="col"|AJ-CD
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
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! scope="col"|AJ-VR
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! scope="col"|[[libretro]]
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! scope="col"|<small>[https://retroachievements.org/download.php Retro<br/>Achievements]</small>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
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! colspan="8"|PC / x86
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! colspan="10"|PC / x86
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|-
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|[[BigPEmu]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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| [https://www.richwhitehouse.com/jaguar/index.php?content=download 1.04]
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|{{✓}}<ref group=N>[https://www.patreon.com/posts/jaguar-cd-its-76714318 Exclusive to patreon build (v1.05) at the moment].</ref> ||{{✗}} <small>(WIP)</small> ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|[[Virtual Jaguar]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
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|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ nightly] (libretro)<br />[https://icculus.org/virtualjaguar/ {{VirtualJaguarVer}}]<br />[http://virtualjaguar.kicks-ass.net/builds/ Unofficial builds]
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|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}[https://docs.libretro.com/guides/retroachievements/#jaguar *] ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} <ref group=N name=active>''Libretro core only.</ref> ||{{~}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Phoenix (emulator)|Phoenix]]
 
|[[Phoenix (emulator)|Phoenix]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 
|[http://www.arts-union.ru/node/23 2.8.JAG]
 
|[http://www.arts-union.ru/node/23 2.8.JAG]
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|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|[[Virtual Jaguar]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 
|[https://icculus.org/virtualjaguar/ {{VirtualJaguarVer}}]<br />[http://virtualjaguar.kicks-ass.net/builds/ Unofficial builds]<br />[https://github.com/libretro/virtualjaguar-libretro Git] (libretro)
 
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} <small><ref group=N name=active>''Main branch is dead, but the libretro core is still alive.</ref></small> ||{{✓}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[MAME]]
 
|[[MAME]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
 
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
|{{~}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[http://pt.emuunlim.com/index.htm Project Tempest]
 
|[http://pt.emuunlim.com/index.htm Project Tempest]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 
|[http://pt.emuunlim.com/index.htm 0.95]
 
|[http://pt.emuunlim.com/index.htm 0.95]
|{{~}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|{{~}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
! colspan="8"|Mobile / ARM
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|[https://www.zophar.net/jaguar/t2k.html Tempest 2000 Emulator/T2K]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[https://www.zophar.net/jaguar/t2k.html 0.06]
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|{{~}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} <small><ref group=N name=t2k>''Works perfectly for Tempest 2000 and the Jaguar CD VLM, but does not support other games.</ref></small>
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! colspan="10"|Mobile / ARM
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|[[Virtual Jaguar]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}
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|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<br/>[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.icculus.virtualjaguar 1.01][https://github.com/lubomyr/virtualjaguar/tree/java_ui git]
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|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}<ref group=N name=active></ref> ||{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Phoenix (emulator)|IrataJaguar]]
 
|[[Phoenix (emulator)|IrataJaguar]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
 
|[http://www.arts-union.ru/sites/default/files/IrataJaguar_free_1.0.7.zip 1.0.7]
 
|[http://www.arts-union.ru/sites/default/files/IrataJaguar_free_1.0.7.zip 1.0.7]
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{}}
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|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}
 
|-
 
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|Virtual Jaguar
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|Virtual Jaguar X2
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
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|align=left|{{Icon|GP2X}}
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.icculus.virtualjaguar 1.01]
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|[https://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/gp2x.cgi?0,0,0,0,71,1590 0.1a]
|{{✗}} ||{{}} ||{{}} ||{{✗}} ||{{}}
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|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}
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|Virtual Jaguar EX
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|align=left|{{Icon|Pandora}}
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|[https://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=vj-ex-app 1.0]
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|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[MAME]]
 
|[[MAME]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Pandora}}<ref name=libretro group=N>Only available as a libretro core.</ref>
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Pandora}}<ref name=libretro group=N>Only available as a libretro core.</ref>
 
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
 
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
|{{~}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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! colspan="10"|Console
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|pJag<small> ([[Virtual Jaguar]] port)</small>
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|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
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|[https://archive.org/details/atari-jaguar-emulator.-7z 0.1]
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|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
 
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===Comparisons===
 
===Comparisons===
;[[Phoenix (emulator)|Phoenix]]:A newer closed-source emulator. More compatible than Virtual Jaguar. About 95% of Jaguar titles are compatible (full list available on [http://www.arts-union.ru/node/66 website]). No support for CD games yet. The PC version of the emulator is currently only available in Russian, but an [http://www.rlauncher.com/forum/showthread.php?4160-Help-with-3DO-Phoenix-2-8 English patch] is available.
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;[[BigPEmu]] <small class="plainlinks" style="font-weight:normal;">([https://www.richwhitehouse.com/jaguar/index.php?content=compat compatibility])</small>:The newest and most compatible Atari Jaguar emulator, with 100% compatibility. Jaguar CD supported and VR support is also in the works.
;[[Virtual Jaguar]]:An open-source emulator based on the original by the same name. It has excellent accuracy and performance but behind Phoenix. Use the link given as "git" on this page and choose the most current version from there.
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;[[Virtual Jaguar]] <small class="plainlinks" style="font-weight:normal;">([https://github.com/libretro/virtualjaguar-libretro/issues/38 compatibility])</small>: An open-source emulator based on the original by the same name. It has excellent accuracy and performance. Use the link given as "[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ nightly]" on this page and choose the most current version from there.
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;[[Phoenix (emulator)|Phoenix]] <small class="plainlinks" style="font-weight:normal;">([http://www.arts-union.ru/node/66 compatibility])</small>:About 95% of Jaguar titles are compatible. No support for AJ-CD/AJ-VR games. The PC version of the emulator is only available in Russian, but an [http://www.rlauncher.com/forum/index.php?threads/help-with-3do-phoenix-2-8.4160/ English patch] is available.
 
;[[MAME]]:Preliminary support. Some games boot but the emulation is far from perfect.
 
;[[MAME]]:Preliminary support. Some games boot but the emulation is far from perfect.
;Project Tempest:Was the first ever working Atari Jaguar emulator. It emulates some games, but most have issues. As its name suggests it was primarily made for Tempest 2000, with other games as secondary goals. Project Tempest is the first and only(?) Jaguar emulator that supports Jaguar CD games, but only two are compatible; Primal Rage and Baldies (the latter has sound distortion though). It is also the only emulator apart from Phoenix that can play Wolfenstein 3D and Doom. It has not been updated since 2004.
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;Project Tempest:Was the first ever working Atari Jaguar emulator. It emulates some games, but most have issues. As its name suggests it was primarily made for Tempest 2000, with other games as secondary goals. Project Tempest is the first and only Jaguar emulator that supports Jaguar CD games, but only two are compatible; Primal Rage and Baldies (the latter has sound distortion though). It has not been updated since 2004.
 
;[[Phoenix (emulator)|IrataJaguar]]: The Phoenix emulation project is released as separate emulators for Android, this is the Jaguar version. Identical compatibility to PC version according to the author. Requires fast 64-bit CPU 2GHz+ or better for full speed.
 
;[[Phoenix (emulator)|IrataJaguar]]: The Phoenix emulation project is released as separate emulators for Android, this is the Jaguar version. Identical compatibility to PC version according to the author. Requires fast 64-bit CPU 2GHz+ or better for full speed.
  
== Resources ==
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==Resources==
 
 
 
* [https://archive.org/details/AtariJaguar Full No-Intro romset 03-01-16]
 
* [https://archive.org/details/AtariJaguar Full No-Intro romset 03-01-16]
 
* [https://archive.org/details/atarijaguarmanuals Console Manuals: Atari Jaguar]
 
* [https://archive.org/details/atarijaguarmanuals Console Manuals: Atari Jaguar]

Revision as of 16:58, 28 January 2023

Atari Jaguar
Atari-Jaguar-Console-Set.png
Developer Atari
Type Home video game console
Generation Fifth generation
Release date 1993
Discontinued 1996
Predecessor Atari XEGS
Emulated

The Atari Jaguar (AJ) was a fifth generation home video game console produced by Atari on November 23, 1993 and sold for $249.99. It had a Motorola 68000 CPU and 2 custom RISC CPUs. It has 2MB of RAM. Despite the intense marketing efforts by Atari, the Jaguar is, in fact, a 32-bit console rather than 64-bit, as a whole; only one part of its two CPUs were 64-bit. The system's convoluted architecture didn't help matters either, which led most developers to just use the 68000 for gameplay logic. The console would prove to be the final home console release for Atari, before releasing plug-and-play versions of their older games. There was also a CD addon called the Atari Jaguar CD (AJ-CD).

Emulators

Name Platform(s) Latest version AJ-CD AJ-VR libretro Retro
Achievements
FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
BigPEmu Windows 1.04 [N 1] (WIP)
Virtual Jaguar Windows Linux macOS nightly (libretro)
2.1.2
Unofficial builds
* ~ [N 2] ~
Phoenix Windows Linux macOS 2.8.JAG
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 0.264
Project Tempest Windows 0.95 ~
Tempest 2000 Emulator/T2K Windows 0.06 ~ [N 3]
Mobile / ARM
Virtual Jaguar Android iOS libretro core
1.01git
~[N 2]
IrataJaguar Android 1.0.7 ~
Virtual Jaguar X2 GP2X 0.1a ~
Virtual Jaguar EX Pandora 1.0 ~
MAME Android iOS Linux Pandora [N 4] 0.264
Console
pJag (Virtual Jaguar port) PSP 0.1
  1. Exclusive to patreon build (v1.05) at the moment.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Libretro core only.
  3. Works perfectly for Tempest 2000 and the Jaguar CD VLM, but does not support other games.
  4. Only available as a libretro core.

Comparisons

BigPEmu (compatibility)
The newest and most compatible Atari Jaguar emulator, with 100% compatibility. Jaguar CD supported and VR support is also in the works.
Virtual Jaguar (compatibility)
An open-source emulator based on the original by the same name. It has excellent accuracy and performance. Use the link given as "nightly" on this page and choose the most current version from there.
Phoenix (compatibility)
About 95% of Jaguar titles are compatible. No support for AJ-CD/AJ-VR games. The PC version of the emulator is only available in Russian, but an English patch is available.
MAME
Preliminary support. Some games boot but the emulation is far from perfect.
Project Tempest
Was the first ever working Atari Jaguar emulator. It emulates some games, but most have issues. As its name suggests it was primarily made for Tempest 2000, with other games as secondary goals. Project Tempest is the first and only Jaguar emulator that supports Jaguar CD games, but only two are compatible; Primal Rage and Baldies (the latter has sound distortion though). It has not been updated since 2004.
IrataJaguar
The Phoenix emulation project is released as separate emulators for Android, this is the Jaguar version. Identical compatibility to PC version according to the author. Requires fast 64-bit CPU 2GHz+ or better for full speed.

Resources

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Consoles: Atari 2600Atari 5200Atari 7800Atari XEGSAtari JaguarAtari VCS
Handhelds: Atari Lynx
Computers: Atari 8-bitAtari ST