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List of Atari Jaguar homebrew games

The Atari Jaguar is a fifth generation home video game console developed by Atari Corporation and manufactured by IBM.[1][2] First released in North America on November 23, 1993, the Jaguar was fifth and final home console under the Atari name.[3][4] The following list includes aftermarket post-releases, as well as homebrew games made by the community for Jaguar and the Atari Jaguar CD peripheral.

In 1996, the Jaguar and game development for it were discontinued.[5][6] Atari merged with JT Storage in 1996, while Hasbro Interactive acquired all of Atari's assets after buying out JTS in 1998.[6][7] Hasbro Interactive declared the Jaguar as an open platform in 1999, releasing the console's patents and rights into public domain after much lobbying from Atari fans, allowing software developers to make and release games for Jaguar without a licensing agreement from them.[8][9][10][11] Following the announcement, hobbyists have released previously finished but unpublished titles and produced homebrew games to satisfy the Jaguar's cult following.[4][8][12][13] Consequently, these titles are not endorsed or licensed by Atari.

Homebrew games for the Atari Jaguar are released in either cartridge, CD or both formats to satisfy system owners. Titles released in the CD format are either glass mastered, or burned on regular CD-Rs however, since the add-on was released in very limited quantities, most homebrew developers publish their works either online on forums or on cartridge via independent publishers. Many of the cartridge releases are styled as retail Jaguar titles from the era. As both systems do not enforce regional locking all titles are region free but some titles, such as Gorf Classic and the initial release of Black Out! do not work correctly on PAL systems. Some of the earliest CD releases were not encrypted, requiring either B&C's Jaguar CD Bypass Cartridge or Reboot's Jagtopia (Freeboot) program burned into a CD in order to run unencrypted CD games, however Curt Vendel of Atari Museum released the binaries and encryption keys for both cartridge and CD formats, making it possible to run games without the need for development hardware.[8] The first homebrew title programmed for the Jaguar dates back to 1995, which was a Jaguar version of Tetris called JSTetris (often referred as Jaguar Tetris or JagTris) developed using a hacked Jaguar (BJL, ROM replaced by custom software).

  1. ^ Karels, Ralph (August 1999). "Special: Atari Jaguar - Komplettübersicht Jaguar-Modul-Games". Video Games [de] (in German). No. 93. WEKA Consumer Medien. p. 56.
  2. ^ "Atari: From Boom to Bust and Back Again". Next Generation. No. 4. Imagine Media. April 1995. pp. 34–41.
  3. ^ "ATARI SHIPS JAGUAR FOR NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS; WORLD'S FIRST 64-BIT INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA HOME ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AVAILABLE". TheFreeLibrary.com. PR Newswire. November 23, 1993. Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  4. ^ a b Szczepaniak, John (July 2006). "Retroinspection: Atari Jaguar". Retro Gamer. No. 26. Imagine Publishing. pp. 48–53. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  5. ^ "Breaking: Crumbling Atari Still Defiant". Next Generation. No. 16. Imagine Media. April 1996. pp. 16–17.
  6. ^ a b "ProNews: Adios, Atari". GamePro. No. 82. IDG. May 1996. p. 20.
  7. ^ Johnston, Chris (April 28, 2000). "Atari Goes to Hasbro". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  8. ^ a b "Classic Gamer Newswire: Jaguar News — Hasbro Sets Jaguar Free". Classic Gamer Magazine. Vol. 1, no. 1. March 1999. p. 10.
  9. ^ "Jaguar Tackboard: Announcements and Press Releases – Hasbro Frees Jaguar!; BattleSphere News: 4Play Marches On". Jaguar Explorer Online. Vol. 3, no. 1. White Space Publishers. June 3, 1999. Archived from the original on 2001-04-28. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  10. ^ "The Atari Jaguar 64-Bit Multimedia Entertainment System". Atari Explorer. 2003. Archived from the original on 2003-04-21. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  11. ^ "Retro - Collector's Corner: BattleSphere Gold". GamesTM. No. 83. Imagine Publishing. May 2009. pp. 142—143.
  12. ^ Toyama, Kevin (May 2001). "Nouveau Classic Gaming: Old System, New Games". Next Generation. No. 77. Imagine Media. pp. 68–73.
  13. ^ Goss, Patrick (2011). "Redundant gadgets: Atari Jaguar". MSN Tech & Gadgets UK. Microsoft. p. 5. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
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