Atari Jaguar Review

Brief Description:

The Jaguar was Atari's very last console ever to be released (until later in 2019 Atari will release a new console called the Atari VCS). It was released in 1993.

The Positive Points:

-This is controversial, however facts, statistics, and various reviews from people prove that the Jaguar was the most powerful and graphically enhanced console during it's time. It not only outperformed it's first competitors, but also outperformed the Sega Saturn (which was released 1 year later), and broke even with the N64 (which was released 4 years later). It's unsure whether the Jaguar just broke even with another competitor called the 3DO (released 2 years later), or if it actually outperformed it as well. Either way, the only console that was for sure able to top this one as far as power and graphics, was the Playstation.

-Fortunately, most of the few games that you could play on it were actually really good, such as AvP, Rayman, Cannon Fodder, Atari Kart, Super Burnout, etc.

The Negative Points:

-Because of Atari's gradual fail throughout the console industry, and their heavy investments in the graphics and power themselves, less than 100 games were ever released for the console.

-The controller was extremely dumb, ugly, and uncomfortable. It was basically a combination of a square, a telephone, and a donut.

-It has been reported to be very problematic.

Innovative: No

Affordability At It's Release (affordability for it's time): Fair

General Public Rating: A Little Underrated (it could've been a lot worse)

Success: Very Unsuccessful

My Personal Final Rating: OK (3/6)