| Manufacturer: | Atari |
| Developer: | Atari |
| CPU: | 2 CPU - 26.59 MHz |
| Memory: | 2 MB |
| Graphics: | "Tom" Chip, 26.59 MHz |
| Medium: | Disc (up to 790MB) |
| Controllers: | 2 |
The Atari Jaguar CD or Jag CD is a CD-ROM peripheral for the Atari Jaguar video game console.
Late in the life span of the company, Atari released this long-promised CD-ROM unit. The unit hit shelves on September 11, 1995 and retailed for $149.95.
The device sat atop the Jaguar console, snapping very firmly into the cartridge slot, and had a funnel-like shape. The drive had its own cartridge slot to allow cartridge games to be played without removing the CD drive. There was a separate "Memory Track" cartridge for storing saved game position and high scores.
The Jaguar CD unit featured a double speed (2x) drive and built-in VLM (Virtual Light Machine) software written by Jeff Minter. The VLM, which provided a sophisticated video light show when an audio CD was played in the machine, was as popular among buyers as the games themselves. Packaged with the drive were two games (Blue Lightning and Vid Grid), a music CD (Tempest 2000 soundtrack), and a Myst demo disc. Also, the startup screen was different than that of the cartridge-based Jaguar: using the VLM banks it created a random 'light show' that was different every time the console was switched on. However, the startup was silent.
Latest Releases on Atari Jaguar CD
Philia the sequal to Elansar
Philia is a myst like "point & click" adventure game, the sequel to the game Elansar. You play Elina and your husband is now in danger! Help Elina t...
World Tour Racing
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Vid Grid
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Space Ace
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Robinson's Requiem CD
Robinson’s Requiem for the Jaguar CD The action unfolds in the middle of the twenty-second century, at a time when the Earth and some of its coloni...
Primal Rage
Primal Rage is a one-on-one fighting game featuring dinosaurs and giant apes as the fighters. The graphics are done with digitized stop-motion animati...
![Myst [Demo]](https://gm.egamedb.com/myst-demo-fct-atari-jaguar-cd.jpg)
Myst
You have just stumbled upon a most intriguing book, a book titled Myst. You have no idea where it came from, who wrote it, or how old it is. Reading t...
Jagtris
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Iron Soldier 2
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Hover Strike: Unconquered Lands
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Highlander: The Last of the MacLeods
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Frog Feast CD
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Dragon's Lair
Dragon's Lair features the hero, Dirk the Daring, attempting to rescue Princess Daphne from the evil dragon Singe, who has locked Princess Daphne in t...
Brain Dead 13
In Brain Dead 13, the player takes on the role of a young computer expert who one day is called to fix a computer at some scary castle and in no time ...
Blue Lightning
A top U.N. General named Drako has gone renegade. As a member of the U.N's Blue Lightning squad, you must stop him from organizing a global crime empi...
Battlemorph
Battlemorph is the Jaguar CD sequel to the first Jaguar cartridge, Cybermorph. This game takes place 30 years after the original. The Pernitian empire...
Baldies
Ever want to rule the world? With Baldies you have the resources, but do you have the strategy and skill? Build your own society complete with workers...