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                      <p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><i><font color="#904C10" size="2">From 
                        the Mouth of Madness:</font><font color="#904C10" size="4"><br>
                        <font size="3">In Search of the Holy Grail</font></font></i></font></b><br>
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                    <h5 align="right"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#00025E">Vol. 
                      2, Issue 10<br>
                      January 31, 2000</font></b></h5>
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              <p align="left"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It would 
                appear that Atari&#146;s original plan was to release the Panther 
                first, and then follow it up with the Jaguar a few years later. 
                What ended up happening is that the Panther turned out to be a 
                mishmash of technologies from internal Atari development, and 
                Flair, which Atari had purchased to kickstart their next-generation 
                console development. The system was such a mess, that they decided 
                to move ahead with the Jaguar instead (rather than have two half-assed 
                system, they preferred to throw their whole ass into one). </font></p>
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              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The existence 
                of the Panther has long been confirmed by former Atari employees, 
                but it really entered into the realms of legend when Atari closed 
                their doors. Smart collectors willing to shed some of their dignity 
                went rummaging through their dumpsters late at night, and discovered 
                all manner of things, but there are supposedly three Panther development 
                systems out there. Thankfully one surfaced at the <a href="http://www.homecomputer.de/pages/f_panther.html">Home 
                Computer Museum</a>, so you can look at pictures of the box online. 
                The other two...well, they&#146;re still out there, possibly in 
                the possession of someone who has no idea what they&#146;re carrying. 
                </font></p>
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              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="j2.jpg" width="134" height="144" align="right">Another 
                Atari bit of gold, also from the Jaguar era, comes in the form 
                of the Jaguar 2, or &#147;Jag Duo&#148; as it is sometimes referred 
                to. The system was shown once, at the 1995 summer CES show in 
                Chicago, and more than likely was just a non-working mockup. Still, 
                if it was shown publicly, it must have existed in some form. The 
                Jaguar 2 was a complete redesign of the console, that combined 
                the cartridge base and CD add-on into a single unit. It&#146;s 
                a similar concept to the TurboDuo that NEC released, and like 
                that system it is likely that it contained more RAM or a faster 
                CD-ROM than the individual units. As you can see from the picture 
                here (more are available at <a href="http://www.atarihq.com/museum/jaglynx/jagduo.html">AtariHQ</a>) 
                the system sure was pretty, and improved greatly on the original 
                Jaguar&#146;s clunky appearance.</font></p>
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              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Then there&#146;s 
                the M2, which not only definitely existed, but still is out there 
                somewhere. The M2 was the next-generation version of 3DO&#146;s 
                console, that they sold to Matsushita when the company switched 
                exclusively to software development. Matsushita continued to develop 
                the hardware, and there were even developers working on games 
                (D2, which was just now released for the Dreamcast in Japan, started 
                as an M2 title). The system is supposed to have rivaled the N64 
                in power, and was eventually scrapped. But again, the system was 
                shown in public, and was in development for several years. A dumpster 
                diver somewhere likely has one, and there are collectors across 
                the globe hunting for these things.</font></p>
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              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Lastly, 
                there is the real holy grail, Sony&#146;s SNES project. Everyone 
                knows the story &#150; Sony works with Nintendo to make a CD-ROM 
                add-on for the Super Nintendo system. Then, Nintendo decides to 
                go with Philips. Sony&#146;s mad, they have a working prototype, 
                which they turn into a full CD-based system, and sell as the Playstation. 
                The rest is history. But, what most people don&#146;t know is 
                that Sony created a dual SNES cartridge/CD-ROM based system called 
                the &#147;Play Station.&#148; This was a different system from 
                the PSX (&#147;eXtension&#148; as in the CD-ROM add-on for the 
                SNES) and was formally announced. It was never shown, but rumors 
                have surfaced that it did exist. If ever there was a holy grail, 
                this is it. </font></p>
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              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Do I ever 
                expect to own one of these? Well, maybe the Odyssey. As for the 
                rest...well...I can&#146;t say I really expect to. But jeez...would 
                that ever be nice. :)</font></p>
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