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	Atari Panther - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Atari Panther was the 32-bit predecessor to the Atari Jaguar, developed by the same ex-Sinclair team Flare Technology responsible for the Flare One and Konix Multisystem.
		It was scheduled to be released in 1991, but Atari decided to abandon the project in favor of the Atari Jaguar.
		They were both rewritten for the Atari Jaguar upon the former console's demise.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atari_Panther (190 words)

	AEX - The most comprehensive exploration of Atari online
		Previous to the Panther decision, Atari were also toying with an ST based video game console, but this wouldn't have competed technically with the newer consoles now dominating the market.
		Panther was very close to actually going into production, but was shelved at the last minute as a parallel project within Atari showed much more promise and much more power - that project gave birth to the Atari Jaguar nearly 2 years later.
		Apparently, Atari was developing the Panther and Jaguar consoles in parallel, but the Jaguar suddenly began to overtake it's stable-mate.
	www.atari-explorer.com /jaguar/jaguar-panther.html (991 words)

	Game Reviews - Reviews for Atari games (all consoles)
		The Atari 2600 was technically superior to most of the other game systems when it was released such as the Bally Astrocade, Magnavox Odyssey and Fairchild Channel F and took a far lead in first place.
		It should be noted, that during the course of Atari's support of the Atari 5200, 9 revisions of the Atari 5200 joysticks were made.
		The Atari 5200 had a hard time of it, still the system had a very nice sized library of games coming out for it, but the Great Videogame Crash did in the Atari 5200 before it even had a chance to reach its full potential...
	www.freewebs.com /maximerto5/atari26005200.htm (1044 words)

	Atari7800.com - ATARI LYNX History
		In 1981, as Atari was enjoying the height of their success and popularity, Atari under Warner Communications began to contemplate an idea that originally crossed through the mind of Nolan Bushnell's a few years prior.
		Atari began work on the Atari 2200, which was to be a portable game system, fully compatible with the entire library of Atari 2600 software.
		Atari 7800.com is dedicated to the survival and legacy of the Atari Lynx, as we continue to offer sales and support for the greatest hand held system of all time.
	www.atari7800.com /lynx/history.htm (1942 words)

	Dark Watcher's Console History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Atari Panther was scheduled to be launched in 1991 at the same time as the SuperNES.
		The Panther was nearing completion when Atari was approached to assist in the development of a multiprocessor console dubbed “Flare 2”.
		The Atari USA's President of Software Development at this time, Larry Segal., made the costly decision to halt all development on Panther in favor of the renamed 64-bit Atari Jaguar.
	darkwatcher.psxfanatics.com /console/panther.htm (189 words)

	Atari7800.com - The Rise & Fall of the Atari 7800 ProSystem
		This was the birth of the Atari 7800 ProSystem.
		Atari had begun to lose their "anything is possible in the futuramic world of Atari" luster and the dream was slowly slipping away.
		Atari, along with General Computer Corporation had developed a new chip set named Maria that was capable of producing over 100 sprites, and a much better color palate for increased graphics and resolution.
	www.atari7800.com /7800/history.htm (4021 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Atari decided to develop a comparable machine as well (the project was called 'Stella' after the bicycle's brand-name owned by one of the developers: Joe Decuir), but had to hurry; Fairchild had a remarkable advantage...
		Atari thinks of an enhanced version of the Jaguar with integrated CD-ROM and of a 'Jaguar II', that would be up to 2-4 times faster than the 'Playstation', but the end is near...
		Atari is now a subdivision of JTS without any operating business, most of the left Atari employees are released.
	mitglied.lycos.de /deomaki/html/atari.htm (1329 words)

	LCoT Retro: Atari
		The first game Atari released was the arcade version of Pong in 1972 which became an immediate success despite its almost blatant copying of an Odyssey game.
		To compete, Atari started work on the game which was basically a hollow box that you inserted self contained versions of all their previous games.
		Atari Corp. releases the Atari XE and ST lines of computers in 1985.
	www.linkcableoftime.com /consolemakers/atari.htm (804 words)

	where is the panther?? - Atari Forums
		Hmm, the panther would probably be better as a 'captain' for heavy tank units.
		The Panther was the real replacement (as you mentioned) but it had teething problems @ first.
		PW IV was a solid tank that could be upgraded, where as the PW III simply had too small of a turret to be up-gunned.
	www.ataricommunity.com /forums/showthread.php?t=427139 (599 words)

	loonygames - print happy version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		It would appear that Atari’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.
		Another Atari bit of gold, also from the Jaguar era, comes in the form of the Jaguar 2, or “Jag Duo” as it is sometimes referred to.
	www.loonygames.com /cgi-bin/printme.pl?url=/2.10/mouth (1186 words)

	Atari Jaguar FAQ
		It is reported that work on the Jaguar was progressing better/faster than expected, so Atari abandoned the Panther to focus their energies on the Jaguar instead.
		The Panther reportedly was considered a "32-bit" machine by Atari, though for reasons unknown.
		According to Jeff Minter, the Panther's sprite hardware was very similar to the object processor in the Jaguar, to the point where both had the same limitations.
	www.electric-escape.net /atari/Jaguar/FAQ (4634 words)

	myatari.net : The 9 lives of Atari's BIG cat
		The Atari Jaguar 64-bit games console was released in late 1993 to high public expectation and media hype (well a lot for Atari anyway!).
		It is believed that Atari had originally intended to mass produce two 'next generation' consoles; The Panther and the Jaguar.
		The breakdown of communication between Atari Corp. and the Virtuality Group was over publicised by the world's media and followed by accusations by both sides for its failure.
	www.myatari.net /issues/jan2001/9lives.htm (1017 words)

	Schnapple.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Atari made a good decision with the 2600, and that was about it.
		Atari was then the company saddled with making consoles and such.
		Atari is such a strong brand name associated with the 2600 that when I worked at Babbage's people would ask if they needed their Atari to play Frogger for Windows 95/98.
	members.tripod.com /schnapple99/2001_10_07_archive.html (1346 words)

	Atari Explorer, ZNet, & ST Report: ZNet: 12-Jan-91 #9102
		ATARI FIRES ALL SALES REPS In a move that signals a major reworking of rthe marketing plan for Atari, the company fired all of their full-time sales representatives last week, and let most or perhaps all of their contracted rep firms go as well.
		Atari had only six full time staff representatives, and at least some of them are being considered for other positions within the company.
		Atari plans to beef up its in-house sales support in order to "hand-hold" with personal service, albeit on the phone, the high-end dealers who will also be the initial primary outlets for the TT.
	www.atariarchives.org /cfn/12/05/03/0091.php (5003 words)

	1000s of New and Used Video Games at Used GAMES! - Atari Products INDEX Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Atari 7800 ProSystem was released a full 2 years after it was designed and tested.
		With the 7800, Atari attempted to correct all of the shortcomings inherent to the 5200 platform.
		The Panther was abandoned and Atari focused its energies on the Jaguar.
	www.usedgames.com /atari/atari.htm (1677 words)

	Condensed Atari History
		Under pressure from the Mattel Intellivision and the Colecovision, Atari released the Atari 5200 (and renamed the Atari VCS to the Atari 2600).
		Though the 5200 was essentially an Atari 400 computer in a new case, inter division rivalry caused the 5200 to be incompatible with the Atari 400 computer.
		Atari announced that the Jaguar, a 64-bit cartridge based console, will be released in the summer of 1993 with a suggested retail price of $150.
	www.heartbone.com /comphist/Atari.htm (3385 words)

	oldie Console Question - Beyond3D Forum
		The 16/32-Bit Atari Panther might have had a completely seperate heritage from the Flare (Konix MultiSystem) and Flare II (Jaguar) as it was developed in parallel to the Jaguar.
		Jaguar was the sucessor to Panther in that it followed Panther, but Panther was not an early verison of Jaguar.
		The Atari Museum has been able to power-up a Cobweb board which was fully functional, and it ran existing games which at least proves it was fully backward compatible.
	www.beyond3d.com /forum/showthread.php?t=7842 (2617 words)

	The Lynx was just not acheiving the level of market penetration or acceptance that Atari wished for so research began ...
		The Lynx was just not acheiving the level of market penetration or acceptance that Atari wished for so research began to develop the next generation of home console based machines.
		But as the project was underway it was decided that the power provided by the system just wasn't adequate so the Panther project became the Jaguar project.
		On the site Atari is just another source of Hasbro Interactive games such as the various board game based video game idiocies as Monopoly for windows.
	www.movieprop.com /videogames/atari/risk4.htm (274 words)

	OldiesGames.net - Atari Jaguar SECTION We have about 42 Atari Jaguar Games
		Another rumor to circulate in 1991 was that Atari was back with a new 32-bit console called the Panther that was set to debut against the Super Nintendo later that year.
		However, after the Summer CES that year, Atari announced that the Panther was cancelled so that they could concentrate on a new machine, the 64-bit Jaguar.
		Behind the scenes, Atari had actually been developing both systems at the same time, but the Jaguar had progressed at such a rate that it made sense to skip the Panther.
	www.oldiesgames.net /atarijaguar.htm (577 words)

	Atari Panther - AtariAge Forums
		First off, the Panther was always being developed as a 32-bit mashine, with a 32-bit graphics chip and bus AT LEAST, maybe more chips like a DSP or something would have also been 32-bit.
		I have no doubt that the Panther would have been technically superior to the SNES and Genesis, but I doubt Atari could have won the 16-bit war with it (The Lynx and GameGear were both far superior to the Gameboy, and we all know what happened there).
		Atari's financial state was turning pretty grim by the early 90s.
	www.atariage.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=3817&view=getlastpost (2243 words)

	loonygames presents: From the Mouth of Madness
		The system was pretty pathetic – it had no CPU (they hadn’t been invented yet!) and while it took cartridges, they didn’t actually add anything new to the system, they enabled games already programmed on the hardware to be played.
		In the late 1980’s when Atari decided they were going to get back into the video game business, they started a massive research project to get things underway.
		Those of us who were hardcore into the console scene back then recall rumors floating around about first a system called “Panther” and then later one called “Jaguar.” What was really wacky about the rumors, is that all kinds of numbers were floating around.
	www.loonygames.com /content/2.10/mouth (678 words)

	atari panther - AtariAge Forums
		What you saw, from the engineering notes, the Panther never made it past the cad/cam drawing of which have been released to the Atari Museum's sister site: Atari Explorer and are up on display on the site.
		and in the same article they revealed that the panther was no longer in development and that atari were now putting all thier efforts behind the jag, and they printed a drawing of the jag as well.
		ATARI 2600 TOMARC THE BARBARIAN / MOTOCROSS RACER XONOX
	www.atariage.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=44976 (1025 words)

	ATARI NOTES: French Atari show; Alibi; PAnTHer
		As an Atari user myself, I probably shouldn't be surprised at the platform's refusal to die, but it never ceases to amaze me that the ST and all its offshoots still manage to support magazines, web sites and, amazingly, shows.
		The second issue of the sole remaining UK print magazine dedicated to the Atari in all its incarnations is out now.
		There is a document detailing the installation and usage of PAnTHer, although I found some of it unclear, leading to a few bombs until we'd come to a mutual understanding.
	www.soundonsound.com /sos/1997_articles/feb97/atarifeb97.html (1335 words)

	myatari.net : Jaguar 64 F.A.Q.
		Atari Corp. and the Virtuality Group had signed a contract whereupon Virtuality would develop virtual reality hardware and software for the Jaguar.
		No plans for an official Atari rotary controller were announced, but many TEMPEST fans have been trying to build such a controller, to give the game a feel that's close to its arcade original.
		Parts needed: Atari Jaguar controller Atari 2600 Driving Controller (NOT the paddles) 13 wires, preferably of separate colors Buttons A board or box or shell to mount everything on/in.
	www.myatari.net /issues/apr2001/jag_faq3.htm (2935 words)

	Atari's MIRAI console - based on ST..or SNK NeoGeo ? - Beyond3D Forum
		As many of you know, in 1987-1989, Atari was rumored to be working on a 16-Bit console.
		this is not the Atari Panther project of the early 1990s mind you.
		It is believed that the mysterious Atari MIRAI mockup game system was the ultimate product of this union, possibly being the "Neo Geo for the masses" while being marketed under the more familiar Atari brand name.
	www.beyond3d.com /forum/showthread.php?t=12118 (2081 words)

	Game Reviews - Reviews for Atari games (all consoles)
		Epyx which had primarily focused in the past on making video games for several computer and video game platforms had formed a new hardware division and with a team of Ex-Amiga engineers went to work on creating an all new powerful and feature rich portable video game system.
		The Lynx was impressive, a 16Mhz 6502 system with built hardware scrolling and zooming, excellent sound and more importantly an easy to program networking language called com-lynx for up to 8 Lynxs to be networked together for multi-user players.
		It had been mentioned and hoped that the Atari Jaguar 64 would use the Atari Lynx as a high-end interactive video game controller with such high hopes as being the motion tracker for Alien Vs. Predator or even a Tricorder for a hoped for Star Trek game.
	www.freewebs.com /maximerto5/lynxmarkiii.htm (250 words)

	The Odyssey2 Homepage! - Game Reviews - Adventures of the Pink Panther (Atari 2600) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Probe 2000 planned to release four games on the Atari 2600: Adventures of the Pink Panther, Power Lords, War Room, and Lord of the Dungeon.
		More information on Philips's plans for Pink Panther is available here.
		Odyssey is a trademark of The Magnavox Company and Philips Electronics.
	www.classicgaming.com /o2home/gmreview/review.asp?cartid=57 (170 words)

	The Atari Transputer Parallel Processing Computer
		The Atari ATW800 Transputer workstation was a high end, high powered system which combined the power of the ABAQ Transputer system with the front end power of the Atari Mega ST. Used together, they formed an amazingly powerful and versital computer.
		Sorry that there isn't more in this section yet, please be patient as I will try to include as much of the information that I have been able to gather on this system and get it up onto the website.
		The ATW I/O Subsystem consisted of an Atari Mega ST in a compact form with
	www.atarimuseum.com /computers/16BITS/transputer.html (266 words)

	Atari Jaguar System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Atari Jaguar System, Cybermorph Game, Includes One Controller, AC Adaptor, and an RF UNit.
		The atari has one 128 bit proccessor 5 64 bit processors 10 32 bit processors and a couple other 16 and 8 bit processor thrown in 4 fun.....so ummmm......i think the system really blows 4 all that power....whats that equal up to???
		You guys might want to look at the top of the Jaguar itself....mmm...whats that say...could it say 64bit...ahhh...it does say it....wow...thats neat...sorry guys the Jaguar is a 64 bit system...the prototype Atari Panther system was 32bits...check this out..........
	www2.playerschoicevideogames.com /pd_atari.cfm (661 words)

	Atari Jaguar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		of Atari to attract high profile developers to work on the machine led to apathy in the marketplace.
		The Jaguar was originally developed with a 32bit console called Panther, but Atari decided early that their
		Atari attempted to regain it's prominence in the videogame market by releasing the Jaguar.
	www2.playerschoicevideogames.com /cat_atari_jaguar.cfm (170 words)

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