In 1995, just before my exams (great timing there), I bought an Atari Jaguar games console. Normally I'm not that much of a games player, but when I do play, it's usually nice to be able to sit in a comfy chair in the living room, and play on the television, rather than on my computer using a monitor, and less comfortable chair. Since I don't play games that much, there seemed little point in waiting for the "next generation" consoles - the Saturn, Playstation and Ultra 64. Similarly, though, I didn't want to limit myself to old 16-bit games, but didn't want to spend vast amounts of money.

The Jaguar was cheap, looked to have a promising future (yes, I know I should have known better, but I thought Atari might actually do something right for once - they were certainly making all the right noises at the time) and was technically superior to anything in or around its price bracket. The Atari label didn't really come into it, although I will admit to being swayed by Jeff Minter's involvement in things, and do have a soft spot for the technical brilliance of Atari's hardware (if only their marketing could match it).

Since then I have bought a number of games, and the CD ROM add on for it (JagCD). Many of the games were secondhand (e.g. Doom for £10), and with the price for a new Jag at about £50 now, I might even buy another one for those lovely network games (erm.... Doom again, I guess!). Anyway, on these pages I eventually intend to give brief details about some of the games and stuff - including the VLM - the only real reason to buy a JagCD. Unfortunately, however, other things are a little more pressing, so you might have to wait a while...