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A and/or B buttons, at selectable rates and Gorf 2K by Krunch Software are
2K is barely a spec of dust in of 5, 10, 15, or 20 pulses per second. still being actively developed for the
Y Y Y Y the collective public eye, yet Tiny LEDs next to the A and B buttons Jaguar, not to mention several lower-
new Atari products indicate the relative profile games. Plus there's always the
for orphaned plat- speed. If you've possibility that additional unreleased
forms roll on and on been frustrated by games will fall into Songbird's lap
to a wave of grate- Zero 5 or Raiden or (believe me, I WISH it was that easy) in
ful Atari fans. What the like because the near future. Lynx development is
is it about Atari that your thumb wears also encouraging right now, with
sparks such deter- out after, oh, the games like Stardreamer, Distant
mination in its fans first 60 seconds of Lands, and Cybervirus still looking
to survive against playing, this is ex- strong into next year. I seriously expect
all odds? Who actly what you some relatively big announcements in
would have thought need. Focus on the the next 6 months for both platforms...
we'd still be ponder- gameplay, not but I'll save that for a future issue. :-)
ing new releases thumb stamina. For ordering information on all
for the Lynx and JUGS Screenshot Even more Songbird products, please visit the
Jaguar years after amazing is the con- Songbird web page at: http://songbird.
official support grounded to a halt? tinued level of Lynx support this year. atari.net.
Why do I have a love for rhetorical Remnant, a full-freedom 3D space
questions? Never mind that; it's the shooter, was released at CGE2K as
games that matter. And games are reported in the Summer 2000 issue of
exactly what Atari CGM. Crystal
fans have re- Mines 2: Buried
ceived this year. Treasure, Win- Carl Forhan apparently enjoys being
Latest on the dows-based soft- chained to a computer, as he has been
Jaguar's plate are ware that allows feverishly working for the past two
a pair of interest- you to design and years on publishing new software for
ing devices. The download new lev- the Atari Jaguar and Lynx platforms
first is JUGS els for CM2 to your under the Songbird Productions label.
("Jaguar Unmodi- Lynx, was also re- This is in addition to holding down an
fied Game leased at the same engineering job and working as a
Server"), a combi- show. But wait -- volunteer youth pastor.
nation of a hidden we're not done yet!
feature in the Remnant Songbird has an-
BattleSphere car- nounced that an-
tridge and some add-on software with other cool game, Championship The Atarian Christmas 2000
cable for your PC. Basically, JUGS al- Rally, will be available in time for Checklist
lows you to download RAM-only games Christmas. This is a rally-style over-
and demos to your Atari Jaguar. All head racing game with TONS of op- Jaguar:
you have to do is tions. You want
insert your Bat- tracks? Try De- [ ] BattleSphere
tleSphere car- sert, Alaska, Val- [ ] Hyper Force
tridge, hook up the ley, and more! [ ] JUGS
cable, run the soft- You want options? [ ] Protector
ware, and voila! How about head- [ ] Rapid Fire Controller
Check out www. to-head play via [ ] Skyhammer
buyjugs.com for comlynx, select- [ ] Soccer Kid
more details. able car colors
The second and handling, sin- Lynx:
device, brought to gle race or tourna-
you by Songbird, ment play, a pass- [ ] Championship Rally
is a Rapid Fire word entry screen, [ ] Crystal Mines II: Buried Treasure
Controller. This is shortcuts and [ ] Lynx Game Wallet
a regular 18- Gorf 2k cheats, and so [ ] Lynx/PC serial cable
button controller much more. This [ ] Othello
modified with two low-profile pushbut- is one game you won't want to miss. [ ] Remnant: Planar Wars 3D
tons on the bottom of the controller. So, where does that leave us for the
These buttons enable rapid fire on the future? Fear not, Atari fans. Gorf Pluz
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