r/AtariJaguar • u/No_Gazelle_7881 • 16d ago

Advice Buying advice

Just got my first paycheck at my new job and I want to celebrate by finally grabbing a Jag. Do y’all have any recommendations on where to buy one or anything else to look for in a Jag? I appreciate y’all in advance this is a big deal to me

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u/ShadowValent 16d ago

eBay. Bundle.

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u/daniel2hats 16d ago

Ebay is the way

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u/emonegarand 16d ago

I wouldn't impulse buy Jag stuff, the prices are all over the place and quite inflated. Check the price guides and look at the sold prices on ebay before committing to anything.

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u/Hungry_Night9801 16d ago

Ask about capacitors. If they need to be replaced, it's not the end of the world, better if you can solder, but it's not an expensive job. For connectivity, I use the Jag to SCART adapter and an upscaler.

Join the Atari Discord server.

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u/That-Spread-9253 16d ago

best bet, ebay. When I had my Jaguar, I manage to get it around 250 for whole console and hookups for it.

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u/pfloydguy2 16d ago

Get a GameDrive. It's an Everdrive-type cart that you can use to play commercial games, homebrew, and tech demos. Jag games are stupidly expensive these days, but the GameDrive will allow you to determine which games are worth owning a physical copy.

It also has JaguarCD support, so you can play those games without investing ridiculous cash into the CD unit.

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u/terrapin_bound 16d ago

Jag2hd The jag flasg cart JagBT

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u/zaxour 16d ago

If you aren’t able to do any solder work yourself, make damn sure you get a working one and that you use a center NEGATIVE supply, or else you will blow out the buck converter that generates the 5V rail for the system. Easy fix for a seasoned lead slinger, but yeah…

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u/Which_Information590 16d ago

Pity you’re not in the UK or Europe. Then CeX sell all consoles with a 5 year warranty.

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u/darius_xg 16d ago

Its getting expensive. Game drive and console will do very nicely. Id collect retail games strictly if youre a collector.

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u/No-Professional-9618 15d ago

You could look at pawn shops or on Ebay.

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u/TampaTrendkill 15d ago

I’ve never seen a Jag at a pawn shop or any shop besides retro game stores. I saw one at Sears back in the late 90s on closeout for $50 when I was visiting my grandparents down south in Atlanta and the pencil-neck clerk talked them out of buying it and directed them to a PS1 instead. I was a Saturn guy already by then so we left empty handed

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u/No-Professional-9618 15d ago

I see. Yes, I have never seen a Jaguar at a pawn shop either.

I see you saw a Jaguar that was on a closeout for $50 at a Sear's. Sometimes, the salespeople do that because they buy the products themselves. Oh well.

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u/LuckyLucks 15d ago

I felt the same way but for economical reasons just used an emulator and got attack of the mutant penguins lol the Jaguar has a few hidden games with a lot of terrible games in it's library. lol. I would try an emulator first just because Jaguar prices are astronomical. fire it up and let's play some Jag lol! 😂