Game & Gadget Podcast #28 – Atari Jaguar Development, Beyond Smartphones & More…

I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software and Aaron Fothergill previously from Argonaut Games and now with Shifty Eye Games as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.

Topics include:

Atari Jaguar – 64-bit development issues with Tom & Jerry chips
Threading commands with the Atari Jaguar
Nintendo Wii U naming failure
Nintendo Switch and Valve Steam Deck
Folding smartphones and remembering the Motorola V3i and WAP
Beyond smartphones, the Apple Vision Pro?
3D cinema with custom 2D glasses
3D televisions dead, but 3D movies still being released
Disney+ IMAX and the 4K Blu-ray disks NOT always including premium features (Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Vision etc)
Streaming services licence issues, content removed
The Orville, more Star Trek than Star Trek
The wonders of Plex
Couldn’t even playback an MP3 music file without stuttering on a 486 PC