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===Molds=== In 1997, Imagin Systems, a manufacturer of dental imaging equipment, purchased the Jaguar cartridge and console molds, including the molds for the CD add-on, from JTS.<ref name="Boris Kretzinger"/> With minor modification, they fit its HotRod camera,<ref>{{cite web | title = Atari Jaguar Revived As Dental Camera | date = January 1, 2010 | work = 1UP | url = http://www.1up.com/news/atari-jaguar-revived-dental-camera | access-date = October 24, 2010 | archive-date = July 24, 2012 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120724070454/http://www.1up.com/news/atari-jaguar-revived-dental-camera | url-status = live }}</ref> and the cartridge molds were reused to create an optional memory expansion card.<ref>{{cite web | title = HotRod | publisher = Imagin | url = http://www.imaginsystems.com/Graphics/HotRod%20DS-final.pdf | access-date = October 24, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101117020347/http://www.imaginsystems.com/Graphics/HotRod%20DS-final.pdf | archive-date = November 17, 2010 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> In a retrospective, Imagin founder Steve Mortenson praised the design, but admitted that their device came at the time of the dental industry's transition to [[USB]], and apart from a few prototypes, the molds went unused.<ref name="AdamKoralik">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9APovyGdkhs | title=How the Atari Jaguar Became Dental Equipment (Mini-Doc) - Adam Koralik | website=[[YouTube]] | access-date=August 15, 2023 | archive-date=August 15, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815112441/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9APovyGdkhs | url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2014, the molds were purchased from Imagin Systems by Mike Kennedy, owner of the [[Kickstarter]] funded ''Retro Videogame Magazine'', to propose a new crowdfunded video game console, the [[Chameleon (video game console)|Retro VGS]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.retrovgs.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703182244/http://www.retrovgs.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 3, 2015|title=Home|date=July 3, 2015|access-date=December 27, 2016}}</ref> later rebranded the Coleco Chameleon<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.retrovgs.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114164829/http://www.retrovgs.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 14, 2016|title=Home|date=January 14, 2016|access-date=December 27, 2016}}</ref> with a licensing agreement with [[Coleco]]. The purchase of the molds was far cheaper than designing and manufacturing entirely new molds, and Kennedy described their acquisition as "the entire reason [the Retro VGS] is possible".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.retrovgs.com/media.html |title=Retro VGS #1 |access-date=July 31, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729185157/http://www.retrovgs.com/media.html |archive-date=July 29, 2015 }}</ref> However, the project was terminated in March 2016 following criticism of Kennedy<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-04-05-coleco-chameleon-boss-i-am-officially-tabling-the-console-venture-for-good|title=Coleco Chameleon boss: "I am officially tabling the console venture for good"|last=Purchese|first=Robert|date=April 5, 2016|website=Eurogamer|language=en-UK|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-date=December 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228032510/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-04-05-coleco-chameleon-boss-i-am-officially-tabling-the-console-venture-for-good|url-status=live}}</ref> and doubts regarding demand for the proposed console. Two "prototypes" were discovered to be fakes and Coleco withdrew from the project.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/03/coleco_removes_its_name_from_the_chameleon_console_but_aims_to_produce_new_products_in_the_future|title=Coleco Removes Its Name From The Chameleon Console, But Aims To Produce "New Products" In The Future|date=March 9, 2016|newspaper=Nintendo Life|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-date=December 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228032323/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/03/coleco_removes_its_name_from_the_chameleon_console_but_aims_to_produce_new_products_in_the_future|url-status=live}}</ref> After the project's termination, the molds were sold to Albert Yarusso, the founder of the [[AtariAge]] website.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://atariage.com/forums/topic/247145-coleco-chameleon-hardware-speculations/?p=3484385|title=Coleco Chameleon .... hardware speculations? - Page 318 - Modern Gaming|newspaper=AtariAge Forums|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-date=January 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118060133/https://forums.atariage.com/topic/247145-coleco-chameleon-hardware-speculations/page/318/#comment-3484385|url-status=live}}</ref>
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