Editing Atari Jaguar (section)

===Development===
Atari Corporation's previous home video game console, the [[Atari 7800|7800]], was released in 1986. It was considered an "also-ran" and far behind rival Nintendo.<ref name="Atari40">{{cite book|title=Atari: From Boom to Bust and Back Again |publisher=Imagine Publishing|year=2012}}</ref> Around 1989, work began on a new console leveraging technology from [[Atari ST]] computers. It was originally named the Super XE, following the [[Atari XE Game System|XE Game System]], and eventually became the [[Atari Panther|Panther]] using either 16 or 32-bit architecture. A more advanced system [[codename]]d Jaguar also began work.<ref name="Atari40"/>

Both the Jaguar and Panther were developed by the members of [[Flare Technology]], a company formed by [[Martin Brennan (engineer)|Martin Brennan]] and [[John Mathieson (computer scientist)|John Mathieson]]. The team had claimed that they could not only make a console superior to the [[Sega Genesis|Genesis]] or the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]], but they could also be cost-effective.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Atari Explorer, Z*Net, & ST Report: Atari Explorer Online: 16-Jan-95 #0401 |url=https://www.atariarchives.org/cfn/09/09/02/0453.php |access-date=June 17, 2023 |website=www.atariarchives.org |archive-date=June 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617225035/https://www.atariarchives.org/cfn/09/09/02/0453.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Atari was impressed by Flare's work on the [[Konix Multisystem]], and persuaded them to close Flare and form a new company called [[Flare Technology|Flare II]], to be funded by Atari.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

Work on the Jaguar design progressed faster than expected, so Atari canceled the Panther project in 1991<ref name="Atari40"/> to focus on the more promising Jaguar. Rumors were already circulating of a 1992 launch<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=TheOne Magazine| title=TheOne Magazine | issue=36|date=September 1991|page=26}}</ref> and its 32-bit or even 64-bit architecture.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Jaguar Rules Atari's Jungle|magazine=GamePro|issue=30|date=January 1992|page=20}}</ref> By this time the Atari ST had long been surpassed in popularity by the [[Amiga]], while both Atari and [[Commodore International|Commodore]] became victims of [[Wintel]], which became the dominant computer platform.<ref name="Atari40"/> Atari's support for [[Atari 8-bit computers|legacy 8-bit products]] was canceled to fully focus on developing Jaguar,{{fact|date=April 2024}} and ST computers were canceled during the Jaguar's release in 1993.<ref name="Atari40"/>

The Jaguar was unveiled at the Summer [[Consumer Electronics Show]] in June 1993, calling it a "multi-media entertainment system".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/19/atari-jaguar-press-release-1993 | title=VC&G &#124; » the First Atari Jaguar Press Release (1993) | access-date=May 24, 2023 | archive-date=May 24, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524114650/https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/19/atari-jaguar-press-release-1993 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=COMPANY NEWS; I.B.M. TO MANUFACTURE NEW ATARI ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM (Published 1993) |work=The New York Times |date=June 29, 1993 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525125430/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/29/business/company-news-ibm-to-manufacture-new-atari-entertainment-system.html |archive-date=May 25, 2023 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/29/business/company-news-ibm-to-manufacture-new-atari-entertainment-system.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Atari: From Boom to Bust and Back Again |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=4|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=April 1995|page=39}}</ref>