Atari CoJag


The Atari CoJag is an arcade board released in 1995 by Atari Games before Atari Corporation's reverse merger with JT Storage. It was based on the Atari Jaguar chipset.

Overview

Atari CoJag features nearly identical hardware that doesn't differ from that of the console except for its system processor. The standard 13.825 MHz Motorola 68000 was replaced by either the 25 MHz Motorola 68020 or the 33 MHz MIPS R3000.
The RAM for games and the 64-bit ROM bus.
The arcade board is composed from the chipset and hard drive with an HDD that features a game, and a JAMMA wiring harness.
Compact Flash-To-IDE boards could be used by modders instead of HDDs. Interestingly, unmodified boards also used as the main controller for kiddie rides by Carousel International, which are no longer manufactured: Speedster II, Skycopter II, and SpaceGuy, but could have been previously spotted in Chuck E. Cheese's pizza parlors. All the rides were programmed by Mario Perdue, who wrote Breakout 2000. Also, the CoJag supports 2 light guns instead of 1 supported by the Jaguar.

Games

Only 2 games were officially released:
4 unreleased prototypes exist:
  • Fishin' Frenzy
  • Freeze
  • Vicious Circle
  • 3 on 3 Basketball