Jaguar in Japan - Underage she-male?

[Nicola]

I've found this page:

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Atari_Jaguar

Is this true? Translated as Underage She-Male????
I know that Jaguar in Japan was a disaster but I didn't imagine it so bad...

[mooseblaster]

Ahhhh... The Uncyclopedia. Such crap you spout. :D
Makes me laugh, though.

[Nicola]

What is the Uncyclopedia? I start thinking I've made a mistake... :P

[mooseblaster]

The Uncyclopedia is a bit like Wikipedia... except everything is not true, false, lies, etc. (uncyclopedia would be the opposite of encyclopedia, get it?).

It's the Wiki equivilent of The Onion.

i would assume that anything on there isn't what it says.

[d4s]

I've found this page:

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Atari_Jaguar

Is this true? Translated as Underage She-Male????
I know that Jaguar in Japan was a disaster but I didn't imagine it so bad...

yeah, its true.
just like that oscar wilde quote. ;)

[Mqark]

hehe - my favourite line is:

"Atari's board loved the new design even more than the refurbished 2600 they had seen months ago, but insisted the console was given "an already well-known automotive" name. After much debate, Jaguar edged out Aston Martin, Rolls-Royce, Yugo, and Edsel. "

I bet they didn't even realise that while trying to be funny they actually hit on the real reason the Jaguar was so named...

[ccovell]

Was the Panther a car too, then?

[Nicola]

OOkkkk!!!!

Now I feel completely idiot :P


You can delete everything if you want, or leave it here to remember me how idiot I am :P

[Mqark]

Was the Panther a car too, then?

yep - please read my interview with Martin Brennan at:

http://www.konixmultisystem.co.uk/te...t=martin#start

It explains the car naming connection.

btw - the sites nowhere near finished and ready for general public consumption ;)

[ccovell]

And the Lynx?


:-)

[Mqark]

And the Lynx?


:-)

Don't know about that one i'm afraid :) but the car association definately came before the big cat one did.

[ccovell]

I was just being facetious. As I read somewhere, it was a play on the 8 (16? 663?) player Linking capabilities of Epyx's Handy system.

A great website there!

[Mqark]

I was just being facetious. As I read somewhere, it was a play on the 8 (16? 663?) player Linking capabilities of Epyx's Handy system.

A great website there!

hehe - people tell me I'm gullible - I'm not so sure...

Before I knew of the car connection stemming from the Panther project I had asked Martin "why the big cat naming policy?" - Which is where that little nugget came from. He didn't really know about the Lynx (unsurprisingly really).

Thanks for the kind comments - I need to kick into top gear for the final push to get the website done, it's been a struggle fitting it into my spare time, but it'll definitely happen sooner than later.