Posted by Kevin
Mosley (AC840DEA.ipt.aol.com) on July 02, 2001 at 05:13:10: Hello everyone! There were a lot of great things to see and some cool protos to play, (Brett
Hull Hockey, Slam Racers, Total Carnage, Protector SE, and others), but I'd have
to say that my favorite part of all was meeting all the really great people. It
was really nice to put a face with the names I've seen around online. That was
truly an honor. I'll never forget Micah... everything just seemed to have such
an unlucky twist for him that it was almost comical. ; ) But, only because he
took it so well. Of course, meeting the man who has given the Jag new life most
recently, Carl Forhan, was a pleasure. Thanks to all the rest of you who
attended... Eric Armstrong, Randy Femrite and his wife, Ted Rusniak, Fard
Muhammad, Clay Halliwell, Clint Thompson, Chad Tindle, Jason Data, Terrance
Williams, Dan@AVC, Max and the Goat crew, Dan and Gary... and everyone else who
I can't think of right now. Everyone was so nice. Obviously, the Atari community
could not be so great without such great people in the community.
There were many items of interest. I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw
a working Jaguar VR there. Unfortunately, by the time I played it, the tracking
was terrible, making it very hard to control. I guess so many people handling it
and putting their fingerprints all over it caused its performance to drop. As for my trip, I spent a total of 53 and 1/2 hours without sleep. This made
for many of you at the fest receiving some blank, "no one's home"
stares from me throughout the day. This has been a vacation that has really worn
me out. I started by driving from Dallas, TX to Chatanooga, TN, then Lexington,
KY to visit my parents. From there, I went to Eastern KY to visit more family
and back. Then it was time to make the 8 1/2 hour drive from KY to Milwaukee. By
the time I arrived at Jagfest I was out of it... totally hopped up on
"yellow jacket" pills. A special thanks to Carl Forhan and Max for
helping me unpack and pack. That was a major help. It wasn't until about 10:00
pm that I started feeling somewhat normal again. I apologize if I seemed like a
zombie throughout parts of the day. ; ) Until next time........
Take Care,
Well, Jagfest 2K1 far exceeded my expectations. A Great BIG thanks to Dan and
all the others who did so much to make this year's fest a great success. In my
opinion it definitely lived up to being the best yet.
There was a Library of systems from Pong and Odyssey, to Amiga, Mac, and todays
newest systems. That was a really cool trip down memory lane. I had never gotten
to play a Vectrex before, or even seen one in operation.
The Nuon was pretty cool, but I wasn't overly impressed with IS3, (there weren't
many improvements from the Playstation version), and I still like Tempest 2K
better than 3K.... (oops, did I say that? Just don't tell Jeff) : O
Micah Rowe had Brett Hull Hockey and a really cool collection of Atari Jaguar
and Lynx reviews, articles, and ads from different publications over the years
(including the ads and reviews for the newest games released by Songbird).
Speaking of Songbird, Carl Forhan kept stirring up excitement by announcing a
different prototype for display every little bit.
It was great to be a part of the 10 linked Battlespheres. The Jaguar I was
seated at failed to connect over, and over, and over, showing me a mocking,
stuck out tongue a few more times than I cared to see. After checking all the
connections, switching Jaguars, Catboxes, and Battlesphere cartridges, it seemed
I was the only variable remaining. Finally, it was discovered that the wrong
kind of cable was used on mine, and I was relieved to know that my Jaguar didn't
have a personality that I had ticked off.
Lastly, I had a few things for display that I was very pleased to see a few
people taking interest in, (mainly Phaze Zero and AVP for the Lynx). I had
really hoped to contribute something to the fest this year and I feel like I
accomplished a little of that regardless of how small.
Tuesday night, I drive back to TX where I'll immediately go to work when I
arrive Wednesday evening. It's been a demanding vacation, but it was worth it. I
would do it all over again.
Kevin Mosley