BORN FROM THE JAGUAR

The studios that cut their teeth on Atari’s console swan song

rebellion

■ It could be argued that the rise of

Rebellion is the Jaguar’s greatest success story. Going from strength to strength in the world of gaming, the company is also a multimedia savant, involved in the creation of TV shows, films, books and, of course, comic books after its high-profile acquisition of the historic 2000 AD IP.

attention to detail

■ While Attention To Detail certainly didn’t start off on the Jaguar, the team was previously involved in creating software for its predecessor the Konix Multisystem, ATD did create its very first game in Cybermorph. Its post Jaguar hits included Lego Racers, Rollcage, Sydney 2000 and The Incredible Hulk.

Miracle designs

■ After creating Atari Karts for the

Jaguar, Miracle Designs went on to do a lot more of the same thing, proving the forever-classic mantra of ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’. After Merlin Racing on the Nuon system the studio followed up with four more very similar mascot-style racers for the original Playstation, including Rascal Racers.

shen technologies

■ While far from a household name, this French developer created one of the

Jaguar’s best games in Super Burnout as well as the unreleased Stellar X. From there Shen Technologies developed the Adidas Power Soccer games for Psygnosis and worked on several Need For Speed titles for EA.

high voltage software

■ Like the aforementioned

Rebellion, High Voltage

Software is still going to this day and has proved its success again and again over the years. The studio also worked on more Jaguar games than anyone else, too. Everyone will be familiar with the modern titles that HVS has ported like Mortal Kombat X, Injustice and Saints Row IV.