528: The Man Behind the Atari Jaguar: John Mathieson- The Retro Hour EP528

This week, we’re joined by John Mathieson, the hardware designer best known as the father of the Atari Jaguar. John takes us through an extraordinary career that began at Sinclair Research on the ZX Spectrum, before moving through ambitious and often misunderstood projects including Loki, the Konix Multisystem, Atari’s Panther and Jaguar, and later the Nuon. Along the way, he shares brilliant behind-the-scenes stories about working with Clive Sinclair, Jeff Minter and the Tramiel-era Atari team, and reflects on the technical ideas, challenges and missed opportunities behind some of gaming’s most fascinating machines.  Contents:00:00 – The Week’s Retro News Stories53:08 – John Mathieson InterviewPlease visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Bitmap Books – https://www.bitmapbooks.comGo to https://surfshark.com/retrohour or use code RETROHOUR at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN!Nottingham Gaming Market:  https://www.nottinghamgamingmarket.com/Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needsWe need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you’d like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/X: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretrohour.comTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohourShow notesStunt Car Racer 60FPS Update: https://tinyurl.com/48auryjzStunt Car Racer Multiplayer: https://tinyurl.com/4juw2a99Pokémon Adventure Demo: https://tinyurl.com/2bcntp4uCrystian And The Lost Crystals: https://tinyurl.com/4ju936w9DS And PSP Screen Fix: https://tinyurl.com/4mphcth5SuperSega Creator Returns: https://tinyurl.com/5eezr29vSega RPG Returns: https://tinyurl.com/nw8jupxa