Atari Jaguar

The Atari Jaguar of 1993 launched with a bold and much-trumpeted claim: that it was the world's first 64-bit games console. That boast became almost as famous as the machine itself, and it was Atari's last serious throw of the dice in the console business.

The reality was harder. Its complex, multi-chip design proved awkward and frustrating for developers to program, so the flow of good games never really arrived. With powerful new rivals looming just over the horizon, the Jaguar found itself short of the one thing a console truly needs: games people desperately want to play.

It sold poorly, and with it the curtain came down on Atari's long and storied history as a hardware maker. Yet the Jaguar has since gathered a passionate cult following who celebrate its sheer ambition and its oddball charm, cheering on the underdog that aimed for the stars and, gloriously, didn't quite get there.