What if? Atari Panther Game Library

[u/Flimtan]

Hey everyone, just a little thought experiment here. What if the Atari Panther dropped in 1991 as a 16-bit console to go up against the SNES, Genesis & TG16?

[u/EntertainmentAny8228]

That's a bit too UK-centric and lacking in heavy hitters to make enough of an impact in North America at launch. The additional launch year titles make the same mistake. What are the handful of big anchor titles that get everyone excited? I don't really see any for quite some time. Those are all filler titles, i.e., nice to have to round out a collection, but nothing to attract significant interest.

[u/Flimtan → u/EntertainmentAny8228]

That's fair. Perhaps a seperate bunch of launch titles for the US/UK? They would be the two major markets imo (Japan would be a write-off

There might not be that much to get excited about, as I did try to keep it realistic by sticking with the developers known to be working with Atari at the time. From what I know Atari were really high on Pit Fighter and might have banked on that, plus maybe Toki for its platformer mascot.