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 Stories 53:08 – John Mathieson Interview Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books – Go to or use code RETROHOUR at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Nottingham Gaming Market: Check out PCBWay at for all your PCB needs We 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: Join our Discord channel: Website: Facebook: X: Instagram: Bluesky: Twitch: Show notes Stunt Car Racer 60FPS Update: Stunt Car Racer Multiplayer: Pokémon Adventure Demo: Crystian And The Lost Crystals: DS And PSP Screen Fix: SuperSega Creator Returns: Sega RPG Returns:

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528: The Man Behind the Atari Jaguar: John Mathieson- The Retro Hour EP528 is an episode from The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast) by The Retro Hour.

This episode is 99:09 long.

This episode was published on Apr 23, 2026.

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