The Atari Jaguar II (or Jaguar Duo) was intended to be a successor to the Atari Jaguar, which was to contain the features of both the Jaguar cartridge and Jaguar CD whilst making major improvements to their specifications and addressing shortcomings in their architecture.
The project was coded 'Midsummer', with the two main chips named Oberon and Puck (references to characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream). The unit was to be software compatible with previous Jaguar models and used newer technology to speed up the Jaguar system.
Development of the project began in January 1994, and working prototypes were showed to developers in early 1995. The Oberon graphics chip (which replaced the Tom chip from Jaguar), taped out and was running in this prototype. Its companion chip, Puck, had not taped out and the prototypes used Jerry chips instead.
However, before a final design could be completed, Atari merged with hard drive manufacturer JTS Corporation, and the project was cancelled in the summer of 1995.
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