Author Topic: Sega Saturn (Read 5508 times)

neokellyzero · « **on:** August 27, 2005, 03:56:06 PM »

How does everyone feel about the saturn? It's my 2nd favorite system of all time(behind the pce, tied with the nes). Great library of imports that are reasonably priced(radiant silvergun, D&D excluded). Granted most of the 3-d stuff was only OK- but if you look at it for 2-d it's one of the better machines out there.

TJ · « **Reply #1 on:** August 27, 2005, 06:05:26 PM »

I'm a big Saturn fan, lots of great stuff. As is typical with the last few Sega systems, it was great for arcade ports.

The Capcom fighters were always better on the Saturn than on the PlayStation, with bigger characters and features much closer to the arcade originals. Plus, with the addition of the RAM cart for some games, the games approached arcade-perfect (even though the RAM carts were pretty much only an import item, many US versions of the games, such as Marvel Super Heroes and Night Warriors, still supported it and would give you full arcade animations when in use).

And of course, the Saturn hosted a huge range of Japanese arcade shmups. Although some people feel Radiant Silvergun is overrated, IMO it deserves all the accolades it gets because it's fun, lengthy, and just an overall crazy experience. (Luckily I was smart enough to buy it when it came out, so I only paid $60 for it and not the inflated three-digit prices it's going for now!)

Saturn had some conceptually innovative games going for it too, like NiGHTS, Burning Rangers, and Panzer Dragoon Saga.

The unfortunate thing for Saturn fans now is that it's so hard to find any good US titles in the used shops -- everywhere I go has a few dozen sports games and a bunch of leftover Virtua Fighters or Daytona USAs and that's about it -- and you'll still pay $40 or so on ebay for a US release of Burning Rangers or Legend of Oasis (which happen to be two that I need, in case anyone's got some to get rid of).

Anyways, yeah, I'm a Saturn fan for sure, and I think it's kinda cool that many Sega consoles like the Saturn and Dreamcast inspire pretty fierce loyalty among their fans...so to paraphrase the Red Stripe beer commercials, Hooray Saturn! =D

GUTS · « **Reply #2 on:** August 27, 2005, 06:10:09 PM »

Saturn is f*cking awesome, I've been a huge Saturn fan since the day I first played Panzer Dragoon Zwei. Sega owns my soul.

lord_cack · « **Reply #3 on:** August 27, 2005, 10:06:41 PM »

Saturn is OK, Dreamcast is OK....never been a huge Sega fan, those systems didn't change that. But I respect them a bit more for those systems.

Thye just didn't have the games I wanted to play...they had some great ones though....

nodtveidt · « **Reply #4 on:** August 28, 2005, 02:16:52 AM »

I owned a Saturn and almost cried when I had to give it up.

My favourite game for the Saturn is Dark Savior...if you've never played it, do yourself the favour and PLAY IT, it's one of the coolest game concepts I've ever seen (parallel scenarios).

Keranu · « **Reply #5 on:** August 28, 2005, 04:49:47 AM »

Man I traded in my whole Genesis collection when I was a kid (around 40 complete games, some really good ones too) and got a Saturn with NiGHTS for it back in 1997. I first saw a Saturn displayed at some store and it was playing NiGHTS and I thought it looked AWESOME! However, I only had two games for my Saturn, NiGHTS and NBA Jam TE, and would rent games for it, but my damn little brother tripped over the cables while it was hooked up and the damn thing wouldn't work again. I play my cousin's Saturn from time to time and enjoy it, but I haven't been able to play enough Japanese titles (but I have played some) to really enjoy it. I plan on getting a Saturn sometime and buying tons of classics for it because it is an awesome console, indeed.

By the way, Burning Rangers has a really fun concept, but I can't stand those 3-D controls. Panzer Dragoon, Fighter's Megamix, Dragon Force, and even Shining of the Holy Ark rocked my world though.

dj898 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 28, 2005, 01:08:19 PM »

I've been collecting Saturn since it was released and have had several saturn consoles over the year...
hell I even managed to get hold of pre-launch prototype saturn in my ever increasing saturn collection that already have two CartDev Rev.B Dev systems as well as multiple saturn consoles inc. Sonic, Skeleton and etc.

if it wasn't missus I'd brought the rest of my saturn collection from my old man's house but I only managed to brought the major ones leaving many titles behind...
still I got most of saturn titles that I want except the factory sealed Crow...

Saturn was and is top of my choice though I also collect other consoles as well - PC Engine, N64, 64DD, DC, PS, GB and etc, (not counting the current gen systems)

Ninja Spirit · « **Reply #7 on:** August 28, 2005, 01:20:38 PM »

I love my Saturn to no bounds. A system that suffered a similar fate as Turbo outside of Japan, high quality titles are labeled as "niche" and never come out.

As a matter of fact Saturn is part of where my burning hatred for the American game industry started.

Ninja Spirit · « **Reply #8 on:** August 29, 2005, 03:29:10 AM »

Anyone wondering what was up with the Saturn, here's the full story:

http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0&cId=3142283

Paladin · « **Reply #9 on:** August 29, 2005, 11:00:53 AM »

My saturn is near and dear too me, but I haven't played it very often due to having some bad cables. I tried my local pawn shop but they wouldn't sell me the cables without buying a system so I guess I'll be checking ebay. Anyway it really is a great import system. I would have to say Dragon Force 2 is my favorite game for the system. It improved so much on the first one while keeping its most endearing features. I do need to save up some money for a copy of D&D, it owns.

I have a treat for all the Saturn fans. A while back I stumbled upon a collection of the Segata Sanshiro commercials. These things are super cheesy but in a very good way. Anyway here is a link:

http://www.sega-saturn.com/news/091802.htm

Enjoy them they are great stuff.

Keranu · « **Reply #10 on:** August 29, 2005, 12:02:07 PM »

I saw all of those Segata Shanshiro commercials from here , funny commercial series! That link also has many other commercials for lots of other consoles. My brother recorded most of the commercials on two VHS tapes and we enjoyed watching through all of them.

Paladin · « **Reply #11 on:** August 30, 2005, 02:27:52 AM »

That is a sweet site there man. I have a soft spot for video game commercials. Its been a while since I've seen that one for Link to the Past, its a classic. I'll probably spend all of tonight watching them. The sad thing is I don't see the Legend of Dragoon commercial on there. I remember seeing it like once (maybe twice) on TV. It was hilarious, and I was kinda surprised that it just wasn't clips from the game. I wonder if anyone else ever saw it..... I'm beginning to think I imagined it.

esteban · « **Reply #12 on:** August 30, 2005, 10:29:32 AM »

paladin: thanks for the link to the sega-saturn commericals. I had never seen them before -- awesome!

Keranu · « **Reply #13 on:** August 30, 2005, 01:08:52 PM »

The Link's Awakening commercial for Gameboy is one of my favorites, along with a Japanese SMS R-Type commercial, and of course the USA Turbo commercials. Atari ones are my favorites.

mamonohunter · « **Reply #14 on:** October 14, 2005, 04:24:45 AM »

Saturn is very good, lots of cool games! It´s the arcade-ports I like the most and some versions seems to be the best on Saturn. Like Street fighter Zero 3 for example, that game is one of my fav-fighters ever! I would not mind getting more shooters like Battle Garegga that Ive heard is one hell of a shooter but also very difficult. Nights Into Dreams is one of my favorite- 3D games ever to also on Saturn.

Author Topic: Sega Saturn (Read 5508 times)

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