Fun and Cheap Saturn Games?

[guyjin]

Wow, someone sure likes to say "meh" a lot.  Is that even a real word?  Do people actually say it aloud?

I have a friend who does. not sure about the "real word" thing though.

[SignOfZeta]

Wow, someone sure likes to say "meh" a lot.  Is that even a real word?  Do people actually say it aloud?

That Game Shark will destroy your cart port.

The Saturn cart slot is a piece of shit. GSs and PARs have nothing to do with it. I have a white Saturn I bought brand new that has never been used with a PAR or GS, only official carts, and the cart slot, if anything died faster than the one in my Mk1 US Saturn which was used with Netlink, GS, PAR, 4MB, 1MB, and multiple Power Memory backup carts.

The thing is going to give you shit no matter what.

[roflmao]

The Saturn cart slot is a piece of shit. GSs and PARs have nothing to do with it. I have a white Saturn I bought brand new that has never been used with a PAR or GS, only official carts, and the cart slot, if anything died faster than the one in my Mk1 US Saturn which was used with Netlink, GS, PAR, 4MB, 1MB, and multiple Power Memory backup carts.

The thing is going to give you shit no matter what.

LOL, that's good to know, I guess.  I'm going to go ahead and try it out next time I set the thing up.

I have a friend who does. not sure about the "real word" thing though.

If it's used in the Simpsons, it will, eventually, become a real word.  Look at d'oh. (another favorite of mine!)

And no, that Game Shark will not act as a region bypass.

I've done a little more digging and it appears that there *IS* region bypass capability built into the Game Shark by pressing the X, Y, Z and Start buttons from the main menu.  Yet another reason to set the Saturn up again.  Of course I would need an import game to test....

Any recommendations on good cheap import shooters?

Thanks all!

[geise]

Don't go by ebay prices for sega saturn shooters.  Some of the games I'm listing you can find cheaper elsewhere.  Anywho some not to crazy expensive or cheap shooters are:
Donpachi
Dodonpachi
Batsugun
Gekirindan
Soukyugurentai (my personal favorite)
Strikers 1945 1-2
Thunderforce V
Gunbird
Sengoku Ace
Sengoku Blade
Tengoku The Game Paradise
Detana Twinbee Yahho! Deluxe Pack
Shippu Mahou Daisakusen aka Kingdom Grand Prix
Shienryu (next in line personal favorite)
Bokan to Ippatsu! Doronbo Kanpekiban (great shooter based on the Yetterman series)
In the Hunt
Layer Section/Galactic Attack
Darius Gaiden
Paridious Series
Gradius Delux Pack

Non-shooters I love on the Saturn that go for decent prices are:
Rayman
Super Tempo (there is a shooter level though =D)
Steam Gear Mash
Prikura Daisakusen
Keio Yugekitai Katsugekihen
Elevator Action Returns
Assault Suit Leynos 2
Shining the Holy Ark
Beyond Oasis
Albert Odyssey
Street Fighter Zero 3 (best home port to me)

[termis]

The Saturn cart slot is a piece of shit. GSs and PARs have nothing to do with it. I have a white Saturn I bought brand new that has never been used with a PAR or GS, only official carts, and the cart slot, if anything died faster than the one in my Mk1 US Saturn which was used with Netlink, GS, PAR, 4MB, 1MB, and multiple Power Memory backup carts.

The thing is going to give you shit no matter what.

I agree with this.  I also had a Japanese system (mk1) that I got a hold of while I was in Japan, plus another friend who bought 2nd hand in Japan, and for both systems you'd still have to wiggle and jiggle to get memory carts and ram carts working.  While there's no guarantee that these systems weren't previously used with 3rd party carts, I'd say the chances of both of those systems being used with 3rd party carts are low for multiple reasons.  1) Lot less incentive for Japanese to buy converter carts  2) official memory carts were plentiful and cheap, 3) I've never even seen 3rd pary carts being sold in second hand shops as is, or at least they weren't very conspicuous, like official carts, and finally 4) Mine came with official carts in a lot from the previous owner already, so it's likely the system only had been used with official carts.

Yet, they still exhibited the same cart recognition problems... 

[geise]

Hmmm...I've had a Saturn gameshark cart for ages.  I know it does the codes and what not, but I have rarely used it.  I just use it to back up my battery backup game saves.  Like others have said that cart is hard as hell to get in and working (one more reason I don't use it much)  I have a question about game saves on it.  Games I play don't recognize it.  So, I have to save to my battery backup and then when I'm done, transfer it to the gameshark.  Can it be used for in game saving?  I have yet to get it to work.

EDIT: Never mind.  Found out the gameshark compresses game saves to save space on the cart.  So games will not recognize it as an in-game backup cart.  

[roflmao]

Thanks for the game recommendations, geise. Soukyugurentai looks crazy!