sega saturn?

[magus]

as a psx kid,the sega saturn has always made me curious,so i was wondering if there was anything interessing on it,this game in particular as always made me curious since it reminds me of lunar silver star

[Great Rumbler]

I've actually got that game, never really played it a whole lot, though.

[demi]

Nope, Saturn is doodoo

[Takao]

As a kid I thought the only SEGA platforms were the Game Gear, Genesis, and Dreamcast.

[Joe Molotov]

Albert Odyssey is pretty lame. Buy (lol) Magic Knight Rayearth instead, magus-chan. ~uguu~

[Positive Touch]

saturn is great but only if you have money

magooses need not apply

[Himu]

saturn is only great if you include imports. the western games, while good, aren't enough to support the system on its own.

as it is, genesis and dreamcast are better.

[Positive Touch]

ill sell you all my saturn shit for a cool grand

[Shuri]

cool consoles with lots of very interesting titles, but it gets expensive if you go legit.

[Phoenix Dark]

the only good Saturn game

[Smooth Groove]

Get one for free from Ichirou. 

[MrSingh]

Free Saturn games from Opa Opa!

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

does che still have them?

[Owl-faced Wizard]

the only good Saturn game

There are lots of good Saturn games, but Astal isn't one of them.

[Sho Nuff]

does che still have them?

The first time I ever met Che at a party in Tokyo I asked him if he ever gave Opa back his Saturn games. He was unamused

[Trent Dole]

No mention of Panzer Dragoon Saga ITT? I thought that game was supposed to be the most amazing thing evar and one of the most expensive Saturn games to get second hand.

[Bebpo]

Saturn is very much a magus system.  Lots jrpgs, treasure games, niche stuff.  A lot of them got ported to Playstation though.


Shining Force 3
Guardian Heroes
Radient Silvergun
Fire Pro Wrestling 6 Man Scramble
Bomberman 10 player edition
Grandia
Policenauts
Devil Summoner
Soul Hackers
Metal Slug (best port)
Xmen vs SF (best port)
Marvel vs SF (best port)
Street Fighter Alpha 3 (best port)
Darkstalkers 3 (best port)
Nights
Daytona USA
Sega Rally
Virtua Fighter 1, remix, 2
Burning Rangers
Dragon Force
Fighters Megamix
Panzer Dragoon 1, 2, Saga
World Series Baseball

Anything that was 3D doesn't hold up anymore.  The 2D stuff still does.

[Momo]

My Saturn is no longer of this world (power connector came loose, I re-soldered it and it worked for ages but eventually died) but have a few gems around for it. When emulation is a bit better i'll spend more time with my old collection again

[Owl-faced Wizard]

Spiritual Assassin Taromaru, Silhouette Mirage and Shinobi Legions are great.

If you like trashy but rad games, consider Battle Monsters and Virtual Hydlide.
Yoyo's Puzzle Park is awesome.  There was a PS1 version, dunno which is better.
Some Saturn versions of shmups are superior to the arcade versions but mostly you're better off with MAME for that stuff.

[Beezy]

Dragon Force, it's been so long.

[Cerveza mas fina]

I loved the Saturn for it's amazing arcade games:

Virtua Fighter
Virtua Fighter 2
Sega Rally
Daytona CCE
Virtua Cop
Virtua Cop 2

My Saturn is no longer of this world (power connector came loose, I re-soldered it and it worked for ages but eventually died) but have a few gems around for it. When emulation is a bit better i'll spend more time with my old collection again

Due to its internal structure I dont think emulation will ever work properly :/

[magus]

you guys are a bunch of lamers,good thing there is at least bebpo

of course i'm going to use a saturn emulator,there has been a recent one which seems to actualy run fairly decent

[Momo]

Gahd :/

I'll get a new physical then

[magus]

i should play this in oscar honor

[Positive Touch]

of course i'm going to use a saturn emulator,there has been a recent one which seems to actualy run fairly decent

WAIT WHAT

WAHT IS IT CALLED

[Momo]

Satourne
Yabuase
SFF

those are really the only three saturn emus in town

[demi]

SSF is the only good one. I used it to play Legend of Thor (Beyond Oasis 2)

[Momo]

I have a Beyond Oasis gens cart, going to have to see about getting the sequel

[tiesto]

cool consoles with lots of very interesting titles, but it gets expensive if you go legit.

magus, going legit? 

Tengai Makyou: The Apocalypse IV is amazing if you don't mind playing with a walkthrough, it's a really goofy parody RPG that takes place in a fucked up version of America at the turn of the 20th century. Also you'd probably like Tryrush Deppy, a sidescrolling game with vivid 2D graphics starring an anthropomorphic taxi cab. Probably the only game that has a level based on my college hometown of Buffalo NY to my knowledge.

The Japanese Saturn is a treasure trove of decent, super-obscure RPGs. Linkle Liver Story, from the makers of Crusader of Centy (GAU/Nextech) is a cool action RPG with a furry theme and great music. Blue Seed is some weird card-based RPG with 90's anime visuals, that I can't really figure out. There's the Samurai Showdown RPG (also on PS1 and Neo Geo CD), the Langrisser games (amazing SRPG series), Vanillaware's breakout title Princess Crown, Terra Phantastica a SRPG. I buy a ton of import RPGs for the system since they are so cheap, even if I can only follow half of what's going on.

Domestically, the system has these RPGs:

Mystaria - dated-feeling SRPG from Micro Cabin, one of the earliest RPGs for the system
Legend of Oasis - sequel to Beyond Oasis, plays a bit better than that one I think
Dark Savior - pseudo-sequel to Landstalker, mostly an isometric puzzle-platformer with a really strange one-on-one duel fighting system
Albert Odyssey - haven't played, heard that the encounter rate kills it
Dragon Force - interesting strategy game that a lot of people love, but I haven't put enough time into yet, really showed off the Saturn's sprite pushing abilities
Magic Knight Rayearth - charming action RPG based off the anime, attractive graphics but a bit on the easy side
Panzer Dragoon Saga - best RPG on the system bar none
Shining the Holy Ark - first-person dungeon crawl by Camelot, I own but haven't played yet
Shining Wisdom - horrible Zelda-esque game with bad control (you have to constantly be hitting the B button to run, otherwise you move like a snail) and poor hit detection.

[magus]

i played princess crown on psp,it was really cool,like someone made a full game out of a CPS2 board but i gave halfway up after i got tired of fighting all those kanji's

i didn't realize the saturn had guardian heroes,i've always wanted to play that,goofy treasure games are the best so i'm going to start with that

SSF is the only good one. I used it to play Legend of Thor (Beyond Oasis 2)

yeah i'm using SSF too,the latest version (0.11?) gave me problem but 0.9 runs nice and clean

[demi]

I used 0.12 beta

[Positive Touch]

SSF does not have any in-built support for loading disk images; in order for games to be run they must either be mounted by a 3rd-party program (such as Alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools) or by use of genuine Saturn discs placed in the host computer's optical drive.

motherfucking nerds

[demi]

It's really no different than loading up a disc image. You need to install DAemon Tools anyway if you pirate PC games...

[Positive Touch]

yeah, but i just prefer it when i can open the emu and select what game i want to play from a list

[Joe Molotov]

you guys are a bunch of lamers,good thing there is at least bebpo

I already told you what game to play.

[Positive Touch]

magic knight rayearth is total weeaboo and stupid easy, but it's still a fun enough arpg.  i miss that game

[The Sceneman]

"We choose to play Sega Saturn at the round table of the time travelling Rolls Royce" - Silver Synth, Analog Brothers "Analog Technics"



I've always loved that line. Note that the song was released after the Dreamcast. The album mentions a lot of retro technologies

[Momo]

yeah, but i just prefer it when i can open the emu and select what game i want to play from a list

You could probably just have the emu auto boot whatever iso is in drive x: upon startup, then just list all your isos in alcohol you'd have the user experience you want plus less clicks.