Just bought a Saturn for $75...

[Arkanoid]

Is that a good deal? It came with a controller and a really bad offroad car combat game. It Is in very good condition.Did I get ripped or is it a good deal?

[Alchy]

That would be roughly on a par with UK Ebay prices I guess, maybe a bit much, but by US standards that's probably on the pricey side due to the exchange rate. I would've thought it's not too hard to track down US Saturns for more like $30 or so, more depending on boxed/condition/games.

[Segafreak_NL]

Not really a great price. Check out Ebay.

[graciano1337]

i don't think i'd pay that much for a Saturn. you can get one for $30 or even less pretty easily.

[Arkanoid]

It's the only place that had one. I can't use Ebay since I don't have a credit card so I'm stuck with local stores.

[Arkanoid]

Once I get one for cheaper I'm gonna return it or sell it back.

[WolverineDK]

Arkanoid, be happy that you have gotten a Saturn. So screw the rest, I believe some of the comments are of envy. To me 75 is a good price, so screw the comments that says other wise. So be happy of what you got.

[WarHampster]

Since you say that it's in really good condition, $75 is a pretty good price considering that you got it at a store.

Now have fun finding a good saturn game anywhere other than the internet :P

[Segafreak_NL]

Arkanoid, be happy that you have gotten a Saturn. So screw the rest, I believe some of the comments are of envy. To me 75 is a good price, so screw the comments that says other wise. So be happy of what you got.

I'd say he was looking for an informed answer, not a nice one. $75 seems like a lot to pay for a "bare" Saturn considering prices seen on forums and Ebay. Stop looking for things that aren't there, please.

[Alchy]

I believe some of the comments are of envy.I own a Saturn, and I'd bet good money SegaFreak_NL isn't short of a Saturn either. Exactly where does this imagined envy come in? The man asked if a loose Saturn + game was worth $75 and was answered accordingly.

I've given up asking you to stop being so crazy, but could I at least encourage you not to post your craziness for all to see?

[Arkanoid]

I'm picking up Nights and Daytona USA tomorrow at the same store for $10. Also it's in very good condition. There's only light scratches on the CD lid and dirt in the power and reset button's lettering. The controller was disgusting though.

[WolverineDK]

I'm picking up Nights and Daytona USA tomorrow at the same store for $10. Also it's in very good condition. There's only light scratches on the CD lid and dirt in the power and reset button's lettering. The controller was disgusting though.
Cool beans.

Alchy: what ever man, I would gladly pay 75 $ for a good condition Saturn . Since at least to me 75 $ is not that much to me. But still sometimes some people do say things, so the person feel that the paid too much. And etc. So whether it was a bare system or not. Then I think I would still be glad for getting a Saturn. But crazy ? compared to whom ? Tony Blair , Gordon Brown ? Bush ? Adolf Hitler ? Saddam fucking Hussein ? Pia Kjærsgård ? if I was crazy, then I would be the most harmless crazy person.

[Arkanoid]

I'm glad I got one but for now I have to resort to disk swapping to play good games. I'm currently really enjoying Virtua Racing and Sega Rally Championship. I'm going to build a collection up of real games so don't think I'm just going to disk swap. The only 2 consoles I burn games for is Sega CD and Dreamcast mainly because it's impossible to find anything other than sports games outside of ebay.

[Alchy]

what ever man, I would gladly pay 75 $ for a good condition Saturn . Since at least to me 75 $ is not that much to me.$75 isn't much money, and given that it's from a store it's not that surprising. However, the original question was "Is that a good deal?" and the answer was "no, probably not". For some reason you felt the need to debate this. At the end of the day, he's got a Saturn and that's great.

Arkanoid, you probably don't want to be talking about pirating games here. Even for older consoles, it isn't well received...

[Arkanoid]

Arkanoid, you probably don't want to be talking about pirating games here. Even for older consoles, it isn't well received...

Oh sorry. Though if I do find an actual copy of a game I would buy it instantly but instead I'm tripping over copies of NFL 2K1.

[ave]

But you have access to the internet, right? So where the hell is the problem? I don't have a CC as well and have an ebay account, don't know if they changed the registration requirements lately though. If I would rely myself on local game stores, I'd go with crappy loose pal Mega Drive cartridges of FIFA 1994 and Sonic 1. ^_^

There are also a lot of online shops to order games from plus this forum's marketplace, so there's actually no need to burn games but to "save money" (or whatever).

[Yakumo]

As the others have said, 75 USD isn't a great deal especially for a domestic unit but on the bright side you are now in the Saturn club! Get your US machine modded to play Japanese software and invite yourself to your very own arcade thanks to all the Capcom, SNK and shooter games available for the Saturn.

Yakumo

[Arkanoid]

Yes the Saturn is a great console indeed. It's very overlooked probably due to the lack of RPGs and the clusterfuck of really bad games. I think I'm just gonna purchase a PAR instead of getting it modded.

[WolverineDK]

Arkanoid mate, hey we can curse/cuss here without censoring the words :)

[Arkanoid]

Ok then. I'm so used to shitty gamefaqs.com.

[Segafreak_NL]

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[WolverineDK]

Ok then. I'm so used to shitty gamefaqs.com.

LOL I am sometimes also used to shitty forums, where they censor different words, because it is not "nice" pretty stupid. Since it handicaps ones language. But yes words aren´t always nice. But anyway, be happy with your saturn. But if you ever use racist words, you will be banned. If you don´t use it in a context where it has no intent of hurting people. Such as stories from the south that explains different ages and so forth. But you will see, there are the normal rules, and the unwritten rules which should be clear to all. And that includes me too, by the way. So have fun with your Saturn :)

[Arkanoid]

Thanks. I am although I have to resort to disc swapping for now until this saturday when I go to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where there is a gigantic "The Exchange" retro game store. I saw on one of InecomCompany's videos from Youtube that there are a lot of Saturn games there. Anyway it turns out the assholes at Play-N-Trade (where I purchased the Saturn) are bundling the good games with another Saturn.

[PhreQuencYViii]

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rofl

I bought my Saturn from a friend for 60$ in 2003. It was boxed and has all the stuff with it. I didn't really get games for it for awhile though. Just got a PAR. The fucking games can get expensive though. I just wanna play Magic Knight Rayearth guys. :crying:

[Arkanoid]

rofl

I bought my Saturn from a friend for 60$ in 2003. It was boxed and has all the stuff with it. I didn't really get games for it for awhile though. Just got a PAR. The fucking games can get expensive though. I just wanna play Magic Knight Rayearth guys. :crying:I'm actually looking forward to some JRPGs like Lunar.

[Arkanoid]

Hmm I just looked at the receipt for the Saturn... I only payed $72.... YAY ME!

[Jamtex]

Don't spend it all at once. :p

[Arkanoid]

lulz

[ave]

I'm actually looking forward to some JRPGs like Lunar.

I have Lunar 2 for Saturn and it's unplayable unless you understand Japanese (and mine is definitely not well enough for any type of RPG). Go for Iron Storm, Albert Odyssey and Dragon Force... I always wanted these since I once played them at a friend, but did not buy them yet due to the lack of a US / modded Saturn.

@phrequency
Well, Magic Knight Rayearth is only ~35$. Less than almost any nexgen game and very reasonably spent money either :)

[WarHampster]

If you can get it, don't miss out on panzer dragoon saga.

[Arkanoid]

Once I get a 3d controller that is the first game I plan to get.

[Alchy]

As great as PDS is, Nights is the game which you really need to play with the 3D controller. Totally different game, compared to the usual pad.

[PhreQuencYViii]

@phrequency
Well, Magic Knight Rayearth is only ~35$. Less than almost any nexgen game and very reasonably spent money either :)

Um...where? I haven't seen it for less then 55$. I don't even pay more then 20$ for next gen games, so 55$ sucks for it no matter how good it is, but I would definitly pay 35 or 40$.

[ave]

Yeah you're right, it's a bit pricier. Just checked out ebay and the average price seems to be somewhat between 45 and 60$, but still I think this would be ok if you really love to play the game afterwards. I also payed 90$ a few years back (when it still ran for that much) for my Battle Garegga and I don't regret a single cent, rarely had so much fun with a video game. :)

[PhreQuencYViii]

I might just drop down the bucks if I have a lot of money leftover this month. Seems like it might be worth it.

[MottZilla]

I think you could have gotten a better deal if you had the internet market open to you, but at the same time I don't think you made a bad deal either. It will all come down to how you use your Saturn. If you play it alot and get alot of enjoyment out of it, then the price you paid is just fine. But if you just let it sit then you are wasting it.

When I bought my Saturn one of the main attractions was the high quality ports of games like Metal Slug and Marvel Super Heroes Vs Street Fighter that used the 1MB and 4MB RAM cartridges. But there are many other sweet games to check out.

[Arkanoid]

I just picked up X-men Children of The Atom for $10. It's an awesome port.

[Arkanoid]

Wow this game has some severe rubberband A.I.

[Gamemaster14XIV]

At the local used game store where I live, they sell usa sega saturn systems for $26 with 1 controller + av and power cords. So from my view $75 is a horrible price.

[skavenger216]

It may have been on the pricey side, but if hes happy with his purchase than it was money well spent. Thats all that matters really.

[Arkanoid]

At the local used game store where I live, they sell usa sega saturn systems for $26 with 1 controller + av and power cords. So from my view $75 is a horrible price. :oh: Where the hell do you live!!!

[WarHampster]

I'd love to know what store that is...

[FlabberGaster]

To be Honest, I'd Only Pay 60+ for any type of Saturn From Japan, Or for their clones. I would only pay up to 50 bucks for a US Sega Saturn.
I bought a US saturn for about 30 dollars, which came with 2 regular controllers, a box, Sega Saturn Console with all it's cables, a 3d pad new in box, and 3 games.
Sega Saturn Sampler
Virtua Cop 2
Sega Rally Championship.
In closing, all I can say is that you did get ripped, but it could depend on it's condition.
My console looked all scratched
My game cases were shit
And the box that came with my saturn had writing all over it. The box also had been ripped up pretty badly.
So I'd say you should have offered $50.

[alecjahn]

Hah, if he can return it, he could do so and have a friend try and buy it for cheaper. If it doesn't work, he can still buy it back for that price :D

[Arkanoid]

Well considering this thread is nearly 6 months old, there's no chance I can return it. I did kinda get ripped but for my area, it's a good price. They're very scarce around here and high in demand. I did make up for it with deals on other consoles. 2 free N64s, Master System for $30, Free PSX, Free GBA, Halo Edition Xbox with 3 controllers and 15 expensive Gamecube games for $50, Free PS2 with a controller and memory card and a copy of Guitar Hero Aerosmith, Atari 2600 for $5, Turbografx 16 and Gunboat for $15.

[retro]

$30 for a Master System is also bad, unless it was boxed - and even then I wouldn't pay that much personally. They should be $10-15. TG16 for $15 though - lucky sod! ;-)

[alecjahn]

Well considering this thread is nearly 6 months old

Arg, I'm a sucker and didn't check the date.




Master system for 30 really isn't TOO bad. They're definitely not as common as a lot of things that go for that price.

[Arkanoid]

Well it did come with 2 controllers, a light gun and 10 games.

[FlabberGaster]

Arg, I'm a sucker and didn't check the date.




Master system for 30 really isn't TOO bad. They're definitely not as common as a lot of things that go for that price. Yeah, Kinda like a SEGA SATURN

[Arkanoid]

Yeah, Kinda like a SEGA SATURNWell the Master System if far more rare than the Saturn over here. Funcoland didn't even carry games for it. It's so rare I never even heard of it until I was in High School and I overheard a senior talking about the games he had for the Master System. I even ended up buying his Master System from Play-N-Trade.

[WarHampster]

You're lucky... there are barely any used game shops where I live, and the ones that are around don't carry any retro stuff.

[FlabberGaster]

Im thankful for the gamestore I live by, It's not that good though.

[retro]

Arkanoid, are you in the US?

The Master System isn't rare at all, and never was. It was a very popular system. In Europe, the US, Canada, Brazil..... so I'd say if you didn't hear about it maybe that's just you or your generation (is it "older" than you?).

My friend went in a second hand CD store a few years back in Charlotte, NC. He told me the place was huge, with CDs for like $3. They had a whole bunch of MS games. He got me one (cart only) for 50 cents.

$30 with 10 games isn't too bad (dependant on the games). Don't value the gun, it's pretty much worthless! If the system is boxed, then yes it's certainly worth it. If you want a MS, $30 with even the crappiest 10 games isn't a bad deal at all.

[Gamemaster14XIV]

:oh: Where the hell do you live!!!

Sorry for the late reply,

I live in North East Pennsylvania in the USA. The store I had mentioned is a local store ironically enough called "The Video Game Store" they sell used games that people bring in and sell to them. They usually have quite a few of many of the popular systems like playstations, sega saturns, dreamcasts, Original Nintendos, Super Nintendos and many more.

I often go in there and find great deals on all kinds of games. Due to the fact that its a used game store as far as games go it can be good sometimes and bad others depending on what people brought in, I have found stuff as rare as Boxed Atari Jaguar games and even saw some Virtual Boy stuff once. It is my favorite game store for games that are not brand new since some games you just can not find at any stores anymore.

Plus its great to know if my Saturn dies again I can just go there and get a replacement.

[Arkanoid]

Arkanoid, are you in the US?

The Master System isn't rare at all, and never was. It was a very popular system. In Europe, the US, Canada, Brazil..... so I'd say if you didn't hear about it maybe that's just you or your generation (is it "older" than you?).

My friend went in a second hand CD store a few years back in Charlotte, NC. He told me the place was huge, with CDs for like $3. They had a whole bunch of MS games. He got me one (cart only) for 50 cents.

$30 with 10 games isn't too bad (dependant on the games). Don't value the gun, it's pretty much worthless! If the system is boxed, then yes it's certainly worth it. If you want a MS, $30 with even the crappiest 10 games isn't a bad deal at all. Yeah I'm in the US. Long Island, New York. The NES was test marketed out here in 85' and just completely phased out the Master System. It is older than be my 5 years. I was born in 91'. Anyway it's a pretty good system but the lack of available games ruins it for me. The gun is worthless (it doesn't work half the time) but it looks cool.

[WolverineDK]

Yeah I'm in the US. Long Island, New York. The NES was test marketed out here in 85' and just completely phased out the Master System. It is older than be my 5 years. I was born in 91'. Anyway it's a pretty good system but the lack of available games ruins it for me. The gun is worthless (it doesn't work half the time) but it looks cool.
Perhaps I am speaking bollocks (bollocks = bullshit) but if the famiclone guns are compatible with the SMS then such a gun could work. Since famiclones (some of them) uses DB9M as joystick ports. But then again I could be speaking out of my arse, so if any one with better knowledge than me , please enlighten me, and all others who tries to think out of the box.

[MottZilla]

Arkanoid, are you in the US?

The Master System isn't rare at all, and never was. It was a very popular system. In Europe, the US, Canada, Brazil..... so I'd say if you didn't hear about it maybe that's just you or your generation (is it "older" than you?).


Woah woah. Popular in the US? Sorry I don't know if popular really is the word to use. In the US the NES dominated. I never heard a word about the SMS until well afterwards. It never took off here and I think unless you were in a big city like chicago or something you probably didn't see much of it at all. Not that I'm trying to be negative about SMS, but it really isn't that he's too young to remember SMS. Anyone in the US couldn't be blamed to think the Master System is uncommon. Europe and Brazil are certainly areas where it was popular though.

[Arkanoid]

Perhaps I am speaking bollocks (bollocks = bullshit) but if the famiclone guns are compatible with the SMS then such a gun could work. Since famiclones (some of them) uses DB9M as joystick ports. But then again I could be speaking out of my arse, so if any one with better knowledge than me , please enlighten me, and all others who tries to think out of the box.Already tried. You would have to rewire the pinouts. Well at least I would have to for the lightgun used in the "Extreme Box".

[PhreQuencYViii]

I have NEVER seen a Master System. I've been interested in games since NES days. Never seen one in a store, at a friends house, ever.

[Codeman]

I just got a loose white saturn in Akihabara for Y1000 xD

[Breetai]

They sell boxed Saturns with 2 controllers, AV, Power and even a memory card (or 3, in the case if newest one I bought a few weeks ago) for $15 where I live. That's a description of my newest Saturn. It's #4, although I only have 2 of them now.

Don't feel too bad, though. My first Saturn was $200 in... maybe 1996 or 1997. I had a copy of Dragon Force then. Wish I still had that! My current copy of Dragon Force is in Japanese. My second was a Japanese white Saturn with a mod chip, which I got in 2000 for $100 (a hundred or so "backups"). Sold it for $250. :D Saturn number 3 was $30 last year, Grey Japanese and boxed. My newest was described above.

I have 5 memory cards and paid a total of about $2 for them all. It's just like that were I live.

If Saturns are $75 where the OP lives, then that's obviously what that local market is dictating. Saturns must be rare there. $75 is definitely expensive from my point of view, but obviously I've been willing to pay that in the past myself.

It's a wonderful console.

As for the Master System, it was semi-popular where I'm from in Canada. The NES was by far #1 of course, but there were definitely a few Master Systems floating around. A couple kids in my class had one, while probably 20 had an NES. That's a 1/10 ratio. NES was the winner, but Sega did have a presence. The rental shops did have MS games for rent in my town. Everyone knew what it was. For the longest time, Sears promoted Sega and shunned the NES. That also helped Sega I think.

[Breetai]

I just got a loose white saturn in Akihabara for Y1000 xDGo to just about any Hard-Off in Chiba, Saitama, Kanagawa, West Tokyo, etc., and you'll find loose Saturns for between 300-500yen. I'm not kidding.

That being said, the loose and fairly yellowed PC Engine sitting in Super Potato right now for about 1280yen was tempting me earlier today. I see tons of cheap Saturns, but no so many cheap PC Engines.

[Arkanoid]

Go to just about any Hard-Off in Chiba, Saitama, Kanagawa, West Tokyo, etc., and you'll find loose Saturns for between 300-500yen. I'm not kidding.

That being said, the loose and fairly yellowed PC Engine sitting in Super Potato right now for about 1280yen was tempting me earlier today. I see tons of cheap Saturns, but no so many cheap PC Engines.Have you ever been to Hard Off? Lukemorse on youtube goes there alot and there seems to be some pretty good deals.

[Breetai]

Have you ever been to Hard Off?Errr... didn't I just imply that in my last post? Hard-Offs can be awesome sometimes. They're worth checking out regularly because there's always a chance of finding treasure there. As you've seen in Luke's videos, there are some great things that can be found there. My Neo Geo AES is from Hard-Off, and so is my PCE Duo, along with a bunch of other stuff. I try to drop by a few near me every week or two. There's usually something worth picking up.

[DiamondDave]

I picked up about 20 White "Junk" Saturns for $1 each at Hard-Off years ago. Surprisingly, 17 out of the 20 worked. Sold them each for about $80, considering the weight for international shipping affected the resale price. Even with the 3 dead consoles that made their way to the can, quite a nice turn around. :)

[Arkanoid]

I picked up about 20 White "Junk" Saturns for $1 each at Hard-Off years ago. Surprisingly, 17 out of the 20 worked. Sold them each for about $80, considering the weight for international shipping affected the resale price. Even with the 3 dead consoles that made their way to the can, quite a nice turn around. :)Do you still have one?

[Segata Sanshiro]

I got my first Saturn off of a friend in exchange for my old mobile phone. Standard model 2 black PAL affair. I picked up a White Saturn from a local electronics store which was £5 and sold as "untested". Put power board from my PAL Saturn in it with no problems, so then I chipped it. Very pleased. :D