Sega Saturn and stuff...

[DCVision]

I've been heavily addicted into the Dreamcast lately.... it's like an odd obsession.. (of course.. the DC does have quite a few good games anyways! and the Multiplayer with friends on a LOT of games makes it a killer system!)

I originally started to collect for the Sega Saturn... got up to about 30 titles (haha, I know) and quit... sold off the collection, er... handful rather... and spent it on DC stuff.

Anyone here think the Saturn is worth to bother with today?
I mean... price wise and gameplay wise?

The games I had... weren't all that great... probably the best title I had was D2... Skeleton Warrior and Grid Runner was cool... but the 3 out of the 30 or so I had was about the only ones I enjoyed. (course... quite a few were crappy sports and others the basic overplayed games such as Viruta Cop and Virtua Fighter)

I've only got about 50ish titles to get for the Dreamcast... (I can't wait... I'm almost done! and even then I wont actually be done as there is a ton of other stuff for the DC I still want... but.. ) does anyone think it's worthwhile to go backwards and get a Saturn collection going? I was on eBay but didn't seem to find any super big lots of collections or games.. the most I seen I think was 21 games in one lot. I'd like to get a lot with 150ish games... a huge bump ;)
(and maybe some games I would truly enjoy)

And... on the other note... what are about 20 games you guys would recommend on the Saturn? (if 20 can't be thought of then that tells me the system isn't worth messing with since it does have 246 released games, heh)

Thanks :)

:smt023

[SuperFunkNinjaYoshiiKun]

The Saturn does indeed kick muchos ass.

Depends what type of games your into really. If you like 2D scrolly shooters, the Saturn is the system to get. 20 good games, eh? Well for starters there's -

NiGHTs into Dreams / Xmas NiGHTS
Panzer Dragoon/Zwei/Saga
Burning Rangers

And for 2d shooters -

Radiant Silvergun
Battle Garegga
Shokyrugurentai
Daikatana Twinbee Yahoo!
Sexy Parodius
Strikers 1945 / S1945 pt 2
Kingdom Grandprix
Thunderforce 5
Thunderforce Gold pack
Gradius Deluxue
Darius Gaiden
Dodonpatchi

And thats all I can think of for the mo. The Saturn is a quality machine. :smt023

[karsten]

can't forget all those great 1vs1 games like
street fighter alfa
capcom Vs...
marvel super heroes
and lots more

[SuperFunkNinjaYoshiiKun]

ooops, yeah, forgot about all the 2D 1on1 fighters. Oh, and Metal Slug with the RAM cart....

In fact, anything for the Saturn with an SNK logo on it....

[LeGIt]

i quite enjoyed virtual hydlide and clockwork knight :smt061

[AntiPasta]

Saturns my fav system! :smt043

In my situation it's some sort of obsession from my earlier youth, when I was 9 years old I read about the upcoming Saturn in a games mag (may 1995), I was totally blown away and really wanted one... sadly that never happened and I got out of console gaming for 6 years... when I got back in I got a Saturn ASAP and I just keep buying games :)
After 1.5 years I got about 50 games and 3 systems (one japanese), granted not all games are good but I enjoy the hunt as there's almost no Saturn games to be found in my country.

Anyhow, sorry for the rambling, here's my list of recommended (and not terribly rare) games:

-Street Fighter Alpha 2 / Zero 2 - great 2D beat em up
-Sonic Jam - must have, all the MD Sonic games in 1 + extras
-Tempest 2000 - simple yet addictive game with kickass techo
-Sega Rally - rally game with *very* good gameplay and nice gfx
-Galactic Attack/Layer Section - good 2D shmup, also PAL/US
released
-Baku Baku - extremely fun puzzle game!
-Bust-a-move 2 - same as above
-Assault Suit Leynos - good Contra-style game, JPN only though
-Rayman - good platformer (I know, I keep raving about this :p)


And above all: NiGHTS! Best game ever imho :smt040

Regarding the not-so-easy-to-find games:
-Dragon Force: strategical RPG, supposedly takes *looong* time to
finish
-Panzer Dragoon Saga - according to some the best RPG ever, but
very pricey
-Xmen VS SF - innovative fighting game with amazing 2D graphics
and no loading times
-Radiant Silvergun - sadly I only have the "backup" *AHEM* but it
rocks! Very expensive though.
-Saturn Bomberman - cant beat em 10 player bomberman game :)

[Yakumo]

What ever you do don't pass on the Saturn. It is one of the best if not THE best gaming console out there. I love it more than the Dreamcast !! The Saturn is the only 2D gamers choice (Neo Geo being the second but what happens if you're not such a Fighting fan :P) The amount of classics of the system out numbers any other system I'd say. Not to mention some of the 3D games are very nice too. Stuff like Panzer Dragoon, Last Bronx, Virtua Fighter 2, Burning Rangers, Sonic R, Sega Rally, Bulk Slash, Daytona (looks poo but great to play) and many others. Some of the very early 2D stuff stil looks great now such as Clockwork Night 2, Magical Night Ray Earth, Astel and the Parodius games. Oh, and let's not forget the overwelming amount of 2D shooters and fighting games for it.

Yep, the Saturn is one hellof a beast that was sadly overlooked in the west.

Yakumo

[GaijinPunch]

I'm with Yakumo. The Saturn is da bomb!

[KuKzz]

such as Clockwork Night 2, Magical Night Ray Earth, Astel

You mean Clockwork Knight 2, Magic Knight Rayearth and Astal ? :-D

[Yceman]

Oh come on, none of you have mentioned Guardian Heroes? It's one of my favorist and it's really fun if you have at least one more person to play with you.

[Da1m0n]

I love me Saturn. :smt033

I love Batsugun and Shienryu and Soukyugurentai, too... and my complete mini-collection of all of Konami's Parodius games (hi-la-ri-ous!)... and Wipeout XL and Daytona USA CCE and even Syutokoh Battle '97 (a very good predecessor of the Tokyo Xtreme Racer series on DC)... and on what other system do you get to play Virtua Fighter Kids? Mini-bodies and balloon-heads with anime eyes (did I say hi-la-ri-ous?) ... Pandemonium is great... Panzer Dragoon Zwei is simply fantastic, that's one of the Saturn games you totally forget it only does like 320x240 onscreen resolution :smt040 ... there are others... so many... I forget them all... I probably have about 150 games or so, evenly split into originals (both US and Japanese) and backups... Hadn't it been for the Saturn, I never would have been prepared to go Dreamcast :) For me, the two are a family :)

[Survival Tobita]

Legend of Oasis and Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo. Yeah, the last one was on PS1 as well but I had an easier time finding the Saturn version when I was looking.

[ASSEMbler]

puzzle fighter is the best console version.
Psx is sluggish control.

Get yourself an assault suits leynos 2 asap

[Anonymous]

Oh yes, the Satyrn is worth many bothers. :smt023

I must say next to the PC Engine, the Saturn is my favorite platform.

It is very hard to come up with a small list of games, but here it goes:

Guardian Heroes – A great multiplayer/action game. Very good graphics, great characters and cool music. Another required game every Saturn fan should have in their collection.

Super Puzzle Fighter II X – A very fun puzzle game. If you love puzzle games, you owe it to your self to own this game.

Pocket Fighter – A very cool fighting game, with SD versions of all your favorite Capcom fighters.

Cotton 2 – A very fun shooter. Cotton is definitely one of my favorite vg personalities.

Kaitei Daisensou (In The Hunt) – As fun as the arcade version. A great submarine shooter, very challenging.

Burning Rangers – A very fun action game courtesy of Sonic Team.

Nights into dreams... – The one game every Saturn lover should own. Enough said…

The Super Dimension Fortress Macross – A very good animation shooter. If you are a fan of Macross, you must own this game.

Bomberman SS – Bomberman, Bomberman, Bomberman….Possibly the best version (multiplayer at least) of this classic action game.

Metal Slug – One of the best side scrollers to come out in years. This version is great, you won’t be disappointed if you are a fan of the arcade/AES versions.

Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story II - A very fun action game. Even none Gundam fans will enjoy this title.

Soukyugurentai – A very challenging a overhead shooter. This game also works with the Saturn Flight Stick.

Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter – One of the best fighting games on the Saturn. This version doesn’t leave anything out and even adds an interesting fighter.

Dungeons & Dragons Collection – 2 very fun hack & slash games.

Dragon Force – A very good strategy game, with a great story and cool character designs.

Gunbird – Another great shooter. Filled with fun levels and loads of character.

Waku Waku 7 – A very fun and weird fighting game. Bonus Kun gives it 5 Stars.

Shinrei Jusatsushi Taromar (Psychic Killer Taromaru) – This game (I would ove to find one for sale) is one of the best looking Saturn games, and one of the best side scrollers ever made. Very, very hard to find.

TokiMeki Memorial Taisen Pazurudama – Another fun puzzle game. You can’t beat cute girls and puzzles.

The Conveni! – This is a convenience store sim. Yes, don’t laugh, and expect to spend many hours playing this very fun title. (Well maybe it's just me, but check it out).

:snipe:

[AnalogWinter]

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This is my post. I took to long and my session times out. :smt022

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[DCVision]

Sounds good.... I just may have to pick up and get back into the Saturn then.. :)

Thanks for all the feedback on the games and such... it will help me aquire my first lot of games when I do start getting back into it (slightly after I get over my Dreamcast Fever :) heheh...

:smt043

[Yakumo]

You mean Clockwork Knight 2, Magic Knight Rayearth and Astal ?

Err, yes that what I meant. I write theses posts at crazy times such as 3am to 5am so please excuse the half arsed English :prayer: :smt033


DC Vision, you'd be very wise to get back into the Saturn. Like you can see above it's a gamers paradise :smt023
Yakumo

[DCVision]

Anyone have any comments regarding Enemy Zero?

How about the Saturn version of Resident Evil?

[Tachikoma]

God Enemy Zero is good, but really hard to get into. Imagine the sonar things on Alien's, then remove the screen, so the only way you can tell where the (invisible) aliens are is by the pinging of your "tracker".

Worth picking up!

[A. Snow]

Like everyone else said the Saturn is a great system. It's just that most of the great games never left Japan so you have to import to get the most out of it.