Sega Saturn Appreciation and Emulation Thread
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cj_iwakura
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I think my 10 year old Vizio LCD TV(which was good at both retro and modern stuff) bit the dust... any decentish LCDs I can find that are also good with retro in the $200 range?
One of the only really cool things I've got in my Saturn collection so far. I guess I'll take an opportunity to post some pics of the other cool thing I own, too:
Damn.
I wonder when the insanely cheap Saturn games like import Fighters Megamix will start to get expensive.
Lee Chaolan
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Yeah! I love how adorable they look ^.^
sixteen-bit
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cj_iwakura
Member
I'd definitely get it, although you rarely if ever need a sweater in South Florida.
IrishNinja
Member
played/watched some Brain Dead 13 @ CJ's, and man that game's dope! if you love Dragon's Lair type FMV stuff, do not miss. wish idve hit it up before prices rose, but it's on my list now!
preach
preach
Doubt many will care, but GameStop added Saturn to its retro list. I checked out the "best selling" because I was curious to what people were buying:
1.) Street Fighter Alpha 2
2.) Street Fighter Collecton
3.) Mega Man X4
4.) D
5.) Street Fighter: The Movie
Whole lot of Capcom.
1.) Street Fighter Alpha 2
2.) Street Fighter Collecton
3.) Mega Man X4
4.) D
5.) Street Fighter: The Movie
Whole lot of Capcom.
Sapiens
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I love seeing this gif every time I enter this thread lol.
Latest major pick-up, and most likely the last one until Christmas time.
Too good of a deal to be ignored, plus - even though it's not a very hot game - I still wanted it for many reasons, one of which being my personal quest to get every possible Japanese port/home version/spin-off of Final Fight, for the consoles I currently own. So - as for now - it goes there with Final Fight One (GBA), Final Fight CD (Mega-CD) and CAPCOM Classics Collection (PlayStation 2).
It looks like Streetwise didn't get released in Japan, so I'll probably keep up this mini-collection if I'll ever get a Famicom, a Super Famicom, or a Sharp X68000.
Too good of a deal to be ignored, plus - even though it's not a very hot game - I still wanted it for many reasons, one of which being my personal quest to get every possible Japanese port/home version/spin-off of Final Fight, for the consoles I currently own. So - as for now - it goes there with Final Fight One (GBA), Final Fight CD (Mega-CD) and CAPCOM Classics Collection (PlayStation 2).
It looks like Streetwise didn't get released in Japan, so I'll probably keep up this mini-collection if I'll ever get a Famicom, a Super Famicom, or a Sharp X68000.
IrishNinja
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Braind Dead 13 - $10
Mansion of Hidden Souls - $10
Three Dirty Dwarves - $30
Blazing Heroes - $15
Mr Bones - $15
C&C - $10
god knows if any of em would have cases (prolly not?) but i'd bite at a few of those!
Hell I would take all of those Saturn games for those prices, it's nice to not see stupidly high prices nowadays.
Young Magus
Junior Member
I kinda want Street Fighter Collection but from what I remember apparently it isn't that great of a port?
It's still a decent port, has some issues though.
Shadow Hog
Member
Of course, they almost never have Saturn games in stock, so...
Also, why is Daytona USA CCE $200? It isn't even the Network Edition, which would command a lot more than $200.
Also, why is Daytona USA CCE $200? It isn't even the Network Edition, which would command a lot more than $200.
I believe it's still ok to recommend due to its superior port of Street Fighter Zero 2 Dash, right? Sure, if you're only interested in the Super SFII games, it's better to look at the PS version, instead.
Yeah that's true. Though load times are fast if you play on PS2 and set the disc read speed to fast, load times would go from 10 seconds to 3-5 with fast speed on.
Ooh nice. Let me know how it is. Game always looked hilarious to play.Latest major pick-up, and most likely the last one until Christmas time.
Too good of a deal to be ignored, plus - even though it's not a very hot game - I still wanted it for many reasons, one of which being my personal quest to get every possible Japanese port/home version/spin-off of Final Fight, for the consoles I currently own. So - as for now - it goes there with Final Fight One (GBA), Final Fight CD (Mega-CD) and CAPCOM Classics Collection (PlayStation 2).
It looks like Streetwise didn't get released in Japan, so I'll probably keep up this mini-collection if I'll ever get a Famicom, a Super Famicom, or a Sharp X68000.
Latest major pick-up, and most likely the last one until Christmas time.
Too good of a deal to be ignored, plus - even though it's not a very hot game - I still wanted it for many reasons, one of which being my personal quest to get every possible Japanese port/home version/spin-off of Final Fight, for the consoles I currently own. So - as for now - it goes there with Final Fight One (GBA), Final Fight CD (Mega-CD) and CAPCOM Classics Collection (PlayStation 2).
It looks like Streetwise didn't get released in Japan, so I'll probably keep up this mini-collection if I'll ever get a Famicom, a Super Famicom, or a Sharp X68000.
Oh mannn, one of the few terrible games that I wish I owned. I've seen the arcade board go for cheaper than the disc.
ResidentDante
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Latest major pick-up, and most likely the last one until Christmas time.
Too good of a deal to be ignored, plus - even though it's not a very hot game - I still wanted it for many reasons, one of which being my personal quest to get every possible Japanese port/home version/spin-off of Final Fight, for the consoles I currently own. So - as for now - it goes there with Final Fight One (GBA), Final Fight CD (Mega-CD) and CAPCOM Classics Collection (PlayStation 2).
It looks like Streetwise didn't get released in Japan, so I'll probably keep up this mini-collection if I'll ever get a Famicom, a Super Famicom, or a Sharp X68000.
If only this game was a proper Final Fight, walking around streets beating the crap out of everyone!
That's pretty fast! If it doesn't glicht out, doing so (I remember other games acting kinda weird, with the textures and disc-speed settings changed from default values), it's another big plus for the PS1 Collection.
Sure thing, I plan to give it some time during the weekend, and I'm really looking forward to see how it plays.
I can't recommend it enough... Never be afraid of talking to the people who sell these wallet-killer games on eBay. If they are reliable, with a strong positive feedback, there's always a good chance to deal in private. During the current year I've got some truly fantastic prices, even compared to the lowest 'sold' auctions I coul find each time.
Aside from some proper untouchable grail - and more often than not - those frightening 300/400+ USD pricetags are there just to remind you that the game isn't cheap, but this doesn't mean they're not flexible.
Eh.
Speaking of 2D side-scrolling 'street' brawlers, what's a good one to pick up for the Saturn? Aside from Crows - which honestly looks slow and clunky, to me, not really exciting in the slightest - I can only think of Nekkestu Oyako. Any other hidden gem in the genre?
sixteen-bit
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Eh.
Speaking of 2D side-scrolling 'street' brawlers, what's a good one to pick up for the Saturn? Aside from Crows - which honestly looks slow and clunky, to me, not really exciting in the slightest - I can only think of Nekkestu Oyako. Any other hidden gem in the genre?
Capcom has a couple worth playing. Check out Dungeons and Dragons Collection or Tenchi wo Kurau 2. That said if you have Steam or an Xbox 360 or WiiU console there's a better port of D&D there, and if you have a PS3 there are 2 better ports on it, lol.
Yeah, I own D&D on the Saturn and - in spite of its shortcomings - I quite honestly love it, and prefer that version 1000 times over the Iron Galaxy outcome on XBLA/PSN (weird CRT filters, once again misplaced intro... Details, but still substantial stuff to me). I'm also aware of the better port on the Japanese PS3, which I'll buy eventually.
Not a huge fan of TwK2, though.
I was wondering about 2D street-themed brawlers, more like Bare Knuckle/Final Fight. Guess it's Nekketsu Oyaku or bust, on the Saturn.
Cammy (which was added to the Sat/PS1 versions), plus:
- Alpha Counters now take 1.5 super meter bars instead of 1
- Six characters gained one additional move
- New game modes: Dramatic Battle, Survival Mode, and Shin Gouki Mode
- The Custom Combo command has changed from 2P+1K/2+1P to HP + HK
- Outfit colors are chosen by any P/K button and not combinations
- Even more EX characters than before (also, Evil Ryu)
- A new Sidearms win icon when you win by using a Taunt
- Various additional tweaks
(shamelessly copy-pasted from SFwiki)
- Alpha Counters now take 1.5 super meter bars instead of 1
- Six characters gained one additional move
- New game modes: Dramatic Battle, Survival Mode, and Shin Gouki Mode
- The Custom Combo command has changed from 2P+1K/2+1P to HP + HK
- Outfit colors are chosen by any P/K button and not combinations
- Even more EX characters than before (also, Evil Ryu)
- A new Sidearms win icon when you win by using a Taunt
- Various additional tweaks
(shamelessly copy-pasted from SFwiki)
Yeah, I guess the list pertains to the arcade game, since Cammy is mentioned as a 'console' exclusive extra.
Survival Mode was only featured in Saturn Zero 2 (as well as the art gallery).
It is different from the arcade game!!!
Yo 30 bucks for 3 dirty dwarves? Maybe thats what I should use this giftcard on...
EDIT:
http://www.gamestop.com/vintage-software/games/shining-force-iii/131132
No way.
Of course all the good stuff is out of stock anyway.
EDIT:
http://www.gamestop.com/vintage-software/games/shining-force-iii/131132
No way.
Of course all the good stuff is out of stock anyway.
It seems below average at best from what people say about it.
I always find myself enjoying the time I spend with the game. As other Gaffers reported in this thread, console SF The Movie is basically Super Street Fighter II X reskinned, even though there's still a tangible degree of wonkiness in the hit detection, and the fact you can charge your super in a few seconds pretty much breaks the game right off the bat.
That said, you don't get The Movie because you're looking for an alternative to SSFIIX, right? You get it for the cheese, and for it to be also quite playable is nothing than a big plus.
Shame it took such a heavy hit - visually - compared to the arcade. The stages can be ok on the whole, but the animations have been severely cut down, as well as sprites' size and detail.
theSlacker
Member
Well I do need a new Nights disk because mine has a crack in it...
Is this a series that holds up well today?
I'd be curious to try some other early Saturn game, such as Baku Baku Animal and Bug!
Baku Baku is a very good puzzle game that I recommend to everybody. The European version was PAL-optimised to fill the screen, but I don't know if the speed was altered as well. It certainly didn't feel slow.
Bug is... Eh. A very early venture into the world of 3D platformers, which is interesting to try out if you're interested in history. The gameplay is internally good, as in it does well what it was set out to do, but it doesn't compare to anything that came after sadly. You need a very specific mindset to be able to enjoy it.
So just beat Panzer Dragoon Saga...and im still confused lol.
Spoilers in case:
I get that the player is
? Was the dragon's true form just
? That ancient age style meets
?
*Kinda strange that the credits are pretty much all in japanese aside from the final part*
So Azel
but still, the ending left me with more questions than answers about the Ancients period.
Does Orta answer more of this stuff, and if so...must've sucked for fans to have to wait that long. Or was there something in the game I missed that would lead to a different ending scene?
Probably doesnt help that I own the Japanese version of Zwei. Read most of the files you find along the way in Saga.
I liked the journey (got lost in the last tower section abit though, and wish there were more actual towns) but i've got the same feeling when finishing Xenogears. I thought I was following along then bam lol.
EDIT: I guess the more I sit and think about it, the events of the first 3 games make sense now. How the first game ended with one of the towers, Shelcoof airship and the Guardian Dragon from the second...
Spoilers in case:
I get that the player is
supposed to be the divine visitor of legend that the dragon is supposed to lead to end the ancient age, and i'm sure the series pre Orta goes in the sequence of 2 -> 1 -> Saga. So I guess this means that the dragon was reincarnated in 2 as a coolia (seen as a mutant coolia)
another part of Sestren network that controlled the ecosystem of the planet, but rebelled since it would have been more or less like living in a grand scale zoo (in a manner of words) for those it was supposed to "watch over"
angelic shape? Because it seems like the main brain of Sestren was that exact same shape when it "expelled" it
*Kinda strange that the credits are pretty much all in japanese aside from the final part*
So Azel
definitely survives, and of course shes looking for Edge...
Does Orta answer more of this stuff, and if so...must've sucked for fans to have to wait that long. Or was there something in the game I missed that would lead to a different ending scene?
Probably doesnt help that I own the Japanese version of Zwei. Read most of the files you find along the way in Saga.
I liked the journey (got lost in the last tower section abit though, and wish there were more actual towns) but i've got the same feeling when finishing Xenogears. I thought I was following along then bam lol.
EDIT: I guess the more I sit and think about it, the events of the first 3 games make sense now. How the first game ended with one of the towers, Shelcoof airship and the Guardian Dragon from the second...
Moor-Angol
Banned
So my Skeleton Saturn CD lens has gone
I'm planning to change it but I wonder which Saturn model I should look at, maybe the model 2 white one?
Or any cd drive model can be used? I have a grey Model 1 and I noticed they are different, even if I didn't check if that one can fit into model 2
I'm planning to change it but I wonder which Saturn model I should look at, maybe the model 2 white one?
Or any cd drive model can be used? I have a grey Model 1 and I noticed they are different, even if I didn't check if that one can fit into model 2