GAF educate me on the Japanese Sega Saturn!
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I've been wanting a Saturn for a long time, I was a sega fanboy as a kid, (Still am... it's a sad existence) but my parents wouldn't fork out $400 for one. So I never got one, but years later I saw one on ebay and almost pulled the trigger right there. Why haven't I? Well, one reason is that I won't be able to play the entirety of Shining Force 3; I have no interest in playing RPGs in full Japanese and Shining Force 2 was my favorite game of all time, I can't not play SF3. Another is how bloody expensive some of the good games have become.
Still... every time I see a thread about Saturn on GAF I die a little inside by resisting buying one. I'm looking at pictures of the grey Saturn right now and it's a thing of beauty.
EDIT: I've sadly never even played one, and I'd have to say it's one of my goals in life to just fricken' play one.
Still... every time I see a thread about Saturn on GAF I die a little inside by resisting buying one. I'm looking at pictures of the grey Saturn right now and it's a thing of beauty.
EDIT: I've sadly never even played one, and I'd have to say it's one of my goals in life to just fricken' play one.
Poimandres
Member
Okay, I'm in Japan and all these Saturn games are looking at me funny, screaming "buy"
Is Radiant Silvergun particularly rare in Japan? There's a shop down the road selling it for $70 odd. Worth the buy?
Would the Action Replay cart work with a PAL Saturn?
What an absolutely fascinating system the Saturn is.
Is Radiant Silvergun particularly rare in Japan? There's a shop down the road selling it for $70 odd. Worth the buy?
Would the Action Replay cart work with a PAL Saturn?
What an absolutely fascinating system the Saturn is.
Genesis Knight
Member
If you're playing the Saturn on an HDTV go buy an RGB SCART cable for it. If you're in NTSC land, get a SCART -> Component or SCART -> HDMI converter. The games look so crisp you'll think they're on an emulator. No blur or artifacts.
Genesis Knight
Member
mr jones said:
This is the one I got. I paired it with a Scart Audio Breakout plugin thingy. http://cgi.ebay.com/SEGA-SCART-RGB-...448?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3362ac07c8
In retrospect I wish I'd done this for a sound + video in one box solution:
http://cgi.ebay.com/HDV-8S-SCART-HD...ultDomain_0&hash=item20b79b21d2#ht_2459wt_905
Is Shining Force 3 worth it without the other two scenarios? I'm strongly considering just giving in and buying a Saturn, however playing an RPG without english text just isn't something I want to do. I might get the Saturn anyways, but SF3 is my main reason, with other games just being icing.
BotoxAgent
Member
For those that use Action Replay or RAM cartridges, tip: once you insert the cartridge, leave it in there and never take it out! It seems those slots wear out pretty fast and wont read them after a while, in my experience at least. It happened to two of my Saturns.
Genesis Knight
Member
Ichor said:
The US 'recut' of Shining Force 3 isn't bad; the gameplay mechanics are all still fun and I had a great time with it back in the day. There's always the translation project anyway if you want to put a modchip in your Saturn to play burned discs.
BotoxAgent said:
Yeah, the connectors are kind of soft and get bent out of contact more easily than cartridge slots on, say, a Genesis or whatever. Especially bad if you have a shitty 3rd Party (usually Interact) cartridge with the super-thick board.
sixteen-bit
Member
I removed mine once to dye it black (match the system) and then never again. I'm terrified of killing the slot.BotoxAgent said:
seaandthebells
Member
Three must haves of the non-shooter, non-fighter variety:
Elevator Action Returns - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzxUPyHriZk
Bubble Symphony - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyVoOGEWSEU
Keio Yugekitai - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPMDK1QB6j0
The first two are some of the best arcade games Taito made in the mid-90s. The third is just a great, uber-Japanese side-scrolling platformer.
Elevator Action Returns - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzxUPyHriZk
Bubble Symphony - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyVoOGEWSEU
Keio Yugekitai - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPMDK1QB6j0
The first two are some of the best arcade games Taito made in the mid-90s. The third is just a great, uber-Japanese side-scrolling platformer.
Cheers for the cartridge info guys. Never knew that. Although i have nothing but NTSC-J games, I'm about to grab an Action Replay cartridge for a mate that recently ordered a PAL Saturn.
Love old games/consoles so we're both in that mood i guess, next up I'll probably grab an Atari Lynx. I left two of them overseas to relatives and they ended up getting broken and thrown out... =/
Think back on it, when i was young i gave away a lot of consoles. PS1, Lynx, several Atari 2600 etc. lol...regret xD
Love old games/consoles so we're both in that mood i guess, next up I'll probably grab an Atari Lynx. I left two of them overseas to relatives and they ended up getting broken and thrown out... =/
Think back on it, when i was young i gave away a lot of consoles. PS1, Lynx, several Atari 2600 etc. lol...regret xD
dreamcastmaster
Banned
Dave Long said:
Becuase with the slot filled with an action replay you'll not be able to use the memory cart, 1/4 Meg expansion carts or Rom carts. I know that some of these feature are supported by newer versions of AR but I would not trust an old 3rd party accessory when it's affordable and better to get the official products.
dreamcastmaster
Banned
Genesis Knight said:
It's the ones with the thick boards that cause the problems. I've never had any problems with my cart slot, I use official stuff all the way I have all the import versions of expansion carts.
Genesis Knight
Member
Zee-Row said:
Look around on the Racketboy.com forums and other similar classic gaming forums for premodded systems. The Racketboy chip is ONE solder connection. ONE. It's really easy.