Finding the Saturn won't be a problem. They're rather cheap on eBay.I still regret never having played Panzer Dragoon Saga to this day.
Is there any way to experience this game today? Ya know? Without having to find an old Saturn to play it on?
Finally, Episode 6 was hell. Now to decide if I want to go for the good ending or not.
Finding the Saturn won't be a problem. They're rather cheap on eBay.
Finding the game, however.... ouch. Just looked it up on eBay, and someone was selling the case and manual (not the game!) for... $150. -_-
Panzer Dragoon defined the 32-bit era for me. One day in May 1995, I went from the 16-bit era, playing Super Metroid on my SNES and Sonic & Knuckles on my Sega Genesis, to coming home from the mall with a Sega Saturn and a copy of Panzer Dragoon, setting it up and playing it for the first time. Stepping over the threshold into 32 bits.
The first time I watched the PD intro CG, the first time I flew through that first level... it was literally mind blowing. I've never had another "Wow, so this is the new gen" experience as stark and intense as that since, and I accepted a long time ago that I never will.
Either way, yeah, fantastic games with an equally fantastic music. Love the song of the final battle against the guardian dragon in Zwei.
Few final boss themes are actually so soothing and evoking of a massive aerial battle of god-like proportions over the sea.
edit2: Did anyone watch an old games show called Cybernet? That's how I found out about Panzer Dragoon. Fell instantly in love with it.
edit: Was talking to a japanese dev who linked me to this...
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/panze...r-released-could-sega-re-release-it-on-steam/
Oh, man. Where is Grief to re-ignite a more focused Project Dream Steam?
What is this?
The Sega Saturn is probably my favorite console of all time but I have never seen this.
Look at what I found collecting dust in the basement...
and I'm an idiot for not taking care of it because my PDS somehow got wet and 3/4 of the discs had some mold on them. What were literally scratch/spotless discs before now has some crap of them that I can't seem to clean off. Not sure if they even work now since I've misplaced the power cord to the Saturn somewhere and can't find it. The manual is all dried up and the pages are all stuck together, I can't even turn them lol. Really sucks since nothing else in the box got wet. Oh well, gonna look for the power cord later and test the game then. Hopefully, they still work.
Anyway, I had waaaaaay more Saturn games than what is shown here which I sold off in 2000. Had import gems like X-Men Vs Street Fighter, Marvel Vs Street Fighter, Dead or Alive, Ikaruga, Strikers 1945 II, and Radiant Silvergun. I sold each for around $50 (maybe more or less, can't remember) at the time because I needed the money. I don't really regret selling them other than the fact that I probably could've got more money for each.
I also sold off a bulk of US games, maybe 20 or so games for a mere $50. Off the top I can remember getting rid of Virtua Fighter 1, Daytona USA, Toshinden, Night Warriors, Virtua Cop 2, Mr Bones, Fighter's Megamix, Guardian Heroes, Area 51, Dark Savior, Last Bronx, Mortal Kombat 2, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Quake, and a few others that I can't remember. Probably could've gotten more money from some of those individually but again, at the time I needed the money and just threw them together to get paid quickly.
I also owned and sold the US versions of Shining Force III and Burning Rangers. I remember being bummed out for giving up SFIII because I loved the game and played through it many times, but I knew we'd never see scenario II and III in the US, so ultimately ended up selling it off. Got paid a good amount for it, though. As for Burning Rangers, thought the game was a piece of shit and to this day I don't see the appeal. Sure, it does a lot (graphically) on the Saturn that's never been done before, but at the same time it runs like shit and many of the effects still look like turd. Aside from that, the game just wasn't any fun, so I didn't mind letting go of that one at all.
Also as you can see, I own most of the Netlink games and the peripheral itself. Played a lot of Bomberman and Duke Nukem 3D (both of which I still own) over Netlink and can still recall a lot of good times with it. Overall, even if the system did flop I would say it's up there being my favorite right next to XBOX 360.
Zwei is a cool game. Favorite PD title.
Pretty much my experience, except I also came home with Virtua Fighter and Daytona USA. I was in San Diego at the time and bought the system and those 3 games from a Babbage's or Software Etc (don't remember which one it was) in Horton Plaza, the day the console came out. It's funny because I only bought Panzer Dragoon because there wasn't much of a selection to buy. It turned out to be the best game purchase I have ever made. No game has "Wowed" me since then. Those were some good times.
The JP manual for this game is an odd one... It's a fold-out poster with the instructions printed on the reverse side.
Going to give this game an honest effort for the first time later today.
There is definitely something to be said for the days when a new game was coming out, and all you had to go on was a few tiny screenshots in EGM or GamePro, and a tiny one-paragraph preview. No videos on the interwebs, no demos, nothing. You bought a new game with a lick and a promise, and you hoped for the best. And when you hit the jackpot, you felt it.
Two stages in and I wish I was playing Sin & Punishment instead.
I just don't think I take well to rail shooters in general. At least when it comes to those without auto-fire, anyway.
Man, Zwei is a considerable step up right out of the gate, especially performance wise. 16:9 and a decent framerate helps a lot.
Might hold onto this one.
oh yeah? what's the poster look like, is it the regular cover art? that'd be pretty cool if it's a decent size!
An update on my PDS. The second disc works fine, it's my Saturn that's broken. I tried several games and most of them loaded with no problem but would stop reading during gameplay, then kick me back to the launch menu. I had a similar problem with my first Saturn that I got modded to play imports. It just stopped reading discs entirely. Oh well, always good and bad news. Now to hunt down a new Saturn and 3D controller.
Sorry for the quality, I have no better camera.
this happened to me once too man, it's a thing with some ribbon & the disc drive or some such i forget...it just stops reading discs. it's not a complicated/expensive fix as i was told by my modder anyway!
I spent entirely too much time playing Panzer Dragoon, I really loved this game and the Sega Saturn. My launch Saturn is still kicking and at this moment, begging me to turn it on..
Threads like this always make me think of this video, Saturn was a beast.