cj_iwakura
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Well, the PS2 version.
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Sega Saturn Appreciation and Emulation Thread
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Well, the PS2 version.
Bar81
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Dude, this is thread-worthy. Please make a thread about it.
It's okay but was disappointing.
IrishNinja
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ah, the collection guy! what's he teach?
should be yeah, i subscribe but don't have my copy yet
yeah but it was the launch one, kinda fair for the anniversary
aw, really? how so?
sixteen-bit
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That doesn't make sense. This year is the 20th anniversary of the Japanese model. All the more reason for the better controller.
IrishNinja
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you get the bulky model 1 controller and you're gonna like it, mister
RoryDropkick
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cj_iwakura
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Nope, still the Atari 7800 issue.
damn, that's prolly not a bad deal now - one of my favorites, and Cosmic Smash is awesome too, congrats!
Oh shit I need this.
I have their SNES/Genesis issue. It's so good.
Zero 3 does, but not Zero 2, according to this list of compatible games.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
Blue. Shadows.
sixteen-bit
Member
Nick Rox on blast
Bar81
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Just not memorable. Maybe my expectations were set too high.
I have to say, I enjoy buying my games from Japanese people. They always package it very tight and they put extras in the parcel too. One put a few Dragon Ball TCG cards, another one had origami stars in it, and this last one gave me two green tea bags. I'm having green tea tonight!
It's an early capcom game before the 4M existed. I think there are a few frames of animations missing and the sound/voice samples aren't as sharp. There is a nice gallery in there too.
baphomet
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So along with my supergun and Sega Titan board I also ordered one of these.
Its a flash cart for the Titan. Pretty damn awesome that someone even made one of these. It was damn near $300, but it will be worth it when it finally shows up late next month/early December.
This is the board that's based off the Saturn so a bunch of those excellent shooters are on the ST-V.
Its a flash cart for the Titan. Pretty damn awesome that someone even made one of these. It was damn near $300, but it will be worth it when it finally shows up late next month/early December.
This is the board that's based off the Saturn so a bunch of those excellent shooters are on the ST-V.
don't think some of those shooters are gonna be cheap tho.... *looks at cotton 2 and radiant silvergun*
I don't know about nice. I looked at it briefly and all I saw was 480i wobbling. Tears in my eyes.
sixteen-bit
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Love that logo
Must be nice to play Die Hard Arcade without the game loading every second.
Are there any ST-V exclusive games that never made it to Saturn?
baphomet
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Love that logo
Must be nice to play Die Hard Arcade without the game loading every second.
Are there any ST-V exclusive games that never made it to Saturn?
That's actually the only cart I have currently, and its pretty great.
I want to start getting some of the arcade exclusives, or just versions that are significantly better/different in the arcade. Gunforce 2 and Revenge of Death Adder being 2 major ones I want.
sixteen-bit
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Revenge of Death Adder is a System 32 game. Unfortunately, The ST-V Golden Axe is the fighter (Golden Axe The Duel).
baphomet
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No, I know that. I'm just saying in general I'd like to get some arcade exclusives. I've got a eswat on the way which is a system 16 board I believe.
Friend of Sonic
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This is awesome.
IrishNinja
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damn, party at bapho's house in december! congrats man, that's pretty awesome
RoryDropkick
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ResidentDante
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Toys 'R' Us Sega Saturn Christmas '96 ad (from Reddit)
Armoured Priest
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That Toys R Us flyer reminded me. I'd bought my Saturn in November of 95, not too long after its initial $50 price drop (so $349.99). I messed with the cashier by paying with exact change (WI had a 5% sales tax, so it's easy to calculate in your head). Anyway, a few weeks later I was in a car accident...I was in the process of slamming my breaks to avoid crashing into the car that attempted to merge onto the interstate from a dead stop, and my little Plymouth Horizon was rear-ended by the semi that was behind me, knocking me about 50 yards across a bridge. I walked away without a scratch (not even whiplash...can't say the same for my car). Insurance settled within 12 hours. I did have to miss work that day, dealing with the insurance and getting a check up at the hospital.
Why this story? Well, as part of the settlement I got compensated for that day's missed wage...I went to the mall and bought Virtua Fighter 2 which had just come out. Much enjoyment was had.
Why this story? Well, as part of the settlement I got compensated for that day's missed wage...I went to the mall and bought Virtua Fighter 2 which had just come out. Much enjoyment was had.
ResidentDante
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Haha, nice! Good you didn't get hurt!
cj_iwakura
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Toys 'R' Us Sega Saturn Christmas '96 ad (from Reddit)
That was when I bought mine, still own it to this day.
sixteen-bit
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$34.99 in '96 bucks for that shit controller holy shit!
MightyHedgehog
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In '96 or so, for a fully separate 33kbps modem with its own plastic enclosure and power source, and not a daughter card, that was not too far from the going rate at the high end on PCs. I'm sure Sega wanted to make a little bit of money on each one sold.
Armoured Priest
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it actually fixed my back...not the chiropractic method I would recommend, but there it is.
It was a nice change of pace from the original pack in Virtua Fighter. At that point I'd rented Clockwork Knight, and Virtual hydlide.
I'd also recently picked up Chrono Trigger and Lunar 2 at that point as well. During the job I worked inbetween graduating high school and starting college, i remember most of the purchases, due to them being rather long term sorts of things:
Saturn, PS1, a Turbo Duo, my 200W Peavey Amp, my 6-string Hamer Diablo electric guitar, my Roland XP-10 keyboard, my Fostec XR-3 4 track recorder, a bunch of music CDs, a bunch of games, some AD&D books, and a Gen Con trip.
Good choices.
EDIT:
Yeah, Castlevania SotN is a bad Saturn port from the PS1 version but you should have fun with all the four games.
sixteen-bit
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half of those are better on playstation
solid pickups tho!
solid pickups tho!
Bar81
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half of those are better on playstation
solid pickups tho!
ONE of those is better on PSX
You won't be disappointed. People like to laugh at it because of the cheesy cutscenes and digitised sprites, but it hides some very solid gameplay, enhanced by the six-buttons controls.
Agent Unknown
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Putting in a new CR2032 in my Saturn tonight. I really need to get my saves and high scores backed up to my memory card this time before the battery dies again. But the memory card I have (the plain gray one I posted about back in Feb) seems kind of unreliable based on the few test saves I've done on it, like it takes several tries before a chosen file is backed up and will actually show up on the card. Wondering if maybe there's a better brand of card I should be using?
Is that the latest or a backissue? May have to get that one. Shame Retrogamer is so expensive in the states now. It recently jumped from 9.99 to 12.99 a copy at Barnes and Noble. :/
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Is that the latest or a backissue? May have to get that one. Shame Retrogamer is so expensive in the states now. It recently jumped from 9.99 to 12.99 a copy at Barnes and Noble. :/
sixteen-bit
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Nah, In the Hunt has a better framerate on PS1.
This game rocks. Not Super Shinobi 1 or 2 level, but I liked it.
Never got to play the Jaques soundtrack either since I have the JP release. Let me know how it is!
Woo! won't get to play it til Wednesday
til then, readin' the manual.had no idea they were different. what's the jp soundtrack like?
Bar81
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With missing frames of animation.
I'm hoping to get that between 2015-2016, don't know if I'll go US or Japanese though.
sixteen-bit
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Lol, where did you get that from? The PS1 port is better. Consult shmups.com for details.
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16925
Back when I owned the Saturn version, I found it the only way to ensure it loaded 100% of the time was with no controllers AND and no RAM cart inserted. Otherwise it booted less that half the time.
A Black Falcon
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Remember that in addition to a much better framerate, In the Hunt for PS1 also has a Playstation-exclusive CD audio soundtrack option, and supports saving scores and options, while the Saturn version has only the arcade PCM music (which you can choose on PS1 if you want) and it does not support saving for some stupid reason. There's no reason to own the game for Saturn, sadly. I wish there was, I'd rather get Saturn games if they're similar...