Season 3 Episode 3, right at the beginning.
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Sega Saturn Appreciation and Emulation Thread
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Season 3 Episode 3, right at the beginning.
Saturn Memories
Neo Member
http://saturnmemories.tumblr.com/post/115751881832/virtua-fighter-2-features-rather-prominently-in
IIRC, there's also an ad on the front window of the arcade for Virtua Cop or Virtua Cop 2.
sixteen-bit
Member
They are fugly....
ah well... might have to mix the topic slightly but I got an addition to the Saturn Cotton family. Not gonna get the other ones this IS enough Cotton!!!
cotton has to be one the priciest series to collect for, right?
Movalpolos
Banned
Don't want to overly boast, but very excited on getting a mint copy of this for under $280 US. Already confirmed it works on my NA Saturn with the AR code as wellHoping there aren't any issues when it comes to changing discs.
Very nice!
From what I understand , AR doesn't work with disc swapping? Never tried it myself.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Wow that EU Shining Force 3 cover is sexy. So much nicer than the US one (which isn't bad, really, I've seen worse, but it's still clearly inferior).
Saturn Memories
Neo Member
Boomerang is probably in the top five most expensive Japanese Saturn games. Cotton 2 is no slouch in the price department either.
IrishNinja
Member
my thoughts exactly
Gunstarheroes
Member
Without a doubt. Especially if you factor in limited edition items that went with the games (the Panorama Cotton teacup will likely evade me forever)
Piston Hyundai
Member
So if I really enjoyed playing through Fighters Megamix as a Fighting Vipers character, should I consider checking out Fighting Vipers? I don't really know how 1-to-1 FM is to either of the games it takes most of its assets from.
Bar81
Member
If you do get the jpn version. I enjoy them both but can't remember how different they are.
sixteen-bit
Member
JP one has Pepsi cross promotion IIRC, including playable Pepsiman
StevieWhite
Member
There are differences, but I think Fighters Megamix more or less can give you the FV experience. If you have a burning desire to play as pepsiman, though, go for it.
Piston Hyundai
Member
If there ever was a character for me to have a burning desire of, it's Pepsiman
thechristoph
Sir!
If it was your first experience with the game, then it's probably fine, but I really dislike it. In the very beginning of the game you fight these giant fire-breathing wolves. They go down in one hit. Their death animation just kills the Saturn. The game slows down like crazy. And yeah, the map is a drag too.
I actually printed out the EU cover and put it on top of the US cover of the game in college. I only just recently threw away the old printed cover over a decade later.
To my knowledge you can get around it. That being said, I'll update and throw a tantrum in this thread if not
On a side note, screw people who sign for packages and steal your mail! Currently trying to sort out who took my copies of Blazing Dragons and Thunder Force Vol. 1. Ugh.
To my knowledge you can get around it. That being said, I'll update and throw a tantrum in this thread if not
I think this is the case. I can't remember whether you need to create another AR code for disc swapping but certainly I don't think I ever had any problems with changing discs and completing UK/EU copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga on a japanese console.
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Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
any recommendations?
A more expensive cable?
The original SEGA cable has ferrites, which greatly minimises background noise. The best is to use a cable with coax wires (each wire being shielded). Afaik only that seller on eBay makes them. But it should be top notch. These sort of cables are common as male-male Scart cables for professional/videophile setups, but no one cared to make them for videogame consoles.
this is the only one on ebay which doesnt look like the $5 one, is it what you mean?
http://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/172073969692
I have that cable....go for it man, has pretty much no audio buzz and I love it as I use it for my Sega Saturn youtube vids as well.
So um, the PSX version has worse loading times?
That's a good one, separating Audio from Video is an effective way to prevent buzzing.
[edit] sorry if my last few posts were sounding harsh. I need some sleep.
FWIW, i already have a converter to separate audio from SCART for my genesis setup. still worth it?
Of course it is, this makes it simpler!!!
I got that a few months ago CIB...nice game!
blast processed
Member
Hmm I prefer the original music. If that's true I might pick up the jp version.
To my knowledge you can get around it. That being said, I'll update and throw a tantrum in this thread if not
On a side note, screw people who sign for packages and steal your mail! Currently trying to sort out who took my copies of Blazing Dragons and Thunder Force Vol. 1. Ugh.
You'd think people who get packaged like those would just have question marks pop up and then try and find a way to "return" the items to the intended. Its not like the average person who does that would even have a use for Saturn stuff, let alone anything retro related / know what it was aside from some old game.
If this is what I'm thinking about, your converter doesn't separate the audio, it duplicates it. You still have audio wires running in your cables picking up interferences. This cable on the other hand has no internal audio wire.
Agreed, I would definitely put an unknown package back in a mailbox ASAP. Also weird is that I got packages with Saturn games that day, including a delivery notice for Panzer Dragoon Saga. Side grieveance: I love when you're home all day and the mail person just sticks the notice on the door and doesn't bother to ring.
YES. Aw man lol.
Even if you were to catch your mail guy, you would probably find that he never took the package with him to begin with, only the prefilled slip while the actual packaged stayed at the post office for the whole time.
Lol, you know I'd never even thought of that. Thanks for reducing my faith in the postal service even more
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
I fucking hate that. Once caught the guy doing it, I heard him drop the package and went to the door and caught him leaving. He was all "oh... I rang and there was no one". Like fuck you, no you didn't, I was right there. Lying to my face, really pissed me off.
Lol, you know I'd never even thought of that. Thanks for reducing my faith in the postal service even more
Yeah, it's not that they can't be bothered to ring, they are actively avoiding it. This is what I found while talking about it at the post office. They can't / don't want to carry all the parcels so they start their day by filling a whole bunch of slips and delivering them instead.
At least they are not giving your stuff to a neighbour or leaving it at your door, at the mercy of anyone to take it away.
Now that I have had the chance to put some time in to it, I'd say it's worth it. It plays different enough from other Capcom fighters, and it has wonderful art direction. The selectable mechs make up for the lack of playable characters. It's fun and a neat part of Capcom's history. Buy.
That's...huh. Probably so.
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[edit] I love this dude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3V3tLfSVKg
PumpkinSpice
Banned
Why are memory carts so expensive on ebay? I found two today for about $3 but they seem to go for waaaaay more normally.
Shin Johnpv
Member
I personally would say go for an action replay 4 in 1 plus over a memory card. Those are like everything built into one, memory card, ram cart for 4 and 1 meg chips, if I remember right it lets you play imports.