Yes, I loved the Vs series and the Alpha series. I'm not too familiar with a lot of the games for the system. I can recall Sakura Taisen, Sonic R, Panzer series, and the Virtua Fighter games.
You, and anyone else really, should read my Saturn game-summaries thread...
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=486617
I've done threads like this for the Saturn, Playstation, N64, Odyssey 2, Game Boy (B&W), and PC Racing Games. I also have incomplete, not-yet-posted SNES and 32X reviews that I'll finish sometime in the next few months anyway. Then probably on to the Genesis.
Since you're asking this question you obviously don't live in Japan.
Therefore most important factor in answering this question is - are you willing to import?
If yes, you will find that there are tons of very worthwhile games if you can brave a bit of kana (and most of them are arcade games where zero Japanese knowledge is necessary). I'd recommend checking out Bulk Slash, Silhouette Mirage, Gungriffon, Assault Suit Leynos 2, Batsugun, Soukyugurentai, Cotton 2, Dynamite Deka, and *insert a dozen awesome Capcom fighting games here.* You can also find the Japanese versions of games like Guardian heroes, Azel and Burning Rangers for pennies compared to what the English versions go for these days.
Those last two aren't worth buying imported unless you can read (or understand spoken) Japanese, though.
And anyway, the US Saturn library of course is nowhere near as good as the Japanese one, but shmups aside, I think it's actually pretty decent...
Played a bit of Dracula X with Maria last night. Christ she's overpowered. I mean, you don't even have to try. She flips and dives all over the screen like Strider and has a kamehameha that melts bosses. I appreciate that the team took the time to fully develop a usable character though. Even if she is broken.
I sampled a bit of the castle to experience the slowdown. Wow, it really does pop up in the oddest places. The outer wall crawls when there's seemingly nothing going on. Elsewhere, you'll run into a handful of enemies in the same space while some really competent parallax scrolling is going on and the game runs just fine.
The sprites can look odd at times too. At best, it's indistinguishable from the Playstation version. At worst, things look like a lazy copy/paste.
I'm going to start a new game and do a full play through with Alucard when I have more free time. This week is going to be a bit busy for me.
For the most part Saturn Maria is overpowered, but there are a few parts that are actually difficult with her... still though, it was a great thing to add, and really should have been in the game all along.
I would add:
5)You like Working Designs games.
That would mostly go in Sega, though. I mean, Albert Odyssey is the only Saturn Working Designs game that isn't a title published by Sega in Japan.
Also, if you love Working Designs, you'll need a TurboGrafx-16 plus Turbo CD drive (or Duo), a Sega CD, a Saturn, a PS1, and a PS2, not just the Saturn...
I am looking to purchase the second model and was wondering if there are any other noteworthy differences one should take into consideration regarding the model 2. Here's what Wikipedia says:
Apart from system button shape, the biggest difference is that some models are easier to mod than others. Unfortunately, you can't tell from the outside which is which, always; there are also internal revisions.
In Japan the model 1 was grey and the model 2 white, but in the US both are black, so there's no color difference either.
