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Sega Saturn. What do I do with this thing?
Hazz
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The very generous Mr Rohaq of these here forums has kindly donated his old Sega Saturn to me, so what should I get for it, games/accessories wise? What's this cartridge thing at the top do? Is Nights really that good? I know next to nothing about it, as I sorta slept through the Saturn release and forgot about it when the Playstation was released. Also, any legal ways to get my import gaming on?
Additionally, I've had the wrong RF cable supplied with it and in my attempts to force-waggle it into the Saturn, I see to have rubbed away the connectors a little. Anyone know if this is easy to rectify, presuming I've buggered the thing up? Anyway, any advice and help is appreciated.
The games he's supplied me with include:
Croc, Daytona, Sonic R, Theme Park, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Robo Pit and.. something else not particularly memorable.
Additionally, I've had the wrong RF cable supplied with it and in my attempts to force-waggle it into the Saturn, I see to have rubbed away the connectors a little. Anyone know if this is easy to rectify, presuming I've buggered the thing up? Anyway, any advice and help is appreciated.
The games he's supplied me with include:
Croc, Daytona, Sonic R, Theme Park, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Robo Pit and.. something else not particularly memorable.
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I liked NiGHTS a lot when it first came out, but I havent played it in 5 years. From what I remember, it was pure awesome crazy fun.
Get NiGHTs too.
this is what you need for importing, the best card out there it includes both a 1m and a 4m expansion for all the capcom 2d fighters.
new cables in S-video and SCART flavour
Burning Rangers
Christmas Nights
Dragon Force
Grandia
Guardian Heroes
Nights into Dreams
Panza Dragoon Saga
Radiant Silergun
Saturn Bomberman
Sega Rally
Snatcher
As for games, there was an awesome RPG called Mystaria which I would strongly recommend. I'll second the recomendation for Saturn Bomberman as well, probably the best Bomberman I've played.
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guardian heroes
darkstalkers 2
Panzer Dragoon I + II
As fighters go, you've gotten most of the best of what it has to offer. Alpha 2 is arguably the best fighting game on the system(made less awesome thanks to Anthology, but back then, it was definitive).
I only have a few imports, but beyond the ever-popular Radiant Silvergun and a scattering of RPGs, I don't know much really worth getting.
Also, you can replace that RF with an AV cable, which I recommend doing if you can find one.
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I'd recommend NiGHTS, but that's sort of a given. I'd suggest Christmas NiGHTS but that's going for almost a hundred dollars on Ebay now (for the US version at least, and it's difficult to play imports on a non-modded Saturn) so I'd just skip it until NiGHTS 2 comes out and the [fairly insane] demand for the original goes down with it. If you can, try to get Saturn Bomberman too; it's widely regarded as one of the best in the series and with the 10-player (!!!) battle mode it's basically as good as it gets as far as Bomberman goes.
The difficult part would be trying to find a multitap, of course, but that's to be expected.
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Right then, disregard the above. =P
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He's dead now.
I'm...I'm really not sure how joking this is.
I'll only get an import if it's something I absolutely have to play, like Dragon Force 2 and Sakura Taisen, and I know it'll never come out here(like both of those examples).
I've always been interested in Langrisser, but I think I'd be missing a lot by not knowing the story. (This pains me in DF2 constantly.)
You do make a good point.
I'm about to sell my Saturn and all my games so when I dig them out I'll make a list of whats aweosme in between abloo-blooings.
Looking forward to some good old-fashioned 2D goodness.
Oh, and for the brits in the audience, how good was the UK Official Saturn Magazine? Sega didn't give a shit, making it the least tame use of a license before or since. It makes ONM look the sanitised pablum it is.
Good times.
Not in the US it wasn't. Which means I have to deal with those ungodly glass cases the yanks got their SS games in.
Not that ours were any better.
http://cgi.ebay.com/SOUL-HACKERS-JAPANESE-SEGA-SATURN_W0QQitemZ230119987849QQihZ013QQcategoryZ62053QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem - this was the cheapest one I found on ebay. Buy it now is $4 for the game + $5 shipping so $9 total. Not technically $5, but awfully close.
Yeah, there are a ton of Saturn imports that can be had for dirt cheap. There are only a few (like certain import shmups) that are expensive.
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Astal was released in all regions.
Awesome game.
I am quietly confident that there was no PAL release.
Beyond Oasis
Virtua Cop 1 & 2 (+ 2 stunners)
Dark Savior
Puzzle Fighter
Baku Baku Animal
the Capcom 2D Fighters (DarkStalkers, Pocket Fighter, XMen, etc.)
Herc's Adventures
Last Bronx
Bubble Bobble featuring Rainbow Islands
and most importantly...7 controllers, a multitap, Quake, and Duke Nukem 3D. Add those all up, and you get Death Tank Zwei, the most unbelievably awesome "Easter Egg"/hidden feature EVER.
(then get 3 more controllers, another multitap, and play Saturn Bomberman)
Stupid question: Would that cartridge allow a PAL version of say Christmas NiGHTS to work on a US Saturn?
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yes, it makes any Saturn console region free.
Wikipedia:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/saturn/data/573924.html
There is no PAL listing.
Does Australia not use PAL? Because I'm 100% positive it was released in Australia.
I have a friend in Australia who has a copy of Astal. I'll ask him about it later when he signs on AIM.
it's not unheard of to have some games only release in certain countries in PAL regions, or, of course, he could have imported.
Well then god dammit why won't my PAL Christmas NiGHTS work on my US Saturn with that cartridge?
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You sure it's an import cart, and not simply a RAM cart? There are RAM carts which are import carts, and import carts which are ram carts, but a RAM cart isn't always an import cart.
Astal is a very, very fun game. I know its been talked about, but really... get it!
Also, shining wisdom if you can. I have awesome memories of that game.
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that's the ram/import cart
My Saturn is hooked up to an LCD HDTV via s-video, could that have anything to do with it?
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