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| | Publisher: | Sega of America, Inc. | | Platform: | Sega Saturn | | Operating System: | Sega Saturn | | Sales Rank: | 8,139th |
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 32 reviews)
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Better then the PS one. Why did this system fall short? by Bonnie Ciafre (Lansdowne, PA United States)  5 Stars
November 08, 2009
This system was more durable, seemed to have better loading times, and better colors than that of the PSone. I have owned both, and the PS one was alot like the NES. Not very reliable but they had tons of third party. SEGA had lost costumers from it dabbling in the SEGA CD(sticker $300+ when new and Sonic CD/Ecco are the only games worth even playing)and then the 32X the year before.($150 new.brings the Gensis up to 32bit, the same as Saturn without the 3d engine, colors, or CD audio) So after dealing with this stuff people turned to off of SEGA. I mean they wanted us to pay 150 for the 32X, 300 for the sega cd, and the gensis.(100-in 95) So you spent 550+ and now a year latter they are telling you need to buy a new system for 300. WHATS?
Not for the system. The American markey never took to it. So if you have one or want one get a Japan mod cartridge. This will upgrade the Saturn to 38-bit and allows you to play Japans games. Like Street Fighter Alpha/Zero 3. Virtua Fighter and Datona are two great games for the systems. And if you want to see how good this system was at 2D get Mortal Kombat 2. This is a arcade perfect port. This system I really perfer even over the N64. It is camp not, but does have some great 2D and early 3D games.
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A shiner in your collection.... by GameFAN HCGamer (United States) 5 Stars
October 10, 2009
so underrated and so underused....
Awesome (now) retro system, you should get one and play Radiant Silvergun, one of the best games of all time!
5 stars for a dead, but awesome system... get one cheap today!
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the Sega Saturn, an Incredible follow up to the genesis. by N. Richko (the death star) 5 Stars
June 22, 2009
when the sega saturn came onto the scene in the mid 1990s, it got a lot of good reviews.
it was a great follow up to the STILL widly popular sega genesis. the saturn was a beefy 32 bit system with lots of gaming power.
the saturn was one of the FIRST gaming systems to dabble with internet gaming by using the sega net link system and keyboard you could surf the web and game online. even though it was limited it showed that sega was ahead of its time.(remember sega channel? )
the saturn boasts impressive graphics, sound, high quality sound...that even today sounds fantastic.
the saturn sold fairly well in the US i remember getting this for christmas . the saturn sold well but was fairly expensive(for the time anyway) it had much better success in europe and in japan
when the first playstation came onto the market, it beat the saturn in sales(a pity) and it gave gamers a run for their money..i had both at the time and to be honest i prefered the saturn better..as well as the contoller set up. so as usual the saturn fell victum to poor marketing etc while the psx soared.
i have various import games for my saturn ..thanks to a handy converter...ah the joys of gaming.
the saturn, was one of those systems that tried to recapture the success of the genesis...did they succeed? i think so. but Sony and Nintendo had better marketing and the poor saturn got lost in the shuffle..
the saturn had some awesome games such as Nights into dreams, galactic attack, Alien Trilogy, x men:children of the atom, Street fighter Alpha 2, Nightstalkers etc...not to mention awesome imports such as Gundam and various top notch MACROSS/ROBOTECH titles.
bottom line if your a sega fan, or looking for a great classic system..check out the saturn.. you wont regret it..
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Why the Sega Saturn was underrated. Also Action Replay plus is a must for the great imports from Japan by J. Paul (hell MI usa) 5 Stars
June 15, 2009
The Sega Saturn was the ultimate 2D gaming console it was released on May 11th 1995 3 or 4 months ahead of schedule the early release threw many 3rd party developers off it was released early to get an advantage over the Playstation 1 but it really hurt the system but in a dumb move by Sega they fired Tom Kalinskie & brought in a complete idiot Bernie Stolar he had horrible policies like no 2D games no RPG's. 2D games were the Saturn's bread and butter. Many games were cancelled or never brought over here. But this really underrated system had some good to killer games Die Hard arcade, Shinobi Legions Gurdian Heroes a great beat em up. A lot of arcade ports like Virtua Cop, Virtua Fighter and the expensive light gun game House of the Dead . Expect some Saturn reviews. This is is really a beautiful 2D system. If you choose to buy it don't compare it with the PS1. I think if the God awful 32X had never been released and Tom Kalinskie had never been fired the Saturn would have been more competitive in the U.S
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Awesome system by Joshua M. Biggs 5 Stars
May 08, 2009
Okay so the origins of Sega Saturn is still up to debate... from everything as it was not supposed to have 3-D to it was supposed to be the ultimate 2-D system... and mere upgrade to the Genesis... to it was Sega's answer to unload it's arcade games (Which were hits at the time and a big deal) for cheaper... to be honest I think there is truth in all those stories... but I'm not sure I put 100% stock into any of them. The bottom line of the matter is Sega released the Saturn in the 32 bit- 64 bit era and it's a great machine. So me being an owner of all 3 of the big systems of that era(Saturn, Playstation, and N64) I'm going on a limb and saying the Saturn may have been the best system of it's time overall.
Disadvantages the Saturn had against Playstation. (Note I'm only comparing the 2 top 32 bit machines here)
Sega... in general was one disadvantage for the Saturn. The company made some bad choices here in America... including an early release to certain stores.. which made other sells outlets angry and pretty much drop Sega's stuff right from the get go (I believe Toys R Us and Wal Mart were 2 such stores though I may be wrong but they did P.O. some big name stores for the time I remember) It also made 3rd party developers mad. In addition there are parts in the hardware that not even Sega managed to take advantage of.
Third Party Developers... Basically the early release combined with the Hardware made 3rd party developers angry... (They said that the system was to hard to make games for)
Basically in the end despite what Sony Frat boys say these two things were the death of the Saturn... (Sega's choices and not as many games being released)
Graphics... Basically since nobody could actually take advantage of the Saturn's Capabilities this led into a lot of third party games (that are 3-D anyway) to look better on the Playstation than the Saturn. (Don't believe me do a side by side comparison with Fox's Croc: Legend of the Gobbos sometime. The Playstation version even the Demo copy I have looks a lot better)
The Advantages Saturn has over the Playstation.
Graphics... This is actually a double edged sword for Saturn because while the 3-D didn't do so well Saturn (On so many games) whooped the Playstation in the 2-D department and considering that a lot of the top arcade hits were 2-D the Saturn delivered the hits(For it's time) You cannot get better translations of Street Fighters or X-Men Children of the Atom and quite a few others.
Loading times.. Once again despite what the Sony frat boys say the Saturn is quicker to load 99.9% of the time and once they load they don't have nearly as much slow down or skipping as any Playstation title.
The ability to read discs... :P literally when I got my Playstation I had a game I played a lot... the game ended up with one scratch... one scratch... My PS decided it couldn't read the disc. Well, I got rid of said Game(Wild Arms) and got another game... but literally if your discs has a scratch or dust or anything what so ever your PS may decide it can't read the disc... or it starts slowing down or skipping a lot... like wise my Saturn discs have some scratches, finger prints and what not and still the system and disc plays like it's brand new... no skipping... no slowdown(Except on one game but from what I read on the reviews of that game it's a problem with all the copies an in game problem if you will).
Reliability.. Basically most Saturn's that were not dropped from some great height or taken a sledge hammer to are most likely still spinning discs today... that's more than I can say for about 75-80% of the originally launched Playstations.
The ability to save a game right from the box... Basically the Saturn featured a battery(Think watch battery) in the back of the system that allowed you to save games... while it didn't have a lot of memory in it and you actually had to buy a back up cart(If you wanted to save more than a few games anyway) it was better than what the Playstation had... (Nothing you had to buy cards for a additional 25 dollars if you wanted to save your games)
Sega... Ahhh hah... you see what happened here... another double edged sword thing... the bottom line of the matter as far as games go... Sega was clearly the better first party.
Okay with that all out of the way... do you want to buy this system.
Yes. If you are a hardcore gamer... it's a must.
Games worth playing:
While there is a lot of great games for the Saturn here are my top picks.
Panzer Dragoon Series(Including Saga) Worth every penny you'll spend on them.
X-Men: Children of the Atom... Hands down the best version of this game. (Actually any Street Fighter Marvel Superheroes and what not are all better here)
Shining Series (Another expensive series of games in which there is 3.. but all are good and you won't be sorry you have them)
Legend of Oasis( A prequel to Beyond Oasis and one of the best 32 bit games ever created... combination of fighter and Zelda games that works)
Virtual Fighter Series(Minus Kids or whatever)
Blazing Heroes... (An often overlooked game that is a Tactics style RPG that is a lot of fun)
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