Saturn. Good to collect for?
I really love the saturn, and while I hear many games are extremely difficult to find, I still want to collect them.
I want to start first with games id enjoy. Do you guys have any good platformers or horror games you recommend for the SS? Also, I am in the USA so obviously they need to be NTSC-UC
I want to start first with games id enjoy. Do you guys have any good platformers or horror games you recommend for the SS? Also, I am in the USA so obviously they need to be NTSC-UC
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burning rangers is good, resident evil is good on saturn mansion of hidden souls, i could go on.
Saturn always was underated always over shadowed by playstation, and it was actually a better machine in a lot of respects.
Croc is another game id get, since I absolutely adored it on the PC.
Clockwork Knight and Skeleton Warriors are good platformers, and Skeleton Warriors is a really impressive game visually and has some really cool horror elements to the design... The Saturn version can be gotten for about $20, but the PS1 version's about $10, so do with that what you will. Another game that looks really interesting that I unfortunately haven't had much time to play is D. It's an all CGI animated FMV horror game. Apparently, it's one of the few FMV games that was actually done well.
The original Panzer Dragoon is really good. I don't generally like shoot 'em ups at all, but that game's just great. It looks gorgeous, it has great atmosphere and most importantly, it's a lot of fun. Not sure about Panzer Dragoon II, but I hear it's good as well.
There's also a port of Tomb Raider on the Saturn that's pretty cheap, so if you like Tomb Raider, it's affordable even if you have the PS1 version if you just want some more games to play on Saturn.
Also, get Nights Into Dreams. Holy crap, get Nights Into Dreams. That game is ridiculously good. I wanted to play it since it came out in the nineties, and when I played it for the first time about a month ago, I was practically glued to the TV screen for a good hour, mesmerized. I'll give it a little bit longer before it becomes one of my favorite games ever.
But you should really get a action replay cart so you can play games from all regions
because the best games only got japanese releases. But you have plenty good us releases
like. Bug!, Astal, shining force, sega rally, resident evil
It's also got the best version of bomberman for multiplayer if you've got 2 multitaps and 10 controllers. My only gripe is that they only give you one map to play on. It's still insanely fun with 8 players and all the other available maps too.
Most of the best games are going to cost you and arm and a leg too.
If you look at the imports Saturn only gets better.
I am a platformer/side scrolling beat-em-ups person. Beat-em-ups on the system doesn't seem promising. I really want to pick up skeleton warriors, but they are asking too much lately for it and the copies just sit on ebay and never sell. Guardian Heroes is an expensive title that seems revered as one of the best ever for beat-em-ups and probably the best on the system.
As for platformers, here is a list of the ones I know of. I prefer 2D platformers for sure and that is why I picked up the saturn. The colors are just so amazing where the PS1 looks like smeared poop.
Platformers 2D:
Gex (also on PS1 but better on Saturn)
Croc
Astal (Definitely recommend)
Bug!
Bug Too!
Clockwork Knight (a staple for saturn platformers)
Clockwork Knight 2
Shinobi Legions (not a huge fan and it's a bit on the higher priced side but if you like the
-----------------------shinobi series is stays true)
Earthworm Jim 2 (slightly better graphics than the original and better sound, but the pixels
------------------------are off so the snot swing is retarded; I prefer the genesis version for game
------------------------control purposes)
Silhouette Mirage (no idea how the game is. the saturn version is JP only and costs $40 where
-------------------------the PS1 version costs about $5)
Rayman (best version of the game by far. pushes color for sure which I really enjoy.)
Mr. Bones (I hear good things, but watching the youtube videos of it reminds me of dragon's
---------------lair for the sega CD and I think that game blows.
Platformers 2.5D:
Pandemonium (was really hard for me to get into and is frustrating but worth a look)
Virtua Fighter 2 is one of the cheapest games the system has to offer and is one of my favourite fighters of all time. It still holds up well today.
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is a cheaper title for Saturn as well and I believe it is the best version of the game (for many years people said UMK3 was the best MK game, at least until MK9 came out).
I must also profess my love for Bug! and Bug Too! although they've already been mentioned. I must also support Gex, a highly underrated game. Frankly I find Clockwork Knight to be a very bland game, but many people seem to enjoy it.
Other good NTSC-U/C games? Hmmm. Sonic 3D Blast is a good game in my opinion although many people dislike it. The special stages are amazing on the Saturn version. Sonic R is a decent racing game, Daytona USA is also a cheap and good racing game. Sonic Jam is a mostly unnecessary compilation but it does have the cool hub world.
Originally posted by: segacollecting1990
Saturn Bomberman. Get that game.
Commands quite the price. I would suggest only if going to play a lot or really enjoy mega bomberman. Never played it, but I'm sure it's great.
Originally posted by: Metah
That's... strange. Do you know why there are two colours or it's just because?
I believe there were two different print runs of the game, an initial run and then a second run. My copy has mixed sleeves, however my friend's copy (bought new back in the 90s) has only black sleeves. As far as I know it's the only Saturn game to have sleeves like that making it unique in that sense.
Originally posted by: Metah
That's... strange. Do you know why there are two colours or it's just because?
I believe there were two different print runs of the game, an initial run and then a second run. My copy has mixed sleeves, however my friend's copy (bought new back in the 90s) has only black sleeves. As far as I know it's the only Saturn game to have sleeves like that making it unique in that sense.
Street Fighter Collection has 1 sleeve. Thats all I can think of w.o looking.
But if you are collecting for the Saturn, getting an Action Replay Plus cart is a MUST not just for the ability to play imports but also for the extra RAM it provides for certain games that require it... This way you don't have to worry about finding a complete copy of a game with the RAM cart... Unless you are going for CIB collecting. Also, the Action Replay Plus allows for a lot of extra memory storage.
How does the Action Replay Plus unit actually work? Just put it in and any NTSC-J game will work on your console when you boot it up?
Yeah it just goes in the cartridge slot and then when you boot up any import it goes to a screen to choose between starting the game, putting in cheats or using the memory function. Very simple. You can just keep the cartridge in all the time.