Saturn Saturn appreciation thread

[nobitakun]

I don't care it's been already posted:

My best Saturn game of all time by far :D

 

[Varyag]

i can't tell if it has been posted elswhere on here, but i liked bumping into this article on bluesky the other day: https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/sega/12-sega-saturn-games-that-need-to-be-re-released

a couple here i had never heard of--Shinrei Jusatsushi Tarōmaru for example sounds super interesting! this article also got me to boot up Bulk Slash this morning, which I am loving

whoa, I already like many titles on the Saturn, and got many recommendations from friends and such for games to have in my digital collection, but there's some gems here that I hadn't even considered yet! thanks for sharing

 

[solnK!]

Playing Panzer Dragoon Saga rn.
It´s one of the best games I have ever played.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Playing Panzer Dragoon Saga rn.
It´s one of the best games I have ever played.

Right there with you right now.

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Named my dragon off the best Dragoon from another RPG series…

 

[solnK!]

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Named my dragon off the best Dragoon from another RPG series…

That photo is so beautiful
I might be wrong but i think you´re talking about Freya from FFIX, another Goty for me.

 

[tryrushdeppy3]

Tonight I am playing:

 

[Geocide]

Back around 1996 or so, I got a chance to play on a Saturn that a buddy of my oldest brother allowed me to borrow for a week (I was rather young). I don't have many memories of the games I played, but I do remember playing Panzer Dragoon and flying around in the sky. I regretted never playing it much, but I always thought the 3D pad was so cool.

Fast forward to about 2018 and I obtained a Saturn of my own and really started to dive deep into the library the Saturn offered. I always knew that the Saturn failed super hard in the USA, and was gone in a blip (same with the Dreamcasts, but I was able to get one of those a few years after it came out for my birthday, at least), so I never had much experience beyond the little bit I played when I was much younger.

The Saturn library, imho, is one of the most underrated home console libraries of any console I've played thus far, and there are a TON of absolute BANGERS on it, as well. Arcade perfect ports (which is a big deal, especially for the shmups like Batsugun, DonPachi, and DoDonPachi), and quirky, yet interesting and unique games that are still only on the Saturn.

Currently, I have mine installed with a Fenrir ODE (the still working optical drive is safely put away because those suckers are actually the main reason why Saturn consoles cost so much second hand) with a bunch of games on the sd card. One of my goals once I get another job is to actually sit down and finally play Grandia, as well as grinding out Batsugun since I need to get better at shmups again. All on a 32" Sony CRT.

I'm still debating whether to get an S-video cable from Insurrection Industries for dat crispness (since I play my PS2 and Wii with component cables on it as well), or keep using Composite since I do like the idea of playing games as close to how they were when released. The dithering techniques used on the Saturn is quite interesting, and I really do love the effects, personally.

The Sega Saturn has an amazing library with a lot of sleeper hits, and it's no wonder that it lasted so long in Japan, while having over 1100 games made on it.