Saturn Saturn appreciation thread

[TamagotchiTamaHero24]

The Sega Saturn is a beautiful looking system.

(Image taken from retrorepairsandrefurbs.com)

I think it has my favorite design of all of the Sega systems; I own a black system identical to the image above, but I'd also love to own a gray model at some point. I don't usually feel the need to own more than one kind of a system, but the system has such a nice, sleek look to it!

I'm a very new owner of a Sega Saturn, and lacked a means of playing through the system comfortably through emulation, so I haven't had a long period of time to play through much of its library just yet. Those that I have played, such as Sega Rally Championship and Virtua Racing, look and play great! Sega Rally sure is difficult to get first place, but it's certainly a fun time!

Fighting games being my favorite genre helps quite a bit, given the Saturn's reputation for well-made arcade ports of classics like Vampire Savior and Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold. More obscure fighters like Waku-Waku 7 and Groove On Fight are also very unique outings for the time! Of course, the 3D fighters on the system such as Virtua Fighter, Dead or Alive, and Fighting Vipers all have a low-poly charm to them, and are great in their own right, too!

I look forward to seeing the rest of what the system has to offer - titles rarely mentioned outside of the Sega bubble, such as Astal, Shinobi X, Princess Crown, Guardian Heroes, and the Shining Force titles are all games I plan to check out in the near future!

Last Bronx is a 3D fighter that’s worth checking out from what I hear!

 

[LaserMoose]

Last Bronx is a 3D fighter that’s worth checking out from what I hear!

It definitely is! Too many fighters to list, haha. It's a fighting game player's dream on the Saturn!

 

[stealthRUSH]

In case of emergency for your fix

Saturn.fm

saturn.fm

 

[cjl8336]

Go for it! If you like Doom or any FPS then it'll be a pretty enjoyable game for you

it's built off Duke Nukem 3D engine I think, I remember this game being called exhumed on PS1

 

[SpcDaicon]

The Saturn always had this air of mytery around it for me.

Although Sega was popular in Brazil, video games were still expensive and hard to come by and, since the Saturn didn't had a good support outside Japan, it's presence here was minimal.

I've completely "skipped" the Satrun and only "discoveried" it after I heard about it years later. To me Sega's console were Master System > Mega Drive (Genesis) > Dreamcast (for years I tought the Dreamcast, the Playstation 1 and the Nintendo 64 were in the same generation) which is a shame since the Saturn looks like a really fun system.

I actauly tried to emulate it to play Princess Crown but struggled mapping the controls and gave up. Recently, I saw online a store selling an USB Saturn controller so I think I might buy it and play some Saturn

 

[DunkeyKong]

it's built off Duke Nukem 3D engine I think, I remember this game being called exhumed on PS1

Yeah it was called a Slave Driver engine they've built from the ground up, it was called exhumed in EU

 

[PaleFolklore]

I'm still a bit divided on my preference for Saturn emulators...but it's nice to see many are still supported, considering how complex the Saturn can be, in regards to emulation.