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Message: [QUOTE="Geocide, post: 257542, member: 61037"] 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 [I]really[/I] 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 [B][I]underrated[/I][/B] 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. [/QUOTE]

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