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Sunhawk
01/19/20 11:32:37 AM
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Somewhere between good and very good, you know?

Graphics were fine. I mean, they were dreadful, but so were the graphics for the PS1. Games varied, but there were a very small number of excellent games. Bug! 1, and more to the point, the infamous NiGHTS. You can also play ports of Sega arcade games, I suppose.

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Damn_Underscore
01/19/20 11:34:01 AM
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It's rated fairly

In the US it has a few good games but it was never a strong console. In Japan it had a much better library though.
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Bass_X0
01/19/20 11:34:39 AM
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Okay, so what do you think of Uranus?

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Sunhawk
01/19/20 11:34:49 AM
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What stuff did the West miss out on? I barely remember now.

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Damn_Underscore
01/19/20 11:40:20 AM
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found a good list online

Racing/Driving

Daytona USA CE (better then the western release as it has the old music and better controls)
Shutokou Battle 97
King The Spirits 2 (apparently the first is also good but I never played it)

2D fighting games

Waku Waku 7 (requires 1MB RAM cart)
King Of Fighters 97 (Requires 1MB cart, though will work with 4MB cart too)
Samurai Spirits 4 (Requires 1MB cart)
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (requires 1MB cart)
X-men Vs Street Fighter (Requires 4MB cart , do not get the PS version , its awful)
Marvel Superheroes Vs Street Fighter (Requires 4MB cart , do not get the PS version , its awful)
Vampire Saviour (Requires 4MB cart)
Street Fighter Zero 3 (Requires 4MB cart , best version of the game)
Pocket Fighter (4MB cart optional , better animation and quicker loading if used)

3D Fighting games

Dead Or Alive (yes, its the best home version)
Anarchy in the Nippon
Savaki
Zero Divide The Final Conflict
Saturn Bomberman Fight (not really a fighting game per se, but close enough)

Platformers

Sillhouette Mirage
Akumajou Dracula X (not the best version of the game)
Action/Arcade

Bulk Slash (very fun game , personally recommended)
Metal Slug (Requires 1MB RAM cart)

RPG/Adventure

Lunar Silver Star Story
Lunar 2 Eternal Blue
Grandia (easily the best version of the game)
Magic School Lunar
Shining Force 3 Scenario 2
Shining Force 3 Scenario 3
Policenauts (the most complete version of the game)
Snatcher

Every other genre

Deep Fear (very solid survival horror game, arguably better then Resident Evil 1 , also has a PAL release)
Columns Arcade Collection (has Columns 1 , Columns 2 , Stack Columns and the arcade/Saturn exclusive Columns 97 on one disc)
J.League Go Go Goal (really good football/soccer game, looks and runs really good for the time)
Digital Dance Mix (not really a game as such , but one heck of a tech demo, worth owning just for that)

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Bass_X0
01/19/20 12:01:45 PM
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Saturn Grandia was not released outside of Japan, so while it may be the best version, its useless if you cant read Japanese.

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YokoGeri
01/19/20 12:05:14 PM
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why couldn't the saturn use the cart slot for carts too?
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Complete_Idi0t
01/19/20 12:11:19 PM
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What other planets have bright rings? SMH Mars-heads
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KFHEWUI
01/19/20 12:43:38 PM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
found a good list online

I would add Lupin Sansei: Pyramid no Kenja to the list. Very good and underrated game.

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Balrog0
01/19/20 12:45:35 PM
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Sucks that western markets (either in fact or in perception) didn't want 2d games anymore at the time

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KILBOTz
01/19/20 12:46:42 PM
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Looking back at that generation n64 > Saturn > ps1

only PS1 game Ive played in the last 15 years is Castlevania SOTN. Ive played dozens of Saturn and n64.

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VandorLee
01/19/20 12:49:32 PM
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The Saturn version always had weird things unique to only it. Like the double Tyrant fight in RE1. Its just there and unique.

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Balrog0
01/19/20 12:52:41 PM
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KILBOTz posted...
Looking back at that generation n64 > Saturn > ps1

only PS1 game Ive played in the last 15 years is Castlevania SOTN. Ive played dozens of Saturn and n64.

I've seen this sort of sentiment a couple times on ce. I sort of get it, even though I'm not sure I agree. At the time the big selling point was the low price and large library, but a lot of the games were either inferior ports or games that were worse than their genre equivalents on other consoles (like Mario kart vs crash racing etc)

But also part of that is just that most ps1 games worth playing have been remade on newer consoles and that's not as true of n64 or Saturn


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obeseexplosive
01/19/20 1:51:57 PM
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Remember when Saturn no selled a bullet
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s0nicfan
01/19/20 2:14:02 PM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
found a good list online

Adding to that list:

X-Men: Children of the Atom, the FIRST Marvel game that spawned the Vs series
Panzer Dragoon Saga - a JRPG with a good story and a truly unique combat engine
Shining: The Holy Arc - an interesting first person dungeon crawler JRPG in the shining series
Astal - a pretty good 2d platformer with really good 2D graphics for the time
Battle Arena Toshinden - technically a port of a PS1 fighter, but upgraded for the Saturn
Wipeout - same as above, an upgraded port of the famous 3D PS1 racing game


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Foppe
01/19/20 2:53:57 PM
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All Capcom 2D fighting games were superior on the Saturn.

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