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I played gauntlet heroes yesterday cuz it didnt seem daunting. Now i need help. Dreamcast is next

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magic knight rayearth

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The Segata Sanshiro game

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2 games ive never heard of, i love you guys. Thought i was gonna get a bunch of panzer dragoon answers

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You don't know about Segata Sanshiro?
You're in for a treat:
https://youtu.be/gc3AK8k90xw

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Amok
Deep Fear
Burning Rangers
D
Die Hard Arcade
Duke Nukem 3D
Enemy Zero
Hexen
Lunacy
Lupin Sansei: Pyramid no Kenja
Machine Head
Mega Man 8
Mega Man X4
Nights into Dreams
Christmas Nights into Dreams
Powerslave
QUAKE
Resident Evil
Robotica
Shining Force 3
Shining the Holy Ark
The Mansion of Hidden Souls

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NiGHTS into Dreams is one of my all-time favorite games.

It's incredibly unique, it is just good vibes are around.
~It's truly a special game.
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They rereleased nights a bunch of times, i played it. Thanks to that guy with the list.

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...Panzer Dragoon.
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Virtual Hydlide

Some hate it, but I liked it. It is clunky and choppy, but one cool feature is that the layout are completely randomize so no two playthroughs are the same.

If you want to experience the worst the system has there is Death Crimson. Not only is the worst light gun ever made, but it is the worst game on the Saturn.

MDK and Area 51 are great, but it was ported to other systems. Also do not forget the only console port of House of the Dead.

Clockwork Knight is good although I wish it had a password system.

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Virtual Hydlide

Some hate it, but I liked it. It is clunky and choppy, but one cool feature is that the layout are completely randomize so no two playthroughs are the same.

If you want to experience the worst the system has there is Death Crimson. Not only is the worst light gun ever made, but it is the worst game on the Saturn.

Maximum Force and Area 51 are great, but it was ported to other systems. Also do not forget the only console port of House of the Dead.

Clockwork Knight is good although I wish it had a password system.

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The Saturn is lauded by many as the best shmup console of all time. Some popular titles for the system:
Batsugun
Battle Garegga
Cotton 2
Cotton Boomerang
Darius Gaiden
DoDonPachi
DonPachi
Galactic Attack (a.k.a. Layer Section)
Hyper Duel
Radiant Silvergun
Sengoku Blade
Soukyuugurentai
Strikers 1945
Strikers 1945 II
Thunder Force V: Perfect System

I first got it for all the xmen fight games but im kinda realizing theres a whole lot more

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Is it my imagination or is this the best controller ever?

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The_Office_pwnz posted...

Is it my imagination or is this the best controller ever?

Saturn controller kicks ass for 2D gaming

It reminded me of how much i loved street fighter

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Japanese version of sotn

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PC_Genjin posted...

Saturn controller kicks ass for 2D gaming

Sega also invented what is the protip of what we understand as a modern controller with their 3D controller.
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The one game I would definitely play is Lunar 2.

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Thats it?

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Go back and play forknite, you fucking children

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Any CAVE shooter (Do Don Pachi)

Princess Crown
Bomberman (I forget if they have more than one, but one of them has 8 player functionality and a really big map).
Radiant Silvergun
Darius Gaiden

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Yeah theres a lot of those galaga type shooters on there, i dont even know where to start. And yes Ive played ikaruga

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Robot2600 posted...

Bomberman (I forget if they have more than one, but one of them has 8 player functionality and a really big map).

10 player. I brought my Saturn, Bomberman and 10 controllers with me to college. Only Mario kart 64 came close to dorm room fun.


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Guitar hero

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Btw xmen vs street fighter? Best concept for a game ever, best intro ever, best boss ever.

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do you have the action replay plus 4mb cart? Gotta make sure you get one of those for imports.

Guardian Heroes. For $250 worth it for US version. Don't get JPN.
Saturn Bomberman. Feel free to get JPN version to get cheaper. Not worth the $500 asking for US version.
Bomberman Wars (JPN only) tactical RPG, around $20.
Nights into dreams - At $80-100 one of the cheaper good US games. JPN version will cost you $10 and come with Christmas Nights if you want.
Christmas Nights
Burning Rangers - If you buy it buy it closer to the $600 than $1000 for US version. PAL like $200-300. Toss up on if it is worth it. I'd rather have 4 cheaper games than 1 of this. Graphics look particularly dated on this game.
Dragon Force (i dont actually like this game but a lot of people love it). Lots of text but story really doesn't matter on this one, JPN version perfectly playable. US is like $300-400, JPN is like $25. Also JPN only sequel if you like the first.
Albert's Odyssey - $300 for US. Only version worth buying if you want it. If you find yourself considering the jpn version get the SNES cart instead.
Legends of Oasis - For only $150ish again one of the cheapest good games. People are sleeping on this one, get it before its another $500 game. Don't get JPN version, too much reading.
Panzer Dragoon Saga (again I don't actually like it all that much but a lot of people claim to love it. The battle mechanics are very innovative for 1997 or whenever it released). Don't buy it. Not worth JPN version, too much reading, not wroth $1200 for US or 600 for PAL.
Panzer Dragoon Zwei. I don't know its worth the purchase price, but its fun for a few hours. But rail shooters I get tired of.
Metal Slug (JPN, ram needed, think it only uses 1mb though) $100 but best version this side of a Neo Geo.
X-Men children of the atom - not worth it at $100+ for US
Marvel Super Heroes - Probably not worth it at $150-200 for US.
X-Men vs Street Fighter (JPN, ram needed) - Worth it at $40ish
Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter (JPN, ram needed). - Goes for like $150, honestly not worth it unless you much prefer those characters to the X-men ones.
Castlevania SOTN (JPN, better than PSN version) - Only get if you love the game and just wish it had better animations. Goes for about as much as black label PS1 version. Search for "Dracula X" if you want to chance upon a jpn seller that doesn't list it as symphony of the night. happens sometimes and you can snag it for like $50-100 instead of $150.
Magic Knight Rayearth. Get passed the cutesy cover and characters and its a great game.

Burning Rangers - Imagine 3d megaman only you only get the mega buster (chargeable), and rather than you being a robot fighting robots, you are a fire fighter fighting ... fires. Surprising awesome game given the premise

Shining Force 3, all 3 scenarios. Scenario 1 is available US, PAL, JPN. Rest are JPN. Also a "premium" disc that, given the sort of game, is actually really fun. The premium disc just has a bunch of boss battles and OST and various stuff on it. I'd definitely recommend scenario 1 and then premium disc. 2 and 3 you need a translation guide to play with.

Sega Rally Championship
Astal
Powerslave
Shinrei Jusatshi Taromaru -


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Its funny you mention guardian heroes. Thats the first thing i played.

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how are you playing the games? if youre going to be buying, good luck! i wish i hadn't sold my saturn collection back in 07. I got ~3k for it then. had all those games I listed plus some. I've gotten a few back over the years, but i dont think ill ever own another copy of PDS.

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Who cares though dude? Its a digital world.

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Robot2600 posted...

Any CAVE shooter (Do Don Pachi)

Princess Crown
Bomberman (I forget if they have more than one, but one of them has 8 player functionality and a really big map).
Radiant Silvergun
Darius Gaiden

Truth....Also and side note, this...

https://www.siliconera.com/cave-announces-development-of-new-touhou-project-game/
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If you like fighting games try to find Fighters Megamix. It's a combination of Virtua Fighter, Fighting Vipers, and a bunch of other absurd characters, like the car from Daytona USA.
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Have you ever heard of Astra superstars or
Groove on fight? I wrote those down for sone reason but cant remember why (fighting games that arent street fighter)

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