I think these look fantastic. I've seen a bit of sniffiness and snobbery from the online community about them but personally, if I still owned a Saturn I would have loved to mod it this way.
I don't think they use broken shell consoles to make them, I just don't see how there could be so many broken shells out there. It's likely that they destroy perfectly usable Saturns to make those things. I think it's a pity, leave them Saturns alone.
Sounds like gatekeeping to me. Saturn is too prohibitively expensive to collect for and physical media and the drives that read it are going to die sooner or later. So I think the scene can live without original Saturn hardware and enjoy it this way instead. Hardware purists are so annoying. Clutch your pearls all you want. Letting people have an affordable way to enjoy Saturn is a net positive.
I do plan on picking 1 of these up ever since i found out about em. I do own a original but it would be nice to own 1 specifically for the saroo cart. And i might as well get the package that comes with the cart since i dont own a saroo cart. Ive been using a cart that lets me play backups on my saturn 🤷♂️ ONLY thing i wish is that they used US bios. i grew up with that start up not the japanese lol
The fact that Chinese resellers are butchering perfectly good Saturn consoles that are serviceable is disgusting. I’ve seen photos of the piles of shells, CD-Rom drives and PSU boards that are left when these FrankenSaturn’s are built. You don’t need to butcher a Saturn to use Saroo. You can replace a faulty CD-Rom drive with a Fenrir, you can recap the PSU board or replace it with a Pico PSU variant … these things are absolutely pointless and are robbing future gamers/collectors of genuine Saturn consoles to experience. Some have labelled those who speak out against these things as “gatekeepers”, but it’s anything of the sort … people go on and on about video game preservation, yet they focus on the software and totally forget about the preservation of hardware, which is just as important; if not more so.
i mean if the cable is still there you can also use it to add a GDEMU and considering a GDEMU is very much small in size its just a small board with an SD card, you can fit it in there and it could work, cuz the saroo has its own problems with some 4mb games like one of the samurai showdown games. but am happy they left it inside
Im assuming you mean the RHEA/Phoebe? The GDEMU is for the Dreamcast. Just to clarify as I would hate to see someone buy the GDEMU to try and install in a Saturn...
Yo Wicked! Have you tried installing a V-CD card expansion in one of these yet? Looks like it would still fit. There are Japanese games that can use it for high-quality FMVs 😎👍
@WickedGamerCollector - 👍. Def a good topic to cover. The Saturn V-CD card jungle. I went with the Victor V3. There is Victor, Hitachi, and more brands + revisions to choose from! V-CD cards for the Saturn can get pricey, too.
*These things look AWESOME!* No doubt there are countless Saturns out there in beat up cases, and faulty disc drives. This breaths NEW Life into those consoles. Are these Saturn boards recapped though? Edit: If i were you, i'd undo that top panel, reach in and disconnect that lone internal wire that you won't be using. For the sake of that CLEAN look.
What's the best HD solution for the Sega Saturn? I've found that S-Video gives me a more than adequate picture on this system, but there has got to be better options for more modern televisions which don't typically have S-Video ports.
So that's a VA15 board, meaning most likely a Skeleton or Derby Saturn was destroyed for this. Even worse it looks like they cut the PSU pins off so even if you wanted to this couldn't be put back in a stock case and work anymore. On top of that the place they put the power port prevents the Video CD card or an ODE like the Satiator from being used. Honestly there's no reason to buy these slim consoles. You can easily get a Japanese Saturn for less than what you'd pay for these.
Ur right...I should have gotten Japan Saturn before I got this. I need to buy new controller and video cords. Didn't read the pine print but looking back buying Japan Saturn is better lol
Dont think i really like the idea of having the saturn guts visible like that , Pitty they couldn't preserve the original case , Also the bios boot screen is better on the UK ver rather than that kinda "screeching cat" style sound 😀
But you CAN preserve an original case. You just buy an original Saturn and play the cartridge in it. These boards are completely pointless AAND Hella ugly!
@@jonnyblanka Lucky i do have my original saturn i just dont like to see them selling a mutilation of a console, Is it possible they are trying to attract less legal attention by selling modded consoles in gutted states?
@@jonnyblanka Not pointless when you consider all the beat'up and broken Saturn consoles out there that NOBODY wants, and would just be rotting in a storage bin otherwise. If the boards inside them are perfectly functional then, this can breath new life into those systems.
@@Gametester110-qf8vs Where are all these beat up and broken Saturns? I find it hard to believe that people would neglect a console that is so rare and expensive these days.. If the docs drives stop working ok repurpose the console.. but where the hell is the top shell?
I've watched a few of your vids (enjoyed the racing wheel ones) and you seem to be having fun with what you're doing, which is great to see. Nothing personal, but I do have to give a big thumbs down on the Saturn "mini." Saroo is a solid alternative to expensive ODEs but there is no reason to get a butchered Saturn. It doesn't have a smaller footprint so calling it a mini doesn't work, and the power supply modification is problematic. Plus that shell looks awful. I can't endorse or abide any shop that destroys and irrevocably modifies classic hardware for no good reason except to make a cheap buck.
@@WickedGamerCollector And to correct you on something, that Pink variat made specially for the Sakura Wars fans, and if you don't know what Sakura Wars is, you actually should play it with the fan-translation, it's great!
I just had a thought. Does the Satiator fit in there? You would probably have to take the top off but it looks like the connector is still there on the board. While were at it. Would the TerraOnion MODE still work?
It won't fit. Neither will the Video CD card. They put the power supply cable in that spot. They've also blocked the Comm port so you can't use the Taisen Cable, floppy dirve, etc. if you have those.
Please stop supporting these. We have no idea if they are tearing up working or broken Saturns. These limit the functionality of a Saturn motherboard to the weakest ODE solution while taking away other stock features. Plus, it would cost less to just buy a Saturn and Saroo. Call it snobbery or whatever, but my point stands. These are trash.
I'm sure there are countless beat-up and broken disc-drive Saturn consoles out there just sitting in storage, rotting, that nobody wants. The actual boards inside many them might be Perfectly functional. So this is an awesome way to 'restore' those consoles back to their former glory.
@@Gametester110-qf8vs They're most likely just buying cheap systems on Yahoo Auctions and butchering them. Many consoles listed there as "junk" are still 100% working fine, the seller just can't test them so they list them as "junk".
One of the other ones is a Red Evangelion (Asuka themed). Really? I appreciate Evangelion as much as the next anime fan but....who the hell associates the Sega Saturn with that anime?! Both designs look GOOD at least. I just wish they did more designs featuring characters that most fans associate with the Saturn. Like a Panzer Dragoon or a Daytona USA themed system.
@@WickedGamerCollector Or they could put a decal/graphic on top that makes it look like a normal saturn console (minus the lid/disc-drive, ofcourse). That would look neat.
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I just picked one of them up and still playing it, Saroo is amazing on it and worth the price for nostalgia gamers like me 🤙
I think these look fantastic. I've seen a bit of sniffiness and snobbery from the online community about them but personally, if I still owned a Saturn I would have loved to mod it this way.
Would be interesting if they sold the cases so you can do it yourself.
This is awesome! Good review and cool video Wicked!👉🏼🙂👈
Those look nice, some 3D printed parts just don't fit in the whole appearance, but overall an interesting option
I've bought a proper Saturn, and as much as I could , even down to a CRT .. cannot beat proper equipment.. nice video..
I don't think they use broken shell consoles to make them, I just don't see how there could be so many broken shells out there. It's likely that they destroy perfectly usable Saturns to make those things. I think it's a pity, leave them Saturns alone.
Maybe somehow defective consoles, such as lens not reading or something...
@@Pai3000lol you really think there are so many defective consoles? And what about the top part of the shell? Those are real Saturn parts 😢😢
Agree, if I hope these where broken Saturn's. Not perfectly working SEGA Saturn. That be a horrible thing to do
@@joezar33 and can we really trust these Chinese companies to do the right thing? They will make whatever sells.
Sounds like gatekeeping to me. Saturn is too prohibitively expensive to collect for and physical media and the drives that read it are going to die sooner or later. So I think the scene can live without original Saturn hardware and enjoy it this way instead. Hardware purists are so annoying. Clutch your pearls all you want. Letting people have an affordable way to enjoy Saturn is a net positive.
I do plan on picking 1 of these up ever since i found out about em. I do own a original but it would be nice to own 1 specifically for the saroo cart. And i might as well get the package that comes with the cart since i dont own a saroo cart. Ive been using a cart that lets me play backups on my saturn 🤷♂️ ONLY thing i wish is that they used US bios. i grew up with that start up not the japanese lol
The fact that Chinese resellers are butchering perfectly good Saturn consoles that are serviceable is disgusting.
I’ve seen photos of the piles of shells, CD-Rom drives and PSU boards that are left when these FrankenSaturn’s are built.
You don’t need to butcher a Saturn to use Saroo. You can replace a faulty CD-Rom drive with a Fenrir, you can recap the PSU board or replace it with a Pico PSU variant … these things are absolutely pointless and are robbing future gamers/collectors of genuine Saturn consoles to experience.
Some have labelled those who speak out against these things as “gatekeepers”, but it’s anything of the sort … people go on and on about video game preservation, yet they focus on the software and totally forget about the preservation of hardware, which is just as important; if not more so.
To me it is so cool that it's passively cooled. No fans, no heatsink, no thermal paste.
i mean if the cable is still there you can also use it to add a GDEMU and considering a GDEMU is very much small in size its just a small board with an SD card, you can fit it in there and it could work, cuz the saroo has its own problems with some 4mb games like one of the samurai showdown games. but am happy they left it inside
Im assuming you mean the RHEA/Phoebe? The GDEMU is for the Dreamcast. Just to clarify as I would hate to see someone buy the GDEMU to try and install in a Saturn...
Wicked Sega time
you might like the mark 2 sega saturn controller more, I know i did back in the day
I want to straighten up that one Brown disk capacitor so bad
Yo Wicked! Have you tried installing a V-CD card expansion in one of these yet? Looks like it would still fit. There are Japanese games that can use it for high-quality FMVs 😎👍
Nope, Don't have it.. let me look into this.
Would be interesting indeed.
@@WickedGamerCollector I had a similar question. Would the Satiator or the TerraOnion Mode still work in this thing?
@WickedGamerCollector - 👍. Def a good topic to cover. The Saturn V-CD card jungle. I went with the Victor V3. There is Victor, Hitachi, and more brands + revisions to choose from! V-CD cards for the Saturn can get pricey, too.
No, it would not.
Nice
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*These things look AWESOME!* No doubt there are countless Saturns out there in beat up cases, and faulty disc drives. This breaths NEW Life into those consoles. Are these Saturn boards recapped though?
Edit: If i were you, i'd undo that top panel, reach in and disconnect that lone internal wire that you won't be using. For the sake of that CLEAN look.
It's not necessary though, Saroo works on any Saturn with a functioning cartridge slot, the condition of the disc drive doesn't matter.
It's the unofficial Saturn Mini but better because it's real hardware!
What's the best HD solution for the Sega Saturn? I've found that S-Video gives me a more than adequate picture on this system, but there has got to be better options for more modern televisions which don't typically have S-Video ports.
I would have to hope they are new capacitors because these modded Saturns aren't cheap. 😬 Also I've just realised, there aren't any heatsinks?
So that's a VA15 board, meaning most likely a Skeleton or Derby Saturn was destroyed for this. Even worse it looks like they cut the PSU pins off so even if you wanted to this couldn't be put back in a stock case and work anymore. On top of that the place they put the power port prevents the Video CD card or an ODE like the Satiator from being used.
Honestly there's no reason to buy these slim consoles. You can easily get a Japanese Saturn for less than what you'd pay for these.
Ur right...I should have gotten Japan Saturn before I got this. I need to buy new controller and video cords. Didn't read the pine print but looking back buying Japan Saturn is better lol
Hey Siri, how do I pin a comment on someone else's RUclips video?
My issue is these need to be recapped. I doubt they are doing any maintenance on the boards.
Yeah .. normally i'm used they go for a quick money.
Dont think i really like the idea of having the saturn guts visible like that , Pitty they couldn't preserve the original case , Also the bios boot screen is better on the UK ver rather than that kinda "screeching cat" style sound 😀
But you CAN preserve an original case. You just buy an original Saturn and play the cartridge in it. These boards are completely pointless AAND Hella ugly!
@@jonnyblanka Lucky i do have my original saturn i just dont like to see them selling a mutilation of a console, Is it possible they are trying to attract less legal attention by selling modded consoles in gutted states?
@@jonnyblanka Not pointless when you consider all the beat'up and broken Saturn consoles out there that NOBODY wants, and would just be rotting in a storage bin otherwise. If the boards inside them are perfectly functional then, this can breath new life into those systems.
@@Gametester110-qf8vs Where are all these beat up and broken Saturns? I find it hard to believe that people would neglect a console that is so rare and expensive these days..
If the docs drives stop working ok repurpose the console.. but where the hell is the top shell?
Why would they discard the beautiful original case?
There are countless Saturn's out there that look like they've been through world-war II.
@@Gametester110-qf8vs clean it up and restore them.
I've watched a few of your vids (enjoyed the racing wheel ones) and you seem to be having fun with what you're doing, which is great to see.
Nothing personal, but I do have to give a big thumbs down on the Saturn "mini." Saroo is a solid alternative to expensive ODEs but there is no reason to get a butchered Saturn. It doesn't have a smaller footprint so calling it a mini doesn't work, and the power supply modification is problematic. Plus that shell looks awful. I can't endorse or abide any shop that destroys and irrevocably modifies classic hardware for no good reason except to make a cheap buck.
Too bad that there's no Sega Saturn clones exist yet.
Nope... indeed.
And mini would just be an emulation box in the end.
@@WickedGamerCollector And to correct you on something, that Pink variat made specially for the Sakura Wars fans, and if you don't know what Sakura Wars is, you actually should play it with the fan-translation, it's great!
The cable must stay because the console cant run opcode without checking for a laser lead
Better off using emulation and something like Batocera, or Retrobat
The days of Saturn being a challenge to emulate are over.
I just had a thought. Does the Satiator fit in there? You would probably have to take the top off but it looks like the connector is still there on the board. While were at it. Would the TerraOnion MODE still work?
It won't fit. Neither will the Video CD card. They put the power supply cable in that spot. They've also blocked the Comm port so you can't use the Taisen Cable, floppy dirve, etc. if you have those.
shout out to my Kelpian brothers!
Sem dissipador de calor não dá problema? 🤔
Please stop supporting these. We have no idea if they are tearing up working or broken Saturns. These limit the functionality of a Saturn motherboard to the weakest ODE solution while taking away other stock features. Plus, it would cost less to just buy a Saturn and Saroo. Call it snobbery or whatever, but my point stands. These are trash.
I really don't see the appeal in these re-shells. seems kinda wasteful too. I would rather buy a scuffed original with broken disc drive
Maybe they have piles of boards and try to make some money this way.
@@WickedGamerCollector hope so
@@WickedGamerCollector but where do they get those boards?
I'm sure there are countless beat-up and broken disc-drive Saturn consoles out there just sitting in storage, rotting, that nobody wants. The actual boards inside many them might be Perfectly functional. So this is an awesome way to 'restore' those consoles back to their former glory.
@@Gametester110-qf8vs They're most likely just buying cheap systems on Yahoo Auctions and butchering them. Many consoles listed there as "junk" are still 100% working fine, the seller just can't test them so they list them as "junk".
So there are preloaded games on the cart?
Yea
Looks cheap but if it makes you happy all good
Mine had no video out so sadly had to return it.
That is weird... 😱
Genuine abomination
For this price i rather get a FPGA board....
Not a fan of this. I like to be able to play my discs and make it look original.
Metal Gear Solid a game never release on any Sega Console😅
One of the other ones is a Red Evangelion (Asuka themed). Really? I appreciate Evangelion as much as the next anime fan but....who the hell associates the Sega Saturn with that anime?! Both designs look GOOD at least. I just wish they did more designs featuring characters that most fans associate with the Saturn. Like a Panzer Dragoon or a Daytona USA themed system.
Those themed ones make no sense.
Maybe Virtual Fighter, Sega Rally or any Sonic themed would be cool.
@@WickedGamerCollector Or they could put a decal/graphic on top that makes it look like a normal saturn console (minus the lid/disc-drive, ofcourse). That would look neat.
@@Gametester110-qf8vs In Sega Dreamcast there are some really good Evangelion typing games similar to typing of the dead
what a hideous thing to do to a Saturn
Looks crap, that’s a horrible design and not cheap either
With all due respect, that thing looks horrible. But, then again, that what she said...
I disagree. These things look neat as hell.
Those things look awful.
wow junk build. Hard pass.