Games played: Saturn Bomberman (0:00), Dungeons and Dragons: Tower of Doom (0:15), Virtua Cop 2 (0:25), Nights into Dreams (0:40), Soukyugurentai (0:50), Ghouls n' Ghosts via Capcom Generations 2 (1:00), Street Fighter Alpha 2 (1:25), Die Hard Arcade (1:40)
I love my Sega Saturn. As a father of 2 toddlers it's hard to find time and energy for long gaming sessions. The arcade-style games on the console are so easy to pick up and play in short bursts
I totally agree with you. I work 4-5 days a week, I don't have time for 30 hour plus games. I like really short games that take up anywhere from 30 min to 1 hour.
@@keaton718 I actually have 2 Saturns 😅 one is a Japanese that is region free and plays discs while the other is a Fenrir modded American console that plays games only off an SD card
Haha I can relate to that. Power to you my man! Let's enjoy our toddlers the max we can while they are still kids. We will eventually be forced to go back to more gaming sooner than later when they'll prefer to spend their time with their friends rather than their boring parents 🤣😂
My SS collection doesn't have a single EU/USA game in it. Both the consoles I have are Japanese as well. I went PS1 in 1994 with a launch PS1 from Japan but by October 95 I went to the ECTS show in London and saw Sega Rally, Virtua Cop and Virtua Fighter 2 running at Sega HQ. As soon as I got home I was ringing stores for a Sega Saturn. I learned to love it, amazing times to be a gamer.
I used to play my uncle's Saturn (really only Virtua Fighter 2) when I stayed at my grandma's house as a kid, and after she passed and they sold the house 15 years ago, he gave it to me! And while collecting for it hasn't been easy, I've been able to discover great exclusive games like Last Bronx, Mr. Bones, and Galaxy Fight! It's a system that's both nostalgic and still holds up today.
@@yeahyeahwowman8099 Criteria #1) It has a wide selection of fun games that are fun to go back and play, even decades later. That's it. That's the criteria.
I feel lucky I made a solid library for the saturn in the 90s... I love it!!! Dragonforce, Shining Force 3, Guardian Heroes, 3 Dirty Dwarves... I'll always go back to them! Thanks for the awesome video!
I got one years ago. Initially to have all Sega consoles, but when I rediscovered my Love for Shmups, it became one of my main retro platforms. Best Controller for 2d Action stuff, no doubt about that, and tons of great games for some easy Arcade Action. Maybe the best of the 'unsuccessful' platforms.
I have 4 Saturns and over 1000 games for the system, along with every single first party controller/accessory/add on etc. ever released. In my opinion, it's the absolute greatest console ever made, and I happily sold all of my Sony/Microsoft collection years ago to fund my Saturn fever. Never once regretted it! 99% of the time the Saturn is what I play, with an occasional Dreamcast or SNES game in there for a curveball haha. Great video RB, thanks for showing the Saturn some love!!!
@@tonyp9313I had a saturn for a short while in the 90s but got rid cuz it had f all games for it in the UK and got a chipped ps1 instead but nothing and I mean nothing compared to saturn bomber man I play it on emulator now but I still think of going and buying one from Japan
Sega Saturn's my favorite console of all time, been a fan of it since it first released. Think I have about 50+ games for it, my favorite Saturn game is def Nights into Dreams.
I bought a Saturn in 1999 for $35 with 40 games with netlink. Then bought Street Fighter Zero 3, Metal Slug, ect. I can not believe current prices. I have not bought a Saturn game in 25 years. I bought like a mad man when it was cheap. I really enjoyed it, have a lot if games, still have it safely stored. The system has a lot if character. But at these prices I recommend emulation to try it out.
My favourite console, love it to bits, all three Panzer Dragoon games are pure art, Zwei is ingrained in my DNA by now and Azel/Saga is its prophet. The library is just full of bangers: Dragon Force, Guardian Heroes, NiGHTS, Princess Crown, Dark Savior, Dynamite Deka, Darkstalkers, Exhumed, Shining Force III, Saturn Bomberman, Grandia, Fighters Megamix, Story of Thor 2, Enemy Zero, Fighting Vipers, SEGA Rally, Deep Fear, Astal, Clockwork Knight 2, Radiant Silvergun, D&D Collection... and we could go on and on!
I luckily got into Japanes Saturn collecting a few years ago (before the pandemic) so I mostly missed out on the recent price surges. I've got 50+ games including most of the all-time greats! It's a great system that I wish found more love back then. Sega of America did it dirty...
Saturn is still my favorite console, so for me DEF worth it, especially for people who enjoy 1990s arcade-style gaming. But buying legit copies for the high prices that some games go for these days? Probably not worth it. As I'm sure most people on here know, playing the JP-exclusive games (shmups, fighters, and many other quirky games) are what elevate the library. The western Saturn game catalog has a few dozen really good games (some quite special), but otherwise lacking. But with JP games included, I would say it's 100-200 really good games. I've collected 300 physical games for Saturn over the years, almost all of them either good or at least fun/interesting. Nights into Dreams is still in my top 5 all-time favorite games, and no console-launch game has ever made me swoon like Panzer Dragoon did: when I raced home, unwrapped everything, and popped that game into the Saturn on 5/11/95, it felt like a dream come true. I was like "This generation of games is going to be so awesome!!"
The key to enjoying Sega Saturn games is importing Japanese games and dealing with the learning curve. Like you said, Japanese Saturn games can be bought for pennies on the dollar. A little bit of a learning curve and you have yourself some of the most beautiful 2D games ever made.
Love Love LOVE the Saturn now qay more than even 1995! I adore this system and I'm honestly really stoked that the system is getting a second chance at life with the retro gaming scene. You captured it really well like always, but man i am enjoying playing the Saturn again. It takes me back home to those golden 90s years where everything was so much better (in hindsight). The prices do put me off some of the ganes I'm desperate to own/play...
Like the Saturn your channel needs more subs as I found this video very funny and entertaining. Also I totally get everything you say about the Saturn; the console/games are amazing and deserved so much more.
The only nostalgia I had of the Saturn was playing 2 games at my neighbor's house. Now I've played several games and I love it! By the way, I will never consider a "morally grey area" when using backups of old games for discontinued consoles. If it's discontinued, you can no longer buy new games for that console that would put money in developer's pockets. It's THAT simple. The 3 only paths are emulators + ROMs (cheapest), original consoles + games (most expensive), or original console + ODE/Everdrives which for be is the best of both worlds, where you can experience the original hardware without spending tons of money (and space) for used games.
That is what i love about sega, the creativity! It was absolute bonkers even up to the xbox era.. many hits, and many misses, but damn if they haven't given us some of the most creative and best experiences in video game history 😍
Outselling the Mega Drive in Japan is kinda underselling it a bit because the Mega Drive didn't sell well in Japan at all, it was a distant third behind the PC Engine and Super Famicom. But, you know what else the Saturn outsold in Japan? The N64, one of its main rivals. In fact, there were 3 times as many games released for the Saturn in total (the majority being Japanese exclusives) than there was for the N64 over its lifetime, just think about that for a moment. It goes to show you how badly Sega of America botched the North American launch of the system which kinda doomed it to fail from the start. Oh, and there wasn't a new exclusive mainline Sonic game for it. That's right, Sega's mascot never got a new mainline game on the Saturn, only some compilations of older games and a weird racing game called Sonic R. Another brilliant decision from Sega, there.
I love how you were so gentle with the Rocket Knight Adventures cartridge, but low key, that's the kind of stuff we thought we could get away with as kids.
Asked for one this Christmas as a gift from my parents, we'll see how that goes because of it's inflated value but it's definitely on my radar. I have the Genesis, Game Gear and Dreamcast and despite not growing up with them, or even in that generation, I still believe their some of the greatest consoles ever made, and my favourite console of all time is the Dreamcast. This leaves me with high hopes for the Saturn.
I grew up on the Saturn and then moved on to the DC because of it so... I don't think you'll be disappointed. The exclusives are pretty great. There's just not that many of them sadly. Just wrote it above but will recommend you to look up "Death Tank Zwei". You might think that I'm joking; I'm really not.
I have only had a Saturn a couple years, but absolutely would hold it at one of the top consoles I play! With games being a bit more expensive on this system, I recently bought a Satiator so that I could try the more expensive games out before buying them. JP games are definitely a great option too like you mentioned. And I find that JP games and consoles tend to have been taken better care of compared to over here.
I recently got a white Japanese Saturn, installed a Saturn PSU mod, got a retro bit wireless pad and a Saroo and it's been good times. Even got a PAL 60hz CRT TV and the signal over RGB SCART is amazing.
Listening to this makes me love my SS even more. Now I do realize I was lucky enough to get in on the ground floor, as the prices now really do beg the value question. I know I bought the PS1 with pennies in K-mart when it came out (that lady sales rep hated me), but then I got someone in high school wanting to sell their SS for 80 dollars with a few games (normal stuff), along with this (his words) "weird sorta beat-em up game called Guardian Heroes". Still own both. I got pretty much every good game for the system during its life. And I also lived 1 hour away from a large import store for games and anime that my friends and I went to all the time. So not only did I get the US releases, but also most of the Japanese games I wanted. (the only game I wanted but didn't get was Dragon Force 2 (cant read Japanese)) I'm pretty sure I own all the rare and exclusive games for the SS because I bought them as they released. If I had to buy them NOW at these prices, I think I would get a console, and get an ODE for it. Emulation is still not great for the Saturn.
I lived near two great JP import stores back then as well -- made friends with both owners, and they would save stuff for me or call me when cool games came in. This access made collecting and playing PC Engine and Saturn in the 90s so amazing! Felt like I had access to this cool, secret Japanese arcade world. Such good times, the height of home gaming for me, mid-to-late 90s... (I loved the other 4th gen and 5th gen console libraries as well, we were spoiled for choice!)
@sonicmania9993 I think you are right, the 4th and 5th Gen I would still consider the golden era. I set up my g-cloud a few months ago to play "any way I can" and have been just playing through my older games again and loving it. I really do count myself lucky getting the SS games when I did. I got a group of 14 games around 2000 on eBay for $510 (including burning rangers, a second copy of MKR, and saga). The guy budding against me told me I was crazy for bidding that high ... Lol
I own a Japanese Saturn, and I have saved a lot of money purchasing games for this console. A lot of Japanese games that are more popular in NA actually come with English text. But I do have some really cool games that are quite difficult to translate, causing me to neglect them..unfortunately.
Sega Saturn was expensive when it 1st came out which like many other including myself went with the PS1. However, in Brazil they are planning to release a Sega Neptune that is really a Sega Saturn, but is backward compacity to play the Sega Genesis! i am planning on getting my hands on one of these bad boys! Fun Fact Brazil also came out with an official Sega Genesis game to "Cadillacs & Dinosaurs" minus the Cadillac stage where you mow down the baddies with your Cadillac! So Brazil is another option if your a Sega Fan!
I got my Saturn console in a buy 2 used things get 1 free at my local retro store (digital press in NJ is the best). I just needed a third thing, didn't have a Saturn at the time, so decided to get one with no games. 2 years later I got my first game, Panzer Dragoon Saga. What a first game to get. If you ever have the means of playing it, I highly recommend it. I've never had another gameplay experience like it.
Great video! Glad to see others sing the praises of the Saturn! I collected for the Saturn over a decade ago and it was glorious! There are so many excellent exclusives that are still tethered to the console! I agree that if you want the full Saturn experience, you definitely need to import Japanese games as well as the Saturn's Japanese game library was much more robust than other regions. I also agree that the Saturn controller is still one of the most perfect controllers in existence! I did also like the 3D controller that comes packaged with Nights. It is a very bizarre controller (almost like a prototype Dreamcast controller), but it works quite well for the games it is compatible with!
Funny and good video 😄, I was a N64 player during the fifth generation of consoles but I always wanted a Sega Saturn, last year I finally made that come true, and got me a sweet white Japanese Saturn version, I’m really happy with it! The Saturn certainly has become a treasure console for retro gamers, one thing, go for the Japanese version, since it’s where all the good games are, and many of them can be played without knowing Japanese. And guess who won a new suscriber *me does a funny face like in the video* 😄
To answer the title in a word? YES. I’ve had a Saturn since 2013 - the only Sega console I never purchased. I was happy to close that gap between my Genesis and Dreamcast. TBH, it’s a hard sell to collect for the Saturn today, because while there still a few reasonably priced games here and there, prices just keep climbing, even for the JP versions - and you can forget about the shooters… probabaly the most expensive of the bunch… that said, there are some modern solutions to make the best of everything the Saturn library has to offer. If you have a CRT with Component input, the HDRetroVision Genesis component cables with the Saturn adapter will look GLORIOUS on it!
Expense is what made me go the emulator route. I cant justify rebuying things i already bought (then sold due to financial difficulties) for five times the original price 🤷♂️ I know a large section of the internet dislikes me for that, but i also have food to buy and a family to feed and i DID buy them at least once before 😆
@@A.Person...Maybe... I don't dislike you, I applaud you for speaking up. Honestly, for all the reasons you mentioned, people should understand why emulation is so popular. The games I emulate, for the most part, are games I purchased and sold and sometimes purchased again. I bought every Nintendo console up to the Wii U (Yes, I even had a Virtual Boy) but these days with so many options to play games other than on overpriced consoles, you gotta prioritize when you have bills and debt to manage.
Game preservation (or lack thereof) is what got us here. I won’t shed a tear for games that you cannot buy anywhere, so play them any way you can. That said, I vigorously support the fantastic retro releases that have released when I can. My Genesis collection has popped over the last few years thanks to Retro-Bit and the rights holders of those games who have allowed them to be sold again at reasonable prices.
A little love letter to my favorite console, which for once does not dwell on its problems, but on its qualities :). Thank you ! I had my Saturn since 96 and already at the time, I was able to have Night into dreams..., SimCity 2K, Legend of Oasis and especially, Especially, Dragon Force (still today my favorite game all media combined ;)! For all those who still haven't already it/not tested it, it's true that there are still accessible games, but honestly you will be less bothered to test directly with isos, whether in emulation (whose quality is good enough to play), or with an ODE (Fenrir, Saroo,...) if you have a CRT TV. Yoh, who won't make you a list and therefore won't talk to you about games like: Keio Flying Squadron 2 Astra Superstars Twinkle Star Sprites Shining the Holy Ark Dragon Master Silk Princess Crown Monster Slider ...
Finally got into the Saturn around 2015. Was always a console that fascinated me as a kid, but could never play it. Never knew anyone who had it either. But when I finally got one and began dabbling in it's library, it's easily become one of my favorite consoles. It has such a unique library of games and its controller is one of the best out there, especially for fighting games.
the sega saturn is a core console from my childhood that i never truly appreciated. i recieved mine for christmas one year from my brother (who was tired of me sneaking into his room to play his PS1 while he was at work hahaha) with quake and virtual fighter 2. from the beginning, i started gathering games from a chain pawn shop here in canada called Cash Converters...i didn't realize you needed a battery or a ram cart to save game data, so getting far in games was never really an option. as an adult, i've developed a greater appreciation for the saturn (especially through the import and translation patch scenes), and its become one of my favorite consoles. it seriously deserved to succeed in a western market, but i'm just thankful we had it here to begin with. watching this video brought back a lot of great memories and warm, tingly, feelings. thank you
Great video about the best console ever (in my opinion anyway, lol). Had one of these in my youth in the mid-90s, and have great memories of playing some great games. A very underrated console and despite some games being ridiculously expensive, you can still pick up some bargains. I managed to get dead or alive for just £5 a year or so ago from a eBay auction. I might be mistaken but was the Saturn the first console with wireless controllers? I ask as I remember having battery infrared controllers for the first Saturn I had back in the 90s, lol.
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You got a really valid point regarding the good 2d, good arcade and good pickup and play games. I'll add good nostalgic early 3d games to the list.
Awesome vid! I've been rocking w/the Saturn since '97...so yeah I do Sega Saturn. I think my collection is pretty solid, but I've been picking up imports and other smaller games I may have missed.
8:18 it is a great d-pad. I got the 8bitdo version of it for the switch and it is the best d-pad I've ever used. I never miss a diagonal input with it.
I've had a Japanese Saturn for a long time and I love collecting for the system. I bought my first Saturn in 1998 and I've always love the system, especially the fighting games!
I'm glad I went and got a Saturn. As a kid in the 90s I went from Genesis to PlayStation getting caught up in the hype at the time. Looking back now, there were some gems that were overlooked because of this.
Hey Bird! I completely missed the Saturn back in the day. I have toyed with the idea of buying a used Saturn and hooking it up with a sd card reader. I've played a few games like Deep Fear using my pc/emulation/retroarch. The only thing is a used Saturn is going for around $200. I'm hesitant to make the investment and will probably just emulate with the equipment I already have. Good point about at least using the Saturn controller and Retro-bit makes some good options. Peace brother!
I was one of the two kids in my high school who picked the Sega Saturn over the PS1 or N64. Not only did I keep all my games, but when the other Saturn owner moved away, he gifted me all of his Saturn games which I also kept all these years. I'm so glad I made that choice because not only did I love playing the console, but I also got to dodge a lot of the inflated prices people deal with today.
I actually fell in love with a japanese white Saturn a few months ago (this is weird). I've only played a few games so far, burning rangers, dragon force (loooove it) and casper. Yeah casper. I loved this game on the ps1 and discovered that the Saturn version is actually better (no long waiting time when you change your form). +1 for the Saturn! I love the controller and the console design too. Very enjoyable video, looking forward to the next one. Seeya!
I brought a SEGA Saturn in September 1996, after saving up for a Playstation. It was the triple whammy of SEGA Rally, Virtua Fighter 2 and Panzer Dragoon Zwei that convinced me to switch to Saturn. Within a week of purchase I had Nights into dreams and a 3D controller too, it was amazing!! It was somewhat strange over the next couple of years to be repeatedly told that the Saturn was 'Rubbish at 3D games' or a crappy console that only an idiot would buy. I know how popular the Playstation and then the N64 were, but was the Saturn bad? - definitely not. The Sega Saturn is still my favourite console (sorry Neo Geo) and it's really great to see it being recognised as a worthy games machine these days. I never lost faith and my machine has outlived several modern consoles in my household!! I currently have a library of 534 games to choose from, as I started importing to expand my collection decades ago - before the prices got silly. I still have the itch and I've picked up several games and demo's this year already - I LOVE my Sega Saturn!!
Wanted a Saturn since 1995 and finally got one last year. I absolutely love how unique the games feel on it. Road Rash for example plays very smoothly compared to the N64 or PlayStation 1 version. Now if only the games werent so horribly expensive
Thankfully it's super easy to play backups now. A Saturn Kai cartridge lets you play burned CDs and is only $40; a Saroo flashcart lets you load games from an SD emulating them and is only marginally more expensive; a satiator has near 100% compatibility for loading games off an SD playing them from the hardware and it slots in the video slot in the back letting you still have acceß to the CD drive and cartridge slot. Although it was $250, it was well worth the money for me.
Probably my favourite console of all time. For me it is worth it. Yes you can get more accurate measures of a game like Battle Garrega on PS4 for example but, there’s something special about the Saturn. Best port of Outrun, Dodonpachi, Tiger 2 just to name a few. Expensive yes, but like Retrobird says, fire rangers isn’t for everybody like me, I’m not interested. But you’ll be interested in something else like Hyperduel!! Just awesome.
My Saturn's CD laser is having problems reading certain games. Maybe we need some videos on how to maintain and repair old consoles, where to buy replacement parts, hacks to extend the life, how to clean the CDs, etc. Thanks for this awesome channel!
I am from Hungary and I was fortunate to own a Saturn back in the day, absoltely loved it, I've got a black one like yours and it was business. Then when Sega prematurely, so I felt, pulled the plug and introduced a white fugly Dreamcast with THAT 4-button controller, I was so angry I sold my Saturn and quit console gaming... until GT3 was released on the PS2. To this day I never played a 3d Sonic game I was so disappointed. I sort of fancy buying one as it is IMHO the best looking console of all time, but emulation is so convenient these days I just cannot justify it.
I'm watching this video while playing Shinning Force 3 Sceranio 1. I'm 42 hours into it, and I almost have it beat. I would say it was the $21 I paid for it.
Recently picked up a Saturn after years of playing it at my buddies cabin, where he has nearly a complete library of games. It's definatley a console I skipped over as I started to get into PC gaming during its era, but am glad I found my way to it later on & now have a Saturn to call my own.
I'm an OG Saturn owner. Always thought it was a shame we didn't get a port of Golden Axe Revenge of Death Adder (and Outrunners). Both games would've worked great with it.
I'm really happy I have a sega saturn collection. My girlfriends brother asked if I wanted his old systems with some games but they didn't work. I was able to simply take apart and put back together to get it working again but so started my journey into getting more games for. I'm at a point where I plan to update the saturn with the bios and memory chip replacements and then start enjoying these games I never played or bet in my younger years.
Hell, yeah I Sega Saturn! In fact, right now I'm plowing my way through Dragon Force! I'm at a point where i've gotten almost all members of the dragon force and two bad guys have turned on me Taken control of one of my castles and forced my generals there to flee and return in an attempt to retake it... one general at a time! After that, I'm not entirely sure if i'm going to play the translated Dragon Force two or try to get beyond disk two of Panzar Dragoon Saga.😊 This was right after finally finishing Experimental Gimmick Gear for the Dreamcast. I grew up a Nintendo fan boy, but after basically being given a Dreamcast in 2001 and buying sixty games and tons of peripherals for it became a REAL Sega fan and right now i'm just on a Sega kick.
I didn’t had a Saturn back then, but bought one a few months ago and boy am I in love with that console! Got a Saroo with it and now I can play all the games from SD card!
The Saturn, at least here in the US, was definitely not seen as the console to own by 1997, but if you were a fan of arcade games and/or Sega games, then you were most definitely happiest with that console even over the Playstation. And one thing to keep in mind is that while the Playstation had a monstrous library compared to its competitors, new games were still $40+ a pop and most of us gamers back then didn't have unlimited money to spend on games. So while it was awesome to own a console like the PSX that had tons of great games to play, you were lucky if you owned more than a few dozen games, which meant spending your money wisely and trying to sift through all the crap, which was generally a lot easier to do for Saturn owners. Although Sega (specifically Bernie Stolar) really screwed its own fans over by abandoning the Saturn in the US market so soon after launching it. Edit: One of the things that is often overlooked about the Saturn is the reliability of the hardware, which is kinda insane considering how complex it is. Back in the 90's, the general understanding was that the failure rate of the Playstation was about 20:1 when compared to the Saturn, especially with the early model Playstations that seemed to have issues reading discs (I experienced this same problem when a PSX I bought from a friend eventually stopped reading discs unless I turned it upside-down, which was a common "fix" for those earlier models). In contrast, the Model 1 Saturn I have still reads discs just fine to this day. It seemingly has some issues with the expansion port as I can't seem to get my Satiator to work anymore, but otherwise there's no issues with running games or reading discs, even after all of these years. I've never owned a Sony console that has lasted anywhere near as long as my Saturn (or even my Dreamcast).
I am so glad you are popularizing the saturn! It is probably my favorite console. And i own a lot of consoles. It has so many games that no other consoles have. And the amount of games that you can pick up and play, makes it the console i play the most!! I am so addicted to saturn😅
I’ve only seen two and I bought the second one. The price of the games are out of control but if I ever come across games in the wild I have a reason to pick them up.
Games played: Saturn Bomberman (0:00), Dungeons and Dragons: Tower of Doom (0:15), Virtua Cop 2 (0:25), Nights into Dreams (0:40), Soukyugurentai (0:50), Ghouls n' Ghosts via Capcom Generations 2 (1:00), Street Fighter Alpha 2 (1:25), Die Hard Arcade (1:40)
The Sega Saturn is my all-time favorite game system. Saturn is no longer a challenge to emulate also. Making it's library very accessable now.
That's actually Street Fighter Alpha 3, not 2.
I love my Sega Saturn. As a father of 2 toddlers it's hard to find time and energy for long gaming sessions. The arcade-style games on the console are so easy to pick up and play in short bursts
I totally agree with you. I work 4-5 days a week, I don't have time for 30 hour plus games. I like really short games that take up anywhere from 30 min to 1 hour.
@tonyp9313 Man I feel like I wrote this before somewhere else lol
Bet you wish you were the father of 2 Sega Saturn's instead.
@@keaton718 I actually have 2 Saturns 😅 one is a Japanese that is region free and plays discs while the other is a Fenrir modded American console that plays games only off an SD card
Haha I can relate to that. Power to you my man! Let's enjoy our toddlers the max we can while they are still kids. We will eventually be forced to go back to more gaming sooner than later when they'll prefer to spend their time with their friends rather than their boring parents 🤣😂
this video convinced me into buying one.
Really? Very cool. I hope you have a good time with it :)
My SS collection doesn't have a single EU/USA game in it. Both the consoles I have are Japanese as well. I went PS1 in 1994 with a launch PS1 from Japan but by October 95 I went to the ECTS show in London and saw Sega Rally, Virtua Cop and Virtua Fighter 2 running at Sega HQ. As soon as I got home I was ringing stores for a Sega Saturn. I learned to love it, amazing times to be a gamer.
Awesome!
I'm always so jealous of people who went to events like that. What can I say? 7-year-old me couldn't make it.
I wish I lived in your neighborhood just so I could see you running or skipping down the street at random times. You're the best Retro Bird 👍
If only the random people walking down my street felt the same way!
I used to play my uncle's Saturn (really only Virtua Fighter 2) when I stayed at my grandma's house as a kid, and after she passed and they sold the house 15 years ago, he gave it to me! And while collecting for it hasn't been easy, I've been able to discover great exclusive games like Last Bronx, Mr. Bones, and Galaxy Fight! It's a system that's both nostalgic and still holds up today.
The Saturn was def underrated. So many good hidden gems on it.
The Saturn is literally one of the all time best consoles imo
The criteria for being one of the best consoles, lets hear it.
I loved mine. Gutted I sold it.
Well said! 👏👏👏👏👏
@@yeahyeahwowman8099 Criteria #1) It has a wide selection of fun games that are fun to go back and play, even decades later.
That's it. That's the criteria.
I loved it bc I loved the arcades back then and their games were much more arcade faithful than the PS in terms of quality and breadth of games
I feel lucky I made a solid library for the saturn in the 90s... I love it!!! Dragonforce, Shining Force 3, Guardian Heroes, 3 Dirty Dwarves... I'll always go back to them! Thanks for the awesome video!
Out of the 31 Saturn games in my collection a third are fighting games. With 2 arcade sticks and a friend, the Saturn provides some good vibes.
I got one years ago. Initially to have all Sega consoles, but when I rediscovered my Love for Shmups, it became one of my main retro platforms. Best Controller for 2d Action stuff, no doubt about that, and tons of great games for some easy Arcade Action. Maybe the best of the 'unsuccessful' platforms.
I have 4 Saturns and over 1000 games for the system, along with every single first party controller/accessory/add on etc. ever released. In my opinion, it's the absolute greatest console ever made, and I happily sold all of my Sony/Microsoft collection years ago to fund my Saturn fever. Never once regretted it! 99% of the time the Saturn is what I play, with an occasional Dreamcast or SNES game in there for a curveball haha. Great video RB, thanks for showing the Saturn some love!!!
Ile czasu zajelo Ci zebranie tak pokaznej kolekcji?
Man the Saturn is the original Gamecube, super underated library full of console exclusive gems.
Yeah for sure. I like the Saturn better than the Dreamcast & Gamecube better than the PS2.
@@tonyp9313I had a saturn for a short while in the 90s but got rid cuz it had f all games for it in the UK and got a chipped ps1 instead but nothing and I mean nothing compared to saturn bomber man I play it on emulator now but I still think of going and buying one from Japan
And just like the GameCube, games for it are getting stupidly expensive.
I've loved my Saturn since 1995. Probably my favorite system or at least tied with my master system.
To samo!
Ah now its that Friday feeling!!
Great video!!! The Saturn is one of my favorite consoles of all time! Picked one up at launch back in the day and still play it to this day!!
Sega Saturn's my favorite console of all time, been a fan of it since it first released. Think I have about 50+ games for it, my favorite Saturn game is def Nights into Dreams.
Masz absolutną racje!
I really liked how they made the xmas one
Thanks for shining a light on this gem of a console! Was there from day one when it came out and still one of my favorite, unique systems to this day!
Watching this on Saturday afternoon while in Kuala Lumpur! Thanks Retro Bird😊
Thank you for watching!
Being subscribed to RetroBird is worth it ;)
I recently picked up a Sega Saturn and a few of the games you listed. I think I'm in for a good time!
Have you have a great time with it!
I bought a Saturn in 1999 for $35 with 40 games with netlink. Then bought Street Fighter Zero 3, Metal Slug, ect. I can not believe current prices.
I have not bought a Saturn game in 25 years. I bought like a mad man when it was cheap. I really enjoyed it, have a lot if games, still have it safely stored. The system has a lot if character. But at these prices I recommend emulation to try it out.
My absolute favorite console! I have a little over 40 games and over 30 of them are Japanese imports. It’s seriously that sweet spot in the 90s
My favourite console, love it to bits, all three Panzer Dragoon games are pure art, Zwei is ingrained in my DNA by now and Azel/Saga is its prophet.
The library is just full of bangers: Dragon Force, Guardian Heroes, NiGHTS, Princess Crown, Dark Savior, Dynamite Deka, Darkstalkers, Exhumed, Shining Force III, Saturn Bomberman, Grandia, Fighters Megamix, Story of Thor 2, Enemy Zero, Fighting Vipers, SEGA Rally, Deep Fear, Astal, Clockwork Knight 2, Radiant Silvergun, D&D Collection... and we could go on and on!
Love my Japanese Saturn + Satiator! The new English translation patches for Saturn games have been one of my favorite developments in the retro scene!
same. best combo for saturn owners
Videos like these are why retro games are still wildly popular.
Hats off to retro bird 🐦!!!!
Saturn is the most charming system of its time
I luckily got into Japanes Saturn collecting a few years ago (before the pandemic) so I mostly missed out on the recent price surges. I've got 50+ games including most of the all-time greats! It's a great system that I wish found more love back then. Sega of America did it dirty...
Saturn is still my favorite console, so for me DEF worth it, especially for people who enjoy 1990s arcade-style gaming. But buying legit copies for the high prices that some games go for these days? Probably not worth it. As I'm sure most people on here know, playing the JP-exclusive games (shmups, fighters, and many other quirky games) are what elevate the library. The western Saturn game catalog has a few dozen really good games (some quite special), but otherwise lacking. But with JP games included, I would say it's 100-200 really good games. I've collected 300 physical games for Saturn over the years, almost all of them either good or at least fun/interesting. Nights into Dreams is still in my top 5 all-time favorite games, and no console-launch game has ever made me swoon like Panzer Dragoon did: when I raced home, unwrapped everything, and popped that game into the Saturn on 5/11/95, it felt like a dream come true. I was like "This generation of games is going to be so awesome!!"
The gap in quality between the US/PAL vs JPN libraries is staggering
My boy gettin more and more unhinged i love it
The key to enjoying Sega Saturn games is importing Japanese games and dealing with the learning curve. Like you said, Japanese Saturn games can be bought for pennies on the dollar. A little bit of a learning curve and you have yourself some of the most beautiful 2D games ever made.
Love Love LOVE the Saturn now qay more than even 1995! I adore this system and I'm honestly really stoked that the system is getting a second chance at life with the retro gaming scene. You captured it really well like always, but man i am enjoying playing the Saturn again. It takes me back home to those golden 90s years where everything was so much better (in hindsight). The prices do put me off some of the ganes I'm desperate to own/play...
Like the Saturn your channel needs more subs as I found this video very funny and entertaining. Also I totally get everything you say about the Saturn; the console/games are amazing and deserved so much more.
The only nostalgia I had of the Saturn was playing 2 games at my neighbor's house. Now I've played several games and I love it!
By the way, I will never consider a "morally grey area" when using backups of old games for discontinued consoles. If it's discontinued, you can no longer buy new games for that console that would put money in developer's pockets. It's THAT simple. The 3 only paths are emulators + ROMs (cheapest), original consoles + games (most expensive), or original console + ODE/Everdrives which for be is the best of both worlds, where you can experience the original hardware without spending tons of money (and space) for used games.
I stile have my Saturn. I play it more than modern consoles.
That is what i love about sega, the creativity! It was absolute bonkers even up to the xbox era.. many hits, and many misses, but damn if they haven't given us some of the most creative and best experiences in video game history 😍
Outselling the Mega Drive in Japan is kinda underselling it a bit because the Mega Drive didn't sell well in Japan at all, it was a distant third behind the PC Engine and Super Famicom. But, you know what else the Saturn outsold in Japan? The N64, one of its main rivals. In fact, there were 3 times as many games released for the Saturn in total (the majority being Japanese exclusives) than there was for the N64 over its lifetime, just think about that for a moment. It goes to show you how badly Sega of America botched the North American launch of the system which kinda doomed it to fail from the start. Oh, and there wasn't a new exclusive mainline Sonic game for it. That's right, Sega's mascot never got a new mainline game on the Saturn, only some compilations of older games and a weird racing game called Sonic R. Another brilliant decision from Sega, there.
I love how you were so gentle with the Rocket Knight Adventures cartridge, but low key, that's the kind of stuff we thought we could get away with as kids.
Asked for one this Christmas as a gift from my parents, we'll see how that goes because of it's inflated value but it's definitely on my radar. I have the Genesis, Game Gear and Dreamcast and despite not growing up with them, or even in that generation, I still believe their some of the greatest consoles ever made, and my favourite console of all time is the Dreamcast. This leaves me with high hopes for the Saturn.
I grew up on the Saturn and then moved on to the DC because of it so... I don't think you'll be disappointed. The exclusives are pretty great. There's just not that many of them sadly. Just wrote it above but will recommend you to look up "Death Tank Zwei". You might think that I'm joking; I'm really not.
I have only had a Saturn a couple years, but absolutely would hold it at one of the top consoles I play! With games being a bit more expensive on this system, I recently bought a Satiator so that I could try the more expensive games out before buying them. JP games are definitely a great option too like you mentioned. And I find that JP games and consoles tend to have been taken better care of compared to over here.
They definitely tend to be in better shape. Really puts into perspective how poorly many of us in the US take care of our stuff.
Man my favorite retro channel
I recently got a white Japanese Saturn, installed a Saturn PSU mod, got a retro bit wireless pad and a Saroo and it's been good times. Even got a PAL 60hz CRT TV and the signal over RGB SCART is amazing.
the saturn is my favorite console ever.
I’m ok with watching your videos and not buying one. Plenty of Saturn-alikes on the PS5, and even a few re-releases. But you are simply adorable!
Listening to this makes me love my SS even more. Now I do realize I was lucky enough to get in on the ground floor, as the prices now really do beg the value question. I know I bought the PS1 with pennies in K-mart when it came out (that lady sales rep hated me), but then I got someone in high school wanting to sell their SS for 80 dollars with a few games (normal stuff), along with this (his words) "weird sorta beat-em up game called Guardian Heroes". Still own both. I got pretty much every good game for the system during its life. And I also lived 1 hour away from a large import store for games and anime that my friends and I went to all the time. So not only did I get the US releases, but also most of the Japanese games I wanted. (the only game I wanted but didn't get was Dragon Force 2 (cant read Japanese)) I'm pretty sure I own all the rare and exclusive games for the SS because I bought them as they released. If I had to buy them NOW at these prices, I think I would get a console, and get an ODE for it. Emulation is still not great for the Saturn.
I lived near two great JP import stores back then as well -- made friends with both owners, and they would save stuff for me or call me when cool games came in. This access made collecting and playing PC Engine and Saturn in the 90s so amazing! Felt like I had access to this cool, secret Japanese arcade world. Such good times, the height of home gaming for me, mid-to-late 90s... (I loved the other 4th gen and 5th gen console libraries as well, we were spoiled for choice!)
@sonicmania9993 I think you are right, the 4th and 5th Gen I would still consider the golden era. I set up my g-cloud a few months ago to play "any way I can" and have been just playing through my older games again and loving it. I really do count myself lucky getting the SS games when I did. I got a group of 14 games around 2000 on eBay for $510 (including burning rangers, a second copy of MKR, and saga). The guy budding against me told me I was crazy for bidding that high ... Lol
You just made my night 1000000000X’s better after that pathetic match between Tyson and Paul earlier.
I love SEGA Saturn so much!!!
I own a Japanese Saturn, and I have saved a lot of money purchasing games for this console. A lot of Japanese games that are more popular in NA actually come with English text. But I do have some really cool games that are quite difficult to translate, causing me to neglect them..unfortunately.
Happy 30th Birthday, Sega Saturn❤
Sega Saturn was expensive when it 1st came out which like many other including myself went with the PS1. However, in Brazil they are planning to release a Sega Neptune that is really a Sega Saturn, but is backward compacity to play the Sega Genesis! i am planning on getting my hands on one of these bad boys! Fun Fact Brazil also came out with an official Sega Genesis game to "Cadillacs & Dinosaurs" minus the Cadillac stage where you mow down the baddies with your Cadillac! So Brazil is another option if your a Sega Fan!
I got my Saturn console in a buy 2 used things get 1 free at my local retro store (digital press in NJ is the best). I just needed a third thing, didn't have a Saturn at the time, so decided to get one with no games. 2 years later I got my first game, Panzer Dragoon Saga. What a first game to get. If you ever have the means of playing it, I highly recommend it. I've never had another gameplay experience like it.
Great video! Glad to see others sing the praises of the Saturn! I collected for the Saturn over a decade ago and it was glorious! There are so many excellent exclusives that are still tethered to the console! I agree that if you want the full Saturn experience, you definitely need to import Japanese games as well as the Saturn's Japanese game library was much more robust than other regions.
I also agree that the Saturn controller is still one of the most perfect controllers in existence! I did also like the 3D controller that comes packaged with Nights. It is a very bizarre controller (almost like a prototype Dreamcast controller), but it works quite well for the games it is compatible with!
Funny and good video 😄, I was a N64 player during the fifth generation of consoles but I always wanted a Sega Saturn, last year I finally made that come true, and got me a sweet white Japanese Saturn version, I’m really happy with it! The Saturn certainly has become a treasure console for retro gamers, one thing, go for the Japanese version, since it’s where all the good games are, and many of them can be played without knowing Japanese. And guess who won a new suscriber *me does a funny face like in the video* 😄
I absolutely loved the Saturn. Unfortunately I lost mine along with a Panasonic 3DO FZ-1 back in 2012 when my basement flooded due to Hurricane Sandy.
To answer the title in a word? YES.
I’ve had a Saturn since 2013 - the only Sega console I never purchased. I was happy to close that gap between my Genesis and Dreamcast.
TBH, it’s a hard sell to collect for the Saturn today, because while there still a few reasonably priced games here and there, prices just keep climbing, even for the JP versions - and you can forget about the shooters… probabaly the most expensive of the bunch… that said, there are some modern solutions to make the best of everything the Saturn library has to offer. If you have a CRT with Component input, the HDRetroVision Genesis component cables with the Saturn adapter will look GLORIOUS on it!
Expense is what made me go the emulator route. I cant justify rebuying things i already bought (then sold due to financial difficulties) for five times the original price 🤷♂️
I know a large section of the internet dislikes me for that, but i also have food to buy and a family to feed and i DID buy them at least once before 😆
@@A.Person...Maybe... I don't dislike you, I applaud you for speaking up. Honestly, for all the reasons you mentioned, people should understand why emulation is so popular. The games I emulate, for the most part, are games I purchased and sold and sometimes purchased again. I bought every Nintendo console up to the Wii U (Yes, I even had a Virtual Boy) but these days with so many options to play games other than on overpriced consoles, you gotta prioritize when you have bills and debt to manage.
Game preservation (or lack thereof) is what got us here. I won’t shed a tear for games that you cannot buy anywhere, so play them any way you can. That said, I vigorously support the fantastic retro releases that have released when I can. My Genesis collection has popped over the last few years thanks to Retro-Bit and the rights holders of those games who have allowed them to be sold again at reasonable prices.
"Rolling STAAAAAARRRT!"
A little love letter to my favorite console, which for once does not dwell on its problems, but on its qualities :). Thank you !
I had my Saturn since 96 and already at the time, I was able to have Night into dreams..., SimCity 2K, Legend of Oasis and especially, Especially, Dragon Force (still today my favorite game all media combined ;)!
For all those who still haven't already it/not tested it, it's true that there are still accessible games, but honestly you will be less bothered to test directly with isos, whether in emulation (whose quality is good enough to play), or with an ODE (Fenrir, Saroo,...) if you have a CRT TV.
Yoh, who won't make you a list and therefore won't talk to you about games like:
Keio Flying Squadron 2
Astra Superstars
Twinkle Star Sprites
Shining the Holy Ark
Dragon Master Silk
Princess Crown
Monster Slider
...
Finally got into the Saturn around 2015. Was always a console that fascinated me as a kid, but could never play it. Never knew anyone who had it either. But when I finally got one and began dabbling in it's library, it's easily become one of my favorite consoles. It has such a unique library of games and its controller is one of the best out there, especially for fighting games.
the sega saturn is a core console from my childhood that i never truly appreciated. i recieved mine for christmas one year from my brother (who was tired of me sneaking into his room to play his PS1 while he was at work hahaha) with quake and virtual fighter 2. from the beginning, i started gathering games from a chain pawn shop here in canada called Cash Converters...i didn't realize you needed a battery or a ram cart to save game data, so getting far in games was never really an option.
as an adult, i've developed a greater appreciation for the saturn (especially through the import and translation patch scenes), and its become one of my favorite consoles. it seriously deserved to succeed in a western market, but i'm just thankful we had it here to begin with. watching this video brought back a lot of great memories and warm, tingly, feelings. thank you
Great video about the best console ever (in my opinion anyway, lol).
Had one of these in my youth in the mid-90s, and have great memories of playing some great games.
A very underrated console and despite some games being ridiculously expensive, you can still pick up some bargains. I managed to get dead or alive for just £5 a year or so ago from a eBay auction.
I might be mistaken but was the Saturn the first console with wireless controllers? I ask as I remember having battery infrared controllers for the first Saturn I had back in the 90s, lol.
You got a really valid point regarding the good 2d, good arcade and good pickup and play games. I'll add good nostalgic early 3d games to the list.
Awesome vid! I've been rocking w/the Saturn since '97...so yeah I do Sega Saturn. I think my collection is pretty solid, but I've been picking up imports and other smaller games I may have missed.
def one of the better written and funny Retro bird episodes ive seen. Well done!
One nanosecond after clicking on this video I'm typing yes
8:18 it is a great d-pad. I got the 8bitdo version of it for the switch and it is the best d-pad I've ever used. I never miss a diagonal input with it.
I've had a Japanese Saturn for a long time and I love collecting for the system. I bought my first Saturn in 1998 and I've always love the system, especially the fighting games!
I'm glad I went and got a Saturn. As a kid in the 90s I went from Genesis to PlayStation getting caught up in the hype at the time. Looking back now, there were some gems that were overlooked because of this.
Hey Bird! I completely missed the Saturn back in the day. I have toyed with the idea of buying a used Saturn and hooking it up with a sd card reader. I've played a few games like Deep Fear using my pc/emulation/retroarch. The only thing is a used Saturn is going for around $200. I'm hesitant to make the investment and will probably just emulate with the equipment I already have. Good point about at least using the Saturn controller and Retro-bit makes some good options. Peace brother!
I was one of the two kids in my high school who picked the Sega Saturn over the PS1 or N64. Not only did I keep all my games, but when the other Saturn owner moved away, he gifted me all of his Saturn games which I also kept all these years. I'm so glad I made that choice because not only did I love playing the console, but I also got to dodge a lot of the inflated prices people deal with today.
I recently just got a model 2 Saturn with new capacitors and a Satiator ODE for it. I’m loving it!
I actually fell in love with a japanese white Saturn a few months ago (this is weird). I've only played a few games so far, burning rangers, dragon force (loooove it) and casper. Yeah casper. I loved this game on the ps1 and discovered that the Saturn version is actually better (no long waiting time when you change your form). +1 for the Saturn! I love the controller and the console design too. Very enjoyable video, looking forward to the next one. Seeya!
I brought a SEGA Saturn in September 1996, after saving up for a Playstation. It was the triple whammy of SEGA Rally, Virtua Fighter 2 and Panzer Dragoon Zwei that convinced me to switch to Saturn. Within a week of purchase I had Nights into dreams and a 3D controller too, it was amazing!!
It was somewhat strange over the next couple of years to be repeatedly told that the Saturn was 'Rubbish at 3D games' or a crappy console that only an idiot would buy. I know how popular the Playstation and then the N64 were, but was the Saturn bad? - definitely not.
The Sega Saturn is still my favourite console (sorry Neo Geo) and it's really great to see it being recognised as a worthy games machine these days. I never lost faith and my machine has outlived several modern consoles in my household!! I currently have a library of 534 games to choose from, as I started importing to expand my collection decades ago - before the prices got silly. I still have the itch and I've picked up several games and demo's this year already - I LOVE my Sega Saturn!!
What an awesome three games to start with!
Wanted a Saturn since 1995 and finally got one last year. I absolutely love how unique the games feel on it. Road Rash for example plays very smoothly compared to the N64 or PlayStation 1 version. Now if only the games werent so horribly expensive
Thankfully it's super easy to play backups now. A Saturn Kai cartridge lets you play burned CDs and is only $40; a Saroo flashcart lets you load games from an SD emulating them and is only marginally more expensive; a satiator has near 100% compatibility for loading games off an SD playing them from the hardware and it slots in the video slot in the back letting you still have acceß to the CD drive and cartridge slot. Although it was $250, it was well worth the money for me.
Probably my favourite console of all time. For me it is worth it. Yes you can get more accurate measures of a game like Battle Garrega on PS4 for example but, there’s something special about the Saturn. Best port of Outrun, Dodonpachi, Tiger 2 just to name a few. Expensive yes, but like Retrobird says, fire rangers isn’t for everybody like me, I’m not interested. But you’ll be interested in something else like Hyperduel!! Just awesome.
RB my guy, this is perfect timing as I’m currently in Japan and hoping to buy a Saturn for the first time 🪐
Your facial expressions are flawless for memes. I dig it.
Always wanted a Saturn, this is rad. Thank you.
Great video man! I'm team-emulator so the stupid prices don't bother me at all.
Your videos are a riot
My Saturn's CD laser is having problems reading certain games. Maybe we need some videos on how to maintain and repair old consoles, where to buy replacement parts, hacks to extend the life, how to clean the CDs, etc. Thanks for this awesome channel!
I love my Sega Saturn! Great video as always!
I am from Hungary and I was fortunate to own a Saturn back in the day, absoltely loved it, I've got a black one like yours and it was business. Then when Sega prematurely, so I felt, pulled the plug and introduced a white fugly Dreamcast with THAT 4-button controller, I was so angry I sold my Saturn and quit console gaming... until GT3 was released on the PS2. To this day I never played a 3d Sonic game I was so disappointed. I sort of fancy buying one as it is IMHO the best looking console of all time, but emulation is so convenient these days I just cannot justify it.
U make the best videos! Thank you!
Thank you for watching!
I'm watching this video while playing Shinning Force 3 Sceranio 1. I'm 42 hours into it, and I almost have it beat. I would say it was the $21 I paid for it.
Recently picked up a Saturn after years of playing it at my buddies cabin, where he has nearly a complete library of games. It's definatley a console I skipped over as I started to get into PC gaming during its era, but am glad I found my way to it later on & now have a Saturn to call my own.
Very informative video, but now I want to buy a Sega Saturn 🤔
I had the Sega Saturn since I was a kid. I need to start collecting the loose games for it again. I have 3 games so far, safely placed in a CD binder.
I love your videos! Every time you make me laugh with your random jokes.
Saturn controller is my favourite retro controller just perfection
I bought a Yellow N64 controller to add the 8bitdo modkit to, but I chose the yellow one to remind me of RB, Naaaners 🍌 🎮 😄
I'm an OG Saturn owner. Always thought it was a shame we didn't get a port of Golden Axe Revenge of Death Adder (and Outrunners). Both games would've worked great with it.
I'm really happy I have a sega saturn collection. My girlfriends brother asked if I wanted his old systems with some games but they didn't work. I was able to simply take apart and put back together to get it working again but so started my journey into getting more games for. I'm at a point where I plan to update the saturn with the bios and memory chip replacements and then start enjoying these games I never played or bet in my younger years.
Hell, yeah I Sega Saturn! In fact, right now I'm plowing my way through Dragon Force! I'm at a point where i've gotten almost all members of the dragon force and two bad guys have turned on me Taken control of one of my castles and forced my generals there to flee and return in an attempt to retake it... one general at a time! After that, I'm not entirely sure if i'm going to play the translated Dragon Force two or try to get beyond disk two of Panzar Dragoon Saga.😊
This was right after finally finishing Experimental Gimmick Gear for the Dreamcast. I grew up a Nintendo fan boy, but after basically being given a Dreamcast in 2001 and buying sixty games and tons of peripherals for it became a REAL Sega fan and right now i'm just on a Sega kick.
There’s a google translate app that works well with translating Japanese instruction manuals.
I didn’t had a Saturn back then, but bought one a few months ago and boy am I in love with that console!
Got a Saroo with it and now I can play all the games from SD card!
Before watching the video: yes. PS1, snes and Saturn are the best of the 90s gaming.
The Saturn, at least here in the US, was definitely not seen as the console to own by 1997, but if you were a fan of arcade games and/or Sega games, then you were most definitely happiest with that console even over the Playstation. And one thing to keep in mind is that while the Playstation had a monstrous library compared to its competitors, new games were still $40+ a pop and most of us gamers back then didn't have unlimited money to spend on games. So while it was awesome to own a console like the PSX that had tons of great games to play, you were lucky if you owned more than a few dozen games, which meant spending your money wisely and trying to sift through all the crap, which was generally a lot easier to do for Saturn owners.
Although Sega (specifically Bernie Stolar) really screwed its own fans over by abandoning the Saturn in the US market so soon after launching it.
Edit: One of the things that is often overlooked about the Saturn is the reliability of the hardware, which is kinda insane considering how complex it is. Back in the 90's, the general understanding was that the failure rate of the Playstation was about 20:1 when compared to the Saturn, especially with the early model Playstations that seemed to have issues reading discs (I experienced this same problem when a PSX I bought from a friend eventually stopped reading discs unless I turned it upside-down, which was a common "fix" for those earlier models). In contrast, the Model 1 Saturn I have still reads discs just fine to this day. It seemingly has some issues with the expansion port as I can't seem to get my Satiator to work anymore, but otherwise there's no issues with running games or reading discs, even after all of these years. I've never owned a Sony console that has lasted anywhere near as long as my Saturn (or even my Dreamcast).
You don't deserve to Sega Saturn!
Great comment!
You don't deserve this giant Toblerone!!!
Hiii 😂 Your expressions made my day pal
Great Stuff, as always!
I am so glad you are popularizing the saturn!
It is probably my favorite console. And i own a lot of consoles.
It has so many games that no other consoles have. And the amount of games that you can pick up and play, makes it the console i play the most!! I am so addicted to saturn😅
I paid $40 Canadian for a Saturn and a good stack of 10 to 15 games in the early 2000s. The good old days when nobody wanted it.
I found mine in a thrift shop for about $20 (with 2 controllers and a copy of FIFA) This was back in 2007 or so -- simpler times for collecting!
I should’ve done the same.
Found mine in the garbage in Japan in 2005. Took it home, worked perfectly.
I’ve only seen two and I bought the second one. The price of the games are out of control but if I ever come across games in the wild I have a reason to pick them up.