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If you were ever wondering, "Why did the Saturn fail so miserably?," here's a VERY in-depth write up: LINK
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I haven't checked the article, but from my understanding it failed because it was very hard to program for. Much like many of the consoles that haven't done very well over the years, lack of software doesn't really help a game console sell I guess...
 
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Interesting article.
It didn't have the success it should have had, but I like my Saturn.
I didn't like Sega when I was little, but this changed, now that I'm grown up. :wink:
When you become older, things become nostalgic... :P
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"manuel" wrote:Interesting article.
It didn't have the success it should have had, but I like my Saturn.
I didn't like Sega when I was little, but this changed, now that I'm grown up. :wink:
When you become older, things become nostalgic... :P I've never played the Saturn, but the Genesis was my first 16-Bit machine to have gamed on. I always liked Sega, but they always seemed to lack the fun in their games, compared to Nintendo. The third-party developers never really put any effort into the games they made for them, either. I wonder if Sega put strict time lines on the development of the games?
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very likely possibility. I say nothing should be released until it's done. I'd rather deal with a year of delays and have a great product in the end than have it a year earlier and it be crap.
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That's true.
At least Nintendo always had (and still has) a very severe quality control on their games. You see it when you look at the Nintendo line-up.
I don't know any crappy game from Nintendo. Do you?
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I'm looking for good platformers (except Sonic) and Adventures/RPGs for Saturn.
Does anybody here have any personal recommendations?
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Thanks for your many recommendations. :D
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Id like to find a Saturn some day, I have access to an N64, so I'm fine there, the PS wasn't fantastic in my opinion (other than FF) but I really like the 8 and 16-bit consoles, of the 8-bits, the NES is king, of the 16-bits, the Genesis/MegaDrive is king.
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One of the coolest features of the SEGA Saturn was that you could play all the games like a music CD. It was like every game had its own built-in soundtrack. Actually, I don't know if it was every game, but it was all the ones I played. The CD player on the Saturn is awesome! It even has effects you can add to the music like reverb or pitch shift. Very advanced for its time. I wish I would have experienced the best games on it. Mostly all I played was 'Virtua Cop' and 'World Series Baseball'.
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I didn't know that. :shock: I can replace the cd while playing?
Need to try that.
I sometimes used my Saturn as a CD player in Japan.
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"NES-Luke" wrote:Id like to find a Saturn some day, I have access to an N64, so I'm fine there, the PS wasn't fantastic in my opinion (other than FF) but I really like the 8 and 16-bit consoles, of the 8-bits, the NES is king, of the 16-bits, the Genesis/MegaDrive is king. you dont have a saturn there ok but nothing to brag about
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"faille" wrote:you dont have a saturn there ok but nothing to brag about Except for "CD Player". The Saturn has the greatest CD plying unit ever created. Of course, we don't get video game systems just for playing music CDs, but the Saturn had a worthy, albeit small lineup of quality games. A more in depth look at those qualities are here... http://member.telpacific.com.au/trat2422/saturn.html
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That's a cool site. I even own some of the games listed there.
I think Saturn has many games worth playing. I got mine for about 14$ (with power memory), so this was a great deal. :D
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I've heard that the Saturn was designed for really fancy 2D effects, does anyone know of any games that took advantage of that capability? honestly I'd rather have crazy 2D effects than the bland and boring 3D we have in everything now.
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The Saturn has some good shooters.
Radiant Silvergun or Darius Gaiden.
Or there would be Metal Slug, a port from Neo Geo.
Cotton 2 is also famous for its effects.
I think there were also Mega Man games on the Saturn.
Rayman also has brilliant effects. Earthworm Jim 2.
You should grab a Saturn when you have the chance. :)
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"Z.E.N" wrote:"faille" wrote:you dont have a saturn there ok but nothing to brag about Except for "CD Player". The Saturn has the greatest CD plying unit ever created. Of course, we don't get video game systems just for playing music CDs, but the Saturn had a worthy, albeit small lineup of quality games. A more in depth look at those qualities are here... http://member.telpacific.com.au/trat2422/saturn.html Oh yeah! After looking at the pic i remmeber that CD player. It did rock my friend had it myself never owned a saturn
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The CD player screen looks far better that that of Playstation.
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"manuel" wrote:The CD player screen looks far better that that of Playstation. yeah i remember playing cds on my playstation. It wasnt easy to mess with and i didnt like it very much
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