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MY freind bought and old SS like 4 yrs ago where you played as these flying dudes. I remember the first boss was this fat thing that you had to push through walls.
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Well, I got a Saturn a few days ago, and I'm completely impressed with it. the graphics I've seen are easily the best of that generation. and yes, I love the CD player as well. the only unfortunate part is, there seems to be nothing from Sega in this area AT ALL, so I'll likely be stuck with "World Series Baseball" for a while. I did borrow NiGHTS, Street Fighter Alpha, and Sonic 3D Blast from a friend who also has Panzer Dragoon, but we can't find that one :P "_NrG_" wrote:MY freind bought and old SS like 4 yrs ago where you played as these flying dudes. I remember the first boss was this fat thing that you had to push through walls. that's NiGHTS into dreams... quite a fun game. it's kinda like flying Sonic.
 
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Double post, but... I got the swap trick working, and have been experiencing some of the other stuff the Saturn has to offer. I'm even more impressed. it's like a playstation, only not a pixelated garbage mess. you can actually see what things are supposed to be. if anyone has any recomedations, let me know.
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I think if sega had released more of the japanese only stuff even if in small quantities, the system would have done much better. I felt the same way about NEC's turbo systems also.
Sadly Astal is the only thing I can think of.
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the saturn cd player is fair garbage sound quality wise, but for it's time it is very good. i was going to say rayman for a 2d game which runs exceptionally, i got it in a bunch of games i got in one lot off ebay, as soon as i put it in, i was impressed by how damn smoothly it runs. someone already said rayman though:(
anyway, i have three working saturns right now. i have a saturn chip, but never got it working, i might try get a replacement..
on another note, doom runs fairly horribly, and the characters in virtua fighter have the sharpest corners i've ever seen on a humanoid model. having said that, the playstation wasnt a huge step up and was meant to be the 'next generation' console.. so the saturn didnt do too badly in that field.
saturns are a bitch to work with internally though, so many bits everywhere..
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[quote="phreak97"]the characters in virtua fighter have the sharpest corners i've ever seen on a humanoid model. quote]
Ha ha! Yes, I remember thinking that when I first saw it. Way back in the day, my friend had bought one while he was on holiday in Saudia Arabi or something and he invited me round to see the "amazing" graphics his new Saturn could produce, he showed me Virtua Fighter. Needless to say I nearly wet myself laughing when I saw how sharp the rendering was. And I was about 10 at the time.
But i love the Saturn :P
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"phreak97" wrote:the playstation wasnt a huge step up and was meant to be the 'next generation' console.. so the saturn didnt do too badly in that field. The Saturn and Playstation were of the same generation, and the Saturn has MUCH better graphics, everything is more sharp, and smooth, compare Sega Rally Championship, to Gran Turismo. The downfall of the Saturn was that it was hard to develop for, because only one CPU could access RAM at a time.
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Could anybody reccommend some more good games? I've checked MPN's link. It appears that somebody had a list of good games but has since editied their post so it's gone. I hope to get one tommorrow. Thanks.
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Burning Rangers - Really original and nifty, I always wanted to try it. D - Different, not everyone's cup of tea (especially not mine), but it has a decidedly dedicated following. Die Hard - Simply put, kickass arcade action. I absolutely love it. Fighting Vipers - A solid, hardrocking forerunner of the fighting genre. Too bad I'm not a big fan of the fighting genre. House of the Dead - Never played the Saturn version, but I imagine that it would be good. In the Hunt - Those cool 2D games Luke was looking for? This is one of them. Haven't played it myself, though. Magic Carpet- Heard about this one from the videogame critic, and I would be willing to give both arms and a leg to play it. Mass Destruction - Awesome.Mr. Bones - Never played it, but it's pretty much the only FMV game anyone really remembers fondly. Skeleton Warriors - Oldschool hackn'slash with some innovative quirks thrown in. Space Hulk - Well, on this one, it's me against every videogame critic known to man. I liked it a lot, everone else simply despised it. Of course, I played it years and years and years ago, so I can't truly vouch for it. Just check it out, I guess. Nights into Dreams - Duh. Well, that's every single crazily inventive and awesome Saturn game that I know of, though I entirely ignored most fighting games and all of the racing games.
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I completely forgot about Magic Carpet, i'll definately check it out. I know about all of the more "popular" games, which are generally speaking fighting or racing. Thanks for your input.
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"Uber Newb" wrote:Mass Destruction - Awesome. Is that the same Mass Destruction that was on the ... I can't remember, PC or Playstation. If so, it was fun, but I wouldn't go so far as to consider it Awesome.
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I never played it on PC... it's the one where you're in a tank, and blow the living crap out of everything? Mainly strafing?
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"Uber Newb" wrote:I never played it on PC... it's the one where you're in a tank, and blow the living crap out of everything? Mainly strafing? Apparently it was on both the Playstation and PC, so I guess we're thinking about the same game. http://psx.ign.com/objects/002/002164.html
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Yeah, that's the one. So damn fun...
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"Luke" wrote:I got the swap trick working, and have been experiencing some of the other stuff the Saturn has to offer What's this "swap trick" all about? It sounds interesting. Can you only do it with a certain version of the Saturn?
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"David" wrote:"Luke" wrote:I got the swap trick working, and have been experiencing some of the other stuff the Saturn has to offer What's this "swap trick" all about? It sounds interesting. Can you only do it with a certain version of the Saturn? Luke was telling me about it, But I can't remember it all but just read this: http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2004/12/learn-how-to-perform-sega-saturn-swap.html
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"David" wrote:"Luke" wrote:I got the swap trick working, and have been experiencing some of the other stuff the Saturn has to offer What's this "swap trick" all about? It sounds interesting. Can you only do it with a certain version of the Saturn? Swap trick guide.Basically, the Saturn reads games in a specific way. First it reads some data from the game, then it reads the security strip (the ring on the outside of Saturn discs) then it goes back to reading the game. So you insert your "backup", wait for specific blinks of the "access" LED, then swap to a legitimate game with the security strip, wait for the LED again, then swap back to your "backup" and enjoy. There are also videos and other tutorials out there. It's pretty simple to pull off when you know how.
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So, you use it to play burned copies of games? It doesn't look too difficult. Thankfully, I have a model one. It looks like it's pretty difficult on a model two. I'll give it a try.
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The region code of the "backup" has to match that of your console, but there is software out there to patch disc images for any region. Though they sometimes cause some errors with the game.
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