I played that game for dayyyysssss

 

yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

one of the few good things about sega and their tendency to put out an add on every 3 months. h:

 

and you could put other genesis games in there and play bonus levels on S&K

 

its funny, i just realized i never really liked sega that much until i bought a dreamcast. :rofl:

kinda wish i bought a saturn now. h: its 2D power made some great Street Fighter ports compared to the PS1.

 

The Saturn was sweeeeeeet. Because of the buttersoft controller, it made playnig US Capcom games a joy.

Saturn SF Alpha 2 > PSX SF Alpha 2 for that reason alone.



Now playing JDM Capcom games required a "Ram Pack". These would plug into the memory expansion port (looked like a game cart slot) in the top of the machine.

at first a 1MB unit was released for Marvel: Super Heroes. Then Sega had version control issues of the RAM ... some worked with some games, others not. They then released a 4GB ram cart which magnified the issue.


3rd party carts had a smart switch which detected what RAM (1, 4, game mfg) was needed.




If you got yourself straight with the RAM, game on. Back in 1998, playing an Arcade PERFECT version of Street Fighter Zero (jdm's Alpha) 3 w. 4mb pack was AWESOME.


By today's standards, an Xbox 1 or PS2 could do the same thing without the tricks though. :hs:



The true JOY of the Saturn comes with the odd-ball, rare titles. Some titles were so rare (due to low console sales, they didn't need to make many) that prices have sky rocketed on eBay.

Guardian Heroes
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-US-Guardian-...QQcmdZViewItem

Dragon Force
http://cgi.ebay.com/DRAGON-FORCE-MAN...QQcmdZViewItem

Panzer Dragoon Saga
http://cgi.ebay.com/PANZER-DRAGOON-S...QQcmdZViewItem

Radiant Silvergun (japan)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sega-Saturn-Radi...QQcmdZViewItem

Final Fight: Revenge (japan)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Final-Fight-Reve...QQcmdZViewItem

Shining Force III
http://cgi.ebay.com/Shining-Force-3-...QQcmdZViewItem

Castlevania Dracula X (japan)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Castlevania-Drac...QQcmdZViewItem



To this date, these games are arguably the BEST within their genres.

 

i heard about the ram pack thing. N64 had something similar when they released The Legend Of Zelda:Majora's Mask. i caved and bought it. h:

and im surprised all those games didnt sell well. :sad:

 

The Saturn was a strange machine. Its best games were released months before the Dreamcast landed. Panzer Dragoon Saga was the LAST title published.

Because Sega was so focused on a DC launch and launch titles, PDS few completely under the radar. You'd read about it in magazines and it would have a HIGH review, but it was buried between 50 PSX, 10 N64, and 100's of GB titles.

The hardcore owners would preorder the game past production runs. 6,000 in batch 1, 6,000 all presold in May of 1999.

The next batch (either 15 or 18K) didn't arrive until August of 1999.

and that's all she wrote.




This game is the MOST insane Bomberman ever made.
http://cgi.ebay.com/SATURN-BOMBERMAN...QQcmdZViewItem

a multi-tap would allow up to 6 players ... PER CONTROLLER PORT.

Saturn Bomberman allowed for 12 players on a game grid at least 200 by 200. It was sprawling.

If you're any bit a Bomberman fan, this game is the best ever made, hands down. It looked like the SNES version on roids, and had a plethora of powerups.

 

OMG....my friend has that bomberman and we play it all the time when we get together

 

my mom used to tell me i played way to much video games....

listening to drew and jae makes me realize she had absolutely no idea what she was talking about

 

To me, it's the "perfect" version of Bomberman.

The SNES had:
Super Bomberman
Super Bomberman 2
Super Bomberman 3 (up to 5 players now)
Super Bomberman 4
Super Bomberman 5

The Genesis had:
Mega Bomberman (introduced dinosaurs)

The Saturn version was all of these, wrapped into one, smoothed out, and was given roids.



The later versions (N64, PSX, etc) all tried to screw with the simplistic, cartoon graphics. When the 3d platform rage kicked in, the franchise was doomed.


It's 11 years old and is the best of it's genre. Saturn Bomberman gets a 10/10 from me.