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How could I forget Chu Chu Rocket? I would add it after Crazy Taxi.
Sorry, I’m not sure how to edit my topic. It said I don’t have permission.
I picked up my first SEGA Saturn console on 20 June 1997, so I’ve been playing it for just over 29 years now. The console still works like it did on day one, including the overheating issue if you play it for too long and try to start a new game.
I picked it up from KMart when they used to have 15% off storewide sale, and got my friend’s store discount on top of that too. With it I got Daytona CCE, Doom, and Tomb Raider. I originally wanted Sonic 3D instead of Tomb Raider, but for some reason the game was out of my budget on that particular day. I spent all night playing Daytona and Doom, and trying to figure out Tomb Raider, which I initially found frustrating but captivating at the same time. The disc for Doom was warped, so I had to take it back several times before realising KMart’s whole stock of the game was warped (because it was stored right beneath a cabinet light), so I ended up picking it up from Target instead.
My Saturn collection quickly built up, what with the system’s games being heavily discounted soon after purchasing the console. Alien Trilogy, Road Rash, The Need for Speed, Street Fighter Alpha 2, NBA JAm Extreme (ugh), the NiGHTS Into Dreams… bundle, Manx TT Superbike, SEGA Rally, X-Men: Children of the Atom… The list went on… And then there were secondhand stores where I managed to pick up games even cheaper.
Friends and I would spend whole nights playing games like Street Fighter Alpha 2, which made a friend borrow my system and then want to pick up a Saturn for himself. I remember taking my Saturn to a school sleepover where people played Rally, Daytona, and Fighters Megamix on a projector all night, only disappointed that they couldn’t play Virtua Cop 1 and 2 on that screen with the light guns. In the 2000s, a group of friends and I would play Puzzle Fighter so much we were still seeing the falling block patterns as we tried to go to sleep.
SSM soon became my bible and they alerted me to tons more games I would eventually pick up, like the fantastic NiGHTS, the Panzer Dragoon games, and the Shining series. I only played the former because I rented the analogue controller to play Daytona CCE with and ended up falling in love with NiGHTS. I picked up Panzer Dragoon Zwei for cheap secondhand when SSM hyped up PDS, making me a lifelong fan of this series I never knew about.
I played through game back in the 2000s and got all the way up to the final shrine before I moved on to something else. The game has a great soundtrack and the first person perspective was a really unique way of playing an RPG at the time. But there was a lot of grinding required that made the game more difficult than it needed to be. I remember struggling to get through the Enrich Dungeon because of this, but loving the area because it has my favourite music track from the game…
I play on a modded PAL console. I currently use a Satiator to play games, but still pop in original discs every now and then. I use component cables through a CRT. I have a Retro it wireless controller, but prefer the feel of original controllers.
I definitely love the X-Men arcade port. I got to play the whole game in the arcades recently and can’t wait to do it again once this Saturn port is finished.
This patch is a godsend. Thanks, Shadowmask. I can’t wait to see how you continue to improve the game in the future.
Grid Run is a surprisingly fun and addictive capture-the-flag game viewed from an isometric perspective. It even has a two player mode, but I’ve not managed to play it with another human.
Like Peter said, Impact Racing is a surprisingly enjoyable racing game with combat elements. It might not have the thrilling handling of Daytona USA or SEGA Rally, but once you get used to the controls and gameplay flow it can be good fun.
Time Warner’s V. R. Virtua Racing is far better than most Saturn gamers will tell you. It might not have the handling of the coin-op, but the physics model is still really fun and there’s a ton of new content that adds longevity to the game.
Hang On GP is horrible when played with a control pad. But hook up an arcade racer and the game has the same addictive handling and gameplay of SEGA’s classic arcade racing classics.
