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Post by Balder on Jan 6, 2016 8:39:28 GMT
As we all know the Sega Saturn is a fantastic console capable of doing stunning 2D visuals, much better than the PS1. So what are your favorites? Mine is DonPachi at the moment. Shmups are so fun to play, however they are expensive (but what Saturn games aren't already that). I wish I had the sequel DoDonPachi or some of the other awesome ones like Batsugun or Radiant Silvergun.
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Post by stratogustav on Jan 6, 2016 11:54:02 GMT
I like too many Saturn games to choose. Here are 50 I like:
- Chatting Parodius Live
- Cyberbots: FullMetal Madness
- Darius Gaiden
- Darius II
- DoDonPachi
- DonPachi
- Dead or Alive
- Fighters Megamix
- Fighting Vipers
- Final Fight Revenge
- Galactic Attack
- Galaxy Fight
- Fatal Fury 3 Road to the Final Victory
- Gekirindan Time Travel Shooting
- Gunbird
- The House of the Dead
- The King of Fighters '95
- The King of Fighters '96
- The King of Fighters '97
- Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
- Metal Black
- Night Striker
- Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty
- Real Bout Fatal Fury
- Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
- Samurai Shodown III: Blades of Blood
- Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge
- Sengoku Blade
- Sexy Parodius
- Shienryu
- Sol Divide
- Sonic Wings Special
- Space Invaders (1996)
- Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams
- Street Fighter Alpha 2
- Street Fighter Alpha 3
- Strikers 1945
- Strikers 1945 II
- Twinkle Star Sprites
- Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
- Vampire Savior The Lord of Vampire
- Virtua Fighter
- Virtua Fighter 2
- Virtua Fighter Remix
- Waku Waku 7
- World Heroes Perfect
- X-Men vs. Street Fighter
- X-Men Children of the Atom
- Virtua Cop
- Virtua Cop 2
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Post by Balder on Jan 6, 2016 14:22:48 GMT
There are some pretty sweet games on Saturn, but your one favorite can't be all of those!
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Post by Cervantes on Jan 7, 2016 2:32:17 GMT
Oh, man. I can't believe you made this question. How the hell am I supposed to pick ONE game from the entire Saturn library???
I will pick Panzer Dragoon Zwei for now. It was the first Saturn game that really wowed me. When I got a Saturn from my father, it came with a lot of arcade-style and sports games (VF2, Virtua Cop, Daytona, Worldwide Soccer, Sega Rally) and a few 2d ones (Astal, Sonic 3d, Puzzle Bobble). It was all very good, but none of them were really, you know, big "adventures", and at the time I was really into Zelda (I wasn't too much of a fan of shorter, arcade-style games).
Then I rented PDZ, and it was the game responsible for making me much more welcome of arcade games. It was a shooter, very arcade-like, but the setting, the story, the way your dragon grows through the game, all that felt like I was playing through a grandiose adventure. Besides, it was my true introduction to 3d games: it didn't just looked like one, it played like one (unlike Virtua Cop), as enemies were coming from every direction and I had to really look around and get used to having a 3d camera.
My favourite moment is when the dragon is running towards a cliff, then jumps... and then starts flying for the first time. The music stops, you have this brief moment of quietness, the horizon looks really, really far (giving me a perfect sense of scale, as the 3d world looked vast), then the fight starts again. That game is awesome. I never minded the fact that the game was short, as the "Pandra's Box" feature (that lets you replay the levels with different dragons, weapons and dificulties) made replaying the game a blast.
So, basically, PDZ convinced me of how great both arcade games and 3d games could be, and even introduced me to more serious, tragic stories in video games. Because of the sense of scale, the well-crafted world and tragic story, I like to think of it as "Shadow of the Colossus" years before SotC. It's a shame that it never got to be as recognized as SotC.
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Post by stratogustav on Jan 7, 2016 2:42:55 GMT
It is really hard indeed, maybe Daytona USA, F1 Challenge, or Sega Rally Championship. International Victory Goal, and Worldwide Soccer were very good as well. That machine is perfection when it comes to game genres.
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Post by MannyRodz on Jan 7, 2016 5:16:20 GMT
Fire Pro Wrestling S 6-Men Scramble and Street Fighter Zero 1 and 2 (imports)
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Post by Balder on Jan 7, 2016 5:29:43 GMT
It's really hard to pick one, but that's what makes you think; What is the definitive game on the system? And it seems like stratogustav and mannyrodz didn't get the memo since they both answered several games again.
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Post by stratogustav on Jan 7, 2016 5:40:27 GMT
OK, I'll choose one. Shinobi Legends. Just the acting alone makes the game priceless.
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Post by MannyRodz on Jan 7, 2016 5:45:25 GMT
Fire pro it is then.
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Post by Cervantes on Jan 7, 2016 6:01:18 GMT
I hate to admit, but I used the infinite lives code to beat Shinobi Legions. I kept dying at that level with the goddamn boats (the double jump is kinda unreliable) and the boss right after it. Having to go through all the previous levels again and again was just too much. |
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Post by stratogustav on Jan 7, 2016 7:05:51 GMT
I hate to admit, but I used the infinite lives code to beat Shinobi Legions. I kept dying at that level with the goddamn boats (the double jump is kinda unreliable) and the boss right after it. Having to go through all the previous levels again and again was just too much. You can always retry, it is a pain when you lose because of the heavy investment, I guess that's how most games used to be, maybe that's why I like From Software stuff nowadays, but I would say it is mostly because of their themes. |
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Post by Pimpjira on Jan 7, 2016 14:07:33 GMT
I like too many Saturn games to choose. Here are 50 I like: - Darius Gaiden -- Fighters Megamix - Galactic Attack - Street Fighter Alpha 2 - Virtua Fighter 2 - X-Men vs. Street Fighter - X-Men Children of the Atom Some good choices there(along with Shinobi Legions, that game is awesome), I'm sure a lot more of them but I haven't played most of them. Some more I would add for mine: Astal Daytona USA Dragon Force NiGHTS Into Dreams Panzer Dragoon Panzer Dragoon Zwei Shining the Holy Ark Shining Force III Sonic Jam |
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Post by stratogustav on Jan 7, 2016 23:52:01 GMT
Yes, I had the same problem when Balder asked this question, it is hard to just choose one  . |
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Post by Pimpjira on Jan 8, 2016 15:00:54 GMT
Screw just picking one, the name of the thread is Favorite Sega Saturn Game(s).  |
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Post by Balder on Jan 8, 2016 16:00:46 GMT
How about this: You can post your favorite Saturn games but you still have to pick your single most favorite.
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