/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9140031
Stellar Assault is a really wild 3D space combat game with stunning but minimalist visuals, excellent control and kick ass music all produced by the saturn's sound hardware. Its being translated but can be beaten without knowing any of the story

>>9043595
grandia is a good example of the disparity between the consoles. It's a game on both systems, max extensive use of the saturns features and the PlayStation version needed numerous cutbacks and reconfiguration to get running. Neither version performs amazingly (they're both fine) but the Saturn version is far ahead. It makes use of infinite planes, windowing to allow layered infinite planes, numerous scanline effects, infinite planes allow cheap bitmap backgrounds which were used for detailed towns, higher res backgrounds, etc. Saturn makes a lot of these things easier to do, which for that generation of 2D was far more useful. PS1 could often do a lot of the same tricks, although some limits became obvious and comparing similar games on the platforms, ones which utilized the saturns 2D capabilities could often do far more impressive things than what the PS1 could do in 2D. It's all unique visual tricks that become easy to associate with Saturn. I'll post a few examples but this is an example of how you can use the 2D tricks for 3D space and make incredibly impressive and massive feeling environments.

Stellar Assault SS is a visual treat despite how simple it obviously is, it just looks awesome and occasionally pulls out the stops with a barrage of explosions or a scene like this, where the planet instead of being an obvious 2D element has a significant amount of depth and behaves exactly like you think it would in space. It's stunning to behold. The following stage is even MORE impressive but I didn't capture it when I played through it. It involves free movement between a cloudy sky and beneath the clouds, where the land seamlessly transitions in and out. It's fucking nuts and like nothing else that generation. Saturn doesn't break a sweat doing this.

>>8759771
it's more like one of those pc tie fighter games but with the cowboy bebop cast

>>8700993
It's really good. Also has the Japanese cast of Cowboy Bebop in it. I recommend playing it with the 3D pad but also enjoy the incredibly good music produced by the obscenely complicated sound set up inside the Saturn, and not with CD audio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-be07tyEjwY

>>8660253
I really fell in love with this one. It's pure arcade action but it's a ton of fun. Great music too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-be07tyEjwY

>>8625009
memory limitations? On Saturn? Not possible with a configuration this obtuse! There's ALWAYS more RAM.

>>8606336
Stellar Assault SS for the Sega Saturn
the music is good too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-be07tyEjwY

>>8339724
Yeah, pretty much.

Stellar Assault was fun.