/vr/ - Retro Games

>Columns
Shitty puzzle game
>Columns but anime girls
NOW WE'RE TALKING

>>10020621
It's primarily shmups, RPG's, VN's, and puzzlers. The most notable actual exclusive I can think of is Radiant Silvergun, personally not my favorite shmup on it but it's by Treasure. I prefer Hyper Duel and a handful of others like Sengoku Blade and Purikura Daisakusen. There are also a lot of fighting games, a few of which use the 4MB RAM cart which makes them look better than on the PS1. You are correct that the vast majority of games are also on PS1 or Neo Geo, though. Some games like Symphony of the Night are actually significantly worse on Saturn, the other Konami shmups are fine though.

The things people always get wrong are 1) Saturn being made for 2D, it was literally designed to play Virtua Fighter, 2) Every 2D game looks better, huge lie, it is literally only the games that use the RAM cart, and 3) only the Japanese exclusives are worth playing, which completely rules out the majority of actual first party SEGA games on it. It's not a bad system but fanatical weebs always spout nonsense like this and actually kind of degrade the quality of it. The best Saturn games imo are still very much the first party games, followed by anything by Capcom. The Japanese games are a fun distraction but never the main course - not on Super Famicom, not on PS1, and certainly not on Saturn. I would say the sole exception for this is TurboGrafx which barely got any North American games to begin with. Stuff like Ninpen Manmaru doesn't hold a candle to actual SEGA games like NiGHTS, Daytona, and SEGA Rally.

Pic related, it's one of my favorite Saturn puzzlers, actually made by SEGA

>>10020637
I never cared for visual novels personally and there really aren't that many sidescrollers outside of shmups. Tryrush Deppy is okay but not amazing. Keio 2 is alright but I prefer the first one on SEGA CD. And Super Tempo I haven't even been able to play yet. I'll agree with you on puzzlers but most of those are on PS1 as well

>>10001650
Try some of the puzzlers. Pukunpa and Hanagumi Taisen Columns are pretty fun and relaxing.

>>9589778
I do like Japanese games though anon, just not ones that require knowledge of Japanese. Heck most of the English games I play don't require knowledge of English

>>9285203
I was a little disappointed with Baku Baku, too slow for my tastes. Hanagumi Taisen Columns and Pukunpa are still pretty fun, though.

>>9278269
Bad. But I still enjoy the easy ones

This game was my jam last year when I started emulating a bunch of Saturn games. It and Pukunpa are probably my favorite puzzlers on the system

>>8914369
>not looking up full libraries and making a list of what looks interesting and finding out by yourself
This is how I usually do it nowadays, only way to find certain games that are otherwise rarely discussed, especially if I want to play games in a specific genre or a more obscure console

>>8914398
To be fair, even with popular games, you need to at least try them first before doing that. Then when you find a game you really enjoy, you can try playing it to the end, doing casual runs here and there, etc.

This one is okay

>>8875038
I'm terrible at Puyo Puyo, but I played this game for the first time last year and it's a blast. Probably my favorite versions of Columns. Pukunpa is really fun too