/vr/ - Retro Games

And because everyone loves lists, this is the list of non-shmup/non-fighting Saturn games I own. If the game is not sold, and its name is NOT Corpse Killer, consider that this anon's official seal of semi-quality, chunky ugly 32bit and all.

-Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean
[sold]-Alien Trilogy
-Assault Suit Leynos 2
[sold]-Astal
-Bulk Slash
-Capcom Generations 2
[sold]-Chase HQ plus SCI
-Corpse Killer: Graveyard Edition
[sold]-D
-Dark Savior
-Daytona USA and CCE
-Deep Fear
-Die Hard Arcade
-Dragon Force
-Elevator Action Returns
[sold]-Enemy Zero
[sold]-Guardian Heroes
-GunGriffon
-GunGriffon 2
-House of the Dead
-Iron Storm
[sold]-Legend of Oasis
-Magical Hoppers
[sold]-Mr. Bones
[sold]-Mega Man X4
[sold]-NiGHTS
-Panzer Dragoon
-Panzer Dragoon Zwei
[sold]-SEGA AGES
[sold]-Shining in the Holy Ark
[sold]-Shining Wisdom
[sold]-Shinobi Legions
-Sky Target
-Soviet Strike
-Virtua Cop

Is there anything left? Lol, maybe Bubble Symphony.

bump!

I recently ordered a JP copy of Saturn Bomberman for super-cheap, so that'll probably be fun. I actually really like single-player Bomberman campaigns, for some reason (though multi rocks the house).

>>1738202
What's Elevator Action like? It's one of my favorite arcade games. The only sequel I've played is the GBC one.

I always recommend Three Dirty Dwarves. I really love that game.

>>1740720
Elevator Action 2 is a very good action game. It's slower-paced than most run-n-guns (I hesitate to call it a "run"-n-gun), but the emphasis is on methodically making your way around cool set-piece levels picking off bad-guys and entering doors (lol, think Hotel Mario) for health, ammo, and disarming bombs. The entering doors element is a holdover from Elevator Action and doesn't really add a lot to the experience, but the game itself is very fun. It has a good sense of style, jazzy music, and it has the right mix of cartoonishness and realistic shooting action.

For some reason the Saturn port is very expensive on ebay (I bought it for $50 two years ago, which I felt was high, but a decent price), so I would recommend either the good-enough port on Taito Legends 2 (negligible differences imo) for the PS2, or you can just MAME it. The only way to feasibly get a "cheap" Saturn port is Yahoo Auctions Japan.

>>1741602
Thanks, I'll check it out.

>>1738193
Keion Flying Squadron 2?

>>1741716
while the game looks interesting and beautiful, I don't want to plop down a decent chunk of change on a game that is allegedly piss-easy. I'd probably buy it if it weren't for that.

Not that I don't like easy games, but the videos of Keio 2 make it look like there's never a whole lot going on at any given time.

>>1741897
It's not THAT easy, although some of the difficulty comes from the stupid controls. You can also unlock some extra pictures based on your score which can be both positive and negative depending on how you play (beat up the innocent workers, destroy stuff etc - negative points).

It does have a lot of things going around but they are all decently paced, you don't have everything thrown at you together. There's just a shitload of detail and gag in the backgrounds.

The game is a good example of how 32bit platformers should look, its just that the controls could be made tighter, and it is a bit too short.

It IS overpriced but worth it IMO.

>>1741716
>Keion Flying Squadron
Oh how I wish

I heard the Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny games were pretty good. If I could, I'd emulate them, but I doubt this latrine of a computer could handle it.

I really really like Shining the Holy Ark

>>1744057
I bet he would like them if he likes gun griffon

fuck how could you sell guardian heroes though OP that game is awesome, so many damn moves for a beat em up its great imo

>>1746529
While they look nice, the dreamcast gundam side story game looks a lot better.

And while Guardian Heroes was indeed lots of fun, I had gotten all the fun I was going to have out of the game. Great game; but I figured if I ever want to play it again it will be on XBLA.

>>1745727
Liked it when I played it, but I never beat it after being discouraged by the huge difficulty spike at the beginning of the game. A new owner enjoys it now.

>>1746729

yeah I remember the spike but I was able to get past it. Hope you got a decent price for the game Saturn RPGs aren't cheap

official art

>>1746729
ah yes I forgot it was on xbla. I don't own an xbawks so I have to keep my saturn copy. My dreamcast doesnt work so I am also stuck with saturn copies of the gundam games. The 2.5d game mobile suit gundam is awesome though it's like actually playing the anime the cutscenes are great even though I dont speak moon,.

>>1747293
>>1746729

I wouldn't part with my copy for a kidney I needed to live

Magic Knight Rayearth?

>>1747340

I fucking love working designs

Umi best girl

>>1747114
I sold the games for the price I bought them at. Depending on how you look at it, somebody got it for a steal, lol.

>>1747316
Again, lots of fun. I think I got all the endings except for one.

>>1747340
I'm not made of money, sadly. After an awful session last night though, I'm closer nudged towards selling my complete copy of Albert Odyssey for the Saturn. Lovely graphics and music, but when I'm stuck fighting the same JRPG boss for over an hour, who only has two attacks he cycles through, I ask myself why aren't I playing something more fun, like a Breath of Fire game.

>>1747395
MKR isn't an RPG, though. It plays more like Secret of Mana or Legend of Zelda, actually.

>>1747402
>>1747395

The anime was pretty cool too

>Every Saturn game is like 10 to 20 bucks including shipping
>Buy tons of games
>Saturn hasn't even arrived yet.

Oh man I want it to get here so badly.

>>1747606
Don't worry, that's just how it starts.

>>1747606
>>Every Saturn game is like 10 to 20 bucks including shipping

where and what the fuck games are you buying that they're that cheap

>>1747614
>>1747615
Japanese games. I also have a bid on Panzer Dragoon Saga 2.
Of course, some games are rare and will cost me more but I'll just pirate those when Sega's version of PSIO will come out eventually.

>>1747621
>Japanese games.

oh yeah, those typically run a good deal cheaper

>>1747621
>Sakura Taisen 2
>5$

That's grossly overpriced. That shit was produced in the millions, it's like 50yen in bargain bins in japan. Hell I have like 8 copies of Sakura Taisen 1-2 and I never specifically bought any one of them, they all came in game lots I bought for other reasons.

At this rate you may end up paying 5$ for a Japanese Virtua Fighter 2 as well.

>>1747642
Yeah, and I end up winning most of the bids too. If it weren't for the shipping cost everything would be perfect.

>>1747650
Hey, beggars can't be pickers. Sadly I don't have any access to any of those amazing Japanese stores. And I actually payed what I now realize is a pretty high price for the first Sakura Taisen. Whatever, I can live with it since I don't have that many games to begin with and it's a nice package.

>>1747703

Habla Nippon?

>>1747703
Well, I have a shitload of cheap titles for sale if you are interested.
http://segasaturngroup.proboards.com/thread/7688/100-games-sale-video-cards

Note that I haven't updated the thread in months and a lot of titles have been taken since, but if you are interested, register there and shoot me a personal message.

>>1747947
> You do not have permission to access this thread.

>>1747950
register with a 10 minute mail.

>>1747402
Yeah, I guess my point is that I am no longer in the mood for Working Designs Saturn games.

Their PS library is just by virtue of numbers a safer bet. Shining Wisdom is an awful game (fuck its tap-to-run bullshit), Iron Storm is cool but a little slow for my tastes, and I don't have the money for something like Rayearth (I guess I should have bought it when it was still normally $80!). Dragon Force is the real standout game - a truly excellent SRPG.

>>1747720
Yeah, I do.

>>1747947
Sorry but apparently you have to post 30 times before you can look at the marketplace. Maybe if I'll have the patience later.

non fighters non shmups?!?
let's see the only non those i have are:
Shining Force III
Shining the Holy Ark
Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon II Zwei

any more recommendations? I was looking at Keio 2, Astal and NiGHTS

>>1749251

Albert Odyssey is kind of cool

>>1749412
You can skip Astal, honestly. It's nothing special and the level design is pretty pedestrian despite the good-looking 2D sprites.

I posted a list up above, but if I could recommend anything, and you can find it cheap, Bulk Slash is a welcome addition to a Saturn library. The Japanese version of Saturn Bomberman is loads cheaper than the US version, and every bit as good.

>>1749472
emphasis on 'kind of.' Boss fights taking over an hour really kills the enthusiasm for me, even though I'm right at the end of the game.

>>1749346
>Sorry but apparently you have to post 30 times before you can look at the marketplace. Maybe if I'll have the patience later.

what the hell.

I'll ask them to remove that, it's ridiculous.

>>1750256
I'm cool with a pastebin or something for now.

Capcom Generation 2 is a really nice collection if you enjoy the Ghouls 'n' Ghosts games. It includes the arcade versions of Ghosts 'n' Goblins and Ghouls 'n' Ghosts, plus a port of the SNES Super Ghouls 'n' Ghosts with far less slowdown.

>>1750894
It's a nice compilation, though people might be better served by the Capcom Classics Collection[s] on the Ps2 etc. Volume 1 has all the Saturn/PSX CC releases on one disc - a considerable value.

>>1750868
try here.
http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?50419-FS-lots-of-Saturn-games-Mpeg-VCD-cards

same list, different forum. note that the list is outdated, so ASK FIRST.

>>1750913
Yeah you have some nice stuff in here. Why are you selling such a pretty collection anyway?

And I'll look a little closer later.

There is Dungeons & Dragons Collection which used to be the only home port of the D&D arcade games, but now they both got ported to every modern platform it's not really worth the exorbant price tag. Also, the loading times can be absolutely abysmal.

If you can run CD-Rs, you might want to try Shinrei Jusatsushi Taromaru. The game's quality definitely does not reflect it's immense price tag, but it's worth a play.

There is also the Shining Force III trilogy, which are great but require you to be able to run CD-Rs if you want to play them in English. Don't even bother with the original US version of Scenario 1.

It seems like most of the games the Saturn was known for are ported by now, apart from a few like Panzer Dragoon II Zwei, Saga, and the Shining games.

>>1751423
I imagine that when I finally mod my Saturn, the world of RPGs will open up considerably.

There really needs to be more translation projects for those Saturn RPGs though. No one has done anything for stuff like Black Matrix or Wachenroder, have they?

>>1751818
I toyed around with Madou Monogatari and I can edit the ingame text, but the data files are all compressed so I can't actually save edited data to the disc (only push it to memory on an emulator).

>Find a good saturn model in goods conditions.
> Go buy games. "Cheap" games are moo rune required.
>Mod chip is rare and overpriced
>My only option is a sawptrick, but this will fuck my Saturn.
Living in shit country is a eternal suffering...

>>1749251
i had a copy of dragon force, it was scratched though so i got rid of it. i did get a copy of darius gaiden though for 50 cents, needs a new case and that is were sports games come in.

im happy with the saturn stuff I got, still keep an eye out at flea markets and such, but finding them is getting super hard.

this was my last saturn lot I found.
oh boy...
though, what should i offer for all those?

>>1751818
Shining Force III Sc. 1/2/3 and a partial translation of Dragon Force 2 are the only ones I know of. When the SFIII team is done with filtering out a few glitches, some of them might move on to new projects, so who knows what we will see in the future. Oh, and someone else is working on Princess Crown, but he is also working on a few PCE games so that might take a while.

>>1751946
Where do you live? You can ship a V3 Universal modchip from either the UK(consolegoods) or the US(Segastyle) for around ~$35-40 not including shipping. It's not the cheapest, but it's pretty much the only Saturn modchip still around. I definitely recommend getting one, especially if you can't find any games for it locally.

>>1752242
>It's not the cheapest, but it's pretty much the only Saturn modchip still around.

There's a new chip out which is more compatible and cheaper than both.

>>1752897
Do you mean this one? He doesn't seem to list a price though, although it's probably cheaper.

Link: http://www.theisozone.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=23882

>>1752905
I think it's something like 25-30$. That plus the fact that it has the best compatibility makes it a winner. It only has two problems: Sanyo drives need a fix, and there is a short supply so far (production just started).

The V3 and V2 parts seem to use cannibalized parts from other chips, so they have random compatibility - two identical chips can behave differently on identical hardware. These new chips so far have no such problem.

I've recently ordered Ninja Jajamaru-kun for the Saturn. Has anyone played it?

Looked unique enough, with a competent stab at 3D action-adventure on the Saturn. Probably not Bulk Slash level, but hopefully it's fun.

It was a real stretch to commit to buying it, but a copy showed up for cheap on ebay, and I figured that if not exactly worth the risk, I could at least sell it back if it wasn't all that great. It won't be here ostensibly for weeks though.

>>1756176
I think its pretty fun, it's a decent enough 3d platformer and it has good precise control.

>>1751946
If you're half good at soldering you can buy some wire and a three-way switch and make your console region-selective

>>1747703
>yamatoku classic

Fuck off, i used to be able to get cheap stuff all the time on there up until a few months ago until fucks like you popularized it

damn right i mad

>>1751946
£17 for a chip doesn't seem bad to me... Just installed mine yesterday and it works a charm. Though I'm having trouble finding decent roms. I managed to burn one that works but other roms keep throwing up errors.

Any tips?

>>1747621
>I also have a bid on Panzer Dragoon Saga 2.
lel, no you don't.

>>1758574
>months
I can promise you that nobody like him could have possibly exposed them since then, because they were moving big numbers before 4chan even existed.

>>1759067
>Any tips?

find stuff from Darkwater or Trurip.