/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4793016
Get Terra Diver if you can, I wish I had that one (or the PCB)

>>4793016
>he doesn't have Quo Vadis 1,2

Some guy who's Black Tiger thread didn't get enough replies to suit him is having a meltdown and spamming Final Fantasy 7 threads.

>>4793103
False, I'm that guy, only made one thread some days ago and that was it. They can check the IPs. These spammers are actually doing this to spite me lol
Sad to see you look down upon "Black Tiger", though.

>>4793050
What’s that

>>4793123
Cold War in Space with Battleships and art design by Mikimoto the guy who did Macross.

>>4793127
Simulation RPG by the way

>>4793127
This actually looks pretty cool and something I’d play, thanks for the suggestion man, is it accessible for someone who can only read English?

>>4793142
Yeah it is you get the hang of it pretty fast and if for whatever reason if you get stuck there is always a full playthrough on nicovideo just search クォヴァディス

>>4793142
Gihren no Yabou is also a very good Simulation RPG for the SEGA Saturn was also something of smash hit at the time.

Does anyone have a decent list of Japan only games for the Saturn?

>>4793217
Wikipedia, go to sega saturn games page, and select japanese releases so you see them all first in the long ass page.

>>4793217
https://segaretro.org/Category:Saturn_games

>>4793267
>>4793272
Thats great but which of the 100s of games that only came out in Japan are worth playing?

>>4793335
baroque is interesting, strikers 1945 is a fantastic shmup, virtua photostudio for the titties, and deep fear for your dose of resident evil-ish cheesyness.
then of course, a standard puzzle game, super puzzle fighter, and 3 generic mech games, meh. cool to play on a arcade joystick.

start from there, idk, just do your own research

>>4793347
I'v played all of them except virtua photostudio. I know there are plenty of good Saturn exclusives I haven't played yet but they are buried under a mountain of VNs and strip-majong games.

This is all I got and all I really want regarding Saturn imports. Maybe I'll get the Japanese Castlevania Symphony of the Night sometime for shits and giggles, but that's it.

where are the mods this final fantasy shit is getting ridiculous

>>4794195
tell me about radiant silvergun, ive heard the name a few times around but never investigated. shmup?

>>4794321

It is indeed a shoot em up.

Probably would have made it stateside if it wasn't for Sega's mismanagement.

>>4794321
Vertical shoot-em-up with a ton of bosses and 7 weapons you can use at all times. Definitely a standout title for the Saturn, it has always been really expensive though.

Also worth noting it's one of the Saturn's most visually impressive games, at least in my opinion.

>>4794195
Terra Diver?

>>4793016

Give me your puzzle fighter II x NAO

>>4794587
nein, but we can play it together :) i'll kick your ass in it boi

>>4793016
Back then, to me, Square/Squaresoft could do no wrong. Practically almost all my purchases for my SNES was from them, and Final Fantasy was the flagship titles with Tactics and 4 still being some of my most fond games. I remember they hype back in 96 when I first saw a commercial for FF7 when Rurouni Kenshin aired. FF7 was the event, as it was a shared experience, everyone played at the time, but its luster wore off immediately to me upon completion while it appears to have maintained a level of popularity here on /vr/. Final Fantasy games practically dictated the most popular platforms back then, as they were system sellers. So I guess it is understandable why there may be many threads.

As for Saturn imports. I am grateful my Playstation was slowly dying, and instead of getting a replacement, I decided to get the Saturn instead. Back then every Saturn owner knew they had to import, so modding the system was required and was quite the personal experience. The timing was perfect as Saturn games were super cheap, with games on the discount/clearance racks, because of the massive popularity Playstation and its Final Fantasy gameswere garnering in my region. The games were cheap enough that it was a surprise when I have over 250 import games for the Saturn.


>>4793050
I don't have Quo Valdis 1-2. I see that game all the time, and its only notable factor to me was the Macross-like art.


>>4793386
I like the VNs and strip-mahjong games. Nothing wrong with them.


>>4794195
Great choices. Some of my favorites for the system. I liked Radiant Silvergun enough that I bought Soukyugurentai (Terra Driver) on a whim. Just because it is a ST-V shooting game too. It still remains as one of my most favorite EA titles. I don't have the Saturn Dracula X, back then and even now everyone hated the Saturn version, and we were all fine with the Playstation version. For such a hated game, I now want it, but it is super expensive now and I wonder why.

>>4795991
Its not even that I dislike VNs I just can't imagine playing one on a console. Do you need a Saturn mouse?
I'v been meaning to try take up Majong and Shoji games since I'm kind of bored of chess. Could you recommend one with a good tutorial mode?
Your collection of 32 bit pornography is inspiring.

>>4795991
>>4794510

I don't know much about Terra Diver other than Raizing had some employees who left to join Cave and I hate the Bullet Hell genre. I'll take a look at some Youtube clips and maybe get it if its not bad.

>>4796038
1. The guy you're talking about didn't make that game in particular, he made some others within Raizing
2. The stuff he made at Cave wasn't that well liked by the usual Cave fans for not being very bullet-hell-y and having his unique rank and stuff
3. Terra Diver isn't bullet hell, it's more akin to Ray Force. And yes, it's good, and definirelt worth getting since emulation still sucks.

>>4795991
ok you gotta tell me right now which game from that lot is the easiest to see them tittes

This is what i got atm, but ive just purchased a few more. Will update as they come

>>4796008
No, a mouse is not necessary. They are all designed with a controller in mind, I only got a Saturn mouse with Sakura Taisen, and was surprised that a good number of them do support the peripheral. While most are on the PC uncensored, it can be easier to find for a console. For Shogi, I'd say the XBLA game is at least in English to get you started. On the other hand, mahjong is pretty simple and one can just learn by just playing. I'd recommend firing up MAME, or even a more fun variant like the Suchie-pai games which is "mahjong, but with cheats and cheating whores." There are other red label Sega Saturn games, but eventually during the Saturn's time Sega only allowed yellow labels at worse, which was just suggestive.


>>4796038
Pretty much what >>4796072 said. Soukyugurentai is like the Raystorm games. It is a simple vertical shooting game. I remember Terra Driver at my local arcade in the ST-V cabinet, and I liked its first stage which used teh Saturn's polygons to render the background skyscrapers, but it was a shame as the game went on it utilized more of the 2D effects of the hardware more and more eventually becoming nothing memorable about the stages. However Soukyugurentai is a nice fun short game. The Playstation version adds one more ship that can be used, but I still feel the Saturn version feels better. I think it worked with the Saturn 3D pad too, and it felt good to use with the game.


>>4796290
I would say probably My Best Friends. It is a simple jigsaw puzzle game, so unlike the cheating hookers in the mahjong games, it is pretty simple to "win". One you finish the puzzle, some video plays with the characters, eventually stripping. It is a very cheap game, found in a $1 "junk" bin back then, so I didn't expect much. It is not bad, especially at the low price, but it goes with the budget character designs which is its downside capitalizing on its red label. There are better puzzle games on Saturn.

>>4796008
i remember saturn policenauts supporting the 3D controller for slightly better controls.

>>4796410
>Suchie-pai games which is "mahjong, but with cheats and cheating whores."
This is exactly what I was looking for.

My next purchases are going to be space harrier and advanced variable geo. Policenauts, death crimson and cho aneki are on my 'possible' list. According to the internet advanced vg wasn't censored like the psx release and has all the sex and rape, but it's still only a yellow label game.

>>4796476
Not sega, but I have some psx imports as well.

>>4796476
Nice, im going for all the arcade and fighting games. You got some ive been trying to get on the cheap and lately ebays been a huge help with that... if you know what i mean *wink*

>>4796496
Do you have modded ps1, i just got a mm3 or whatever chip, but im working on some tg16 rf output chips ( people dumb as fuck shoving tinfoil and what not in the hole, and i cant tell you about the retards soldering shit like its playdoh time in kindergarten!!!) It seems pretty straight forward, solder this wire here, be careful and easy on the flux

>>4796515
i'll be honest, mvc is worth so much more than the 35$ i paid for it. xmen vs street fighter is overrated, and darkstalkers 3 is great, you can get a copy for 15-20$ good luck with the kof games and sf zero 3, they are retarded costly. buy a dreamcast arcade stick and those games, they are cheaper than the saturn versions.

>>4796521
i have the good old model spch-1001 psx and the action replay that plugs into the i/o port which lets me do the disc swap trick.

>>4796476
No, Advanced V.G. for the Saturn is censored from the PC releases. Yellow label only means suggestive themes, but it probably suggests more than the PS version was allowed as Playstation games at that time went with the Nintendo model for wholesome only games. I would suggest against getting Advanced V.G. as it is a slight iteration on the original V.G., the one that plays good is Advanced V.G.2 on the PS. If you want the sexing for that series, go with PC for the Viper and Variable Geo.

>>4796564
pass, i'm gonna stick to the plan, i just want an adult rated game i can actually play thats not mahjong or a vn, and this is it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_Geo
>saturn version retained the hentai scenes

>>4793170
is there a translation for any of them yet? i've wanted to play this series since i first heard of it but i don't speak nip and i can't into learning a second language

>>4796534
My dude... nevermind. Kek

>>4796534

Ohh, i use the pro action replay to pseudo saturn, but only for ntscu. I gotta nice japanays saturn and controllers pic related.

>>4796713
I would buy one of those if i ever saw it in a store, no way in hell i would have a fragile 25 year old console shipped in the mail, especially from japan.

>>4796726
Never had any trouble getting import consoles, Japanese sellers are generally really good at packing their stuff. On the other hand I've lost count of how many times an American or European seller failed to pack their flimsy CD jewel cases correctly.

>>4793016
I imported Fighters Megamix for my Japanese Sega Saturn.

>>4796761
They are very clean responsible people... for the most part. Ive never had a problem with importing, from china aswell.

>>4796726
Jokes on you brohambalambafam, you should rethink your position on imports.

>>4795991
tell me about the one right below the hello vr sign

I bought these games back from a guy i sold them to, 15 years ago. That's half my 90s Saturn collection right there. Glad to have them back :D

>>4793016
Making an entire thread just to whine about it is just going to encourage them even more and no sloppily throwing in a different topic at the last minute doesn't count as it not being that topic so don't even try that shit with me kid I'll fucking end you.

I need help
Ive been trying to play Street fighter collection and no matter what i do it goes to the CD player screen
It detects the disc and even plays the capcom logo perfectly fine but after the screen saying something about ram it boots to the cd player
If it reads the logo it should be fine right?
The disc are scratch free

>>4797331
Do you have the Ram cart? Maybe it's not compatible with my the extended ram.

>>4797337
Weather it has it in or not the message screen is the same
And I dont think collection uses the ram cart anyways
This is what shows up before dumping me into the cd player
And from the cd player if you hit the top left saturn icon logo to play the game it plays the capcom logo again and its just a constant repeat of this

>>4797347
SF collection doesn't use the 4MB ram cart. Looks like the game wants you to erase the save file on your saturn memory.

>>4797361
The system memory is completely wiped thats the thing
I just replaced the battery and dont have any memory carts in it

>>4797365

I ran both SF collection discs with dead battery and wiped system memory just fine only yesterday. I haven't seen your screen before, ever. Perhaps you have a saturn 2.0?

>>4797382
Its a white japanese saturn yes

>>4797331
>I need help
You sure do

>>4797347
In addition to that professional help you need you might want to learn a little Japanese. In less than an hour you could learn enough to work out what your doing wrong. Then you'd know why using the wrong type of card isn't helping when your internal RAM is full.

>>4797385

No idea mate. From the translation it sounds a little like failure to transfer the save file from saturn system memory to back up memory cart.

>>4797387
But theres nothing on it
But still says no space availiable

>>4797414
>yo dawg i heard you like nothing
Yup. There's nothing on your nothing and there's nothing available on your nothing. Probably time to think about that FRAM mod.

>>4797347
This machines main RAM backup preparation again unable to do
Sega Saturn main part backup data management screen main RAM all data please delete
(start term change please)

press any button to return to the player one main screen and advance.

>>4797298
Cool

>>4797298

Careful what you write here friend! Or i will come to your house and snuff you out tonight.

bumparoo

>>4798502
Do it. I fucking dare you. Rub your chewing tobacco all over my gums. You're ded fag.

>>4797414
Do you have to enter the date every time you boot up your Saturn? If not, the backup RAM might be corrupted, try taking out the battery, wait a few minutes and put it back in. If yes, your battery ain't working.

>>4799716
If it doesn't work after all that, the backup RAM chip has most likely died and needs to be replaced.

I know im missing alot of 3D games but man I love fighter

>>4799808
Most recent addition is this cute game

>>4795991
what are the names of those flipped over games?

>>4797259
That would be Suchie-Pai Remix, which is a remake of the original Suchie-Pai game from the long-running series. It is a strip mahjong game, but you also have abilities like blowing up a tile that your opponent was going to win with or x-ray vision to see their hidden hand. The character designs are by Sonoda Keiichi, who did the comic Exaxxion (some Evangelion ripoff). For that one be sure to get the Remix version and not the Special (special is the censored version). It is pretty fun, but the computer cheats and tends to have amazing starting hands ready to destroy you instantly.


>>4799821
The flipped ones are just the back of the opened jewel case. It is an old pic tor a prior thread to show that there was no censorship despite and image claiming that the Sega Saturn games were.


>>4796607
I just don't want you to be disappointed. Wikipedia is wrong. Not the first time I have caught articles on wikipedia wrong. From my play of the Saturn version, it does not have the scenes where the characters appear to have a tube of toothpaste exploding at them. Those are present on the PC versions. Unless tere's some code or something which unlocks those on the Saturn version, but from regular play, I didn't encounter those scenes.


>>4796476
>>4799808
>>4799810
I am so jealous. I want both Dracula X and Twinkle Star Sprites so bad now. I regret passing them up back in the day when they were cheap, seen as the inferior versions. Now I have grown to want them for their flaws, and they have become ludicrously priced.

>>4797414

There is a little blue button next to the battery which resets the saturn bios. Did you try that?
It is also thinkable that the backup ram has a capacitor keeping it alive for a few days even after the battery has been removed.

>>4799573
Nothing personnel kid. But one more word from you and i will obliterate your pets, your parents, your postman, basically everyone you ever talked to.. Be CAREFUL when you LEAVE your HOUSE from now on, i will be waiting, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!! I SWEAR TO GOD< HOLD ME BACK PEOPLE!

>>4799880
I was under the impression the Saturn version of Twinkle Star Sprites was a good port.

>>4799880
How the hell is twinkle star inferior with a seperate disc for fanart alone and extra characters

the re-release version of Soukyugurentai is ideal (the original release is fine too, except it has a broken, unfinished english translation when booted on a non-JP Saturn), go play that

also, I've been meaning to play the Gundam Blue Destiny games
do I need to know much moon to get through 'em?

>>4794321
great game, but you're never getting a physical copy for a decent price
burn a copy

I hope everyone plays Bulkslash
By far the best Saturn exclusive game

>>4799880
>>4796607
About Variable Geo, I think the same person probably wrote all the wikipedia articles on it, because there's a lot of inacuracies and flat out wrong articles.

The biggest example is this:
>V.G. Rebirth Dash (PC, Giga, March 23, 2002)
>An update to V.G. Rebirth which includes nearly every other non-boss character (Ayako Yuuki is absent as she is a lesbian) as an option to pair with the player. It also introduces the new character Keiko Hatano.

VG Rebirth Dash is just a bonus CD to Rebirth. It only has a very single scenario with 2 choices. You can finish it in 15 minutes. The rest of the CD is filled with bonus stuff, like artworks, music and videos.

The sad thing is that the vndb.org description was copied from this wikipedia article.

>>4800536
oh yeah, Bulk Slash is a masterpiece
kinda curious if any staff from Ranger-X worked on it, the overall mission structure is pretty similar

are there any import shmups that arent a fortune?

>>4799880
>Suchie-Pai Remix,
lol were can i preview these games at, i wanna see if i like it before i buy it, namean?

>>4795991
whats the best one here in terms of quality?

>>4800829
Darius Gaiden, there's a copy on ebay for 28$+7s/h right now. that's as cheap as you'll find.

>>4800864
>were can i preview these games at
the internet?

I'm in Japan right now (Tokyo area), are there any import games that are drastically inflated to import to the States that I should keep an eye out for? Finding a lot of cheap games even though I have to dive through hundreds of horse betting/mahjong simulators (no tiddies) to get to the good stuff.

Also if any of you go, Shibuya sucks, Shinjuku is where it's at. Book-off is the best store, Saturn games everywhere. The biggest one, which is in Hiroshima, was selling Saturns for $15 a pop and my retarded ass didn't buy any.

>>4801448
Most 2D fighters I think

>>4801134
nigga these games are japanese and hella obscure googling it just brings up nothing but the cover art.

>>4801448

Photos or it didnt happen

How about the real question
Whats the best racer game

>>4800926

awesome, i can do that. any vertical shooters for around $50? i have galactic attack which is pretty badass but I'd like some more.

>>4801582
need for speed carbon

>>4801542
Didn't think to take photos but one was 1500 yen and the second was 2500, they keep excess stock behind the counter so maybe they had more. The games sucked at that one though.

Book-off has the best prices, better than any retro store in Akihabara that upcharges everything, but the stock and prices are schizophrenic. There is absolutely no consistency with stock or prices, I bought Virtual Fighters Kids for a dollar then the second shop in the same neighborhood was selling it for 3000 yen. I think they just eyeball the cover then give it a price, which is why I could be digging through 100 yen bins then suddenly find a 8000 yen Striker '96.

Also found the gun for Virtual Cop, but no Virtual Cop. Keeping it in mind in case I do. Shmups are rare here too by the way, so don't feel like you are getting jewed if you spend $40+ on a import copy.

>>4802379

Did you come across any sealed sat games?

I just bought a Saturn mouse from ebay, what are good games to use it on?

TFW you will never play import Saturn games with your ol' bud who's now long gone.

>>4801448
>i didn't pay $15 for a ¥500 console
>i'm retarded
Taken together I'm forced to agree. Although if you don't get to Japan often and don't have a Saturn but want one you're retarded for not just overpaying by the cost of a supersized McMeal.

>>4802379
That's one reason it's worth at least digging through the ¥100 bin. But better just taking the whole lot. Can you think of any game you couldn't flip for a profit when you're paying less than a buck? Plus you never know when some previously worthless game is going to go full meme and increase in value hundreds of times.

>>4802898
Sealed Saturn games are common as fuck in Japan. I've picked up hundreds of them in the dollar bin. He'd have to try hard to have not come across any.

>>4803285
Quake

>>4803487
Tfw your buds dont like old consoles so you always play alone

>>4803657
It's getting kinda hard to find working Saturns for 500 yen these days. You can still do it of course, but it takes a lot more searching than it used to. 1500-2000 yen seems to be more the going rate if it's in decent condition.

>>4804118
>it's getting kind of hard to hop on a train and go a few stops to someplace that hasn't been infested by tourists
We cleaned out all the places that are now tourist traps years ago. I haven't seen a ¥500 Saturn there in a few years years. But I still find them in the places the youtubers haven't been told about yet. Sure, it takes more searching but I did that a long time ago and had a great time doing it. Honestly, these days I usually don't even bother with ¥500 Saturns unless it's modded.