/vr/ - Retro Games

If we're talking strictly Sega CD only, I prefer Saturn.
If we're having into account the Genesis library, then obviously Genesis, but mostly for the Genesis alone.
Sega CD is nice but Saturn is just better and has more games.

>>6252067
The one that's not the Shiturn.

Saturn.

>>6252093
>2020
>bernieposter STILL couldn't afford a Saturn
Should we get a kickstarter going?

>>6252067
But...there's two of them.

You mean a Genesis CDX or just a regular Sega CD vs a Saturn? Because if we're talking about the games, the Saturn has more appealing titles over the Sega CD.
If it's the CDX I'd might go with it because of the rarity and because of the Genesis titles, but that's still a tough choice.

Saturn for damn sure. There are nowhere near as many quality gems on the SCD as there are the Saturn. Hell I'll take Saturn for the Capcom games alone.

An add on vs an entire console? That is a bit much man.

>>6252095
I owned a saturd, worst time of my life. Pawned off that garbage for a Playstation and never looked back.

>>6252106
just the sega cd library.

>>6252153
Just the Sega CD library? Oh, that's easy, Saturn any day. I already own one and I just love how I can pick up and play the games and have a good time.

>>6252121
You never did bernieposter. You never did. That's why you're so anal about the Saturn, you never got one, and now it's too late.

>>6252165
have you ever played any burned games on it.
how does it work with burned games.

>>6252178
I use Psuedo Saturn to play burnt games and it works, which is good because unless you want to import Saturn games can be pricey, especially for the shit Saturn port of DOOM. This isn't like the Dreamcast too where you can just burn a CD-R and it'll play natively, you'll probably need to mod it or look up a red Psuedo Saturn cart to by-pass region locks and play burnt disks just fine.
Some games though are in a weird file format like .mdi or .mds, but converting them into .bin and .cue files with Alcohol 52% worked out in the end for me.

>>6252185
sounds complicated my man.
i just got a cdx and i wanted to burn games for it. but i heard some people say. it can break the laser.

>>6252259
Keep in mind most internet knowledge on burning game back ups dates back to the 90s, with 90s tech, 90s PCs, 90s OSes and 90s rumors. I personally doubt it will kill your CDX.

Saturn is easy as hell really, just get a cartridge, toss it in, burn your game, toss it in, press play and you're done.

>>6252283
i dont think it will kill it either. sounds good i will learn how to do this stuff.

>>6252259
It's not as complicated as it sounds. I had problems at first since with Imgburn I could burn games great but it would always produce a corrupted file when I converted mdf/mds to bin/cue. It caused some frustration but after a while I was burning a stack of Saturn games with no problem. Keep in mind not all Saturn games are in this weird mdf/mds format, most are in simple bin/cue files which should burn fine by almost any image burning software.
Also I dont think it will break your laser, unless you try diskswapping. But even then you should be good.

>>6252067
Joke's on you cunt, I DO have both.

Sega Saturn

X'eye /saturn master race.

>>6252067
Saturn, its not even close.

>>6252067
Sega CD.

>>625242
>supporting a bigot in 2020

Has anyone ever actually compared the loading times for the xeye and cdx?

>>6252429
kys tranny.

>>6252067
Sega CD

>>6252067
i already have both

>>6252067
Does the Saturn play music cds, because that could be a deal breaker if it doesn’t.

Saturn.
I can't use the Sega CD without a Sega Genesis.

>>6252478
Yes, and it has a kino UI

>>6252067
CD, at least it has mega drive games to add on top of its library.

>>6252481
Cool, I’ll take the Saturn then. I have way too many cds collecting dust.

Only kids with crackhead parents had sega.

>>6252553
maybe where you lived peasant, in actual nice towns where we didn’t have those vile creatures everyone middle class and upper class enjoyed both systems

go be stupid somewhere else

I've seen that shitposter trying to start shit over SEGA consoles, at least the Saturn for a while now. It's like the console wars never ended, despite their merits.

>>6252562

Mega CD had fewer games. It was a flop in Japan

>>6252067
You know I can't choose between Snatcher and Panzer Dragoon Saga

>>6252676
Both are on the saturn

>>6252602

I honestly don't know what is on each system besides NiGHTS on Saturn and Sonic CD on Sega CD, something tells me Saturn would be the better choice.

I own a Mega CD without a Saturn right now but I'd choose the other way around if I had to stay that way forever.

I own a Mega CD without a Saturn right now but I'd choose the other way around if I had to stay that way forever. I've never even played a saturn game in my life (not even emulation) but I've seen enough to know I'd like more games from it than the CD.

>>6252553
https://youtu.be/-vKOpPKwXgQ

>>6252401
just how many companies did make their own versions of segas.
this seems so strange in todays times.

>>6252887
https://youtu.be/Z-8-Zz1hEE4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHHfdeFZRoU

>>6252915
Is that yours? how do you like the dsp features?

>>6252904

>I've never even played a saturn game in my life

Leave this place. AND GO FIND A SATURN TO PLAY!!!

>>6252915

Did some LED freak mod this ffs???

>>6252904
You should really look into getting a Saturn, with a Psuedo Saturn cart or Action Replay 4-in-1 to bypass the Saturn's region locking. Its a great system with tons of genuinely fun games.

>>6253263
Everyone should listen to this guy and burn isos onto a blank data disc. Soft mod Saturn does wonders with the psuedo Saturn Kai lite V6.037.

Croc, NBA Jam, Panzer Dragoon Zwei and Panzer Dragoon Saga are the only few (and maybe 4 other titles) that you'll need the original discs in order to play.

I've had my Saturn soft modded since 2017. No laser issues here, only because you're suppose to burn the data CDs at a certain speed. Now enjoy the Saturn like Japan did until the year 2000 and on. And don't forget to put a coin sized battery in the system for internal memory saving.

Sega Saturn, easily.

>>6253263
Action replay isnt good for saving games and as a 1mb ram cart

>>6252425
Imagine if Sega released like 20 of their best games with CD versions that had extra levels, more frames of animation, and better sound tracks?
What games would you have like to have had the Earthwork Jim SE treatment?

>>6253290
Why can't you play Panzer Dragoon Saga? I burnt some discs and the first one played just fine.

What I wanted to play was Discworld which is a pal game and won't run on my US Saturn. Someone said a red Action Replay cart will other region games like PAL. Can anyone confirm that?

>>6253389
I think my red cart was able to play a burnt copy of Exhumed (PAL ver of Powerslave). I'll try with another game though.

>>6253389
Saga has anti-cheat protection which reads the cartridge slot randomly and will boot you back to the BIOS if it detects a cartridge in the slot. May work fine with memory cards but it happens with action replays/psuedo saturn carts. Seems to trigger during load sequences, so before or after battles, between rooms, etc. It's possible to beat the game with the annoyance but it is an annoyance to factor in.

That said, it should work most of the time - just save often. The system should run PAL games just fine if you're using psuedo saturn or something.

>>6253406
Ah, I always switch out the Psuedo Saturn cart for a regular save cart to save games. It works in most every game I tried if you do it right after the game launches except Tomb Raider which always crashed.

>>6253418
I'd be worried about damaging the system doing that.

>>6253384
Definitely Phantasy Star IV, it was originally going to be on it anyway. Could've had so much more content.
Maybe a Thunderforce collection with updated cd quality soundtracks.
Castlevania Bloodlines redone, with 2-player co-op and more bosses.

And last but not least, my #1 Pick would be Rock N Roll Racing with proper CD quality music with extra songs and tracks would be fucking awesome.

>>6252067
Maga or this one

If I could never play PDZ again, I'd be sad.

>>6253441
I really fucking dig all the out there Megadrive hardware. Even if we just kept it to sega cd you get:
boombox
pc
LD player
karaoke machine
discman

It's so cool.

>>6253616
You could tell how badly Sega wanted the Megadrive to succeed in Japan with all the exclusive peripherals and console variants they released in Japan. Too bad it didn't work.

>>6252093
>>6252121
bernieposter you SUCK

>>6253389
Hmmmmm, the new update must be able to play it now. I remembered at one point the screen would stay black from a previous psuedo firmware update, but they must've fixed it now. One thing for sure is that I can finally play metal slug on it.

>>6253389
Never heard of discworld.... Interesting. Gonna have to look that up

Pros of SEGA Saturn:

Loads of awesome Japanese games
SEGA arcade ports; you can always count on SEGA to bring the arcade home, the challenge will ALWAYS be there
Bunch of MEGA DRIVE games got ported too
Definitive editions of GameArts games
Great arcade collections from CAPCOM
Great MSX collection from KONAMI

>>6255440
GameArts got a slept on library of games for the Saturn. I've been playing the hell out of Gungriffon.

>>6253675
For a second there, I thought you were referring to a Bernie Sanders supporter. But yeah, Bernie Stolar sucks.

>>6255440
>cringey weebshit
>inferior ports
>ports
>jarpigs
>ports
>ports
yeah, what a great console... lmao.
saturnfags are such hipster memers.

>sega cd or a sega saturn? You can't have both
>>6255986
>ports
#1 reason why it's the superior choice given the options here

>>6255986
Instead of mud slinging, explain why the CD is a better choice? Cite 10 of the best games. No ports allowed.

>>6252972
do you not know what a wondermega is lol

>>6256017
It's not 1997 anymore, you don't have to pretend consoles are the only way to experience arcade games at home.
>>6256103
I don't give a shit about OP's arbitrary faggotry, Saturn was objectively the shittiest 5th gen console and liking it is a meme.

>>6255440
Sega Saturn's library is shit. It's mostly inferior ports, VNs and games Sega rushed out the door unfinished.

>the same couple of autists mad at Sega because Dreamcast is allowed here and their childhoods aren't

>>6252067
I don't like trash so I'd prefer the Saturn.

>>6256179
Sega is for poor crackheads, what do you expect. This thread is very appropriate.

>>6252915
We still have cheap Mega Drives being sold here in Brazil by Tectoy.

>>6256270
I'm morbidly curious, are those Mega Drives even good? I don't see the AT Games logo anywhere, so it seems good so far. I wonder why they don't do after market Mega Drive add-ons though.

>>6256261
>poor crackheads
False. U.S. Sega Saturn & Dreamcast games aren't cheap and are harder to find than any Nintendo or Playstation game.

>>6256364
I heard that they are better than the AT Games one, but I never played it.

>>6256270

NICE, full-size? Are they neutered at all? Like, full compat with SCD, 32X etc?

>>6253421
Oh mommy, I swore I'd never go back, but PSIV on Sega CD? Just lost a box of tissue over the thought. Daaaaaamn why didn't they do this arrrrrggghhhh!!

>>6256129
Zoom zoom lil zoomer, zoom zoom

>>6252067
First of all, not fair.

Second of all, you have to clarify if the big thick azin J is involved... What you are proposing is catastrophic without critical information at hand. For example, first of all, Genesis, nuff said. But while Warsong is a fun game, Langrisser II is a great game. And while Langrisser II is a great game, Langrisser IV is fucking legendary. The US Saturn is like turning on the console but without its joypad, it just can't compete without its big thicc swarmy J games library. It's a tough call I'd hope I never have to make, but if its US only releases, I'd slightly incline to CDX if I get all Genesis and SegaCD games. But really, probably Saturn, and definetly Saturn if its actual full game library is involved.

>>6252915
I think it was just JVC.
Wondermega/X'Eye
Saturn/Victor Saturn

Brazil doesn't count.

The Sega CD library is one of my favorite game libraries of all time. If you look past the memes and ignore the FMV shit, Sega was taking chances on the kinds of games that weren't being localized for the SNES. Maybe it was out of a desperation for content, but whatever. For a lot of people, Snatcher was their first VN experience. And almost a decade prior to Fire Emblem being introduced to the West, Shining Force CD was filling that void. Personally, I'm not a fan of the 5th gen. I think companies were falling all over themselves to push 3D. CDs allowed 16-bit games to feature near unlimited art, voice acting, redbook audio. Game companies threw it away for sub 30 fps jank, atrocious camera experimentations, whack controllers. The Sega CD gave us a brief glimpse at what could've been. Instead, consumers became unwitting testers in what should've been happening behind the scenes in R&D. I remember playing stuff like Clockwork Knight, Toshinden, Shadows of the Empire, thinking... if THIS is what they're putting on the shelves, I'm gonna have to be way more careful with my money. I wasn't overly concerned with game reviews, magazines, or rentals until the 5th gen.

>>6256784
While I don't think the Sega CD library is good at all, I share your sentiments. I remember playing shit like Tomb Raider and Shadow of the Empires and wondering how anyone could enjoy games where you couldn't even see anything the graphics were so bad.

However, the platform that had the type of games you wanted (huge, 2d games) was PC.

>>6252917
I'm curious about Astal. Not so much about the Skeleton.

Gotta find me a reliable way of emulating without using a PC. How do these games run on a softmodded wii?

>>6256804
Astal is one of the games I played back in 1996 that convinced me that the Saturn wasn't worth considering. It looks good(bad character design aside), but it is dreadfully boring. Compared to platformers on the SNES or Genesis, it is a poor game.

>>6256804
It won't.

>>6256731
And Hi-Saturn and Samsung Saturn