/vr/ - Retro Games

>>6450996
No games are able to save directly to the 4-in-1 RAM carts, the memory on those is strictly for backing up save data. You could could one of the official Backup Carts, but there are still a lot of games that can't save directly to them.

>>6450996
>What are you playing?
Nothing. Sold my Saturn and all my games about 5 yrs back for a bunch of money
>What’s your preferred controller?
Depends what I was playing. Model 1 controller for fighting games and model 2 for just about everything else. Only used the 3d controller for NiGHTS and Burning Rangers
>Any purchases you are making soon?
Probably not but I will be picking up a Saturn again someday just for NiGHTS and Sega Rally.

Is it true I can buy an action replay cart and upload english translations, letting me play japanese games in english? do I need a Japanese saturn for it?

>>6451018
The cart will bypass region checks (and can be modded to bypass copy protection checks) but you'd still need to burn the translated game to a disc.

>>6451020

oh cool. I’ll probably look at games that dont really rely on moonrunes to play like the SF collection. Any other recommendations?

>>6451027
Definitely look at the Japanese version of Daytona USA: Circuit Edition, it's the best version of the game on Saturn. Cotton 2 or Cotton Boomerang are also great choices, but those games are rare, so it might be better to burn yourself a copy, same with the English version of Magic Knight Rayearth.
The Clockwork Knight games are fun little platformers, wouldn't spend a lot on them, but if you get them cheap it's worth it. It's kind of a like a Sonic & Knuckles situation with them, where the two parts were really meant to be one longer game.
Dynamite Deka/Die Hard Arcade is tons of fun, doesn't really matter which version you go with, so go with the Japanese release if you want to save some money

Is NiGHTS still fine if I only have the normal Saturn pad and not the 3D one? Or should I just Play the Steam version?

>>6451053
Plays decently without one, but it's a way better experience with the 3D controller.

Man I really want Three Dirty Dwarves but it is god damn expensive

>>6450996
Not sure if any games can't save to a RAM cart. I've seen one game that couldn't save to the built in RAM though. Consider an FRAM mod

>>6451006
>animu cringe
>irrelevant shitposting
>like pottery

What's your most desired Saturn fan translation?

Fenrir just left one side of the Atlantic for the other. If there's not a thread I will be making one to test things out and share my experience with it. Haven't been playing Saturn lately but I get the urge to like every day to start playing something. Kinda waiting for the Fenrir to come in to sink my teeth back in.

>>6452423
Princess Crown

>>6450996
KEK, today I bought a CR2032 so I can finally hook up my Saturn. Got one in a trade like 10 years ago and hardly ever played it.

Right now I'm eyeing Shining Wisdom and Shining Force 3. Maybe Panzer Dragon Saga. I want to show some Saturn arcade games to a zoomer friend of mine too.

>>6452423
I desire them all to be shit translated equally. That way I can laugh even harder at weebs.

>>6452514
>KEK, today I reddited on the 4chan
>
>Right now I'm composing a cope to make myself feel less like the looser I am

>>6450996
Sengoku Blade and started up Magic Knight Rayearth. The console battery is just a CR2032 battery. You can buy a pack of them for a dollar.

>>6452832
just adding my favorite controller is the original controller from Japan, and I bought a MODE a few weeks ago.

>>6452423
At least there's an english script on Gamefaqs.

>>6452824
Troll harder, faggot.

>>6452984
You're only seething because you know I'm right

Was playing some Die Hard Arcade the other day for the first time. Forgot how youre forced to get good because theres a set amount of credits, limited health pick ups, and no cheats. Super fun and you really feel like you accomplished something.

>>6453261
>forgot
I mean because of how modern games generally spoil you. Theres no "alternative!" way of doing things, either get good with the game as its presented to you or piss off

>>6452824
This isnt /v/ where you can shit and piss everywhere and wont get called out on it

>>6450996
>What are you playing?
Samurai Shodown IV

>What’s your preferred controller?
Ascii grip x

>Any purchases you are making soon?
Just bought Sengoku Blade after 20 years trying to score it for cheap, it didnt happen man :(

>>6453269
This is literally /v/ where /v/abies like you shit and piss everywhere.

>>6452442
>Fenrir just left one side of the Atlantic for the other. If there's not a thread I will be making one to test things out and share my experience with it.
Please don't.

>>6454131
Too bad, now I'm definitely going to make it.

>>6450996

GOD DAMN THIS GAME IS SO HARD WHAT THE FUCK KIRK CAMERON STOP GETTING DIZZY

>>6452353
>hating on anime
Newfag go back to /v/ where you belong.
>>>/v/
Mods also ban him from here.

>>6453227
>seething
>cope
>unhealthy obsession with reddit
>suspects random anons are from some tranny cabal
>will not shut the fuck up about zoomers, ever
>fucks projectors on the reg
You really are quite a miserable sack of shit, Anon. I'd tell you to kill yourself, but I'm pretty sure that'd only give you some sort of perverse erection.

>>6454347
No matter how hard you want to pretend you're animu you aren't and never will be. You're just a sad, stupid, confused faggot.

>>6452423
>>6452485
you guys already posted them

>>6452423
>Wachenröder
What's that even suppose to mean?
I mean all the German text in the manual and game is correct and quite good...but what is a Wachenröder. Wachen(pl. guards, to guard), Röder (from roden, lit. to clear/cut a clearing in the woods) ... so a Wachenröder is a person who cuts down guards?!
Whatever, it's a good game.

>>6454347
Thing I wanna know is why he said my post was irrelevant. I gave the OP correct information for his question.

>>6452353

Shining the Holy Ark asks if you want to save to battery or memory cartridge

>>6454512
Kill yourself newfag and mods....BAN THIS MUTHAFUCKA!

>>6454730
Please don't shit up the Saturn thread. I know that anon was a shithead, but that doesn't mean you have to be as well.

I've been kinda neglecting my Saturn, mostly because some of the games I want are outside of the range I'd like to pay for old CDs. I've been thinking about modding my 4-in-1, or buying one that's already modded + has a physical switch for the 4mb and 1mb RAM expansion.

>>6453261
actually, you can get more credits by playing the Deep Scan game on the menu

>>6454347
End it if You watch anime

Played some Taroumaru earlier this evening - emulated of course. I'm not paying whatever its cost is right now. What is it? Like 500 dollars? Anyway... kind of torn on this one to be honest. The presentation is fantastic, no doubt about it - from the colors to the music, everything is on point. And it's got a very dark vibe to it with lots of demonic possessions and mutations taking place (reminds me of Contra 3 that way). Even the regular enemies deform grotesquely just as they get taken out by your psychic blasts. There is a nice flow to it as well as the levels transition very smoothly into each other.

Thing is, I don't enjoy the gameplay all that much. Its gameplay style is certainly its own and I respect that but that auto lock-on system is just a tad too unreliable for my taste. Rarely have I experienced something as unsatisfying as charging up your psychic shot, then letting go of the attack button to unleash it only to have nothing come out because the auto targeting reticule lost track of the target at the last moment. Being able to turn some of the lower enemies into allies through submission on the other hand is cool. Movement is fine I think. Although the slide and running jump don't seem as useful to me so far. There are just too many enemies in your way most of the time to make good use of them. Maybe I'm still too bad at it and not killing foes quickly enough though. It is a pretty though game and relies on zapping groups of enemies with your charged up shot.

I'll finish this first run tomorrow I guess and then I'll try that other character as well. I wonder if he's got different abilities. But I'm not going to attempt to get very good at it - I don't have to because I didn't pay 500 dollars for this after all.

>>6455697
Oh yeah, and I love mix of 2D sprite characters and 3D backgrounds with the shifting camera angels. Always had a soft spot for that.

>>6454562
>>Wachenröder
Its not a real german word/term. The japs made it up. Same as soeldnerschild. Must have sounded cool to them.

>>6455697
how difficult is the game? was thinking about burning it and trying it out myself sometime soon...

Still waiting for cheap chink ODE. Is analog controller worth it? Not the biggest fan of DC controller.

>>6454730
Even weeb mods hate animu shitposters like you

Emulating panzer dragon saga since I finally have a pc that can handle mednaffe perfectly fine

I use an xb1 controller

No purchases. I already tried buying a legit saturn years ago and burning a bunch of games but it was more trouble than it was worth

>>6456956
>burning a bunch of games but it was more trouble than it was worth

the only burned games that I have that work are from sony cd-rs that I had laying around from 2005. Verbatims don't work anymore its shit

>>6452984
>>6453269
>>6454347
>>6454636
Back to your containment boards pedoweebs.

>>6457018
4channel 2020 ladies and gentlemen

>>6456749
Despite how it looks, it feels better in the hands than the Dreamcast controller. Decent amount of games support it, like of course there's Nights, but then there's Burning Ranger, Daytona USA Circuit Edition, Panzer Dragoon Zwei, Sonic R, bunch of SEGA AGES titles, as well as Duke 3D, Quake, Croc, Magic Carpet, and Wipeout 2097, if you even care to play the Saturn versions of those particular games.

>>6456261
>how difficult is the game?
Making it through to the end is trivial as the game gives you infinite credits. 1cc'ing it should prove a challenge however - the auto-targeting system screwing you over not playing a small part in that. And it gets pretty spammy. You'll be hammering that attack button like crazy. I'd consinder using a turbo controller if you can since it sounds like you'd be playing on an actual console. Overall it's worth checking out. It's not the best run-n-gun you've ever played but it's very stylish. The talk surrounding it is not solely based on its rarity.

Is Enemy Zero as hard as people make it out to be? I want to play it, but hearing that enemies are invisible does intimidate me. Also is it worth learning Japanese for all the JP Saturn library, especially Real Sound: Kaze no Regret since that likely wont get translated?

>>6454742
You're probably better off paying for one that's modded, IIRC once you mod your 4-in-1 you probably wont be able to use it's memory back-up feature.

>>6451027
I'd recommend not getting an action replay at this point, the "modern" carts are all chinese garbage, and you need to modify your system to flash psuedo saturn onto them anyway. If you can find one with a serial port, that'll probably be okay as it's an older better built model, but that's a total crapshoot; I'd suggest either waiting for the satiator (which just went into production) or trying to get a mode. Alternatively, it's very easy to install a modchip, and that will leave you the cartridge slot open for memory carts or a ram cart.