Just got a Saturn

[Anonymous No.2396137]

Where should I start? What are the best games? I have Nights and Panzer Dragoon, what else should I look out for? Also Saturn general I guess.

[Anonymous No.2396140]

You have a 3D pad nigga? You need one if you're gonna play NiGHTS.

[Anonymous No.2396141]

Rhea.

[Anonymous No.2396142]

>>2396140
Yeah, I managed to find the nights box with the controller.

[Anonymous No.2396143]

>>2396137
Sonic R
Initial D
Three Dirty Dwarves
Lupin III: The Sage of Pyramid
Pocket Fighter
Radiant Silvergun
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Sonic Jam
Croc
Bug!/Bug Too!
Burning Rangers
Virtua Fighter 1+2
Virtua Cop 1+2
DoDonPachi
Die Hard Arcade

[Anonymous No.2396168]

Essentials off the top of my head:

Virtua Fighter 2
Fighters MegaMix
Burning Rangers
SEGA Rally
Radiant Silvergun
SoDonPachi
Sokyugurentai
Street Fighter Zero 1/2/3
X-Men Children of the Atom
X-Men vs Street Fighter
Marvel Super Heroes
Marvrel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter
Bulk Slash
Deep Fear
Panzer Dragoon I/II/Saga
Guardian Heroes
Sengoku Blade
Vampire Savior
Manx TT
Daytona USA
Last Bronx
Virtual On (need the twin sticks for this)
Batsugun
Virtua Cop 1 and 2
The House of the Dead
Dynamite Deka/Die Hard Arcade
Dungeons and Dragons Collection
Battle Garegga
Fighting Vipers
Cotton Boomerang
Dragon Force
Shining the Holy Ark
Shining Force III


Loads more too, collecting for the Saturn is expensive but so worthwhile because there's so many awesome games.

[Anonymous No.2396173]

>>2396168
>SoDonPachi
*DoDonPachi

I blew it.

[Anonymous No.2396343]

>>2396140

You can play Nights with a standard controller too.

Just in case.

[Anonymous No.2396363]

For cheap saturn games, I'd recommend:

-Dark Savior
-GunGriffon
-Pandemonium (US)/Magical Hoppers (JPN)

Dark Savior is an isometric platformer sorta-RPG hybrid. It's a little undercooked in some aspects but it's well worth at least a few playthroughs; there's nothing quite like it.

GunGriffon is a game whose controls take some adjustment but is all in all an excellent mech action game. Varied levels, interesting setting, and a great feeling of piloting an enormous, hulking machine.

Pandemonium is a fun little 2.5D sidescroller. Depending on your preference for character design there's also Magical Hoppers, the JPN-release.

As a word of advice that you might already know, these anons are posting games who are often scammed on to people for a lot of money. Some of them aren't worth it. An Action Replay 4-in-1 Cartridge will be necessary to play Japanese imports which cuts down on the grief tremendously when it comes to Saturn prices.

Be careful with Saturn game recommendations. I don't know what it is about the system that lets people excuse some real stinkers, like Sonic R and Bug. They're uniformly bad. I also don't like some the 3D fighters like VF2 (I don't like VF in general).

[Anonymous No.2396364]

>>2396363
(as an example of "undercooked" in the image above more than half of those characters get maybe 15 minutes of screen time. It's still an enjoyable game though!)

[Anonymous No.2396373]

The first thing you should get is a modchip. Holy fuck saturn collecting isn't worth it. There's a lot of great gems on the system though, poster above me hit a lot of them.

[Anonymous No.2396379]

Baku Baku

[That Ecchi Guy !!SXqkEzxV5p0 No.2396582]

Adding to already mentioned titles

After Burner II
Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean
AMOK
Assault Suits Leynos 2
Astal
Asuka 120% Burning Fest. Limited
Blast Wind
Bubble Symphony (Imp)
Capcom Generations 1: Wings of Destiny
Capcom Generations 2: Chronicles of Arthur
Dark Savior
Darius Gaiden
Dead or Alive
DonPachi
Dragon Force II
Elevator Action Returns
Fire Pro Wrestling S: 6 Men Scramble
Gekirindan
Grandia
Guardian Force
Gunbird
Gun Frontier
Gun Frontier 2 (Metal Black)
Hyper Duel
Keio Flying Squadron 2
Langrisser IV
Langrisser V: The End of a Legend
Loaded
Lunar: Silver Star Story
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue
Magical Drop III
Magical Night Dreams: Cotton Boomerang
Mega Man 8: Anniversary Collector's Edition
Mega Man X4
Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001
Night Striker
Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge
OutRun
Power Instinct: Groove on Fight
PowerSlave (Exhumed)
Princess Crown
Puyo Puyo 2
Puyo Puyo Sun
RayForce
Rayman
RayStorm
Real Bout Fatal Fury Best Collection
Road Rash
Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus
Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge
Saturn Bomberman
Scorcher
Sexy Parodius
Shienryu
Soviet Strike
Space Harrier
Street Fighter Collection
Strikers 1945
Strikers 1945 II
Suiko Enbu Fuun Saiki
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
The King of Fighters '95
The King of Fighters '96
The King of Fighters '97
The Legend of Oasis
The Need for Speed
Thunder Force Gold Pack 1
Thunder Force Gold Pack 2
Thunder Force V
Twinkle Star Sprites
Waku Waku 7
XMultiply

[Anonymous No.2396762]

>>2396168
>bulk slash
my nigga its jap only but the game is really straightforward and awesome

[Anonymous No.2396771]

>>2396363
>I also don't like some the 3D fighters like VF2 (I don't like VF in general).
Yeah, I actually haven't found any 3D fighters on the Saturn that I enjoy. I didn't even like Fighters Megamix that much. The 2D fighters I played (mostly X-Men vs Street Fighter and Street Fighter Alpha 3) were excellent, though.

2D shooters are also great on the Saturn. I can't recommend Radiant Silvergun highly enough. DonPachi, DoDonPachi, and Sexy Parodius are also very fun.

Also, OP, get one of those Action Replays that expands your RAM (for fighting games) and allows you to play Japanese imports. Many wonderful Saturn games never received international releases.

[Anonymous No.2396776]

Virtua Fighter is an acquired taste. It isn't easy to pick up and play like Street Fighter or other fast-paced 2D fighting games. You mash buttons, and you will feel retarded in VF.

But VF2's popularity has a reason, it's an amazing game when you start learning how to play, and I'm not even a big 3D fighting fan, never was a big Tekken or DOA fan, but VF2 is amazing.

[Anonymous No.2396780]

>>2396137
>What are the best games?

Fire Pro Wrestling S 6 Man Scramble (up to 6 players with an adapter)
Bomberman (get the 10 player adapter)
Panzer Dragoon
Guardian Heroes

Plus a TON of arcade ports most of which are already mentioned in this thread.

I think there might have also been a compilation of Konami games for the MSX computers in japan? Can anyone confirm this?

[Anonymous No.2396792]

>>2396771
Dead or Alive is really nice. I used to love Last Bronx in the arcades, but I don't have it for Saturn so I'm not sure how much it's just nostalgia.
Virtual On is god-tier.
I never liked Virtua Fighter.

[Anonymous No.2396798]

think about 3D fighters on saturn is that most can be emulated in its original form with elsemi's model 2 emulator

[Anonymous No.2396815]

>>2396798

I believe VF2 on Saturn has some extra stuff, like the CPU AI learning stuff.

[Anonymous No.2396817]

>>2396798
This is saturn thread, not emulation thread.

[Anonymous No.2396835]

I was going to name a list but the all people above me named a lot of good suggestions.