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Hey /vr/, today was a great day for game hunting. What did you pick up? Pic related, I finally got myself a Sega Saturn and I'm fucking HYPE.

>> No.2423194

>>2423192
nice grandma chair

>> No.2423196

>>2423192
I was just thinking about getting one. Should I so that I, too, may be hype? It's like the one console I never had growing up.

>> No.2423202

>>2423194

I like my rocking chair. Not sure I've ever seen a grandma with a Grateful Dead "Space your Face" pillow though....

>>2423196

Go for it man, they're not getting any cheaper.

>> No.2423209

Nice Haul OP.

>>2423194

Someone is jelly.

>> No.2423226

>>2423209
Jelly? I'm just complimenting the man on his baller as fuck chair

>> No.2423243

>>2423226

My bad, I thought you were being sarcastic.

>> No.2423245

>>2423194
Rocking chairs are comfy as fuck.

>>2423192
Tengen games are always nice, and that version of Gauntlet is surprisingly good. Valkyrie a best.

>> No.2423256

Nice! I'm so jealous, I really want a Saturn too. The import game is crazy.

>> No.2423257

>>2423245
>Tengen games are always nice, and that version of Gauntlet is surprisingly good. Valkyrie a best.

Yeah I've been looking for the Tengen version of Gauntlet for awhile now, I don't see it very often and when I do, they usually want too much for it. I was only planning on picking up Saturn stuff today but when I was at my local retro game store and saw the Tengen Gauntlet for only $7.99, I knew I had to have it.

Side note: The 360 stuff in the picture was acquired at Game Stop by trading in a Red-Ringed 360 I no longer needed. Nothing like trading in a broken system you got for free and getting 5 games for it.

>> No.2423259

>>2423192
>Hexen
>Road Rash
Why the fuck didn't I get a Saturn yet oh right, ffs, I listened to the internet.

>> No.2423264

>>2423259

That version of Road Rash is also on the PSX (and 3DO lol) and it's freaking awesome. The Saturn library of games is criminally underrated. People say it's only good for shooters and fighters but that's just plain wrong.

>> No.2423410

>>2423192
>model 1 saturn
into the trash it goes. jk mod that shit, nigga.

>> No.2423424

>>2423410

I was under the impression that the model 1 was more desirable than the model 2. I figured it was similar to the Genesis where as time goes on, they take features away from the units produced to save money. Either way, they didn't have a model 2 at my store.

Also, what's the point in modding it when I can just get the action replay RAM cart so I can import games? I don't intend to burn games to play.

>> No.2423427

>>2423424
>I don't intend to burn games to play.

The other poster probably isn't a collector, which is a shame, cause the Saturn's one of those few games that's fun to collect for. (That and TurboDuo)

>> No.2423437

>>2423424
Are you not aware that the price of certain games is ridiculously expensive? Better off burning. Also if you're too afraid to mod you it's not required since swap trick works just as well.

>> No.2423445

>>2423410
Model 1 has slightly better video output than model 2.
http://retrorgb.com/saturncompare.html

>> No.2423451

>>2423445
Not true. It depends on motherboard version. A handful of model 2s (made roughly from 96 summer to 96 xmas) have a sync problem. But that is the ONLY difference in video quality - earlier model 2s in fact have model 1 motherboards, and later model 2s have the problem fixed.

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2423454

>>2423192
I'm pretty jealous, OP. All the Saturns I find at the flea market are $80+ system only. I saw a top loader NES today too, which I've wanted for a long time, but the guy wanted $170.

Anyway, still had a great haul today. Didn't pay over $5 for each one of these.

>> No.2423459

>>2423437

>Also, what's the point in modding it when I can just get the action replay RAM cart so I can import games?

That's why. To be fair, a lot of the pricier Saturn games are cheap as fuck imported.

>> No.2423491

>>2423437
>Are you not aware that the price of certain games is ridiculously expensive?

I am aware but I just wouldn't feel right playing pirated games. As a collector, it would just feel cheap and gross.

>> No.2423493

>>2423454
>$5 Mega Man 3
>$5 Vagrant Story

Hot damn, nice haul you got there.

>> No.2423506

>>2423491
I see, you don't actually play games to enjoy them, just to collect.

Have you tried collecting boxes of cereal? It would be a cheaper hobby for you.

>> No.2423507

Picked up a SNES from the local thrift shop... that came with the normal ANT cables, and with PS1 RCA cables, that have a similar port. Someone's mom got confused.

>> No.2423508

>>2423491
Now preferring the real thing to emulation i can understand a bit, But making a fuss over pirated games while having the actual console? That doesn't make sense at all.

>> No.2423512

>>2423493
Mega Man 3 was $4 if you can believe it. All of them came from big bins full of shit that I assume the seller got from some storage or estate auction. I gotta get there at like 5:30am to beat the reseller scavengers.

>> No.2423520

I'll be here enjoying my pirated Panzer Dragoon Saga while you have to spend months to even find a copy for $600.

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2423528

i got a rock

>> No.2423532

>>2423192
2 wooden cassette holder that can hold 100 cassettes each
Fits famicom and genesis games like a champ.

>> No.2423534

>>2423427
you mean the most expensive
but i agree it's fun

>> No.2423554

>>2423427
hoarding is not fun, it's a mental disorder

>> No.2424194

>>2423554
There's not enough Saturn games for it to be considered hoarding.

>> No.2424586

>>2424194
Even if there were there isn't someone with enough money to buy enough Saturn games for it to be considered hording. Nearly everything decent that isn't Virtua Fighter or Daytona will cost you at least $30 these days.

>> No.2424626

>>2423554
>Collectors have a mental disorder

What a dick.

>> No.2424669

>>2423506

You're wrong, I play video games every single day of my life. I'm also a game dev, so pirating makes me feel like a hypocrite, even on dead systems.

>>2423508

Besides the hypocritcal feeling, it can also where out the laser and disc drive faster, since the information on the burned disc won't be as well organized as a real copy of the game.

>>2423520

I have faith I'll find a copy at a garage sale or flea market for a decent price someday. Or the average price will drop to something reasonable as people move on from collecting for the Saturn. If neither of those things happen, then oh well, guess I won't play that game.

>>2424586
>$30 is expensive for a video game

There are still brand new copies of Saturn games on Amazon RIGHT NOW going for less than what they did when they released. I won't have any trouble finding stuff to play.

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2424674

>>2424669
I'm not saying 30 is expensive. I'm giving you an idea of how much higher stuff can rise in comparison when 30 is usually considered cheap for a lot of the good stuff.

>> No.2424689

>>2423264
Its the only 3DO game I played for more than an hour.
(I also beat the version of Doom but only because of my quest to beat every port)

>> No.2424695

>>2424689
I really hope that quest is for official ports.

>> No.2424702

>>2423196
Saturn is a great console, do it.

>> No.2424716

Okay, nice Nights, now get some more good games for it, and another Model 2 controller.

>these 7th gen games

yuck

>> No.2424737

Since there's a bit of talk about collecting and hoarding, maybe I should bring this up and figure out the morals behind it based on your opinions.

Sega CD has zero copy protection, but also had games that cost so fucking much. So what, right? Saturn games cost a lot too, as do other retro games but the problem here is it's so much harder to discern whether a Sega cd game is fake or not.

>Snes/NES
Look for wires

>most cd based consoles
Different colours on the back, or simply the fact that pirates dont run normally

Now I get that you could just look at the back and glance to see if it's "partially written" but I'm sure bootleggers would be clever enough to write extra shit into the disc to fill up the whole 700 mb thus making the cd have 1 solid colour in the back.

My point is, because of this shit, should I feel bad for collecting cases and manuals, but burning the discs? I have no interest in reselling but I don't want to spend my money on fucking pirates. I am not planning to get many Sega cd games. Probably shining, snatcher, sanic, lunar, and some other shit once I actually read up what's worth getting (although its library looks like its mostly shit), but even those games cost a fuck load. I don't want to buy something and worry whether its a fake or not.