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5057213 No.5057213 [Reply] [Original]

Have you played your Saturn today, /vr/?

>> No.5057217

Nien

>> No.5057221

I’m waiting for a controller to arrive in the mail :(

>> No.5057223

Yes, I emulate it

>> No.5057226 [DELETED] 
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5057226

>playing a piece of shit with no games that lived barely 4 years

>> No.5057234

>>5057213
No.
Is this the part where Segata Sanshiro beats my ass?

>> No.5057249

>>5057226
>he doesn't know

>> No.5057270

>>5057226
This is for the Saturn, not the n64.

>> No.5057275
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5057275

>>5057213
well, have you?

>> No.5057285

>>5057213
> Have you played your Saturn today, /vr/?
why would anyone want to admit to playing with sega's worst ever console? kek. fuck off.

>> No.5057297

I have never touched a Saturn. I remember seeing a promotional display for one at a Six Flags as a child. They were displaying NiGHTS.

>> No.5057335
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5057335

Saturn is on my short list of consoles to get next. What should I be looking for? Cheapest way to get into it? Is there an SD card solution?

>> No.5057343

>>5057335
>Is there an SD card solution?
Technically yes but good luck getting one

>> No.5057349

>>5057335
get the action replay card as soon as possible, they allow you to play games from all regions and act as extra memory for the console.
As for games, NiGHTS is a must, there's also a bunch of rpgs and shmups for the thing

>> No.5057350

>>5057213
what are you playing on it op?

>> No.5057360
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5057360

I bought a Saturn last year, did not read any discs so I returned it. Gonna try to get a Jap one per anon suggestion

I still have the Action Replay and Panzer Dragoon Zwei though

>> No.5057362

What light gun game should i play today guys, I was kinda thinking house of the dead because there is a new HOTD arcade game coming out called Scarlet Dawn. But I also have scud, virtua cop 1 and 2 and area 51.

>> No.5057387

>>5057360
i'll give ya 5 quid for 'em

>> No.5057415

Anyone got a list of good saturn games? No meme shit or mediocre games being passed off as good. I have a chipped saturn and looking to play something for it.

>> No.5057470

>>5057415
If you don’t like arcade style pick up and play games don’t bother. If you DO however it’s one of the best consoles ever made.

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5057593

>>5057415
Here's a good start faggot, hope you have about 2000$ laying around.

>> No.5057636

>>5057362
HOTD runs at a very low framerate on the saturn were your shots don't feel responsive a lot of the time. Virtua Cop 1&2 are good arcade ports. Area 51 is too tacky for me to be enjoyable.

>> No.5057641

>>5057213
I sold all my Saturn games/stuff for a whole bunch of money! i miss NiGHTS, Sega Rally, and Panzer Dragoon a lot tho ;_;

>> No.5057715

>>5057636
thats your fault for using a shitty 3rd party light gun. get the stunner, so much better, almost like the arcade!

>> No.5057726
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5057726

>>5057335

>> No.5057742

>>5057213
Silly anon, we like to talk about how great the saturn is, not actually play it. Who has time for that old stuff when we have a new switch to play.

>> No.5057750

>>5057726
>this

or, action replay. wow, difficult choice.

>> No.5057756

>>5057641
Real rich people don't do that

>> No.5057770

>>5057742
>saturn console 80$
>panzer dragoon 2 100$
>sega rally and nights +/-30$ each

>i sold my shit for CASH MONEY
how to spot a lying faggot

>> No.5057774

>>5057213
I never had a Saturn.

>> No.5057796
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5057796

Yes, I'm hooked on DoDonPachi

>> No.5057904

>>5057796
this is cool

>> No.5057907

Saturn classic
with finished sonic X-treme
do it

>> No.5058043

>>5057226
>4 years
2 years

>> No.5058070
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5058070

>>5057904
Yeah uhuhuhu this is cool

>> No.5058102

>>5057213
I wish I had a sega saturn, or that my dreamcast had bc :(

>> No.5058105
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5058105

Just chiming in to say that Elevator Action Returns kicks major ass

It's also import/burn/emulator friendly, no moon knowledge needed

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5058109

>>5058105
Is it good?

>> No.5058115

>>5058109
No it sucks

>> No.5058126
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5058126

>>5058115
>game about riding an elevator

>> No.5058135

>>5058126
just got a sega saturn any games worth checking out

>> No.5058142

>>5058135
The Nepposter is not going to help you.

>> No.5058176

>>5058105
I also love this Fucking game
Also you can play the original elevator action using a code

>> No.5058178
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5058178

>>5058102
good news friend

>> No.5058530

>>5058135
NiGHTS Into Dreams
Panzer Dragoon series
Quake
Elevator Action
The Game Paradise
Pocket Fighter
Virtua Cop
Virtua Fighter
Daytona USA
Three Dirty Dwarves
Rayearth

Most of the good games need to be imported from Japan, so get an Action Replay

>> No.5058554

>>5057726
I am happy this is happening. The chinks will clone the saturn ODEs just like they cloned the GDemu.

>> No.5058898
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5058898

Erryday senpai. Even got a proper SCART to component setup. Shit is so cash.

>> No.5058903

>>5058135
Look into pseudo saturn. Buy a stack of cd-r's. Try out whatever looks interesting to you.

>> No.5058909
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5058909

Which one should I play?

>> No.5058915

>>5057593
>NHL
>Aerosmith game

>> No.5058932

I want to buy one so I have every sega home console besides the mastersystem, and to play panzer dragoon and nights.

The problem is that even buying one of those red pseudo saturn carts and a saturn is probably going to be pretty expensive. The most expensive retro console to get plus a flashcart except for n64. Just got an n64 for 50 dollars and about 80 for ed64.

Probably about an equal price for a saturn plus pseudo saturn cart, 50 for the cart plus 60-80 for a saturn and cables.

>> No.5058941

>>5058909
What inherent advantage is there to these versions of Sonic versus their Genesis counterparts?

>> No.5058949

>>5058530
>Rayearth
Hope you know how to burn copies of this one. Because fuck getting the real deal at a decent price.

>> No.5058950

>>5058915
i like aerosmith music, and nhl 98 has the full 1997 stanley cup winning red wings team, you ignoramus, and i'm a detroiter.

>> No.5058954

>>5058932
Just get the regular action replay and flash it yourself. Cheaper and easy as piss, especially if your saturn has an access LED.

>> No.5058969
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>>5058941
For Sonic 1 and 2 it saves game data, Sonic 1 has optional spindash, and also includes a time trial mode for all 4 games, and keeps your time records, same with special stages of all games.
Sonic 2 has some slowdown issues (but the same happens in the original, just in different parts), and due to CD streaming, the audio works differently (music always restarts when you take the speedshoes), and some sound is different (although I believe it's supposed to sound actually better than the originals, can't tell really, very minor details). The games feel proper, they're not emulation, and play great with the Saturn pad.
Also, the version of Sonic 1 is the japanese version with the better scrolling effects.

>> No.5058978

>>5058949
This can be said for any decent Saturn game

This is why I'm glad I got a Universal V3 while they were still being sold

>> No.5058982
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5058982

>>5058969
You had me at Sonic 1 spindash.

>> No.5058986

>>5058954
I see why you say that looking at what the pseudo saturn action replay does.

But if I'm saving to the internal save battery, my batteries are gonna die really fast because I don't keep my consoles plugged in, I swap them out when I play each one. I guess I could just always plug in the saturn.

>> No.5059052

>>5057226
I count around a hundred games worth playing on the Saturn. That's from a library spanning a little over 1100 titles. Get your shit memes out of this distinguished board.

>> No.5059068

>>5058941
Sonic 1 has spindash and a fix of the spike bug (spikes kill you even when you are supposed to be invincible after taking a hit, so falling on a spike bed kills you no matter what).

Sonic 2 has the Super Sonic bug fixed, where if you jump in the air with 50+ rings after beating a level, you transform back and forth and get stuck in midair, and you can't progress to the next level since you can't run off the screen.

In return all the games have fucked sound effects, low quality music, no proper music speedup on the speed shoes (the music restarts), and a shitload more slowdown.

I suppose the Sonic 2 splitscreen doesn't bug out on a Framemeister but that's tangential.

>>5059052
Remove the ports, multiplats, and re-releases, and now you have something like a dozen.

>> No.5059072

>>5057226
look how adorable you are

>> No.5059074

>>5057362
i love maximum force

>> No.5059080
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5059080

>>5057415
just get this. and some cdrs
since snesorama is gone, find a torrent and try em out

>> No.5059087

>>5058949
What do you mean
I got it for 51 bucks

>> No.5059342

>>5058986
I would load all my saves to the AR before flashing it, replace the system battery, then move the saves back to internal and flash the AR. That should take care of it for quite some time. Replaced my battery before flashing and I've been good for over two years now.

>> No.5059351

>>5057415
the jurassic park game is fun

>> No.5059376

I cant im at a wildfire emergency :/

>> No.5060434

>>5058949
NTSC and PAL version maybe, but the Japanese ones go for pocket change

>> No.5060443

Let's be honest.
Saturn rocks

>> No.5060508

>>5057213

Just recently bought a big lot of systems (a couple SNES's, a Genesis, a Dreamcast, and a Saturn) and I'm super excited to mod it and start playing. I've heard so much about Panzer Dragoon Saga, it's about time I finally play it.

>> No.5060606

>>5057415
https://pastebin.com/4E59X3sK

>> No.5060706

>>5057213
God I wish I had one...

>> No.5061018
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5061018

I burned a copy of Powerslave and I'm surprised by how much I like this game. Anyone know if Robotica is any good?

>> No.5061078

>>5059080
>40usd
$23+shipping straight from one of its makers:
https://assemblergames.com/threads/zer0-2k11s-mod-chip-and-installation-shop.43131/

Or 15gbp+ shipping if you're in Europe:
https://assemblergames.com/threads/for-sale-modding-parts-chips-etc.39971/

though registration is broken there so you have to use the linked email-forms

>> No.5061137

>>5058554
This

>> No.5061152

Just missed one for 50 with 2 third party controllers, damn.

>> No.5062364

>>5057213
Saturn Bomberman can be glued into my Saturn and I wouldn't care.
It's the 1 game that brings my whole family together every time for the past 20 years.

>> No.5062371

>>5057796
How is your shell so clean?

>> No.5064145

>>5062371
It was purchased new and I've taken care of it

>> No.5064153

>>5057223
Mednafen ftw

>> No.5064618

>>5059068
>Remove the ports, multiplats, and re-releases, and now you have something like a dozen.
That's what they used to say about Genesis.
By that metric, certainly every console past 5th gen is shit.

>> No.5065716
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5065716

What model Saturn is your favorite?

V Saturn Model 2 looks sick

>> No.5065719

>>5065716
This one is the most aesthetic, but the problem is the white ones are really prone to disgusting yellowing over time. I'm perfectly happy with the american glossy black one that I have. Looks really good next to my genesis.

>> No.5065937

>>5065716

>>5057796

>> No.5066017

yes, I'm playing through the Shining Force III scenarios right now and I plan on playing PDS after that, but there's an issue. Whenever I try to save a new cheat code onto my action replay, it freezes up, so I can't load the cheat to get around the game's lock of playing with something in the cartridge slot, which I need to do because it's the PAL version on my NTSC-J saturn

>> No.5066025

>>5066017
You could try flashing the AR with a different bios, hopefully it'll fix it.

>> No.5066042

Not lately.

Stumbled on something yesterday though, what exactly is a "Psuedo Saturn"?

>> No.5066430

>>5058898
I just go composite, since... dithering...

>> No.5066440

My saturn just sits in my closet because the only game I have for it is Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball

>> No.5066642

>>5066430
I will consider plugging in the yellow pill anon, if even for kicks.

>> No.5066663
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5066663

>>5057213
No. My pseudo cart came in the mail yesterday but I lost my A/V cord and controller. I placed some orders today tho.

>> No.5066673

>>5066042
overrides region lock between NTSC-NA and NTSC-J, and lets you play burned discs.

>> No.5066747
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5066747

have you vaped your Saturn, /vr/?

>> No.5066997

>>5066747
wtf

>> No.5067196

>>5066673
And its just a cart? Pop it in, no setup, ready to go?

>> No.5067210

>>5057213
I often forget that I even own a Sega Saturn lol

>> No.5067343

>>5067196
yep

>> No.5067376

>>5067343
Hmmmm...What about saving game data?

>> No.5067409

>>5067376
Only the newer chinese ones like >>5066663 has can do that. They are like $50 if you look on ebay. I bought one but my Saturn is out of commission at the moment as my step down converter died so haven't tried it yet.

>> No.5067816

>>5057221
Is your name by chance Hansel?

>> No.5068170

>>5066017
fixed my issue, but now the game quits to BIOS after the opening fmv, so I guess the iso is bad and I'll need to burn a new one.
Only too bad I'm at college and I didn't bring my CD-R with me

>> No.5068182

>>5057213
I play both of them actually.

>> No.5068215

>>5067409
Huh. I usually follow the train of thought "if its too good to be true...", but...

>> No.5068685

>>5068215
I'm
>>5066663
I haven't gotten a chance to use mine yet, since my controller is missing (Saturn's been in storage for over 10 years across multiple moves). I opted for the one with the most features and it cost me close to 70 leafbux.

this guy bought the barebones cart for 35 leafbux. Most videos and reviews I've seen with the chinese carts is that they work as advertised.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rprhJIrQcE

>> No.5069085

>>5068685
Hm. Eh, if this Polymega thing doesn't work out I'll look into it.

>> No.5070697

>>5057285
>Sega's worst console
That would be the Sega Pico but that's only because it was for babies

>> No.5070830

>>5057213
nope. What should I play this weekend? I have pseudo saturn installed.

>> No.5070843

>>5069085
>if this Polymega thing doesn't work
pffhahaha

>> No.5070982

>>5057796
That's cool

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>>5057213
Has anyone aside from that guy making his own version of Sonic X-Treme made any decent homebrew with the Saturn? We've still never really gotten to see what the system is truly capable of had it been given another few years for programmers to squeeze maximum potential from it like the Playstaion & N64 had.

>> No.5071076
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5071076

>get AR in the mail
>dig out saturn
>controllers are all missing
>order one from Japan for $15
>2-6 weeks
>no stores in my area have Saturn controllers except one
>store only has the analog 3D pad for NIGHTs for $40

This has been my life all week. I'm so fucking desperate, boys

>> No.5071083

>>5071076
Well, you did decide to order a controller from japan when you could've got an american one much quicker. But I guess if you really want a white or gray one, that's the price to pay.

On a similar note, I really wish the Dreamcast used the same controller ports as the Saturn. Like how the Master System and Genesis both used the same 9-pin socket. And I prefer the Saturn's d-pads and it would've been great to play DC games with it.

>> No.5071091

>>5071083
Aren't there adapters or something for that?

>> No.5071098

>>5071091
Might be, but they're a rarity if they exist. And I bet the functionality wouldn't work right for things like the 3D controller. I've seen more playstation-to-DC adapters than anything else. Still would've been better to just use the same plug and bypass all that. Or at least design the DC controller with the god-tier saturn d-pad and 6 face buttons.

>> No.5071101

>>5057285
>kek
zoomer detected

>> No.5071583

Just got a saturn and action replay today. I'm trying to flash pseudo saturn Kai lite, but whenever I try to flash it the disk gets stuck at "reading from Cd Rom"

Is this a disk burn problem or a disk drive problem?

>> No.5071716

>>5071583
Also every other disk I've burned for the flasher hasn't worked, just the one that gets stuck reading from Cd-Rom forever.

>> No.5071727

>want to join the Saturn club
>friend of mine is making fun of me for never having owned a Saturn since the 90s
>explain to him that I was still too young and that my first console was a PS2
>he makes fun of me again
NOT. FAIR.

>> No.5071741

>>5071716
I use a modchip so I'm not familiar with the AR cart flashing process, but I imagine you need to read the data off a disc. This means you need a process for reading unsigned discs at least once to flash, meaning you need to do a hotswap with a legit game disc. On Saturn this can be a bit tricky to do and the timing can be very precise.

>> No.5071748

>>5071741
I did, otherwise you can't get into the flasher utility.

>> No.5071757

>>5071748
>>5071741
Oddly, all the other disk Ed I burned with the same pseudo saturn Kai flasher iso sd_flasher don't boot, but the one that does isn't read by the Cd Rom when flashing the firmware.

>> No.5071776
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5071776

Stuck here or get a firmware flash error everytime.

>> No.5071787

>>5071776
Got it to load another one of the burned disks, still stuck at the reading from Cd Rom though. Saw a video of it and it took a second to load it, but I'm waiting here for like 5 minutes.

>> No.5071847

>>5071727
>first console wasn’t retro
wew anon I hope you’re old enough to be here.
but you don’t need your friend’s endorsement to get a Saturn obviously. Or any console. Just get one.

>> No.5071880

>>5071787
I'm gonna be honest, I don't know what the fuck I did to make it work.

Rip, I burned 4 cd-rs doing this shit.

Need to buy a 100 pack like the other anon.

>> No.5071919

>>5071076
eBay you retarded mutt

>> No.5072101

>>5057213
it's been a while
should probably pull it out again

>>5058969
I wouldn't mind the Sonic 2 slowdown, but it's got absolutely fuck-all to do with what's on the screen. It just slows down for no fucking reason outta nowhere, and it's annoying.
on Genesis, it'd only slow down if you lost a bunch of rings while a lot of other things were on screen/were near water/were playing 2 player mode

There's slowdown in S1 and S3&K too in Jam, but it's nowhere near as noticeable as in S2, although it's still got nothing to do with what's happening on screen.

the other annoying issue is that all the sound effects in Sonic Jam's ports sound kinda like ass
there's a valid reason (limited audio RAM), but it doesn't change how bad it sounds, especially the ring noise

Jam's still worth playing for the presentation and added features, and Sonic World is cool (shame about the camera), but the actual experience of playing the main games in it isn't as good as it should be.

>> No.5072678

>>5072101
I have both the genesis sonic games as well as sonic jam on saturn. I don't really think of sonic 2 (or any of them, for that matter) having any slowdown issues on the original hardware. Maybe if there's a particular spot with a ton going on and you get hit and your rings go flying or whatever. But yeah, in the sonic jam version of 2, it plays like absolute dogshit. The other games aren't nearly as bad though.

>> No.5072852

>>5071880
I'm this anon
>>5071076
I was in the same boat as you, it was much cheaper to buy a saturn without controller and buy the controller separately, so I bought one from Japan, but in the meantime had no controller. I bought some cheap third party controller on Amazon "old skool sega saturn" and when I get the original controller that is grey like the sega saturn I'll just return the third party controller.

Feels good being a nigger and abusing amazon return policies.

>> No.5074181

>>5072852
I bit the bullet and bought the analog pad yesterday. I was desperate enough to even pick up one of those "old skool" 3rd party controllers, but none of the game stores in my entire region had those.

>> No.5074196
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5074196

Is burning at 4X or under a meme? Other places I look, people are too afraid to even go over 2X speeds when burning games.

>> No.5074224

>>5074196
What modern CD-RW even lets you burn that slow? The slowest mine goes is 16x.

>> No.5074381

Anyone know where to buy a Pseudo Saturn pre-flashed cart with the memory? Seems they are off ebay now

>> No.5074384

>>5057213
Fuck no, what if it dies due to use? I'd rather just stare at it.

>> No.5074390

>>5074381
oh damn, the sellers must be out of stock right now. Maybe hold tight for now. there's this guy you could maybe contact:

http://ppcenter.webou.net/satcart/

>> No.5074401

>>5074390
Thanks anon. I sent a message to the ebay dude. Hopefully they're in stock soon

>> No.5074906

Playing radiant silvergun, this game is so fun

Damn I made it halfway through the final boss and lost my last continue

>> No.5075087

>>5074196
It's a meme. I burn all my saturn/dreamcast games at max speed and they work perfectly fine. This myth stems from two things
1) differences between audio CDs vs data CDs. Even if the write speed matters, it's only ever been something that's applied to audio CDs and slight differences in the audio quality
2) even if this was true, it would've only applied to shitty early generation CD burners and shitty CD-Rs from back in the day.

>> No.5075767

>>5075087
Various Saturn games have their music as CD-DA audio data.

>> No.5075931

>>5075767
see point #2.