/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.9899054]

What is the appeal of this system?

[Anonymous No.9899084]

>>9899054
More games than Atari Jaguar, NEC PC-FX, 3DO, and N64.

[Anonymous No.9899089]

>>9899054
It's got good games.

[Anonymous No.9899090]

>>9899084
I find it a bit hard to believe it has more good games than N64 unless you're Japanese

[Anonymous No.9899092]

>>9899054
arcade ports

[Anonymous No.9899106]

Virtua Fighter in your home in 1994

[Anonymous No.9899123]

>>9899090
Considering how easy it is to get around region lock on the Saturn, you don't have to be Japanese to experience its vast library of great games.

[Anonymous No.9899156]

>>9899054
Fighting games and dating sims, mostly.

[Anonymous No.9899191]

>>9899090
Even if you're Japanese the N64 still had better games

[Anonymous No.9899323]

uhhhh... cuz it looks kewl

[Anonymous No.9899325]

>>9899054
It looks great.

[Anonymous No.9899532]

>>9899054
>What is the appeal of this system?
It is "rare" because it was a failure

It has a few gems but nothing like the classics the N64 and PS1 had.

[Anonymous No.9899568]

>>9899054
Play SEGA CD and 32X first, then play Saturn. If you like Genesis then you will probably enjoy SEGA CD and 32X. They were really supposed to be the successor to the Genesis before the Saturn came along.

As for Saturn itself, you're going to end up either loving it or being disappointed just like a lot of people who bought one in the 90's only to get a PS1 or N64 months later. It's not a bad console, but I personally would not put it beside PS1 or Dreamcast.

>>9899084
Lol

[Anonymous No.9899680]

>>9899054
Games that appeal to me. The system is one of my top 5 game consoles of all time. At the time, the games were really cheap in clearance bins, so it was great when I had little money.

[Anonymous No.9899687]

I don't think you should be allowed to rate retro consoles unless you know Japanese or are willing to play games you don't understand.

Rating consoles based off of only their Western output only is like rating the entirety of a 130 minute movie after watching 30 minutes of it.

[Anonymous No.9899720]

>>9899054
Nothing.

[Anonymous No.9899726]

>>9899680
>hello I have tryhard tranny le obscure jap games taste

[Anonymous No.9899789]

>>9899680
I can identify most of the games in this pic. Good taste anon

[Anonymous No.9899815]

>>9899054
Its beautiful.. That is my favorite colored version. So much SOVL and fighting games.

[Anonymous No.9899841]

>>9899815
>So much SOVL and fighting games.
I love the Saturn version of Real Bout Fatal Fury Special and the other Neo Geo games they ported over. It was my first arcade experience at home console.

[Anonymous No.9899846]

>>9899532
As much as I hate to admit it, this is fairly true. I would say that Saturn and N64 are about on par when it comes to games. They are just vastly different libraries. PS1 def takes the cake when it comes to most good to great titles.

[Anonymous No.9899853]

>>9899680
I’m happy for you, anon. Those are all probably really expensive and fun to play. I was a n64 bro.

[Anonymous No.9900334]

>>9899054
Pretty good ports of shooters except Doom but even its shitty framerate compensates by sound and atmosphere from PS1

[Anonymous No.9900342]

>>9899090
the n64 has like 4 good games, saturn has 100 so it's not hard. n64 is only more appealing if you like non-games like zeld and mario.

[Anonymous No.9900347]

>>9899054
Shmups, VNs and Capcom fighters

[Anonymous No.9900348]

Stelar Assault SS. Translation out today!

[Anonymous No.9900398]

>>9899726
>hell I know nothing about video games and feel compelled to share my worthless pre-teen opinion

[Anonymous No.9900403]

>>9899720
based

[Anonymous No.9900425]

>>9899726
>Wipeout XL
>Japanese
Back then, every Saturn owner knew they had to get games from Japan. They even had import sections in retail game stores like Electronics Boutique. Even now, the video games I play aren't the popular titles. Some games may not vibe with others, but that's the point to OP: the appeal of home game consoles are the games that you enjoy.

>>9899789
Yeah, a lot of fun times. It ended out as a surprise that I have a lot of Saturn games, 2nd only to the 360 only because of all the free digital titles, but I legitimately had a lot of fun discovering and playing a lot of cool games just because people passed on them in their day.

>>9899853
As mentioned, they were cheap in their day. I randomly found Super Tempo for $35USD (around $40USD after taxes) when it was new and I had no idea about the game, it was so-so for play but very interesting nonetheless; it was hilarious to show off at our bi-weekly meetings we had at a friend's place. That was part of the joy, they had an N64 there when I didn't have it and we had so much fun playing Wrestlemania 2000. Showing off what interesting new finds to playing alongside/against friends was great with the variety to see and experience. N64 had a lot of memorable games too.

[Anonymous No.9901204]

Jannies here love sega here dont talk shit about it

[Anonymous No.9901217]

>>9901204
based jannies

[Anonymous No.9901223]

>>9899687
No, it's like rating a 130 minute movie skipping the musical montages and gay sex scenes.

[Anonymous No.9901258]

>>9901204
Good, tendies can go to /v/ since they infest that board

[Anonymous No.9901287]

>>9901217
FAGS CANT BE BASED
>>9901258
Why are sega fans so fragile? you come and bomb every snes thread with useless trivia about turdenesis its you guys that cant cope with shit. But fr saturn was a great console, the 2d sprites and capcom arcade games were almost perfect ports.

[Anonymous No.9901319]

>>9899054
>that moment in history when Sony broke Sega
https://youtu.be/ExaAYIKsDBI

[Anonymous No.9901325]

>>9901319
buck status: broken

[Anonymous No.9901364]

>>9899054
Had an exclusive good game or two in just about every genre. Tons of fighting and shmups. But it didnt have some of the key ones at the time to sell systems. Plenty of decent obscure stuff. It lacked the heavy hitters of the N64 and playstation but had some niches that only it could fill. Really the n64 was the same way but its niche was the large open 3d games like Banjo, Zelda and Mario that people love or love to hate.

Beatemups
>2d: Guardian Heroes, Dungeons and Dragons
>3d: Die Hard Arcade
>Fighting: Too many to count 2d,3d,Arena, everything
>FPS: Powerslave, Gungriffons, Stellar Assault (Translation out today!)
>2d Platformers: Nothing special (Astal?)
>Hacknslash: Pychic Killer Torumaru
> Run n gun: Elevator Action Returns
>3d platformers: Nothing Special (Ninpen?)
>Shmups: Best system for these of all time hands down, tons of stuff
> Light gun: Virtua Cops
>Rail Shooters: Panzer Dragoons, Space Harrier, Night Striker
>3rd person shooter: Bulk Slash, burning rangers
>Racing: Sega Rally
>Score Attack: Steep Slope Sliders, Nights
>RPGs: Dragonforce, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Baroque
Survival Horror: Deep Fear
Puzzle: Baku Baku, Columns, Bomberman

There’s plenty there, its just all weird and obscure and Sega doesn’t make marketing sense. Trying to market an odd game like Nights as the systems flagship game is just terrible marketing regardless of its quality.

[Anonymous No.9901469]

>>9901364
the saturn translation scene has been on fucking fire lately, might be the only positive of e-celebs obsessing over the console

[Anonymous No.9902161]

>>9899054
Fighting games
Shmups
Mahjong eroge

Very different demographic to the PS1 and N64

[Anonymous No.9902201]

>>9899054
I personally dont know anyone who has played Saturn. I remember it was a console that was hard to emulate games for (early days). I assume most of the appeal is for people into retro games that have played everything and looking for a new library of games.

[sage No.9902221]

>>9899054
>What is the appeal of this system?
Segafags loved it.

[Anonymous No.9902224]

>>9899054

Jazzy soulful late 90s Sega kino, exotic architecture like SNES on steroids, ecclectic library

[Anonymous No.9902229]

>>9902224
>ecclectic library
What's the Saturn's answer to:
>Gran Turismo
>MGS
>Crash
>THPS
>Mario 64
>OoT
>Goldeneye

[Anonymous No.9902585]

>>9902229
Burning rangers smokes all those games in the graphics department easily

[Anonymous No.9902616]

>>9899054
Fuck off Matt

[Anonymous No.9902636]

>>9899054
best controller design of all time

[Anonymous No.9902879]

>>9899054
>>9899090
You wouldn’t get it, tendie.

[Anonymous No.9902886]

>>9902879
Holy based

[Anonymous No.9902894]

>>9902879
>using /v/ console war lingo on /vr/
Anyway the appeal of the Saturn is having owned one since the 90s, and having accumulated experience with it since then. Bandwagoners and /v/irgin babbies wouldn't understand.

[Anonymous No.9902960]

>>9902894
>using /v/ console war lingo on /vr/
Yes, OP is an underage /v/tard tendie and should be called out as such.

[Anonymous No.9902967]

>>9902894
You really think OPs question was asked in le good faith lmao?

[Anonymous No.9903324]

>>9902229
>Gran Turismo
Probably the closest would be Sega Touring Car Championship. Pure simulation racers like GT didn't really make their way to Saturn. But it does have a good selection of arcade style racers.
>MGS
>THPS
Saturn was dead by the time these came out so it seems kind of silly to expect it to have a response to what's effectively genre defining games.
>Crash
>Mario 64
NiGHTS, Burning Rangers, Sonic R, Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic Jam, Croc, Tomb Raider, Ninpen Manmaru, etc.
>OoT
Virtual Hydlide (lol).

On a more serious note it again seems silly to expect Saturn to have a response to a game that came out after it was discontinued and was effectively genre defining.
>Goldeneye
Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, Powerslave, etc.

[Anonymous No.9903524]

We get this fucking thread thread every week, but I'll answer it anyways because I'm retarded. The Saturn is Segas predecessor to the Dreamcasts experimental and weird games, especially in terms of peripherals and online capabilities. But obviously that stuff only really mattered when that stuff was getting released and not now. So what the hell does the Saturn offer as a platform now? A major fuck ton of exclusives that were never ported and arcade games that were better on Saturn, and never were ported using the Saturn version. Owning a Saturn and Dreamcast nowadays is truly the best way to experience arcade games at home unless you're dealing with mister mame bullshit. Also the Saturn has the 4mb ram cart and that thing was pretty dope fr fr

[Anonymous No.9904125]

>>9899054

If you don't like something then don't play it nigger. Getting sick of these threads. Zoomers sure pozzed this board to hell.

[Anonymous No.9904132]

>button mashes arcade while using pad
>yep, I play fighting games
Shiturn troons actually do this

[Anonymous No.9904726]

>>9899054
it has a bunch of good 2d games, and while there are plenty of great early 3d games such as super mario 64 or quake, 3d was in its infancy at the time, and a lot of old 3d games are a fucking eyesore.

[Anonymous No.9905309]

>>9902960
>>9902967
At least he didn't use any /v/ lingo. Anyway, Sony fanboys also hate the Saturn, fucking auster hates the Saturn. The Saturns makes console warriors and in general mentally ill people seethe.

[Anonymous No.9905415]

>>9904132
Why 2D games when NiGHTS is 3D? Better yet why 2D games when Genesis already exists

[Anonymous No.9906864]

>>9899090
Unless you're really into sub-20 fps behind-the-shoulder early 3D games where the protag won't stop making make-baby-clap noises with every input and images smeared in vaseline it's not much of a contest.

[Anonymous No.9906869]

>>9899090
It has more but still not nearly as many as PS1,

[Anonymous No.9906875]

>>9906864
>grooo geee greee gruuuu
Literally banjo kazooie

[Anonymous No.9907729]

>>9902229
Asking for direct comparisons to unique games is a flawed way of thinking about it. I’ll give it a shot.
>Gran Turismo
Sega Rally is a better game
>MGS
Released after Saturn was off the market. Headhunter is the Dreamcast answer.
>Crash
Burning Rangers? Ninpen Manmaru? Really Super Magnetic Neo is the Dreamcast answer.
>THPS
Released after Saturn died and was actually on Dreamcast. But Steep Slope Sliders.
>Mario 64
No game has ever been a good answer to Mario 64
>OOT
Baroque?
>Goldeneye
Powerslave is an all time great fps but they’re very different.

Whats the N64’s answer to
>Dragonforce
>Shining Force 3
>Virtua Fighter 2/ Last Bronx
>Panzer Dragoon Saga
>Radiant Silvergun
>Galactic Attack
>Dodonpachi
>Perfect ports of arcade classics like Space Harrier, Outrun, Night Striker, Afterburner, Powerdrift
>Die Hard Arcade
>Dungeons and Dragons
>Gungriffon 1 and 2

[Anonymous No.9907754]

>>9907729
NTA and I think console warring is for poorfags, but I'll entertain you don't take everything so seriously. Remember: console wars are for poorfags.
>inb4 "nooo those games sux!"
>Dragonforce
Ogre Battle 64
>Shining Force 3
Super Robot Wars 64
>Virtua Fighter 2/ Last Bronx
Flying Dragon
>Panzer Dragoon Saga
Shiren 2
>Radiant Silvergun
Dezaemon 3D
>Galactic Attack
Star Soldier
>Dodonpachi
Bakuretsu Muteki Bangai O
>Perfect ports of arcade classics like Space Harrier, Outrun, Night Striker, Afterburner, Powerdrift
The Donkey Kong arcade port included in DK64
>Die Hard Arcade
Fighting Force
>Dungeons and Dragons
Gauntlet Legends
>Gungriffon 1 and 2
Custom Robo and Custom Robo V2

[Anonymous No.9907771]

It's the "Of All Sad Words of Thought and Pen, the Saddest Are: 'It Might Have Been!'" Console.

It's the biggest missed potential console and marked the moment SEGA lost its relevance.

And never getting a jank 32 bit Sonic is a disgrace.

[Anonymous No.9907780]

>>9899680
> dUwUb i aM n0t lik3 0tHeR gUrlZz =^_^=

[Anonymous No.9907795]

>>9899054
That controller for one, it's too comfy.
Didnt play much of it yet, but I'm having fun with it so far.

Entire 5th gen is amazing where the differences between the big 3 are quite large and makes every system soo unique to mess around with.

[Anonymous No.9907980]

>>9899054
SEGA!