First taste of Saturn

Post by **Spyke** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:30 pm

My first ever taste of Sega Saturn action has just taken place...

Gunbird! Wow! It's faster and smoother than I expected! Pretty awesome really

Tell me honestly... is everything else this good too!?!

Ant

Post by **sabrage** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:43 pm

I haven't played Gunbird but I have been playing a lot of Galactic Attack and Darius Gaiden. I just got my Saturn on Monday but I've been playing 2-3 hours every single day. I don't think I've spent 2-3 hours with my N64 in the last month, and I've actually never played my Genesis.

Darius is a pretty by-the-numbers side-scroller with awesome boss battles, Galactic Attack is like Xevious on steroids.

Post by **dunpeal2064** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 5:25 pm

Gunbird is really great.

It only gets better

Post by **ksloth** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 5:38 pm

Congrats! You are going to have so much fun. Also, the Saturn is very easy to maintain internally, with easy access to the moving parts. If you put a little grease on the motor gears and on the disc lens rails, it should run super quiet (assuming yours was loud like mine was).

If I could make a couple more recommendations to you, pick up a controller extension cable and an s-video cable (if you don't already have these). I got the extension cable for 4$ and the s-video for 12$ off of ebay.

Post by **Spyke** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:08 pm

Thanks - is S-Video an improvement over RGB Scart?
Once the Hori stick arrives I'll probably put the pad away - or plug it into socket 2. Runs quiet at the moment... so far!

Thanks for the maintenance tips though - well worth having.

Ant

Post by **dunpeal2064** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:11 pm

RGB is better for sure

Post by **mas** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:18 pm

Your going to love the saturn. Street fighter alpha 2, virtua cop 1 and 2, daytona, nights into dreams. I could go on it's a great system.

Post by **RyaNtheSlayA** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:56 pm

sabrage wrote:I haven't played Gunbird but I have been playing a lot of Galactic Attack and Darius Gaiden. I just got my Saturn on Monday but I've been playing 2-3 hours every single day. I don't think I've spent 2-3 hours with my N64 in the last month, and I've actually never played my Genesis.

Darius is a pretty by-the-numbers side-scroller with awesome boss battles, Galactic Attack is like Xevious on steroids.

Good to hear you're putting those Saturn games to good use. Galactic Attack is awesome.

@OP

There's a lot of great stuff on the Saturn, but there's also a lot of crappy stuff, especially if you don't look to Japan for some games. For a Saturn starter kit of sorts, I typically recommend:

Galactic Attack
NiGHTS
Panzer Dragoon
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Fighters Megamix

Post by **Weekend_Warrior** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:11 am

Congrats! Here's your next purchase:

More info and pics: http://hardcoregaming101.net/raizing/raizing2.htm

Post by **dunpeal2064** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:42 am

My favorite Saturn game hands down, but it is quite expensive.

You seem to like Raiden, so I'd say Garegga might be up your alley. It has a lot in common with the Raiden Fighters series, lots of secrets to discover and such.

Really a beautiful game.

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