Is it possible to play Sega Saturn games of storage device?

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Is it possible to play Sega Saturn games of storage device?

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I was wondering if it would be possible to play Sega Saturn games off an SD card or a HDD?

I don't know how one would do it, I was just curious if it were possible?

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It would be possible but nobody's created such a thing yet. There is the USB DataLink (http://www.gamingenterprisesinc.com/DataLink/), but you need an Action Replay cart with a parallel port and it's useless for commercial releases as it can only load games directly into the Saturn's RAM.

The people working on the PSIO (SD reader for the PSX/PS1) are planning on an SD reader for the Saturn as well, but I don't think that will happen until they get the PSIO out the door.
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Re: Is it possible to play Sega Saturn games of storage devi

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ApolloBoy wrote:It would be possible but nobody's created such a thing yet. There is the USB DataLink (http://www.gamingenterprisesinc.com/DataLink/), but you need an Action Replay cart with a parallel port and it's useless for commercial releases as it can only load games directly into the Saturn's RAM.

The people working on the PSIO (SD reader for the PSX/PS1) are planning on an SD reader for the Saturn as well, but I don't think that will happen until they get the PSIO out the door.
That would be cool though...Much cooler retro game on Saturn than ps1 (IMHO). 2D just holds up so well :)
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