How is your Saturn gaming going?
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ninjainspandex
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Re: How is your Saturn gaming going?
Also worth noting that the japanese memory card will work on a US Saturn (in engish too!) and is considerably cheaper than a US official Memory card.

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Re: How is your Saturn gaming going?
A lot of games don't allow saving directly to official memory carts. Those that do won't recognize the Action Replay 4in1.Reprise wrote:Yeah, you can't save directly to the Action Replay. You can only transfer and back up saves.
Just boot your Saturn with AR inserted & click manage memory. You can then transfer your saves from the internal batt to the AR. Takes less than a minute. My internal batt has died numerous times. Those backups are a life saver.
Also, the SS internal memory is fairly small. The AR holds a ton! This has allowed me to keep saves to all my games in one place.
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Re: How is your Saturn gaming going?
Makes me wonder how people saved Dezaemon 2 games once they were completed. The Saturn backup seems too small to hold a full-fledged game.
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Not sure about that one but on the Sega CD Dune took up basically the entire save memory. IIRC Shining Force took up more than the internal batt & you had to transfer data over to a Sega CD RAM cart. There was that odd time in early optical gaming where they didn't quite have saving down. Sony finally got that one down for everyoner0bot j0nes wrote:Makes me wonder how people saved Dezaemon 2 games once they were completed. The Saturn backup seems too small to hold a full-fledged game.
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/SegaSat ... 9362305053
A couple of import sellers in this FB group with great deals on Saturn games/accessories.
A couple of import sellers in this FB group with great deals on Saturn games/accessories.
Re: How is your Saturn gaming going?
Yeah, you could save only one file for each book at a time in SFCD. But I also believe there was a system file that contained the flags for the extra content, so you could still get access to books 3 and 4, you just had to nuke your saves to do so. Which kinda sucks, because I'm sure that ends up leaving you with a base-level team as opposed to whatever you might have gotten during the course of the game.Jagosaurus wrote: Not sure about that one but on the Sega CD Dune took up basically the entire save memory. IIRC Shining Force took up more than the internal batt & you had to transfer data over to a Sega CD RAM cart. There was that odd time in early optical gaming where they didn't quite have saving down. Sony finally got that one down for everyone.
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Re: How is your Saturn gaming going?
Also, might as well bring this up.
To get the best picture quality (no lag) without spending hundreds of $$$ for a Framemeister from the Saturn to a HDTV, is a SCART setup the most ideal? I want to really see how beautiful the Capcom Vs. games look without having to buy a CRT, as I dont have space for one.
To get the best picture quality (no lag) without spending hundreds of $$$ for a Framemeister from the Saturn to a HDTV, is a SCART setup the most ideal? I want to really see how beautiful the Capcom Vs. games look without having to buy a CRT, as I dont have space for one.
Re: How is your Saturn gaming going?
r0bot j0nes wrote:Also, might as well bring this up.
To get the best picture quality (no lag) without spending hundreds of $$$ for a Framemeister from the Saturn to a HDTV, is a SCART setup the most ideal? I want to really see how beautiful the Capcom Vs. games look without having to buy a CRT, as I dont have space for one.
Plus
http://www.robwebb1.plus.com/saturn/saturnhard.htm (Saturn RGB Scart cable)
Equals what I used to make my Waku Waku 7 and Alien Trilogy reviews on my channel.
I've also got tons of footage of Vampire Savior, and looking over the footage it's hard to distinguish from CPS2 footage.
Re: How is your Saturn gaming going?
I think so. My Saturn is connected to my HDTV via RGB SCART and it looks gorgeous.r0bot j0nes wrote:Also, might as well bring this up.
To get the best picture quality (no lag) without spending hundreds of $$$ for a Framemeister from the Saturn to a HDTV, is a SCART setup the most ideal? I want to really see how beautiful the Capcom Vs. games look without having to buy a CRT, as I dont have space for one.
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Just so I understand, the setup is......
Saturn > SCART Cable > SCART-to-HDMI converter > TV = Better Saturn picture on HDTV with no lag?
Saturn > SCART Cable > SCART-to-HDMI converter > TV = Better Saturn picture on HDTV with no lag?
