Jagosaurus wrote:... prime example of price jumps.... Sega Ages can go for $100 CIB. It's a Working Designs title
all while you can get the JP standalone releases of Space Harrier, Outrun and After Burner for about $20-30 total.
With a ton of patience...maybe. Outrun does $30-40 pretty consistently, but occasionally auctons slip through in the $20-25 range. Space Harrier is consistently $15-20 in its own as well.
Street Fighter Zero 2 and Vampire Savior are often brought up as the best affordable Sega Saturn fighting games, and with Street Fighter Zero 3 in the triple-digits and the vs. Street Fighter games slowly climbing in price, they're solid, affordable alternatives. But my honest pick for the best affordable 2D fighting game on the console is Real Bout Special. You can get it for the same price as the more popular Capcom fighters (~$10), and I've honestly been playing it more than any other game on my Saturn lately... definitely one I'd recommend to someone just starting out their collection, but it's one that most don't seem to notice until they're fairly deep into collecting. In fact, I'd never even heard the game come up -- I just sort of stumbled across it and found it to be an incredible fighter.
TheBrick wrote:And finally, the Saturn has superior audio quality.
...which is critical in a game where Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails did the music and sound design.
Thanks again or the recommendation, and I will be certain to add this game to my collection soon.
I think I'm one of the few who prefers Doom & Wolf over Quake but the SS port is awesome.
Speaking of music... Only downfall is NIN logo was removed from nail gun ammo for some reason. I put the SS game disc in my CD player occasional & jam these tracks.
Great list above. Unfortunately a few of those are $40-$50ish today. I picked up Darius CIB for $15 in 2010. Crazy game. Beautiful graphics. Runs $40 last time I looked at auctions a couple months back.
I'll throw in Mass Destruction as a low priced, domestic game. It's akin to Return Fire on 3DO/PlayStation/PC with more emphasis on you versus an AI army instead of the more focused multiplayer sorties or 1P versus a base in RF. The framerate is excellent and the controls are great. No, MD isn't system exclusive but it was done well on the Saturn and it's a good pick-up if you can locate it.
As for exclusives, there is Crime Wave, which despite some framerate issues is a fun and interesting title.
fahlim003 wrote:As for exclusives, there is Crime Wave, which despite some framerate issues is a fun and interesting title.
i looooooooove crime wave! i thought i was the only person who liked that game.
Here Here! Crime Wave is a "Hidden Gem" on Saturn if there ever was one.
A friend introduced me to this one (I now own his copy ). It's a pretty rough 2-player (because of the mentioned framerate issues), but if you like vehicular carnage in games, this comes recommended.
). It's a pretty rough 2-player (because of the mentioned framerate issues), but if you like vehicular carnage in games, this comes recommended.