New Sega Saturn Games

[Kevin-N]

I wish if some developer could make a new Saturn game in the future. I think the console could done more than whe have seen. When you see the Shenmue version of the saturn, it was amazing. Don't get me wrong, i like it also when they release a Dreamcast or even a Mega drive game ( Pier Solar). But the thing is also their never use the full power of the DC anymore, with Pier solar it was something different. That was the full power for the MD. But i always think that there is more than whe have seen of the Saturn. With the technology of today, it's a must. And i hope for a new game in the future.

[crackdude]

Problem is that the Saturn hardware is extremely complicated, there is little documentation on it, and the percentage of users that can run homebrew code on it is extremely low when compared to the DC.

It would be insanely cool. But even the DC releases hardly use 30% of it's power on 2D games, let alone great 3D experiences..

The MD has a pretty well known processor and architecture, which allows enthusiasts to explore it's power.

[mylifewithsega]

According to the late Kenji Eno, the Saturn wasn't that different from PlayStation. Sure, from what I've read it's far from a walk in the park, but I'm sure it's doable.

Personally, I would love to see a new game on the Saturn since it's my favorite SEGA console - if my absolute favorite console; period - and I do feel there's a lot of untapped potential.

[fernandeath]

... I would love to see a new game on the Saturn since it's my favorite SEGA console - if my absolute favorite console; period

wow, that's probably the first time I see someone saying that.

[mylifewithsega]

Of all my consoles, and I have many, I play it the most. It has some of my favorite ports (Bio Hazard, Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight and Quake), exclusives (Panzer Dragoon Saga, Deep Fear, Groove on Fight: Gouketsuji Ichizoku 3) and arcade ports (Virtua Fighter 2, Virtua Cop and Virtua Cop 2, SEGA Rally, Die Hard Arcade, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, Street Fighter Zero III, Vampire Savior, Virtual On: Cyber Troopers, Elevator Action 2: The Return, Metal Slug and King of Fighters 95).

I love how import friendly it is; especially when you take into account how many great games never saw the light of day here in the states. In addition, I like that you can trick out the hardware with RAM cartridges and a VCD card (I collect VCD, so it's a must for me). I also prefer the Saturn's controllers to any other, including the 3D controller.

The system had lots of potential, I feel. It went too soon and it didn't receive enough support from SEGA. Not from SOA at least.

[Emmett The Crab]

Of all my consoles, and I have many, I play it the most. It has some of my favorite ports (Bio Hazard, Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight and Quake), exclusives (Panzer Dragoon Saga, Deep Fear, Groove on Fight: Gouketsuji Ichizoku 3) and arcade ports (Virtua Fighter 2, Virtua Cop and Virtua Cop 2, SEGA Rally, Die Hard Arcade, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, Street Fighter Zero III, Vampire Savior, Virtual On: Cyber Troopers, Elevator Action 2: The Return, Metal Slug and King of Fighters 95).

I love how import friendly it is; especially when you take into account how many great games never saw the light of day here in the states. In addition, I like that you can trick out the hardware with RAM cartridges and a VCD card (I collect VCD, so it's a must for me). I also prefer the Saturn's controllers to any other, including the 3D controller.

The system had lots of potential, I feel. It went too soon and it didn't receive enough support from SEGA. Not from SOA at least.

I feel the same way, I love the Saturn.  There may be some validity to the arguement about it being hard to develop for.  A lot of 3rd party games for the Saturn were terrible, and did 3D badly, compared to SEGA or Capcom, or other major studios. 

[Gemini]

From a homemade-production point of view, this console is definitively a lot harder to develop for than most of its 32 bit competitors. The fact that it completely lacks a stable and complete emulator for quick tests isn't a benefit either, especially if you plan to use some of the hardcore features the hardwre can produce. Another reason would be a full development kit for it, but I'm not entirely sure about this one. There may be some PSY-Q build floating around the net, but I've never seen anything as complete as those for the PSX and N64.

But back to the main topic, this would definitively be a great thing if anybody were able to accomplish it. Kudos to ScorpionBE.

[Crowza]

wow, that's probably the first time I see someone saying that.

No, the Saturn was my favorite system ever. Now you've seen two people say it.

Of course, that assumes you imported Japanese games. The Sega Saturn is generally the most under rated console ever.

[Team Andromeda]

Of course, that assumes you imported Japanese games. The Sega Saturn is generally the most under rated console ever.

Plenty of amazing games did make it out on Pal too and yes the Saturn is by far and away the best console ever made, even today . SEGA, Treasure, GameArts, Raizing, Capcom and the likes of Lobomtomy were just on fire on the console

[jonboy101]

wow, that's probably the first time I see someone saying that.

No, I tend to agree with the original post. Saturn was brilliant.

[Emmett The Crab]

The only negative with the Saturn is the way all the internal storage gets wiped when the clock battery dies.  I wish the storage was more permanent.  Also, when the Saturn first came out I thought that the cartridge slot was for Genesis games, so that was a little bit of a disappointment.

[cube_b3]

Well Crabman, all of us thought it was for playing our MD/Genesis Carts.

I may even have tried inserting a cart, and prior to reading your post I thought those carts were memory cards.

[mylifewithsega]

Initially, the cartridge slot was meant for games at one point, similar to the Master System and how it used both cartridges and Sega Cards. There's even an article about it in a really old issue of EGM. I need to dig it out of the closet. The article was written before Sega unveiled the console itself and used concept drawings only. At some point, they ditched the idea completely.

[nuckles87]

I really wish SEGA had focused a little more on backwards compatibility back then. Would have made the transition from the Genesis/32x/CD a little more palpable if people could play all their old games on the Saturn. Of course that would have required putting that hardware into the Saturn, raising the price considerably I'm sure...then again, maybe SEGA could have done what they did with the Genesis and Master System and built the hardware with Genesis/CD bc in mind from the get go...

Of course in the end I don't even know what I'm talking about. But it would have been nice!

[mylifewithsega]

I think it would have been too expensive back then. The Saturn was $399.99 when it was released in NA, so we can only imagine how much it would have cost had they built Genesis/CD/32X into the fucker. However, backward compatibility with Genesis/32X may have been possible had they not changed the cartridge slot and ditched a chip or two. Not entirely sure. I haven't looked at the specs in a bit, and I'm not a programmer. *shrugs*

That's a project for Hyperkin and their Retron units. They should make an all-in-one Master System/Genesis/Sega CD/32X unit. If they could cram a Saturn in that bitch, they could call it "Legacy" or "Universe".