Sega Saturn Heroes - Astal, Segata Sanshiro, Bug, Mr. Bones, etc

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Happy Birthday to Fighter's History Dynamite (JP Saturn)!

The quest to defeat the mysterious Baron of Battlers, the mysterious K, is on.
In order to get to this grotesque gladiator, however, you need to fight your way through 11 matches with the most skilled, most deadly of all combatants in the world of physical contact.
Use your powers of pulverization, psychic energy blasts, and ridiculous strength to become the explosive fighting god in FIGHTERS HISTORY DYNAMITE!

Link : https://segaretro.org/Fighter%27s_History_Dynamite

[Mystic Monkey]

That's also mean a success in another way.
Success is when you find people are copying you.
People always copy from the best one, means SEGA used to be the best.

I guess, but Virtua Fighter isn't as popular as Tekken or Dead or Alive despite the fact Virtua fighter pioneered the fighting genre the successful games use.

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I guess, but Virtua Fighter isn't as popular as Tekken or Dead or Alive despite the fact Virtua fighter pioneered the fighting genre the successful games use.

Arcade aside, Playstation is more well known than Saturn afterall.
May be VF would be more succesful if it's started on Playstation console.
In term of visibility of course, the lack of proper sequel after VF5 is still SEGA's fault.

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Atelier Online - Server Closure Announcement

We're sorry to inform you that we decided to shut down the game server of Atelier Online from August 3,2022 permanently.
Thanks for your support as always.

The specific arrangements are as follows:
1. The in-game purchases and registration will be closed on Aug.3 2022 (UTC+0)
2. The game will be removed from Google Play/App Store on Aug.3 2022 (UTC+0)
3. The server will be shut down on Aug. 17 2022 (UTC+0)
4. You can apply for refund from Aug. 17 2022 to Aug. 31 2022 (UTC+0)

Kindly notice that we only support the refund of your owned Paid Cole.

We will do our best to offer good game experience and service. We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the shutting down.
Thanks for your understanding.

Source : https://www.facebook.com/109863071160505/posts/pfbid02do3j4AETkVbwbrdB7exCc5jMNLYENKUMfV4ipd4j4yfh5qVDFDEAmJVTQrQns6bpl/

[Mystic Monkey]

Arcade aside, Playstation is more well known than Saturn afterall.
May be VF would be more succesful if it's started on Playstation console.
In term of visibility of course, the lack of proper sequel after VF5 is still SEGA's fault.

Playstation was more well known as Saturn because Saturn was rushed to hit the shelves before it's competitor.
What did Playstation had? "Two-ninety-nine".

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Playstation was more well known as Saturn because Saturn was rushed to hit the shelves before it's competitor.
What did Playstation had? "Two-ninety-nine".

"Two-ninety-nine" was indeed a killer line.

Saturn was rushed because 32X failed badly.
32X was SEGA attempt to move from 16-bit market since 16-bit market isn't profiting anymore since 1995.

In 1995, Sega of America published about 20 games on the Genesis, around the same number that it published in the peak year of 1993.
These included Comix Zone, Phantasy Star IV, and Vectorman, and Vectorman in particular received a huge marketing campaign.
Despite still selling a decent number of now budget-priced Genesis consoles, the games were just not selling.

1995’s almost like a return of the 1982 "Atari Shock" for SEGA, Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, etc
1996 was a final battle, like the quote of Phantasy Star IV.

Source : https://mdshock.com/2022/05/09/a-second-atari-shock-the-decline-of-the-16-bit-console-era/

[Mystic Monkey]

"Two-ninety-nine" was indeed a killer line.

Saturn was rushed because 32X failed badly.
32X was SEGA attempt to move from 16-bit market since 16-bit market isn't profiting anymore since 1995.

In 1995, Sega of America published about 20 games on the Genesis, around the same number that it published in the peak year of 1993.
These included Comix Zone, Phantasy Star IV, and Vectorman, and Vectorman in particular received a huge marketing campaign.
Despite still selling a decent number of now budget-priced Genesis consoles, the games were just not selling.

1995’s almost like a return of the 1982 "Atari Shock" for SEGA, Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, etc
1996 was a final battle, like the quote of Phantasy Star IV.

Source : https://mdshock.com/2022/05/09/a-second-atari-shock-the-decline-of-the-16-bit-console-era/

Still despite it's poor market the Sega Saturn was still a decent console given it allowed to play arcade favorites at home.

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Still despite it's poor market the Sega Saturn was still a decent console given it allowed to play arcade favorites at home.

Yes, especially 2D VS fighting game.
Almost of them were arcade perfect while Playstation version usually suffered lost of many frames,
or worse, changing the gameplay to solve the memory issue.

Arcade and Saturn version of X-Men vs Street Fighter and Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter is Tag-Team 2  vs 2 fighting,
while Playstation version become 1 vs 1 fighting.
It strips out its best features (tag-team battles) and extends the the one-round battles to a two-out-of-three round setup.
The long loading between matches didn't help either.

[Mystic Monkey]

Yes, especially 2D VS fighting game.
Almost of them were arcade perfect while Playstation version usually suffered lost of many frames,
or worse, changing the gameplay to solve the memory issue.

Arcade and Saturn version of X-Men vs Street Fighter and Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter is Tag-Team 2  vs 2 fighting,
while Playstation version become 1 vs 1 fighting.
It strips out its best features (tag-team battles) and extends the the one-round battles to a two-out-of-three round setup.
The long loading between matches didn't help either.

It did had plenty of exclusives not to scoff at either.

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It did had plenty of exclusives not to scoff at either.

I probably only have tried 30% of those exclusive games, lol, on rental.
I was mostly arcade gamers back then so the one that caught my attention always port from arcade.
But I remember I was blown away with Magic Knight Rayearth's beautiful 2D graphic.

[Mystic Monkey]

I probably only have tried 30% of those exclusive games, lol, on rental.
I was mostly arcade gamers back then so the one that caught my attention always port from arcade.
But I remember I was blown away with Magic Knight Rayearth's beautiful 2D graphic.

Yeah for a console made to compete to the 3D market, it still had good 2D games.

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Illustration of Uncle (From Another World) with characters from Guardian Heroes.
(Uncle is a huge fan of this game).





Link : https://segaretro.org/Guardian_Heroes

[Mystic Monkey]

Illustration of Uncle (From Another World) with characters from Guardian Heroes.
(Uncle is a huge fan of this game).





Link : https://segaretro.org/Guardian_Heroes

I wonder what's uncle's oppinion on the Dreamcast as well as Sonic Adventure on the Nintendo GameCube afterwards.

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I wonder what's uncle's oppinion on the Dreamcast as well as Sonic Adventure on the Nintendo GameCube afterwards.

As far as I remember, there are no console or SEGA games that he hates ... other than those visual novel games port form PC.
If the console has SEGA games, he'll try it.

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Celebrating 27 Years of SEGA Saturn in Europe! 🪐

Yesterday marks 27 years since the Saturn landed in Europe! 🪐
In Europe?
Why not celebrate by exploring the Saturn range from SEGA Shope Europe like these official pins and charging mats!
*SEGA Rally only for reference: charging mats will not play Saturn games
The SEGA Saturn Range is available from SEGA Shop Europe below!

🇬🇧 https://www.segashop.co.uk/collections/saturn
🇪🇺 https://www.segashop.eu/collections/saturn