Official Sega Saturn Thread

Another vote for Batsugen. Best $8 I've ever spent. Everything mentioned thus far is fantastic as well, and I second all of the picks except for maybe Layer Section 2. The first one is great though.

A few other shooters worth looking at:

Salamander Deluxe Pack: great ports of Salamander and Lifeforce, although I think the NES one is more fun. I like these much better than the Gradius games they spun off of. Salamander 2 is a fantastic shooter that might be a little too easy.

Gunbird- more straightlaced than the second one.

Konami Antiques MSX Collection- this collection, while lacking a few important Konami titles, does feature a few good, albeit primitive with choppy MSX scrolling, shooters, such as Knightmare, Gradius, Time Pilot, and more. The standout is easily Gradius 2, (or is it called Gopher or something) which is a different game than arcade/other systems versions of the same. I think if the graphics (some of the best on the MSX) were of the calibre of later entries, it would be regarded as the best in the series.

Has anyone played Kingdom Grandprix?

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Originally Posted by Vasteel

Salamander Deluxe Pack: great ports of Salamander and Lifeforce, although I think the NES one is more fun. I like these much better than the Gradius games they spun off of. Salamander 2 is a fantastic shooter that might be a little too easy.

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The PSP version is better, cheaper and more common though.

As for Kingdom Grandprix... it's so so. Fun 2 player, but pretty dull 1 player. The 2 player is nowhere near as fun as Twinkle Star Sprites as well.

Also if you are a fan of Bubble Bobble, Bubble Symphony is a great game, bit pricey though. The Saturn may be the only home platform for the game in Japan, I know it was released for Taito Legends 2 in Europe but appeared only on the Xbox rev. *-neo

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Originally Posted by bbobb

The PSP version is better, cheaper and more common though.

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It didn't even cross my mind. You are correct though.

Oh man, I need Bubble Symphony. Strider, tell me if you see any copies of that.

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Originally Posted by Vasteel

Konami Antiques MSX Collection- this collection, while lacking a few important Konami titles, does feature a few good, albeit primitive with choppy MSX scrolling, shooters, such as Knightmare, Gradius, Time Pilot, and more. The standout is easily Gradius 2, (or is it called Gopher or something) which is a different game than arcade/other systems versions of the same. I think if the graphics (some of the best on the MSX) were of the calibre of later entries, it would be regarded as the best in the series.

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This is a pretty good compilation but yeah, they could have added a few more big titles. I quite like Magical Tree. It's an underrated platformer and the choppy scrolling which often brings down MSX games compared to FC games isn't a big deal on it.

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Originally Posted by MechDeus

ME is GOW slapped into KOTOR, but still makes for a fairly unique take on RPGs.

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If your argument is that GH is a unique take on sidecrolling beat'em ups because you can issue commands to a bot and do combos on several planes then that says enough about your opinion right there. Capcom AVP (not the SFC one), D&D series and Knights of Valour series added much more to the genre with their team play mechanics .

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Originally Posted by neoalphazero

Also if you are a fan of Bubble Bobble, Bubble Symphony is a great game, bit pricey though. The Saturn may be the only home platform for the game in Japan, I know it was released for Taito Legends 2 in Europe but appeared only on the Xbox rev. *-neo

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I've played Bubble Bobble way too much on the C-64, but I had seen a North American release(Saturn) that also included Rainbow Islands. Is Rainbow Island worthy of the purchase?

http://www.mobygames.com/game/saturn...ainbow-islands

Decent package if you don't pay a lot. I still prefer the NES version of Bubble Bobble to the arcade one for some reason.

The Saturn compilation of Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands is a ghastly travesty that should not be touched. Both games are conversions, not ports. Furthermore, important things such as the secret world in Rainbow Islands are missing.