Saturn ??? (Import, KoF, 4-in-1 cart)

Just picked up another Saturn today for 29 bucks with two of the sweet style game pads. (score!)

I have about 10 imports now, but have been using the st-key/4 meg cart combo to play my games up to this point.

Unfortunatly all the cart switching broke my old Saturn, so I'm ordering one of the Action Replay 4-in-1 carts.

And after looking online at some Saturn stuff, I figured this would be a great time to pick up some new imports, and ask some questions.

Here we go (and thanks in advance everybody!):

• >The 4-in-1 cart stays in the cart slot all the time I'm guessing, and has no problems with any imports. It works fine with all the SNK imports which require the 1-meg ram cart also?
  
  >How are the King of Fighters games? I've played 95 a looong time ago, and I remember the load times being pretty bad. How are the rest of the KoF's?
  
  >I'm thinking about picking up the Gradius/Sexy/Paradius games, anybody have any impressions on them?
  
  >Any good saturn sites dealing with info/impressions on imports and saturn shooters in particular (I've been reading up at www.sega-saturn.com a bit to start)?
  
  >Any good sites to pick up saturn imports? I've been checking ncsx, cart-mart, and ebay so far.

Phew...didn't expect this post to get so long, so thanks again!

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Originally posted by Kidnemo

• >The 4-in-1 cart stays in the cart slot all the time I'm guessing, and has no problems with any imports. It works fine with all the SNK imports which require the 1-meg ram cart also?
  
  >How are the King of Fighters games? I've played 95 a looong time ago, and I remember the load times being pretty bad. How are the rest of the KoF's?
  
  >I'm thinking about picking up the Gradius/Sexy/Paradius games, anybody have any impressions on them?
  
  >Any good saturn sites dealing with info/impressions on imports and saturn shooters in particular (I've been reading up at www.sega-saturn.com a bit to start)?
  
  >Any good sites to pick up saturn imports? I've been checking ncsx, cart-mart, and ebay so far.

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The 4-in-1 works wonders. I leave it in all the time and have yet to have a problem. Yes, it works with SNK games requiring the 1 meg cart... A must have.

I think the KOF games on SS are supposed to be pretty decent if not very good... I have yet to get any, unfortunately...

The Parodius games are supposed to be pretty good as well... Don't expect anything serious... Just goofy good times.

www.shmups.com, of course... for any SS shooter stuff. sega-saturn.com, like you mentioned... is pretty decent.

Try www.wolfgames.com for SS goods. Matt is a great man. Also, www.gexpress.com is very decent too.

make sure you get the 4 -1 plus
something baout how it handles the 1 meg cart stuff or something i dont remember exactly but theirs a faq over at gamefaqs that explains it

i think with the KoF stuff they need their own special cart maybe not all of them but i could be wrong


as far as finding a place to get games forums seem to be the best place to get good deals

theres a couple people selling their saturn stuff on ww.neo-geo.com's forums

there sone guy on there x-neo done business with him twice now for saturn stuff gave a great price and was a great seller

As far as play control goes, the KOF Saturn games are great, probably the best you will get without actually paying for a Neo. KOF 95 loaded pretty quickly, the others loaded dreadfully slow, which is why I never played them very much... Remember, it has to load between EVERY SINGLE ROUND. A game in the arcade may only take 20 minutes to beat, while on the Saturn it could more than double that, since often the loading takes longer than the match, particularly in the earlier games where a super does like 75% damage.

Also, KOF 95 requires it's own Ram cart, all the rest work with the 4-in-1. To play KOF 95, you have to stick in the 4 in 1 to boot the game, then switch cartridges to get it to work.

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Originally posted by Johnpv
make sure you get the 4 -1 plus
something baout how it handles the 1 meg cart stuff or something i dont remember exactly but theirs a faq over at gamefaqs that explains it

i think with the KoF stuff they need their own special cart maybe not all of them but i could be wrong


as far as finding a place to get games forums seem to be the best place to get good deals

theres a couple people selling their saturn stuff on ww.neo-geo.com's forums

there sone guy on there x-neo done business with him twice now for saturn stuff gave a great price and was a great seller

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I'm not sure if this was the site that one Neo-Geo owner was talking about, but if it has a guy named Dion, or Chris.... run! They are natorious for selling official SNK carts, when in fact they are burned roms. They are destroying the gaming collectors stock of games. Look back about 8 pages of these forums, for a post dealing with these guys. It's not just one guy that got screwed, but a bunch of people.


Try www.mcvans.com or www.telegames.com

no www.neo-geo.com is run by Shawn and the mortal enemies of Dion so worry not 95% of the people are neo-geo.com are trustworthy so i wouldnt worry

Thanks so far for the replies everybody!

Anybody else have some more usefull info?

Well...I really love the Parodius series so I recommend getting all the games if you can. The two best are chatting parodius (forever with me) and sexy parodius. Then there's the collection of the first two. That is alright but I like chatting and sexy more. STILL have not gotten all the hidden fairies in chatting. Fuckin hard as hell.

Certain games require their own ram cart (or rom cart...i think) so that would be the only occasion you'd have to take out the 4-in-1. Oh and the early version of the 4-in-1 didn't work with Vampire Savior. That was fixed soon after they were made but I don't know how to tell the difference between the ones that work with VS and the ones that don't.

As for shmups...I said I wouldn't say anything about it but why the fuck not? Radiant Silvergun should be on the top of your list. I don't care what some people say. It will really amaze you. Some people like to downplay the greatness of this game. Don't listen to them. Though RS is going for a lot now. Hopefully you can get a good deal on it. Other notable shmups that you may want to look for are Souky, Galactic Attack (US release...get it!!!), Darius Gaiden (also US release...that means...GET IT!!!:P), Battle Garegga (though I don't think it's as great as some people do...just me I guess), Batsugun (fun but only 5 stages), In The Hunt (us game...get it if you can), The Game Paradise (I've heard good things about this game), Time Bokan (this one as well), Metal Black, Sengoku Blade (also expensive as hell now), Sega Ages: Fantasy Zone, Sonic Wings Special (you can usually find this one for not that bad a price), Thunder Force V/Gold Pack 1/2, Sheinryu and probably some more I'm forgetting. They are all good shmups. Well...I have played a good portion of them and the rest I've heard are very good from other people. Every game on here I don't have I plan on getting also.

So good luck on your quest. I hope you have a shitload of money.:)

Later all...

this shoudl help you with the questions with the 4 in 1 and you deffinetly want a 4 in 1 plus works with all the games that dont require their own specific rom cart

http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/satur...urn_4_in_1.txt

some times Gamfaqs doesnt let you link directly to faqs so if it doesnt hmm do a save as on that link or just go to game faqs then their saturn section then saturn hardware faqs and then youll see the 4 in 1 faq

i have the US release of Darius Gaiden quite a fun game :) i reccomend it

also if y ou like 3d fighters fighters megamix seems to be a big fav I have it not a big 3d fighting game fan but its fun from time to time

dont forget the saturn has the BEST versions of the alpha series

so if you dont have them allready i say Street Fighter Alpha 1,2, and 3 (import only, need to get this myself soon) are must haves ohh and dont forget Street Fighter Collection i dont knwo if 2 was ever made on the saturn but i have the first one its quite good better than the PSX rev (i have both)

also if you can pick up the import of Xmen Children of the Atom over the US rev (the end boss isnt such a bitch and you can pick Juggernaunt with a code in the japanese version)

I'll answer all that I can...

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>How are the King of Fighters games? I've played 95 a looong time ago, and I remember the load times being pretty bad. How are the rest of the KoF's?

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KoF 95 is the best of the Saturn ports due to the ROM cart. Keep in mind that since KoF 95 uses a ROM cart(Not RAM cart) you cannot play it on a US Saturn unless you have a switch installed or you swap carts(which as you know is a bad idea).

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>I'm thinking about picking up the Gradius/Sexy/Paradius games, anybody have any impressions on them?

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I've got Parodius Deluxe Pack, it is a collection of two of the Parodius games. As I am sure you know, Parodius is a parody of Gradius, so in another words, it has similar play mechanics, only more humorous. They are fun horizontal shooters, and worth a look.

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>Any good saturn sites dealing with info/impressions on imports and saturn shooters in particular (I've been reading up at www.sega-saturn.com a bit to start)?

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You can find my reviews and low quality screens of Saturn games at my site . If you are looking for import info across a variety of systems(including Saturn), check out Jvgfanatic . There you will find reviews by me and quite a few others, along with a ton of great quality screenshots by the other staff members.

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>Any good sites to pick up saturn imports? I've been checking ncsx, cart-mart, and ebay so far

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http://www.wolfgames.com is the only place you need.