Monday 30 May 2011

Sega Rally Online Arcade


So with the Saturn celebrating 16 glorious years since it first lightened up the lives of videogamers and Sega-heads everywhere, what better time than now to bring us back a piece of unparalleled Saturn driving glory?

Now, for a mere pittance of 800 microsoft points, you can re-live the magic of the original '95 Saturn Sega Rally Desert stage, only with the beautiful graphic quality of 2007's Sega Rally Revo and the sublime bouncy arcade car physics of Sega Rally 3!

This really is a Saturn fan's wet dream. At the moment the only cars you can race the Desert stage with are the Toyota Celica ST205 or the Lancia Super Delta HF Integrale, with no sign of Sandro Munari's Lancia Stratos HF so far. Whether this, as well as the Forest and Mountain stages from the original will eventually be downloadable or unlockable remains to be seen.

As for now, the joy of this blast of admittedly limited nostalgia is satisfying enough; with the addition of online leaderboards showing the best times worldwide, as well as the ability to race on the famed '95 Desert Stage against online opponents through xbox live - there is some longevity to be had here.

I've played it to death! My best time on the track so far is 2:31.79 with the Toyota Celica (automatic gears.) The handling is superb, plus the right noises and commentary on the soundtrack to really get those Saturn juices flowing!

If you haven't got a 360, it'll be out soon on PS3. Failing that, get your Saturn out and play the original! Despite the pixelllated visuals, the gameplay and handling are as good as ever!

2 comments:

RedTail said...

I'm not really sure how to contact you guys, so I figured this was my best bet. An ultra-rare Korean "Samsung Saturn" was auctioned off on eBay yesterday. This was the first one I've seen listed on eBay since I started looking for one three years ago. It sold for $717. Sadly way out of my price range...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&rt=nc&nma=true&item=140563611606&si=ZGJ2eKHIgzqA19T5tYvqMjz0Egw%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT#ht_1412wt_1139

If that doesn't work, the auction ID# is 140563611606. All the information on the system is there in the auction details. The seller even quotes the old gamesx article on it.

Hope ya find this newsworthy!

fatherkrishna said...

Thanks for the heads up redtail, we'll look into it immediately! :)