Ultimate Saturn Video Tribute!

I found this rather excellent Saturn tribute by total accident! It's very pertinent to my own videogaming life, but if it seems at a tad irrelevant to our most revered console, be patient! It all comes good in the end! Watch and enjoy!

You are out on the streets - Saturn Video.

A nice compilation video. I can't say that I am a fan of Twisted Sister but this seems to work just fine.



Bonus points to anyone who can name all the games featured in this!

Is the PS3 the new Saturn?

I was reading this article over at defunct games when that question hit me...

http://www.defunctgames.com/shows.php?id=feuds-125

This is of course not the first time this has come up. Many people are actually making this connection.

http://valve.1up.com/flat/Themeweek/Valve/video5.html

So basically they are comparing the marketing and such. But as much as people have ragged on the Saturn, it still has a pretty wide retro fanbase. Will the PS3, with it's dwindling supple of exclusive games, have such a fanbase in a few years? Considering the fact that I can't play RE Outbreak online anymore I wonder how those cool little PS3 features and games will age? When it comes down to it I think that the Saturn is a much better retro gaming system than the PS3 will ever be.

I would have to say that if someone offered me a Saturn in box or a new PS3 in box right now (And I couldn't sell the PS3 right away for cash) I might actually pick the Saturn (If it were a Dreamcast there would be no question, Dreamcast). PS3 games and accessories are obscenely priced (as is all current generation stuff) it might acutally be cheaper to get NiGHTS, Panzer Dragoon and Shining Force games then to pay for new unproven PS3 ones. Plus the PS3 has a bunch of options I can't use since I can't get a decent ISP where I live currently.

In conclusion I would have to say that comparing the PS3 to the Saturn at this point is an insult to the Saturn. The PS3 might very well pick up and "win" the current console wars. It might have some cool games that could turn into classics. But, will it be as cool as the Saturn in it's retro years? I really don't think can be. Real lovers of retro video games have loved the Saturn because it spawned some the best classic video games ever made. To automatically assume that some PS3 games will become as coveted is stretching the lines of reality a bit.

Oh and don't think that I like any of the other current consoles just because I picked up on this thread. I don't have any of them and I won't consider buying any of them until the price goes under $100.

And don't compare the PS3 to the Dreamcast. The undead king of consoles kicks the PS3's ass... That's a proven FACT in my mind.

The Saturn finally gets Return Fire

Return Fire (MobyGames entry), was a pretty fine Playstation/3DO/PC shmup that sadly never made it to the Sega Saturn. Well, not until now, that is, for the brilliant people over at sega-saturn.net got their hands on a lovely unreleased, slightly problematic, but definitely finished version of the game (with the help of developer Prolific, no less), patched it to perfection and released it for free. Yes, 100% free. Simply follow the link, scroll down to the downloading bit and get yourselves a professionally produced Saturn game.

Some random Saturn Pics.

Here are some of the different variations of the Saturn as well as some add-ons I never knew existed until today...






Sonic chillin' with the black and white image...

OK a floppy drive...? I had no idea ANYTHING like this existed for the Saturn...

This is a printer for the Saturn...? What the heck did it print?

If any of you have seen some cool Saturn stuff or custom paintjobs and mods please leave a link in the comment section.

By the way... a MINT Virtua Cop disk is now mine.... $.98

Whoot!

In case you missed this.

A bit of a late link but a worthwhile one...

Racketboy has listed an awesome list of "hidden gems" for the Saturn.

http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2007/03/best-undiscovered-sega-saturn-games.html

Any Saturn fan worth his or her salt would know about many of these titles but this is an excellent resource for those of you that think that the only two games released on the Saturn were "NiGHTS" and "Panzer Dragoon".

On a side note one of my recent additions to my collection, "Mr. Bones", was included in this list.

Read the blog before you go to your next bargin bin hunt!