Weird and beautiful Sega Saturn games

Tailzo · Dec 29, 2019

FormatCompatible said:
Speaking of Eno and his coolness.

Please make a post about Real Sound: Kaze no Regret Tailzo. It's such a awesome thing.

Making a multi-thread-post is the perfect end to my work in this thread I think :)

Real Sound: Kaze no Regret
is an adventure audio game developed by Warp and published by Sega. The game was first released for the Saturn in July 1997, and later for the Dreamcast in March 1999. Real Sound was intended to provide equal access to sighted and blind players. Warp's president, Kenji Eno, created the game after receiving numerous appreciation letters from blind fans of his games in Japan. Eno visited a number of his visually disabled fans to learn how it is that blind people could play the visually rich action game genre.

Meech said:
I'm loving this thread. Brings back so many good memories.

Thank you :)

Lylo said:
Watching this thread i think that a lot of devs (mostly indies, i guess) try to replicate retro graphics and fail miserably. Just looking at some of the screens, i realize that there are so many art styles that devs don't seem to tackle and that look beautiful.

KingDrool said:
I agree with this. I'd love more "32-bit style" games to be released. There was an artistry there that seemed specific to that era and we don't see it much these days.

More indie 32-bit please

Andrew Korenchkin said:
Well this is trippy.

Trippy and beautiful :)

andymcc said:
Elevator Action Returns is one of the best action games ever made-- period. SO FUCKING good.

The Ving Taito ports were all awesome. Bubble Symphony and Mizubaku Daibouken included.

So many, so great too :)

Rotini Noodle said:
Astal was and still is gorgeous. Completely makes up for the mediocre gameplay.

It is so beautiful though :)

Goddo Hando said:
Heads up to anyone playing Elevator Action Returns on the Saturn. You can unlock Elevator Action 1 by beating the game and saving your highscore initials.

Or you can use the code found here https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/saturn/197220-elevator-action-returns/cheats

Thank you for the information. That is really cool :)

pswii60 said:
I want to play all the games in this thread. Loving it. Didn't know about most of these.

Nice!

Piggychan said:
got mine around 2006 and even then I was hesitant because of it's price then..

This is so beautiful!

TGR Onix said:
Holy crap. I played a lot of Baku Baku but I had totally forgotten. Thanks for reminding me of such good memories.

Yeah, it was also ported to Sega Gamegear. See

8-bit games that you want to tell us about

Tizoc said:
Madou Monogatari would be localized/translated as Sorcery Saga. It spawned the Puyo Puyo series...assuming you didn't know :P

Oh thank you for that trivia :)

FormatCompatible said:
Akihiro Yamada. His art is so fucking good, especially love his work on The Twelve Kingdoms

Oh that is really beautiful!

Tetrinski said:
It reminda me a lot of Incoming on the Dreamcast, another ugly as fuck game.

Please post it in my new Dreamcast thread :) Cool and interesting Sega Dreamcast games

Encephalon said:
These are from soul hackers

Thanks, fixed :)

Dragon1893 said:
Deep Fear was the last game released in Europe for the Saturn if memory serves and also the last one I bought for the system. It was a surprisingly ambitious RE clone. Man, I'd love to replay that one.
At this point I was pretty bitter about all the amazing games that were being released in Japan and not in the west (with some even being ported to the psone and released in the west by Sony to add insult to injury), not to mention the cancellation of my 2 most anticipated games, Sonic Xtreme and VF3.
Towards the end of 98 I moved to the PSone and never looked back.

Yeah, Deep Fear looks great.

HueyFreeman said:
wtf man

I adore Bug!'s artstyle, you take that shit back.

Sorry, I agree. In a way we should agree that we can see beauty in all kind of styles :)

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ReyVGM · Dec 29, 2019

Now people are just posting the entire saturn library.

Tailzo · Dec 29, 2019

ReyVGM said:
Now people are just posting the entire saturn library.

You get it. ALL Saturn games are beautiful in their own way :)

retrosega · Dec 29, 2019

Tailzo said:
You get it. ALL Saturn games are beautiful in their own way :)

100% agree. The Saturn is such a great retro console.
Up there with the NeoGeo AES imo.

Piggychan · Jan 1, 2020

Tailzo said:
Azel Panzer Dragoon RPG
The Japanese version wasn't expensive at all when I was in Tokyo in 2013, so I am lucky enough to own it. The polygons are not the most beautiful, but I love the art style, the language and wordl building. Really special game :) It was released in Japan in 1998 for the Sega Saturn.

Decided to dig this out and play

EDIT

IrishNinja · Jan 2, 2020

i love everything about this thread

Nas braindead 13 been covered yet

Huey · Jan 2, 2020

Piggychan said:
Decided to dig this out and play

Ah your screenshot links are broken. Please fix!

Piggychan · Jan 2, 2020

HueyFreeman said:
Ah your screenshot links are broken. Please fix!

for some reason the gifs are becoming too big maybe they didn't load fast for you? I changed them to YT video links instead

Alive2007 · Jan 2, 2020

Piggychan said:
for some reason the gifs are becoming too big maybe they didn't load fast for you? I changed them to YT video links instead

The gifs worked for me. I can still see them in the quote above.

Huey · Jan 2, 2020

Piggychan said:
for some reason the gifs are becoming too big maybe they didn't load fast for you? I changed them to YT video links instead

Shoot - not sure why, just checked my connection and getting 125mbps. Def leave the gifs (maybe in addition), seems like they're working for other users and they're so much more immediately engaging in threads like this EDIT: wtf they're working on mobile. Chrrrroooome!! Definitely leave them up now, though, lovely gifs!

On topic, I haven't seen psyth before - looks amazing

Piggychan · Jan 2, 2020

HueyFreeman said:
On topic, I haven't seen psyth before - looks amazing

It's a hidden game in the Saturn port of Konami's dating sim: Tokimeki memorial

The other hidden game is twin bee time attack

Klart · Jan 14, 2020

Three Dirty Dwarves was pretty cool. Too bad I didn't have the multitap to play it with three players.

Guardian Heroes was sublime. Still it got only ported to Xbox. It's the primary reason I'd buy an Xbox if I ever buy one.

Tailzo · Apr 5, 2020

Klart said:
Three Dirty Dwarves was pretty cool. Too bad I didn't have the multitap to play it with three players.

Guardian Heroes was sublime. Still it got only ported to Xbox. It's the primary reason I'd buy an Xbox if I ever buy one.

I've bought the xbla version in anticipation of buying the next xbox console in the future :)

I am thinking about playing some Saturn again, looked at the thread and I will pick one arcade gameplay kinda game and one of my rpgs :)

Weiss · Apr 5, 2020

I'd give up my N64 to have grown up with a Saturn, if only because that library isn't as hard to come across.

dock · Apr 6, 2020

This week I learned about Bulk Slash which does an amazing job with huge environments and different types of gameplay. I really wish I had been able to play this in 1998!!

Tailzo · Aug 4, 2020

dock said:
This week I learned about Bulk Slash which does an amazing job with huge environments and different types of gameplay. I really wish I had been able to play this in 1998!!

Looks great :) I've watched several videos of Sega Saturn games (for example the Panzer Dragoon games) that explain why Sega Saturn could render big 3d areas. Can't really retell it in details, but it is cool :)

RestEerie · Aug 4, 2020

Tell me this is not beautiful..

Astal

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Dragon Force

Albert Odyssey

Panzer Dragoon Zwei

Christian · Aug 4, 2020

I think I lost all faith in the video game industry when Dragon Force was allowed to die after two installments on the Saturn.

Zonar · Aug 4, 2020

Christian said:
I think I lost all faith in the video game industry when Dragon Force was allowed to die after two installments on the Saturn.

FUCKING FACTS!

I played Dragon Force 2 for the first time with the English patch. How has no one stolen this gameplay loop?

DjRalford · Aug 4, 2020

Loved my Saturn, when I got my Dreamcast I lent my Saturn to a friend, a number of years later I found they'd sold it.

Was gutted.

super moustique · Aug 4, 2020

RestEerie said:
Panzer Dragoon Zwei

I haven't played it yet but it looks very clean in that gif !

JaredTaco · Aug 4, 2020

DjRalford said:
Loved my Saturn, when I got my Dreamcast I lent my Saturn to a friend, a number of years later I found they'd sold it.

Was gutted.

Sorry to hear that! I definitely had some bad experiences with lending games/systems to friends.

Augemitbutter · Aug 4, 2020

DjRalford said:
Loved my Saturn, when I got my Dreamcast I lent my Saturn to a friend, a number of years later I found they'd sold it.

Was gutted.

that's savage. Everyone has their bad stories with lending. I lost some NES and MD games that way.

julian · Aug 4, 2020

Augemitbutter said:
that's savage. Everyone has their bad stories with lending. I lost some NES and MD games that way.

I lent out my GameCube, component cable, memory cards and many pricy games to my uncle's step-grandson....then he got a divorce and I would never see that kid again.

Lent my NES and games to a neighbor and his father one day just sold it all to Funcoland without saying anything. When I asked him where it all went he told me he sold it. I was upset, but he legitimately didn't give a shit and just shrugged.

DeadMoonKing · Aug 4, 2020

I lent out my copy of Valkyie Profile and the strategy guide and then lost touch with person, so lost forever.
Luckily, I rebought it from a friend in Japanese so I still have a copy, but still...

Piggychan · Aug 4, 2020

Tailzo said:
Did you know Grandia got another Saturn release?

Grandia - Digital Museum
I found this while thinking about posting screens of Grandia, as that game was the most beautiful in its original Sega Saturn version. Did anyone try this?

I found this from the wiki

edit:

I might give this a play through some day it's been sitting in my collection for some time although lately I am getting some issues with the capture card / RGB cable so until these get sorted it's just gonna collect dust. You just basically run around with Justin, Feena and Sue starting at lvl 20+ with some established magics which you just need to level up in some new dungeons and fighting the same enemies and bosses from the main game.

unlocking bestiaries

new dungeons plus that saturn special effect

unlock the preliminary artworks

Don Fluffles · Aug 4, 2020

Tailzo said:
Ok, I believe you. That's the info Giantbomb had :)

Guardian Heroes
One of my most loved Saturn games. I played and replayed and replayed this game! Action rps at the finest!

Agh you made me remember the fantastic XBLA remaster. We need all those Treasure games on modern storefronts as ASAP as possible.

Dache · Aug 4, 2020

Don Fluffles said:
Agh you made me remember the fantastic XBLA remaster. We need all those Treasure games on modern storefronts as ASAP as possible.

It's backwards-compat on XB1 and still available for sale, as is Radiant Silvergun XBLA.

Don Fluffles · Aug 4, 2020

Dache said:
It's backwards-compat on XB1 and still available for sale, as is Radiant Silvergun XBLA.

Great to know! Just hoping it's easily accessible via the X1 store.

They just also belong in Steam anyway.

Kent · Aug 4, 2020

Don Fluffles said:
Great to know! Just hoping it's easily accessible via the X1 store.

They just also belong in Steam anyway.

I think they recently changed up the backwards-compatible entries on the Xbox One store to be more properly-accessible for things like paying with gift card balance and such.

Piggychan · Aug 4, 2020

julian said:
There's no real benefit to the Saturn version of Lunar. If you're missing GameArts go play Grandia instead. And if you're missing Working Designs, play Albert Odyssey Or Magic Knight Rayearth or Dragon Force.
Somebody should post screens who has a computer....

audio wise I am bias to the Saturn versions but the Lunar games they added in more stuff for PSX Ports like extra bromides and dungeons, new bosses etc..

sir_crocodile · Aug 22, 2020

Tailzo said:
I wish everything would be translated in the HD port. It wasn't, right?

Anyway, a lot of strategy rpgs have been shown, but not this one:

Zanma Chou Ougi Valhollian
Simulation - RPG game, published by KAMATA & PARTNERS, which was released in Japan in 1998 for the Sega Saturn. As far as I know never translated. I like the look of it :)

Looks like we'll get to try it soon.

Tailzo · Aug 22, 2020

sir_crocodile said:
Looks like we'll get to try it soon.

Thank you for posting this sir_crocodile ! I'm excited :)

Kakihara · Aug 22, 2020

Tailzo said:
Thank you for posting this sir_crocodile ! I'm excited :)

Wow, so many saturn translations happening right now. What a time to be alive.

werezompire · Aug 22, 2020

I wish there was a company that specialized in licensing, localizing, and porting old Saturn games because there are so many weird & great games that people who don't know Japanese never got a chance to play. And even of the localized Saturn games, most of those are prohibitively expensive to buy these days.

Huey · Aug 22, 2020

DjRalford said:
Loved my Saturn, when I got my Dreamcast I lent my Saturn to a friend, a number of years later I found they'd sold it.

Was gutted.

Augemitbutter said:
that's savage. Everyone has their bad stories with lending. I lost some NES and MD games that way.

JaredTaco said:
Sorry to hear that! I definitely had some bad experiences with lending games/systems to friends.

I swear when it comes to games, there are no good lending stories.

DjRalford · Aug 22, 2020

Huey said:
I swear when it comes to games, there are no good lending stories.

Yeah it never works out, on the plus side I just found out that my C64 and Atari 2600 are still in my dads loft with all my old games.

sir_crocodile · Sep 29, 2020

Tailzo said:
Thank you for posting this sir_crocodile ! I'm excited :)

It's done!

Zanma Chouougi Valhollian

This is complete translation of the Zanma Chouougi Valhollian title into English.

www.romhacking.net

In the readme the team mention the game is brutally hard lol

Piggychan · Nov 17, 2020

Tailzo said:
A more well known very beautiful 2d gem is

Princess Crown
an Action - RPG game released in Japan in 1997 for the Sega Saturn. From some of the same people behind Odins Sphere

I'm so happy that recently indie games have been pushing beyond 16 bit visuals. I love the Sega Saturn kinda game look :) If you're unfamiliar with Sega Saturn games, please take a look here:

a database for Sega Saturn games

Goddo Hando · Nov 17, 2020

as an odin sphere fan, a princess crown translation would be a dream come true

Sumio Mondo · Nov 17, 2020

Princess Crown looks amazing. Such amazing sprite art and animations.

electricmastro · Aug 15, 2021

Nice little adventure game:

heavy liquid · Aug 15, 2021

I saw the title Blazing Dragons and then looked at the picture and thought "they definitely drew that dragon to look high, must be a joke about how he's blazed". Then I looked down and saw Cheech Marin did voice work and laughed.

electricmastro · Aug 15, 2021

heavy liquid said:
I saw the title Blazing Dragons and then looked at the picture and thought "they definitely drew that dragon to look high, must be a joke about how he's blazed". Then I looked down and saw Cheech Marin did voice work and laughed.

Guess it shouldn't be too surprising for a game that has that Monty Python comedic spirit. lol

electricmastro · Aug 16, 2021

More Saturn gems:

electricmastro · Aug 16, 2021

electricmastro · Aug 16, 2021

Glimlocker · Aug 16, 2021

Want another slightly weird, but certainly beautiful Saturn fighting game?
Sokko Seitokai is gorgeous - and Saturn-exclusive, if I'm not mistaken:

A puzzle game that needs more love.
Noon - stunning 32-bit artwork in the cutscenes - and pretty great looking in-game backgrounds:

Funky Head Boxers - A Sega developed STV Titan arcade game...that was then ported by an entirely different company. It's certainly weird:

Delisoba Deluxe - Super rare game only given away at a Japanese gameshow. Developed by.....CAVE?!

Piggychan · Sep 2, 2021

EDIT

Has anyone done a recent play through of Lunar 2 Eternal Blue ? The guy who did the translation of Saturn's Grandia is looking at this for a possible next project and has been asking about issues with Saturn games that come on multiple discs etc..

I haven't hooked my Saturn up in a while and I can't pull myself off XBS games to test this out.. plus I don't think I have a save file for Lunar2EB at the point where it asks to switch disc to test it out....

and an old pic or few I'm gonna repost

Stencil · Sep 3, 2021

I've loved reading through this thread and seeing all the cool games I'd never heard of.

I'd like to replay Lunar 2. I had it on PSX as a kid but I don't think I got to the last disc.

Weird and beautiful Sega Saturn games

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