very impressive, but I don't think this game could a have saved the saturn, it didn't save the dreamcast after all...and on top of that the dreamcast had better graphic and I don't think the saturn version could have been fully voiced. Well we never know! and I still can't finish the second one knowing that there won't be a sequel!!!!
Wow, These graphics look almost early Dreamcast-level, way ahead of their time, Of course as noted, the reason is the Saturn was a very powerful machine just absurdly hard to program for (With 2 CPUs and 6 other processors...)
its using 2 cpu and 2 graphics chips so it looks a lot better than anything the ps1 and n64 could do, but its really hard to program for the saturn so most games where rushed crappy games
they should have had 2 versions the saturn and enhanced dreamcast version, i bet if saturn lasted another year or 2 it would have done much better
By reference, the detail is so amazing, it seems to just run circles around SquareSoft's FFVIII, in terms of character design, and actually making every environment real-time!
wow.Such detail went into consoles back then. I mean now our high def consoles have games they look great 360/ps3. But the effort put into the consoles back then was unimaginable which makes current generation of gaminig seem lazy on details.Because a console of that calibur was already tough enough to use to get these type of results.amazing.You guys dont know the effort they put into this game
I kinda wish it had been done on the Sega Saturn. Looks like it really would have been the most interesting Saturn game of all time. I would have REALLY enjoyed it!
I can imagine that it would go to TOP TOP TOP dollar today had it been released at the end of Sega Saturn's lifespan!
Part of the $70 million budget spent in the end was used in this version too. AM2 spent the time to use the hardware well (there was even a SS VF3). Overall, the 3D performance was not better by any means than the PSX, it was harder to develop for, that's all.
It was a 2D fighter fan's best friend though. The swan song in July of 99 was SF Zero 3, which remains the best version of the game (better than arcade even).
@roboguy75 - People who said it sucked are the brain-dead FPS fans who need blood and guts and guns and bombs firing constantly to be entertained. The concept of a sweet, touching story with artistically gorgeous graphics is foreign to them.
Pretty impressive for a 3d saturn game , although i can't read comments like "psx couldn't match this".
For example , compare games like : Spyro the dragon , Crash bandicoot 3(it had a software z buffer implementation equally fast as HW Zbuf!)/CTR (and many MANY other games) with the SS version of Shenmue...
Uh , well..
Just thank AM2 for not releasing this thing on SS otherwise we would have missed one of the best games ever.
wish they made this version then put it to the dreamcast aswell with updated graphics , i love my sega consoles i own 4 saturns and 3 dreamcasts lol long live sega lol, and this game really proves that the saturn had the power if put in the right hands
Here's proof that the saturn could match the psx in 3D graphics if programmed properly. Had they released it for the saturn, it definitely would have done better. One of the best games ever!!
graphically this game was impossible to put on the saturn at the time. developers had a hard time making this game on the saturn because it was a difficult system to work with
I didnt give a thumbs down but I do disagree because if you realy watch this vid youll see differences from the dreamcast version. like ryo openin a trap door in the front garden assumin it leads to the pheonix mirror. So the original game would have been alot different to the DC version (abit like comparing resident evil ps1 version to the gamecube version).
Pretty much one of the most incredible incredible demos I have ever seen. This is what 1997, at the latest? Impressive. The Saturn was a good system if you took the time to work with it. Imagine going back and developing games on a system like the Saturn now, knowing what we now know, and having the technology we have. I think it would be so incredible and fun.
It's depressing that Sega made so many stupid moves back then, if they had come out with Shenmue on the Saturn and released more copies of Panzer Dragoon Saga, the Saturn would've put up a better fight against Sony and Nintendo.
the reason shenmue never came to the saturn is because the saturn was inadiquate for the span of the game, you would need countless discs just to complete the first game plus when am2 created virtua fighter which proved 3d games could be brought to home consoles that convinced sony to go ahead with the psx and improve on the saturns fatal flaws. for me gaming truely died when sega moved out of the hardware market.
In some fairness to Sega, the Saturn should have been more powerful than the Playstation. The only problem was that it was a pain in the anus to program for, so many of the games were lacking.
If you notice, a lot of japanese imports for the Saturn have some great graphics.
okay you have me there,but ds is suposed to be 64 bit machine like a n64 but i have to admit sega saturn is a beast of a console it had much,but nobody would have expected this from a saturn,from a saturn that couldn't handle 3d like a psx,but this looks beyond psx.
this is better then ps1 even better Nintendo 64 seriosly what we are whatching here is the True power of the Sega Saturn, also Panzer Dreagon Saga has graphics that look better the ps1 and Nintendo 64, seriosly this proves thet the Saturn was a graphical Beast!!
pd saga is to discuss,while it looks great it was to shorts and had to big worlds,altought it was one of the most relaxed games sega put out,it looks cool and stuff but i think iv'e seen beter on saturn.
i wish they could have released this for the saturn and then the dreamcast version (like they did with the sonic 3D) then the second part just for dreamcast. they could show the true power of the saturn and maintain those fans that gave up before dreamcast. that way they could make sure they will sell the next system " taking care of the fan base"
gues that story was complete lazyness from developers and bulshit helped in to the world to claim the psx to a higher purpose,psx really has pretty many boring games.
Yea,the graphics are great,too bad that the video was low res.
Well maybe thats the resolution that Shenmue for Saturn was suppose to be played...
Anyway the graphics are awsome for saturn,well textures are in some parts bad,well the polygon ammount is great...I dont know why some people dont like shenmue...its a freacking simulation of somebodies life!
very impressive, but I don't think this game could a have saved the saturn, it didn't save the dreamcast after all...and on top of that the dreamcast had better graphic and I don't think the saturn version could have been fully voiced. Well we never know! and I still can't finish the second one knowing that there won't be a sequel!!!!
Handsomeartist 1 month ago
Saturn was an amazing system too bad developers didn't step their game up.
antwan700 3 months ago
Wow, These graphics look almost early Dreamcast-level, way ahead of their time, Of course as noted, the reason is the Saturn was a very powerful machine just absurdly hard to program for (With 2 CPUs and 6 other processors...)
Kenjis9965 6 months ago
He kinda reminds me of Yuske Urameshi. Why?
Fedorasnesguy 6 months ago
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IMADonatello 7 months ago
its using 2 cpu and 2 graphics chips so it looks a lot better than anything the ps1 and n64 could do, but its really hard to program for the saturn so most games where rushed crappy games
they should have had 2 versions the saturn and enhanced dreamcast version, i bet if saturn lasted another year or 2 it would have done much better
KieranD212 8 months ago
Really really impressive...i'm not 100% sure but i don't think i ever saw anything even on N64 that looked this good.
Johfunu 9 months ago
better than the dreamcast version
sheatheman 10 months ago
Soooooooooo glad they waited.
lightlittlebrownboy 10 months ago
Poor Segata Sanshiro, he must have trained all his life for this...
G9King 10 months ago
By reference, the detail is so amazing, it seems to just run circles around SquareSoft's FFVIII, in terms of character design, and actually making every environment real-time!
bub777 11 months ago
Those faces look way too good to be Saturn. Isn't this just an optimized real time video (like Turok on N64)?
Double00AA 11 months ago
still wondering how sega was able to fuck up two awesome consoles in a row with their bad marketing :(
kettenfett 11 months ago 2
Long live the saturn....
marbleskc 11 months ago
What could have been....... well never know
marbleskc 11 months ago
Wait a minute. Isn't this Shenmue II? I don't remember seeing the dude in the blue shirt in the first game at all, interesting.
lukemanv0 1 year ago
I thought this was only released for Dreamcast?
Frojoemorrison 1 year ago
everyone who was talking looked like they were saying blah blah blah
kuesufanfun 1 year ago
0:53 THIS IS MY SRS FACE
vakaholic 1 year ago
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vakaholic 1 year ago
Wow! This was just like seeing the beta version of ICO!
(Yes ICO was originally going to be on the Playstation)
thedragonb0y 1 year ago
Land di just woke up in a bad mood in this version.
Danithel 1 year ago
it`s so saaaaad
Arkahan 1 year ago
this console gen is very lazy back then it was better.
raylyd 1 year ago
wow.Such detail went into consoles back then. I mean now our high def consoles have games they look great 360/ps3. But the effort put into the consoles back then was unimaginable which makes current generation of gaminig seem lazy on details.Because a console of that calibur was already tough enough to use to get these type of results.amazing.You guys dont know the effort they put into this game
kick808gs 1 year ago
@kick808gs - Adding to the fact you'll need to code things in assembly just to get a decent speed.
blakegriplingph 1 year ago
Also this cost a shitload of cash to make on the dreamcast and sega would not want to give something so costly to the slowly dying sega saturn
GamerYetPolitical92 1 year ago
Graphics quite the same as dreamcast but im glad it was released on dreamcast
GamerYetPolitical92 1 year ago
that is incredible so I guess they began making it for saturn and then reserved it for dreamcast?
robjbray 1 year ago
psx aint got shit on this
ExtremeBogom 1 year ago
Good for Sega unfortunately lots of power mean nothing if it is used improperly.
PrometeumYT 1 year ago
I kinda wish it had been done on the Sega Saturn. Looks like it really would have been the most interesting Saturn game of all time. I would have REALLY enjoyed it!
I can imagine that it would go to TOP TOP TOP dollar today had it been released at the end of Sega Saturn's lifespan!
dogeymon83 1 year ago
wow! Looks like the Sega Saturn can do more than I thought.
MbotZone1993 1 year ago
Part of the $70 million budget spent in the end was used in this version too. AM2 spent the time to use the hardware well (there was even a SS VF3). Overall, the 3D performance was not better by any means than the PSX, it was harder to develop for, that's all.
It was a 2D fighter fan's best friend though. The swan song in July of 99 was SF Zero 3, which remains the best version of the game (better than arcade even).
Shenmue deserved a better home, and it got it.
MSX121979 1 year ago 3
I have underestimated sega for so long
roboguy75 1 year ago
why did people say this suck, this game was awesome
roboguy75 1 year ago
@roboguy75 - People who said it sucked are the brain-dead FPS fans who need blood and guts and guns and bombs firing constantly to be entertained. The concept of a sweet, touching story with artistically gorgeous graphics is foreign to them.
dogeymon83 1 year ago 3
this would have looked great and might have actually given the saturn a better chance at staying on the market
prokletidaste 1 year ago
Pretty impressive for a 3d saturn game , although i can't read comments like "psx couldn't match this".
For example , compare games like : Spyro the dragon , Crash bandicoot 3(it had a software z buffer implementation equally fast as HW Zbuf!)/CTR (and many MANY other games) with the SS version of Shenmue...
Uh , well..
Just thank AM2 for not releasing this thing on SS otherwise we would have missed one of the best games ever.
woahItsJimmy 1 year ago
wish they made this version then put it to the dreamcast aswell with updated graphics , i love my sega consoles i own 4 saturns and 3 dreamcasts lol long live sega lol, and this game really proves that the saturn had the power if put in the right hands
chrisliam2 1 year ago
Here's proof that the saturn could match the psx in 3D graphics if programmed properly. Had they released it for the saturn, it definitely would have done better. One of the best games ever!!
P.S. : Where's Shenmue 3????????? When?????
BillAE91 1 year ago
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shadupp 1 year ago
graphically this game was impossible to put on the saturn at the time. developers had a hard time making this game on the saturn because it was a difficult system to work with
the804kid 2 years ago
ldont make laugh!
Nedlemouse 2 years ago
@the804kid Who was giving you a thumbs down? It's true, dammit.
HinataChan30 2 years ago
I didnt give a thumbs down but I do disagree because if you realy watch this vid youll see differences from the dreamcast version. like ryo openin a trap door in the front garden assumin it leads to the pheonix mirror. So the original game would have been alot different to the DC version (abit like comparing resident evil ps1 version to the gamecube version).
Mephistophelis85 2 years ago
I never knew the Saturn was capable of thsi =o
PiccoloNo92 2 years ago
lol i dont know man people are weird on here
the804kid 2 years ago
Best game ever made. Period.
musicman2047 2 years ago 3
Pretty much one of the most incredible incredible demos I have ever seen. This is what 1997, at the latest? Impressive. The Saturn was a good system if you took the time to work with it. Imagine going back and developing games on a system like the Saturn now, knowing what we now know, and having the technology we have. I think it would be so incredible and fun.
denveraic 2 years ago 6
It's depressing that Sega made so many stupid moves back then, if they had come out with Shenmue on the Saturn and released more copies of Panzer Dragoon Saga, the Saturn would've put up a better fight against Sony and Nintendo.
Skelley1091 2 years ago 9
Saturn was at end so the developers waited for the dreamcast a more powerfull system!
The games took his time but in the end was considered the best dreamcast games ever!
Nedlemouse 2 years ago
the reason shenmue never came to the saturn is because the saturn was inadiquate for the span of the game, you would need countless discs just to complete the first game plus when am2 created virtua fighter which proved 3d games could be brought to home consoles that convinced sony to go ahead with the psx and improve on the saturns fatal flaws. for me gaming truely died when sega moved out of the hardware market.
shagmasterJ 2 years ago 3
In some fairness to Sega, the Saturn should have been more powerful than the Playstation. The only problem was that it was a pain in the anus to program for, so many of the games were lacking.
If you notice, a lot of japanese imports for the Saturn have some great graphics.
tombert256 2 years ago
For me its the same. After sega left the hardware market i could not really care alot about the new consoles.
ps. does anyone know where to get the music from this video in high quality?
playbunny100 2 years ago
Agreed. I love Sega. I play my Saturn everyday.
denveraic 2 years ago 3
Wow, nice to see some elements of the game didn't change, but also nice to see somethings that did change.
Aww! Lan Di isn't as scary looking in this version. And Lol at Iwao's death, he just suddenly drops on the floor (0:54)
forestowl 2 years ago
I would trade my mom for a completed version of this!!!
rj300zx 2 years ago 4
this looks even bertter then many ds games.
aryinc 2 years ago
yeah because it isn't a gameboy or ds, its a freakin' sega saturn game duuh. ofcourse it looks better than a ds game
NLmaxdamage 2 years ago
okay you have me there,but ds is suposed to be 64 bit machine like a n64 but i have to admit sega saturn is a beast of a console it had much,but nobody would have expected this from a saturn,from a saturn that couldn't handle 3d like a psx,but this looks beyond psx.
aryinc 2 years ago 4
this is better then ps1 even better Nintendo 64 seriosly what we are whatching here is the True power of the Sega Saturn, also Panzer Dreagon Saga has graphics that look better the ps1 and Nintendo 64, seriosly this proves thet the Saturn was a graphical Beast!!
YF23BlackWidowII 2 years ago 2
pd saga is to discuss,while it looks great it was to shorts and had to big worlds,altought it was one of the most relaxed games sega put out,it looks cool and stuff but i think iv'e seen beter on saturn.
aryinc 2 years ago
Agreed, though the N64 could do interpolation ;)
But yes, this might be the only real example of the Sega Saturn pushing it's full 3D capabilities. Kinda sad thinking about it.
mobius1aic 2 years ago
wow this game looks amazing i may have too burn and run a swap trick on my saturn too see this for myself.
SonicsMate 3 years ago
i wish they could have released this for the saturn and then the dreamcast version (like they did with the sonic 3D) then the second part just for dreamcast. they could show the true power of the saturn and maintain those fans that gave up before dreamcast. that way they could make sure they will sell the next system " taking care of the fan base"
cuervorockero 3 years ago
Shenmue was not game--it was a work of art.
redcat608 3 years ago 8
So games can't be works of art?
Infininja 3 years ago
Really wish the Saturn had done better. This game would have rocked the socks off of any PS game.
onlycodered 3 years ago 8
man the graphics something psx couldnt match.
aryinc 3 years ago 32
yep not bad for a system that supposedly couldnt do 3D as good as the psx huh
reaper602 2 years ago
yeah they say and then it porves tons above psx quality.
aryinc 2 years ago 3
gues that story was complete lazyness from developers and bulshit helped in to the world to claim the psx to a higher purpose,psx really has pretty many boring games.
aryinc 2 years ago
@aryinc
Yea,the graphics are great,too bad that the video was low res.
Well maybe thats the resolution that Shenmue for Saturn was suppose to be played...
Anyway the graphics are awsome for saturn,well textures are in some parts bad,well the polygon ammount is great...I dont know why some people dont like shenmue...its a freacking simulation of somebodies life!
MetalChanel5of10 1 year ago
HOLY FUCKIN' SHIT!
Gustavogoogler 3 years ago
i remember i unlocked this on shenmue2. was delighted
Calvers06 3 years ago 15
yea was a video about a beta version or a version never relasaed for saturn
iorel1982 1 year ago
waaaaaaaaaaaa il a l aire trop bien
augenauf666 4 years ago 3
the best !!!
gelsoncroft 4 years ago 7
beautiful
DJGreenham 4 years ago 7
Great Video I wonder if it could of saved the Saturn I bet it must of had like 5or6 discs
MrPiggers 4 years ago 6
Sega should make a new system with a choice of a new Alex Kidd or Shenmue 3 Screw Ps3 I hope sony drops out SEGA!!!!
MrPiggers 4 years ago 6
that was AMAZING!
jpoprocker 4 years ago 5