Classic Game Room HD - SEGA SATURN console review

Classic Game Room HD reviews the Sega Saturn video game console! Released in 1995 to the US market, this 1996 vintage Sega Saturn shows the pure solid construction and beauty of this underrated and nearly forgotten game console. Sega purists know about the Saturn of course, as well as the Master System, Dreamcast and Sega Genesis. But what about everyone else? This is the game system that has Panzer Dragoon and Darius Gaiden and Radiant Silvergun! The Sega Saturn has awesome controllers and plays games from Japan with a 4 in 1 converter and memory card. The Saturn has Virtua Fighter 2 and Daytona USA! What happened to make the Saturn die off so soon when so much potential was left untapped. The Saturn is remembered by many as a SHMUP video game system with awesome 2D rendering and gameplay, perhaps that is its lasting shining legacy. Watch the Classic Game Room hardware review of the Sega Saturn game system with HD footage of the console in high definition. Play import shooters on the Sega Saturn with ease and all of the awesome Western releases, all being reviewed by CGRHD.

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[falsehero2001]

In a perfect world, the Saturn would have been backwards compatible with the Genesis, 32x, and CD. Backwards compatibility really helped the PS2 and Wii capture early market share on their release, and I'm sure more Genesis owners would have picked up a Saturn if they knew their game library would have worked with their new system.

[bobopatchigglerrulez]

@MNooze or Sega should make a new Sega console...

[AsparagusSpears]

My first console. And it still works perfectly!

[Poonard]

@bobopatchigglerrulez they'd have to go for broke if they did...and in this world...that's the only way to go.

[SONICS20TH]

When he said ..."Angry..." I seriously thought he was going to say AVGN.

[19Vexthehedgehog91]

@wildbird5150 Thanks for the suggestion in games, i've been having trouble deciding on what games I should get.

[wildbird5150]

@19Vexthehedgehog91 there were a lot of good titles. if you are planning to buy this one then you should check the following games: NiGHTS was just epic as soon as you figure out the controls, Clockwork Knight (plus the sequel) was very good, Castlevania was hard to beat but very entertaining, if you like fighting games then SNK titles would do the job and Street Fighter Alpha 3 was very awesome too, Panzer Dragoon (plus the sequels) was epic and there were a few good japanese RPGs.

[19Vexthehedgehog91]

@wildbird5150 What was your favourite game?

[wildbird5150]

@19Vexthehedgehog91 when I was a kid I had one, NiGHTS was so dope!

[19Vexthehedgehog91]

I'm sooooooo buying a saturn

[delli620]

sega did a great job of diluting their sega genesis market didn't they? after all my friends owned a sega genesis they never went back to sega and went to playstation instead. nice job sega!

[katakisLives]

When the Saturn released they had already gained a bit of a reputation as a company that had released quite a few lame duck consoles and being great at 2D games was not a good selling point right at the time when 3D games were coming in! when compared to the PS1 it already looked a bit dated and the games very quickly dried up! I still own the last ever copy of the Sega Saturn magazine!