Best of the Saturn

Saw one on craigslist and was thinking about getting it. I have never played one before. What games should I get for it?? Looks like all the descent games are expensive. On amazon panzer dragoon saga is $289 used. Must be a super sweet game.

1) NIGHTS Into Dreams [1177]
2) Panzer Dragoon Saga [949]
3) Shining Force III [687]
4) Guardian Heroes [674]
5) Radiant Silvergun [565]
6) Panzer Dragoon Zwei [561]
7) Dragon Force [501]
8) Sega Rally Championship [380]
9) Virtua Fighter 2 [344]
10) Saturn Bomberman [303]
11) Fighters Megamix [283]
12) Panzer Dragoon [237]
13) X-Men vs. Street Fighter [228]
14) Burning Rangers [211]
15) Shining The Holy Ark [207]
16) Sonic Jam [183]
17) Street Fighter Zero 3 [159]
18) Magic Knight Rayearth [155]
19) Virtual On [152]
20) Grandia [151]
21) Albert Odyssey: Legend Of Eldean [141]
22) Street Fighter Zero 2 [137]
23) Daytona USA [121]
24) Virtua Cop [118]
25) Soukyugurentai [113]
26) Battle Garegga [111]
27) Virtua Cop 2 [111]
28) Sonic R [110]
29) Metal Slug [109]
30) Street Fighter Collection [106]
31) Resident Evil [99]
32) Dracula X [98]
33) Marvel vs. Street Fighter [97]
34) Legend Of Oasis [92]
35) Tomb Raider [89]
36) Duke Nukem 3D [88]
37) Dark Savior [86]
38) Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo [83]
39) Christmas NIGHTS [73]
40) Vampire Savior [71]
41) Thunder Force V [68]
42) Blazing Heroes [66]
43) Tengai Makyo IV: The Apocalypse [60]
44) Quake [60]
45) Enemy Zero [61]
46) Sakura Wars [60]
47) DoDonpachi [60]
48) Astal [57]
49) Darius Gaiden [55]
50) Princess Crown [54]
51) Deep Fear [52]
52) Sonic 3D Blast [50]
53) Galactic Attack [49]
54) Langrisser IV [46]
55) Dungeons & Dragons Collection [46]
56) Die Hard Arcade [46]
57) Policenauts [43]
58) Clockwork Knight [40]
59) Batsugun [39]
60) Exhumed (Powerslave) [38]
61) Lunar: Eternal Blue [37]
62) House of the Dead [37]
63) Sega Ages [35]
64) Clockwork Knight 2 [35]
65) King Of Fighters '96 [34]
66) Night Warriors: Darkstalker's Revenge [33]
67) Mega Man X4 [33]
68) Mr. Bones [33]
69) Sengoku Blade [33]
70) Salamander [32]
71) Wipeout [32]
72) Bug! [32]
73) Fire Pro Wrestling S: 6 Man Scramble [32]
74) Baku Baku Animal [31]
75) Daytona CCE [31]
76) Fighting Vipers [31]
77) Langrisser V [30]
78) Three Dirty Dwarves [29]
79) Keio Squadron 2 [29]
80) World Series Baseball [29]
81) Real Bout Special [27]
82) DonPachi [27]
83) Decathlete [27]
84) Jikkyou Osyaberri Parodius [27]
85) King of Fighters '95 [26]
86) Samurai Showdown IV [26]
87) Bust A Move 2 [26]
88) World Series Baseball '98 [25]
89) Capcom Generations 5 [25]
90) Lunar: Silver Star Story [25]
91) Fantasy Zone [24]
92) Marvel Super Heroes [24]
93) Silhouette Mirage [24]
94) Mega Man 8 [24]
95) Rayman [24]
96) Gungriffon [23]
97) Game Tengoku [22]
98) Wachenroder [22]
99) Road Rash [22]
100) Langrisser Dramatic [22]

here is a pretty good top 100 list. check the games for youself to see if you think you would like them. I basically went to www.sega-saturn.com and started looking up reviews. but that was 12 years ago and by now I have 60 games for saturn and it's my favorite system of all time.

bultje sucked the fun out of the topic :( :PDudersaper

good list though .

though frankly I do find it funny when anybody states (as was done in this thread) that all decent Saturn games are expensive, one can get a very good collection for a decent price.

that said, I will admit that right now I have around 90 (I need to count them again) Saturn games , and its getting difficult to find games Id actually want to play for cheap (say , under £10-15), there are still plenty of good games, but youre getting into things like shmups which can get pretty expensive , or games I don't care for like Fifa96.

[QUOTE="Dudersaper"]bultje sucked the fun out of the topic :( :PDarkman2007

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"]

[QUOTE="Dudersaper"]bultje sucked the fun out of the topic :( :PDudersaper

I wasn't even aware Dead or Alive was on the Saturn :oDudersaper

Some of my personal favorites:

-Virtua Fighter

-Virtua Fighter 2

-Shinobi Legions

-Radiant Silvergun (import only)

-Nights into Dreams

-Die Hard Arcade

Some of my personal favorites:

-Virtua Fighter

-Virtua Fighter 2

-Shinobi Legions

-Radiant Silvergun (import only)

-Nights into Dreams

-Die Hard Arcade

Shenmue_Jehuty

Blasphemy!! , just kidding :P

seriously though , if one wants to get VF1 on the Saturn , he should go for the superior VFRemix, or just ignore VF1 and go for VF2

bultje sucked the fun out of the topic :( :PDudersaper

I'm sorry ;) the list has been compiled though by hundreds of saturn gamers on gamefaqs and is therefore very good

saturn is over rated however it has nights into dreams which is just like amazing and i got that like last year after ignoring it it's that gud pretty much all other saturn games are overratedzJigglyWiggly_

why don't you say which games are overrated and why? I get more a feeling you don't own many of them

Some great games on the Saturn, IMO (most of which are affordable):

• Area 51
• Bug!
• Darius Gaiden
• Galactic Attack
• Guardian Heroes (this one can get pricey)
• House of the Dead (another pricey one, sadly)
• Gex
• Mortal Kombat Trilogy
• Panzer Dragoon
• Resident Evil
• Sega Rally Championship
• Shinobi Legions
• Sonic 3D Blast
• Marvel Super-Heroes
• Virtua Cop 1 & 2
• X-Men: Children of the Atom

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]saturn is over rated however it has nights into dreams which is just like amazing and i got that like last year after ignoring it it's that gud pretty much all other saturn games are overratedzbultje112

why don't you say which games are overrated and why? I get more a feeling you don't own many of them

yeah about 3% of the saturn library are shooters. and you don't like shooters. saturn shooters are great just like on the dreamcast. if you like the genre or not that's something else. there is no true original sonic platform game but I enjoyed sonic jam more than anything.

Obviously, noone knows what they're talking about with Saturn without naming "Astal" which is probably the best 2D side scroller to date. Last Bronx's an excellent 3D fighter.

SFA2 for Saturn is God's 2D fighter. The game is flawless. Graphics are better than the arcade, the sound's excellent....

yeah about 3% of the saturn library are shooters. and you don't like shooters. saturn shooters are great just like on the dreamcast. if you like the genre or not that's something else. there is no true original sonic platform game but I enjoyed sonic jam more than anything.

bultje112

Oh noooooo...Sat has loads more Shooters than that. The most of any console.

[QUOTE="bultje112"]

yeah about 3% of the saturn library are shooters. and you don't like shooters. saturn shooters are great just like on the dreamcast. if you like the genre or not that's something else. there is no true original sonic platform game but I enjoyed sonic jam more than anything.

darkdude2k12

Oh noooooo...Sat has loads more Shooters than that. The most of any console.

TurboGrafx-16 would like to have a word with you...

One of my top favorite games of all time was on the Saturn.It is called Astal.Highly advise checking it out

[QUOTE="rilpas"][QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]i like platformers, saturn does not delivery. Neither does PS1 for that matter. n64, well I am allergic to nintendoJigglyWiggly_

the character is a girl :|

[QUOTE="Shenmue_Jehuty"]

Some of my personal favorites:

-Virtua Fighter

-Virtua Fighter 2

-Shinobi Legions

-Radiant Silvergun (import only)

-Nights into Dreams

-Die Hard Arcade

Darkman2007

Blasphemy!! , just kidding :P

seriously though , if one wants to get VF1 on the Saturn , he should go for the superior VFRemix, or just ignore VF1 and go for VF2

[QUOTE="darkdude2k12"]

[QUOTE="bultje112"]

yeah about 3% of the saturn library are shooters. and you don't like shooters. saturn shooters are great just like on the dreamcast. if you like the genre or not that's something else. there is no true original sonic platform game but I enjoyed sonic jam more than anything.

Emerald_Warrior

Oh noooooo...Sat has loads more Shooters than that. The most of any console.

TurboGrafx-16 would like to have a word with you...

No. I'm right.

By the way, Saturn has Radiant Silvergun, Galactic Attack, Darius Gaiden and so many others. Galactic attack is by far the best shooter ever made.

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

[QUOTE="darkdude2k12"]

Oh noooooo...Sat has loads more Shooters than that. The most of any console.

darkdude2k12

TurboGrafx-16 would like to have a word with you...

No. I'm right.

By the way, Saturn has Radiant Silvergun, Galactic Attack, Darius Gaiden and so many others. Galactic attack is by far the best shooter ever made.

Galactic Attack is the best shooter ever made? Nah, lol. It's a good game that I've had since maybe from around 1996, but M.U.S.H.A and the Thunder Force games are better. From what I've played of Radiant Silvergun, maybe it's just me because I don't like shmups that revolve too much around using particular weapons, but I feel it's overrated due to its insane price tag. Darius Gaiden, I'd like to get at one point, because it looks good and it's cheap in comparison to those like DoDonPachi that never made it over to the US. Anyway, the best games on the Saturn are definitely shmups, so I agree with you there.

[QUOTE="darkdude2k12"]

[QUOTE="bultje112"]

yeah about 3% of the saturn library are shooters. and you don't like shooters. saturn shooters are great just like on the dreamcast. if you like the genre or not that's something else. there is no true original sonic platform game but I enjoyed sonic jam more than anything.

Emerald_Warrior

Oh noooooo...Sat has loads more Shooters than that. The most of any console.

TurboGrafx-16 would like to have a word with you...

as much as I love the TG 16, I think the saturn has more and better SHMUPS

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

[QUOTE="darkdude2k12"]

Oh noooooo...Sat has loads more Shooters than that. The most of any console.

darkdude2k12

TurboGrafx-16 would like to have a word with you...

No. I'm right.

By the way, Saturn has Radiant Silvergun, Galactic Attack, Darius Gaiden and so many others. Galactic attack is by far the best shooter ever made.

i like platformers, saturn does not delivery. Neither does PS1 for that matter. n64, well I am allergic to nintendoJigglyWiggly_

the saturn has many great platformers, as long as you like 2d platformers.

[QUOTE="bultje112"]

yeah about 3% of the saturn library are shooters. and you don't like shooters. saturn shooters are great just like on the dreamcast. if you like the genre or not that's something else. there is no true original sonic platform game but I enjoyed sonic jam more than anything.

darkdude2k12

Oh noooooo...Sat has loads more Shooters than that. The most of any console.

3% of 1000 games is 30 shooters. ok it may have some more but it doesn't have hundreds

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]i like platformers, saturn does not delivery. Neither does PS1 for that matter. n64, well I am allergic to nintendobultje112

the saturn has many great platformers, as long as you like 2d platformers.

[QUOTE="bultje112"]

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]i like platformers, saturn does not delivery. Neither does PS1 for that matter. n64, well I am allergic to nintendoEikichi-Onizuka

the saturn has many great platformers, as long as you like 2d platformers.

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"]

[QUOTE="Shenmue_Jehuty"]

Some of my personal favorites:

-Virtua Fighter

-Virtua Fighter 2

-Shinobi Legions

-Radiant Silvergun (import only)

-Nights into Dreams

-Die Hard Arcade

Eikichi-Onizuka

Blasphemy!! , just kidding :P

seriously though , if one wants to get VF1 on the Saturn , he should go for the superior VFRemix, or just ignore VF1 and go for VF2

[QUOTE="bultje112"]

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]i like platformers, saturn does not delivery. Neither does PS1 for that matter. n64, well I am allergic to nintendoEikichi-Onizuka

the saturn has many great platformers, as long as you like 2d platformers.

[QUOTE="Eikichi-Onizuka"][QUOTE="bultje112"]

the saturn has many great platformers, as long as you like 2d platformers.

Darkman2007

also, do the Bug games count?

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

[QUOTE="darkdude2k12"]

Oh noooooo...Sat has loads more Shooters than that. The most of any console.

rilpas

TurboGrafx-16 would like to have a word with you...

as much as I love the TG 16, I think the saturn has more and better SHMUPS

Better might be argued, but more no way. TurboGrafx-16 was a shoot-em up factory.

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

TurboGrafx-16 would like to have a word with you...

Emerald_Warrior

as much as I love the TG 16, I think the saturn has more and better SHMUPS

Better might be argued, but more no way. TurboGrafx-16 was a shoot-em up factory.

I guess if you go by pure numbers then ya the TG 16 would win, though a lot of them are just "ok" imo

not to say that the TG 16 doesn't have lots of amazing SHMUPS, but... it's also flooded with not so great shmups

imo of course :P

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

as much as I love the TG 16, I think the saturn has more and better SHMUPS

rilpas

Better might be argued, but more no way. TurboGrafx-16 was a shoot-em up factory.

I guess if you go by pure numbers then ya the TG 16 would win, though a lot of them are just "ok" imo

not to say that the TG 16 doesn't have lots of amazing SHMUPS, but... it's also flooded with not so great shmups

imo of course :P

You REALLY need to play Lords of Thunder, then. That is one of the greatest shoot-em ups ever created, such style in that game. Super Star Soldier is fantastic, as well. Aero Blasters. Raiden. R-Type. Sidearms. Blazing Lazers. Dragon Spirit. All of those are great. Space Harrier was released on it, as well. I haven't played the TG16 version myself, so I'm not sure how it compares to the Master System release. But I know the Master System version is a great game for the time.

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="Eikichi-Onizuka"] Mind naming some that aren't Astal, Castlevania, or Rayman?rilpas

also, do the Bug games count?

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

Better might be argued, but more no way. TurboGrafx-16 was a shoot-em up factory.

Emerald_Warrior

I guess if you go by pure numbers then ya the TG 16 would win, though a lot of them are just "ok" imo

not to say that the TG 16 doesn't have lots of amazing SHMUPS, but... it's also flooded with not so great shmups

imo of course :P

You REALLY need to play Lords of Thunder, then. That is one of the greatest shoot-em ups ever created, such style in that game. Super Star Soldier is fantastic, as well. Aero Blasters. Raiden. R-Type. Sidearms. Blazing Lazers. Dragon Spirit. All of those are great. Space Harrier was released on it, as well. I haven't played the TG16 version myself, so I'm not sure how it compares to the Master System release. But I know the Master System version is a great game for the time.

I have played all of the games you mentioned

Super Star Soldier is ok, Soldier blade is MUCH better imo

Lords of Thunder is freaking amazing

Raiden is on almost every console known to men :P even the Jaguar

Blazing Lasers is awesome

Side arms is... "ok"

Dragon Spirit is pretty "meh"

Space harrier is pretty meh, the only versions I like are the true arcade ports and even then they're just barely above "ok"

and the TG 16 of R-type is missing half the level, though it at least kept my favourite levels

don't take this the wrong way, I'm not undermining the TG 16 but like I said, not ever SHMUP for it is a winner

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"] Gex , Earthworm Jim 2 , Sillhouette MirageDarkman2007

also, do the Bug games count?

Bug is fun, I just got it recently. It is a 3D platformer, but it has 2D mentality, if that makes sense. And it's dirt cheap, so if it ends up not being your cup of tea, no big loss.

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="rilpas"] Clockwork Knight 1 and 2

also, do the Bug games count?

Emerald_Warrior

Bug is fun, I just got it recently. It is a 3D platformer, but it has 2D mentality, if that makes sense. And it's dirt cheap, so if it ends up not being your cup of tea, no big loss.

from what I hear Bug 2 is better, though sadly its well over £20

[QUOTE="Eikichi-Onizuka"][QUOTE="bultje112"]

the saturn has many great platformers, as long as you like 2d platformers.

rilpas

[QUOTE="rilpas"][QUOTE="Eikichi-Onizuka"] Mind naming some that aren't Astal, Castlevania, or Rayman?Eikichi-Onizuka