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#1 Jessey-Stone
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should i buy?
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#2 Darkman2007
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1 ) 20 what? dollars? pounds? Euros?

2 ) what games and accesories come with it

3) condition?

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#3 Jessey-Stone
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1 ) 20 what? dollars? pounds? Euros?

2 ) what games and accesories come with it

3) condition?

Darkman2007
20 dollars with daytona racing game and a controller
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I paid 40 pounds for my Saturn. It came with Sonic Jam, Sega Rally, two controllers and a guarantee. 20 dollars sounds pretty good, but make sure to test it first if possible.
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#5 Darkman2007
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"]

1 ) 20 what? dollars? pounds? Euros?

2 ) what games and accesories come with it

3) condition?

Jessey-Stone
20 dollars with daytona racing game and a controller

its a pretty good deal .
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yeah ill call and go check it out
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That's a GREAT deal. If it works and has the hook-ups, I'd snatch it up. On average they go for around $50.

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#8 Darkman2007
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That's a GREAT deal. If it works and has the hook-ups, I'd snatch it up. On average they go for around $50.

Emerald_Warrior

50$ ??? they honestly go for that amount in the US?

if so , thats overpriced, you can get a Saturn here, with games , controllers , etc for £30 if you look around for a decent deal.

now £30 is about 50$ but things are more expensive here anyways.

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#9 Emerald_Warrior
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[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

That's a GREAT deal. If it works and has the hook-ups, I'd snatch it up. On average they go for around $50.

Darkman2007

50$ ??? they honestly go for that amount in the US?

if so , thats overpriced, you can get a Saturn here, with games , controllers , etc for £30 if you look around for a decent deal.

now £30 is about 50$ but things are more expensive here anyways.

$30 bucks could get you a Genesis or a Dreamcast, but Saturns are a bit more rare, in my experience.

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I would buy it in a heart beat, but that's just me.

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#11 Jessey-Stone
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"]

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

That's a GREAT deal. If it works and has the hook-ups, I'd snatch it up. On average they go for around $50.

Emerald_Warrior

50$ ??? they honestly go for that amount in the US?

if so , thats overpriced, you can get a Saturn here, with games , controllers , etc for £30 if you look around for a decent deal.

now £30 is about 50$ but things are more expensive here anyways.

$30 bucks could get you a Genesis or a Dreamcast, but Saturns are a bit more rare, in my experience.

well genesis is like 15 dreamcast 20 from my experience my genesis was 15 and dreamcast 8
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"]

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

That's a GREAT deal. If it works and has the hook-ups, I'd snatch it up. On average they go for around $50.

Emerald_Warrior

50$ ??? they honestly go for that amount in the US?

if so , thats overpriced, you can get a Saturn here, with games , controllers , etc for £30 if you look around for a decent deal.

now £30 is about 50$ but things are more expensive here anyways.

$30 bucks could get you a Genesis or a Dreamcast, but Saturns are a bit more rare, in my experience.

well , you live on the other side of the world so Id accept differences http://www.ebay.co.uk/ctg/Sega-Saturn-Black-Console-/108508382?_catref=1&_dmpt=UK_VideoGames_VideoGameConsoles_VideoGameConsoles&_pcategid=139971&_pcatid=815&_refkw=saturn+console&_trkparms=65%253A12%257C66%253A2%257C39%253A1%257C72%253A5250&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 for instance, here is how much they cost on Ebay UK (though alot of them are bids) if you see that, you might understand why I feel 50$ would be too much. then again , an NES here isn't exactly cheap , while they are super common in the US , honestly Ive never seen an NES game in any 2nd hand shop Ive been too , but Ive almost always found Master System games.
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That is a good deal if the system is not too beat up, go for it.
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That's not bad at all. Might be worth it to see if there any good lots on ebay first though if you're to buy games for it already.

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[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"]

50$ ??? they honestly go for that amount in the US?

if so , thats overpriced, you can get a Saturn here, with games , controllers , etc for £30 if you look around for a decent deal.

now £30 is about 50$ but things are more expensive here anyways.

Darkman2007

$30 bucks could get you a Genesis or a Dreamcast, but Saturns are a bit more rare, in my experience.

well , you live on the other side of the world so Id accept differences http://www.ebay.co.uk/ctg/Sega-Saturn-Black-Console-/108508382?_catref=1&_dmpt=UK_VideoGames_VideoGameConsoles_VideoGameConsoles&_pcategid=139971&_pcatid=815&_refkw=saturn+console&_trkparms=65%253A12%257C66%253A2%257C39%253A1%257C72%253A5250&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 for instance, here is how much they cost on Ebay UK (though alot of them are bids) if you see that, you might understand why I feel 50$ would be too much. then again , an NES here isn't exactly cheap , while they are super common in the US , honestly Ive never seen an NES game in any 2nd hand shop Ive been too , but Ive almost always found Master System games.

That's quite the contrary to the US. NES stuff everywhere, Master System stuff a rarity (at least shopping locally) for 3rd-gen, N64 and PS1 everywhere for 5th-gen while Saturn stuff is significantly harder to find outside of online markets with higher prices. In terms of Saturn pricing, they tend to go for a fair bit on eBay. As for selling locally...couldn't tell you since they're not nearly as common as the Genesis (Mega Drive) and Dreamcast. I just got super-lucky and got mine with a game and several accessories for the low, low price of free (had a relative who wasn't using his, so he gave it to me). I guess it's a matter of which consoles succeeded in which markets. If anything, the Saturn's vindicated by history now that the core gamers know what to look for, and people are willing to pay up more to experience what they missed the first time around. (Sometimes a whole lot more, if we're talking Panzer Dragoon Saga or Radiant Silvergun, though the latter now has an XBLA remake that should drop the prices down a bit.)
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#16 Darkman2007
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

$30 bucks could get you a Genesis or a Dreamcast, but Saturns are a bit more rare, in my experience.

NamelessPlayer

well , you live on the other side of the world so Id accept differences http://www.ebay.co.uk/ctg/Sega-Saturn-Black-Console-/108508382?_catref=1&_dmpt=UK_VideoGames_VideoGameConsoles_VideoGameConsoles&_pcategid=139971&_pcatid=815&_refkw=saturn+console&_trkparms=65%253A12%257C66%253A2%257C39%253A1%257C72%253A5250&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 for instance, here is how much they cost on Ebay UK (though alot of them are bids) if you see that, you might understand why I feel 50$ would be too much. then again , an NES here isn't exactly cheap , while they are super common in the US , honestly Ive never seen an NES game in any 2nd hand shop Ive been too , but Ive almost always found Master System games.

That's quite the contrary to the US. NES stuff everywhere, Master System stuff a rarity (at least shopping locally) for 3rd-gen, N64 and PS1 everywhere for 5th-gen while Saturn stuff is significantly harder to find outside of online markets with higher prices. In terms of Saturn pricing, they tend to go for a fair bit on eBay. As for selling locally...couldn't tell you since they're not nearly as common as the Genesis (Mega Drive) and Dreamcast. I just got super-lucky and got mine with a game and several accessories for the low, low price of free (had a relative who wasn't using his, so he gave it to me). I guess it's a matter of which consoles succeeded in which markets. If anything, the Saturn's vindicated by history now that the core gamers know what to look for, and people are willing to pay up more to experience what they missed the first time around. (Sometimes a whole lot more, if we're talking Panzer Dragoon Saga or Radiant Silvergun, though the latter now has an XBLA remake that should drop the prices down a bit.)

well the Master System outsold the NES over in PAL regions (from what I understand, the biggest NES market in Europe was Germany) , so that partly explains that. the MD also outsold the SNES here so its generally a bit cheaper as well.

the Saturn however was no more popular over here than it was in the US, so it makes me wonder why Saturn prices are higher there.

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#17 Pegalamp
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[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

That's a GREAT deal. If it works and has the hook-ups, I'd snatch it up. On average they go for around $50.

Darkman2007

50$ ??? they honestly go for that amount in the US?

if so , thats overpriced, you can get a Saturn here, with games , controllers , etc for £30 if you look around for a decent deal.

now £30 is about 50$ but things are more expensive here anyways.

Man i saw a Saturn at the store for $15 with all 8 of it's entire library that came with it. While cheap I do findit funny I see Dreamcasts going for $10 and Sonic Advenutre is already inside almost everyone.

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#18 Darkman2007
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"]

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

That's a GREAT deal. If it works and has the hook-ups, I'd snatch it up. On average they go for around $50.

Pegalamp

50$ ??? they honestly go for that amount in the US?

if so , thats overpriced, you can get a Saturn here, with games , controllers , etc for £30 if you look around for a decent deal.

now £30 is about 50$ but things are more expensive here anyways.

Man i saw a Saturn at the store for $15 with all 8 of it's entire library that came with it. While cheap I do findit funny I see Dreamcasts going for $10 and Sonic Advenutre is already inside almost everyone.

I still can't believe the Saturn costs 50$ in the US, the Saturn isn't a super common system , but its not rare either. if we go by the current exchange rate, 50$ is just over £32 ..... I paid £35 for my FZ10 3DO , with games and controller, and the 3DO is alot less common than the Saturn.
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#19 Pegalamp
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[QUOTE="Pegalamp"]

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"]

50$ ??? they honestly go for that amount in the US?

if so , thats overpriced, you can get a Saturn here, with games , controllers , etc for £30 if you look around for a decent deal.

now £30 is about 50$ but things are more expensive here anyways.

Darkman2007

Man i saw a Saturn at the store for $15 with all 8 of it's entire library that came with it. While cheap I do findit funny I see Dreamcasts going for $10 and Sonic Advenutre is already inside almost everyone.

I still can't believe the Saturn costs 50$ in the US, the Saturn isn't a super common system , but its not rare either. if we go by the current exchange rate, 50$ is just over £32 ..... I paid £35 for my FZ10 3DO , with games and controller, and the 3DO is alot less common than the Saturn.

Where sis you get $50 from $15? I don't know where Emerald went but it's always been $15 to $20. as for 3DO it depends, on the East side of the united states some stores like CVS and Radioshcal sell 3DO's at like 20-$30 with about 3-7 games. Or the entire 8 good game library of the Saturn for $14

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As long as it works I'd buy it. One thing you might want to be aware of is that the internal memory on my Saturn died after a couple years and thus I couldn't save my progress. I had to leave my system on for a week to take down Dragon Force.

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As long as it works I'd buy it. One thing you might want to be aware of is that the internal memory on my Saturn died after a couple years and thus I couldn't save my progress. I had to leave my system on for a week to take down Dragon Force.

orion_52

That's crazy. Does the Saturn have memory cards that allow you to save games? Or is it entirely reliant on the internal memory for saving games?

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#22 Darkman2007
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[QUOTE="orion_52"]

As long as it works I'd buy it. One thing you might want to be aware of is that the internal memory on my Saturn died after a couple years and thus I couldn't save my progress. I had to leave my system on for a week to take down Dragon Force.

arkephonic

That's crazy. Does the Saturn have memory cards that allow you to save games? Or is it entirely reliant on the internal memory for saving games?

the Saturn does have memory cards, and they have insane amounts of space (for the time) , I have one , and I have 88 Saturn games, and there is still 1/4 of the card left. the only games that really require internal saving, are some early games, as well as games that need the RAM cart (since you can't have a save cartrige and a RAM cart at the same time) , though this list of games is quite small.
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[QUOTE="arkephonic"]

[QUOTE="orion_52"]

As long as it works I'd buy it. One thing you might want to be aware of is that the internal memory on my Saturn died after a couple years and thus I couldn't save my progress. I had to leave my system on for a week to take down Dragon Force.

Darkman2007

That's crazy. Does the Saturn have memory cards that allow you to save games? Or is it entirely reliant on the internal memory for saving games?

the Saturn does have memory cards, and they have insane amounts of space (for the time) , I have one , and I have 88 Saturn games, and there is still 1/4 of the card left. the only games that really require internal saving, are some early games, as well as games that need the RAM cart (since you can't have a save cartrige and a RAM cart at the same time) , though this list of games is quite small.

The Satrun was designed like that. To handle large memory storage. In return they lowered a few of the systems capabilities. one most noticeaby, the ability for good looking 3D games (By that times standards)

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#24 Darkman2007
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="arkephonic"]

That's crazy. Does the Saturn have memory cards that allow you to save games? Or is it entirely reliant on the internal memory for saving games?

Pegalamp

the Saturn does have memory cards, and they have insane amounts of space (for the time) , I have one , and I have 88 Saturn games, and there is still 1/4 of the card left. the only games that really require internal saving, are some early games, as well as games that need the RAM cart (since you can't have a save cartrige and a RAM cart at the same time) , though this list of games is quite small.

The Satrun was designed like that. To handle large memory storage. In return they lowered a few of the systems capabilities. one most noticeaby, the ability for good looking 3D games (By that times standards)

nonsense, the amount of storage in a memory card, or how much memory the cart port can address, has nothing to do with what rest of the hardware can do.
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[QUOTE="arkephonic"]

[QUOTE="orion_52"]

As long as it works I'd buy it. One thing you might want to be aware of is that the internal memory on my Saturn died after a couple years and thus I couldn't save my progress. I had to leave my system on for a week to take down Dragon Force.

Darkman2007

That's crazy. Does the Saturn have memory cards that allow you to save games? Or is it entirely reliant on the internal memory for saving games?

the Saturn does have memory cards, and they have insane amounts of space (for the time) , I have one , and I have 88 Saturn games, and there is still 1/4 of the card left. the only games that really require internal saving, are some early games, as well as games that need the RAM cart (since you can't have a save cartrige and a RAM cart at the same time) , though this list of games is quite small.

I seem to remember those Saturn memory cards as not being very common around the time my internal memory went. They weren't really essential like the PSone memory cards (required for game saving - no internal storage). I should have bought one but never did.
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="arkephonic"]

That's crazy. Does the Saturn have memory cards that allow you to save games? Or is it entirely reliant on the internal memory for saving games?

orion_52

the Saturn does have memory cards, and they have insane amounts of space (for the time) , I have one , and I have 88 Saturn games, and there is still 1/4 of the card left. the only games that really require internal saving, are some early games, as well as games that need the RAM cart (since you can't have a save cartrige and a RAM cart at the same time) , though this list of games is quite small.

I seem to remember those Saturn memory cards as not being very common around the time my internal memory went. They weren't really essential like the PSone memory cards (required for game saving - no internal storage). I should have bought one but never did.

they are very common online.

just avoid the 3rd party ones, they can actually break the Saturn's cartridge port , since the PCB board is a little thicker on them than the standard Sega cards, and since the Saturn's cart slot is made of cheap tin , it can break.

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[QUOTE="Pegalamp"]

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"] the Saturn does have memory cards, and they have insane amounts of space (for the time) , I have one , and I have 88 Saturn games, and there is still 1/4 of the card left. the only games that really require internal saving, are some early games, as well as games that need the RAM cart (since you can't have a save cartrige and a RAM cart at the same time) , though this list of games is quite small.Darkman2007

The Satrun was designed like that. To handle large memory storage. In return they lowered a few of the systems capabilities. one most noticeaby, the ability for good looking 3D games (By that times standards)

nonsense, the amount of storage in a memory card, or how much memory the cart port can address, has nothing to do with what rest of the hardware can do.

That's what Fox said after it got the worst port of Croc. not that I believe them or anything, but I thought you would recognize that joke. Fox is Fox.

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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="Pegalamp"] The Satrun was designed like that. To handle large memory storage. In return they lowered a few of the systems capabilities. one most noticeaby, the ability for good looking 3D games (By that times standards)

Pegalamp

nonsense, the amount of storage in a memory card, or how much memory the cart port can address, has nothing to do with what rest of the hardware can do.

That's what Fox said after it got the worst port of Croc. not that I believe them or anything, but I thought you would recognize that joke. Fox is Fox.

well you have to remember its hard to see jokes in text. the whole "Saturn has rubbish 3D/substantiailly worse 3D" than the other 2 main systems of the time is mostly nonsense, at least from my experience, wheter they are worse is one thing ,but worlds apart they certainly aren't. though the Saturn port of Croc wasn't bad, I quite like the colours , though the lack of transparency and lower res do hurt it. but at the time it was common among developers to say "we can't run x game on x system" , wheter that statement was true or not. Probe said so with Die Hard Trilogy " the Saturn is not up to the job" , and yet frankly there are better looking games on the system, in some cases substantially so (Virtua Cop 2 , as an example)
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[QUOTE="Pegalamp"]

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"] nonsense, the amount of storage in a memory card, or how much memory the cart port can address, has nothing to do with what rest of the hardware can do.Darkman2007

That's what Fox said after it got the worst port of Croc. not that I believe them or anything, but I thought you would recognize that joke. Fox is Fox.

well you have to remember its hard to see jokes in text. the whole "Saturn has rubbish 3D/substantiailly worse 3D" than the other 2 main systems of the time is mostly nonsense, at least from my experience, wheter they are worse is one thing ,but worlds apart they certainly aren't. though the Saturn port of Croc wasn't bad, I quite like the colours , though the lack of transparency and lower res do hurt it. but at the time it was common among developers to say "we can't run x game on x system" , wheter that statement was true or not. Probe said so with Die Hard Trilogy " the Saturn is not up to the job" , and yet frankly there are better looking games on the system, in some cases substantially so (Virtua Cop 2 , as an example)

Fox was the one who started reccomending certain outlets to cancel and stop selling saturns because it was "Outdated". Personally, the only good game FOX was even involved with back then was Croc 2, but before and after that i am wondering why people gave them any credibility. Well at least presently they have less credibility.