[ Retro Scan of the Week ] A Little Too Real
August 3rd, 2009 by Benj Edwards
Sega Saturn’s Polyhedral Bodies: Too Real
Discussion topic of the week: What’s the most underrated Sega Saturn game?
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August 3rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
I think Panzer Dragoon Saga is definitely one of the most underrated/hidden gems for the Saturn. My personal favorite game for the saturn is Galactic Attack (aka, Layer Section/Gun Lock/Ray Force in the arcades). I still have my Saturn hooked up just so I can still play this classic shooter.
August 4th, 2009 at 12:33 am
Astal, though I can’t really be sure how well it was received at the time of its initial release (i.e., maybe it was highly rated). I discovered it a few years ago and was blown away by the quality of the graphics and music.
August 4th, 2009 at 3:02 am
Really wish I could say. The Saturn is the only Sega console missing in my collection.
I’d love to get it, but my sgnificant other has put significant limits to my retrogaming collecting habit.
August 4th, 2009 at 10:53 am
There were a great many arcade ports that were fantastic on the Saturn. Its strength was really as a 2D system. From SHMUPs like Darius Gaiden and Thunder Force V to fighters like X-Men vs. Street Fighter and Samurai Spirits, it was an arcade rat’s console.
August 4th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Baku Baku and 10 player Bomberman are my favorites.
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August 5th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Blazing Dragons is a funny point-and-click adventure that everyone should try… I also really like Clockwork Knight.
August 5th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I think the best game for the Saturn is Dragon Force. I saw the game while I was working for a video game store and had to buy the console and the game. I still play it to this day but had to purchase an external cartridge to save my game play. I had never heard of the game until Saturn became a defunct console.
August 19th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Virtual On. The best fighting game, and the most original, since SFII, and it was almost completely ignored.
August 20th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
I did a 7-month cruise on an aircraft carrier and one of the guys in my unit had a Saturn with Crazy Taxi. It got us through! (Well, my Gameboy Color with Shadowgate and Metal Gear also helped). Funny thing was, the magnetic fields are so bad from the arresting wires and gear that the TV we used was always purple and wavy. Good times.
Anyway, that game doesn’t really hold up now, going back my memories were a little ruined.
August 21st, 2009 at 11:46 am
umm, matt, Crazy Taxi was never a Saturn game, that was for the Dreamcast.
September 28th, 2010 at 11:28 am
Worms and Bug! are my favorites. But then again, I’ve only played a handful of titles for the Saturn.
June 19th, 2012 at 6:11 pm
Easily, EASILY, the most underrated SEGA Saturn game is Death Tank Zwei!
It’s an amazing hidden game in Duke Nukem 3D, that can be unlocked if you have a copy of another Lobotomy Software game (Quake/PowerSlave) in your Saturn’s memory.
Add a Saturn Multitap, 6 additional controllers, and 6 buddies (7-player game) with a lot of extra time, and you’ll be playing this far underrated Saturn gem for many hours on end.
We usually pull all-nighters on this excellent little tank fragging game.