New member would like some advice off the pro's here at assembler.

Hi everyone i have been browsing this site for years now and thought it was high time i joined, it feel's great to be a member .Anyhow i'm getting a jpn saturn tomorrow and would like some advice off the well learned members of assembler on which games to go for, i love 2d fighter's and shoot em up's(which is the reason for the saturn).So in a nutshell any tip's? Much appreciated, retrolove.:thumbsup:

A little background on myself. I have been into games since 1985,starting on an atari 65xe and followed by a comodore 64(breadbin type).After seeing a sms in action i quickly got 1 followed by:sega md(jap import),nintendo nes,amiga 600,super famicom,ps,ps2,dreamcast,gc,xbox and now xbox360.
But iv'e always wanted a jpn saturn quite simply because of the vast catalogue of 2d games(i much prefer 2d to 3d). So does anyone have any suggestions? Peace and thanks in advance.
Retrolove.

 

My favorites:

X-Men vs Street Fighter (make sure you have the 4MB RAM cart).
Vampire Saviour
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Metal Slug
Dezaemon 2
Layer Section 2
Soukyugurentai Otokuyo
Capcom Generations vol 4

Some other favorites of mine (non shooter/fighter)
Culdcept
Side Pocket 2
Daytona USA CCE
Gun Griffon 2
Clockwork Knight 2

 

Japanese Saturn? OK for 2D fighters the must have titles are:

Groove on Fight (1Mbit RAM)
Marvel Super Heroes Vs Street Fighter (4Mbit RAM)
Vampire Saviour (4Mbit RAM)
Street Fighter Zero 2 (No RAM Cartridge Required)
Street Fighter Zero 3 (4Mbit RAM)
The King of Fighters '97 (1 or 4Mbit RAM)

ok, they are some of the best 2D fighters but of course there are loads more.

For shooters you must get the following:

Layer Section
Darius Gaiden
Sokyugurentai
Battle Gregga
Batsugun
DoDonpachi

That should get you started. Of course, just like the fighters there are loads more great titles. I suggest that you watch my Retro Core Sega Saturn Shooting Special Ver.2 video. Here's the infor from my site and the link:

http://www.segagagadomain.com/RetroCorepage-main.htm

Yakumo

 

Oh yeah..Keio's a MUST as well but the PAL version is pretty cool as well.

 

:thumbsup:Thanks very much lads i have watched some retro core yakumo but with the kid's i dont get much free time lol(do many of us?). I have read many of your post's segafreak and yakumo and i find a lot of new,interesting thing's i have never heard of or knew existed so thank you very much lad's.:thumbsup:

Oh and is street fighter zero 3 better on saturn or dreamcast? I have the dreamcast version, plays in pal60 and is good,but the dreamcast pad lets it down.

Cheers Retrolove

 

1 last thing promise guys,are the majority of games that are text heavy unplayable for a non japanese speaker or reader?



thank's

 

Elevator Action 2 / Elevator Action Returns

If you're cheap, can always go with Taito Collection 2 for ps2.

 

Cheers subbie:thumbsup:

By the way im not a rich man lol i had to save or trade when i was younger and truly know what it's like to pay big for something special.

 

Some games you must have:

Daytona USA (not the CCE/CE version, the controls are horrible compared to the original, even on the Japanese version which is better, and the new music is even worse than the original)
Sega Rally
Guardian Heroes (duhhh)
Thunder Force V
Nights into Dreams
Panzer Dragoon I & Zwei
Saturn Bomberman
Real Bout Fatal Fury/RBFF Special

I'd say SFA3 is probably better on Saturn...

 

Daytona CCE with the analogue controller is enjoyable imo.

 

7Force thanks im playing super streetfighter4 at the moment on 360 but love apha/zero 3 apart from not having a straight 6 button pad so sfz3 will be on the list of must haves for me.

 

Yeah, it's not bad or anything, but it feels like they sucked much of the fun out of the game by making the controls so unresponsive. The sense of speed just isn't there either compared to the original. At least the game looks much nicer.

 

I know what that is like. There was a time when i was younger and I was only able to get 1 game for an entire year. Thank god for it being a good one (conker B.F.D. for n64).

Anyways the point I meant by cheap was that the Taito legend 2 collection has the arcade version of EA2 on it and you can find it for around $10-$15 (or even less). I had the saturn version a few years back and it ran me around $50. EA2 is just one of those games I feel people should play. =) As an added bonus it also has 2 darius games (along with some other shooters).
:thumbsup:

 

sweet subbie i will definitiley check that out thanks again.

 

Yeah, Elevator Action Returns is a great game, but on the Saturn it's kinda rare and expensive like the other Ving arcade ports (Bubble Symphony, Night Striker and especially Liquid Kids)

 

For the 2D SNK and Capcom fighters, I would say that they're pretty good on Saturn, but you should consider getting a Supergun/MVS setup to play them at their best. They're all pretty affordable, espcially the MVS stuff, so think about that. Excellent if you really love fighting games.

For shooters. Buy Buy Buy. Yakumo pretty much set up the definitive list there....

Make sure you don't ignore other genres. Saturn has a lot to offer. Consider pretty much ANYTHING Sega made for the system. They're mostly good.

 

Once again thanks guys bubble symphony is another i have my eye on. Is £16 a good price for the jpn version?

Retrolove

Also (sorry for the edit more keeps popping into my head lol)
A supergun is something i have wanted for ages any info would be much appreciated.:thumbsup:

 

If you can get it at that price then DO, because you could easily end up paying twice as much for it.

 

In terms of Saturn, Shooters, and 2D, always listen to Yakumo. He is THE Authority on Saturn stuff.

Elevator Action Returns is, indeed, an awesome game. Now, there's this game I saw on Retro Core which I've never played, but after seeing it, I've always wanted: Assault Suit Leynos 2.

Get it and tell me if it's really as good as they say.

 

*cough*

It would be fair to say there's an overwhelming amount of Saturn knowledge on these boards besides Yakumo.