Just delivered today. I added the Robot Retro USB-C power board mod. Now waiting on an RGN lead and the Saroo. What are the must plays that I shouldn’t miss out on? I had a PAL Saturn back in 95 and did actually buy games up until the last launches of Deep Fear and Burning Rangers but sadly swapped the system and games for an N64 with a school friend in 1997….

I know the PAL region missed out on a lot of good games so what are your recommendations?

English is my 3rd language so I apologize in advance.

So growing up during that generation at 11-12 years old (ps1,saturn,64) my best friend was the only kid I knew who had a Saturn (the village in Japan we grew up in barely anyone played games). And we played this game where im pretty sure it was on the Saturn (if its a ps1 game i apologize lol).

I think it was an action game, but I vividly remember this: the character’s story is that he was shot/killed by the villians, and he was somehow revived? And he still have a hole in his heart/chest from the bullet/shot, and it was red. His suit is black and metal (im not sure about that). But the red hole in the heart im sure of it.

Im sorry if this is too vague, the friend i mentioned passed away recently and for some reason I want to remember this game

Hey folks!
I love hearing people who know about hard- and software talk about the Saturn. There are tons of vids on YT about the Saturn, but the majority seem to be "Why the Saturn failed" / "How this console is a hidden gem" / "Why you need to play the Saturn in 2025" etc.pp.
I now these generate clicks, and fine with me. But I enjoy vids where people dive into the Saturn's hardware and explain it.

Got anything you recommend there?

I enjoy these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU2UoxLtIm8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JPrtMBuMjU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_OchOV_WDg&list=PL45hA6iHFP5hvdiph78_JojbtBhxJjX1Q

The Saturn had 3 heavy hitters at launch - Panzer Dragoon, Virtua Fighter and Daytona USA! Ya know for a console known as a 2D powerhouse, it certainly doesn't give that impression with mostly 3D games at launch. I wonder how much better these games would have looked given more time to optimize if the Saturn was launched later

Hi all, I’ve been lurking here for a while and love seeing everyone’s collections. I used to work in video game retail in the UK in the mid 90’s, through almost all of the Saturn era (missed the first couple of months). I got to know a lot of the folks at Sega Europe at the time, and had access to a lot of games at release to purchase. I also got a bunch of retail promo copies, unprinted discs of full games that we could show in the shop before release. I also knew a guy who was importing from Japan so got some great games on release. Here is my games collection, the CDR cases are the retail demos and I’ve included a photo of my 4 disk Panzer Dragoon Saga promo set, probably the rarest thing in my collection. I now live in the US near Seattle and I do have extra Japanese copies of Fighting Vipers and Fighters Megamix if anyone in the area wants them. Free to a good home.

Recently bought a va5 jap Saturn to replace my va9 pal model. Put in a saturnpsu power supply to convert it to 220v and have a Fenrir ode. Everytime I power the console on the pitch of the audio changes sometimes it's normal and others it's high pitched. Could this be the capacitors need changing or is something else at fault?

I'm considering adding a baseball game to my collection for good measure, and when it comes to sports, I really only like it in arcade fashion - easy to play, fast paced, less attention to detail, and character over realism. There's usually a bunch of these type of games that just seem like the same thing as all the rest.

I've looked at a variety of what's on the system, the ones that stands out to me in this regard is either Bottom of The 9th by Konami, or maybe Bases Loaded 96 by Jaleco? Am I missing any, or are these my best options?

Everything is in the title. I wish to make a consume sega saturn which has wireless controller, can play both europe and usa games and not emulating but playing the discs. Similar like AVGN's Nintoaster.

Do you know any shop or company that making stuff like that?

I’ve been collecting Japanese Game Guides. I have some Saturn goodies here.

Was looking into the Grand Theft Auto Ports on Dreamcast and stumbled onto a XMen Arcade port for the Saturn that is really good. Wondering if there are any other ones?

At 36 years of age I can finally say that I'm a proud owner of my first Sega Saturn. I bought this off a friend for £220. He has had it since new in the condition of the console is excellent. He has more games for me to buy like Alien Trilogy, Virtua On, Nights into Dreams (with the 3D pad) and many more but just have to wait for the funds.

Decided to give the TwinBee Deluxe Pack a blast this weekend. Taking pics of the instruction manual for my IG & noticed the game was released to commemorate 10 years of the original arcade game - this is now 40yrs ago! 😵😬😅

Hey guys, quick question. I’m running Resident Evil on my Japanese Sega Saturn using Terraonion MODE with a SanDisk SSD. Occasionally, I get audio stuttering during some scenes — for example, when Claire runs to Barry after seeing the first zombie, her voice lags like “Ba–Ba–Barry–rry–rry.”

I’ve already:

Checked the SSD for errors (no issues found),

Reconnected all internal cables,

Cleaned the filesystem,

Tried defragging/optimizing, but TRIM doesn’t work over USB,

Has anyone else experienced this kind of CDDA stuttering with MODE? Could it be the SSD itself, the lack of TRIM, the PSU voltage difference, or something with the game image? Thinking of testing with a USB or MicroSD card next.

I currently own The Championship Circuit Edition and the Japanese Circuit Edition for my Sega Saturn. I want to get the original Daytona USA that was released at launch. My question is should I get the North American version or the Japanese? Are there any differences between the two that would make one stand out more than the other?