seeberg
Headphoneus Supremus
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...And it's only costing me $35 to start my trip!
I had one of these bad boys long, long ago, in the days of yore... Anyway, it was 1998. The first one I bought for $50 didn't even have a dang controller, but I had one thing only a few people could dream of at the time, and it was the only game I had for the console: Panzer Dragoon Saga. That game was worth a grip of cash when I foolishly sold it for $25 without any knowledge that it was far more valuable, but enough of that!
I bought this bundle on eBay for $35 shipped, and it didn't even list that it came with Virtua Fighter 2, as you can see. It was just in there, waiting for me to play it or something. The tiny pic that it had in the auction showed that it had a 3D analog stick controller with it, but it didn't ship with the system. I'm not bummed though, having a free game was certainly better than nothing.
I already have a modchip on the way for it, so I can enjoy all the games I never had the opportunity to previously(BTW, the only people making money on all the rare Saturn games out there are bloodthirsty eBayers, I haven't seen Sega make one red cent since they discontinued the system in Japan). Beyond this, I am also going to get myself an Action Replay 4-in-1 Plus cartrige, which will allow for memory backup, cheating (I don't cheat lol), ram expansion to 1-4 MB(I would love a way to hack it so the 4MB expansion applied to all games, I could think of all sorts of things to do with that much extra memory), and the ability to play imports. BTW, even if you have a modchip, you still have to deal with territorial lockout on CD-R's! Isn't that crazy? Well, that's the good ol' Saturn for ya.
The last thing I plan on doing, and this is more of an ASAP kind of thing, is to get a coupe of the very slick 3D controllers for the system. I could always recall wanting one of these, cause they were freaking awesome looking ever since I first played Nights Into Dreams at a kiosk in some store, which ironically was also my first taste of 64-bit gaming too(N64, I never played the Jaguar and don't plan to). I'm even considering getting a USB converter dealie to run them or the J-style Saturn controls(as shown; I don't do those big bulky pre-Xbox American contraptions
) for emulation exclusively, both for the fact that I love that 3D controller, and that the Saturn standard small controller is widely regarded as one of the best fighting controllers ever made. In fact, Sega still makes them with a USB connector, and they license the design to other companies to make theme controllers for systems like the PS2.
Finally, down the road I might try to hunt down a JVC "Twin Operator" vcd-card upgrade for my Saturn, as I've seen a FAQ for it stating that it allows not only VCD playback, but compatibility with MPEG enabled import Saturn games and JPEG picture CD's, which IMHO is very cool, especially for a console of all things. And here's the icing on the cake: It plays Karaoke discs too
! Yeah, I don't know what I might do with that feature, but I guess we'll see, now won't we?
The only thing I know I won't be getting for this is a NetLink package. The Saturn has no internet support, and if it still did, 28.8kbps connections aren't exactly cutting edge ways of gaming online
Nonetheless, I anticipate I'll have a blast with this new toy of mine, and I'm not letting it get away this time.
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Abe
I had one of these bad boys long, long ago, in the days of yore... Anyway, it was 1998. The first one I bought for $50 didn't even have a dang controller, but I had one thing only a few people could dream of at the time, and it was the only game I had for the console: Panzer Dragoon Saga. That game was worth a grip of cash when I foolishly sold it for $25 without any knowledge that it was far more valuable, but enough of that!
I bought this bundle on eBay for $35 shipped, and it didn't even list that it came with Virtua Fighter 2, as you can see. It was just in there, waiting for me to play it or something. The tiny pic that it had in the auction showed that it had a 3D analog stick controller with it, but it didn't ship with the system. I'm not bummed though, having a free game was certainly better than nothing.
I already have a modchip on the way for it, so I can enjoy all the games I never had the opportunity to previously(BTW, the only people making money on all the rare Saturn games out there are bloodthirsty eBayers, I haven't seen Sega make one red cent since they discontinued the system in Japan). Beyond this, I am also going to get myself an Action Replay 4-in-1 Plus cartrige, which will allow for memory backup, cheating (I don't cheat lol), ram expansion to 1-4 MB(I would love a way to hack it so the 4MB expansion applied to all games, I could think of all sorts of things to do with that much extra memory), and the ability to play imports. BTW, even if you have a modchip, you still have to deal with territorial lockout on CD-R's! Isn't that crazy? Well, that's the good ol' Saturn for ya.
The last thing I plan on doing, and this is more of an ASAP kind of thing, is to get a coupe of the very slick 3D controllers for the system. I could always recall wanting one of these, cause they were freaking awesome looking ever since I first played Nights Into Dreams at a kiosk in some store, which ironically was also my first taste of 64-bit gaming too(N64, I never played the Jaguar and don't plan to). I'm even considering getting a USB converter dealie to run them or the J-style Saturn controls(as shown; I don't do those big bulky pre-Xbox American contraptions
Finally, down the road I might try to hunt down a JVC "Twin Operator" vcd-card upgrade for my Saturn, as I've seen a FAQ for it stating that it allows not only VCD playback, but compatibility with MPEG enabled import Saturn games and JPEG picture CD's, which IMHO is very cool, especially for a console of all things. And here's the icing on the cake: It plays Karaoke discs too
The only thing I know I won't be getting for this is a NetLink package. The Saturn has no internet support, and if it still did, 28.8kbps connections aren't exactly cutting edge ways of gaming online
Abe
