The Sega Saturn Thread

[EOJ]

I thought it would be good to open a thread on this console since I've been playing a lot of these games recently. Post about any Saturn games you're playing, or any of your favorites from the past! Feel free to ask questions about the games here too.

I owned a Saturn back in the mid-90s and enjoyed many games on it (Dragon Force, Lunar 2 Eternal Blue, Grandia, Virtua Fighter 2, etc.), but there were many others I never played. I've discovered the joy of playing these through the mednafen core in Openemu on my mac, which plays everything I've thrown at it perfectly (or at least, close enough that I can't really tell any differences). The ability to use save states really helps out on many of the RPGs on the console, which often had save points spread too far apart, requiring one to play 1-2 hours to get to the next point. These days I can only play in bite-sized time slots, so this is a real boon for me.

[EOJ]

After 27 years, I finally finished Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean yesterday. It only took me 15 hours, and I had to use a guide to get through the convoluted last dungeon, but I really enjoyed it overall. I'm a big fan of simple JRPGs that don't overstay their welcome, with great pixel art and nice music. Working Design's translation is goofy fun, very '90s in all the best and worst ways. I bought this game in 1997, soon after it came out. I loved what I played of it then, but it kept crashing during loading screens, and this became so frustrating I gave up on playing it and soon sold it off the next year (by then the game was already rare, and I was surprised that the shop that bought it from me gave me nearly the same amount I paid for it new). I've read this is a common problem with the game.