I've had a modest Sega Saturn collection in the past and didn't pay it much attention. Now that it's gone and worth 20 times what I sold it for, I've started looking for one on eBay.
The stand out games are few and far between, paying $400 - 700 for a copy of panzer dragoon saga makes me want to puke (I sold it for 150ish back in the day) and light gun games don't work on my televisions... I continue to talk myself out of it but just barely. Outside of revisiting Panzer dragoon saga I want to play Dark Savior. It's one of the few that I've never laid hands on, but its even 60 dollars (15 if I could read Japanese).
I think the hope of a mini has kept me in check but the games I wanna play have NEVER been ported, rereleased, or popped up on a collection of any kind. I can understand Dark Savior not coming back but Panzer Dragoon Saga? There has to be some licensing issue...
Any love left for the Saturn in 2020? Any hope of a mini console or a way to play Panzer Dragoon Saga without shelling out the majority of a house payment?
I remember Quake III being awesome on the Saturn, or was it the DreamCast? Apparently there was also a version of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, relabeled as Noctourne in the Moonlight, that had additional levels compared to the PlayStation version.
Those Sega systems are a bit blurred in my memory. As far as light gun games go, seek out an old Sony WEGA for the best in CRT gaming! :D
I just recently became aware of the value of my Sega Saturn collection. I shockingly picked up only three of my games and was in awe of them being worth over $400. I need to pull out the whole lot and evaluate the whole collection. I have a lot of Capcom fighters. And Guardian Heroes, love that game. I have both NiGHTS and Christmas NiGHTS.
Every since thrift stores stopped accepting CRTs as donations I've not been able to run down a good CRT. I had a 36" Sony Trinitron that lasted forever that was perfect for gaming. I've been keeping an eye out for a big WEGA or a broadcast monitor but nothing yet. At this point I don't know that I'd have a place to put it! I do miss those virtua cop, house of the dead, lethal enforcers, TIME CRISIS kind of games
Quote from: targetrasp on February 20, 2020, 05:14:27 PM
Every since thrift stores stopped accepting CRTs as donations I've not been able to run down a good CRT. I had a 36" Sony Trinitron that lasted forever that was perfect for gaming. I've been keeping an eye out for a big WEGA or a broadcast monitor but nothing yet. At this point I don't know that I'd have a place to put it! I do miss those virtua cop, house of the dead, lethal enforcers, TIME CRISIS kind of games
I still have my 27" WEGA and will keep it 'til it dies!
This weekend, Renee and I found a stored Saturn at her mom's house. Some of you might remember DeathMonkeyOmega on Steam; he is Renee's brother and left his Saturn there! I think we are going to have to adopt it!
I dug through my mother's attic a while back and didn't find crap. What she didn't give to goodwill when I was in college she put in totes and gave back to me during my housewarming party!
At least that's how I tell it, she says nothing is missing but there's boxes and boxes of baseball cards I've not seen since puberty...
There might be some expensive stuff in there
@Grindspine, and I bet that'd be awesome hooked up to your sony
@Grindspine Quake 3 was Dreamcast... HOWEVER, they did have a Sega Saturn Quake!
Quake Sega Saturn Version - Quake.fandom.com (https://quake.fandom.com/wiki/Quake_(SEGA_Saturn_version))
you know... I still have my Saturn. I was thinking of selling it. I have Nights complete in box with controller, Christmas nights I believe, tempest 2000, Mega Man X4 ... and a few others. I saw it was going for a decent amount... and was going to sell it. I played it a few years back... but it just hasn't gotten a lot of play. Tempest 2000 on the Saturn just wasn't as good as the Atari Jaguar's version... so I really never played it a ton on the Saturn. Mega Man X4 is pretty good! So I haven't made the decision to sell it again lol and my 1st decision to sell was derailed.
Almost everything I've sold I wish I kept, most of what I've kept I've contemplated selling.
At this point I'll only sell duplicates when I get better copies or systems. No more regrets, just clutter!
I decided long ago that if any of my old disc drive consoles died, I would not invest in a replacement. Thoughts of a replacement being just as old as the one I had causes me to fear another failure quicker than the one before. So yeah I would then begin to sell off the games. Cartridge based consoles is a different story for me.
@retro junkie when that does happen youtube is your best friend. usually all it takes is an ebay account to source the parts and some novice soldering skills.
Not sure I would do that. Hmmmm.... I will think about it and weigh both options when the time comes. ;)
this stuff is getting harder to find... youtube cuts both ways!
I bought a new legit soldering iron a few months ago. Now I just need a project ;D
@retro junkie lol.
I don't know. I'm really contemplating selling the collection and recouping the cash. I wish I woulve bought a lot of other stuff and hoarded it from back in the day. All those us faselei carts I had... New Saturn units ... etc. Many of these consoles just don't get play anymore.