Again! Late as usual!
I want to know one thing.
Why is he late? What is he doing?
What should I do now?
That's why I'm killing time and playing.
Huh? Akuma?
What bring you here?
And strangely, why are you carrying the necessary stuff?
I'm here to visit you
and I found someone at your doorstep
who looked like a thief
with a hoodie on his head and sunglasses
and he told me to give you this stuff
Aha! Didn't he tell you something else?
Something related to fish?
He just told me to give it to bucket face
Bucket face? Me?
very-well... I will show him next time.
Anyway, pass me the stuff and you can take your leave if you want, because I'm busy now
Oh, really! I came to visit you and you dismiss me. Don't you know hospitality?
Didn't you notice? We have already started the episode and chatted for too long
You know what? I will join you in this episode,
because it's obvious you will be talking about my love,
the luxurious Sega Saturn
Join me? No need! One person is enough.
You need to give me the stuff and I will do the rest. You may leave
It's OK then. I will give them back to the thief or I don't know what he was
Fine! Fine! Present with me!
Such trouble! Such bad luck! One can't relax alone
Then here you go
It seems I will turn insane because of the items they throw at my head
Now we will share with you the console with its accessories...
Is this how you present an episode? Wear something on you head!
What is this cap?
Just wear it! I don't have another Sega cap. Wear this! Who told you to come without  a cap?
OK..
you bucket face
The Sega Saturn console, this console was a successor to the successful Sega Genesis,
but was this console as successful as its predecessor. Unfortunately, no!
It was significantly less successful. This console was released in Japan in 1994 and in the US a year later.
Sega was trying to aggressively compete with Sony at the time of revealing the console in E3,
but in the Sony's conference,
the announcement was shocking for Sega when the Play Station's price was announced
to be cheap at 300$ which made Sony win the competition fast.
Back then, the price was a very important element.
The major problem was conflicts at Sega's management and all of its division.
They weren't in agreement all the time. When Saturn was released in Japan,
32X was released at the same time in the US, of course which was basically a Sega Genesis add-on and not even a new console.
Honestly, this add-on wasn't really necessary like the Sega CD which caused losses for Sega.
The Sega Saturn's concept was to be a 32-bit console and Sega of America
objected the idea reasoning that the Sega Genesis was very successful.
Therefore, they released the 32-bit add-on, but it failed.
Anyway, let's return to the Sega Saturn.
There were so many versions for the console at its time at very high prices.
When it was competing with the Play Station 1,
the Play Station 1 was more dominant which Sega of Japan put pressure on Sega of America to release the console sooner in the US.
However, although the console started fine, the main obstacle was the price.
The console performed poorly in the US unlike in Japan.
Even the Japanese games library was larger than the western one.
The console sold approximately 9 million units worldwide.
Not to mention how difficult it was to develop games on it unlike the Play Station.
Anyway and aside from that, this doesn't make the Sega Saturn bad.
It was an excellent console in general with a nice games library.
Let me mention a funny information about it. When Sega marketed the console in Japan,
it used the Segata Sanshiro personality which was just a promotional character for the console on TV.
Honestly, it was a nice and funny work and it had many videos. Now we will showcase the console in details
The design of the console is elegant and you feel its prestige and luxury in its design.
It is slightly larger than the Play Station console. Personally,
Sega was among the best companies when it came to the looks of their consoles,
because it understood that console's appearance was an important factor to appeal to the customer and attract him,
but it was generally known that appearance was not enough. In any way,
the design of the console is elegant and modern. Now we will unbox the console.
This is the power button.
This is the CD lid opening button.
This is the reset button.
In the rear side of the console, you see the power cable port
and the AV cable port and you can use SCART cable for RGB.
This is the communication connector to plug additional accessories
like the floppy disk reader for the saving feature which was only released in Japan.
Another cable to connect 2 consoles at the same time
for multiplayer games on 2 consoles in a single room on 2 screens
like the one we talked about in the Play Station episode.
You can use this port to connect to Internet and other purposes.
On back left hand side of the console,
there is a cover you need to remove to put a battery for saving along with the console's time and date.
If the battery dries out with time,
all save will be erased for good and this was a major flaw for the console,
but there is a solution that I will inform you about shortly.
On top of the console, there is a cartridge input slot which you insert accessories in it
like the save back up which allows for more space for the console acting like a memory card.
Its size is 512KB unlike the console's internal memory of 32KB.
You can also insert RAM cartridges in the slot which are mainly required for some fighting games to greatly make load times faster.
That was a reason why Sega Saturn was the best platform for fighting games back then.
For your information, There was a second model for the Sega Saturn with the only difference being the front buttons
were is circle shape unlike the model 1 which had oval or curvy buttons.
Here are the front ports for the controllers.
This is the console's own controller.
It is similar to the Genesis's controller which had 6 buttons
with a slight change in the shape and it is very practical for fighting games.
This is the D-pad and it is very functional.
This is the start button
and these are the main buttons on the front A, B, C, X, Y and Z.
The controller also has shoulder buttons which are L and R and pressing them is easy.
There were so many shapes for the controller based on the model.
In general, the controllers are excellent.
You can also plug the multi-controller pad and each pad has 6 controller ports.
You can also plug the same pad in the second port in case you want to play games that support more than 6 players.
For your information, even the Play Station 1 used a similar pad, but only for 4 players.
This is a side information only.
We will talk about the accessories.
What you see are special controllers for Nights game which are also compatible to use with other games.
Its main feature is that it includes an analogue stick.
The is an official arcade stick from Sega.
It was made especially for fighting games and had the usual components in any arcade stick like turbo buttons.
This kind of accessory was primarily targeted towards fighting games fans.
This is light gun for on-rail shooter games,
but it is playable on CRT screens only and can not be used on HD screen.
For your information, there were other more accessories,
but we can not cover them all so that we don't take longer time. Our aim is at what is currently available.
This is the movie card.
This is plugged in the console's rear slot and one of its features  is playing VCDs on the console.
This is a VCD movie.
Now we will showcase the cases. For your information, every region had a totally different case from the other. You will see how.
This is the Japanese case. It looks similar to the common jewel cases, but what made it different was the art style especially with this golden bar.
This is how it looks like when you open it.
This is the Japanese case which contains extras like the RAM cartridge which makes loading times faster and honestly it is more luxurious than the regular cases.
This is the US case. It is longer and thicker. Although it takes a lot of storage space, it is also luxurious.
This is the European case. It has the same size of the US one, but thinner and uses a different plastic material just like the DVD cases.
It doesn't break easily, too. For your information, the console is region-locked. Fortunately and with the passing of time,
an modified internal chip was produced to solve this problem, but the easier solution is this cartridge which is an Action Replay.
It acts just like a Game Shark and at the same time plays all regions.
Even its RAM is region-free for all games meaning you won't need separate RAMs for each game
Now we will talk about the games. Just to clarify, this list represents our personal opinion.
We usually mention 10 games for each console we review.
So if we skip a game, it doesn't mean we have underestimated other games.
For your information each player has his own experience
So off course we will skip some games because we have to.. We don't to make this video long
Anyway, let's start!
Daytona USA,
I'm not a fan of real life car racing games and I favor fantasy one more,
but this game is really nice and has challenges. Back then, it was among the best real life car racing games
Three Dirty Dwarves,
a very unique beat 'em up game. You control 3 dwarves and each has his own abilities. The game uses a very unique gameplay style.
If one player gets hit once, he becomes dizzy and the other player has to wake him up by hitting him.
Most importantly is that the trio much not get dizzy or you will lose a life.
What's so special about this game is that it supports 3 players and it is one of the most unique beat 'em up games
Die Hard Arcade,
this game was released on the arcade and it was great to see on home consoles.
It is a very entertaining 3D beat 'em up game. Of course, the game is based on a famous movie and it is worth trying
Virtua Fighter 2,
a 3D fighting game and it was a true competitor to Tekken back then.
The series is currently on haitus until further notice.
The game was distinguished by its easy controls and the deep gameplay.
Executing the moves is generally smooth. The character roster is good
Nights Into Dreams,
developed by Sonic Team. This character appeared in the first Sonic Adventure game, but not a lot of gamers knew her.
They later knew there was a game for this character. It was even one of the console's best games.
We say this game is a special platformer as the character flies and enters rings to collect score.
It is an entertaining and a very unique game
Sonic R,
a runner racing game with Sonic characters. It is not as powerful as Mario Kart and Crash Racing,
but it is not bad. The controls are not very practical, but with time you will get used to it and will have fun in it.
The game has many characters from Sonic games and some didn't appear before. The soundtrack is really cool
The House of The Dead,
an on rail shooter game like Virtua Cop and others. This is definitely better.
It is entertaining and exciting in general. There is no better feeling that blowing up zombie heads.
This game is better played with a light gun that makes you live the real experience.
Of course, there is another excellent game like we mentioned, Virtua Cop.
We will talk about it as a side game. It may not be as impressive as The House of The Dead,
but it remains very entertaining. Like I said, the best experience for these games is to play them with a light gun
Shinobi X,
some of you may not know this game released on Sega Saturn, but played the previous games.
This game is among the hidden gems on the console.
What's nice about it is that it followed the same rhythm of the previous games and was not treated as a totally new game.
The gameplay is honestly very entertaining and the games used digital graphics and this was rare to see in platform and action games
Fighting Vipers,
a hidden gem on the console which remained Sega-console exclusive.
A simple and entertaining fighting game that resembled Virtua Fighter a bit.
It is unfortunate that gems such as this game didn't continue and it had a chance to compete with other major titles
Enemy Zero,
a survival horror game, but in a different style from the other horror games.
It relies on search and inspections. This game was not targeted towards casual gamers,
but towards those who liked puzzle solving and inspection. Another hidden gem on Sega Saturn.
Anyway, this is everything to do with the games
OK, we have reached the conclusion. Finally!
What?!
Nothing! Nothing! Anyway Akuma, what do you think about the console?
Argh, don't ask me about this console! This console at its time was a luxury and beauty and I honestly liked it a lot.
I don't know why people view other different opinions like the console was a failure or it was nice.
I see it to be a nice console without any problem. I didn't see much of negativity on it.
The fighting games on it were great. The adventure games on it were great, too
Fighting games were the best on it, because of the RAM cartridge
Because of the RAM cartridge and the fighting games it had were close to their arcade versions.
This was what was nice about it.
You didn't tell me what your opinion is about this console
Me? Umm,
just what I said in the video,
I didn't buy it at its time
You didn't buy it?
Nope
OK...
I better leave
OK! Since he left,
let me you tell you a small secret and it is a hint for the next episode.
I will talk about the competing console ...
Nintendo 64
(English Subtitle: Ghanem Salem)
