Category: Sega Saturn
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The Saturn: Sega’s Greatest Console (Part 5)
System Spotlight: Saturn Controllers Saturn Feature Index: – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 Many would argue that one of the Saturn’s finest aspects was its controllers. The basic controller was the Final Evolution of the Mega Drive/Genesis pad; it took the overall shape of the 16-bit…
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The Saturn: Sega’s Greatest Console (Part 4)
System Spotlight: Sega NetLink Saturn Feature Index: – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 Before Xbox 360. Before Xbox. Before PS2. Before Dreamcast. As early as the 32-bit generation, Sega became the pioneer in the console online gaming revolution with the Sega Saturn. In 1996 Sega released…
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The Saturn: Sega’s Greatest Console (Part 3)
System Spotlight: Internal Memory Saturn Feature Index: – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 OK.. You’re launching one of the first consoles on a completely new game medium. Veteran gamers have all grown accustomed to battery back-ups on their cartridges, a luxury which CD-format games cannot manage.…
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The Saturn: Sega’s Greatest Console (Part 2)
System Spotlight: Cartridges Galore! Saturn Feature Index: – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 You know, it’s one thing when a system comes out and you find an expansion port on it. Ah, can’t you remember the one you found on the bottom of every Nintendo system…
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The Saturn: Sega’s Greatest Console
Ahhh the Sega Saturn. My beloved, underappreciated 32-bit Sega Saturn. In time, it would become the first truly successful CD based gaming console to market, although not without its growing pains. Rushed to stores just a few weeks ahead of its rival, the Sony PlayStation, the Japanese Saturn was released on November 22nd, 1994. Following…