1995 Ghen War. It was a true next gen game. It was 2 games in one. A outdoor mech and indoor corridor shooter.
1995 Ghen War. It was a true next gen game. It was 2 games in one. A outdoor mech and indoor corridor shooter.
I'd like to see PTO II added to the list, but honestly I don't know what there'd be to drop...maybe we need a top 25 list?
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The no import parts make it kind of hard so i'm going to go with dark savior,astal,3DD,nights and panzer dragoon saga.
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I think Galatic Attack is a really good game, but I do agree with most of those games.
replace something with steep slope sliders. i just got to this thread. steep slope sliders is awesome. it si way better than winter heat, and winter heat rocks
Why is Sonic 3D Blast on there? That game was bad. If you want a Sonic game on there, Sonic Jam is better.
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US only eh?
In no particular order:
Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon II Zwei
Panzer Dragoon Saga
NiGHTS
Guardian Heroes
Astal
Sonic Jam
Burning Rangers
Albert Odysessy
Shining the Holy Ark
Darius Gaiden
Galactic Attack
Street Fighter Collection
Street Fighter Alpha
Mega Man X4
Fighters Megamix
Virtua Fighter 2
Virtua Cop 1
Virtua Cop 2
Shining Force III
Magic Knight Rayearth
Fighting Vipers
Powerslave
Saturn Bomberman
The Legend of Oasis
why are all the good saturn games so hard to find on ebay..i swear to god soem arent even on ebay at all
keep the thread alive. I would vot for Burning rangers as well. It should replace House of the dead as it is the weakest game on the list. House of the dead is a boring difficult game that would be lucky to hit the top 50 list. Burning Rangers on the other hand was a unique and very fun game. It was made by Sonic team how could you not have it on the list.
If you really wanted a gun game on the list put Area 51 on instead as it is the best one for saturn.
Saw this list and almost died when I saw some bad games noted on here. (I love Prize Fighter but I'm not plugging it for the top 10.) Over the years, this would be a list of games that can survive time, when games were short but sweet.
Top 20
Astal (Saturn at its best)
Fighters Megamix (Best 3D Fighter)
Guadrian Heroes (Most Original)
Nights Panzer Dragoon Saga (The Best RPG, ever)
Saturn Bomberman (Addictive party game)
Shining Force III (Basically RPG Chess)
Virtua Cop 2 (Still fun in the arcades & at home)
Radiant Silvergun (Seizure city!)
Policenauts (Great story, smooth animation, lightgun sequences)
Deep Fear (Great game, bad voicing, but you could run w/ your gun)
Enemy Zero (Seriously tense gaming with eye candy)
Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo (Fun to play and watch)
Die Hard Arcade (Just plain ol' fun)
Sega Rally (Best racing game)
The House of the Dead (Another great lightgun game)
Metal Slug (What saturn does best)
Resident Evil (The music, the story, the original survival horror)
D (Twisted and sick, John Carpenter would be proud)
Dragon Ball Z: Shin Butoden (Best DBZ fighter, slick graphics, intense gaming)
Duke Nukem (Who could forget "Shake it baby"?)
Many games were left out but deserve some note (Sonic 3D, Marvel vs, Panzer Dragoon Zwei among others) since they recieve bias points (because we love them). But let's get the truth out. If you gave someone a Saturn with 2 stunners, 2 controllers and it played imports, what would you give them?
*Reason for omitting each game on the current list:
-Dragon Force -> Shining Force III is better & you don't need 2 games too similar
-Magic Knight Rayearth -> Cool to watch, okay to play, but if I had friends over it's not something you bring out
-Nightwarriors -> good game, not great
-Panzer Zwei -> Fun but Saga reigns
-Shining the Holy Ark -> SFIII is better
-Sonic 3D Blast -> Fun but gets old
-Virtua Figher 2 -> If you've played Fighter Megamix you know why
-Virtual On -> Graphics were poor compared to Arcade, DC version put it to shame, like the Twin Sticks though
-Winter Heat -> Its ok at best
There's more that could be imported but I'm trying to be fair. Hope this helps someone out there.
In my opinion one of the best RPGS ever made indeed.Originally Posted by BHvrd
And best game for Sega Saturn.
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How do you account for the fact that it's guaranteed almost no one has played every Saturn game? Moreover, I don't think most people contributing have played every game on the list. I play Saturn more than anyone I've ever known or heard of plus I have over 100 Saturn games but there are still quite a few games I haven't played. Wouldn't it be smart to get a top 20 from everyone during a weeks' time or so and then compile the conclusive list from that? Anyway here's my top 20, in no particular order:
Contra: Legacy Of War
Darius Gaiden
Dark Savior
Daytona USA
Dragon Force
Duke Nukem 3-D
Galactic Attack
Guardian Heroes
House Of The Dead, The
Legend Of Oasis, The
Mystaria: The Realms Of Lore
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Quake
Saturn Bomberman
Sega Ages (so unbelievably underrated)
Shining Force III
Shining The Holy Ark
Shinobi Legions
Street Fighter Collection
Valora Valley Golf (so unbelievably underrated)
I haven't gotten around to playing Burning Rangers yet so...
And of course everyone is right, the Japanese library deserves it's own top 20.
I have no idea. I never played 20 Saturn games, since I'm not a Saturn enthusiast, but you can't totally discount someone for that. Of the ones I played, the Saturn games I actually enjoyed were:Originally Posted by nebrazca78
Daytona USA
NHL 98
Quarterback Attack
Street Fighter The Movie
Virtua Fighter
Virtua Fighter 2
Worldwide Soccer 1998
I don't play RPG's or Japanese titles, so it is a small list. I've only had about 30 US Saturn games pass through my hands total, most of which I played and not all of them I liked. I don't want to name games I didn't like just to get a total of 20 and pad my numbers.
Top 20 USA Saturn games for me:
(in ABC order)
Albert Odyssey
Astal
Burning Rangers
Darius Gaiden
Die Hard Arcade
Dragon Force
Fighters Megamix
Galactic Attack
Guardian Heroes
Iron Storm
Legend of Oasis
Lunacy
Magic Knight Rayearth
Nights
Panzer Dragoon II Zwei
Panzer Dragon Saga
Saturn Bomberman
Sega Rally Championship
Shining Force III
Virtua Fighter 2
How it's god's name did any self-respecting Saturn owner let Sonic 3D Blast end up on that list??? It's not terrible by video game standards, but it is by Sonic standards. No fan of the games or the Saturn actually considers it a "true" Sonic title.
How about these much more respectable titles: Radiant Silvergun (import). Burning Rangers (despite being over-rated). Street Fighter Collection (not a big fighting game fan, but did see that EGM ranked this as the 3rd best Saturn game). Shinobi Legions is pretty good. And how about my personal pick for the list, MR BONES!!!
After thinking about doing it for around 5 years, I just ordered a Saturn mod chip (for my round button Saturn) from jandaman.com. I haven't installed a modchip since my PSone, but looking at the directions makes it seems incredibly simple.
After I get it working, I might finally be able to play Panzer Dragoon Saga and some of the other ridiculously expensive Saturn import titles that some above have mentioned. Woohoo!
I finally got to play this game. Other than the digitized graphics, the game is really good! Shinobi Legions is a game that every Shinobi fan needs to try. I can't believe that I waited this long to give this game a chance. The graphics are so mid 90's digitized fare but the game play is spot on with the likes of Revenge of Shinobi and Shinobi III.
If anyone's interested, I have made a Collector's Guide of sorts for the Saturn which you can download for free at:
http://www.SegaSaturnGuide.com
Also, most of the videos are now on Youtube (broken into 6 volumes). You can just do a search for "155 Sega Saturn" at Youtube.
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Take off House of the Dead, the graphics are horrible and Virtua Cop 2 is already on there, which is a much superior shooter. The gameplay in House of the Dead doesn't really do much for me, with the drifting bullets and all. Virtua Cop is much more solid.
I nominate these three games:
Daytona USA - Great Racing game with a fantastic soundtrack, multitude of gameplay modes, and overall solid gameplay. I prefer this to Sega Rally myself.
Burning Rangers - Sonic Team's last Saturn game is really good, and really deserves a spot on this list.
Die Hard Arcade - A fantastic beat-em-up by Sega that has aged very well. It also needs to be somewhere on this list.
And although I think Sonic 3D Blast is a good game, I'm not sure if you can consider it to be better than Die Hard Arcade or Burning Rangers tbh.
Last edited by Baloo; 12-06-2009 at 07:43 PM.