Sega Saturn vs Turbo Grafx CD

[BricatSegaFan]

But when you win playing a vending machine you get a delicious snack as a treat. When you win at a Tiger handheld game you get a, um....The End screen. I'm gonna have to go with the vending machine on this one.

Hmm this is true. Sometimes in vending machines you win twice because some snacks get stuck and both fall out.

[gameofyou]

The North American lineup is actually pretty damn good. I only have 4 imports for my Saturn and the other 75 games were bought in the States.

100% agree. There are plenty more even than you listed like Steep Slope Sliders, Winter Heat, Quake, Duke Nukem, Power Slave, ...ect.

I think a lot of people just don't realize how many Saturn games were actually released in the USA. There is no doubt, though, that a lot of great games never made it over here. With JPN games typically being much cheaper than USA games these days, that's what most people go for.

[Daria]

And even then the Saturn still has far more variety. This is literally the same as comparing the PS to the SNES or the N64 to the Genesis. Just doesn't make sense.

Personally I prefer oranges over apples.

[gameofyou]

Not to mention all the awesome Sega arcade conversions: VF2, Daytona, Sega Rally, Virtual Cop, Virtual On, Last Bronx, Manx TT, Die Hard Arcade, ...ect.

Pffffffffffffff.

Panzer Dragoon 1, 2, and Saga
Dragon Force
Shining Force 3
Burning Force
Magic Knight Rayearth
X-Men vs SF & Marvel vs SF (yes, I know these were released for the PS1, but there's absolutely no reason to EVER play the PS versions save for LULZ)
Radiant Silvergun
Dark Savior
Legend of Oasis
Castlevania (extra dungeon segments for Saturn only)
House of the Dead
Albert Odessy
Darkstalkers 3/Vampire Savior
Nights
10 freakin' player Bomberman!!!
Princess Crown
etc.

[BricatSegaFan]

Personally I prefer oranges over apples.

Mandarin oranges to be exact mmmmm

[wiggyx]

Apples in the fall, oranges in the summer, and lucky vending machine double Snickers ANYTIME

[Ed Oscuro]

Personally I prefer oranges over apples.

Please tell me, have you kept your doctor away?

Or maybe that was the plan all along?

[Gamevet]

Most people I know prefer the Saturn's import library over it's US one, especially since the US branch missed out on titles like Castlevania: SOTN, and the DBZ fighters, among other. Having said that, in my original post I said that although the US Saturn library is pretty weak it's still better than the US TG16 library. And even though I think it's US library is weak compared to the PS1 or N64 US libraries it's not like you can't find some good stuff to play. I just prefer playing the Japanese titles more than the US ones, where as you are the opposite.

The N64 was my least played console of that generation. The North American Saturn may have missed a lot of great Japanese titles; it was still way better that what was being offered on the N64. Most of the great Japanese Saturn games seem to be centered around shmups and fighters. Sure, there are great games like Steamgear Mash, Grandia and the missing chapters from Shining Force III, but North America did get the lion's share of what was being offered in Japan.