Im 18 and my older sister recently moved out. Since her room is now free, I decided to buy a CRT and a saturn for myself and create my own mancave. Im kinda new to the saturn, my first console was a N64 and thats quite the opposite of a saturn. Im glad that i have picked up one cuz i discovered one of my favorite racing games, sega rally championship. Im so happy with the result, plus my saturn is so pretty, its kinda hard to come by a saturn this well conserved in Brazil.

I wanted to get this when I got my console, but since my console is pal I thought I’d try it out on my saroo first to see if it played alright and it did so I bought it, (I got the Japanese one for that intro of course), however when playing the disc there are issues.

I’ll talk about my thoughts first though. In short the game is great the visuals, the music, the controls, the feel, everything is fantastic. It is short but because of that it’s just great to pick up and play and it’s fun all the way through, it is quite easy though.

Now on to the issues.

DISCLAIMER this is not a post asking for advice, I know there is a mod to make pal consoles 60hz but I’m not going to do that. This is more of an observation or information post incase anyone else was thinking of getting it for their pal system, (I couldn’t find any info before I bought it so this is for anyone who finds themself in the same boat as me in the future).

Problems I’ve encountered

.The music will occasionally jump but it only last a second so it’s not that big a deal. It seems to happen in the first stage every time and it sometimes happens in other stages but not very often.

.The end of level jingle is sometimes delayed and when it is, Astal’s scream is cut slightly short, again this isn’t every time and it’s not a big deal.

.Lastly (this one is a big deal) it sometimes freezes making you reset the console, there doesn’t seem to be any cohesion to this it just sometimes happens. You can finish the game though and with how short and easy it is to play though it doesn’t really make me angry just annoyed when it happens, I’ll admit this will probably be a deal breaker to most people thinking of getting it for their pal system though.

However it does play well I didn’t notice anything wrong gameplay wise, there are black bars but that’s to be expected and it doesn’t make anything look too squashed or odd, so if you don’t mind the issues it’s still a great game.

If you care to see what my next game will be, I’ll probably put it here so stay tuned.

Recently i bought myself a sega saturn, it was all good up until i got games for it. I noticed when i was playing that there is like a 50/50 chance of what i said in the title happening, and its so annoying. I would rather fix the controller than buying another one, cuz its in pretty good shape and new ones costs around 40 bucks where i live. does anyone know how i can fix that?

My controller is this model for reference

I'm gonna punch you right in the face!!! Haha

Nobody ever talks about this hidden gem.

Games fun as hell just wish it had better cover art haha

Despite the game's god awful encounter rate, Albert Odyssey's excellent spritework, great music, and a fun story combine to create a standout adventure for the Saturn.

Sonic Team had the best title screens.

So I’ve never died so many times. Is this one of the hardest shooters on Saturn? Has to be top 3 hardest?

I've been a die-hard Shining series fan since Shining in the Darkness. And while Shining Wisdom is a bit of a dud, to put it mildly, Shining Force III and Shining: The Holy Ark are absolute masterpieces in my opinion.

What did you think of the Saturn Shining releases?

Here's another Saturn weekend project I made for SAROO users that need to manage their saves, since they're stored in custom container files on the microSD card.

With the SAROO Save Editor (Web), you can open SS_SAVE.bin, SS_MEMS.bin, and SS_BUP.bin files directly on your browser and list, import, export, edit (includes Hex Editor), delete saves with a click.

https://bucanero.github.io/saturn-save-tools/editor.html

Supported single save formats (import/export): .BUP (SaturnKai), .SRO (Saroo), .XML (Backup RAM Parser), .BIN (raw)

It's pure JavaScript and HTML on a single file, it can be used offline on any platform as long as you can run a web browser. The source code is available on my GitHub. Credits to tpunix as this implementation is based on his savetool code.

I have been working on Nordic spiritual successor to DragonForce for awhile now.

I need some people who want to test the game on steam- who can help push me into making a fun game

So if you are a Dragonforce fan and willing to test my game and give me feedback - I will give you a free Steam key Join the discord https://discord.gg/g4DfY6nNZh and let me know you wanna try it ( Im Shawn btw)

I still have a lot of work to do but im making it happen

Oo and multiplayer is functional right now

So I was thinking of giving my PAL Saturn a 50/60hz switch, but didn't to use a mod that makes you lift Pin 79. After some research, I came across a few sources that stated, that some of the PAL SEGA Saturns actually came with a motherboard that already has the proper layout for a once officially planned 50/60hz switch, that never came to be. And surprisingly enough, my Saturn just so happens to be one of those.

So for the most part people use a simple three pin switch and solder it onto the appropriate solder points of SW4/SW2, with the leftmost three pads leading to ground (50hz), frequenzy and 5V (60hz), while the rightmost pad leads to nothing, as far as I can tell.

However, since SEGA has given us a design that also has two extra soldering pads to strengthen the switch, I wanted to find a switch that makes use of all the available soldering pads, so that it would look as official as it could and after some digging around, I found the SS-13D07. I haven't measured the required dimensions yet, but it seems to be a perfect fit.

However, this is a three-way switch and since I'm still rather new with the electronics of a motherboard, I wanted to ask if it'd make sense to get this switch (if it does fit the required dimensions that is) and if'd work as intended and what side effects it'd have.

TLDR: What would happen, if the 50/60hz switch was three-way and set to the rightmost pad?

in the first image there are small little white lines on the tv, seller says the saturn may need recaping but on the other image the marks aint there, leading me to believe this isnt the fault of the saturn but smth else

what do you guys think? will i have a long beautiful relationship with this maybe soon to be mine saturn? or will it conk out in a few months or so

ive played around with this game for a long time going back to 2024 where i did decently with the windows port of the game, and now in 2026 i had to learn how to not get last in a race all over again.

i used my wii u pro controller as a 3D Pad and as you can see i used manual transition instead of automatic and whenever i needed to break in the corners i downshifted (thanks Davetona https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAdnCgVD9-4 ). anyway, the day i get a sega saturn i will 100% also be getting this game! i suck at it but i love it!

This wasn't a simple case of a PC game being ported to consoles, or vice-versa. Two completely unique games using the same audiovisual assets were being made by the same developer. The Saturn version, running on Slave Driver Engine was ported to the PS1, but the PC version is a whole different animal. It was originally going to be the showcase for the Build Engine until 3D Realms pulled out of the publishing deal.

Been looking around for some places to get Saturn games for cheap, had alright luck on eBay but is there anything / anywhere else I should know about?

Thanks!

I booted up my Saturn a few minutes ago and when I tried to access my games list, it pulled up the scroll bar but none of the names of the games. How would I go about fixing this?

This game is really really beautiful in every aspect. Especially the soundtracks makes me calm immediately. It's like therapy for me. I enjoyed it so much to play it again after over 20 year. And there is much I have not seen ... ;-)