Top 1. 0 SEGA Saturn Games. Share. The best games to grace SEGAs 3. By Levi Buchanan It was not easy to be a SEGA Saturn fan. Almost every success of the 1. Genesis was undone through a series of poor decisions, from marketing to treatment of third party publishers. The 32bit generation was marked as the great passing of 2D games, but nobody told SEGA. Astal is a brilliant, gorgeous sidescrolling adventure game that. Sega Virtua Cop Game' title='Sega Virtua Cop Game' />Virtua Cop 2 Virtua Squad 2 is one of the most classic series of shooting games produced by SEGA company from Japan, had long ranked the first place in arcade game. Sega snubs Xbox Publisher reportedly chooses not to release OutRun2 and Virtua Cop 3 for the console. The botched surprise launch. The prohibitive pricing. Those horrid game cases. It was almost as if SEGA wanted to lose the generation to the then upstart Play. Station. And it did, crushed under Sonys brilliant selling power that reintroduced games to a mainstream audience that had largely ignored vids since the fall of the Atari 2. The Nintendo 6. 4 also outpaced the Saturn by a large margin, thanks to incredible games like Super Mario 6. Ocarina of Time. Remember when mags were stacking screenshots of the icky looking pack in Virtua Fighter up against the Play. Station brawler Battle Arena Toshinden Thats when I first wondered if SEGA wasnt in for trouble, even though VF and later, Virtua Fighter Remix played circles around the shallow Toshinden. Its not like SEGA didnt put out any effort. Hardcore gamers loved titles like the Panzer Dragoon series, Ni. GHTS, the hard to find Burning Rangers, and Guardian Heroes. Fans of SEGAs fantastic arcade games were treated to great ports, such as Virtua Fighter 2, Virtua Cop, and SEGA Rally. Daytona USA played well, but served as revelation that the Saturn was not the mightiest polygon pusher. But catering to only a fraction of the core crowd willing to sit out major third party releases just to play SEGAs first party offering was a losing strategy. If you want to pinpoint the moment SEGA was doomed to be out of the hardware game, the Saturn launch is it. But even though the system under performed it didnt tank and some of its best games were harbored only in Japan ahem, Radiant Silvergun, it is home to some very, very cool games that still play like a million bucks, even if they only look like a hundred. Dragon Force helped fill a pitiful void in the Saturn library RPGs. Localized for America by the famous infamous Working Designs, Dragon Force is a strategy RPG extravaganza that features hundreds of sprites on screen at the same time the Saturn was a very capable 2. How To Xbox 360 Profile On Pc. D machine fighting in epic battles. At the start of the game, you select a general out of a cabal of six and then view all machinations from his perspective. This essentially means you can play the game six times with different outcomes and story lines. The massive map and real time management elements boost this incredibly comprehensive strategy game into the stratosphere. Its a rare find now, but for fans of the genre, the search is worth the effort. The 3. 2 bit generation was marked as the great passing of 2. D games, but nobody told SEGA. Astal is a brilliant, gorgeous side scrolling adventure game that is memorable for its captivating look and methodical platforming. As the super strong Astal, you must pound through hundreds of crystalline enemies to rescue Leda from the evil demon Jerado. Astal is aided by a bird companion that can interfere with enemies and bring back items. The game came out early in the Saturns lifespan and was largely ignored no thanks to the garish box art. But those that did take Astal home cherished this beautiful example of a fading genre. Saturn Bomberman is easily one of the top ten multiplayer console games, thanks to its huge 1. The single player game is a fine Bomberman specimen, but with multitaps the Japanese version shipped with one shaped like Bombermans head the 1. The game features sharp visuals even when the camera is pulled back far enough to see the whole stage and it is arguable that no Bomberman game since this edition has controlled as well. Sure, the Saturn Stunner light gun looks ridiculous in your hand it was bright orange and freakishly bulky. But it is pin point precise, making the home port of Virtua Cop an arcade fans dream. This three stage game is a tad short since it is an arcade port, but with another player, Virtua Cop has incredible replay value. The sequel, Virtua Cop II, is also fantastic on the Saturn, but the original games pacing and wonderful crap dialog puts it over the top. Who didnt love shooting up all those black suited thugs in the shipyard over and over SEGAs arcade ports on the Saturn improved over time something made quite obvious by the jump between launch title Daytona USA and SEGA Rally Championship. While not even close to being a pixel perfect port, this higher res racer replicates the arcade game well enough to keep those quarters in your pocket. Tearing through the muddy tracks as your navigator offers advance intel on upcoming corners or is he making a pass at you Long medium right, baby is immensely enjoyable, even if the game shipped with only three tracks. Awesome music Game over, yeah just sweetens the deal. Yes, the Dreamcast version is much better and the current gen sequel which, shamefully, none of you bought is stunning, but this Saturn arcade port was one of the top reasons to stick by SEGA as it flailed through the 3. The original Panzer Dragoon that flanked the Saturn at launch was nothing short of revelation. But this sequel improves on almost everything, offering better graphics, smoother animations, changing dragon forms, and branching routes. The latter two features bounce Panzers replay value through the ceiling, especially when coupled with the new Berserk attack system that practically turn your dragon into a winged army when unleashed on a horde of incoming monsters or airships. The art direction has little equal in videogames, as the Panzer universe is a thing of true beauty. Panzer Dragoon Orta for the original Xbox is even more handsome, if you can believe that. One of the best vids of the entire generation. The recent Wii release almost took a little of the shine off Ni. GHTS nostalgia, but spend a little time with the original and youll be reminded of why this game is such a beloved cult classic. Everything falls into place just right, from the soundtrack to the atmosphere, as you help Claire, Eliot, and the titular Ni. GHTS soar through dreamworlds and nightmare boss battles to collect Ideyas. The analog controller lets you swirl and twirl through the colorful skies, performing wonderful acrobatics. Ni. GHTS wasnt enough to stave off the coming of Super Mario 6. Crash Bandicoot, but for a select group of SEGA loyalists, Ni. GHTS was reward enough for sticking with the Saturn. Sporting another terrible box that worked overtime to keep players away, Treasures Guardian Heroes is one of the most prized Saturn games. This beat em up is anything but a rote copy of Streets of Rage or Final Fight. As one of five heroes, including a lumbering skeleton in magical armor, you push through thousands of enemies that walked the lands. Combos, big hits, and experience points give this bruiser real depth. The branching story lines keep you coming back. And the game looks as good as it plays, featuring some astounding hard drawn sprites and gorgeous backdrops. This is one of those games that might be almost as fun to watch as it is to play, especially when that skeleton roars to life just as it runs through a stack of enemies with its behemoth of a sword. The original Virtua Fighter port that shipped with the Saturn looked rough really rough.