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| bikingjahuty:
Sega Saturn was the first console I ever collected for and even back in 2008 when I was predominantly collecting for it, it was a rich man's console. I was able to get games like Die Hard Arcade, Nights, and Shinobi Legions for cheap, but forget the RPGs! Due to financial necessity and the fact that I could not afford to collect for it I sold of my collection for a pretty penny back around 2009. I sort of got back into Saturn collecting when I began collecting for a bunch of other consoles, but only Japanese imports. The reason I exclusively collected Saturn imports was because 1) they were a lot cheaper than their NTSC/PAL counterparts and 2) the Saturn was supported way more in Japan. However, one thing I have noticed is that even import Saturn collecting is starting to take off, still cheaper though. |
| dreama1:
--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on February 18, 2015, 11:10:30 pm ---Sega Saturn was the first console I ever collected for and even back in 2008 when I was predominantly collecting for it, it was a rich man's console. I was able to get games like Die Hard Arcade, Nights, and Shinobi Legions for cheap, but forget the RPGs! Due to financial necessity and the fact that I could not afford to collect for it I sold of my collection for a pretty penny back around 2009. I sort of got back into Saturn collecting when I began collecting for a bunch of other consoles, but only Japanese imports. The reason I exclusively collected Saturn imports was because 1) they were a lot cheaper than their NTSC/PAL counterparts and 2) the Saturn was supported way more in Japan. However, one thing I have noticed is that even import Saturn collecting is starting to take off, still cheaper though. --- End quote --- Wouldn't say it's a rich mans console. The neo geo is the only rich mans console or the NES if you're going boxed. |
| pizzasafari:
--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on February 18, 2015, 11:10:30 pm ---Sega Saturn was the first console I ever collected for and even back in 2008 when I was predominantly collecting for it, it was a rich man's console. I was able to get games like Die Hard Arcade, Nights, and Shinobi Legions for cheap, but forget the RPGs! Due to financial necessity and the fact that I could not afford to collect for it I sold of my collection for a pretty penny back around 2009. I sort of got back into Saturn collecting when I began collecting for a bunch of other consoles, but only Japanese imports. The reason I exclusively collected Saturn imports was because 1) they were a lot cheaper than their NTSC/PAL counterparts and 2) the Saturn was supported way more in Japan. However, one thing I have noticed is that even import Saturn collecting is starting to take off, still cheaper though. --- End quote --- I have heard that the Japanese imports are good, but region modding my Saturn just isn't an option unfortunately... the chips are elusive as hell here and people who know to put them in are even more elusive. Same with boot discs, those seem to have completely disappeared from circulation these days. Which sucks, because like I said in the OP there're so so so so many games I want that never made it into Europe, across most consoles. Don't get me started on RPGs. Unless there's another way of getting past the region lock with the Saturn? |
| abe:
--- Quote from: LeJason on February 19, 2015, 06:44:06 pm --- --- Quote from: bikingjahuty on February 18, 2015, 11:10:30 pm ---Sega Saturn was the first console I ever collected for and even back in 2008 when I was predominantly collecting for it, it was a rich man's console. I was able to get games like Die Hard Arcade, Nights, and Shinobi Legions for cheap, but forget the RPGs! Due to financial necessity and the fact that I could not afford to collect for it I sold of my collection for a pretty penny back around 2009. I sort of got back into Saturn collecting when I began collecting for a bunch of other consoles, but only Japanese imports. The reason I exclusively collected Saturn imports was because 1) they were a lot cheaper than their NTSC/PAL counterparts and 2) the Saturn was supported way more in Japan. However, one thing I have noticed is that even import Saturn collecting is starting to take off, still cheaper though. --- End quote --- I have heard that the Japanese imports are good, but region modding my Saturn just isn't an option unfortunately... the chips are elusive as hell here and people who know to put them in are even more elusive. Same with boot discs, those seem to have completely disappeared from circulation these days. Which sucks, because like I said in the OP there're so so so so many games I want that never made it into Europe, across most consoles. Don't get me started on RPGs. Unless there's another way of getting past the region lock with the Saturn? --- End quote --- From what I've read, you can use one of these to get around the region locking: http://www.play-asia.com/action-replay-4m-auto-plus-paOS-13-49-en-70-1b2.html No modifications required. Here's a nice video review of it that explains things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg_2Gm9XtSs |
| maximo310:
--- Quote from: abe on February 19, 2015, 08:24:57 pm --- --- Quote from: LeJason on February 19, 2015, 06:44:06 pm --- --- Quote from: bikingjahuty on February 18, 2015, 11:10:30 pm ---Sega Saturn was the first console I ever collected for and even back in 2008 when I was predominantly collecting for it, it was a rich man's console. I was able to get games like Die Hard Arcade, Nights, and Shinobi Legions for cheap, but forget the RPGs! Due to financial necessity and the fact that I could not afford to collect for it I sold of my collection for a pretty penny back around 2009. I sort of got back into Saturn collecting when I began collecting for a bunch of other consoles, but only Japanese imports. The reason I exclusively collected Saturn imports was because 1) they were a lot cheaper than their NTSC/PAL counterparts and 2) the Saturn was supported way more in Japan. However, one thing I have noticed is that even import Saturn collecting is starting to take off, still cheaper though. --- End quote --- I have heard that the Japanese imports are good, but region modding my Saturn just isn't an option unfortunately... the chips are elusive as hell here and people who know to put them in are even more elusive. Same with boot discs, those seem to have completely disappeared from circulation these days. Which sucks, because like I said in the OP there're so so so so many games I want that never made it into Europe, across most consoles. Don't get me started on RPGs. Unless there's another way of getting past the region lock with the Saturn? --- End quote --- From what I've read, you can use one of these to get around the region locking: http://www.play-asia.com/action-replay-4m-auto-plus-paOS-13-49-en-70-1b2.html No modifications required. Here's a nice video review of it that explains things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg_2Gm9XtSs --- End quote --- Yep, I have one of those for my saturn, and it bypasses the region lock and has some save data built into the cart. The best part is it will let you play any of those games that need the 1MB and 4MB Ram upgrades. The only thing it doesn't cover is the ROM expansion for King of Fighters 95. The saturn is a great system to collect, but many of the titles are insanely expensive, especially if you are looking for shmups like Battle Garegga or Hyper Duel. Many of the great fighting/shmup/rpgs are not cheap, although certain common titles are generally cheaper by a decent amount if you get the Japanese version of the game. So I'd only reccomend buying games for it if you're willing to commit the money to it, because deals for most Saturn games are very small nowadays, and its still popular for collecting, so prices aren't going to drop anytime soon;they'd be more likely to increase in my opinion. |
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