Saturn Hidden Gems

**jerry coeurl** · 08-24-2009, 04:31 AM

Shin Shinobi Den / Shinobi X / Shinobi Legends definitely. Like milkymagic said, this game is really underrated. It plays a bit differently than the rest of the series (there's a separate button for the sword, for instance), but it's still a lot of fun. It's worth it for the hilarious live-action cut scenes alone, in my opinion.

**GriskaGyoran** · 08-24-2009, 09:55 AM

I must put Skeleton Warriors on this list. It was based off of a really bad 90s show of the same name. The game is done in a Rastan style with pre-rendered sprites for the characters and hardware 3D backgrounds. Not a bad game at all, also there is a flying speedbike stage or two.

As for imports there was a pinball game called Fantastic Flipper/Fantastic Pinball. It was pretty good and had very good pinball sounds.

**mrbigreddog** · 08-25-2009, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by jerry coeurl

Shin Shinobi Den / Shinobi X / Shinobi Legends definitely. Like milkymagic said, this game is really underrated. It plays a bit differently than the rest of the series (there's a separate button for the sword, for instance), but it's still a lot of fun. It's worth it for the hilarious live-action cut scenes alone, in my opinion.

I have Shinobi Legends (I'm guess it's all the same game that your talking about?) It's great! It's where games should have gone. 3D sucks!! High Res / High Framerate / 2D!!! Great Combo!

**mrbigreddog** · 08-25-2009, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by GriskaGyoran

I must put Skeleton Warriors on this list. It was based off of a really bad 90s show of the same name. The game is done in a Rastan style with pre-rendered sprites for the characters and hardware 3D backgrounds. Not a bad game at all, also there is a flying speedbike stage or two.

Love this game too! But it's freaking HARD!

**retrospiel** · 09-12-2009, 10:59 PM

Bump because I spent too much time with research for you not to comment on my previous post in this thread. =P

Originally Posted by Christuserloeser

Panzer Dragoon Zwei - by far my favorite game in the series

High Velocity & Touge: King of Spirits 2 - good looking Saturn racers, only HV was released in the US

Hang-On GP '95 & Manx TT - not really that good IMHO but I know you like racing games

Steet Racer - dunno if this was released in the US

Saturn Analog aka 3D aka Nights Controller - not a game but the controller you'll need, works with most if not all racing games

Some Japanese imports worth checking out:
none of them requires any knowledge of the Japanese language

**kgenthe** · 09-13-2009, 01:34 PM

Sonic R seems to be overlooked quite often, it was another late release for the Saturn. The game absolutely rocks. The graphics are excellent, the control leaves a little to be desired but the level design is worth it. You spend a lot of time racing the same track over and over trying to get all of the secrets unlocked, but I enjoyed exploring the detailed levels. I also loved the music, but your mileage may vary

**Baloo** · 09-13-2009, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by kgenthe

Sonic R seems to be overlooked quite often, it was another late release for the Saturn. The game absolutely rocks. The graphics are excellent, the control leaves a little to be desired but the level design is worth it. You spend a lot of time racing the same track over and over trying to get all of the secrets unlocked, but I enjoyed exploring the detailed levels. I also loved the music, but your mileage may vary

I love Sonic R too, there's really only two flaws. One is the controls are slippery, but they can be gotten used to. The other is that there's only 5 tracks in the game. It's a real shame too, because the tracks are fantastic. There's plenty of different paths and a lot to explore and unlock. By far my favorite Sonic racing game. It just embodies the whole Sonic feel.

**Da_Shocker** · 09-13-2009, 02:47 PM

Despite Sonic R's numerous flaws the game is better than every 3D Sonic game released save for the SA series.

**Insert Coins** · 09-13-2009, 03:43 PM

Solar Eclipse-The Starfox 64 of the Saturn.

**mrbigreddog** · 09-13-2009, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by Christuserloeser

Bump because I spent too much time with research for you not to comment on my previous post in this thread. =P

Sorry about that, I've been checking the thread over and over looking up each recommendation! I do appreciate everyone suggestions! Thank you Christuserloeser!

**jesus.arnold** · 09-13-2009, 04:14 PM

Just noticed some talk about Sonic R, only pick it up if you find it cheap, I completed that game literally a few hours after I got home from buying it, even searching the levels for all the bits and pieces can be done in maybe a day or two and the multiplayer mode is really ridiculously bad, it actually has the shortest longevity of any commercial game I recollect playing.

Lot of fun whilst it lasted though.

**mrbigreddog** · 05-01-2010, 03:59 AM

Bump! Finally got around to looking at everyone's suggestions! Thanks everyone! Found alot of great games!

**wip3outguy7** · 05-01-2010, 04:08 AM

+1 for Soukyugurentai. Best shmup on the Saturn, IMO.

**Da_Shocker** · 05-01-2010, 11:50 AM

mrbigreddog jsut out of curiosity are you on a budget or not?

**kool kitty89** · 05-01-2010, 08:07 PM

Originally Posted by mick_aka

AMOK: Brilliant and original 3D shooter

No one ever mentioned it's not just 3D.... It's VOXELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's on DOS Too. Really cool balance of Voxels, polygonal models, and scaled sprites/bitmaps. Either they did a TON of software rendering or took advantage of the Saturn's quads to build the voxels. (that's the kind of game that the Jaguar would excel at: limited amount of polygons, unconventional rasterization, and plenty of scaled 2D: the unreleased Phase Zero actually looks a LOT better than contemporary voxel based games- too bad developers didn't focust primarily on that for 3D on the Jag over polygons, imagine if the entire landscape in Cybermorph was voxel rendered)

If you couldn't tell, I think voxels are neat.

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