r/SegaSaturn

For anyone that’s played it, is Final Fight Revenge better with the Arcade version (like on MAME) or the Sega Saturn version (perhaps using Ymir or Beetle Saturn core)?

What’s it like playing imports on a pal Saturn preferably from the perspective of someone who lives in pal territories?

I hear they run worse (slower, black bars and off sounds or music) but to what extent is this a problem to you? Pal games already have black bars (or at least my ps1 always has (although not with imports but I hear that isn’t the case for the Saturn)) and it’s never really bothered me and pal games usually run slower anyway, so is it just in line with the rest of the pal library and only really noticeable by people who’ve played on 60hz consoles or do you notice it running bad as-well?
Also how bad is the sound and music problem in your experience?

I was looking into the Saturn and quite a few of the games I want to play are imports or burned games (for the likes of fan translation), specifically

Astal, King of fighters 96, Samurai showdown 4, Saturn bomberman fight, Gundam side story 1,2,3, Shtokou battle 97, Prikura daisakusen

And for burned games

Bulk slash, magic knight rayearth, Shinrei jusatsushi taromaru, Sakura wars 1,2, princess crown, radiant silver gun, policenauts, grandia, panzer dragoon saga, linkle liver story, Albert odyssey

I’m guessing if imports run a lot slower fighting games may be affected horribly but I don’t know for sure.

Any opinions would be appreciated

Put off for a long time, but with the way everything is going with components, I was afraid that if I didn't get one soon they would be gone forever.

Now I just need to figure out the best way to get it working with my Kai so I have it all working smoothly.

Any tips?

I was looking at getting a Saturn in the near future and would like to know if there’s a cartridge that has the memory card, ram expansion and action replay in one?

Obviously I’d like the memory card for saves, but I also want the action replay for imports and the ram cart for snk and fighting games (that will be imported), so can you get one with all 3 or will I have to do a lot of switching? And can you even switch from the action replay to boot the game then the ram to play the game then the memory to save?

I'm currently looking into getting a Saroo, but getting a bit lost on the differences between all the sellers and varying prices on AliExpress.

 

I've noticed a number of them note "normal" vs "elite" boards, which from what I understand refers to the refurbished vs new parts respectively, but do these really have a meaningful impact? Has anyone purchased the cheaper option and experienced issues?

 

Next is SD card size, which from what I understand I can just format/use any card if I don't feel the currently provided is enough. I'm thinking the 64gb size/90+ games is a good sweet spot for size, but anyone figure it's worth the additional ~$20 just for the convenience of having 128gb/150 games on one card? Additionally, is there some Saroo version revision I should look for, or is it not really a concern as I can just update later?

 

Lastly, I've been mainly looking at the prices and options from the seller Gamophile Store. Can anyone attest to their quality, or do you recommend another seller? Thanks

I recently replaced my battery in my saturn for my storage and it works. IK before people comment it "IF IT DIES, YOUR SAVES GOES WITH IT", other than that, is it that bad or no?