The 20 Greatest Sega Saturn Games of All-Time
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- In this video I countdown the 20 greatest games for the 32-bit Sega Saturn console as voted for by you, the retro gaming community!
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Full Top 50 Games List:
50 - Keio Flying Squadron 2
49 - Sonic Jam
48 - Parodius
47 - Castlevania
46 - Batsugun
45 - Sonic R
44 - Metal Slug
43 - Gun Griffon
42 - The Lost Vikings
41 - Layer Section
40 - Last Bronx
39 - Die Hard Trilogy
38 - Beyond Oasis
37 - Gex
36 - Lunar: The Silver Star
35 - Sakura Wars
34 - Astal
33 - Magic Knight Ray Earth
32 - Duke Nukem 3D
31 - Virtua Cop
30 - House of the Dead
29 - Albert Odyssey
28 - Worms
27 - Road Rash
26 - Quake
25 - Battle Garrega
24 - Virtual On
23 - Fighting Vipers
22 - Deep Fear
21 - Outrun
20 - Fire Pro Wrestling S
19 - Burning Rangers
18 - Virtua Cop 2
17 - Baku Naku
16 - Daytona USA
15 - Bomberman S
14 - Tomb Raider
13 - Die Hard Arcade
12 - Panzer Dragoon
11 - X-Man Vs. Street Fighter
10 - Street Fighter Alpha 3
9 - Radiant Silvergun
8 - Dragon Force
7 - Guardian Heroes
6 - Shining Force 3
5 - Virtua Fighter 2
4 - Panzer Dragoon Saga
3 - Panzer Dragoon Zwei
2 - Sega Rally
1 - Nights
loved the cut during the Saturn Bomberman gameplay, you got locked up by yourself with that bomb and didn't want us to see the ending!! hahah
Absolutely terrific list and video quality! Glad to see someone mention “Dragon Force”!
A few years ago i bought a completely recapped Saturn of the first Version (PAL - because im from Europe - black with the oval Buttons) and later i bought the Satiator for it. That was not cheap, but both together do a very good job. No soldering, no removing the disc drive. The Satiator is a great device. THX for the great video.
I really need to get one of those devices!
Sega Saturn will always hold a special place in my heart growing up great video 👍
I just ordered a Saroo everdrive to play lots of games . My Saturn was dead for almost 20 years. It's time to bring it to life
Another weekend morning video great stuff let me get me cereal and get comfy...keep the great content coming
0:51 - Gosh, I miss gaming ads from the '90s. Haha.
I don't care who didn't like the Sega Saturn, I'm a diehard Sega fan, and that's never going to change.
great video sir! Street Fighter Zero 3 and Radiant SilverGun are the most expensive games in the world now! 💡
Great list! Certain games that I positioned as inferior to Panzer Dragoon made the very first places on the list, such as Virtua Fighter 2 and Nights Into Dreams. This is a proof that gaming is much all about the personal memories of how much a particular game has impacted on you. And, so, that's why Panzer Dragoon is still a top favorite to me. Thanks for the inclusion of my comment!
Did Battle Garegga or Lunar: The Silver Star make the Top 40?
having 3 panzer dragoons in the top 20 is ridiculous lol
This is a great list! All three Panzer Dragoon games, NiGHTS, Burning Rangers, Sega Rally, Shiningforce 3, Dragon Force, Guardian Heroes!
A personal favorite of mine is Magic Knight Rayearth. I know it isn't a great game, just a good one, but I love it and play it every Christmas holiday season.
That only just missed out and was in the wider top 40.
Sega Saturn is my favorite retro console. It has lots of awesome pick up and play options in its library and the 2D graphics are a work of art.
SEGA was awesome back in the day. I'm still looking forward to a new console, since 2001.
Resident evil 1 on SATURN Hooked me for life.
I went with the PS 1 and while I don't regret it there's no denying the Saturn was the better machine. A lot of what wound up being my ps1 faves were on the saturn and dare I say it, slightly better.
Head SEGA brought out the PlayStation and SONY the Saturn, SONY still would have prevailed, IMHO. SEGA had burned too many bridges in 1994-96. Devs and gamers were tired of it all. On the contrary, SONY was bending over backwards to help developers in every way that they could.
@@MaxAbramson3 it’s absolutely Sega’s own fault. Had they gone about things in a different way, it could’ve done a lot better. The psx was a fucking mammoth, but the Saturn had plenty of potential that just didn’t get as much love as it should’ve…and like I said, I totally blame sega for both its amazing points and it’s absolute horrible business choices
Wow. I would have said it was undeniable the PS1 was better. The depth of the library meant it was by far the best system of its era. Never heard anyone say the Saturn was the best system objectively before.
@@MaxAbramson3nah. Everyone was crazy for 3D at that time. I lived through it. The Saturn's weak 3D was just too bad a PR hit.
Noone cared about or bought 2D games back then. Just because we value them now it's very easy to judge them as valued back then...they weren't. Go and read reviews of Castlevania SOTN. People hated 2D with only 2.5d games like Klonoa getting a pass
By the time i bought a sega Saturn, it came with a 3 pack of games, daytona USA, virtua cop, and virtua fighter 2.
It was a great starter pack for my collection.
In 2024, saturn games are expensive just as they were in 2000 with some games being several hundred dollars now. 🙂
I bought mine with nights into dreams, sonic r, and panzer dragoon. Still have everything too
Im shocked Death Tank Zwei isnt on here. Best theme song and the best 7 player action on any system. We used to gather for a night of 7 player DT every friday night at my friends. It was absolutely incredible. The weapon purchasing to build power, that could be overcome by everyone else ganging up on them. What a great game.
Didn't get a single vote.
Isn’t that a mini -game on Die Hard Arcade?
@@costumeninja1914 Duke Nuke Em
The reason so many love the OG Daytona port besides the terrible pop in and overall conversion quality, visually speaking, is because the original port perfectly nailed D Pad car handling controls, and CE changed it for the worse. Still, CE is great and my preferred choice with the analog controller and just getting used to the different control feel.
Baku baku animal! On of the greatest puzzle games ever. Hope they release it on other platforms
It's also on the Master System and Game Gear
I really wish Sega would make a Saturn mini!
Don't we all!
October is the deadline for something or nothing. stay tuned
Raspberry pie
Great list!
My personal list would be very different. Nr. 1 would easily be Shining Force 3. The other 19 in random order would include:
Daytona USA, Nights, Panzer Dragoon, Command & Conquer, Fighters Megamix, Dungeons & Dragons Collection, Culdcept, Galactic Attack, Radiant Silvergun, Sega Rally, Dark Savior, Virtua Cop, House of the Dead, Virtua Fighter 2, Resident Evil, Deep Fear, Sega Worldwide Soccer '97, Destruction Derby, Die Hard Trilogy.
Winter Heat?
I came here expecting to see at LEAST (1) Amazing game get a mention: Panzer Dragoon Zwei. I was not disappointed. It's a 10/10 Saturn game that nicely represents the console's merit and Greatness.
I always wonder if the Saturn would not have failed in the West if the games developed for it were actually coded properly to utilize all the chips in the Saturn. Most games that were on both consoles were essentially designed for a single chip which is fine for the Playstation with it's single chip, but literally maimed the Saturn performance and thus most games reviewed were "the Saturn port is less, slower, etc." Really a shame because the Saturn could have been really successful here like it was in Japan if only the majority of games took full advantage of the seriously powerful hardware at the time. There were some exceptions but the norm was a slightly lesser version which is a shame.
Despite all that, the system still has quite a number of games showing off what it can do. In the end, I beleive Sega's numerous business & marketing blunders had a much greater impact on the console.
Another great vid.
9:40 Any time I hear 'Treasure' in the context of video games, it's automatically replaced by Lady Decade singing it.
I'm sorry!
Definitely didnt think Daytona USA should have been here. Its like a demo that was a full game. The other versions of Daytona should have been represented.
I was a bit surprised not to see Resident Evil or Alien Trilogy
I personally believe both versions are better than their PlayStation counterparts
I really feel like i have to buy Die Hard Arcade despite it being £80 looks like one of the best games on the saturn from what I've seen and own.
Top 10 for me easy!
@@thelairdslair Thanks! Looks very fun 👍🏻
AmazIng game. Great graphics and gameplay. You won’t be disappointed.
Is it just me or were shooters much harder during the 8 bit and 16bit and 32 bit era compared to modern shooters?
Yeah, I agree. I got the new Raiden a while back and completed it on m first go! I certainly never did that with the original.
A great list for those wondering what the Saturn has to offer...
Even tough i will not call it the best, since some game are really missing : Story of Thor 2 (/Legend of Oasis), Bulk Slash, Exhumed (/PowerSlave), Virtual On, Athlete King (/Decathlete) and (maybe) Deep Fear.
Also because some game should be really higher, such as Burning Rangers (at last top 5) and Dragon Force, who is the best game ever (non-negotiable ;).
And finaly because Sonic R should always be here when you speak about the Saturn, his musics and graphics are too good to be ignored :p...
Yoh, who also need to put in Astra Superstars, Keio 2 and Dragon Master Silk for obvious fanatisme reason.
Nearly all of those were in the wider top 40.
Thank you sir great job
I miss clockwork night so much
My first game when I bought my saturn in 1995 .. What a great game.
Cost so much to buy now
This console has a lot to offer, it's a shame Sega made so many mistakes at the time and prevented it from being successful. I hope I will be able to play some of these games some day. The Saturn is expensive and I don't collect disc-based consoles, and on top of that I hear the emulation isn't great yet
Saturn emulation is nearly perfect, has been for a while now. Retro Bit even makes wireless and USB Saturn controllers.
I don't remember tomb raider being a Saturn exclusive. Thank you
Yes , and then Sony came with a lot of money and made Eidos tell the lie that the saturn wasnt able to do tomb raider 2 . A custom work recently showed the opposite . Sony has always paid low ethic devs to lie .
Whats the last game in this video?
I assume you mean Darius Gaiden
@TheLairdsLair Yes, thank you for reply 👍
I think Dark Savior is better than Nights, Nights looks nice but the game is too simple and not long at all. Also Power Slave(Exhumed) is the best FPS on the system.
One thing I like to factor in when I am ranking games is- How unique of a gaming experience does the game give present day? If you remove stuff like nostalgia and the impact it had on the gaming industry at the time, a game like sega rally just doesn't hold up. Why, because its been done and done better many times over as of 2024. Its a racing game. Not really a unique gaming experience. Give me Wreckfest over that game any day of the week. On the other hand, a game like Panzer Dragoon Saga is an incredibly unique gaming experience that has not been duplicated in the 26 years since its release . There really isn't anything out there quite like it for it to have been replaced by a better version of the same game. Considering this ONE factor, I wouldn't have games like Sega Rally or Virtual Fighter 2 anywhere near the top of my personal sega saturn rankings. (Not saying they're bad games)
I couldn't disagree with you more about Sega Rally, and it seems most people agree with me given it got hundreds of votes!
@@thelairdslair You're missing the entire point of my comment. But yeah its a good game and I really like how you came up with the placement for each game.
No Grandia?
No wonder Sega lost this generation.
Worst retro console ever
Nah. Best ever.
Haha. These games are terrible. It's why I don't even bother dragging and dropping them on my emulator devices. The games you're showcasing are really bad. Who would spend actual time playing these today? I would play maybe 10 minutes of tekken 3 every once in a while, but virtual fighter on the saturn? Haha. No. No, no, no. Panzer dragoon? No. I mean good lord no.
Obvious troll is obvious.
Not a Troll just a hater probably only plays Nintendo 😂😂😂😂