Sega Lord. Your rock. I donated five bucks about 5 or so days ago. I wish I could do more. I love your videos so much. I hope more people donate to your channel!!
I live in japen. Sega saturn is most successful console to sega in japen. befor ps1 ff7 release. for 3 years nearly saturn was very solide to ps1 as rival. It was like snes vs Genesis relation in north america. As sega fan i spent happy time with my saturn.いつも見事な動画ありがとうございます。セガロード様。
@@mogo9052.. at that time arcade game market was bigger than console market in japen. Sega was no.1.but as most people know sega made idiot decisions than their competitor in console market. It causes negative images to Japanese gamers. As well as this japen society prevaded what they want to ride on winning side.I don't how to say in English. I think most close word is bendwagon effect.
Jon Ice I That happened here aswell. However, it happened after they dropped support for the 32X. It made them look so bad. At least in my eyes. They dropped the Sega CD and really the Genesis/Mega Drive aswell. However, that was eay after. I was asking why Mega Drive never took off in Japan from the start. Was support for Nintendo just too strong?
There were probably a couple of factors. In the early 90s, multi-console households were much less common than they are now, so you had to pick one. The Super Famicom was home to exclusives such as Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and Street Fighter 2. Those three exclusives alone made choosing the Super Famicom over the MD almost a no-brainer in the Japanese market.
One of the worst things Sega ever did was release the Dreamcast in Japan in 1998. That early release was terrible timing, and the Japanese gamers that had bought millions of Saturn systems and supported it strongly for years didn't want it replaced so soon.
The Sega Saturn is such a fascinating console! I only have a Dreamcast and a Genesis but I may have to keep my eye out for a Saturn. This channel truely has peaked my interest!!!
I held down to just the Saturn in the 32-bit generation and didn't regret it at all! I used to play Daytona USA Championship Edition and Fighters Megamix every week, and rented games regularly. Long live the Saturn!
Wow I didn't even know they had 32-Bit versions of Whizz! Your assumption that it is based on a 16-bit game is correct because the game originally came out on Amiga and MSDOS in 1994 that I had never played cause it was only released in Europe. I only got to play the Super Nintendo version which game out for the US in 1996. I was never crazy about the game and but did enjoy it in short 10 to 15 minute spurts for all the same reasons you mentioned. I'll admit I came across a couple of your videos months ago which I enjoyed but like a dummy I didn't subscribe to you at that moment and didn't bump into your videos again until today. I'm subbed now and will bing watch others you've done that I've missed :)
Japan in general is very obscure. Very strange people. They have games where you slap and finger a fake butt and the girl on screen screams and stuff. Also theres a game where they pee into a bucket or something and get points for better aim. So much weird stuff
Your videos are helping me figure out what games to download to my Satiator. Thanks! The Japanese library is so vast and the titles are lots of Japanese I can’t tell what’s what without help
I have a lot of fond memories of gaming on the Saturn. Your channel helps bring me back to those days. Thanks for sharing your memories, experiences and opinions.
I appreciate this video. Almost everytime i click on a video about Japanese games, its always (ALWAYS) just a list of 50 JRPGs and side scrolling shooters.. At one point I was half convinced that was all the nation ever made, haha, so its not to finally see some genre variety.
Starts a video on obscure Japanese Saturn games with a fairly well known British game. Ha, ha! I like Whizz, it's a cool game. Had no idea The Newzealand Story got a sequel, thanks for that.
Some of my favorites are Cyberdoll and Wachenroder. I'd love if you covered Cyberdoll some day. Also, Moon Cradle always intrigued me, but I was never able to get past the language barrier =(
The language barrier on story heavy games can be a real turn off. I pushed my way through many Saturn games just to have the experience, but that was when I was a young, single man with no kids and much more free time.
I have done a small test in cyberdoll but in french, and of course the Japanese script can be a big problem for those who can’t understand ( not really a big problem for me anyway)
Excellent video!! You should do more episodes of obscure Japanese exclusive Saturn games! Maybe like adult only Saturn games? Lol keep up the great work!
Never played any of these, hell, I'd only heard of a couple! Fantastic content I love learning this stuff. Passed over so many Saturn imports just from not having any clue what they were...
Darth Throttle (or Quarantine as I know it) was one of those games I can still remember from those bootleg PC Game compilation CD-ROMS in the late 90's. It felt like a step up for Carmageddon back in the day.
Great video. These are the b-level titles you look at once you’ve played all the a-level blockbusters. The quality isn’t as good but there are some gems for the true collectors. Mighty Hits and Liquid Kids are the nest of this bunch. Ninpen disappoints if you’re expecting Mario 64, and it should have been better, but it has some charms. Ninja Ja-Ja Maru Kun looks hideous but has pretty good gameplay now and then (a couple stiff drinks are required). Hissatsu could have appeared on the SNES. I’ll need to play that more to see if it’s any good. FMV shooters are always painful.
I just looked up a trailer for the show Hissatsu and it looks freakin awesome. It's a samurai era soap opera where every episode they kill an evil person, how cool is that??
You ever heard of Willy Wombat? It's a super obscure Japanese exclusive puzzle platformer with English voice acting. And it was made by the company behind Bomberman.
liquid kids was such an amazing experience when I first did the game. It also has a cheat code where you can actually change the entire game to english. It will even have the english title and all that stuff. It is quite great stuff~
I need to ask you if you ever came across Segata Sanshiro's game Shinken Yugi. It is to this day my favorite Sega Saturn game. It doesn't require Japanese knowledge to play it. I speak Japanese and I find the voice overs hilarious. As well as the references to Segata's commercials. It is a must have for every Sega Saturn fan.
ManMaru was a big disappointment - burned it off last month thinking I'd be getting one of the very few Mario 64 esque titles for the system... I shut it off in about 30 minutes or so :/ love some of these recommendations. Whizz looks pretty good - I thought it was above any 16 bit console from the graphics alone. Great stuff as always dude!!!
I’m pretty sure the chaos control gun sound is just ripped straight from the gun sounds from home alone when Kevin plays ‘angels with filthy souls’ to trick the Pizza guy.
I like Whizz, as I said to a aquainted fellow when I was in my teens I showed him the box art and said could you say no to this face? the problem with Whizz for me is that one runs out of time too much, but otherwise the idea for this game is good in it self, I like the Genre save the fact that, when you are timed this is making it hard to explore the levels and realise how to move about with the puzzle elements involved in this gaming experience. Sonic 3D does not have the aspect related to it with runing out of time, moreover it is just there in relation to giving the gamer bonus Points, Whizz would have benifited - in truth- having been put out with some saving feature also
Awesome video! I just picked up a few Japanese Saturn games a few weeks back. 3 Gundam games (the Side Story cockpit sim game and the 2 sidescrolling beatem ups for 0079 and Zeta Gundam) and Grandia. Was pleasantly surprised that the Gundam games had English menus which made them totally playable. Grandia, however, was all in Japanese and I couldn't follow anything. 3 out of 4 isn't bad I guess haha
Have you played the Dreamcast one? If so, what did you think of it? I try to fire it up every so often but it just relentlessly beats me into a pulp everytime lol
There is a pretty good guide out there for Grandia. I wish could remember the link right now, but it’s a complete typed translation. Helps quite a bit! Takes some patience, but it’s worth it IMHO. It’s 88 pages double sided if I remember right. Just google it. It’s not hard to find and the page has other guides as well.
Man, oh man, I feel your pain with "Steeldom", lol. That's why I don't get fighting games that are just straight ports of arcade games - like Hamster's SNK Arcade Classics Archives - anymore. When the only mode available is Arcade Mode and the A.I. is legit looking to just destroy you before you can even learn the controls and techniques (or worse, if there's no practice mode and special move menu to even _look up_ the controls and techniques at all), it's just no fun. It definitely looks kinda neat, and reminds me of "Robo Pit 2" for the Playstation more than "Virtual On" thanks to the slower pace and lack of lock-on camera, but holy heck that looks brutal. Oh and "Death Throttle" is a way cooler name than "Quarantine", imo. I never knew it had a different name, or released in Japan at all. This list was just loaded with cool stuff - thanks for showing it all off!
Bulk Slash, Yu Yu Hakusho, Policenauts, Elan Doree, Waku Waku 7, Battle Garegga, Shining Wisdom are a few obscure ones I came across back in the day. There are so many, especially during my time in Asia, I just cant remember all the names.
My friend got me a copy of Liquid Kids for $75 off Ebay from a seller in France, this was several years ago though, and no way in hell will it ever show up that cheap again (that same friend got me Elevator Action Returns for Saturn for $20 after I found one for that cheap, he was helping me to start my Saturn collection off on the right foot at the time. This, Bubble Symphony, and EAR were my Taito starts, Gradius, Salamander, and the Parodius titles, my Konami starts). It is by far THE best game on the Saturn IMO, the 2D visuals are crisp and the sound is crystal clear. The colors really are vibrant and jump off the screen at you, more so than the versions of all 3 games on Taito Legends/Memories (Memories only for PS2 as Legends had no Bubble Symphony), which despite having all 3 games in 1 wonderful collection, all have screen filters on them, but I am thankful to have all Japanese and US volumes for Taito stuff.
I saw the note you made about Saturn Mouse and I would want one for good games like Myst, Discworld, and Discworld 2. I would like if the added Equipment of a Mouse as you speak of this episode calls even more for why I have reason to invest in it for me, but man are those Mouse thingies working, other than that, tell me more about the bird ninja it looked perfect for me and I looks like a exclusive game and it reminded me of the Sonic World segment in Sonic Jam. I never liked Mario 64 because I can not handle those sticks on the pads,
8:25 I beg to disagree sir. We have Lode Runner on an 8bit system to compare it too. While the nes version is just fine the way it is, this is a closer version even with the graphical overhaul than the nes. Seeing the entire playing field is such a boost for the player. And 8bit consoles were capable of it, but no where near as nice looking as this.
Would have been nice to have a list of obscure, but GOOD, saturn JP games... and you know ones that are actually exclusive to Japan lol Right out of the gate your talking about a PAL released game. Otherwise, I enjoyed the video.
My opinion may be unpopular but I believe that the Japan only releases are overhyped. A lot of the games look like they would run on SNES and that's not a good look for a 32 bit console. The reason I'll always respect the Saturn is because it had unique ports of 'universal' games like Resident Evil as well as polygon based games like Nights and even semi-obscure ports of standard games of the era that look and feel just a bit different on the Saturn (not naming names). I think the Saturn should be remembered for its polygon and 3d games as well as SOME stand-out 2D titles like Street Fighter Alpha ports or whatever but not generic platformers that were not even Saturn exclusives like Rayman or some other depressing greyness. Looking back it feels like Saturn was caught between two distinct eras and Japan stayed 'pre-modern' longer than the west with those mediocre looking 2d games that reminded us of early 90's technology while simultaneously going toe to toe with mid 90's 3D worlds, lifelike audio and environments that have stood the test of time and become a part of history.
I'm pretty much tapped out at this point on new finds, but I am playing games all the way through I had not beaten yet. Finding many to be much better than I previously had believed. Hissatsu being one.
yes sega saturn was my import game system thanks to a store called playsoure and gamespot and when they closed i ordered them out the back of a magazine being delivered to my job lol
awesome compilation I played a few of late games years later thanks to saturntorrents in the 2000s..shh! The last rare import game I've played was Planet Joker which was a below average shoot'em up. the only other 2 games I don't see many people review (and I still have yet to play..)- Terra Cresta 3D and G-Vector.
Because the Saturn lasted in Japan years after the US and Europe markets disappeared, there were many games released people never heard anything about. Even I missed a bunch of em.
NinPen ManMaru eu acho que usou a engine do 3d Sonic Jam que por sinal a sega poderia ter esquecido e feito um alexkidd 3d para o saturn com esta engine. Provando que o saturn poderia ter feito bons jogos 3D de plataforma como Mario 64.
THAT MIGHTY HITS GAME IS SO.... good, but I am having a hard time finding a mouse at a what you call it afforable price, but was so intrigued when I saw it on UA-cam, and to me the first round with it was one of the best experience I have had in gaming in all my Life with conseration that I have tried different games and systems maybe using a mouse will be hard when one i chilling on the sofa but I want the black netlike mouse to go with it, but I cannot seem to find a multitap or mouse pad at a fair price so I have not dwelled on getting them for now. In my Dreams I would like to have that kind of Equipment indeed but cannot get them just now FROM 1-8 players, and I have three(3) controller pads as it is now
Sega Lord X I've watched several if not many video compilations on UA-cam.. some are called 100 Sega Saturn games in 10 minutes.. not to mention, channels such as GameSack and Game vs. Game, and some games you mentioned were completely new to me!
Sega Lord X You ever thought about doing a second channel where you live interview people like Jon Burton from Travelers Tales or Chris Shrigley, that did the programming for Gargoyles on the Genesis? That would be cool to watch. Also, you ever thought about crowd funding a new Saturn game?
, I however look at the ninja pinguin game because the pace is good for me as is the case here when there are not too many enemies around to distact concentration from getting passed the obstacles. As a matter of fact I will Contact the owner of gameshop in South of Stockholm and as the dude that I am very willing to buy this game if they can provide the game not caring if it will take long to wait for it to arrive from Japan. some thing in it just made me drawn to in a magnetic way, as did the other ninja game but since the thing with standing there with the difficulty to follow camera means I will not focus on it as priority number one, I do own Mighty Hits since Before but I do not remeber that you actually covered it.
In the opening you show a side scrolling three kingdom/dynasty warriors fighting game that you show for the sega saturn but also remember this for the sega dreamcast as well! What is the name of this japanese import? I had a iso copy for dreamcast but need to know the japanese name and if it was released in the usa! If you have done a video on this game please let me know!
Tenchi wo Kurau II: Sekiheki no Tatakai for the Japanese Saturn. segaretro.org/Tenchi_wo_Kurau_II:_Sekiheki_no_Tatakai It was a Capcom arcade game released for the Japanese Saturn and Playstation. It was known as Warriors of Fate in the US arcades. There is no Dreamcast port beyond emulation.
when I was in 1-3 in school or sometime around that we used to play Jetpack on the MS-DOS engneered computers, we put it on floppy discs and brought games like that home from school in this way, and it has a design which in turn today reminds me of what I see in Load Runner. It seems like an easy game to handle and play bit by bit, this leads to the matter which is that I would like to purchase this game, now that I have a Game Shark and CD PLUS cartridge, it really looks like a totally perfect game for what I look for when I go into game collecting with emphasis och games that do not demand to much intense playing but till keeps the interest going, like those game Pengo, pueinguin Land, Flicky and the like which are things I would like to add to my Collection, after which I can play it bit by bit time and time again. I would have requeted it as an import from the Shop were I have shopped and swapped many titles: but I am now saving up currency to make it happen as such for me to get this Sony Hi-Fi Micro System to play Compact Disc records as I am tired of having Always to listen to Equipment that only has built in speakers.
The first game you covered was a shovelware title? The Saturn was popular in Japan, so unsuprisingly, the Japanese Saturn became the go to console for developers to make utter shit games for, many of them never made it outside of Japan, thank God for that. WHIZZ looked like a carbon copy of Sonic 3D Blast, just minus all the good bits. I am going to get Doom on the Sega Saturn to see if it is criminally underrated. I never had a Sega Saturn back in the day, although I did see one in person while I was at a babysitter's house years ago. The games I got for mine are Virtua Fighter 2, Ultamate Mortal Kombat 3, Cyber Speedway, Off world Interceptor Extreme by Crystal Dynamics, Battle Arena Toshinden URA, and Panzer Dragoon.
Indeed. I started with the original title "Obscure Japanese Saturn Games". I didn't like labeling them obscure at the end, though. Many people know these games well in 2018. BTW, you won the Fighters Megamix drawing. Check the giveaway vid comments. Email me.
I have the PAL versions of Chaos Control, Mighty Hits and Whizz. Chaos Control is indeed terrible, but I actually kind of like Whizz, especially the soundtrack. It is pretty rare too. Mighty hits isn't common either. Not bad, but I got bored quickly.
Very disappointing to hear that Chaos Control isn’t good. I remember really enjoying the demo version on PC as a kid, and always being curious about the rest of the game.
You guys are crazy with your Saturns. :-) ...... HEY have you seen those MIDI board hack things for the Genesis O.G. hardware , yes , @ S.L.X. ???? "genmdm" !!!!!!! I have the Genesis with the volume slider, and, I REALLY could use a "genmdm" for my Studio Lab parts !!!!!! It turns it into a piano. CAN YOU get us 2 of them, and, send me one? :-D .... ~ Cheers , ~ "the" Rev
Sega Lord. Your rock. I donated five bucks about 5 or so days ago. I wish I could do more. I love your videos so much. I hope more people donate to your channel!!
Every little bit helps man. Appreciate it all.
I live in japen. Sega saturn is most successful console to sega in japen. befor ps1 ff7 release. for 3 years nearly saturn was very solide to ps1 as rival. It was like snes vs Genesis relation in north america. As sega fan i spent happy time with my saturn.いつも見事な動画ありがとうございます。セガロード様。
Nice.
Can you say anything towards why the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive
did not sell well in Japan?
@@mogo9052.. at that time arcade game market was bigger than console market in japen. Sega was no.1.but as most people know sega made idiot decisions than their competitor in console market. It causes negative images to Japanese gamers. As well as this japen society prevaded what they want to ride on winning side.I don't how to say in English. I think most close word is bendwagon effect.
Jon Ice
I That happened here aswell.
However, it happened after they dropped support for the 32X. It made them look so bad. At least in my eyes.
They dropped the Sega CD and really the Genesis/Mega Drive aswell.
However, that was eay after. I was asking why Mega Drive never took off in Japan from the start.
Was support for Nintendo just too strong?
There were probably a couple of factors. In the early 90s, multi-console households were much less common than they are now, so you had to pick one. The Super Famicom was home to exclusives such as Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and Street Fighter 2. Those three exclusives alone made choosing the Super Famicom over the MD almost a no-brainer in the Japanese market.
Damn! I thought I knew Saturn's library reasonably well, but apart from Ninpen Manmaru I hadn't heard of any oth these!! Thanks!!
I find it disapointing how quickly the saturn was discontinued right when it was starting to pick up steam.
One of the worst things Sega ever did was release the Dreamcast in Japan in 1998. That early release was terrible timing, and the Japanese gamers that had bought millions of Saturn systems and supported it strongly for years didn't want it replaced so soon.
It wasn't picking up steam at all. It sold progressively worse. Even in Japan.
@@drunkensailor112 Saturn did terrific in Japan.
Dude you just keep pumping out great content. I love it when you rip a game apart.
Haha, some people really don't like to hear a game they like get ripped apart. I'm still getting hate messages over SMS Altered Beast.
@@SegaLordX Taking criticism is important.
The Sega Saturn is such a fascinating console! I only have a Dreamcast and a Genesis but I may have to keep my eye out for a Saturn. This channel truely has peaked my interest!!!
Stick with the genres you truly enjoy and the Saturn can give you some great games.
Its got a lot of funner than PS1 games if ultimately shorter in length.
Do some more obscure game videos. I’ve found some absolute gems by watching videos like this one.
I held down to just the Saturn in the 32-bit generation and didn't regret it at all! I used to play Daytona USA Championship Edition and Fighters Megamix every week, and rented games regularly. Long live the Saturn!
This is great I watched it months ago but. Ended to see it again. Great job brother.
The saturn is slowly becoming my favorite console of all time. Love me some 2D arcade games.
Sega Lord X channel is a place that motivates you to learn Japanese. Thanks.
I agree. I want to learn japanese at least enough to play certain games like snatcher
My internet time during the past two years trying to find and acquire and play these gems was well worth it! Great library to dig into!
Wow I didn't even know they had 32-Bit versions of Whizz! Your assumption that it is based on a 16-bit game is correct because the game originally came out on Amiga and MSDOS in 1994 that I had never played cause it was only released in Europe. I only got to play the Super Nintendo version which game out for the US in 1996. I was never crazy about the game and but did enjoy it in short 10 to 15 minute spurts for all the same reasons you mentioned. I'll admit I came across a couple of your videos months ago which I enjoyed but like a dummy I didn't subscribe to you at that moment and didn't bump into your videos again until today. I'm subbed now and will bing watch others you've done that I've missed :)
The Sega Saturn is know for their obscure games. Particulary in Japan.
Japan in general is very obscure. Very strange people. They have games where you slap and finger a fake butt and the girl on screen screams and stuff. Also theres a game where they pee into a bucket or something and get points for better aim. So much weird stuff
@@chinchy111 sounds like a documentary made in my house.
If its known, then it isn't obscure then
Your videos are helping me figure out what games to download to my Satiator. Thanks! The Japanese library is so vast and the titles are lots of Japanese I can’t tell what’s what without help
Liquid kids is on taito legends 1 or 2 on pc but you need an old pc to play it. $30-40.
I enjoy this content immensely, keep going. My favorite line: "Game play suffers from slight unresponsiveness." 🤣
4:08 best oxymoron sentence ever, those two words back to back lmao
Great video brother im just getting into sega saturn an i got it primarily for the japanese libray so cool to see videos on it!!!
This channel is awesome! Great reviews to guide purchases on the Saturn. Thx!
I have a lot of fond memories of gaming on the Saturn. Your channel helps bring me back to those days. Thanks for sharing your memories, experiences and opinions.
I think that's a big part of retro gaming. Sharing our experiences and how we saw the games from a personal perspective.
@@SegaLordX how about doing an episode on the Saturn Netlink?
I appreciate this video.
Almost everytime i click on a video about Japanese games, its always (ALWAYS) just a list of 50 JRPGs and side scrolling shooters..
At one point I was half convinced that was all the nation ever made, haha, so its not to finally see some genre variety.
The range in quality on the Saturn is wild
I have that last entry. You can get it damn dirt cheaper on a U.S. PS2 compilation Taito Ledgends 2.
Interesting, I didn't know that Chaos Control got ported to the Saturn, I remember it being on the Philips CD-i
FMV shooters had started to wind down in releases when the Saturn and PS1 hit. I'm surprised anyone bothered to release it.
Starts a video on obscure Japanese Saturn games with a fairly well known British game. Ha, ha!
I like Whizz, it's a cool game. Had no idea The Newzealand Story got a sequel, thanks for that.
There are a few games like that. They never were released in the US but Europe got it. Deep Fear, King of Fighters 95, Keio 2.
@@SegaLordX Yikes, both Deep Fear and Keio 2 go for crazy prizes. I'll probably never own the latter.
Your channel is quickly becoming my favorite. Late to the game I might be. Awesome stuff!
I shed a tear for your Steeldom gameplay 😢
You have no idea how frustrating it was to fail so miserably.
Some of my favorites are Cyberdoll and Wachenroder. I'd love if you covered Cyberdoll some day.
Also, Moon Cradle always intrigued me, but I was never able to get past the language barrier =(
The language barrier on story heavy games can be a real turn off. I pushed my way through many Saturn games just to have the experience, but that was when I was a young, single man with no kids and much more free time.
@@SegaLordX I hear you brother.
I have done a small test in cyberdoll but in french, and of course the Japanese script can be a big problem for those who can’t understand ( not really a big problem for me anyway)
Excellent video!! You should do more episodes of obscure Japanese exclusive Saturn games! Maybe like adult only Saturn games? Lol keep up the great work!
SOme of those adult Saturn games are very, um, adult. Not sure UA-cam could handle it.
Never played any of these, hell, I'd only heard of a couple! Fantastic content I love learning this stuff. Passed over so many Saturn imports just from not having any clue what they were...
It was easy to pass them by too, especially when some games just sold themselves, like X-Men vs Street Fighter.
Darth Throttle (or Quarantine as I know it) was one of those games I can still remember from those bootleg PC Game compilation CD-ROMS in the late 90's. It felt like a step up for Carmageddon back in the day.
Great video. These are the b-level titles you look at once you’ve played all the a-level blockbusters. The quality isn’t as good but there are some gems for the true collectors. Mighty Hits and Liquid Kids are the nest of this bunch. Ninpen disappoints if you’re expecting Mario 64, and it should have been better, but it has some charms. Ninja Ja-Ja Maru Kun looks hideous but has pretty good gameplay now and then (a couple stiff drinks are required). Hissatsu could have appeared on the SNES. I’ll need to play that more to see if it’s any good. FMV shooters are always painful.
I just looked up a trailer for the show Hissatsu and it looks freakin awesome. It's a samurai era soap opera where every episode they kill an evil person, how cool is that??
These obscurities are bonkers, but the Platypus game looks sick.
93-96 was my favorite yrs of gaming
So happy to find this channel. Awesome stuff man!
Thank you. :)
You ever heard of Willy Wombat? It's a super obscure Japanese exclusive puzzle platformer with English voice acting.
And it was made by the company behind Bomberman.
liquid kids was such an amazing experience when I first did the game. It also has a cheat code where you can actually change the entire game to english. It will even have the english title and all that stuff. It is quite great stuff~
Indeed. The kind of game that made the Saturn worth importing games for.
Played it on the Arcade, I like the concept but it punishes you way too often. :/
I need to ask you if you ever came across Segata Sanshiro's game Shinken Yugi. It is to this day my favorite Sega Saturn game. It doesn't require Japanese knowledge to play it.
I speak Japanese and I find the voice overs hilarious. As well as the references to Segata's commercials. It is a must have for every Sega Saturn fan.
I have it, yes. I'm hoping to cover it soon.
To think all this time Chaos Control in Sonic was probably just a huge reference to a Sega saturn title
ManMaru was a big disappointment - burned it off last month thinking I'd be getting one of the very few Mario 64 esque titles for the system... I shut it off in about 30 minutes or so :/ love some of these recommendations. Whizz looks pretty good - I thought it was above any 16 bit console from the graphics alone. Great stuff as always dude!!!
I’m pretty sure the chaos control gun sound is just ripped straight from the gun sounds from home alone when Kevin plays ‘angels with filthy souls’ to trick the Pizza guy.
I knew Death Throttle looked familiar right away! LOL
I like Whizz, as I said to a aquainted fellow when I was in my teens I showed him the box art and said could you say no to this face? the problem with Whizz for me is that one runs out of time too much, but otherwise the idea for this game is good in it self, I like the Genre save the fact that, when you are timed this is making it hard to explore the levels and realise how to move about with the puzzle elements involved in this gaming experience. Sonic 3D does not have the aspect related to it with runing out of time, moreover it is just there in relation to giving the gamer bonus Points, Whizz would have benifited - in truth- having been put out with some saving feature also
It was a solid game.
lupin 3rd secret of the pyramid is so fun. i was expecting to see it here. maybe on a volume 2
Awesome video! I just picked up a few Japanese Saturn games a few weeks back. 3 Gundam games (the Side Story cockpit sim game and the 2 sidescrolling beatem ups for 0079 and Zeta Gundam) and Grandia. Was pleasantly surprised that the Gundam games had English menus which made them totally playable. Grandia, however, was all in Japanese and I couldn't follow anything. 3 out of 4 isn't bad I guess haha
The Gundam Side Story games were pretty decent. I really need to finish that video covering them.
Have you played the Dreamcast one? If so, what did you think of it? I try to fire it up every so often but it just relentlessly beats me into a pulp everytime lol
There is a pretty good guide out there for Grandia. I wish could remember the link right now, but it’s a complete typed translation. Helps quite a bit! Takes some patience, but it’s worth it IMHO. It’s 88 pages double sided if I remember right. Just google it. It’s not hard to find and the page has other guides as well.
I always loved the checkered board Transparency's on the Saturn.
Awesome video, I had Lode Runner on my moms Compaq PC haha memories
Yup, it's been released on many platforms. Good game.
I do like this channel many years of Sega classics.
Man, oh man, I feel your pain with "Steeldom", lol. That's why I don't get fighting games that are just straight ports of arcade games - like Hamster's SNK Arcade Classics Archives - anymore. When the only mode available is Arcade Mode and the A.I. is legit looking to just destroy you before you can even learn the controls and techniques (or worse, if there's no practice mode and special move menu to even _look up_ the controls and techniques at all), it's just no fun. It definitely looks kinda neat, and reminds me of "Robo Pit 2" for the Playstation more than "Virtual On" thanks to the slower pace and lack of lock-on camera, but holy heck that looks brutal.
Oh and "Death Throttle" is a way cooler name than "Quarantine", imo. I never knew it had a different name, or released in Japan at all. This list was just loaded with cool stuff - thanks for showing it all off!
Bulk Slash, Yu Yu Hakusho, Policenauts, Elan Doree, Waku Waku 7, Battle Garegga, Shining Wisdom are a few obscure ones I came across back in the day.
There are so many, especially during my time in Asia, I just cant remember all the names.
wow this was dope. i never heard of any of these and i was a saturn junky!!
My friend got me a copy of Liquid Kids for $75 off Ebay from a seller in France, this was several years ago though, and no way in hell will it ever show up that cheap again (that same friend got me Elevator Action Returns for Saturn for $20 after I found one for that cheap, he was helping me to start my Saturn collection off on the right foot at the time. This, Bubble Symphony, and EAR were my Taito starts, Gradius, Salamander, and the Parodius titles, my Konami starts). It is by far THE best game on the Saturn IMO, the 2D visuals are crisp and the sound is crystal clear. The colors really are vibrant and jump off the screen at you, more so than the versions of all 3 games on Taito Legends/Memories (Memories only for PS2 as Legends had no Bubble Symphony), which despite having all 3 games in 1 wonderful collection, all have screen filters on them, but I am thankful to have all Japanese and US volumes for Taito stuff.
man. I'd love to get a saturn just for my collection.
Japanese Saturn systems aren't expensive. A few models can be gotten around the $100 mark complete in box.
Of all these games the penguin 3d platformer looked like it was totally my type of game but the prices are through the roof currently.
I saw the note you made about Saturn Mouse and I would want one for good games like Myst, Discworld, and Discworld 2. I would like if the added Equipment of a Mouse as you speak of this episode calls even more for why I have reason to invest in it for me, but man are those Mouse thingies working, other than that, tell me more about the bird ninja it looked perfect for me and I looks like a exclusive game and it reminded me of the Sonic World segment in Sonic Jam. I never liked Mario 64 because I can not handle those sticks on the pads,
8:25 I beg to disagree sir. We have Lode Runner on an 8bit system to compare it too. While the nes version is just fine the way it is, this is a closer version even with the graphical overhaul than the nes. Seeing the entire playing field is such a boost for the player. And 8bit consoles were capable of it, but no where near as nice looking as this.
Lode Runner was released on the PC Engine where you could argue that it was better looking.
Would have been nice to have a list of obscure, but GOOD, saturn JP games... and you know ones that are actually exclusive to Japan lol Right out of the gate your talking about a PAL released game. Otherwise, I enjoyed the video.
I know that made me laugh.
My opinion may be unpopular but I believe that the Japan only releases are overhyped. A lot of the games look like they would run on SNES and that's not a good look for a 32 bit console. The reason I'll always respect the Saturn is because it had unique ports of 'universal' games like Resident Evil as well as polygon based games like Nights and even semi-obscure ports of standard games of the era that look and feel just a bit different on the Saturn (not naming names). I think the Saturn should be remembered for its polygon and 3d games as well as SOME stand-out 2D titles like Street Fighter Alpha ports or whatever but not generic platformers that were not even Saturn exclusives like Rayman or some other depressing greyness. Looking back it feels like Saturn was caught between two distinct eras and Japan stayed 'pre-modern' longer than the west with those mediocre looking 2d games that reminded us of early 90's technology while simultaneously going toe to toe with mid 90's 3D worlds, lifelike audio and environments that have stood the test of time and become a part of history.
Love these episodes about obscure titles
Saturn had plenty of them.
If i didnt know any better i swear it was The Fifth element
I have had my Saturn for 20 yrs and I am STILL finding great games from Japan to this date. So many good games that never came out here, what a shame.
I'm pretty much tapped out at this point on new finds, but I am playing games all the way through I had not beaten yet. Finding many to be much better than I previously had believed. Hissatsu being one.
yes sega saturn was my import game system thanks to a store called playsoure and gamespot and when they closed i ordered them out the back of a magazine being delivered to my job lol
and it was COD LOL
7:38 my friend had this version of Lode Runner on PC. I had no idea of the Saturn version.
It's pretty good too.
awesome compilation I played a few of late games years later thanks to saturntorrents in the 2000s..shh! The last rare import game I've played was Planet Joker which was a below average shoot'em up. the only other 2 games I don't see many people review (and I still have yet to play..)- Terra Cresta 3D and G-Vector.
Because the Saturn lasted in Japan years after the US and Europe markets disappeared, there were many games released people never heard anything about. Even I missed a bunch of em.
NinPen ManMaru eu acho que usou a engine do 3d Sonic Jam que por sinal a sega poderia ter esquecido e feito um alexkidd 3d para o saturn com esta engine. Provando que o saturn poderia ter feito bons jogos 3D de plataforma como Mario 64.
Achei que era o único brasileiro por aki
@@biraretrogames Eu também sou! Os poligonos desse jogo aí são bem bonitos né!
Primeiros brasileiros q vejo no canal
Eu to em varios desses canais de retrogames tbém, mas como eu tento destilar meu inglês horrível, acabo passando despercebido.
Cansei de responder em inglês se o amigo do canal quiser entender ele busca um tradutor rapidim. ele vai entender. kkk
That Cotton game is dope af
THAT MIGHTY HITS GAME IS SO.... good, but I am having a hard time finding a mouse at a what you call it afforable price, but was so intrigued when I saw it on UA-cam, and to me the first round with it was one of the best experience I have had in gaming in all my Life with conseration that I have tried different games and systems maybe using a mouse will be hard when one i chilling on the sofa but I want the black netlike mouse to go with it, but I cannot seem to find a multitap or mouse pad at a fair price so I have not dwelled on getting them for now. In my Dreams I would like to have that kind of Equipment indeed but cannot get them just now FROM 1-8 players, and I have three(3) controller pads as it is now
Wow, this list actually surprised me
Why so?
Sega Lord X
I've watched several if not many video compilations on UA-cam.. some are called 100 Sega Saturn games in 10 minutes.. not to mention, channels such as GameSack and Game vs. Game, and some games you mentioned were completely new to me!
Gotcha. I'm hoping the subscribers like these kinds of episodes. There's plenty more games for the Saturn to cover from Japan.
Sega Lord X
You ever thought about doing a second channel where you live interview people like Jon Burton from Travelers Tales or Chris Shrigley, that did the programming for Gargoyles on the Genesis? That would be cool to watch.
Also, you ever thought about crowd funding a new Saturn game?
@@mogo9052 I don't think he's a fan of Western developed Sega games.
my favorite Lord is here!
, I however look at the ninja pinguin game because the pace is good for me as is the case here when there are not too many enemies around to distact concentration from getting passed the obstacles. As a matter of fact I will Contact the owner of gameshop in South of Stockholm and as the dude that I am very willing to buy this game if they can provide the game not caring if it will take long to wait for it to arrive from Japan. some thing in it just made me drawn to in a magnetic way, as did the other ninja game but since the thing with standing there with the difficulty to follow camera means I will not focus on it as priority number one, I do own Mighty Hits since Before but I do not remeber that you actually covered it.
Another great video review!
Thanks, man. :)
Learning Japanese. In maybe around three or four years I’ll be able play games like Hakaider fluently.
18:25 Does the 3d controller work with it?
Whizz looks fun lol
wow even a punk soundtrack like Crazy Taxi
This video should have included... Super Tempo!
Still a good pick of obscures!
Hey SLX you should try SteamGear Mash if you haven’t already. Not a bad action game even if it is an isometric style game.
I'm still waiting for that Saturn Import buying guide... :)
Death Throttle is a PC game called Quarantine.
Yep!
I knew it looked familiar, I had it on the 3DO
In the opening you show a side scrolling three kingdom/dynasty warriors fighting game that you show for the sega saturn but also remember this for the sega dreamcast as well! What is the name of this japanese import? I had a iso copy for dreamcast but need to know the japanese name and if it was released in the usa! If you have done a video on this game please let me know!
Tenchi wo Kurau II: Sekiheki no Tatakai for the Japanese Saturn.
segaretro.org/Tenchi_wo_Kurau_II:_Sekiheki_no_Tatakai
It was a Capcom arcade game released for the Japanese Saturn and Playstation. It was known as Warriors of Fate in the US arcades. There is no Dreamcast port beyond emulation.
you are the TRUE SEGA FAN AND THEN ME LOL
Love ur channel, mate
Thanks. :)
when I was in 1-3 in school or sometime around that we used to play Jetpack on the MS-DOS engneered computers, we put it on floppy discs and brought games like that home from school in this way, and it has a design which in turn today reminds me of what I see in Load Runner. It seems like an easy game to handle and play bit by bit, this leads to the matter which is that I would like to purchase this game, now that I have a Game Shark and CD PLUS cartridge, it really looks like a totally perfect game for what I look for when I go into game collecting with emphasis och games that do not demand to much intense playing but till keeps the interest going, like those game Pengo, pueinguin Land, Flicky and the like which are things I would like to add to my Collection, after which I can play it bit by bit time and time again. I would have requeted it as an import from the Shop were I have shopped and swapped many titles: but I am now saving up currency to make it happen as such for me to get this Sony Hi-Fi Micro System to play Compact Disc records as I am tired of having Always to listen to Equipment that only has built in speakers.
actually yeah it must have been 1-3 grade but I am not sure to say that for 100%, anyway that part of the story is not as important today
What is your intro theme? Is that a Saturn load up or game intro?
The first game you covered was a shovelware title?
The Saturn was popular in Japan, so unsuprisingly, the Japanese Saturn became the go to console for developers to make utter shit games for, many of them never made it outside of Japan, thank God for that.
WHIZZ looked like a carbon copy of Sonic 3D Blast, just minus all the good bits.
I am going to get Doom on the Sega Saturn to see if it is criminally underrated. I never had a Sega Saturn back in the day, although I did see one in person while I was at a babysitter's house years ago.
The games I got for mine are Virtua Fighter 2, Ultamate Mortal Kombat 3, Cyber Speedway, Off world Interceptor Extreme by Crystal Dynamics, Battle Arena Toshinden URA, and Panzer Dragoon.
I was just thinking about Battle Arena. I loved that fucking game.
Great video! Last minute title change..? 🙂 “obscure Japanese Saturn games”
Indeed. I started with the original title "Obscure Japanese Saturn Games". I didn't like labeling them obscure at the end, though. Many people know these games well in 2018.
BTW, you won the Fighters Megamix drawing. Check the giveaway vid comments. Email me.
Sega Lord X Wow thanks man! Will send you a PM, keep going strong - love your channel
Love your channel.But no Psychic Assassin Taromaru?????
If you want a cheap version of liquid kids it's on the Tatio legends 2 compilation.
Definitely a good way to get it.
I have the PAL versions of Chaos Control, Mighty Hits and Whizz. Chaos Control is indeed terrible, but I actually kind of like Whizz, especially the soundtrack. It is pretty rare too. Mighty hits isn't common either. Not bad, but I got bored quickly.
I found Mighty Hits to be far more fun with a couple friends.
Love load runner. I had the game way back in the days on dos.
Yeah, that was the first time I saw it. In school I think.
Just bought one of your cool ass shirts, brother! Great vid, as always!
Thank you for the support.
Couple of these look kind of fun, don't think I've played any of them
Lol don't worry that's how I look when I try to play steeldom to. The ai in that game is relentless.
Oh man, it really is. From the first damn match it's all over you.
I prefer Shadow's Chaos Control & Chaos Spear
Very disappointing to hear that Chaos Control isn’t good. I remember really enjoying the demo version on PC as a kid, and always being curious about the rest of the game.
If you enjoy FMV shooters, I still encourage you to play it. It's actually fairly cheap, too.
Sega Lord X cool, thanks, I’ll have to watch for it.
It's on Steam now.
You guys are crazy with your Saturns. :-) ...... HEY have you seen those MIDI board hack things for the Genesis O.G. hardware , yes , @ S.L.X. ???? "genmdm" !!!!!!! I have the Genesis with the volume slider, and, I REALLY could use a "genmdm" for my Studio Lab parts !!!!!! It turns it into a piano. CAN YOU get us 2 of them, and, send me one? :-D .... ~ Cheers , ~ "the" Rev
I'll give you shouts, too, when I use it too RITE rite .. xD
Also : 1.) if we need more than two, then, you might know! .. 2.) you could cut a deal, especially, if you do a Vid about the Hak Mod.?
Any game that's like Twisted Metal is a good game imo 👌. I'd def play that.
WackenRöder & Baroque.