Sega Saturn 2020! SD Cards (Rhea), FRAM, HDMI - Adam Koralik
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- It's Adam Koralik here and today we're trying out the Sega Saturn in 2020. This console has had many modifications to it. First, the obvious, the Rhea SD Card mod is installed. Second, the FRAM mod has been done so that saving is no longer an issue. Third, it's region free. On top of that, I've added the Action Replay card for cheats, more saving, and even more RAM. Oh...and we're not done, I've also added the VCD card for the games that use it. Only thing left to do now is someday, an HDMI mod.
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I remember choosing the Saturn over the PS because everybody had a PS and I wanted to be different! I will never regret that decision! I still have my Saturn and I loved every second I spent with it!!
Rhea: Saturn's 2nd Largest Moon. 9th Largest in solar system.
Also one of the smallest bodies with an atmosphere.
oogrooq Rhea moon took its name from Greek mythology like all the planets in the solar system. Daughter of Gaia (earth) and Uranus (sky). Mother of Greek gods (Zeus, Poseidon, Heira and other). Last Titaness alive before the gods ruled cosmos and overthrown the Titans.
Space is fake
Man the Saturn is such an underrated system. I’m glad to have one. I only have one game on it though.
Buy Japanese games, usa games are so pricey I only own 3 usa games
Which game? I really want to get one to play nights and panzer dragoon series
Im lucky to have 3 Sega Saturn's & 4 Dreamcasts, I stocked up when they were selling for next to nothing
Tristan Gruener Gex. I hardly see any Saturn games ever where I usually go.
The Shining Force 3 games are an absolute MUST for any RPG fans wanting to get in on the Saturn.
Although we only officially got the 1st scenario in English, Scenarios 2 & 3 have fantastic fan-made english translations that are easily obtained online. **if you do this though, you need the fan-translated version of Scenario 1 as well** because the official English version of Scenario 1 had its story altered to end and conclude right there at the end of Scenario 1. But if you get the fan-translated version, it retains the original story that goes right into Scenario 2 (and Scenario 2 going right into Scenario 3). An absolutely amazing series that's criminally missed out on since it was only on the Saturn, and even more so because the second two games weren't even playable in English until a few years ago. And each game took me around 60 hours to get through, so that's almost 200 hours of fantastic story telling & rpg goodness between Scenarios 1, 2 & 3. An absolute MUST
There is a great plug and play HDMI cable for the Saturn now as well. The RAD2X cable, which actually has the same technology as the RetroTink under the hood. It taps into RGB, correctly processes the signal, and line doubles it to 480p. It’s relatively cheap ($50?) and is lightyears better than any of the competition in that price range. I use this cable into an mclassic and the picture is god tier
Yeah, I consider the dedicated Saturn RAD2X cable currently the best way to play Saturn on a flat screen. Perfect balance of picture quality and convenience. Optional smoothing and doesn't even require external power ^_^
That’s great to hear. HDMI for Saturn is what I want to use. Wish Saturn game inventory was more common. I don’t find much in retro stores.
I have HD Retrovision's Genesis component cable and the Genesis-to-Saturn adapter. I'm happy.
AirCooledMan2006 I pair this with a Retrotink2x, and an mcable gaming edition, and this combo gives the best possible image due to HdRetrovision’s genesis cable having the brightness switch built in. Does RAD2X have that brightness switch, or just smoothing Switch ?
HDMI solution for saturn. Yes there is that stupid pound cable and that will be fine for some people, but a true HDMI internal mod like we have for dreamcast will not happen easily. Due to the way it spits out video, developers like Citrus3KPSI and Marshall and other HDMI developers, stated the saturn would be difficult to do a HDMI mod for. If you really want an AWESOME HDMI mod for the saturn and this would actually be cheaper and easier than if there was a internal HDMI solution. GET THIS.. Now keep this in mind the DCDIGITAL (DCHDMI) mod from Citrus3kPSI is over $150 nearly $200 installed if you can't solder youself. SO this is where the retrotink product line comes in handy.
1. get a Scart RGB cable and use it on a PVM/BVM, or on a RGB modded TV or even a Frameister or OSSS and done...
2. If you want to use it on a really awesome consumer CRT television like a D series or Trinitron. Get a Scart Cable and a SCART2COMP and plug the scart into that box and then output Componenet to the CRT TV. This looks amazing.
3. Get a Rad2X Saturn cable ALso from retrotink developer.
4. Get a SCART2HDMI. Also from retrotink developer. - I love this one it works great 2X upscale no lag of RGB scart on saturn to a HDMI TV. WOrks perfect.
I personally have a GSCART SWITCH I plug my saturn into that. Then I output one scart to my OSSC to my HDTV. The second output goes SCart to the SCART2COMP from Mike Chi at retrotink and I then have RGB quality video on my D series CRT television. Looks amazing.
I remember the dumpster Saturn! I've been watching since 2013. So I'm old right there with you.
Young buck
The cancelled U.S version of Deep Fear was leaked
eleased years ago and it's the same as PAL obviously just working correctly in 60hz, so you should get that. Just look up Lost & Found Volume 3 - Deep Fear.
I will do this myself, thanks!!
Don't suppose you have a link?
@@AdamKoralik hiddenpalace.org/Deep_Fear_(Jul_14,_1998_prototype)
@@AdamKoralik Although it's labeled US "Prototype" the files have been analyzed and it's all identical to the final PAL release just made for 60hz. It's internal date is 07/15/1998 which is actually 2 days after the PAL version and version says 1.001. I have played through it myself and it's great having it in full English and 60hz :) It's also being discussed here.: www.satakore.com/sega-saturn-game,,LF3,,Lost-and-Found-Volume-3-UNL.html
@@cakestalker Thanks!
Currently waiting for the "Apple Pippin in 2020" video.
Surprisingly, not much has changed.
Glad you’re still making videos like this. It’s a blast from the past. Long live Sega
You’re killing me Adam lol, our Saturn video comes out on Thursday lol had no idea you were gonna put this out, now I gotta make sure we didn’t say anything stupid lol
The joys of being old my friend. Way back in 2009/2010 I rebought a dreamcast, then a Saturn. Your vids inspired me to get a saturn again and an action replay cartridge. I had about 8 years of playing so many amazing 2d gsmes before moving it all on. In fact yourself and Happy Console Gamer are my oldest subs on youtube, time flies.
Wow. That's all I can say. Just, Wow. It's great to see the Sega Saturn getting some love and care to bring it up to modern standards.
Thank you for showing these cool modifications Adam.
Play Panzer Dragoon Saga with an Action Replay
If you try to play the NTSC or PAL version of Panzer Dragoon Saga on a different-region Saturn console using an Action Replay, a “PLEASE REMOVE THE CARTRIDGE” message will pop up on-screen and the game will not load. Fortunately though, you can avoid this problem if you input the following Action Replay code:
Master Code: F6000914 C305 B6002800 0000
Cheat Code: 06002EB0 0009 (for playing the NTSC-U/PAL version with Action Replay card inserted)
This code has been tested with an Action Replay Version 1.94, and we can confirm that it should definitely allow you to do the following (with this Action Replay model):
Play the NTSC version of the game on an NTSC-J Saturn
Play the NTSC version of the game on a PAL Saturn
Play the PAL version of the game on an NTSC-J Saturn
We would assume that it will also let you play the PAL version of the game on an NTSC Saturn, and we would assume that this code will work with Action Replay models later than Version 1.94 (and possibly even earlier), but bear in mind that these things are currently not confirmed.
Cheat Code: 06002ED0 0009 (for playing the NTSC-J version with Action Replay card inserted)
This code has been tested with an Action Reply Version 2.2 on an NTSC-U Saturn.
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Professor Abrasive would have cleaned up if Satiator was out during pandemic lol
Can’t wait for it regardless !
If you have an official save cartridge, games like Panzer Dragoon Saga have no issue with them, and you can save to both internal memory and the memory card no problem if I remember correctly. I'm pretty sure Sonic R lets you save to both for example. The reason why it tells you to remove the cartridge is because it's detecting a cheat cartridge (which your cartridge has built in functionality for), it's a form of cheat protection.
I was going to say this. I recently find out on my own. Saga does not like cheaters :P
You can still use a action replay cartridge with panzer dragoon saga and save to it, you need a extra code to add in the cheat menu which will bypass the remove cartridge screen and it works fine
Interesting....
@@AdamKoralik Play Panzer Dragoon Saga with an Action Replay
If you try to play the NTSC or PAL version of Panzer Dragoon Saga on a different-region Saturn console using an Action Replay, a “PLEASE REMOVE THE CARTRIDGE” message will pop up on-screen and the game will not load. Fortunately though, you can avoid this problem if you input the following Action Replay code:
Master Code: F6000914 C305 B6002800 0000
Cheat Code: 06002EB0 0009 (for playing the NTSC-U/PAL version with Action Replay card inserted)
This code has been tested with an Action Replay Version 1.94, and we can confirm that it should definitely allow you to do the following (with this Action Replay model):
Play the NTSC version of the game on an NTSC-J Saturn
Play the NTSC version of the game on a PAL Saturn
Play the PAL version of the game on an NTSC-J Saturn
We would assume that it will also let you play the PAL version of the game on an NTSC Saturn, and we would assume that this code will work with Action Replay models later than Version 1.94 (and possibly even earlier), but bear in mind that these things are currently not confirmed.
Cheat Code: 06002ED0 0009 (for playing the NTSC-J version with Action Replay card inserted)
This code has been tested with an Action Reply Version 2.2 on an NTSC-U Saturn.
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I heard somewhere that certain games do not let you save to a memory cartridge whatsoever, but they can be simply transferred to the cartridge from the internal memory when the save is not in use. I don't have any games that forcibly save to the internal memory, however, so I'm not sure how true it is.
I'm convinced that room behind you is not real. Nothing has changed in ten years
It's my office.
Technically speaking, KOF95 uses a ROM cartridge, not RAM, since it actually contains game data (the game's graphics if I'm not mistaken). That and an Ultraman fighting game were the only Saturn titles to come with ROM cartridges.
it's ram just like with street fighter alpha 3. I only know cus ive been playing though all the games lately.
Yeah, all the backgrounds are on it for KOF 95, you'd kinda miss those if you took em out I'm guessing. It's why they had to load fighters in between rounds on that one, but the other KOF games used the RAM and just loaded both full teams at once into the extra room.
@@hybridvigga oh okay so it was just for that one game then I see.
@@vegetafett Yeah, if you played the later ones they would have all worked on the RAM cartridge, not sure if they even would have worked without it (they only released 95 in the UK at the time, and by the time I had enough money to start importing rare retro games, I spent it on new consoles and a PC that runs emulators, so only ever played 95 on Saturn, the rest just arcade at the time or neo geo roms.)
I was heartbroken when I realised they were different and I couldn't use it to make Marvel super heroes have better animation (I think it was the only game with a cart released in PAL)
@@hybridvigga interesting I need to play more saturn been streaming some I will let you know if I play any kof.
I have two model 2's. One I picked up off of eBay for $30 as a damaged one. It's flawless, just had a blown PSU. Easiest fix ever for what was essentially a brand new console.
Love the Saturn!
For some reason I just love these videos
Thanks for the update. Saturn is still my favor console of all time personally I have 6 Sega Saturn myself. I have been trying to get a Rhea for ages but it is just so hard & so expensive to get one.
All you have to do is curate your internal console memory regularly, transfer saves to the carts. Transfer them back when when you want to pick that game back up
Happy Easter big Adam in the house
I miss owning a Saturn. The last game I played was Panzer Dragoon Saga. I had no idea how unique of a gaming experience I was getting and how many people would never get that same experience. I miss Sega being a console king.
Just got a saturn today because of all the all you've said though the years. I hadn't seen one irl but as soon as I did and since I could afford it I snatched it right up and got a copy of daytona usa and virtua fighter, having a wonderful time
I'm sure you know this but there is an ISO around with the unreleased DEEP FEAR USA game. This is fully complete.
You can use this in order not to experience any issues at all.
Important note Adam - although PAL games do default to 50hz. 99.9% of them often had a 60hz option just in case your TV supported it (many did - I've never owned one that didn't ).
A fact that I rarely see mentioned. Keep up the good work. :)
I love this console and I want to do a frame mod. I have a console that doesn't read disc's so emailed Justin from power up gaming and mentioned you. But yeah will go through him for sure. Really appreciate the moders you tell us about. Great video and love this console. It is so underrated.
Adam, THANK YOU SO MUCH ABOUT THE SATURN GAMESHARK INFO!!!!!!!! I happen to own the Interact Saturn Gameshark. I didn't know that about the gold finger contacts on that cartridge! I notice they did look larger than Saturn action replays. That would explain why I would have a hard time getting my console to read the action replay cartridge! I now will never use the Gameshark in my Saturn, and just the action replay. I'll keep it for novelty collecting as part of my Saturn collection!
Just watched MVG do a video on the Polymega and for emulation it looks like it is handling the Saturn well.
There is a third option available for saving which you didn’t mention, although I would admit it is not very widely available: there is a floppy disk system available for the saturn which allows you to save games (and transfer to and from it) which also gives you way more storage space. Only sold in Japan (of course...). I am currently waiting on mine which is on the way :-).
Great video on the Sega Saturn. I have foud some love for the Saturn after getting my uncle's whole collection of it with in the last 5 or so years. I wish it did better here in America. It even has a pretty great controller up there with the NES, SNES and all the other good controllers out there.
The funny thing is I was talking to my bro the other day and I was like I want to get a sega Saturn because we skipped it!! And then you make this video thank you so much ❤️
@Gene Bone I need to get one most definitely
23:05 that can only be possible via high quality Analog to Digital Converter, like the Chimeric Systems HDMI or the OG Xbox, except MakeMHZ made pure digital to digital HDMI. No, the Sega Saturn's VDP chips actually converts the signal to analog so it's technically native. I know the RAD2X exists but it outputs YUV 444 instead of RGB like Scart provides. Scart is the true best option because the Saturn's video signal is sort of analog to begin with, I think the reason why Sega did this is to maintain hardware space and analog CRT convenience.
The bad thing about the SD card reader from the Saturn is they're really expensive.
And its only because the guy wont do a wait list on them. He does these super weird drops.
it's because people just buy them to resell them
If somebody could comment on this when they become available, that would be excellent
@@Matt-gh2zm they sell out in mins and he does like super random times. But one can try.
@@SA8TER21 Yeah! That makes me want someone to reverse engineer his board and start selling them on ebay. Like the dreamcast. I know that's shady, but I really want to get my hands on one for a reasonable price.
Also there are two more ODE solutions dropping this year. Professor Abrasive’s Satiator project is finally coming out. He sent out beta testing units around the holidays. And I believe the final product is currently being manufactured. The great thing about the Satiator is that it plugs into the back of the console so you can still use your cd drive as well. There’s another traditional ODE coming out called the Fenhrir as well. The first wave already sold and there’s more dropping this week through 8bitmods
Fuck satiator. That guy took patreon money for six years and milked TENS OF THOUSANDS of dollars.
Fenrir? Cedric wanted to charge only $40 for his ODE. That's what he stated in the Saturn group. But now he charges $100.
Satiator is not due for 2020, never had a release date. They way beta is going we will not see it till 2021.
Fenrir has issues but is a great alternative , it will be a fine ODE by end of the year if CED keeps up the FW updates.
its not gonna replace rhea as top dog.. Rhea and phoebe are Gold standard for Saturn
Actually it is $123 for US buyers for it.
It costs $15 to make...
But the mark up is 8bitmods, not CED. He sold the design to them to manufacture. Perhaps he is only getting $40 each for them from them.
@@demoandcustomerservicevide4223 thats a terrible deal on his part. He should be making significantly more for just having a service mail them out/sell them
@@cyo_corner I have no idea how much CED is getting per device from 8bitmods I said PERHAPS.
@@demoandcustomerservicevide4223 - For accuracy's sake, the $123 is factoring in VAT, I believe, however that's a website display issue. When you actually check out, if you are in the US the price drops to $114 or so using the cheapest shipping option (I got one of the first 50 and that's what my ledger shows).
I always just regularly backed up my Saturn save data to my Acton Replay card, so that when my battery ran out, I'd just replace it and move my data back over. A little bit inconvenient but I've never lost any of my save data.
I bought a Saturn with RHEA and FRAM off of Powrup Gaming, and am having a blast.
If anyone is curious, I've been using a program called CD Manipulator to convert the individual games from bin/cue to ccd/img/sub, and every game i've tried has worked pretty flawlessly so far
Thanks for your enthusiasm for the Saturn. However, I just want to clarify a few points:
You CAN transfer data from the internal memory to the memory cartridge through the internal memory manager or, if you're using an Action Replay cart, through the cart's memory manager option. Thus, you can back up your save files. Most games can also save directly to the memory cart, although not the Action Replay.
You CAN play Panzer Dragoon Saga with a memory cart and save your data onto a memory cart. Just not an Action Replay cart.
The CR2032 batteries last approximately THREE YEARS (I've had one last up to five years!), which is hardly "they don't last long".
Right, I could have phrased this better. I was saying that in some cases, there are games that don't allow you to transfer saves. I didn't mean to imply the console itself can not, I even showed the option to do so via Action Replay around 6:10.
I was wrong about PDS, didn't know about that until the comments.
Battery life being long, highly debatable.
Great video Adam! My favourite console is the Saturn, so a nice wealth of neat info! I'm using the HD Retrovision cables, with an action replay card to bypass regions for Japanese / US games, but for the most part, I play with my PAL collection, and they look and play great on my tv! Love the shirt btw :)
Sega Forever
I have street fighter alpha for the saturn and it requires the additional ram, most 2D fighting games required that expansion Japanese or not.
SFA1 and 2 don't use the ram cart, Street Fighter Zero 3, Vampire Savior, Marvel Super Heroes, X-Men/MSH vs Street Fighter and a few other later titles on the system use the ram carts.
Really awesome upgrades!! Need to tackle those mods on one of my Saturn's eventually!!
Saturn was my main Console from when it first came out in USA until almost 1999. My internal battery didn't die that whole time. It didnt die THAT easily in my xp.
This is probably the next best thing to an HDMI mod.
www.retrogamingcables.co.uk/RAD2X-CABLES/SEGA-SATURN-NTSC-HD-RAD2X-HDMI-480P-CABLE
I hate how i have been following this for several years now and i still cannot buy one despite checking every other day for availability. That guy clearly does not want to sell these devices.
Yeah he's a bit of a duche and a drama queen. There's a new ODE available from 8bitmods call fenrir from some dude in France
@@kevinwoolford123 I don't think you know what my comment was about bud, i was talking about the Phoebe and Rhea, not the Saturn.
@@andree1991 i replied to another comment and it ended here 😆
Professor Abrasive's Satiator will be out later this year, it gives full drive emulation via the Saturn's VCD card slot, a MUCH more elegant solution than the Rhea, you don't have to choose between an actual drive and drive emulation, you have both!
@@philipbain Yeah that's the one i'm counting on for my saturn.
Hmm, they had an arcade board similar to the Saturn called the Sega Titan. As a lover of Astronomy and gaming, I appreciate the consistency.
I was talking to James Reiner about getting an SD Card mod for the Dreamcast, I may do that for the Saturn as well. BTW, Hello from the coffee cup guy.
HA! I heard you sold him your 32X.
Adam Koralik indeed. Spring cleaning, I’d rather some of my stuff go to someone good. I’m booking a trip to Chicago for the fall. Gotta hook me up with good pizza places
@@KevPez-IS Lou Malnati's for deep dish, Giordano's or Panino's for stuffed, alas Riggio's closed, but that's where I would have said thin crust.
@@AdamKoralik I just made the mistake of looking at the Lou Malnati menu while hungry. Bout to book a flight to Chicago for lunch
The Rhea / Phoebe are really good drive replacement options except for the fact that they're basically impossible to buy without paying scalping prices! The guy who "sells" them (if you count selling 10 boards once a year selling) basically extorts the crap out of the mod and sells the mod to people who then in turn charge $500+ for it on ebay. It's really a shame. Even if the boards were up for sale, I don't even know if I would buy it even though I really want it. The guy has some major problems and I really don't feel comfortable giving him money (even if I could) and basically encouraging this behavior. If you're looking for a good saturn mod, either wait for the Satiator by Professor Abrasive to be finished, or hit up the newest contender the Fenrir (which you can actually buy!). Both are way better options! Happy modding! :D
I had a model 1 back in about 97. I remember booting it up over and over coz I loved the boot sequence so much! Wish I still had it
Thank you for sharing all of this valuable information!
Wasupp Adam I love the Sega Saturn so much
I'd heard about the SD card mod, would definitely want one of those for my saturn, soon as I can get it out of storage I might track one down!
They are easy to get if you pay a markup from reseller. But follow the developers page and you can score one easily.
I'd love to get my Saturn modded but it's a model 2. Hopefully something comes up soon. great video Adam.
I have a video coming soon that might help.
Mentioning The Cheapness of Saturns reminds me of 2011 before people started ebaying their retro games.
Being able to walk into a pawn shop and pick up N64 games for $3 was a luxury I miss.
Back then the only games that were spendy were the ones everybody wanted and had like Final Fantasy 7, Zelda Collectors, & Super Smash Bros.
Thankfully I kept some of those games I picked up, seeing Goldeneye for $40-$50 on ebay irritates the hell out of me.
Same here in Brazil...
Boy, Mr. Koralik is sure obsessed with SEGA and it’s products!
I've heard of this mod and man does it sound like a lot of work but that's pretty cool. I just soft mod my saturn and play burned discs, it's a model 2 so it makes sense to stick with that method
Are you excited for professor abrasive’s SATIATOR ?
Same here. Japanese model 1 with a region free bios eprom, and the phantom mod. Just waiting on the Satiator and someone to make an HDMI mod and I'll be set
I see Sega Saturn and I slam that Like button
that no battery save mod looks nice! Lost all my save data when mine died, and my action replay with the backups stopped working at the same time. Saving is definitely one area the PS1 was vastly superior at.
Thank you for your very good time.
US Marvel Super Heroes doesn't work with the RAM Expansion.
INCORRECT ADAM! 😉
It will use the 1MB RAM cart not the 4MB. If you pop it in you should see the option in the option menu
My information was wrong, my bad.
@@AdamKoralik No worries bro it was not a knock on you! I lived the Saturn days so I have a little advantage 😉.
More info here if you're curious:
segasaturngroup.proboards.com/thread/5234?page=3
4MB RAM cart does work but the game doesn't utilised all of the available memory.
@@egg64 that's true, slowdown like crazy!
Oh man you lucky duck, I had to just go with a Psudeo Saturn cart. I hope to one day afford the Rhea . Good tip on the controller though just bought one of those.
I have been watching from all the way back from 2011, I miss them videos
My goodness i love the Saturn ! Wish it wasn't so expensive to collect for though..
SATIATOR! Review the Satiator. It's basically ODE but without even touching the CD drive. Now we can use SD cards AND the CD drive. Actually I hope the developer of the project will include an MPEG decoder for homemade VCDs such as myself, or maybe we can even play the MPEG video file Satiator itself. It they do that, it would truly be a complete all in 1 device which I'd be willing to buy and replace my RG-VC3 Twinoperator VCD card, but I don't know for sure. They haven't mentioned any plans for it yet.
Hi Adam Luke from the UK, really enjoy your channel it’s one of the better gaming channels out there.
I agree with most things you say especially the Saturn being the most underrated games console ever, not sure why probably damage done from the mega cd & 32x, and yes it is a very reliable machine I had mine since 1997 traded a Panasonic 3do in for it best thing I did, I still play to this day it’s faultless. I had many arguments with my PlayStation friends in the day but I think I was biased and thought the Saturn was a true gamers console it was almost arcade perfect it had fewer games but I prefer quality over quantity.
Just a couple of things I wanted to point out, the mark 2 Saturn controllers ( like the Japanese version) r one of the best controllers ever made I had mine over 20 years and work perfect to this day it’s best all round controller especially for fighting games like street fighter. I bought one of these wireless retro bit controllers for it, cosmetically they look fantastic but for fast paced games the responsiveness is not great and the D-pad doesn’t feel right especially for street fighter and Sega rally, and thunder hawk 2 wasn’t working with it, I’d stick to my original all day.
And panzer dragoon saga does save on the cart fine, whether it’s different on pal than US but I only use the genuine black Sega Saturn memory cart and never had any issues saving on it.
Thanks again Adam and I hope you do more channels about the Sega Saturn
Does the mpeg2 improves Yakyuken Special? Hehe just kidding, ty for the vid Adam!
My cousin had a Saturn that’s the only way I knew it existed....I never owned one. I was a sega kid early on I always felt that the master system and genesis was better than the Nintendo consoles although they both have great games I’m always gravitated to sega. When I went the the arcades sega always had cool games and like afterburner had these cool interactive machines that would twist and turn like you were in a jet or a race car. I did have the sega cd and 32x and dreamcast. I recently bought the sega Saturn and see what a great console it was. After the Dreamcast I did buy a Sony PlayStation but then the Xbox came out and it reminded me of the sega master system that didn’t sell well but was much better then the competition and could really create better looking games and I gravitated to the Xbox after that. I still play my retro sega games that will never get old.
I play my Saturn all the time. I have a japanese Saturn with a mod chip, I don't play burned games too often though. My action replay card died but recently ordered a new one. I mostly use my Saturn for Resident Evil and Albert Odyssey. It's a fantastic system and if you're able to play on a CRT with S-Video or RGB, you will be really impressed by how well games can look.
Marvel Super Heros USA version supports the 1mb RAM cart and you will get extra frames.
Panzer Dragoon Saga supports internal save and Floppy disc saves :) yes JPN and USA even though the Floppy drive was never sold here.
There's a mod now to have the rhea and the cd reader which I personally think should be done more for ode's since it means can use the consoles reader to back up the games and the ode to play them with benefits.
Damn boi, Dis man got the pimped out saturn right here. Great video bro. I still wish we lived in an alternate timeline where sega didn't destroy themselves and sony and microsoft didn't swoop ruin and casualize the entire industry.
Saturn cartridge pins are notorious for being rubbish , they were cheaply made and quite soft as a result (no doubt in order to save costs). From Sega's 1995 perspective it makes sense since you were really meant to only plug in a memory cart and leave it there. That being said, even swapping official carts alot (like the memory expansions) will wear out the slot too.
In regards to PAL games on an NTSC console, no PAL Saturn game has a 60hz option, instead what happens is that most PAL games have no PAL optimisations whatsoever , meaning that on an NTSC system , there is no speed or resolution penalty and the games run as they should. The games which didn't work properly were PAL optimised and the screen being cut off is due to those PAL games having their resolutions optimised for PAL resolutions (288p/576i). An NTSC TV will therefore not show the whole screen since standard NTSC res is 240p/480i
Adam, have you heard about the Satiator project that is in development? It's sorta like a Rhea that uses the mpeg card slot so you don't have to give up your optical drive!
Just from the comments in this video.
I LOVE THAT SHIRT
I do not recommend saving the Sega Saturn's game data to the console's internal save battery because the console's internal save battery does not hold enough data. Stick with the standard Saturn RAM cartridge or an Action Replay Plus cartridge for saving your game data instead. And by the way, Adam, you're not 90 years old yet. You're still a spring chicken.
Dustin Nunn what about the games that use only the internal battery specifically .. that sucks
@@antiquefuturistic Use the RAM cartridges (Including the Action Replay Plus) for saving your Sega Saturn's game data only.
Arshdeep Singh good call
Cool, someday I hope, God willing I'll have an original copy of Panzer Dragoon for my Saturn:-)
I once bought a modded Saturn controller with a built-in antenna and a 2.4GHz wireless receiver that only takes 1 port instead of consuming both of them which the official wireless controllers receivers have the issue of, and it has a rechargeable Lithium Polymer battery instead of the consumable batteries so that saves me the trouble of buying some lithium ion AAAs. It's the controller I'm currently using but I hope to get the 3D Pad and the BrawlerGen pretty soon. I mean there are so many thing I am trying to buy and it's hard to focus on both PC and Retro consoles simultaneously.
Thanks Adam you just explained something I always wondered about My cartridge slot on my Saturn would never read cartridges anymore,I had a gameshark and used it a lot.Now I know why only the gameshark would work after that.
Not old dude, just experienced
While i don't have this. I do have a model 2 US Saturn(white JPN case) that had a region/cd-r mod done. I also own a model 1 V-saturn(no mods)
As far as i know i don't think they even sell the chips that allow cd-rs anymore. I've traded for it probably like 12+ yrs ago. Works perfectly fine.
It's US region by default but you have to hold down the reset button for like 1-2 secs during boot up and then it resets to JPN.
Also have the vcd card too.
US version of Marvel Super Heroes does support the 4MB Ram but in 1mb mode
Got me excited thinking the Satiator was here :( I can't do Rhea sadly, too expensive 2nd hand, hard to get officially and I lack solder skills
Unfortunately satuator has been abit quiet atm haven't heard from abrasive in a while during beta testing
no soldering skills required for rhea at all
PLUG AN PLAY
@@demoandcustomerservicevide4223 it def needs to be soldered
@@batconker WTF you talking about. I have installed over 100 Rhea and Phoebe cards for people. Rhea is Plug and play my friend. ZERO SOLDERING REQUIRED to play 99% of games. As Adam pointed out in the video there is a Region switch built into the rhea that requires soldering, That switch is optional and I have only installed it Two times for people, it really is un-necessary. You can plug in the ribbon cable and the power cable and you are DONE. Enjoy the entire US collection, the Entire Japanese collection and all but 5 games from the PAL exclusives. 4 of which work and are playable with a small screen cutoff at the bottom. SO the Soldering is NOT required nor is it needed. IF you use rhea on a PAL Saturn with a PAL tv it does not need to be soldered either unless that pal user wants to use NTSC games.
So please enough with the misinformation. I was a beta tester for Rhea back in 2015 . I know what I am talking about. You obviously do not.
@@demoandcustomerservicevide4223 Huh, well thanks for the info. I will need to reevaluate!
I’m looking forward to the Satiator ^^
Hey Adam, there is a rom of Deep Fear that uses the Japanese version of the game but is completely in English. It doesn't have the weird garbage on top.
19:05 CDRWIN was last updated May 28, 2010 (v4.0).
...Now THAT is surprising.
@@AdamKoralik I had forgotten I used those tools until I see screenshots. The memories came flooding back. Was the days of KaZaA Lite, ICQ, Winamp 2, Unreal Tournament, GameSpy Tunnel, mIRC etc.
I got a model VA0 Saturn on eBay last week for $44 after tax and shipping. You can still find them cheap if you hunt around.
The King of Fighters cartridge is actually a ROM cart, not a RAM cart. Some amount of the game data is actually held on the cartridge, which is why the two will only work when paired together - you cannot use the KoF cart as a 1MB or 4MB expansion, nor can you play the KoF game disc with a 1MB or 4MB 4MB expansion cartridge.
FRAM? You mean we can finally change that 25 year old oil?
Waiting fur that game collection video Adam 😎
And now terraonions mode made the Rhea obsolete - hope you’ll test that as well
cool video tech talk adam
Another great vid adam , definitely need to dust the saturn off so many great games for it when are we getting a live Q&A it's been way too long getting soooo bored need a 5 hour Q&A from you !
You have the Twin Operator RG-VC20! I have the better card-the Twin Operator RG-VC3 which I've read has been tweaked or has better Mpeg-1 decompression so it would definitely benefit my home made X-VCDs, Extended allows manual control of bit rates, and VBR, and Quantization. Especially sine the Sega Saturn has a Double Drive which means it reads 2X speed CD-Rs. I just need the Action Replay 1MB to actually play those X-VCDs. I would also like to have a Toslink Mod on my Vsaturn too, I'm no good at soldering or chips but the process of the Toslink mod is so simple I just have to find someone who can do these things but that's hard to do if you're living in Arkansas which is basically away from the rest to the world full of civilization everywhere you look. My uncle can help installing a new HDD with my Xbox 1.6 but that's just about it-anything else can't be done unless I myself have the ability to solder and install which I can't, I'm stuck not knowing how to get my consoles modded. And it's very unfortunate that the DCHDMI and the WiiDUAL are temporarily out of commission because of covid 19.
FRAM Is possibly the most important mod done in the last 20 years. for me it is..transfering from internal to carts and then praying the carts work again..... got old very quick.
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That's Virtua ly an cool shirt!
There is a pal compatibilty list made for the Saturn. :)
The American version of Marvel Super Heroes does support the ram cart but it's not properly optimized for it so it will get hit with slowdown unlike the japanese version which is optimized for it and still plays normally. also the game only used 1mb so if someone tried to play it with 4mb more problems would pop up.
Great video, fast forward from April to July and I’d like to shout out to anyone who has a Model 1 20-pin drive Saturn, check out the Fenrir ODE from 8bitMods ... £100 shipped, best thing I’ve done to my Saturn and far cheaper than MODE (as long as you have the 20-pin model) and is totally plug and play. It’s also super easy to make the SD on Mac and PC, it’s drag and drop and the games are displayed exactly how you name the folders. Fenrir also supports Bin/Cue as well as CCD (TruRips). I’ve never used Rhea, but from what you say here it sounds like a pain to set up versus other options.
You dont need the region free bios as the Rhea and phoebe are already region free! Only reason you might want a region free bios is if you have the original disc drive or just prefer the Japanese bios.
No, as explained, it's needed for the extra RAM games.
@@AdamKoralik the action replay would be for the ram games. I'm talking about the saturn being region free with the rhea or phoebe. The rhea and phoebe can make your Saturn region free with an ini file you place on the sd card. The rhea and phoebe have an auto region patcher which will essentially make the saturn region free. So you wont need to replace the bios with a region free one if you dont want to.
@@ericochoa4034 Maybe we're not talking about the same thing. It's my understanding that without the Japanese bios, the RAM enhanced games will not function.
@@AdamKoralik I have the phoebe in my model 2 saturn and the ram games work just fine without a Japanese bios. Your saturn doesnt need a Japanese bios just needs to be region free which the rhea or phoebe will do. Here's two links to an explanation videogameperfection.com/2016/02/16/which-saturn-mod-is-right-for-me/
videogameperfection.com/2016/02/16/which-saturn-mod-is-right-for-me/
Action replay plus blasted my original Saturn cart port. Of course, this was well before we all knew it was a problem, but I thought (back then) that my original backup Ram cart had died. Come to find out years later that it was probably just the pins.....needless to say, I lost all my old saves, which always depressed me