Burning Rangers [Saturn] by SEGA (A-Rank) [HD] [1080p]
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- Опубліковано 21 січ 2014
- Burning Rangers (バーニングレンジャー) is a 1998 3D action title developed by Sonic Team for the Sega Saturn. In the game, the player takes on the role of a rookie in a futuristic firefighting force. With a jetpack and special fire-extinguishing laser gun, it's up to you put out blazing infernos and rescue trapped survivors.
Burning Rangers is a pretty damn cool game. It features solid gameplay, some of the most impressive graphics on the Saturn (especially the lighting effects), a fairly compelling narrative with a very likeable cast of characters, and one helluva rockin' soundtrack. That said, it isn't without its flaws. The controls are a tad clunky, the game is short and levels seem to grow only shorter as things progress, and some elements (mainly bosses) appear downright broken in spots. Being a title that was released near the end of the Saturn's lifetime, I get the sense that Burning Rangers was probably rushed to market. Still, this is a very uniquely enjoyable game, and while it certainly has its flaws, Burning Rangers stands as one of the best examples of Sega's once boundless creativity. If you haven't played it before, give it a try.
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Burning Rangers (バーニングレンジャー, 버닝레인저, 救火奇兵) | GS-9174, 81803, MK81213-50, 191566 | Sega Corporation (株式会社セガ, 주식회사 세가, 世嘉公司) | Sonic Team (ソニックチーム, 소닉 팀, 索尼克小组) | Yuji Naka (中 裕司, 나카 유지) | Naoto Oshima (大島 直人, 오오시마 나오토) | Sega Saturn (セガサターン, 세가 새턴, 世嘉土星) | [SS] | 3D Action Game (3Dアクションゲーム, 3D 액션 게임, 3D动作游戏) | Platformer, Platform Game (プラットフォームゲーム, 플랫포머, 平台游戏) | Shou Amabane (ショウ・アマバネ) | Tillis (ティリス) | Reed Phoenix (リード・フェニックス) | Big Landman (ビッグ・ランドマン) | Chris Parton (クリス・パートン) | 1CC, 1 Credit Clear, No Deaths | Playthrough, Longplay | Gameplay | Walkthrough, Guide | Emulator (エミュレータ, 에뮬레이터, 游戏机模拟器) | SSF | High-definition (高精細, 고선명, 高解析) | HD | 1080p - Ігри
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this screams for a HD remake...
Of all Sonic Team's non-Sonic IPs, I believe BR stands the best chance of succeeding if it were ever remade. It would need a few more levels and a little reimagining, but it could definitely work.
Saturn Memories yes.
Saturn Memories However, it must stay true to the original, like Crash N’Sane Trilogy.
I like a platinum games reboot.
Oh yes, it would be perfect. My second favorite game ever along with Jet Set Radio in HD for Switch!!
Top shelf vocal talent on this one. Sega is sleeping on a gem.
game badly needs a remake
*sequel
Cause its a sobic team game and they only do sonic now
I remember when they were giving the first trailer for Astral Chain a good friend of mine got super excited it could be a Burning Ranger sequel. Astral Chain is great don't get me wrong, but a Burning Rangers remake/sequel wouold have been legendary. My one fear is that in the current gaming climate there probably isn't room for a game about fire fighting power rangers.
Sega has always sleep on old gems like this, it's a damn shame how they seem to focus on doing sonic games instead of reviving old gems like this
Can i just say that this game has some of the most beautiful seamless running animations?
You can.
You did !
😊
Everybody be talking about the vocal talent, but can we just take a moment to admire the OST
True. Being that this game was made in the 90s, it didn't result with terrible voice acting like the original Resident Evil 1, Mega Man 8, Deep Fear etc.
The vocal talent is great especially for its time since they used TV actors! The OST is phenomenal, they got the best of Sonic Team on here right after they made a masterpiece on NiGHTS!
what an incredible game. My favorite game of all time (along with Jet Set Radio on the Dreamcast). A shame that Saturn was so underrated, this console is so much better than many people think.
They actually spent the money to hire real voice actors. I find Chris's voice to be relaxing and pleasant when she guides you through the training .
I find it strange that most of the actors are unknown...
@@fernie-fernandez im pretty sure Shou's voice is Bryce Papenbrook
She's kinda like Alia from the Mega Man X series
@@ishgardiandad8250 idk how old he is but this might've been before his time lol. Could be wrong though
@@MagillanicaLouM the fact that this is quite old is what makes me question if it's him. But the voice is extremely identical lol
Man, this game looks incredible. I can’t believe this is a Saturn game! Sonic Team really knew how to push the hardware to its limit! Too bad we never got a full 3D Sonic game on it. Sonic Team probably could’ve made something fantastic using the Saturn for a Sonic game!
I'm afraid not. The reason why Sonic Team chose to move Sonic Adventure up to the Dreamcast (besides the fact that the Dreamcast was upcoming) was that the Saturn's limitations were making development a nightmare and it was becoming increasingly clear to them that a proper 3D Sonic game was beyond the Saturn's capabilities. The Sonic world in Sonic Jam was the best it could manage.
Nah, Sonic Adventure went to the Dreamcast because Sega's management determined it to be so. If the Saturn's lifeline had been extended, Sonic Adventure would've certainly been made for the Saturn.
Wow, the guy who played Knuckles in Sonic Adventure really can only do one voice.
I saw that somewhere
That's a badass intro. Feels like a show that I would've seen on Toonami back in 1999 or so.
Get Christian Whitehead and his crew to make a HD port of this...
-Retain the Saturn graphical style, but make it 60fps & remove the jerkiness of the visuals.
-If the source code is lost, buy Rom hacks if you have to, whatever it takes.
Burning Rangers was one of Sonic Team's most inspired offerings but the Saturn hardware was not really up to the the task, it would have been better on the DC. At the same time it was really cool to see ST release this on the Saturn when it was dead in the water in '98; it was sorta like one last defiant hurrah for the console and it's fans.
.... BR deserves a second chance.
At the end of the Saturn's life, and the end of EB supporting it, I had $50 and a choice of: Burning Rangers, Shining Force III and Panzer Dragoon Saga. I went with SF3 and while I never regretted my choice, I really wish I could have bought all 3 cos all 3 were amazing swan songs for a cruelly mismanaged gaming console. (in North America, anyway)
Panzer Dragoon Saga would've been the right call. Tough to choose, though.
@@SpiralPegasus Yeah it was tough as hell at the time. I liked SF3 but Panzer Dragoon Saga was and remains one of the most amazing JRPGs of all time. Why it hasn't gotten the ol' HD re-release on modern hardware is beyond me. At least emulation has gotten good enough that I can play it on my PC now.
All three are some of the best games of all time, imo.
@@exidy-yt Supposedly the original assets to Panzer Dragoon Saga are lost now so no true remake is in the cards ... ever. Doesn't mean a spiritual remake cannot happen though.
@@clrodrick That's a damn shame. I wouldn't say no to a modern remake of it, though I doubt it will capture all the charm of the original. I could stand to be wrong in this case however. ;-)
Why...Why are all of Sega's rich IPs (Except Sonic of course) relegated to the gates of oblivion. Burning Rangers ranks in the same pantheon as Shining Force, Phantasy Star (The regular RPG version), Vector Man, The Oasis Series (the list goes on) etc, left to rot in the Sega vault.
Adam Williams Sega is a very risk-averse company these days. :\
I agree!
***** To be fair, many of the games you mentioned received numerous sequels or pseudo-sequels. But yes, Sega was always creating tons of new IPs throughout their hardware years.
Saturn Memories Sega also went through UA-cam purging everyone's videos of nearly anything mentioning Shining Force, pretty fucked up and overly-controlling... like they want the game's name to disappear from memory or something.
Deathbrewer I remember that. Now that we have so many companies with original creators of iconic games in a franchise doing an expy, I wonder how well Camelot would do with a Shining Force expy using the Golden Sun universe...
Man I miss the old Shining series. The new games are way too anime for me, and I like anime!
I really like this game, it just has that charm to it...plus it has an awesome soundtrack.
I loved playing this game back in 1998. Made me so happy to have a Saturn. It was one of the only Saturn games to have true polygonal transparencies, which it wasn't supposed to be able to do.
So many great memories with this game, I remember the dolphin level specifically xD.
There are no transparencies here, it's a clever texture/Sprite trick where they leave every next block blank so it's Actually like a checkerboard at a very small res to make it look like a transparency. Many Saturn titles did it. Such as Megaman X4.
There are actual transparencies in this game as well as dithering. It's very easy to tell the difference on a modern display.
Yea I felt the burn of reprospect heavy once I saw those clear floors. I thought he was talking about when you transport a civilian and the rainbow shoots up from the floor where dithering is applied there.
What about Sonic R? Radiant Emerald had transparent polygons too (Saturn only)
I love Burning Rangers. It is one of my all-time favorites for the Saturn. I wish they would give us a remake or a sequel or something.
Same here. Doubt we'll ever see one, but who knows... Sega does occasionally surprise me.
Imagine this on the Nintendo Switch. I'd buy.
+1
+2 because I'd buy physical and digital
They need to either do an HD port or remake of this game for next Gen consoles
I know right?! A HD remake on PS4, Xbox one, and Nintendo switch? Hell yeah I'll hop on that, well for the ps4 and switch versions XD
Jeiku Iraisan the only problem is that Sega doesnt do games anyone except for just yakuza and sonic : (
True but on a more positive note, imagine if real firefighters are like the burning Rangers XD
Jeiku Iraisan and instead of the siren they play the burning rangers theme
It doesn't matter. The coding for Burning rangers was lost years ago alongside every Saturn game. The only games that could be remade were the ones that had PC ports such as Sonic R. Even IF Sega wanted to they genuinely cannot port Burning Rangers to modern consoles. Unless they decide to buy romhacks. After all if Sega hired a hacker to make good Sonic games why not buy emulator data?
The people who did Cowboy Bebop definitely should make an anime out of this game.
it would be a really short one... might be a couple of OVAs
They just made an anime film in the spirit of this game. It's called Promare and it's animated by Studio Trigger!
Pity there was never a Dreamcast sequel...this game has so much potential to go bigger and more bad ass in every way...they were doing verticality before verticality was a thing...could you imagine a modern day Burning Rangers and what they could do with scale alone?
Man, the music is awesome! But it's Sega, they always make great music! The guy who's singing in the title screen/demo song sounds like the same guy who sings in Knuckles' theme song in Sonic Adventure.
TheDanster4 I think Dred Foxx (the voice of PaRappa the Rapper) did the Knuckles rap. Dennis St. James was the lead vocalist for the English version of "Angels with Broken Hearts" (Takenobu Mitsuyoshi in the Japanese). Same goes for the Daytona 2 theme. Dennis St. James in the English version and Mitsuyoshi in the Japanese one.
Saturn Memories Dred Foxx only did the rap portion of Knuckles' song but the vocal portion kinda sounds like this guy. For Daytona 2, I thought the vocalist was some guy named "Eric Martin" (at least that's what I thought it said in the credits)
TheDanster4 Nah, Martin did the theme "Sons of Angels" for Championship Circuit Edition on the Saturn. He was the lead singer for the band Mr. Big.
TheDanster4 www.supermodel3.com/Images/FAQ_Daytona2_2.png
Saturn Memories Ahhh, okay, never mind lol. Yeah, I was mixing up the 2 games. The vocals still sound similar though :P
Fun fact: This was the palette and background for Phantasy Star Online years later.
Take a look at how similar in the way they look and play are.
Yeah I felt that playing through it for the first time last month...it actually feels a lot like Phantasy Star Online in terms of movement.
It really looks like it. You know there's even an online quest in Dreamcast PSO that has the Burning Rangers theme playing and you have to run around Ragol putting out fires. :)
Edit: "Central Dome Fire Swirl" was its name.
Sonic Transformed brought me here!
Is no-one going to comment on the fantastic Japlish in the intro?! It's up there with Zero Wing.
"Sense a spilit second"
"Treasure the life"
"Have goddess on your wings"
All it needs is
"Let's attack fire aggressively!" (10 points if anyone can guess this reference)
Literally scrolled down the moment I saw "spilit" to see if anyone went in on that in the comments, lol. 😂
I've never played this game, but man I'd love to. I'd also like to see an anime series based on this game.
I absolutely love this game! The concept, the gameplay, characters, everything. I played it so much, that to this day, the theme will sometimes pop in my head randomly lol. I would pay top dollar for a sequel or remake of this. I still got my fingers crossed 🤞
This game needs a revival.
The sounds of the crystals being collected reminds me of Star Fox. But this was an excellent playthrough, good job on another success, Saturn Memories!
One of these days I'm going to go back and try for an all S-rank run.
That would be a video I would definitely watch! I'm certain you can pull it off, Saturn Memories!
god, i was playing this recently and whole time I was like "damn, i know that sound effect from something else in the late 90s."
Amazing game by Sega! It's one of my favorites games of all time!
This was the last Saturn game I bought, but I sure put in a lot of hours into it. The game always brought me back because of its random generated levels and civilians. It though it was neat that the civilians that where rescued would send e-mails with their thanks. I would love to see an HD remake like Nights had, especially since my only complaints about the game was the frame rate and graphical glitches.
I like BR a lot, but if it were remade, I think they'd have to address a bit more than just graphical and frame rate issues. IMO, it plays a bit too slow if you're trying to play for rank. It's also a little on the short side.
okay love the music and futuristic stuff and burning ranger's gears.
I feel like that Sonic Team should have made an RPG that plays like this but with real-time combat!
Wait a minute, what was Sonic Team's and Sega's Localisation's budget for this stuff? Must have been pretty damn high for this one, sweet Christ.
I feel like the closest would be Phantasy Star Universe. But if they added jumping.
My uncle is into some neat games. What a truly cultured SEGA fan!
Extremely killer music
Total badass characters
A perfect sega Saturn gem.
And pretty sweet graphics.
Is this game worth playing since it’s a platform/gun shooting type of game?
Now that technology is way more advanced that it was in the late 1990s, how's about we get a remake of this game? And, while we're at it, how's about the entire game is animated in the same way as the intro?
I find it hilarious that this game, developed by Sonic Team at the same time as Sonic Adventure and for an inferior system, managed to pull off water better than Sonic Adventure when the monster in that game, Chaos, was specifically designed to show off how the Dreamcast could do water better than ever before. On that note, the N64 did it too with Morpha in Ocarina of Time, also the same year.
Chris James Sonic Adventure was rushed to the japanese market on the final months of 1998 (like Virtua Fighter 3:TB) with a lot of bugs and running only at 30fps instead of the 60fps planned to have on the gameplay. Also has low polygon count and very simple effects like the water as you previously said... And yes, Burning Rangers has much better worked effects and has fantastic transparencies via software rendering. This was an incredible achievement for the saturn and i can't imagine the PS1 running this game. Really an amazing game and a bit underrated as the saturn itself imo.
Fabricio Vega there is not as many bugs as the DX port
@@londonjackson8986 Yeah, SA1 generally looks fine for 98, but the modelling is still very 5th-gen-standard. It makes sense considering it was supposed to be a Saturn game originally, but it's weird. The Dreamcast enabled it to run at a higher resolution, have a longer draw distance, and more consistent performance especially compared to Burning Rangers...but man, SA1 is definitely a game that's best played at native res, because upscaling it on an emulator it modern PC rerelease just exposes all the flaws which were at one point at least somewhat hidden. I kinda wonder if the game might even look a little better running at 240p internally, like this game does.
This game is nice and the music is cool too.
Already opening with a typo. I love it.
Not going to lie.. Watching Segata Sanshiro vids brought me here
So it's fire fighters from the future cool this kinda makes me want a sega Saturn
that kyo kusanagi thumbnail doe.
A 90s sega game with english voice acting that doesn't suck
This game even in 2020 looks incredible. I would play an hd remake or even just a straight port.
How about a Burning Rangers 4K Remake on SEGA/MKing Razor?
I finally got to play this game and it is so fucking good. I think the weakest aspect of the game, aside from obvious stuff like frame drops, draw distance, etc, is exploring for civilians. Each one takes has a little unskippable cutscene and it just feels like it halts the gameplay. Not to mention some of the bigger levels being very easy to get lost in cuz the navigation doesn’t seem properly tuned for the side explorable areas. The game is at its best when you’re barreling through with the jet pack and dousing flames as you go. When you play the game like that, it is honestly exhilarating. And that is generally how I like to play the game. You won’t get good ranks doing that, but for my money it is a lot more fun.
Overall, this game gets a solid 9/10 from me. Great and satisfying gameplay, fun levels, perfectly cheesy and awesome anime story, and phenomenal soundtrack. I highly recommend it if you haven’t played it. This game desperately needs a rerelease/remake. It deserves it.
this games was awesome, I beat it, and that was the Japanese version, didn't understood anything, but the game is good, one of the best for it's time, even the Playstation didn't had something as good as this, they should remake this game and add additional languages like English and Spanish, with more camera options and all those camera bugs fixed.
this rocks!!! sonic team had a lot of fun making this game. this was on fire
This game proves that the Saturn can also do great 3D games.
very lucky to have a mint pal copy of this game, fortunately for me I stuck by the Saturn till the bitter end and ended up with a fare few rare Saturn titles that are now worth a small fortune! ;)
the gaming toy boy smart boy.
i remember this game, great video man, im crying :/
The colors and textures in this game are so cool
Audio output on Saturn makes PS1 sound like muffled diarrhea.
Infinity2zRO Saturn had better sound quality than PS1 and More audio channels. Was more difficult to make good sound on this console
i think that Saturn had 32 vs 28 of the psx
But the Saturn used the same processor as the 32x
*ridge racer type 4 intensifies*
It did not. That's not true.
About this on Project X zone I thought this was some Super Sentai thing but this is awesome why have I just now learned about this.
LOVE Saturn Memories! Such great video capture quality, great presentation with the graphic boarders for 4:3 aspect ratio, nice logos, and most importantly - quality gameplay samples by someone who actually knows how to play these games well! KEEP IT UP!!! I hope Saturn Memories never dies as long as sites like UA-cam exist. Fantastic stuff.
SEGAHEADDY Thanks! They may not be perfect, but I do try to ensure that all of my videos are fairly high quality. They should start looking even better once I get my new gaming / recording rig assembled. Just waiting on a few parts in the mail at this point.
Saturn Memories I don't see how the quality can get any better. The game samples you're providing are insanely sharp and clear. But, hey, do what you wanna' do!
SEGAHEADDY I've held off playing the Panzer Dragoon series for the longest time because my laptop wasn't powerful enough to run Yabause in OpenGL mode and record at the same time. Hardware acceleration will make a really big difference with those games. I'll also be able to emulate/record certain Model 3, DC, PS2, Wii, and 360 games that fit the theme of this channel.
Saturn Memories Ah, I see. I thought this was being captured from actual Saturn hardware! Makes sense now.
+Saturn Memories What are your settings?
I tried to run using a Geforce GTX 480 and Windows 7, but didn't get a good result.
First 3 min this is the music?! I regret not being able to play this when it came out, this is amazing, first 3 min and I’m hooked
I’m still playing this on my Saturn 😎
Loved the Saturn, this game was great.
I would so pay for a remake of this gem , I still play it on my Saturn now and again , SEGA have no idea how to handle their I.P's these days.
Me: This game looks great, shares some mechanics with Phantasy Star Online, and seems like it would be fun.
Burning Rangers: Hey there, I'm $500 now.
God i played this game so many times, a 3ds version would sell good i think
Im a huge sega saturn and dreamcast fan collector I own 4 saturns and 3 dreamcasts lol just in case one breaks down. great channel and I love burning rangers what a classic !
chrisliam2 Thanks! Glad you like it. Keep playing until those fingers break! ;)
yo the intro music totally slaps
Burning Rangers makes me think of Tomica Hero Rescue Force with the idea of them all being hi-tech firefighters who save lives, even if Rescue Force is more developed for all kinds of rescue.
"Sense a spilit second" Sega's proof reading department really dropped the ball on that one.
Plus "Chris Partn" in the tutorial and "Chris Paron" in the end credits. Jesus, they really didn't check their spelling!
This, like NiGHTS, uses software ADPCM to reduce storage for little cost in quality, definitely useful in a game with a lot of speech. The mass of transparencies is great if flawed; they're rendered in a lower resolution to prevent the Saturn grinding to a halt with all the lighting effects on show. Tip for SSF - you can force it to render meshes as transparencies.
no one used the 2nd VDP chip for transparencies
For polygon transparency? No, as VDP1 handled that. VDP2 could, however, perform full-screen transparency - just make a playfield transparent and rotate it.
I bought my Sega Saturn from a friend without any games. I decided right afterwards that I would go to a videogame store to buy two games that I craved for: the first one was Virtua Fighter 2; the second one I would decide when I got there.
So I get to the store and grab VF2... And then I look at the other games available. I see only two titles that grabbed my interest: one was X-Men - Children of the Atom, a game that I loved on the arcades. The other one was something that I had never heard about, Burning Rangers. I had a look at the case and noticed the 3D graphics. And decided to gamble on it. Best decision I ever took! The graphics were really incredible for a Saturn game and it was so much fun... I still play it regularly.
This needs to be on Switch as a remastered version!!
A Sonic Adventure review brought me here
(sigh) Sega should've ported this game to the PC back then...
Needs an Indy game spiritual remake. Now.
Memories . . . where'd those days go?
if project x zone get third installment, I want some of the characters from this game appear
Japanese always make things look so damn beautiful. And the soundtrack not bad either.
There is no soundtrack lolz
Mike Tremamunno I was talking about in game but really no soundtrack for this? Too bad.
What!? Burning Rangers has Soundtrack, search it!
Of course this is sega after all 😎
The soundtrack is Amazing.
"Calm down! You'll be okay!"
Woman unconscious on floor: ....
Burning Rangers needs a remake. We need to join a lot of fans to ask sega to publish to playstation 3, 4, xbox 360, xbox one and PC. This is the best Sega Saturn game.
This brings me a lot of memories , when I was a kid I used to hear a lot the Music disc that came with the game , it is kinda weird hearing the opening on English , but it is still really good! I didn’t understood anything the game said when I was a kid , so I never got pass the tutorial >.< .
always wanted to play this when i was a kid. hope they remake this
the dolphin is drowning. that still makes me chuckle
Damn the tutorial is very smooth and clear instructions too 👍
Sega should come out with a mini-console similar to NES Classic or at lease a plug n' play console that has their killer app Sega Saturn games, because there is a LOT of shit on this system that was too ambitious to leave to rot in the Sega limbo.
This game is so damn cool. Now I kind of want a re-release.
Who is here after watching 'Uncle from another World '
Uncle from another World😁👍
awesome characters
7...years...ago...
Siiiiighhhhhhh ;-; im dying inside
I have the Japanese version, it can be frustrating at times, but there is nothing else like it. Reminds of a combination of Nights and Tomb Raider. Used a gameshark to get through the very last level, didn't really want to keep trying from the beginning. My hat's off to those that get all the survivors! I will be selling it and perhaps getting the US version someday.
Sega Saturn : I love you ^_^
This looks awesome.
The game may be short but has a lot of re-playability since the level layout and location of people to rescue changed for each play-through; though there limits to the variations iirc.
Short but AMAZING...
Platinum should remake burning rangers
Yet another game that proves that Saturn could do 3D and polygons just fine, despite the naysayers.
Who’s plays SEGA’s PSO2 these days!!
was that a sonic adventure 2 noise at the start?
Cuando Kyo Kusanagi se aburrió de King of Fighters, e intentó buscar nuevas aventuras.
Now it makes sense they went backwards with the dreamcast
What do you mean?
Why don't Sega bring this game back for play? They losin money.Or do a remake and add this original game as an unlockable.
Wow, this game has it all...
Man this game looks 😎 cool , I wish they would remastered it
Check out Andreas Scholl's "Burning Rangers Tribute" demo from SAGE 2021.
@@SaturnMemories YOURE STILL ALIVE! :)
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wow as old as this game is its tutorial section seems more authentic than thosse today lol
If this game got a Remake, It would either be Developed in house by Sonic Team or a Sega Licenced Remake developed and published by an Indie Studio in the same vein as the Panzer Dragoon Remake.
The most obscure game made by the Sonic devs...
Hi.
You are pretty much the only new comment in this comment section.
😊
Glad i'm not alone 😂 i'm a sega nerd
I was released shortly after the video release of Disney's Hercules