A turn-based RPG about some kid, Pike, who saw his parents get assraped by monsters when he was an infant and afterwards he was raised by furries (harpies). Then, his adopted sister is turned to stone and it's up to him and a TALKING SWORD to find the cure and stop those evil magicians from turning the world's races against each other and resurrecting the ancient god, Vlag. YOU KNOW YOU WANT THIS GAME.
Astal
Platform
A neat platformer regarding goddesses, life, creation, and crap like that. Very fun as you go around punching enemies, throwing objects at them, or use you fucking pinball of a bird to destroy them. Sold poorly due to the new age of gaming.
Baku Baku
Puzzle
This is a strange tile-based puzzle game that came out on different systems. The concept revolves around feeding animals food, which helps you beat the other player somehow. Unlike the other versions, this one has extra modes and prettier graphics.You might like it if you've played something like Puyo Puyo.
Battle Arena Toshinden URA
Fighting
A fighting game with swords. What more can you ask for? Although, in this game, you can no longer pussy your way out of every damn attack by dodge rolling.
Bug!
Platform
Like the title says. Your a Bug and you do alot of 2.5D platforman. Has a level where you can race sonic the hedgehog in his sonic & knuckles sprite. Really shoddy graphics compared to now. Has a sequel BUG TOO! but i havent seen it here yet so its probably not liked.
Burning Rangers
3rd person shooter
In the near future, the world will face an ultimate evil. FUCKING FIRES. It's up to you to save all the citizens, collect crystals, and extinguish those flames with a man on a jetpack. Has neat platforming as well as TPS. It plays better than it sounds.
Clockwork Knight
Platform
A platformer with a toy-theme. Probably the first game to pioneer a key as a weapon which is a nice little history lesson. Pretty cool, but a bit average. Still fun though.
Clockwork Knight 2
Platform
More of the same. You can play as your rival from the first as well.
Darius Gaiden
Scrolling Shooter
Fuck yeah, Darius. Guide your ship through multiple paths, fighting giant fish robots along the way.
Dark Savior
Platform/Puzzle/Action
Unrelated to Landstalker, despite playing similarly at times. Noted for having segments of "platform jumping, puzzle adventure, and fighting". Curiously each of these segments are seperated from each other. The most notable factor about this game are its multiple scenarios. Getting to each depends on the outcome the prologue scenario, which the player may deliberately or accidentally choose a course of action. This offers a neat bit of replay value.
Daytona USA
Racing
DOODOODOODOODOO DAYTONAAAA remember that? Awesome racing game, also on the dreamcast. Probably one of the best arcade racers for its time. Maybe even today.
DecAthlete
Sport
Athlete Kings in Europe
Die Hard Arcade
Beat 'em up
Cops fight terrorists using hand-to-hand skills, along with whatever forms of weaponry they come across. Quick Time Events give you a potential heads up on enemies. The sequel is known as Dynamite Cop and on the Dreamcast.
Dragonball Z The Legend
Fighting
Great DBZ game for everyone whos a fan of the show. Showed the whole story for the first time in america literally YEARS before the show even finished on our shores. Also available on the PS1.
Dragon Force
RTS/Tactics
Fuck year, Dragon Force. Nothing to do with that band (this came out years before), this strategy game has you choose one of 8 kingdoms to play as and follow each of their stories. Each kingdom has a certain type of troop they specialize with.
Duke Nukem 3D
FPS
Duke in his 3D outing. About as good as you'd expect on a PC, just with a Saturn controller. Always bet on Duke!
Earthworm Jim 2
Platform
A slight touch-up of the 16-bit versions, the most notable addition being the higher quality audio. Also features a really goofy looking CG Jim in certain cinematic scenes, but as 2D as ever in-game (Hey, it WAS the 90's. Everyone and their dog jumped on the 3D Gravytrain.).
PowerSlave
FPS
Exhumed in Europe
Fighters Megamix
Fighting
Exactly what it says on the box. There's also some unlockable characters and outfits as well.
Galactic Attack
Scrolling Shooter
A superb shooter for the Saturn with many power-ups and a lock on system. A game to try out if you're a fan for shooters or just own a Saturn in general.
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Fighting
Not too shabby, but a curious genre shift. Give it a shot if you like the series. Just don't expect any beat 'em up-an action.
Guardian Heroes
Beat 'em up/RPG
YES. You know it, you love it, if you don't, you're gonna. Choose your characters from an assorted cast. The game has multi-planar combat with groups of foes, but also makes things interesting by having multiple routes of stages to go to, meaning you have a whole variety of playthroughs to take on. The RPG elements are mainly just boosting your skills up through stats. It's all action otherwise.
House of the Dead
Rail Shooter
Shoot zombies, RELOAD, Suffer like G did, RELOAD, etc. Had an amusing spin-off known as Typing of the Dead, which plays with similar stages, but typing stuff to shoot zombies, as opposed to using guns.
Keio Flying Squadron 2
Platform
Sequel to the Sega CD shmup. Concentrates much more on platforming than shmup action though. You might like it more or less because of this, but it still manages to keep its Parodius-esque spirit alive and well.
Loaded
Top Down Shooter
Also on PS1
Magic Knight Rayearth
Action RPG
FUCK YEAH. Don't know about MKR? You don't know shit about 90's anime. That aside, this action-RPG is relatively solid. Each of your girls has different specialties in weapons and elements, making for a slightly more strategic experience. Plays akin to a Zelda/Ys type of game. Has cutscenes along with that Working Designs charm. Notorious for taking FUCKING FOREVER to come out in US.
Mr. Bones
Platformer
You play as a undead jazz blues musician who has to stop an undead group of assholes who want to take over the world. Of course like every platformer you gotta help mr.bones kick evils ass back to hell. A fun game for anyone into the platformer scene.
MegaMan 8 Anniversary Collector's Edition
Action/Platform
Megaman 8, same as the Playstation, but with a few extras such as a mini-stage with Woodman, and Cutman has his own too. Also, has a far superior Tengu Man stage song, though you're free to disagree. Really don't know why this version got cut out of The Anniversary Collection on PS2/GC/XB, its the superioir version.
Megaman X3
Action/Platform
Mostly the same as the SNES version, but now has a few cutscenes, along with a delicious CD-quality soundtrack, with damn near every song being remixed or rearranged. Available on the PS1 but both of these remixed versions were released in europe and Japan only. But dont get rageworthy yet, it was ported to the X Collection on GC/PS2 so you can see its enhanced version in america for the first time.
Megaman X4
Action/Platform
Unlike Megaman 8 its an exact port of the Playstation version. Still a fun game, has a great soundtrack. The voices are kind of hit and miss. But hey, it was a 90's capcom game ya know? Also available on the Mega Man X Collection for PS2/Gamecube so u can nostalgia all over again.
Night Warriors: Darkstalker's Revenge
Fighting
Sequel to the first darkstalkers. It has a crazy cast of characters that are really detailed. Its only on the saturn so ps1 fans who want all 3 games will just have to get a saturn.
Nights Into Dreams
Action-Adventure
Fly through rings and shit. Known for being one of the "killer apps" of the system back in the day. Has a pseudo-sequel of sorts on the Wii, but opinions are mixed on that one, while damn near everyone likes this.
Christmas Nights
Action-Adventure
Nights, but with christmas themed outfits, rings, and stages. Happy Holidays!
Panzer Dragoon
Rail Shooter
You ride a dragon and shoot down enemies. Fuck yes. Each of these were known for being relatively hard to find, but also rather fun.
Panzer Dragoon II Zwei
Rail Shooter
More dragonan and shootan.
Panzer Dragoon Saga
RPG
Yet more Dragonan and shootan! Now with RPG elements! The next game in the series, the very rare Panzer Dragoon Orta, was on XBOX. This game is also hard as fuck to find in america with only about 50 or so copies made.
Parodius
Scrolling Shooter
Konami's self-parody of Gradius. Features similar stages and enemy types, but disguised as much goofier variants, such as a cat-battleship, and sweets factory, and more. Has higher quality sound and multiplayer, IIRC.
Rayman
Platformer
Fuck year, Rayman! This game showed us all that 2D gaming wasn't dead. Fun as fuck but it can also be hard as hell sometimes. Has a awesome sequel. Game also available on PS1, and the Atari Jaguar.
Resident Evil
Survival Horror
About the same as the Playstation version. Its Just as good no complaints so you can have a fun time killing zombies on your saturn.
Saturn Bomberman
Action
Hell yeah. Has a classic story mode that can be played with 1 or 2 players, Dinosaur helpers to ride on in place of Rooeys, and of course, battle mode! This battle mode is famous for having characters from differen Hudson series, such as Master Higgins and Bonk, allowing 8 players, and even having online mode! Technically, you can play with 10 players, but this disables some of the powerups, disables dinosaurs, and alters the stage and players slightly. It's up to you on whether you'll want to go with 8 or 10.
Sega Rally Championship
Racing
GAME OVER YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! That's really all you need to know about this game. Other then that, it's just a neat racing game, made none other by, Sega.
Sega Worldwide Soccer
Sport
Soccer for the Saturn. That's pretty much it.
Shining Force 3
Tactical RPG
Came out in 3 scenarios. US only got Scenario 1. Scenario 2 has a fan-translation. Scenario 3's translation's fate is currently unknown.
Shining The Holy Ark
RPG
1st person RPG. Has similarities to Golden Sun in various animations, music, and atmosphere.
Shinobi Legions
Action
Shinobi X in Europe
Solar Eclipse
Action/Space sim
Similar to Star Fox, but more fast paced, more power-ups, and more intense. Like Star Fox, you talk to your buds that aren't furries throughout the mission to make you feel like you aren't playing alone.
Sonic Jam
Platform
Has the 4 main Genesis games (1, 2, 3, Sonic And Knuckles) along with full lock-on ability for Sonic and Knuckles. Works with 2 and 3 normally, and unlocks the Blue Sphere extended-mini-game with Sonic 1. There's also a 3D Sonic world to explore a bit, but nothing on Adventure's level.
Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels
FPS/Strategy
A game that combines gameplay of Doom and acts similar to the old Aliens vs. Predators game. The only thing though is you have a squad with you in which you can customize your gear and fight creatures in a struggle for survival in a Warhammer 40,000 like universe.
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Fighting
The story of Street Fighter's origins is told through Ryu fighting an evil sonmabitch named akuma. You also get some Final Fight characters thrown in for some reason. Its on the Alpha Anthology Collection on the PS2 as well as the PS1, and SNES for a weird reason. Get it if you love street fighter and buttn mashin' Named Street Fighter ZERO 2 in Japan. Better name if u ask me since its a prequel.
The Legend of Oasis
Action RPG
Successor and Prequel to Beyond Oasis on the Genesis/Mega Drive. Has similar concepts of utilizing elemental spirits.
Three Dirty Dwarves
Beat 'em up
A rather silly beat 'em up where you control three dwarves, each with unique abilities, as you fight through various levels in a rather silly environment/world. The art style is pretty awesome.
Virtua Cop
Rail Shooter
Ever wanted to be a cop and shoot them fuckin assheaded criminals? Well todays your lucky day because Virtua Cop has exactly that.
Virtua Fighter Remix
Fighting
Same as the original, but with more polygon improvements, texture mapping, and improved gameplay.
Virtua Fighter 2
Fighting
It has better graphics, models, more players and stages than the first game. (Hey its a fighter of course the sequels imrove upon the prequels.) Also has a port on the genesis, if you like 2d fighting ports.
Virtua Fighter Kids
Fighting
Cutesy Virtua Fightan. Just what you'd expect from the series. Supposedly, it was actually made to test a new facial engine at the time, but was entertaining enough to become its own game. A bit more upbeat than 2 in style, music, and gameplay.
Virtual On: Cyber Troopers
3D Fighter
This game is the shit! Take control of a handful of robots and unleash the fury!!! Each robot has a unique arsenal of weapons to demolish your opponent in an awesome 3D fighter. In order for them to port this to the Saturn they had to get rid of crap like framerate and resolution, but don't let that stop you.
Even so, if you can't find the arcade version of this game, then this will do nicely.
Wipeout 2097
Racing
Wipeout, except actually trying to look futurey.
Sega Saturn Games - NTSC-J
Box Art
Title
Genre
Description
Screenshots
Batsugan
Shoot 'Em Up
A crazy shoot 'em up with bullets EVERYWHERE. You gain EXP to boost your main gun and shoot so many bullets that it practically takes up the whole screen. Is considered to be the first bullet hell game.
