Looking For Sega Saturn Parts

[scaredtowake]

Can anyone point me towards a good RPG list for Saturn?  Looking for a good English release list plus fan translated.

 

hahahahahahaha

oh man, that's rich.  

C'mon now scaredtowake no need for the mocking,
I  knew about Shining force III translation patches, Just wondered if there were any others patched =P

Thanks for the lists' guys. I pretty much got the Saturn for Panzer Dragoon, so any of those recommendations are welcome.

not mocking you, it's just i take pleasure in the sad, black humor that one can derive from the lack of a fan translation community for the saturn.  there MIGHT be a couple of UNDUB patches for a couple games, i seem to recall seeing at least one on underground gamer, but i could be wrong. 

glad the lists helped you out.  have fun with the system, it doesn't disappoint.   

[SnesGuy]

Well got my chip yesterday, Just installed it this morning. Took less than 5 minutes.
So far so good. It played my OEM game no problem, so I didn't screw anything up too bad.
As soon as the store opens I'll got get some CD-R's

[games-go-round]

Well got my chip yesterday, Just installed it this morning. Took less than 5 minutes.
So far so good. It played my OEM game no problem, so I didn't screw anything up too bad.
As soon as the store opens I'll got get some CD-R's

Glad to hear that you went with consolegoods!  I hadn't been on that site in years, but I've always had a good experience dealing with Rob.  I've gotten two Saturn modchips from there before, as well as the Dreamcast chip you mentioned.  All of them worked great for me, and still function perfectly to this day.  I think I've been using both modded systems for a good five years now!

I'm in total agreement with Wiggy - Panzer Dragoon Saga is the cream of the crop of Saturn RPG's, and in my opinion, the first one you should play.  It's fairly short by RPG standards (about 20 hours) but it never drags, and is just a pleasure to watch and listen to.  I sincerely hope you enjoy it when you get around to it!

[SnesGuy]

I just got magic knight to test the chip, but panzer is on its way next

[SnesGuy]

Yup, worked flawlessly. So all in all, 5 minutes to install chip, 10 to burn the back up. Was just testing it out with Magic Knight. =D

All the horror stories I read had me paranoid.
I would at some point like to add a fuse to the mod chips power cable just to be safe, but I'm sure its completely unnecessary.

[wiggy]

One of the easiest, if not the easiest, old school mod chips to install and entirely worth it IMO. Also, there's a simple patch program that will allow you to play backup JP games as well. If you can't find it online, lemme know and I'll email it to you. It literally takes ONE button click to patch ANY game

Also, don't worry about fusing that chip. The entire console is fused, PLUS there's a regulator for the 5v that it gets in the Saturn.  If the regulator goes, then it won't supply anything, much less more than 5v. No need to complicate things

[SnesGuy]

One of the easiest, if not the easiest, old school mod chips to install and entirely worth it IMO. Also, there's a simple patch program that will allow you to play backup JP games as well. If you can't find it online, lemme know and I'll email it to you. It literally takes ONE button click to patch ANY game

Also, don't worry about fusing that chip. The entire console is fused, PLUS there's a regulator for the 5v that it gets in the Saturn.  If the regulator goes, then it won't supply anything, much less more than 5v. No need to complicate things

I'm a huge Sega fan, I love my consoles convoluted
It was less installing the chip I was worried about and more about getting a dud.

I have that action replay coming in the mail from play asia so I'm not worried about region patches, thanks though wiggy.
You can get crackin' on that GG light mod and take my money though lol

(see eBay thread for me talking about the Majesco GG if you haven't already, got it in the mail yesterday)

[wiggy]

No, not yet.  I'll let you know as soon as I hear back

Finally heard back LOL!  I guess he's been super busy.  I'm sure we all know how that goes.

Says he has 4-5 left.  I may grab 'em all since there seems to be a desire for them lately.  I know at least 2 friends that are interested in having a modded Saturn

[mojoeskateco]

I have yet to play any of these yet but I have:

Dragonforce  - supposed to be really good

Albert Odyssey - supposed to be average from what I have read

Shining the Holy Ark - Looks like an old school first person dungeon crawler

Shining Force III - has a good reputation but only the first in a trilogy and part 2 and 3 weren't released in NA / English

Guardian Heroes - fighting game with RPG elements.  I've played a bit of this one and really liked it.

Others that I've heard of but don't have:

Shining Wisdon - action RPG I think

Panzer Dragoon Saga - Supposed to be amazing but very expensive

Magic Knight Rayearth - another expensive one - Don't know much about it

[wiggy]

I have yet to play any of these yet but I have:

Dragonforce  - supposed to be really good

Albert Odyssey - supposed to be average from what I have read

Shining the Holy Ark - Looks like an old school first person dungeon crawler

Shining Force III - has a good reputation but only the first in a trilogy and part 2 and 3 weren't released in NA / English

Guardian Heroes - fighting game with RPG elements.  I've played a bit of this one and really liked it.

Others that I've heard of but don't have:

Shining Wisdon - action RPG I think

Panzer Dragoon Saga - Supposed to be amazing but very expensive

Magic Knight Rayearth - another expensive one - Don't know much about it

At least these 3 are MUST haves IMO (not saying that the others aren't good or great though).

[Dr.Agon]

No swapping with DC discs either....

unless you want to play japanese discs, thats what i use my chipped DC for

[wiggy]

Patched backups