How do I play Japanese Games on Sega Saturn?

[Einhander]

I am very interested, but don't know much about it. Would the best way be to buy a card or to just buy a Japanese console and make it play Amercian games? If anyone knows, let me know. I appreciate it.

Also one more question. How about for the PS1 and Genesis?

[razielleonhart]

I am very interested, but don't know much about it. Would the best way be to buy a card or to just buy a Japanese console and make it play Amercian games? If anyone knows, let me know. I appreciate it.

Also one more question. How about for the PS1 and Genesis?

you need to offer up sport titles as a sacrifice and if your lucky the gods will unlock your system for you.

but all joking aside 2 ways you can do it with the Saturn Mod chip or Action Replay and some tape *this is for the swap trick*

PS1 depends on the model the PSX older system that has the I/O port in the back hunt down a old school game shark or somthing like it that plugs in the back and a spring.

Newer PSOnes mod chip or swap trick with some tape and paper

Genesis. Stone age gamer has the Ever Drive or you can find one of those 80 in One it has some good games but made cheap

[Beastman1975]

this is how i play import games on Saturn    http://www.amazon.com/Action-Replay-4M-Plus-enhancement-sega/dp/B008FPMBNG

never played imports on ps1 but i have a disc called swap magic  that i use to play imports on my ps2 i think it has a ps1 converter also but only for the ps2 hardware to play ps1 games

never played import genesis games but i recently for a retron 5 so if i see any i can play them on that lol

[wiggy]

My favorite method for the Saturn is a mod chip coupled with patched rom files on CDRs. I just keep the the CDR on top of the legit disc in the jewel case. Less risk of scuffing the original discs as well

The PSone (small version) is VERY easy to mod. I would search a bit online and go that route. It's like an 8-wire job. Doesn't get much simpler for solder-in mods.

The genesis just needs a little plastic trimmed from the cart port. Again, search via google and you'll find what you need. Super easy.

[Einhander]

I am very interested, but don't know much about it. Would the best way be to buy a card or to just buy a Japanese console and make it play Amercian games? If anyone knows, let me know. I appreciate it.

Also one more question. How about for the PS1 and Genesis?

you need to offer up sport titles as a sacrifice and if your lucky the gods will unlock your system for you.

but all joking aside 2 ways you can do it with the Saturn Mod chip or Action Replay and some tape *this is for the swap trick*

PS1 depends on the model the PSX older system that has the I/O port in the back hunt down a old school game shark or somthing like it that plugs in the back and a spring.

Newer PSOnes mod chip or swap trick with some tape and paper

Genesis. Stone age gamer has the Ever Drive or you can find one of those 80 in One it has some good games but made cheap

Lol, well I like my sports titles too. Does the Saturn mod chip work with every Japanese game or just most?
Also, is just getting a Japanese Saturn a good option?

[the7k]

Sega Saturn: Action Replay 4M Plus. This will let you play all Japanese games except KOF'95 and the Ultraman fighting game.

Sega Genesis: Game Genie. I've heard it's not perfect, but it hasn't failed me thus far.

PS1: Cheat discs seem to do it. Apparently early Gameshark discs allowed region by-pass as a mistake on their part. I had a GamePro cheat disc that allowed me to play Japanese games, again as a mistake on their part.

[palmer6strings]

For the Genesis, I actually have a region switch cart that lets you play all regions of games. So far it has played every game I put on it.

[the7k]

Also, is just getting a Japanese Saturn a good option?

I have both a US and JP Saturn. Mainly got the JP Saturn just because I want to eventually get KOF95 and the Ultraman fighter. (Even though I heard the Ultraman fighter is terrible.) Got a model 2 JP Saturn (the grey one) because it has better compatibility.. for example, Kyuutenkai Fantastic Pinball wouldn't run on my Model 2 US Saturn, and I thought this had something to do with the region bypass not working but it could have been due to incompatibility with Model 2 Saturns. Quite a few games are known to be incompatible with Model 2s regardless of region.

Even with my JP Saturn, I still use the AR4M+ cart because I still have a lot of US games.

[wiggy]

I am very interested, but don't know much about it. Would the best way be to buy a card or to just buy a Japanese console and make it play Amercian games? If anyone knows, let me know. I appreciate it.

Also one more question. How about for the PS1 and Genesis?

you need to offer up sport titles as a sacrifice and if your lucky the gods will unlock your system for you.

but all joking aside 2 ways you can do it with the Saturn Mod chip or Action Replay and some tape *this is for the swap trick*

PS1 depends on the model the PSX older system that has the I/O port in the back hunt down a old school game shark or somthing like it that plugs in the back and a spring.

Newer PSOnes mod chip or swap trick with some tape and paper

Genesis. Stone age gamer has the Ever Drive or you can find one of those 80 in One it has some good games but made cheap

Lol, well I like my sports titles too. Does the Saturn mod chip work with every Japanese game or just most?
Also, is just getting a Japanese Saturn a good option?

Mod chip does NOT let you play imports, only backups. The region mod is completely different. But there's a really simple patch program out their which will patch any JP game to US so you can burn it and play it on a modded US console.

[Einhander]

So patch is the answer? What is the solution to have complete backwards compatibility?

[Dr.Agon]

or you could just mod it with a switch or 2...

single switch mod;

http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/sega-saturn-country-mod-3/

dual switch mod;

http://www.gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=imports:sega_saturn

i've got the dual switch mod, works perfectly as far as i'm concerned...

[wiggy]

So patch is the answer? What is the solution to have complete backwards compatibility?

1. You can install a switch and have 100% compatibility with all JP and US games.

2. You can install a mod chip with will allow you to play backups/copies of games which are specific to the region of your machine. These backups can be patched to ANY region.  The patch software is VERY easy to use and has 100% conversion rate (as far as I know and have been able to tell based on the copies I've made with it).

3. Buy a JP Saturn and be done with it.

So you do have options. #1 will let you play legit copies of any NTSC game on one console. #2 will let you play backups/copies of any game from any region (but will only play original games from the region of the machine). #3 is pretty much the same as number one in terms of what you'll be able to play.