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| Saturn games are getting $$. Does anyone here burn games or mod theirs? |
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| cojack16:
I'm sure I might be frowned upon considering where I'm posting but I'm a long time member (couple years at least) and I have about 5 saturn games. The trouble is, I want to play awesome titles like Burning Rangers or Radiant Silvergun without shelling out hundreds of dollars (not to mention my pipe dream of playing PDS). Does anyone know firsthand of a method that works well? Wouldn't burned games wear out the laser or something on the saturn? Anyway, just putting it out there. If people are upset I'll delete the post |
| Arseen:
I think I have heard of hdd or USB stick replacements for the disc drive. |
| tylerbgood:
I have a number of games burned to disc for the 3DO, Playstation, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Xbox. That doesn't stop me from seeking out and buying a retail version of the game when the opportunity arises. I do the same thing with ROMs and flash carts on my old cartridge based systems. To my knowledge, the only system that struggles with burned discs is the Dreamcast. It was designed to play GD-ROMs, and many of the ISO images found online have been downsampled and rearranged on the disc to make them fit on CDs. This causes the laser to work harder than it normally would with a legitimate game. Or so I've been told anyway. To play games on a Saturn without a mod chip you have to switch discs during boot, which will negatively effect the motor running the disc drive and scratch the disc you're using to make the swap. It is a much better option to invest in a chip if you plan on playing a lot of burned games. racketboy.com used to sell excellent Saturn mods, but the store appears to be gone. Anyone know of another good source? Here is a guide to the disc swap method for both Saturn models: http://www.racketboy.com/retro/sega-saturn-swap-trick |
| Megatron:
The Saturn Unlocker is something I bought a while back. It goes in the back of the system (like the ram cart or action replay) and immediately allows playing backup discs, no modding needed. Been doing this for a while now, works great. Photo from my original pickup last year |
| Megatron:
No disc swapping needed with the unlocker ;D |
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