>His parents bought him a Saturn instead of a Playstation

I didn't know a single person with a saturn.

>>715416192
>>715416093 (OP)
i had both. ps1 a few years after launch, though

Saturn had all the great arcade games, dude. Holds up a lot better than PS1.

>>715416093 (OP)
Literally me with Xbore instead of PS2

>>715416337
All the best games never made it to the west

>>715416093 (OP)
>mfw

>Had a Sega
>Video game magazine
>Advertising the Saturn
>BEG MOM
>Do all the chores and good grades and yadda yadda
>Go to Target to get one
>The dude behind the desk says "I dunno if you want that one. Get the Playstation."
>Never even heard of it
>He takes me over to the game case and just gestures. Tons of PS games and barely half a case of Saturn games
>Get the PS instead
>No regrets
Kinda wish I could send that dude a thank you card. I might have ended up not playing games and having friends and sex in high school.

>>715416386
if we're talking about owning one today, just buy a jp saturn. especially when considering game cost, it's cheaper than a us saturn anyway.

>>715416337
There were like four decent Saturn games that got released in English. And the same was more or less true of the Dreamcast. Which probably could have held its own if only it played DVDs and used DVD media.

>>715416337
Yes but good luck finding them. I had a saturn when it was new and it was a pain in the ass to fin games for it. All the retailers near me had psp/vita sized shelf space for the games and it shrunk every month. I never saw Guardian Heroes, Burning Rangers, or Shining Force 3 for sale even though I always saw them in magazines. I had to wait until yearly comic conventions to see if any video games were up for sale

how did it feel when sony and nintendo had their mascots in 3d already but not sega?

>>715416093 (OP)
Had a Saturn and a Playstation. Loved my collection for both of them. Then Hurricane Irma destroyed both of them.

>>715416687
Why do you always turn up in Sega threads and insist on your weird revisionist history about the Dreamcast? No one else on Earth thinks the one Achilles heel of that console above all else was the inability to play DVDS.

>>715416093 (OP)
>His parents bought him a Playstation instead of a Saturn

>>715416337
Every single game that's available for both the PS1 and the Saturn is also better on the Saturn.

>>715416337
>better than PS1
Terminal 4chan contrarianism on display here
What's next? You're going to tell me the Master System has a better library than the NES?

>>715416093 (OP)
>OP is 30+
Lmao

>>715416192
One of the neighbors with an adjacent backyard to me had one, I went over there and played it once or twice. I don't remember what the fuck was on it, probably polybius

real nigga game coming throught.

>>715417247
lol
lmao

>>715417341
old enough to be your dad

>>715416980
it certainly could've played a factor in its legacy among casuals, how many people today still use their ps4/5s as glorified rokus?

Nights
Sega Rally
Virtua Fighter 2
Virtua Cop
Virtual On
10 player bomberman
Guardian Heroes
Panzer Dragoon 2
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Exhumed
Duke Nukem 3D with Death Tank
Dark Saviour
Dragon Force
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Burning Rangers
Radiant Silvergun
Fighting Vipers
Vipers Megami
Last Bronx

This is a stupendous catalogue even without going into all the jap shit that didn't make it to the west

>>715416645
Holy based clerk

>>715421492
>Nights
Yikes.

>>715416645
yeah definitely missed a bullet.
the saturn is a retro gem nowadays, but back then it missed out on too many big hit multiplats to be a viable all in one system

>>715416337
who gives a shit about arcade games