The beloved Shenmue was originally developed for the Saturn and had it of been released on the console instead of the Dreamcast it could have greatly helped sales of the Saturn, however, both Shenmue I and II ended up on the Dreamcast. As a sort of 'consolation prize' perhaps for lack of an original Saturn 3D Sonic platformer is that it's possible to unlock Sonic (marking his first 3D appearance on the Saturn) in Christmas Nights and play as him and even take on Dr Robotnik in a very 'Nights' manner. Christmas Nights is a watered down version of the original NiGHTS Into Dreams that changes elements based on the Saturn's internal clock.
Instead of Sonic X-treme, NiGHTS Into Dreams by Sonic Team served as a sort of replacement for an exclusive platforming Sonic game and was highly praised for its presentation and gameplay, and saw a follow up in the form of Christmas Nights a.k.a. But the Saturn had no exclusive 3D platforming Sonic game, which would have been the 'killer app', as Sonic X-treme was cancelled, no doubt hurting the Saturn's sales greatly. The Saturn did get a mixture of Sonic games Sonic R (an on-foot racing game), Sonic 3D Blast/Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (an enhanced port of the Genesis/Mega Drive version), and Sonic Jam (a compilation of Sonic games with a roaming 3D level which has been said to be a prototype for Sonic Adventure). Other well remembered games include the original Tomb Raider and Resident Evil but due to the poor success of the Saturn the console did not see sequels to the aforementioned games like the PlayStation did. The Saturn's game library includes ports of arcade hits from both Sega and other companies, such as The House of the Dead, Daytona USA, Sega Rally Championship, Virtua Fighter, Darkstalkers 3 and Street Fighter Alpha 3. On the Advanced Controls screen you get the options: Adjust vocals, Program sequence, Adjust surround, Scan intros, Show time elapsed/remaining, Shuffle tracks/reset, Clear all settings, Repeat A-B/Cancel, and Basic controls.
The options are to Start Application (below) if a game disc has been inserted or to Set CD+G channel (if no game disc has been inserted or a music CD has been put in see further down this page for more information), System Settings, Hide Controls (see further on for more information), Skip Backwards (or press L), Play/pause (or press Z), Skip forwards (or press R), Repeat option (or press X), Stop (or press Y), and Advanced Controls. If you haven't realised, the screen is supposed to resemble a spaceship's cockpit while the user flies through space, something that will become clearer later on. When the Saturn boots it plays an animation consisting of a large number of polygons which fly together to form the screen below (UK version, also USA):Īfter the Saturn boots you get taken to the main interface which has a number of controls arranged in a grid of 3 x 3 buttons along with various messages and a green cube either side of the controls which 'dance' when playing music. Because of the Saturn's cartridge port in addition to its CD functions the console has a passing resemblance to the Sega Multi-Mega console which combined a Genesis/Mega Drive and Sega CD/Mega-CD. Other cartridges that were released for the Saturn were the Action replay to play games using cheats as well as playing imported games, and RAM boosters that added more RAM to the Saturn as was needed by a few games. Fortunately, Sega made use of the Saturn's cartridge port so that saves could be stored onto a backup memory cartridge (like a memory card) although not all games supported saving directly to such a memory card and instead the saves had to be copied from internal memory to cartridge. Unlike the PlaySation, for example, which saved game progress to memory cards, the Saturn had internal battery backed memory for saving but was very limited in capacity (461 blocks) and was wiped if the battery (hidden in a compartment at the back) wasn't replaced in time when it dies.
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Your options for connecting a Saturn to a TV are composite, S-video and RGB SCART with RGB giving the best picture but when used on a modern TV be sure to set your TV to 4:3 aspect ratio if the picture looks distorted. The Saturn has the Power, Reset and Open buttons on the top and at the front are two controller sockets at the back a communication connector (for linking Saturns together for multiplayer), the power socket and A/V connector.
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