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PullusPardus on 07 March 2009

The Virtual boy will get you in the nut house if you play it for 10 minutes, all those Flashy red and black and annoying sound, worst nightmare.



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PullusPardus on 07 March 2009

man it sad to see saturn in the list, and alot of people thought that will happen to PS3 also , i guess if Sega didnt release the Dreamcast so early they would have stayed in the console market by now.



thetonestarr on 07 March 2009
Kantor said:
What about the Apple Bandai Pippin?

And how can they mention the Saturn without mentioning the DreamCast?

 

Saturn sold less units than the Dreamcast.

 

Anyhow, we all need to remember - Virtual Boy sold horribly, but was a wonderfully fun unit and today, it sells for as much money as it did when it released due to its rarity and continued enjoyment.



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Lafiel on 07 March 2009

I liked the Saturn far better than the Dreamcast.


@ thetonestarr)

afaik the Saturn sold ~1million more than the DC, but well it had more time to



Mise on 07 March 2009

Sega Saturn will always be awesome because of this guy:

And they pretty much forgot quite a few consoles that failed harder than Saturn: Atari Jaguar, Atari Lynx and 3DO, for instance.



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Sharky54 on 07 March 2009

What crap are they spewing, The saturn rocked. Clockwork night 1 was one of my favorite games! In fact it still is. Also Virtua Fighter on that was beast, Then you have NIGHTS etc etc. Lots of high quality games on that system. Sega was stupid for not marketing it better. 2 cores was far ahead of the time. Just like how sony is ahead with 7 cores. If Sega made a console this gen it probably would have had like 16 cores.



Lafiel on 07 March 2009

@ Sharky54 )

it was multi(dual) CPU not multi Core .. unfortunately in a time when multi-threaded programming was waaaay underdeveloped :(

and yea the Saturn ruled

the only reason why I like my PS3 a tiny bit better is because it has bc and I never had a PS2 before



Sharky54 on 07 March 2009

Oh yeah it was a dual thread core thats right. My mistake. I got confused with everything now a days having 1600 cores.



arsenicazure on 07 March 2009

to bundle the sega saturn along with the gizmondo and n-gage is nothing short of hearsay.

All i have to say is

Grandia
virtua FIGHTER 1 & 2
daytona usa
sega rally
panzer dragoon 1,2, zwei
nights: into dreams
virtua cop 1&2
three dirty dwarfs



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owner of : atari 2600, commodore 64, NES,gameboy,atari lynx, genesis, saturn,neogeo,DC,PS2,GC,X360, Wii

5 THINGS I'd like to see before i knock out:

a. a AAA 3D sonic title

b. a nintendo developed game that has a "M rating"

c. redesgined PS controller

d. SEGA back in the console business

e. M$ out of the OS business

Mr.Y on 07 March 2009
Sharky54 said:
2 cores was far ahead of the time. Just like how sony is ahead with 7 cores. If Sega made a console this gen it probably would have had like 16 cores.

The PS3 has one core.

The 7 SPEs are considered specialized co-processors.