I’m a sucker for Sega titles, mostly due to my well documented love of Sonic. The little blue hedgehog sold me their consoles in my younger years, and continues to sell me downloadable re-releases of games I already own. I don’t know why I buy I them, I just can’t resist. So when the announcement of Dreamcast games appearing on newer consoles came I was more than a little excited. I’d missed out on the console the first time around, but now I had a chance to redeem myself. Of course it did seem a little strange that they’d skipped an entire generation of consoles, but it seems that their considering bringing titles from the oft overlooked Saturn to the downloadable market place.
That’s right, in an interview with Impress Watch (translated by Andriasang) Sega’s Yosuke Okunari, the man responsible for the Dreamcast re-releases, said they weren’t completely ignoring the Saturn but had simply put it to the back of the cue due to the lack of success for the platform. According to Okunari “…the Genesis and Dreamcast are well known, but Saturn is unknown. During that period, PlayStation and Nintendo 64 were a success overseas, but to be honest Saturn was not a success.” To say it’s unknown is a little bit harsh on his company’s console, but I can certainly understand his position on the matter. The Saturn was the start of Sega’s fall from grace, and was hardly a commercial success.
So you’d think the outlook for the Saturn looks gloomy right? Not quite. When pushed on whether Sega would ever bring the Saturn’s games to modern consoles Okunari responded “”What we announced this time is a project where we will have consecutive releases of titles that were debuted on Dreamcast. Separate from this, we’re of course thinking about ports of Saturn games.” So at the very least they’re considering the matter. Hopefully we’ll see titles like Sonic R come to light sooner rather than later.
BoyDay
Panzer Dragoon should be done, that was great. Sega Rally (original), and Sega Touring Car too.
3shirts
Yeah but you just listed the entire noteworthy catalogue of Saturn games
Kronik76
Nights was also a very good game, especially with the analog controller.
snowboardfan
No, no, if they do this they need to bring back Guardian Heroes and Dragon Force. Those two games were brilliant
hazelam
panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, panzer dragoon saga, they teased me with the first disc on the official magazine, now i want to be able to finally play the whole game.
sega owes me that, years of frustration looking for the game but never finding it, maybe if they’d released more than five bloody copies i’d have been able to buy it. >:O
hazelam
did i seem slightly obsessed there?
wel i’m not, it couldn’t saga be further from my saga thoughts, if fact i panzer haven’t been obsessing about this dragoon game for years, no saga way.
what? o_O
bunimomike
There’s mention of it being DLC with DRM type restrictions.
*lights touch paper* :-P
jikomanzoku
First three words that entered my head when I saw the article title were panza dragoon saga :)
hazelam
do not even go there mike, not unless you want to take responsibility for the large crater that is all that will be left of north london. :o
Danza Di Fuoco
Can’t they consider any more news?
dpb135
Sega Rally, Daaaaayyyyytttttooooonnnnnaaaaa, Athlete Kings, Panzer Dragoon, virtua cop 1 & 2, so many
hazelam
the original and in my opinion best sega rally game, i used to spend ages on that trying to improve my best lap by just a few milliseconds, that’s the only racing game i ever did that with.
dpb135
Yep same here, also had the official saturn steering wheel to, happy days :)
hazelam
who remembers the bug in virtua fighter where kage’s foot would point backwards when he crouched?
Serj
Plz Plz Plz : Shining Force 3 !!!
cc_star
Love the Shining Force games
Foxhound_Solid
Seag Rally please….
Saturns were cool man
Ed the Penguin
Daytona, Sega Rally & NiGHTS into Dreams for me!
jikomanzoku
That banner advert with the giant panda at the page head just made me think of Tekken – and how funny it was to batter a panda :D
jikomanzoku
Speaking of Tekken anyone else think that Brock Lesner is Jack from Tekken?
Hoopiness
I’d rather leave these kind of games where they belong. In my nostalgia filled memory.