10 Hidden Video Game Gems For The Sega Saturn
Vložit
- čas přidán 14. 09. 2022
- Identifying hidden gems on a console that is something of a hidden gem in itself is an interesting conundrum. With the possible exceptions of Sega Rally, Virtua Fighter, and Daytona USA, pretty much every highly-rated Saturn game could be considered obscure in the bigger picture. So, set aside Guardian Heroes, forget about Panzer Dragoon Saga, and let's take a REALLY deep dive into the Saturn's best kept secrets of all. Here are 10 Hidden Video Game Gems For The Sega Saturn!
VO: Peter Austin (@ThatPeterAustin)
Script: Simon Pike (@Sim198k)
Video Editor: Anthony Hambling (@anthambling)
#MrBones ##BakuBaku #DragonForce
--------------------------
Subscribe for more wonderful video game content from Ben Potter, Peter Austin, and Ashton Matthews!
TripleJump provides video coverage of video games - including top ten lists featuring current gen platforms (PS4 & PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/Xbox Series S, Nintendo Switch and PC), retro consoles (PlayStation, Nintendo, Xbox and Sega), as well as Worst Games Ever, video game challenges, launch games videos, first impressions, podcasts, livestreams and much, much more.
Careers, contacts, and more information can be found on our website: tripleju.mp
⇨ Patreon: / teamtriplejump
⇨ Twitch: / teamtriplejump
⇨ Merchandise: triplejumpshop.com/
⇨ Cameo: www.tripleju.mp/cameo/
⇨ Livestream VODs: tripleju.mp/vods
⇨ Podcast: play.acast.com/s/triplejump
⇨ Twitter: / teamtriplejump
⇨ Facebook: / teamtriplejump
⇨ TikTok: / teamtriplejump
⇨ Discord: Bit.ly/TeamTripleJump
Follow the team on social media:
• Ben: / confused_dude & Confused_Dude on PSN
• Peter: / thatpeteraustin & / thatpeteraustin
• Ashton: / scrambledashton & / scrambledashton
Follow our friends!
• Billy Ray Walrus: / billyraybotrus
• Rules Boss: / thisisrulesboss
• Barbara Pis: / pis_barbara
The TripleJump Podcast is hosted by Acast, but available on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and more!
Acast: play.acast.com/s/triplejump - Hry
The PS2 was so good it managed to break the space-time continuum and kill its rival before it's dad did.
It isn't the best-selling console of all time for nothing. Hell, I'm playing mine right now.
Lol.
Saturn was where WE were at. But Nintendo64 n PS1 reminded us that we were kids but our parents were gamers and we played what THEY BOUGHT or some other person classmate or neighbor had that you played . I LOVED my Saturn. It was delightful and creepy
The Saturn was an amazing console that I feel like has gotten a second life and a complete re-evaluation over the two decades or so since it's been around. People understand that 2D is superior to 3D now when it comes to the old stuff.
I'm watching this CZcams video on my PS2.
My youngest brother got a Saturn for his birthday shortly after it ended. You could get it cheap at FuncoLand (now Game Stop) so it was easy to for him to get games since they were all going for cheap. He actually had Mr. Bones and Powerslave. He still swears that Mr. Bones is brilliant for its unique story used to cobble together a series platforming and minigames. Considering there are levels where you hit guitar riffs to convent an army of skeletons to your side, a one where you had to hit buttons in the right order to tell jokes in order to win a boss fight, and a level where you are a skull and spinal cord bouncing on shards of glass in the center of the universe as the soundtrack is a guy explaining the meaning of "The Blues" I would say it was pretty ambitious for its time.
I got Dark Savior after mistaking it for Vampire Savior, and BOY, I didn't know what I was in for. The weirdest part about the divergent storyline is that it unfolds somewhat organically as the player's skill level increases. So you naturally get the whole story as you play and replay the game.
And GOD, I love Dragon Force. Cleared all the kingdoms one grand summer in my youth.
The Sega Saturn feels to me like the first time quality was cast aside for novelty: these 2D graphics still hold up rather well today, while a lot of "cutting-edge for the time" 3D looks like crap.
Yeah, if you go back and look at a lot of the reviews of things back then they would praise 3D games just for existing while constantly spitting on 2D games every chance they got calling them old and obsolete.
The Saturn definitely got the last laugh as far as I'm concerned as I may have played more PlayStation back in the day but Saturn games hold up infinitely better than the terrible blocky 3D that was the height of popularity back then.
Same goes for the Dreamcast as far as I'm concerned. I'm still hoping we get power Stone in a collection or something sometime down the line.
(I know there was a PSP version but I can't really count that)
The Panzer Dragoon games are still nice to look at, but those used the Saturn's capabilities incredibly well.
Mr. Bones was and still is an underrated masterpiece, i probably would've given it a better placing than 9th tbh.
You know TripleJump is good source for gaming content when they show a PS2 as the competitor to the Saturn and N64...
I had to scroll way too far to find this comment. It's weird that so many people didn't notice...
What triple jump not doing it's due diligence. I can't believe it.
I wasn't sure if they were total idiots or intentionally offending/trolling retro game fans.
Not sure which is worse...
I loved the saturn
Loved the reference to the CBBC show Funnybones - not thought about that show for decades.
Dragon Force is #1? You've made Sega Lord X proud, Triple Jump.
Yep, this whole list made me think of SLX.
If Mr. Bones were remastered, it would get universal acclaim. It was that good. I used to love that game. Had 3 Dirty dwarfs as well. Another great game.
It would probably be closer associated to the meme for the popularity, maybe.
I Know Sega Saturn Was Outclassed By Playstation but it had superior versions XMen Children Of The Atom Marvel Superheroes XMen Vs Street Fighter and Marvel Vs Street Fighter so a W for Sega
When it came to 2D fighters Saturn was 100% king. At the time it was the best place to go for stuff like that. Sure now you can get the straight up arcade version but back in those days that was an amazing experience.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu Ikr
That really was the problem. It excelled at a genre of game that most people had moved one from.
I loved Baku Baku. The only game I remember my mom would actually play extensively back when she was alive. Still have good memories with it for that alone.
Great list... Honorable Mention: Herc's Adventures 👍🎮
Thank you for this video, I am a Sega Kid to the core and I have been really enjoying your channel lately.
Exhumed is still talked about by me and my Mum, her, my Dad and I used to play it for hours when I was a kid. Thanks lads.
There's a new version out for PC and consoles called
powerslave: exhumed. Check it out if you get a chance.
Now lets remake all of those, especially Dark Saviour and Dragon Force. Those look like the most fun.
Huzzah for knowing most of these! Sad I missed a few back in the day.
To me, Sega Saturn is iconic. Good to see Dark Savior mentioned. Finished it completely and just wanted more. The themes and setup could be repurposed today for something amazing. Only flaw are the worst minecart levels know to man.
That minecart level is still one of the only things I remember about the game. That and the bizarre banana man.
I loved dark savior. That soundtrack was awesome! But yeah, the mine cart levels were so bad…
@@Alucard-A-La-Carte One of the things I liked about the way the story presents itself if that the you find the 'banana man' (I forget his name) dead in I think the first 2 scenarios, but he plays a bigger role in later parallels.
@@goatbone Exactly! He's alive in the 3rd one, and it's this dramatic reveal that feels almost like a parody of dramatic reveals, because...he's a weird little bananaman, but then the 4th, hidden parallel begins.
That game was really GOING for it in a way I wish more games would. I can only think of the Witcher 2, where the 2nd act is completely different based on your choices.
@@Alucard-A-La-Carte "He looks like a banana, but he is known for his intelligence, and is tough and brutal."
Actually when I think about mecha video games I'm thinking about really cool crossover tactical RPGs
This video’s real title is
10 well known games for the SEGA Saturn
And it's funny too because when you talk about hidden gems the Saturn is riddled with them. Unfortunately most of them are truly obscure stuff that has been lost to time practically.
It also had a ton of good Japan only games obviously.
I'd like to suggest a ten games "where the second controller lets your buddy contribute" list idea.
So Sonic 2, where Tails was playable, but also inconsequential. Duck Hunt, where the second controller controlled the ducks. Fifa 95, where the second controller did crowd noises. That kinda of thing.
Battletech has one doing guns and the other doing feet.
I forget if I ever knew about the duck hunt one I feel like I'm just learning about that now. That's crazy.
@@iwanttocomplain That's a new one to me!
@@theacrossell yeah, very odd but cool
There was an arcade in California that had vintage games, and had that elevator game. I had no idea how rare it was! I feel lucky I got to play it.
Taito Legends 2 for the PS2 has Elevator Action Returns
It's a shame the last I checked that game was crazy expensive.
Hopefully that's changed.
Had the honor of playing both Astal and Dragon Force as a kid. Also played another one I haven't seen too many talking about called "Blazing Heroes".
Good list. I don't think Dragon Force is really a hidden gem since virtually every RPG-loving Saturn owner touts it as a top-tier Saturn game, but the other picks all seemed like games you don't hear about too much. I have been wanting to try Exhumed for a while. Looks awesome.
Recently got my Sega Saturn out the attic, Baku Baku is a quality game!
Another great list!
OH MY GOD!!!! I am so so happy to see Three Dirty Dwarves, I mean I played it on the pc, also I was like 6 or 7, but I loved that game and still do, wish I could find a way to play it now.
Also I remember playing the Mr. Bones demo at K-mart when I was little.
Emulators! That's how I played it a few years ago, also, FINALLY another 3 dirty dwarves fan! There are dozens of us... DOZENS!!
@@Ali-Britco Yes yes there are, I'd say maybe like two and a half dozen. But the few of that there are, we know what's up.
It's surely a flop, but you know you showed 2000's PS2 while talking about how PSONE took down Saturn in 1994?
I know, i rolled my eyes with that one. I mean come on guys, really ???
It was certain editor that's going to get a good scolding.
@@leecroft7311 mistakes happen mate.
These Millenials don't even know about Blast Processing.
PS2 did have an influence over the Saturn’s failure since when it became clear that Sony was going to release a successor to their console Sega basically gave up on the Saturn and decided to move to the next console
I own about half of these games: Astal, Dark Savior, Albert Odyssey, & Dragon Force (I got a Sega Saturn before I got a PS). The fact that Dragon Force is number one makes my heart sing. Sega Saturn lowkey had some of the best RPGs ever before and even after Final Fantasy VII brought them to the spotlight. Shining Force III, Shining the Holy Ark, Magic Knight Rayearth; Working Designs especially was doing the lord's work by translating alot of them for the West so we could play them
Elevator Action Returns was fortunately part of the Taito Legends 2 compilation so if you don't have a Saturn it can be played on the PS2, Xbox, and PCs.
If you enjoy video game music, add "Into the Darkness" from Astal to your list. It's great.
Dragon Space Force sounds like a new government program to protect America from attacking dragons with space helmets.
Ah yes, the Saturn's main competitors, the N64 and... PlayStation 2
I don't know about the rest of the world, but at least here in Brazil only the top 3 entries could be called "hidden gems", as all the others were pretty popular here. And Powerslave and Astal were definitely not "hidden"...
Yeah the problem with this list is it's a hidden gems list according to people who clearly know very little about the Saturn. The Saturn was filled with hidden gems true hidden gems truly obscure stuff. This list doesn't even come close to the truly obscure amazing stuff. The thing is almost all the stuff that is truly obscure is either very rare never released elsewhere games or Japan only games that have only recently gotten a translation/localization thanks to fans.
Yeah... this isn't really a Saturn hidden gems video. More of a hidden gems of video games list. Most people probably haven't heard of many titles here. Saturn fans, however, are seeing many of the most commonly suggested plays.
wing arms and die hard arcade
My best friend and I would RENT a saturn once a month and play Worms all weekend. Never knew anyone who owned one though.
I used to rent games but until right now I'd forgotten that Blockbuster and Choices would let you rent a Saturn (or PS1) as well. No wonder, given they cost about a grand in 2022 money
Dragon Force is top 15 all time game for me. What a masterpiece!!!
I freaking loved Dragon Force! A rerelease (or remake) would rule
Someday when we get that Saturn mini I hope.
I think you could do a good list of game series that started where are you least expected. Like just off the top of my head most people don’t know that soul Calibur started on Saturn. And I wonder how many people know anything about the Apple two era start of the Wolfenstein series.
Mr bones pulled me in
Wrong PlayStation picture, lol. I bet the editor will be teased for this one for a while 😂.
Mr. Bones!!! Such a weird and original video game. I did a really cringe review of it back in the day on my channel. I'd say it's a better memory than reality.
mr.bones was more infuriating than it had the right to be lol
I feel like it's the kind of game that if it got to re-release and it fixed some of the serious issues it had it might be pretty good.
Yes, not a gem at all.
The intro was pretty rough. The PS2 had nothing to do with the death of the Saturn 😂
Also forgot to mention how the Saturn won the console war in Japan for its generation
Is it just me or does it sound like Peter and Garfield have some unresolved issues?
I love my Saturn Nightshade and Waku Waku 7 are goat
Albert Odyssey feels like an old Tales of game, if you're into that kind of thing, except everything in the game is inexplicably drawn out. Like, drawn out to the point where you question whether they made it that way on purpose or if they accidentally added an extra zero in the code somewhere before shipping it out.
Apparently it’s in the Shining series and originally intended for the Meg Drive. Which explains why the graphics look so dated.
@@iwanttocomplain
I wonder if it was one of those games intended for the Sega/Mega CD that was moved over to the Saturn.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu well I heard Mega Drive. Who knows though!
The rerelease of Powerslave for modern consoles is one of the best games of the year. It’s basically Metroid Prime before Metroid Prime
Yeah Powerslave: Exhumed is a game I hear no one talking about.
And that's a real shame. Night dive studios knows what they're doing.
They did it was shadow man they did it with the two turok games and I can't wait to see what they do next.
I figured Powerslave was probably named after the Iron Maiden album. Can't help but wonder also if the game Painkiller was named after the Judas Priest album.
Considering the history of shooters and like the infamous borrowing of sound alike songs for Doom yeah it wouldn't surprise me.
Dragon Force is worth a playthrough. Most of the campaigns are basically the same, and they drag out near the end unless you know exactly what's coming (because there's a large map you'll have to slowly traverse). Overall enjoyable, though.
The cool thing is that beating the game with any kingdom unlocks the two "boss" ones, and both of those campaigns play completely different from the main ones (Reinhardt waits for Wein to unite the nations, Goldark doesn't have anyone join willingly and starts with "weird" units and generals.)
@@Alucard-A-La-Carte Agreed. I played Teiris first and then the two special campaigns, but I don't feel like I missed a whole lot by skipping the others.
And of course Dragon Force got a sequel which unfortunately never was officially translated but luckily thanks to the good folks on the internet we do have a patch and you can play it now fully in English I believe.
Wait... do other Saturn fans consider these "hidden gems"? I thought most of these were pretty common "must plays".
Yes and no. This list reads more like not the cheap classics but not the expensive classics. He's just hitting the forgotten middle ground.
0:08 I think the editor needs a break or a vacation because that's not a Playstation 🤭
They need to release a Saturn mini with these games an more. No one asked for genesis 2 yet everyone asked for a saturn
"And a wildcard entry as we have a #0... as in Enemy Zero!"
2:40 dont forget Death Tank
The 32bit era of gaming had some of the most diverse and unique titles. I hope the gaming industry brings that originality back. I’m tired of the over-produced AAA nonsense that’s been coming out.
Hands down clockwork knight should of made the list.
It still blows my mind that that was a two-part game and the second part was never translated or brought over from Japan even though it was made by the Sonic team.
I wish i had kept mr.Bones
You're gosh darn right Dragon Force is number 1!
Madden was really good on it.
Bullets and Explosions is a title just waiting for an indie company to go crazy on
wow, I'm actually surprised Radiant Silvergun didn't make the list... hardcore importers were the reason why the game was infamously expensive on eBay for years until the Xbox 360 remaster made it available to download... and just very recently, a Switch port
Its not that hidden though, which is the aim of this video.
There are definitely a lot of way more obscure and hidden gems on the Saturn. The Japan only import games alone are the reason to own a Saturn these days. An astonishing amount of amazing games that the rest of the world never got, officially anyway.
just wish that sega would have put some of these in the new mini
The day we get a Saturn mini or a Dreamcast mini is going to be glorious. So many great games that need attention from the general public.
Burning Rangers was my shit as a kid. I’ve been waiting for 25 years for a sequel. And I DO tell Burning Rangers in public pretty often.
Boy, we sure do love using “hidden gems” liberally.
Heh, heh...."finger blasting" ...heh, heh
Yeah, wrong PlayStation. PS2 was vs the Dreamcast not Saturn.
As for the N64, I’d take the Saturn over it any day of the week. Regardless of sales numbers the Saturns library aged much better.
Man I felt bad enough when I bought a Saturn instead of an N64 or Playstation, but to think I could have gotten a PS2 before Saddam made a bunch of cruise missiles out of them!
It's odd that the Saturn put out so many 2D platforms except for one by the speedy blue Sega mascot himself which may have made them a lot more cash. Well played again, Sega
This reminds me of a point that someone made about Sonic Mania; if a 2d Sonic game like that had been made for the Saturn, it would have probably been crucified by gaming journalists who would have had issues with it being 2d regardless of how fun it was or how much it built on the Mega Drive games. The contemporary critical responses to a lot of these games provides evidence that their assessment was right. It would have been neat to see a 3d Sonic game on the Saturn apart from Sonic R but Sonic X-treme seemed like it would have failed to be that good due to how slow it seemed (which would have potentially been less of a problem if it wasn't a Sonic game).
@@tempestfennac9687 Sega always went too bold too soon after the megadrive. Playstation was just way cheaper and had better games when it came to the Saturn. At least Nintendo took their time to develop their console and games. Mario worked well on the 64 because it came out pretty much after the Saturn just gave up
@@northcliffe4lyfe The graphically flawed Virtua Fighter and Daytona USA ports which lacked additional features which the arcades lacked was a problem too (I remember Sega Lord X mentioning Sega not adding things to Saturn ports of arcade games, which is odd when they did this for a few Mega Drive ports like Golden Axe and Super Hang-On).
@@tempestfennac9687
Yeah unfortunately something Sega did quite often and actually unfortunately still did occasionally all the way into and through the Dreamcast's short life was do ports with little to no extras. Unfortunately Sega was at their heart an arcade company and more times than not they would do a straight up arcade to console port and the port itself would be compromised in some capacity and on top of that would have a lack of content. A double slap in the face.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu WWF Royal Rumble was a good example of that (it only had 22 characters on the roster compared to 37 for the first Smackdown! game, which was released the same year).
Exhumed is a much more bigger deal than this video make it to be, was pretty much an early Metroid Prime , the Saturn port was much better than the others and it had a strong cult following which is why now there is a brilliant remastered version for all consoles and PC, highly recomended
Powerslave and Exhumed are the same game? Well that explains why I never heard of it as "Powerslave" on the Saturn when it originally came out.
Tiny differences though; the PAL version was released first, but by the time the NTSC-U version landed, it got analogue support as well as Death Tank built-in. Come to think of it, Quake was first released in PAL territories as well...
I just love how the re-release/remaster is simply called powerslave:exhumed. That's brilliant on multiple levels.
Yeah man I'll get a copy of me bones it's only 375 quid!!
0:09 uh, that's a PS2
[4:30] Baku Baku is the favorite Sega Saturn game of Azerbaijan.
14:10 hahhahaha finger blasting
Tell me you played Tomb Raider I without telling me you played Tomb Raider I on PS1
Sega never should have been forced out of the game industry, of course that's what Sony has been doing to other companies for 25 years now. I grew up in this time, and witnessed many times when Saturn games were given biased reviews. Or were simply paid off, take your pick. I mean Castlevania SOTN should have been the superior version on the Saturn, but of course that didn't happen. It's a system loaded with great shooters, rpg's, and great games in general. And I conspiracy theorist? Not likely, I mean I've only been doing this since 1980.
Mr Bones is Mr bones
4 games i own, 4 games i want and 2 games i could take or leave
Now this video was great. to learn the more obscure games because most Saturn lists of rare games are all the same games...finally I learned of a cpl
i owned 6 out of those 10 games
Wrong PlayStation but...I think you knew that already. ;)
Addendum- Astal unfortunately, didn't do well because of the hardware it appeared on. I am very confident had it released on the PlayStation it would have done fine. You can't say the genre or 2d was dead with so many games like it did very well on the original PlayStation. So many 2d games...Symphony of The Night, many Mega Man titles, Rayman...
12:43 Scandal Pending!! 😗
Yesss Mr. Bones was awesome! I have very fond memories of playing that game with my dad and my brother. Especially the part where you have to string jokes together!
I have a video on obscure PS1 horror games and would be stoked if you guys would check it out.
sega saturn was the ps 1 era not ps2. That was dreamcast.
Apparently my older brother had a thing for hidden gems back in the day. I remember watching him play Three Dirty Dwarfs, Mr. Bones, Baku Baku Animal and Dragon Force.
Dragon Force was 100% my favorite game to watch. The battle scenes felt so cool at the time.
5:00 is that a bitcoin?
You can play Powerslave on PC
It's actually quite a different game... unless you mean the new game Powerslave: Exhumed?
@@stephandolby
Which I couldn't believe they didn't even mention power slave: exhumed, I mean come on. The fact that the new title is literally just taking the original name from the US and UK names and smashing it together amazes me, it's brilliant.
@@stephandolby yup
You missed iron man and x o manowar in heavy metal delightful couch coop loved it and loaded man I miss my saturn
0:06 Maritime War Crimes need to be charged
Mr. Bones 🦴 and Me! Need to get together. Where we can stare at the beautiful features…she’s looking at you - ah no-no - she’s looking at falling trees. #counting-crows (rendition)
You guys are hidden gems
PS2?
Will you do a list on 2d action platformers for the playstation hidden gem list? As the playstation wanted to promote and focus on 3d games the 2d games never really got promoted or pushed. Astal is a visually stunning game but doesn't get the love in the 3d world. The adventures of little ralph cames to mind for the playstation
Yep, that's a good one.
👽
It was't the PS1 and N64 that did in the Saturn, it was Sega of Japan that did in the Saturn.
And I would even say probably Sega of America as well. The tumultuous, terrible relationship that the US and Japanese sides of Sega had led to many problems and definitely helped sink the Saturn outside of Japan.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu Sega of America were actually doing their jobs well but Sega of Japan were jealous and preferred to shoot themselves in both feet than listen and succeed.
Is it just me or does “shining the holy arc” sound like a euphemism?…
wrong playstation image
Am I the only one that cringe when I saw the PS2 instead of the first playstation as an image at the beginning?
That's triple jump for ya, always doing their research and due diligence. Jk clearly they don't.
Most of these are top 10 saturn games not hidden gems...
That's Playstation 2