Collecting Sega Saturn with Dad in the '90s - My Retro Life

[Applause] [Music] grown man cry there it is the future of Gaming that couldn't be farther from the truth the year was 1995 and at this point in my retro life the general gaming public wasn't too thrilled with Sega [Music] over the last few years Sega had failed to sell Gamers on their Sega CD and 32x add-ons For Better or Worse dad and I remained the Sega faithful it didn't matter that the general public didn't understand the Sega CD or could care less about the 32x we got it we loved it that's cool [Applause] [Music] come summer of 95 word on the street was out that Sega would finally unveil a release date for their true 32-bit Sega Genesis successor the Sega Saturn introducing Sega Saturn my excitement for a new Sega console couldn't be greater than infamously e395 Sega did the unthinkable we started our rollout the Sega Saturn yesterday we were at retail today Sega Saturn is not only here now it's out there did he just say it was out there the system was out there I'll never forget Dad's reaction to hearing this it was as if Christmas had come early before long the Saturn was in our house and life would never be the same yes everybody sitting next to the beautiful sleep Jaguar which is now up in our theater room which is now the video game arcade theater we have the new set check out Sleek Dynamic new controllers with two buttons up top as you can see similar to something else we know the six button control pad beautiful Sleek aerodynamically designed see how groovy it is it holds your fingers in place you grip onto it better yes issue with an award who created that one and the original the only the machine they've been making for two years the Sega Saturn pretty cool looking ain't it the pop-up lid power control and reset button as you can read from the box it has unprecedented power yes it delivers the true arcade experience for those who lie photorealistic 3D Graphics blazing double speed CD-ROM and it even comes how nice of him for 400 with Virtual Fighter what a great deal virtual fighter back in for the Saturn this arcade hit felt somewhat rushed just like the launch of the Saturn itself but getting to play a groundbreaking 3D polygon-driven game like this at home was mind-blowing in 1995. yes you can get this other features an extra controller six player adapter steering wheel for the car racing games and a backup CD Ram caught from memory for all your role playing nuts hint hint wink wink and check out the games yet to come and some that have already came but only six came so these are the rest Yet to Come whoa look at those games Panza Dragoon virtual cop backfire Clockwork night virtual racing bug Congo the movie yes check it out Eternal Champions the Final Chapter Virtual Fighter 2 oh look at World Series Baseball missed oh goodness gracious Mr Bones yes all this can be yours if you have four hundred dollars plus tax thank you very much hi honey don't you love to play head games with me yes head for Saturn would you like to go out with this girl boy she'd run rings around you it's funny hearing dad continually mention the high cost of sega's new 32-bit console 400 was sort of a bitter pill to swallow especially when 299 again it didn't matter dad and I were Sega fans the true blue and with the Sega Saturn in our house months before the PlayStation the 32-bit era of gaming had officially begun this is Marvel Superheroes night Warriors the Sega Saturn was never going to be the hippest kid on the video game block not with a graphics processor that emphasized 2D gameplays [Applause] [Music] oh sure the sleek and sexy Saturn could do 3D gaming just fine but it was more of an afterthought for Sega the system was designed to be a 2d gaming monster just check out how awesome this port of Street Fighter Alpha 2 looked on the Sega Saturn [Music] foreign [Music] fighting game like Street Fighter Alpha 2 never felt closer to the arcade in fact it was this love for how the Saturn handled arcade ports that led us to embrace the console's best kept secret it's Japanese library of games a vampire savior cotton oh my God have fun Generations four go divorce five some PlayStation was supposed to be much better on Saturday that's Japanese baby Japan knew where it was at importing Sega Saturn games meant obtaining obscure Japanese arcade ports like the three wonders compilation [Music] [Music] fighting games like vampire savior [Music] thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] and hidden gems such as cotton Boomerang a sequel to the classic shooter released on turbo graphics [Music] [Music] collecting Japanese Imports with Dad was an Ever exciting time we had so much fun I mean most gamers in the US were missing out on all these glorious titles we're talking games like Thunder Force 5 cyberbots and a little known game called oh my God foreign slug on Sega Saturn this was one of my all-time favorite arcade games and at the time during Christmas of 98 it was impossible to own on a Home console that is unless you imported it on Sega Saturn we've sold out since April [Music] I have one yeah think again kid it's by SNK isn't it Neo Geo SNK yeah anyway this is an arcade game I've been waiting for this game forever I want to get for my birthday last year but you're wrong [Music] [Music] all right there you go [Applause] [Music] that's a metal slug right yeah hey [Music] incredible detail s [Applause] [Music] I did love it in fact I loved it so much I beat it a little less than an hour later you did what I think I did just beat the game eat it yep six hours later Mission all over the place was it great yeah it's great wild ending level because you got in the speed boat and you were shooting these guys with this one gun that was hanging up kidding me nope paper airplane oh that's their army instead of paper airplane out to see if someone could help foreign [Music] that was a great game [Music] man [Music] Metal Slug on my Sega Saturn in 1998. I remember my buddy Chris coming over later that night it was something to experience [Music] [Applause] something to be blown away by [Applause] the Saturn was a special console for those willing to dig deeper and discover its true nature oh my God my Lord dorious it's like that gunbird some it's like it's hard it's a comedy version of gradius yeah [Music] the trend at the time was 3D and unfortunately the Sega Saturn was made for 2D just wasn't allowed to be itself here in America and if you can't be yourself then who are you JBL stereo sound Sonic the sledgehammer hog Sega Saturn arcade machine when everyone else seemed to give up on the Sega Saturn that didn't matter to Dad and I yeah my friend who are acquaintance of mine who owns a video game store since the day he got it from Sega I see got it brand new I said I want that machine and he finally closed his doors this week called me up I hadn't seen him in months and he said it's yours unbelievable we got it and we loved it love it love it not because of something it wasn't but because of everything that it was this is Saturn those are the 20 inch television beautiful it's the monitor JBL stereo speakers top right there it's a work of art Sega Saturn sega's most underrated console oh what's going on I thought we made a triple play playing 32-bit baseball on Saturday stop it I'm out [Music] thank you

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Length: 13min 42sec (822 seconds)

Published: Thu Jan 05 2023