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All Sega Saturn Games

65 games in the museum — and growing

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700,000 copies in two days. Virtua Fighter 2 (1995, Sega Saturn) pushed the Saturn's market lead over PlayStation from 3:1 to

Sega Saturn

Virtua Fighter 2

バーチャファイター2

Fighting · 1995

Virtua Fighter 2 sold over 700,000 copies in Japan within its first two days of release in November 1995 — a record that…

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Choosing silence in Sakura Wars weakened your team in battle. Sega's 1996 Saturn tactical RPG made timed dialogue a combat me Uncommon

Sega Saturn

Sakura Wars

サクラ大戦

Tactical RPG / Visual novel · 1996

Sakura Wars is a 1996 Sega Saturn exclusive that blended tactical RPG combat with visual novel-style relationship mechan…

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Yuji Naka gave NiGHTS no gender — the dream belongs to whoever is dreaming. NiGHTS (Saturn, 1996) was originally bundled with

Sega Saturn

NiGHTS into Dreams

ナイツ

Action / Flight · 1996

NiGHTS into Dreams is a 1996 action flight game developed by Sonic Team for the Sega Saturn, in which a jester-like crea…

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Fumito Ueda — later Ico, SotC — drew art here as a junior. Panzer Dragoon Zwei (Saturn, 1996), Team Andromeda's dragon-evolut Uncommon

Sega Saturn

Panzer Dragoon Zwei

パンツァードラグーン ツヴァイ

Rail shooter · 1996

Panzer Dragoon Zwei is a 1996 rail shooter developed by Team Andromeda for the Sega Saturn — the sequel to the original …

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Cancel an enemy spell mid-cast by hitting them at the right instant. Grandia (1997, Sega Saturn) — Game Arts RPG whose IP sys Uncommon

Sega Saturn

Grandia

グランディア

Role-playing game · 1997

Grandia is a 1997 role-playing game developed by Game Arts for the Sega Saturn — the studio's follow-up to the Lunar ser…

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Source code is lost — a remaster is impossible. Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn, 1998) earned perfect scores, shipped ~6,000 copi Very Rare

Sega Saturn

Panzer Dragoon Saga

AZEL -パンツァードラグーン RPG-

RPG · 1998

Released in Japan on January 29, 1998, Panzer Dragoon Saga is the most celebrated — and most elusive — game in the Panze…

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Treasure hid an entirely different final boss behind the evil route. Guardian Heroes (Saturn, 1996) — 7 endings, 40+ fighters Uncommon

Sega Saturn

Guardian Heroes

ガーディアンヒーローズ

Beat 'em up / Action RPG · 1996

Guardian Heroes (1996) is a Sega Saturn beat 'em up and action RPG hybrid developed by Treasure — their first game on CD…

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Co-op mode was cut after persistent crashes. Burning Rangers (1998, Saturn) — Sonic Team firefighting, one of the rarest Satu Rare

Sega Saturn

Burning Rangers

バーニングレンジャーズ

Action · 1998

Burning Rangers (1998) is a third-person action game developed by Sonic Team for Sega Saturn, set in a future where the …

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The lead developer vanished in 1995 and J-Force went bankrupt mid-project. Sega finished Dragon Force (Saturn, 1996) — EGM Sa Uncommon

Sega Saturn

Dragon Force

ドラゴンフォース

Strategy RPG · 1996

Dragon Force (1996) is a Sega Saturn strategy RPG in which eight rulers of the continent of Legendra vie for dominance —…

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Seven weapons available from the start — you begin powerful and grow stronger. Radiant Silvergun (Sega Saturn, 1998, Treasure Rare

Sega Saturn

Radiant Silvergun

レイディアントシルバーガン

Shoot 'em Up · 1998

Released in 1998, Radiant Silvergun is widely considered one of the greatest shoot 'em ups ever made — and one of the de…

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Sega Saturn

Shining Force III

シャイニングフォースIII

Tactical RPG · 1997

Released in 1997, Shining Force III was Camelot Software Planning's final Shining game — and their most ambitious. Conce…

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Team Andromeda invented a language for the vocals. Panzer Dragoon (1995, Sega Saturn) — a rail shooter built like mythology. Uncommon

Sega Saturn

Panzer Dragoon

パンツァードラグーン

Rail Shooter · 1995

Released alongside the Sega Saturn's Japanese launch in March 1995, Panzer Dragoon was a 3D rail shooter that made an im…

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Sega Rally was the first racing game where gravel felt different from tarmac. Saturn (1995), produced by the man who later ma

Sega Saturn

Sega Rally Championship

セガラリーチャンピオンシップ

Racing / Rally racing · 1995

Sega Rally Championship is the 1995 Sega Saturn port of AM3's arcade rally racing game, one of the most acclaimed Saturn…

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Sega Saturn

Thunder Force V

サンダーフォースV

Shoot 'em up / Side-scrolling shooter · 1997

Thunder Force V is the 1997 Sega Saturn shoot 'em up developed and published by Technosoft, the fifth and final mainline…

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Lock on 8 enemies, release all fire at once. Layer Section (1995, Sega Saturn) — Taito's RayForce port with Zuntata's acclaim Uncommon

Sega Saturn

Layer Section

レイヤーセクション

Shoot 'em up / Vertical rail shooter · 1995

Layer Section is the 1995 Sega Saturn port of Taito's 1994 arcade game RayForce — a vertical rail shooter with a mechani…

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'Let's Go Away' was sung by a sound designer with no singing training. Daytona USA (Saturn, 1995) — 100,000 arcade cabinets s

Sega Saturn

Daytona USA

デイトナUSA

Racing · 1995

Daytona USA (1995 Saturn) is the home port of what became the most successful arcade racing game of all time. Developed …

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Shoot the weapon out of their hand — bonus points. Virtua Cop (1995, Sega Saturn) introduced that mechanic. Time Crisis and H

Sega Saturn

Virtua Cop

バーチャコップ

Light Gun Shooter · 1995

Virtua Cop (1995 Saturn) brought the transformative arcade light gun shooter home for the first time. Originally running…

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Kamitani's studio collapsed in 1996. Atlus rescued the team and finished Princess Crown — Saturn 1997, Japan-only action RPG, Rare ▶

Sega Saturn

Princess Crown

プリンセスクラウン

Action RPG · 1997

Princess Crown (1997) is the Sega Saturn action RPG that served as the creative origin of Vanillaware — the studio that …

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Kenji Kawai — Ghost in the Shell — scored the final Saturn game in Europe. Deep Fear (1998): underwater survival horror. Neve Rare

Sega Saturn

Deep Fear

ディープフィアー

Survival Horror · 1998

Deep Fear (1998) is Sega's survival horror answer to Resident Evil — and the final Sega Saturn game released in Europe. …

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Same disc, two complete games. Saturn Die Hard Arcade (Sega AM1, 1997) contains Dynamite Deka — the Japanese original with en

Sega Saturn

Die Hard Arcade

ダイナマイト刑事

Beat 'em Up / Action · 1997

Die Hard Arcade (1996/1997) brought the 3D beat 'em up to a new level of cinematic ambition, casting players as Bruce Mc…

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Designed with no background music — Sting planned binaural footsteps instead. Baroque (1998, Saturn) is a roguelike where eac Rare

Sega Saturn

Baroque

バロック

Roguelike Dungeon Crawler · 1998

Baroque is one of the Saturn library's most singular achievements: a roguelike first-person dungeon crawler set in a pos…

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Facing the wrong direction made you harmless. Silhouette Mirage (1997, Sega Saturn) — Treasure's polarity action game. Direct Uncommon

Sega Saturn

Silhouette Mirage

シルエットミラージュ

2D Action · 1997

Treasure's 1997 Sega Saturn action game introduced a polarity mechanic that would later become the foundation for Ikarug…

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Motoi Sakuraba's debut in the Shining series, setting its sound identity. Holy Ark (1996, Saturn) — first-person dungeon RPG, Rare

Sega Saturn

Shining the Holy Ark

シャイニング・ザ・ホーリィアーク

Dungeon RPG · 1996

Shining the Holy Ark is the Saturn's spiritual heir to Shining in the Darkness — a first-person dungeon crawler RPG that…

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Saturn got a bonus stage the arcade never had. DoDonPachi (Sega Saturn, 1997) — Cave's bullet hell peak, Japan-only with Atlu Uncommon

Sega Saturn

DoDonPachi

怒首領蜂

Bullet Hell Shooter · 1997

DoDonPachi — literally 'Angry Boss Bee' — is Cave's 1997 masterpiece and the game that crystallised the bullet hell sub-…

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Miss the timer at a fork and Virtua Cop 2 sent you down the road it chose, past a boss you would never see. Sega Saturn, 1996

Sega Saturn

Virtua Cop 2

バーチャコップ２

Light Gun Shooter · 1996

Virtua Cop 2 reached Japanese arcades in September 1995. Wataru Kawashima directed it inside Sega AM2, with Yu Suzuki as…

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Kohei Tanaka — One Piece, Dragon Ball Z — composed the score. Dragon Force II (Saturn, 1998) is Japan-only and considered dee Uncommon

Sega Saturn

Dragon Force II: Kamisarishi Daichi ni

ドラゴンフォースⅡ 神去りし大地に

Strategy RPG · 1998

Released in April 1998, Dragon Force II: Kamisarishi Daichi ni is the sequel to one of the Saturn's defining strategy RP…

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28 bosses, but any single run only fights seven. Darius Gaiden (Saturn, 1995) — Taito's fish-mech shooter with Zuntata's avan Uncommon ▶

Sega Saturn

Darius Gaiden

ダライアス外伝

Shoot'em Up / Horizontal Scrolling · 1995

Darius Gaiden is the 1994 horizontal shoot'em up developed by Taito, known for its fish-themed mechanical bosses, multip…

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Saturn needed a separate 4MB RAM cartridge just to hold the full roster. X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1997) — Japan-only on Satu Uncommon

Sega Saturn

X-Men vs. Street Fighter

エックスメン VS. ストリートファイター

Fighting · 1997

X-Men vs. Street Fighter is Capcom's 1996 landmark crossover fighting game that brought Marvel's X-Men characters — Wolv…

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Gathering nine friends with controllers and two multitaps was an event alone. Saturn Bomberman (1996, Sega Saturn) — ten play

Sega Saturn

Saturn Bomberman

サターンボンバーマン

Action / Multiplayer · 1996

Saturn Bomberman is the 1996 action game developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Sega Saturn, best known for its …

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Daytona USA's Hornet car is a playable fighter — ramming opponents. Fighters Megamix (1996, Saturn) was AM2's first home-excl

Sega Saturn

Fighters Megamix

ファイターズメガミックス

Fighting · 1996

Fighters Megamix is a 1996 crossover fighting game developed by Sega AM2 exclusively for the Sega Saturn — the first maj…

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Released the same day as the Sega Saturn — December 9, 1994. Clockwork Knight's game disc plays full orchestral music in any

Sega Saturn

Clockwork Knight

クロックワークナイト ペパルーチョの大冒険

Action / Platformer · 1994

Clockwork Knight is a 1994 platform game developed and published by Sega as a launch title for the Sega Saturn in Japan,…

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Capcom cancelled the PS1 port. Both D&D arcade games — one Saturn disc, the only home version ever made. Japan-only. Requires Rare

Sega Saturn

Dungeons & Dragons Collection

ダンジョンズ＆ドラゴンズ コレクション

Beat'em Up / Action RPG · 1999

Dungeons & Dragons Collection is a two-disc 1999 Sega Saturn compilation released exclusively in Japan, containing Capco…

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Co-developed with Lockheed Martin's aerospace tech. Virtua Fighter (1994, Saturn) — the world's first 3D fighting game, and J

Sega Saturn

Virtua Fighter

バーチャファイター

Fighting · 1994

Virtua Fighter (1993 arcade / 1994 Saturn) is the fighting game that proved polygon-based 3D graphics could work — and t…

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Saturn port arrived weeks after the arcade — same hardware underneath. Cotton 2 (Success, 1997) — Japan-only witch horizontal Uncommon

Sega Saturn

Cotton 2: Magical Night Dreams

コットン2 マジカルナイトドリームス

Horizontal Scrolling Shooter · 1997

Cotton 2: Magical Night Dreams, released on Sega Saturn in December 1997, is the sequel to Success's Cotton: Fantastic N…

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Guess the height wrong and your counter fails. Dead or Alive (Saturn, 1997) — Team Ninja's Hold System fighter. Japan-exclusi Uncommon

Sega Saturn

Dead or Alive

デッドオアアライブ

Fighting · 1997

Released for the Sega Saturn in Japan in October 1997, Dead or Alive is the first entry in Tecmo's fighting game series …

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The better you played, the harder it became. Battle Garegga's hidden Rank system on Sega Saturn (1998) punished skill itself. Rare

Sega Saturn

Battle Garegga

バトルガレッガ

Vertical Shoot 'em Up · 1998

Released for the Sega Saturn in February 1998, Battle Garegga is the Saturn port of Raizing's 1996 arcade masterpiece — …

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Game Arts remade the 1992 Sega CD classic as Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (1996, Saturn) — full voice acting, new score, Uncommon

Sega Saturn

Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete

ルナ シルバースターストーリー コンプリート

RPG · 1996

Released on Sega Saturn in October 1996, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete is a full remake of the 1992 Sega CD classic,…

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Saturn's 4MB RAM cartridge made the difference. Vampire Savior (1998) matched the CPS-2 arcade board sprite-for-sprite — the Uncommon

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Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire

ヴァンパイア セイヴァー THE LORD OF VAMPIRE

Fighting · 1998

Released for Sega Saturn in Japan in April 1998, Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire is the third and most celebrated en…

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Camelot started Shining Wisdom on Mega Drive, then shifted mid-development to Saturn. Its hero shares a name with Fire Emblem

Sega Saturn

Shining Wisdom

シャイニング・ウィズダム

Action RPG · 1995

Released in August 1995, Shining Wisdom is the eighth entry in Sega's Shining series and the first developed by Camelot …

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Sega Saturn

Golden Axe: The Duel

ゴールデンアックス・ザ・デュエル

Fighting · 1995

Golden Axe: The Duel reimagines Sega's beloved fantasy hack-and-slash series as a one-on-one weapons fighter. Originally…

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No walls anywhere — a cornered fighter could just keep running. Galaxy Fight (1995, Sega Saturn) — Sunsoft first fighter, uni

Sega Saturn

Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors

ギャラクシーファイト ユニバーサル・ウォリアーズ

Fighting · 1995

Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors was Sunsoft's first fighting game, originally released for SNK's Neo Geo before reachin…

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Thor, Freya, and Loki as playable fighters — Ragnagard / Shinouken (1997, Saturn) is SNK's overlooked Neo Geo mythology brawl

Sega Saturn

Ragnagard (Shinouken)

神凰拳

Fighting · 1997

Known in Japan as Shinouken, Ragnagard is a 2D fighting game developed by Saurus and System Vision for SNK's Neo Geo. Th…

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Acclaim brought 12 monster fighters to Sega Saturn in 1995 — multi-tiered stages let you jump between floors mid-battle.

Sega Saturn

Battle Monsters

バトルモンスターズ

2D Fighting (horror-fantasy) · 1995

Battle Monsters is a 2D fighting game with a dark fantasy-horror theme, developed by Scarab and published by Naxat Soft …

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Japan-only and almost forgotten. D-Xhird (1997, Sega Saturn) is Nextech and Takara's 3D weapon fighter — a quiet companion to

Sega Saturn

D-Xhird

ディ・サード

3D Weapon-based Fighting · 1997

D-Xhird is a 3D weapon-based fighting game developed by Nextech and published by Takara for the Sega Saturn. Released on…

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Sega Saturn

Ninku: Tsuyokina Yatsura no Daigekitotsu!

NINKU -忍空- 〜強気な奴等の大激突!〜

2D Fighting (anime tie-in) · 1996

Ninku: Tsuyokina Yatsura no Daigekitotsu! is a 2D fighting game for the Sega Saturn, published by Sega and based on the …

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Data East based this Saturn fighter on an anime that had already ended — Metal Fighter Miku (1995), near-future women's wrest

Sega Saturn

Metal Fighter Miku

メタルファイターMIKU

Adventure · 1995

Metal Fighter Miku is a Sega Saturn adventure game released only in Japan, based on the 1994 anime series of the same na…

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Six players via Saturn Multitap. Rise 2: Resurrection (1996, Sega Saturn) — Acclaim's robot brawler sequel with visible mecha

Sega Saturn

Rise 2: Resurrection

ライズ・オブ・ザ・ロボット2 〜Resurrection Rise 2〜

Fighting · 1996

Rise 2: Resurrection is a one-on-one fighting game developed by Mirage Media and published by Acclaim, reaching the Sega…

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Sega Saturn

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

デビルサマナー ソウルハッカーズ

RPG / Dungeon Crawler · 1997

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers is a 1997 Sega Saturn RPG set in the fictional near-future city of Amami City, where a grou…

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Astal for sega saturn (1995) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

Sega Saturn

Astal

アスタル

platform game · 1995

Astal is a 1995 platform game for the sega saturn, developed by Sega, with music by Tatsuyuki Maeda.…

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Sega Saturn

Terra Diver

蒼穹紅蓮隊

shoot 'em up · 1997

Terra Diver is a 1997 shoot 'em up for the sega saturn, developed by Raizing, with music by Hitoshi Sakimoto.…

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Sunsoft's stalled Super Famicom RPG, rebuilt for the Sega Saturn in 1996 with hand-drawn 2D sprites — and the English script

Sega Saturn

Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean

アルバートオデッセイ

role-playing video game · 1996

On September 14, 2009 — thirteen years after the game shipped in Japan — Working Designs president Victor Ireland explai…

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Elevator Action Returns for sega saturn (1997) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

Sega Saturn

Elevator Action Returns

エレベーターアクション リターンズ

action game · 1997

Elevator Action Returns is a 1997 action game for the sega saturn, developed by Taito. It belongs to the Elevator Action…

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Transport Tycoon for sega saturn (1994) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

Sega Saturn

Transport Tycoon

トランスポートタイクーン

business simulation game · 1994

Transport Tycoon is a 1994 business simulation game for the sega saturn, developed by Chris Sawyer, with music by John B…

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Rayman (1995) — Michel Ancel turned animation constraints into the character's signature. Floating limbs, telescopic fist, Ub

Sega Saturn

Rayman

レイマン

2D platform game · 1995

Rayman is a 1995 2d platform game for the sega saturn, developed by Ubisoft Montpellier, directed by Michel Ancel, with …

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FIFA Soccer 96 (1995, Sega Saturn) — first FIFA with real-time 3D Virtual Stadium graphics and real player names. EA Sports'

Sega Saturn

FIFA Soccer 96

FIFA サッカー96

Software ·

FIFA Soccer 96, released in 1995, was the first in the FIFA series to feature real-time 3D graphics on the Sega Saturn u…

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Sonic 3D Blast (1996, Mega Drive/Saturn) — Sonic Team was deep in NiGHTS. Traveller's Tales built it in eight months. The Sat

Sega Saturn

Sonic 3D Blast

ソニック3Dブラスト

isometric platformer · 1996

Sonic 3D Blast is a 1996 isometric platformer for the sega saturn, developed by Traveller's Tales, with music by Jun Sen…

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Worms (1995) — Andy Davidson's turn-based artillery game, rejected by every publisher until a trade show demo won Team17's on

Sega Saturn

Worms

ワームズ

Artillery / Turn-based Strategy ·

Worms is a turn-based artillery game where cartoon invertebrates battle with absurd weaponry — exploding sheep, concrete…

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Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (1997) for Sega Saturn. Originally pitched to Nintendo as 'Yoshi Racing,' this 3D platformer becam

Sega Saturn

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos

クロック!パウパウアイランド

platform game · 1997

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is a 1997 platform game for the sega saturn, developed by Argonaut Games. It belongs to the C…

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Sonic R for sega saturn (1997) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

Sega Saturn

Sonic R

ソニックR

racing video game · 1997

Sonic R is a 1997 racing video game for the sega saturn, developed by Traveller's Tales, with music by Richard Jacques. …

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Sega Saturn

Enemy Zero

エネミー・ゼロ

Survival Horror / Adventure · 1996

Fumito Ueda, who later directed Ico, joined Kenji Eno's studio, Warp, just as work on Enemy Zero began. He says: “I beli…

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Sega Saturn

WAKU WAKU 7 (w/ RAM Cartridge)

わくわく7（RAMカートリッジ同梱版）

Fighting Game · 1997

Released in June 1997 for Sega Saturn exclusively in Japan, WAKU WAKU 7 is a comical 2D fighting game that began as a pl…

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Sega Saturn

Dōkyūsei if

同級生 if

Visual Novel · 1996

Released in 1996 for Sega Saturn, Dōkyūsei if is the console port of the 1992 PC-98 dating sim that defined the genre. W…

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Sega Saturn

The King of Fighters '97

ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ'97

Fighting · 1998

The King of Fighters '97 is a 2D fighting game developed and published by SNK, originally released in arcades in 1997 an…

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Sega Saturn

WipEout

ワイプアウト

Racing · 1996

WipEout is a futuristic anti-gravity racing game developed by Psygnosis and originally released for PlayStation in 1995,…

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Sega Saturn

Street Fighter Alpha 2 (Street Fighter ZERO 2)

ストリートファイターZERO 2

Fighting · 1996

Released for Sega Saturn in September 1996, Street Fighter Alpha 2 (known as Street Fighter ZERO 2 in Japan) brought the…

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