Since it’s the 30th anniversary of the Sega Saturn this week, I was looking up articles from back in the day.
First up this feature from Sega Pro 30 - April 1994 (UK)
This magazine can be downloaded in full here:
https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/segapro.html
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@[email protected] I’m convinced it would’ve done better without SEGA of America’s screwing up of the launch and the 32X.
I was honestly surprised that it has half the games of the PlayStation and over double the N64, the support was clearly there for it before they royally screwed things up.
Never owned one myself, we had a PlayStation, but I’d love to make games for it one day.
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Oh, I have no doubt.
They did incredibly well with the Mega Drive, but royally screwed up during the later years of the 16-bit generation.
What still bothers me is how for well over a decade, the narrative has been created that it was all Sega of Japan’s fault, while in reality, it’s the complete opposite and the reason people ran with that story was because only SoA people were happy to talk to the press, go on podcasts and book tours.
Completely misrepresenting what went down there
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btw, it you have any level of love for arcade style games and Japan centric 2D and early 3D games, you really need to get a Saturn.
Heck, it’s worth it just for NiGHTS into Dreams alone.
Installing a Fenrir or Satiator is super easy and opens up everything to you.
While I always recommend going with real hardware and actual software, prices are insane for a big chunk of the retro scene, so it’s the only for for many people to discover just how incredible the system truly is.