Which do you prefer - Saturn or Dreamcast and why?

[Deleted User]

Really?

Ive had some mad catz and they were ok for some systems but don't remember it being any better than a secondary controller

I vaguely remember the grips on them on dreamcast though, maybe my friend's had some?

Wired and wireless controllers were more comfortable for me to use and that's always something I appreciate, not that DS2 weren't (they are). It just felt more ergonomic.

E.g.

You might think it doesn't play much different than a DS2, but it's smaller and the buttons are a bit different to hold.

 

[CORE]

Dreamcast because in a Parallel Universe there is a Saturn Emulator on it and it Plays 32X and all SEGA up to the Dreamcast.

Does not mean Saturn is not appealing it is very much so.

 

[playstays_shun]

Wired and wireless controllers were more comfortable for me to use and that's always something I appreciate, not that DS2 weren't (they are). It just felt more ergonomic.

E.g.

You might think it doesn't play much different than a DS2, but it's smaller and the buttons are a bit different to hold.

how does the d pad feel though

 

[FAST6191]

how does the d pad feel though

Once you have played with a microswitch dpad then everything else feels mushy and horrible.

 

[duwen]

Only one of these systems have marvel vs capcom 2.

Only one of these systems has Street Fighter vs X-Men

...and that's unfortunate, because I don't own a Saturn I do love my Dreamcasts though - my main one is a Rev0 Japanese system, outputting to hdmi via an Akura box. I'm currently amassing a nice collection of Japanese import titles. I have most of Capcoms releases now (which was the reason for wanting a DC) and all of SNK's (with the exception of the kind-of-pricey Twinkle Star Sprites), as well as most of the other decent fighting games for the system... gonna get pricey though when I start going after the shmups I don't have. Last title I bought was Mars Matrix and got it complete (including OBI strip), in near mint condition for the bargain (!!!) price of just £54.

I will get a Saturn at some point. My brother had one when I owned a Playstation - he claims he still has it, and I can have it when he finds it... he's been saying this for over a decade!
I have a friend that owns a complete PAL Saturn collection, along with most of the NA exclusives and most of the Jpn exclusives worth owning... he's sitting on quite a few doubles that he says will be given to me when/if I ever get the system - and I know he's good for it, as he GAVE me a Neo Geo CD and a stack of games a few years back.

 

[subcon959]

I don't prefer either one over the other, but I do think the Saturn is very underrated. If you like 2d shoot-em ups then it's an easy choice. If you like 3d fighters then it's an even easier choice.

 

[playstays_shun]

Im surprised how heavily Dreamcast is being favored. I didn't expect a 50-50 split at all, but definitely been a blowout!

 

[FAST6191]

Im surprised how heavily Dreamcast is being favored. I didn't expect a 50-50 split at all, but definitely been a blowout!

Nobody really had a Saturn and for the most part it is mostly only known today to people that know the games (Saturn Bomberman had a reasonable case for being the best, definitely top 5 though, and that alone tips the scales massively for many) or have explored it afterwards, and given the price and general lack of them in cheap and easy second hand markets more than 5 minutes after it cratered (I live in the UK, the megadrive was huge here and probably bigger than the SNES throughout most of it, and been buying second hand games since the 80s... never seen any kind of abundance of Saturn games outside of game shops shifting their stock at the end. Travelled the US in similar timeframes doing the same and nope.). Even then with the games being CD iso size and emulation trickier than some might like it does rather preclude you from exploring things like you might the 16 bit and older stuff or handhelds where it is open and go after downloading a few dozen megs at best of ROM.

The Dreamcast however had something like a bit more success and awareness at first, and has since gone on to host some of the best examples of games from its weird halfway between the generations thing. Plus those people with no taste that think Sonic Adventure is not an abomination -- I learned never to discount those in this sort of discussion.

 

[playstays_shun]

Nobody really had a Saturn and for the most part it is mostly only known today to people that know the games (Saturn Bomberman had a reasonable case for being the best, definitely top 5 though, and that alone tips the scales massively for many) or have explored it afterwards, and given the price and general lack of them in cheap and easy second hand markets more than 5 minutes after it cratered (I live in the UK, the megadrive was huge here and probably bigger than the SNES throughout most of it, and been buying second hand games since the 80s... never seen any kind of abundance of Saturn games outside of game shops shifting their stock at the end. Travelled the US in similar timeframes doing the same and nope.). Even then with the games being CD iso size and emulation trickier than some might like it does rather preclude you from exploring things like you might the 16 bit and older stuff or handhelds where it is open and go after downloading a few dozen megs at best of ROM.

The Dreamcast however had something like a bit more success and awareness at first, and has since gone on to host some of the best examples of games from its weird halfway between the generations thing. Plus those people with no taste that think Sonic Adventure is not an abomination -- I learned never to discount those in this sort of discussion.

I guess I'm one with no taste lol.

I played through Sonic Adventure 1 again recently, and I still enjoyed it. I won't say its a masterpiece, or a perfect game, or even close.

But I did have fun with it. And the way they transformed 2d to 3d creating its own world was no Super Mario 64, but boy oh boy were those graphics jaw dropping at the time. One could argue that's what made Dreamcast feel significant at the time in the late 90's/early 00's. It really felt like a dream... cast.

I have yet to play through more than the beginning parts of SA2, but I plan to sometime as well.

I have SA1+2 on GameCube too just as collectors sets, but I've heard they're god awful ports so I never really gave it a proper run down. I might just for SA2 battle being slightly different, but not really any interest in SA1 on Gamecube after watching some Youtube videos breaking that one down

 

[subcon959]

Guardian Heroes, Radiant Silvergun and Bomberman are worth owning a Saturn for. Hopefully, it won't be too long till there's an affordable and easy to purchase ODE.

 

[playstays_shun]

I love my Phoebe to pieces! Someone will have to pry it from my cold, dead hands

Got lucky though and found a pre-mod that wasn't an insane amount of my money, and sold my Phantom pre-mod so I only paid like $100 USD out of pocket to trade up

But I really do think getting them from the creator is possible, not the easiest, but I don't believe people that say they've tried for years. Where there's a will, there's a way

 

[hazy]

I never owned a Saturn back in the day but my Dreamcast is my favourite console ever (closely followed by the original Xbox) games like Metropolis Street Racer, Ikaruga and Skies of Arcadia were simply brilliant!