Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "So far in this series of ‘what if‘ articles, we have looked at four system, that while interesting and unique in their own rights never really had a serious chance at taking the gaming world by storm. But the next system on this list was billed as no pretender to the throne. A powerful, 32-bit console that would capitalize on the success of its predecessor and defeat both its now bitter rival and an upstart newcomer. The Sega Saturn was to be the king. One of the most anticipated video game consoles of all time with nearly unimaginable levels of promise. But, it was never meant to be and the Saturn is now remembered as one of the key reasons behind Sega’s fall from grace. But what if it hadn’t played out that way. What if the Saturn was the hit it was always meant to be?"
From the mid-1980s to the early part of the 2000s, light gun rail shooters were a staple in both arcade and home system gaming. Arguably, the genre started to really hit its stride in the mid-1990s. While games like Time Crisis, Virtual Cop, and House of the Dead, among others, dominated both the home system and arcade space, some one relegated to only home game systems. Today, we’ll be talking about a little-known cult game published by Sony called Project: Horned Owl. This game was developed by Alfa Systems, and all in all, this is a fun game.
The Drifter puts you in the boots of a man who dies before the opening credits roll, then gets a second chance to uncover why someone wanted him dead. With gritty pixel art and practical detective puzzles, it's less about inventory management and more about staying one step ahead of the people trying to kill you again
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Various parts of Sega's American and Japanese divisions all tried to launch an entire solar system of extraterrestrially codenamed products (CD, 32X, Saturn, etc.), plus numerous other, often incompatible, combinations thereof. The resulting collision landed with a dull thud in the marketplace and was largely responsible for obliterating Sega as a hardware manufacturer.
If the branches had better cohesion the overall company would’ve found success going forward in the 3D generation of hardware
I love 2D gaming the Saturn really was geared up as Sprite shifting power house. Unfortunately Sega underestimated the advent of the 3D polygon age. Obviously Sony took advantage with PS1, the rest is history. But even so I love the Saturn I have some amazing games for it.
What if the Deamcast succeeded. I loved that system, it was the Arcade at home. Even had a hook up for earthlink via dialup modem.
Saturn did succeed, just not to the same level as the PS1. Especially in JP there are hundreds of quality titles that never got localized and that was a real shame as many were superior to the PS1 versions.
The Sega Saturn was a great system. Guardian Hero's ruled!