I located and talked with Roger Vega, the California collector who learned he is the owner of one of two Sega Pluto prototypes
Today, Sega announced its financial results for the full fiscal year that started in April 2024 and ended in March 2025.
I like what's on their legacy IP list, but there are still many more franchises they could revive. Shining Force and Chakan come to mind.
"That’s not how you launch a system".
I wish we lived in the Alternate Timeline where Sega was still a dominant force in the console space and it hadn't been Microsoft.
Saturn was a fantastic piece of kit... they just went a little too ambitious with its dual CPU setup. which turned a lot of developers off (at the time). The homebrew community have done some amazing work many years later, thanks to multichip experience. It is still the best platform for arcade fighters and shmups of all time. Dreamcast is a close 2nd though.
Yeah it was a interesting decision especially when looking at how dual CPU is considered a root cause of why the Jaguar was a failure.
Also the hardware rendered four sided polygons where the standard was three if they kept with triangle polygons I feel the systems development would have been easier to work with and we would have seen more third party ports in the west.
I think it was a victim of its time more than anything it saw huge success in Japan but the leadership and internal turmoil in the west meant games were not getting localised along with a focus on arcade like games were the PlayStation and later the N64 were pushing more in depth experiences over coin munching high score driven games.
I still enjoy my Saturn it was the first console I mowed lawns for and saved up for to purchase. I went so far as to purchase a used Saturn to run off an SD card. I even have a second Dreamcast modded to run off an SD card as well.
Certain video games firsts have become common knowledge over the years, while some incredible feats have fallen into the dustbin of time - TechStomper has dug up five of those forgotten firsts.
I'd hang on to that, a lot of collectors will want it, but if you are a true collector you keep it, very rare items can help make a collection.
I'm gonna start shopping around thrift stores again; and I remember in a Sega Visions magazine back in the mid 90's when they talked about the Pluto.
i never find much around here thats worth anything..
What a lucky guy! I never really found anything of much value at flea markets or thrift stores, then again I never really tried.
I can only imagine what a thrill it is to buy something so cheap and valuable to the collectors, only to find out what its truly worth.
I should allocate some free time during the weekends just to walk around and see if I can find any of these precious gems that has been lost through in time.
I got Earthbound like 8 years ago at a pawn shop for only $5.