Heck, it’s slicker and smoother but still follows the same great story! 28. That’s why this version of Lunar: The Silver Star Story is much better as all enemies appear on screen, and lots of the other features such as the magic system have been upgraded and work much better.Įven if you’ve played the original to death, this version is definitely worth a punt. I like to know which enemies I’m going up against and having the chance to avoid them if I need to. Some people like random battles, but I’m really not a fan. This game might look uber simple, but the Saturn’s 32bit processor added so much extra content in comparison to the original title for the Sega CD.
It’s an absolute classic and sees players working through an epic story in order to become a ‘Dragonmaster’. Yeah, even after 25 years the fans still love this game.
It’s an epic series that’s recently been the subject of a fan-based campaign to make a Lunar 3 game! Lunar: The Silver Star Story takes the 29th spot on this list of the best Sega Saturn games of all time. N.B – Don’t get excited about an immersive, Saturn-only Sonic adventure there never was one! 30. Poor decisions hampered the Saturn, but there are still some incredible games that cement it’s place in retro gaming history.Ĭheck out the best Sega Saturn games ever made below, along with a little bit of info on Sega’s penultimate home console at the end of the article.
And, even if the third-party companies had been ready for it, the rifts between Sega’s Japanese and American arms were already starting. Sadly, the Sega Saturn was a little too ahead of its time, just like the Dreamcast. That’s 92.9 million less than the PS1, but at least it sold more than the Dreamcast, ey? While it’s true that the console had the mighty PS1 to compete with, it still garnered some commercial success with around 9.6 million units sold. The Sega Saturn sometimes gets forgotten about in the hype of the Mega Drive and the best Master System games.
Was that ‘planet-themed’ link as bad as I thought it was? Yes? Ok, let’s move on. If Dreamcasts did play Saturn games, there would be no questions that the Dreamcast would be the ultimate system for retro gamers - as the combined library of the Saturn and Dreamcast features almost every major 2D fighter and shooter in addition to hundreds of other old school games and great emulator support.Sonic might be so fast that he could collect the rings around Saturn, but we’re only concerned with the best Sega Saturn games today.
It’s quite a shame as it would have given games that invested in the Saturn a newer machine to play their favorites on and it would have given the Dreamcast a much better chance of surviving against the PS2 (which does play PSOne games). For this same reason it would have been very expensive and difficult for Sega to implement backwards compatability into the Dreamcast. This is the main reason why there aren’t any Saturn emulators that have high compatabilty and run smoothly on older PCs. The Saturn had a very complex architecture which includes two main processors. This makes backwards compatability quite a challenge.
The Saturn and Dreamcast are actually very different machines in terms of their processors. This time I will address a popular question about Sega’s potential backwards compatability - will a Dreamcast play Sega Saturn games? On occassion I take some time to answer some questions that many new retro gamers ask. FAQ: Can You Play Sega Saturn Games on the Dreamcast?