Sega Saturn US Launch Games from Worst to Best
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- The Saturn launched May 11, 1995 in the US and in today's video I take a look at the initial 6 games that came out for the console. I list these games from worst to best. What are your favorites? Comment below and thanks for watching!
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I remember seeing the local news talk about E3 that year. They mentioned that Sega showed the Saturn which was now available to buy. Before that point I was already planning on buying it in the fall for Daytona and Virtua Fighter. When I saw it was available, I immediately called Toys R Us to see if they had it. Went and bought it. The games I had at launch were Virtua Fighter, Daytona, Clockwork Knight, and Panzer Dragoon. I know VF and Daytona were flawed, but I was happy to play them at home. Spent a lot of quarters playing them in the arcade. Loved Panzer Dragoon!! This video brought back so many good memories from that time. I know you put a lot of time and work making these videos. Thank you for making this one.
Cool story, they sound like great days 👍
Panzer dragoon is great - a well designed linear on rails game with the unique 360 attack had shown how well a game can hold up. It was on rails but also a sort of light gun too when looking around.
Golf games released back in the day were always "Dad games", titles you'd show to your old man to convince him into buying you a console as it had something that would appeal to him :D
BTW if this does well, you should have a look at the September 1995 release of Saturn games, as pretty much all of those were meant to be launch titles for the console before Sega brought it forward. A console with TWO sets of launch games :D
Also, golf games were pretty typical software for PCs to run as an attract feature in places like Best Buy and other tech stores. Showing off how "real" a golf game looked and played on a particular setup helped push one brand's monitor over another or graphics card, etc. Occasionally a baseball game like Hardball III would be loaded on floor models. I'm sure across the pond you lads had your share of football/soccer games common to Windows machines in the mid 90s
@@spockhozzer7207 Bizarrely it was more Tennis here for some reason, that or if they wanted to show off graphics, a rally game.
@@Larry That actually makes sense. Wimbledon, Manx rallies and such.
that's funny because when my dad gave me his model 1 Genesis he got back when all he had was PGA and Caesar's Palace lol
Just gotta love the saturn. Had mine from launch and still going strong!
I remember paying 400 for my Saturn day 1.i went into Babbages board,and saw that they released it a little early,so it was pricey.i grabbed panzer dragoon,clockwork knight and astal.i was blown away and totally fell in love with my saturn.prob my favorite system still to date...
What was the next game you got after launch?
@@ricklucas6216 I think guardian heros.that game was off the hook
@@juggalo4life247mfrs Guardian Heroes came in March '96. So you just had three games for 10 months? I am just curious, I am aware that games back then were quite expensive! =)
Daytona was only 80% done when Sega said " good enough!" So it could make the surprise US launch. Thats the story I heard.
Same with Virtua Fighter! Only Panzer Dragoon and the other 3 titles were actually ready for the rushed launch on May.
Daytona's excelled where it had to: control department. Other than that, Saturn was such a great console that I bought some years ago and is one of the systems I play the most. Greetings from Spain!
Thanks for sharing
I remember walking through the mall with mom and we got to babbages and they had a sign out front Sega Saturn available now. Begged mom and she got me the Saturn with Daytona and panzer dragoon. Couldn’t stop thanking mom once got home and stared playing.
My first real job was at Babbages. It was the year the Playstation came out.
I was a Gamestop Manager when this system came out and when I say it was a surprise they never even told the managers they were shipping it. It just arrived in stores that morning.
Great video, John! I remember my neighbor getting the Sega Saturn a few month after it came out and we spent hours playing Sega Rally, Virtua Fighter, and then later, Nights. The Saturn was definitely an underappreciated console. Definitely look forward to seeing you do more videos as a series in this style.
100% agree with this list!! I got a Saturn at launch with Panzer Dragoon and loved playing it with Virtua fighter! Many great memories!!😁👍👍👍
Worldwide Soccer is my all-time favorite soccer game.
I would agree completely with your list. I had Virtua Fighter, Daytona USA, and Panzer Dragoon back in the day and boy what a time to be a gamer! Cheers.
A soccer game with only 12 teams to choose and one of them is Romania, it has to be from the 90s! That generation with Hagi and others was a good one.
The Clockwork Knights games are highly underrated in my opinion. I always had fun back in the day when I played them.
Dayton USA was the system seller for me. I easily look past all of its short comings. A small price to pay to bring the arcade experience home.
Like the idea of this being a series
I had just bought a 3DO a few days before SEGA shadow dropped the Saturn. I promptly returned the 3DO to Electronics Boutique and got a Saturn along with Panzer Dragoon and Daytona USA. I absolutely loved the system and ended up buying all of the games that Working Designs would translate for it. Still have them to this day thankfully as they're quite expensive now.
I love your channel only found it about a week ago so trying to catch up on all your videos man your good!
Daytona USA was the best of the bunch, still love it today. I had never played it in the arcade, but the game play on the Saturn was great. I thought VF1 was OK, but I got my Saturn a little after launch, so I was able to pick up VF2 shortly afterwards.
I bought the saturn at launch and daytona and virtual fighter. I loved it
Playing Panzer Dragoon for the first time was a bit of a magical experience for me, which is weird because I didn't own a Saturn or play this game until 2009, but something about the music and visual style instantly convinced me that the Saturn was a keeper in my collection. It has since become the console I have the most games for. Personally I also like Clockwork Knight and it's sequel a lot as a simple playthrough and Daytona has a great soundtrack though I don't particularly love it.
Good video! Nice rundown of the Sega Saturn worst to first launch titles! I think, I have all of them! Nice!
Been waiting for John to do some Sega Saturn videos!
This ranked list is correct. Thanks for reigniting all the Saturn memories!
Glad you enjoyed!
I love this series!!
Enjoyed watching this, I didn't have a Saturn back in the day, but one of my friends did... we played Daytona and Tomb Raider for hours... thanks John 🍿
Glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant video 👍
I remember that day on may 11th 1995. I was watching Much Music the Canadian version of MTV. The VJ was promoting the Sega Saturn console the games and which stores to go and buy the Saturn.
Thank you John. Cheers from Ontario Canada!
Cool ! Great video ! 😀
Clockwork Knight was a surprise but Panzer Dragoon was amazing. Until Guardian Heroes came out and that became the only thing I played on the Saturn haha!
Huge fan wanted to say your collection is amazing. Keep up the incredible content. Thx for everything mr immortal John Hancock.
Thank you!
This was the first console I was able to buy on launch date. I know that the early release gets criticized a lot, but I was happy as can be to walk into that Software Etc and grab my shiny new system and games on that day. Yeah, VF and PD were the definite standouts. PD in particular, was a great surprise and a true gem. VF was definitely the first true 3D fighting game (that worked) as we know them today, even thought that there were some craptastic earlier experiments. Sega understood early on that solid high frame rate is key.
Awesome video John thanks!!!
I hope this turns out to be a series!!
Looking promising ;).
Mine came with 3 of these games. Daytona, Virtua Fighter Remix, and I think that golf game. I know it was one that I never played so it t was probably the golf one. lol
Thanks for this video. I had (and still have) all these, I would rank them in the same order that you did. They were all fun to play and showed what 32-bit could offer.
Glad you enjoyed!
I was ps kid. Finally picked up a saturn a couple years ago and Ive loved it ever since. Nice video too
Glad you enjoyed!
Just love your vids ❤️
It's not FIFA lmao
I love VR fighter! This is just re-jogging my youth, love it!
I played that Worldwide Soccer game in an Arcade. I absolutely loved it & I pretty much beat everyone who challenged me lol….. except for the manager of the arcade(who gave me free game I might add to play him) I also played that Daytona USA game in the same arcade.
Great Perspective.
Glad you enjoyed it!
As a late adapter to this system purchased several back, i can safely say I've catched up with many great perfect arcade ports such fighting and RPG. Thanks for sharing
Good stuff, John. I've never heard of Clockwork Knight. It looks pretty cool. Thanks for the video.
You bet!
They made a sequel to clockwork knight that was much better.
Walked into a toys r us and walked by the display .. Had no idea it had been released.. I walked out around 600 bucks poorer ..
Thinking back, I wish I had money at the time to have bought a Saturn and some games but alas I was a kid with no money then an adult going to college trying to save money so by the time I tried to pick one up Saturn game prices shot through the roof.
Worth the watch! But I fast forward to the best games Worst games are a waste of my time
Awesome thanks
After buying the Genesis, Sega CD, AND the 32x, my family was done with Sega and went to Playstation, all these great games I've never played. The biggest regret is that I still haven't gotten to play Shining Force 3.
I thought you said" today I'm gonna be disgusting" I thought this is gonna be a good video! Lol
Definitely Panzer Dragoon. Clockwork Knight is a favorite too of mine but Panzer was a very impressive launch ttitle.
Good video
I love talk work knight and clockwork knight two
Loved it! Totally forgot i picked up the Daytona USA Championship Circuit edition, dunno the biggest difference with your version, for a few bucks at a fleamarket.
Enjoy!
To put some of these sports games in to context, I think 3DO was the only console in May 1995 that was doing 3D games like this. If I had just played FIFA 95 or PGA Tour Golf III on the Genesis, I imagine I would have been amazed.
Love the hat. Old throwback.
Yeah, Panzer Dragoon was the best, hands down. I didn't really like the first Virtual Fighter or this version of Daytona USA. I did how ever enjoy Virtual Fighter 2 and Daytona USA Special Championship Edition.
Love it! Go John Hancock do you're thing! We can always rely on you too release a video right time!!!😂😂😂 Go to see here watching
Very nice video! I could agree with your list, I would just put Daytona USA higher (Second behind Panzer Dragoon). I was too young to enjoy the Saturn back then and when I discovered it now, I loved Daytona. I don't care much about good graphics (why else would I play Saturn in 2022!?) as long as the framerate is stable. And the racing content is just more and better than on RIdge Racer in my opinion. It's not Sega Rally, but for 1995 I think it's a wonderful game!
I remember I used to have that soccer game, my bro and I used to play that game. I also remeber Daytona and the G A M E O V E R, G A M E O V E R song haha. I love Clockwork Knights 2😍 but Id never played the first one. Virtua Fighter 2 i used to have but I never played play the 1st one. Panzer Dragoon OMG my favorite one 😍
Fantastic
yeah the daytona port was a bit rough, but damn if I didn't love the crap out of it! clockwork knight was another interesting one I really liked the aesthetic they were going for with it. Virtua Fighter was about the same way for the time as daytona... not terrible, but with VF Remix and VF2 also on the system it definitely became obsolete rather quickly. PD is definitely pretty high up there for me too! what a great shootemup (definitely recommend the Switch update if you can get it, if you don't happen to have a Saturn already)
8:18 i wish some companies would offer newer versions for replacement these days. It'd make disappointing releases much more tolerable.
I grabbed my saturn on the US launch and started off with VF2, virtua cop and sega rally.......great system, shame it didn't compete well.
Yes... Panzer Dragoon is my favorite launch title..
the only one I never played was the GOLF one..
Virtua Fighter is the first 3d fighting game ever so it deserves credit for that alone.
I know it is not a launch tittle but my favorite Saturn game will always be Astal.
I guess in hindsight VF should have been in a higher screen resolution, visual sharpness is one thing that enhances the aesthetics of flat shaded polygons. Worked well in Tobal on PS1, that trade off with textures.
Not the worst list of launch titles but to me only 50% of them actually make me excited about the SS. I think Panzer Dragoon was the best in the lot, new game that showed off the hardware quite well.
I remember there only being 3 games on launch day (other than the VF1 pack in), World wide soccer, Panzer Dragoon, and Clockwork Knight (Anyway this is all the store near me had until two weeks later when Daytona, and Pebble Beach released) It might have just been the stores near me though,
I went to several sites including Sega Retro which did indeed show all six of these games launched on May 11. I was still enjoying my Sega Genesis and CD at this time and got a Saturn in the late 90s. Thank you though for your input.
Long live the Sega Saturn!!! 🪐
hmm gonna have to add a sega saturn to my set up
Panzer Dragoon by a mile. I got my Sega Saturn the day I picked up my PlayStation on September 9, 1995. I was such a huge Sega fan that I considered the PlayStation an oddity that likely wasn't going to last especially after playing Panzer Dragoon first. My PlayStation sat in the corner of my room for 3 days while I played nothing but Panzer Dragoon. Of course my opinion changed fairly quickly as the first game I played for the PlayStation was Ridge Racer and wow was it breathtaking. By mid 1996 Sony outpaced the Saturn in every way possible.
I've owned almost all consoles thx to being the youngest brother of 3 brothers. The Saturn is the one I don't think I ever touched. Maybe I'll buy it at a game store or convention one day if I can find a working Saturn console in there at a good price.
Fave panzer dragoon even though I never owned a saturn and always saw it had better rendered characters and backgrounds compared to ps1.
virtual fighter and panzer dragoon. They boxed scart with Saturn on day one of released but many tv's back then dint have it and having to pay extra for a RF cable made price even more back then, but best way to see everything was with a RGB scart. ^^
Love this under appreciated system! Sega screwed up so much with it but amazingly, there are still some major tittles and fun!
No Question. Panzer Dragoon for sure.
For some reason the clockwork night guy scares the hell out of me…..weird ! Just looking at him moving makes me uncomfortable…….it’s just me isn’t it ?
Also clockwork knight was cool too
25 cents????
You lucky bastard!!! That sas 1dollar minimum. I remember it being $2 most of the time... Damn was this game popular
PlayStation was my 32-bit era console, but I had the Windows version of Virtua Fighter and loved how close it felt to the arcade. Now I have a Japanese Saturn and really enjoying the arcade ports. It’s a shame how SoA handled the whole thing.
It was Sega overall, with releasing the 32X a year before the Saturn came out, to releasing it 6 months early before most of the launch titles were ready to come out. Sega surprised everyone with an early release of the Saturn trying to get a jump on Sony and Nintendo. It didn't work and the Saturn flopped badly.
hey John great video buddy. Do you maybe know where I can purchase old school mod chips for ps2 ? for exsmple Matrix infinity, Modbo etc.
No idea
Panzer Dragoon should have been the pack-in.
Daytona and Virtua Fighter should have been delayed to fix the graphics issues and add multiplayer.
My favourite was panzer dragoon
*SEGA STADLER!*
I had one with a lot of games wish I still had it an all the games I remember I had resident evil die hard arcade trilogy some mortal kombat games the wrestlemania arcade game Daytona usa sega rally hexen and a zombie shooter game that used live actors .and cut scenes I forget the name but it was supposed to be used with a light gun or whatever it was called I remember it had a Hollywood actor as the main villain on a jamaican island or some crap but I wish I could find a saturn or so.ething that would emulate the games
When you see the launch titles, to me, it’s a reason that I want either Microsoft or Sony (my preference being Microsoft) to buy Sega and give these new life. Sega have just literally just sat on so many fantastic IPs…and nadda. Even if something like Clockwork Knight was given a new coat of paint, it would be a massive win.
With what the current gen consoles are capable of, including the Switch, how good would a modern day Daytona, or Sega Rally II, or a new Virtua Fighter be? Hopefully one day.
I’d really like to see Sega do a deal with Arcade 1up, and do some old style Sega cabinets. Take my money!
All of those launch titles were fun. Now I know Pebble Beach is by no means a great game, but I still have a huge soft spot for it, and even now still pump out a round or two a month.
Cheers
I love Pebble Beach Golf Links on Genesis, but it’s mediocre on SNES, 3DO, and Saturn.
Only Clockwork Knight and Panzer Dragoon were worth getting at launch, which is why I would have ranked Clockwork Knight above Virtua Fighter.
Worst to best is the best way to rank.
My first game with my saturn was Mortal kombat 2 😂😂😂
Yes , really...
Panzer Dragoon was a masterpiece
I love SEGA!
Didn't know how good virtual fighter actually was back then.when Tekken was launched out in the arcades we all thought that was the nail in the coffin for virtual fighter..keep up the good work.✌🏻
I heard from a Sega forum that you've been accepting games for a "video game museum" for the past decade. I'm curious where this game museum is.
The museum is a long term project and is very complicated. Plan to hopefully have an update end of the year.
That pad. Thank god they changed it.
Yeah not my favorite either.
Clockwork Knight 1 & 2 should have been a complete game but I believe they couldn't finish it in time for the launch?
It’s nice video but what about mortal combat trilogy ?
That came out way later in the US, 8.8.97.
I picked up the sega Saturn when it was new with Daytona and boy was I disappointed in that title. I compared it to ridge racer on the ps 1 that looked arcade perfect. It was a shame they released the system so early. The system did have a few games that were good. The trouble is the ps1 had a ton of great games on the system.
even the us version says world wide soccer this not that world wide soccer 97 game launch on eu its diffrent game called victory goal. the other 97 98 game is one of top games saturn. it can be number 3 or 4 if its was eu launch game video.
PEBBLE BEACH IS THE LOWEST?!?!?! Are you nuts? It give you only the best courses to choose from. No unlockables. All gameplay ready at boot!
Daytona USA: Also has the best iconic soundtrack at launch. And features the best hidden fighter in Fighters Megamix
to me --- tekken and alike feel like kiddo button mashers ( arcade ) - whereas VF games felt more like a sim style of that genre