A question about the Sega Saturn.

durias · Post by **durias** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:45 am

Do Sega Saturns play both US and Japanese Saturn games?

futurebiblehero · Post by **futurebiblehero** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:02 am

Not without a modchip or a special cart (the ST Key), unfortunately.

Edit: I completely forgot about the Action Replay, which is undoubtedly superior to the ST Key.

mirkvid · Post by **mirkvid** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:02 am

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marathonianbull · Post by **marathonianbull** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:07 am

Hi durias,

No, nothing natural unfortunately! The three region locks are Japan, Europe & America. I own two Saturn units, one for US/Canada and the other one Japanese. Japanese Saturn tend to be expensive, so get a Victor version instead (as good & for a much cheaper price). You could also opt for a bi-pass method such as the Sega Saturn 4in1Plus Cartridge which apparently works wonderfully.

See: www.gamefaqs.com/console/saturn/game/916393.html

Overall, very worth it because most of the best shooters had not crossed their Japanese borders and they are quite import-friendly (as opposed to RPGs that is). Also, some of the rarest action games here (Burning Rangers, Saturn Bomberman, Christmas NiGHTs Into Dreams, Dragon Force, Winter Heat, etc. aren't uncommon/overpriced there!!

Have fun,

Marathonianbull

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:35 am

marathonianbull wrote: (Burning Rangers, Saturn Bomberman, Christmas NiGHTs Into Dreams, Dragon Force, Winter Heat, etc. aren't uncommon/overpriced there!!

Word of advice durias, don't buy the Japanese Burning Rangers. English is essential for it; it's spoken, not read.

ReKleSS · Post by **ReKleSS** » Thu May 03, 2007 7:39 am

Or you could pull it apart and do a region mod, which is trivial. My EU saturn has been switched to JP mode, it shouldn't take more than half an hour.

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Thu May 03, 2007 7:43 am

Moved to Hardware.

Smithy · Post by **Smithy** » Thu May 03, 2007 9:11 pm

futurebiblehero wrote:Not without a modchip

Just a friendly reminder that a modchip will -NOT- remove the region protection, it exists exclusively for 'backups' =(. The only way it could be legitimately used is if you rip a JP game, change the region to USA, and then burn it - which is easy to do.. but a hassle. Just get a Pro Action Replay, but be careful with the Saturn's slot, don't jam it in too hard or you can easily damage it...

msm · Post by **msm** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:23 pm

there's some good guides to fitting switches into a saturn to change the region (and 50/60Hz switch - but that's probably only a worry for PAL):

http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/console/sega/saturnregion.htm
http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/console/download.htm

http://www.mameworld.net/pc2jamma/satmod1.html

http://www.gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id= ... ega_saturn

good luck!