Most Rated Saturn SHMUPs, according to SatMag

marathonianbull · Post by **marathonianbull** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:20 am

FYI / or discussion:

http://www.satakore.com/satmag.php

«SATMAG MOST RATED GAMES

Sega Saturn Magazine (aka SatMag) was one of the most famous Sega Saturn magazine in Japan. Released every weeks during the Sega Saturn era, this magazine asked its readers to rate the games. Mostly all the japanese Sega Saturn games have been rating and a rank has been defined according to these rating. You will find on this page the list of the first 250 (out of 945) most rated Sega Saturn games. All the rating and ranking are also found on the Saturn Engine.

Rank Title Rating

[...] 14 Thunder Force V [T-1811G] 9,4465
29 Silhouette Mirage [T-32901G] 9,334
31 Soukyuu Gurentai [T-10616G] 9,3266
33 Soukyuu Gurentai Otokuyou [T-10626G] 9,322
37 Radiant Silvergun [T-32902G] 9,3031
56 Layer Section [T-1101G] 9,1062
72 Stellar Assault SS [T-4403G] 9,0326
83 DoDonPachi [T-14419G] 8,9766
89 Battle Garegga [T-10627G] 8,9648
94 Darius Gaiden [T-1102G] 8,9355
101 Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus [T-9520G] 8,9221
112 Thunder Force Gold Pack 2 [T-1808G] 8,8768
118 Twinkle Star Sprites [T-37301G] 8,85
128 Sengoku Blade [T-14410G] 8,794
141 Strikers 1945 II [T-20402G] 8,7656
185 Metal Black [T-19902G] 8,6305
207 Choujikuu Yousei Macross ~Ai Oboete Imasu ka~ [T-23403G] 8,5754
(i.e. Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Do You Remember Love?)
209 Strikers 1945 [T-14407G] 8,5649
215 Layer Section II [T-26409G] 8,5492
228 Hyper Duel [T-1809G] 8,5272
245 Batsugun [T-20605G] 8,4829 [...]»

Marathonianbull

durias · Post by **durias** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:34 am

Thanks for passing this along! And I'd love to hear if people on this board agree, disagree, and/or are surprised by these rankings.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Fri May 04, 2007 3:56 am

Yet more evidence (as if we needed any more) that TFV deserved a sequel.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Fri May 04, 2007 4:36 am

Batsugun must have not sold well to be well down the list. FFS its one of the best shooters on the system.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Sat May 05, 2007 6:46 pm

Too many adventure games on that list to credit it.

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Sat May 05, 2007 7:22 pm

If I had to guess, I'd say that list was made in 98, maybe 99.
TFV is good and all, but definitely not number 1.

And according to that list, Eve Burst Error is the #1 Saturn game?
I'll have to see what that game's about.

jp · Post by jp » Sat May 05, 2007 7:25 pm

shinsage wrote:If I had to guess, I'd say that list was made in 98, maybe 99.
TFV is good and all, but definitely not number 1.

And according to that list, Eve Burst Error is the #1 Saturn game?
I'll have to see what that game's about.

Its an Adventure/mystery game. Kinda like Snatcher or Rise of the Dragon.

At any rate, the list was made by people that could actually play the RPGs and Adventure games... so its obviously not going to cater to us non-nihongo speaking fools.

And I'm guessing Langrisser Tribute came out after this list was made. Its definitely cool to see the Langrisser stuff making the list though.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Sat May 05, 2007 8:50 pm

It's nice to see a top stg's list where RS doesn't automaticly top it.

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Sun May 06, 2007 10:08 pm

Why no love for Blast Wind?

I likes it.

jp · Post by jp » Mon May 07, 2007 5:23 am

J-Manic wrote:Why no love for Blast Wind?

I likes it.

Not enough copies of it were made for anyone to know about it.

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Mon May 07, 2007 5:47 am

jp wrote:
J-Manic wrote:Why no love for Blast Wind?

I likes it.

Not enough copies of it were made for anyone to know about it.

Sad, but true.

jp · Post by jp » Mon May 07, 2007 7:41 am

Its all good though. I certainly love Blast Wind. Definitely my favorite "chill" shmup.

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Mon May 07, 2007 7:05 pm

still blows my mind BW goes for the rates it does now.
jp professing his love for it around the internets must have sparked that off.

good game, yea, but it's not 'all that'. It's a solid 7-ish.

jp · Post by jp » Mon May 07, 2007 7:09 pm

shinsage wrote: jp professing his love for it around the internets must have sparked that off.

That would be so funny if true. Maybe I should try arbitrarily swearing by some random game and see what happens.

durias · Post by **durias** » Mon May 07, 2007 7:16 pm

jp wrote:
shinsage wrote: jp professing his love for it around the internets must have sparked that off.

That would be so funny if true. Maybe I should try arbitrarily swearing by some random game and see what happens.

LOL! Do it!

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:36 pm

Well I, like jp, love Blast Wind. I feel it's a really underrated shmup. And it has one of the best Technosft soundtracks ever. I just wish that the sound effects didn't overpower the BGM so much. The same goes for Hyper Duel (Saturn mode). I like hearing the BGM loud and clearly.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:48 pm

Rip the soundtrack?

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Tue May 08, 2007 2:40 am

Combine the Soukyu's and Raizing might be on top (how many votes is the number 1?).

Of course, in a just universe that spot would belong to Garegga, but...