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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 8:48PM Yojimb0 said

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Guardian Heroes is the single best video game ever made, of any generation. Ever. If you tricked the game into letting you play hard mode with 99 continues, it had it all: four player co-op, special moves plus magic powers, rpg elements skill points you could put into different stats, giant bosses, screen-wide lasers, branching storyline, a pet rabbit that you could launch like a rocket, and a versus mode in which you could pit a crippled old man against a four story tall sky demon (and the old man would win.)

Truly, it was the game of kings.
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 9:25PM Deadpool said

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Guardian Heroes is my favorite game ever! Randy was my favorite character. Theres also a debug mode which was awesome. I just got a 6 player adaptor from ebay just for this game. Heck, I bought a Sega Saturn just for this game! I would like to see a remake of it in 2-D and hi-res.

To bad the box art looks like crap...I almost passed up this game because of it.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2008 12:16AM WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco said

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I bought Guardian Heroes and a 6 player adapter for $120 on eBay.

IMO it is EASILY worth more than 2 modern $60 releases.
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Posted: Aug 19th 2008 4:08AM (Unverified) said

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Totally. Glad you mentioned it, I just pulled my Saturn out of the closet two or three weeks ago to play Azel: Panzer Dragoon Saga and of course NiGHTS. But I almost totally forgot about Guardian Heroes. You gotta love the zany saxaphone-heavy music that should feel totally out of place yet doesn't at all! ;) Treasure rocks. They had this really trippy import called Silhouette Mirage. It was kind of like a shooter/platformer but had a twist- some enemies you could only kill while shooting from the right while others you had to shoot from the left. You would only knock an enemy down if you shot them from the wrong direction so it presented a unique and challenging twist to the genre. I only wish it had been localized because it became difficult later in the game. But it had insane fullscreen alpha channel lasers and tons of enemies on screen at a time. Great stuff. :)
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 8:47PM (Unverified) said

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Twin Snakes was better. Deal with it
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 9:17PM (Unverified) said

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For sho
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 10:16PM (Unverified) said

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Kojima begs to differ.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2008 10:42AM snarfoogle said

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Well Kojima's "last" MGS game was MGS2, so we all know how trustworthy he is. TWIN SNAKES 4 LYFE
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 8:49PM Neebs said

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I've been sick the past week, so almost nothing.
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 8:51PM Supermanisdead said

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I'm going to continue my insane quest to max level all 10 party members in Eternal Sonata. I've been at it since forever, and they range from 86-70... I've got a long way ahead of me. Reason: I just want to max level something for once.

That and some Etrian Odyssey 2.
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 9:02PM (Unverified) said

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Fighters Megamix - I loved that game!
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 9:04PM NukeAssault said

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COD4, Fable Pub games and yeah that's about it... Need me some Galaga.
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 9:06PM sadistic freek said

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Oh man, I always loved Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean, it's still one of my all time favorite games. I also loved Magic Knight Rayearth. Oh, and I always had a soft spot for Dark Savior. I still have a Saturn and many games on it, including the Panzeer Dragoon series, and the games listed above. It was a great system for RPG lovers, it's a shame it didn't last.
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 9:10PM cesaria said

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Super Princess Peach....shut up.
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 9:18PM St McDuck said

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To this day, I love my Saturn. I wish I had more income to pick up the rarities on ebay. I just bought Nights, Christmas Nights, and the 3D pad for a decent price. And I like to break out the Sexy Parodius whenever I'm back home with the parents. And Guardian Heroes... great stuff, that.
I'm pretty sure the Saturn is still my favorite system ever (due to the great import scene during its time). The PS3 is slowly creeping up in my book, though.
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Posted: Aug 17th 2008 11:50AM (Unverified) said

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I never played a Saturn. I'm f*cking seroius.
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 9:29PM jhowlett said

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i enjoyed my saturn. see the final evolution of the genesis controller and the birth of the dreamcast controller. i have no plans for the weekend except to find out more about bigfoot. i'm sure i'll get some gaming in and demo time.
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 9:34PM Marzz said

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I'm either gonna be hacking away at Legend of Oasis, on my Saturn, or I'm gonna be working my way through my insane list of virtual console games, which i've conveniently compiled here-

http://marzz4967.blogspot.com/
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 9:52PM (Unverified) said

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I've been playing some SVC chaos, I'm still can't fight against athena I'm playing in hard and that Mr karate boss is a bitch to kill.
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 9:54PM ClintStivers said

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I loved playing the X-Men vs Street Fighter import with the RAM Cart. I think that really was my first experience playing a game at home that truly matched the speed and graphics of a dedicated arcade machine. It was also cool to actually USE the cart slot on the back of the Saturn.
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 10:00PM Jacksons said

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Downstream Panic on the PSP. I dig it.
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 10:12PM (Unverified) said

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Panzer Dragoon > Star Fox

Yeah, I went there. Stupid Slippy Toad.
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 10:19PM Bitter Kevin said

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Still have my Saturn working, best 2D console ever.
Great games:

Fighters Megamix
Soviet Strike
Bomberman (10 players!!!!)
Fire Pro Wrestling 6 man scramble
All the 2D fighting greatness of SNK and Capcom
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 10:19PM (Unverified) said

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Bionic Commando in Hard because I will never play it on hard ever and yes it's kicking my ass maybe some Battlefield Bad Bombany.

Note:Alone in the Dark is quite easy if you know all the combinations Hint:Ducktape + Glowstick and you will pass all those sections filled with the goo of doom.


Althought I don't think I'll play more than 2 matches of B:BC or play more than 1 level of BC:R since I have some exams to take these next weeks.
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 10:25PM (Unverified) said

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Maybe I should finally attempt to play Shining Force III. I bought the damn game, and never even really bothered with it. What kind of a gamer am I? A horrible one, that's for sure!
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 10:41PM juju187 said

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arcade perfect xmen vs street fighter was the game of many arguments in high school for me...
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 10:42PM (Unverified) said

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Anyone else reminded of a Metroid by that controller?
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 10:48PM Mr Khan said

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Izuna 2

I was skeptical, but its fun as fuck, even with the constant deaths (5 on the first dungeon alone). Since it's never the same thing twice, you can just keep playing as long as you like

And where's Nigeria? This post seems tailor-made for him
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 11:11PM (Unverified) said

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Go, New Ro, Go!
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 11:33PM Otimus said

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Person favorites?
So much better than triangle favorites.
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 11:26PM (Unverified) said

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Final Oxymoron IV
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 11:27PM PoisonedAl said

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Sega Rally > Ridge Racer

If you argue otherwise, you're an idiot. No, really this time. If you thought Ridge Racer on the PSX was better then Sega Rally, you're ether an lair or wouldn't know a good game if it kicked your teeth in.

Not as good a GT tho. Maybe not as fun as Sega Rally, but GT is technically surpiror.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2008 12:15AM Jacksons said

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Ether an' lair?

You're right, ether probably would make lair a lot more fun.
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 11:49PM (Unverified) said

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F*cking sweet I wish I had one,I was more of a PC gamer.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2008 12:09AM Cameage said

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They had white Saturns?

I played Virtua Cop and Clockwork Knight a lot...and Daytona USA, because I had a racing wheel.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2008 12:13AM BohanKing said

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Marvel Super Heroes
X-Men Children of the Atom
Marvel vs. Street Fighter
X-Men vs. Street Fighter
Rumble in the Bronx
Fighting Vipers
Street Fighter Zero 3
Nuclear Strike (sequel to desert strike and urban strike)
and there were also so damn good platformers in there too...

I'm currently looking to pick up a Japanese Saturn...like the one i sold 6 years ago...

:(
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Posted: Aug 17th 2008 5:00PM Virus one said

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You sold it! How could you?
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Posted: Aug 18th 2008 10:30AM BohanKing said

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broke college student. Luckily i'm not in that situation any more!

;p

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Posted: Aug 16th 2008 12:28AM kastonie said

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if sega got back into the hardware business, it would be awesome. Their new game system will outsell any other system because everyone would buy it to say they have the new sega system....i remember back in the day when you had a sega and your friends were like awesome lets play sega....
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Posted: Aug 16th 2008 12:53AM Jacksons said

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Sega's software isn't what it used to be.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2008 12:31AM (Unverified) said

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Patapon, Assassin's Creed, Braid, maybe some Bionic Commando and Resistance.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2008 12:36AM (Unverified) said

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Actually, I just got a PSP today. Can anyone give me a list of good games to try out? I have Patapon, GTA Liberty City Stories and Daxter. I want Loco Roco and the Castlevania compilation. Anything else exceptiona? I like pretty much anything but sports games.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2008 12:55AM Jacksons said

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I enjoyed both the Syphon Filter games, if you're into that sort of thing.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2008 1:23AM (Unverified) said

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Disgaea and Brave Story.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2008 2:10AM Wet Bandit said

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Oh, how I miss playing Dragon Force on the Sega Saturn.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2008 2:13AM Wet Bandit said

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Oh, how I miss playing Dragon Force on the Sega Saturn.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2008 2:14AM Rax Dakkar said

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Geometry Wars 2, Braid, and for some odd reason, Rollercoaster Tycoon 3.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2008 3:00AM Jonny said

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Well, they did take the Saturn 3D pad and refined it to come to the Dreamcast controller.

Whats in my Saturn currently has been the japanese Saturn version of Castlevania : SOTN, which has extra areas and Maria as playable.

Mainly have been playing WoW and working, so alas, hardly any time for consoles. :(
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Posted: Aug 16th 2008 3:21AM (Unverified) said

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I think ima play some good old fighters this weekend...

Pocket Fighter and Rival School!
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Posted: Aug 16th 2008 3:49AM (Unverified) said

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The first party Saturn controller has hands down the best d-pad ever conceived by man. For this reason alone, virtua fighter 2 still ranks as my favorite fighter.
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