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Crazy_Bastard
Title: CeeBee
Joined: Feb 25 2007
Location: Tulsa
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i've started working at a local game store and get a discount on all they're stuff. I was going to buy one of the old sega consoles, but I'm not sure which. What are some suggestions or reccomendations you all have as to what I should get?
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Kubo
Joined: Aug 24 2005
Location: Mount Holly, NJ
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Sega Master System.
Your first game should be Phantasy Star. You can thank me later.
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descends the steep, passing without escort through the circles,
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Knyte
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Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
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Buy a Dreamcast, love it, adore it, sleep with it.
You won't get coldsores in the morning, like you would with a Nintenho.
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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The Dreamcast, Saturn, and Master System have some lost classics, but the Sega Genesis was the company's masterpiece.
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Char Aznable
Title: Char Classic™
Joined: Jul 24 2006
Location: Robot Boombox HQ
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Get a Genesis. And maybe a Saturn.
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Crazy_Bastard
Title: CeeBee
Joined: Feb 25 2007
Location: Tulsa
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right now i'm torn between the dreamcast and the saturn. what are some good games for those?
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
Joined: Dec 17 2007
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There are several good dreamcast games
Soul Calibur
Shenmue
Crazy Taxi
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Marvel vs. Capcom
Sonic Adventure
Shenmue II
Crazy Taxi 2
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erock
Title: likes to party
Joined: Dec 21 2007
Location: Phoenix. its hot outside
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saturn
then get Nights into dreams Magic Night Rayearth and Burnin rangers. panzer Dragoon Saga. etc etc. Saturn rocks.
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docinsano
Title: Boner King
Joined: Jan 08 2008
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| Kubo wrote: |
Sega Master System.
Your first game should be Phantasy Star. You can thank me later. |
Agreed, Phantasy Star is a killer game. Way ahead of its time.
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Murdar Machene
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Title: bimmy
Joined: Nov 06 2005
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If you're gonna grab a dreamcast, don't pass up Bangai-O. Definitely a classic.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
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dreamcast over saturn, for days son.
although saturn did have some good games, the library is just more robust for the dreamcast. and it was totally customizable so you can play any and all game systems on it. and w/bleem you can play PS1 games too.
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erock
Title: likes to party
Joined: Dec 21 2007
Location: Phoenix. its hot outside
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| username wrote: |
dreamcast over saturn, for days son.
although saturn did have some good games, the library is just more robust for the dreamcast. |
Robust? they only made like 325 games as opposed to 467 games for the saturn.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
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really? i had no idea the saturn had that many games. touche erock, touche.
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erock
Title: likes to party
Joined: Dec 21 2007
Location: Phoenix. its hot outside
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the funny thing is i looked at the lists and was astonished at how good some of those games were. Fighters Mega Mix. Fighting Vipers Shining Force III. Half the games were later ported to the ps1 Lunar I and II Suikoden. Plus Saturn only games like S.C.U.D.
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
Joined: Dec 17 2007
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| username wrote: |
dreamcast over saturn, for days son.
although saturn did have some good games, the library is just more robust for the dreamcast. and it was totally customizable so you can play any and all game systems on it. and w/bleem you can play PS1 games too. |
well if you can customize it to play saturn games then there really isnt a choice
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Knyte
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Title: Curator Of The VGM
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| the funny thing is i looked at the lists and was astonished at how good some of those games were. Fighters Mega Mix. Fighting Vipers Shining Force III. Half the games were later ported to the ps1 Lunar I and II Suikoden. Plus Saturn only games like S.C.U.D. |
You got Suikoden mixed up.
It was 1st released for the PSX on December 15, 1995 in Japan. The Saturn port wasn't released until September 17, 1998. 3 years later.
Lunar was on Saturn 2 years before PSX, however.
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erock
Title: likes to party
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Was it? I remember seeing a Suikoden Sega box. I just assumed like a lot of the games back then it was for sega first.
Back in the day i wanted a saturn more than a playstation due to Nights and Virtua Fighter until i saw the FF7 screen shots.
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Knyte
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Suikoden I & II are, IMHO, the greatest non Square/Enix console RPG games ever made.
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TheRoboSleuth
Title: Sleuth Mark IV
Joined: Aug 08 2006
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I'm not sure about that, but they are very good. Plus, I love the six man party, and I think it should be standard for RPGs of a console type.
(also, I've been meaning to mention this, is that between Death, Dan Hibiki, and Dio, your sig is the best thing ever. It doesn't even rape my computer with load time.)
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erock
Title: likes to party
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My fav rpg from a diff company is probably one of the breath of fires. Most likely 3. Or maybe Lufia 2. Or Tales of Eternia.
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Knyte
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| (also, I've been meaning to mention this, is that between Death, Dan Hibiki, and Dio, your sig is the best thing ever. It doesn't even rape my computer with load time.) |
Thanks! Though, I have been meaning to add a forth charater. It is just hard to find one the right size that isn't from a fighting game. (Since I already have Dan and Dio.) And, also, I don't want to use anyone mainstream. (Mario, Sonic, etc.)
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ReeperTheSeeker
Joined: Aug 26 2007
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Go with the Genesis, it has all the GOOD sonic games, before the 3D f-up, and then some. Whatever you do, don't bother with the Sega CD or 32X, if you want to play Snatchers, download a ROM.
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Murdar Machene
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Title: bimmy
Joined: Nov 06 2005
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| RobotGumshoe wrote: |
| (also, I've been meaning to mention this, is that between Death, Dan Hibiki, and Dio, your sig is the best thing ever. It doesn't even rape my computer with load time.) |
a forth charater |
Maybe someone from Gunstar Heroes would fit the bill? They'd be the right size, about.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
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I never knew there was a console before the Genesis, I've never liked most Sega games, but for some reason I've always wanted to own a Master System ever since I learned about it. 
Any games that y'all would recommend? I know about wonder boy but thats about it.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
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I never knew there was a console before the Genesis, I've never liked most Sega games, but for some reason I've always wanted to own a Master System ever since I learned about it.
Any games that y'all would recommend? I know about wonder boy but thats about it. |
aside from Phantasy Star, i have no clue. I remember only playing the alex kidd games + wonder boy. you could search for the master system version of sonic.
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