If you can get a 4 MEGS RAM Cart you can play SNK's King of Fighters '96 and '97. Also, there's a Japanese release of Street Fighter ZERO 3, which contains a lot of characters and loads of fun; supports 4 MB RAM module. But it doesn't require it; extra RAM makes the game load the data much sooner.

The only odd about the RAM module thing is that you'll need a 1 MB RAM cart for King of Fighters '95. It doesn't support the 4 MEGS one. I don't know if the 4 MB RAM cartige was released for the States; I have a Japanese version of it. But maybe you can get the Action Replay cartige for Saturn. Which features a 4 MEGS RAM and a region lock out thingy together. Pretty cool thing if you ask me.

I can say that if you like arcade games, especially the fighting ones, a Sega Saturn is a good buy which always worths it. I can't get a NEO GEO AES myself, so I really enjoy Saturn. You can also find Sunsoft's great 2D fighting titles such as Waku Waku 7; kinda radical game and I think it inspired Guilty Gear series.

Do you plan to play CDR games on Saturn ? I'd be glad to write about my experience of it.

Okay. Well we should first find out which Saturn version you have. There are two main models. They are called Model 1 and 2. The Model 1 Saturns have oval power and reset buttons and the Model 2 ones have round buttons. So it's easy to find out which.

If you have a Model 2 Saturn, probably you won't be able to pull the swap trick (I could succeed only 5 of 50 tries). It requires a lot of practice. Since the CD ACCESS led light isn't helping too.

If you have a Model 1 Saturn, here's the how to;

You should find a good source for the CDR images first. I use a private Torrent tracker called the Underground Gamer. I can find many SS titles. I have invitations too.

After getting the image, a region fix should be made on the image. I use the SRP (Saturn Region Patcher). It works very well too. After the fix, you can burn the image on a CD, but it's recommended to burn it around 8x speed.

Then it comes to the swap trick. It's quite easy actually. But you'll first need to open your console and tape a lever-switch which reports the system about Saturn's CD drive door is open/closed. You'll just need to unsecrew the top cover of SS. The switch is just there.

Now the console won't break operation even the CD door is open. Means we can pull the trick now.
Put your CDR game in the drive and power the system on. The Sega Saturn splash screen will appear, then you'll hear the (probably) lens cradle moving. Also, the CD ACCESS led will flash once. Now remove your CDR and put an original CD on the drive. The cradle will move and shorty, the ACCESS led will flash three times. Now remove your original CD and put the CDR back on. That's it.

You can get Underground Gamer and SRP from very interesting places.

UG: http://www.underground-gamer.com/
SRP: http://madroms.free.fr/#SRP