SEGA SATURN


Originally designed to bring the 3D arcade experience into the home the saturn was a huge sucess in Japan but never managed to do that well in Eurpe and the US mainly because of the huge marketing from Sony for the Playstation.

Saturn

(1994 Japan ) (1995 Europe and USA)

Sega Saturn

One of the first 32bit systems with a 32bit bus and 32-bit cpu's released in Japan on November 22nd, 1994, and with the American and European release following in 1995.

Victor Saturn 2

1998

Sega Victor Saturn

Only released in Japan the Victor Saturn 2 came in a whiteish case in contrast to the usual black.This is an authorized clone of a Saturn Built by JVC-Victor. Other third parties licensed to make saturns where Licenses were given to Hitachi, and Yamaha.

Derby Stallion

 

The Saturn was hugly successful in Japan when first launced and the game Derby Stallion sold over 5 million copies, this special edition clear case saturn was released to celebrate this.

SPECS

CPU

Two Hitachi SH2 32-Bit RISC 28.6MHz
One Hitachi SH1 32-Bit RISC Motorola 68EC000

MEMORY

2 MB (16 megabits)
RAM 1.54 MB (12 megabits)
VRAM (Video RAM) 540 KB (4 megabits)
CD-ROM Cache

GRAPHICS

VDP 1 Video Display Processor
VDP 2 Video Display Processor System Control Unit
352 x 240, 640 x 240 , 704 x 480 (Hi-Res)
Sprite, Polygon, and Rendering engine
Dual 256 KB frame buffer for rotation and scaling
Texture Mapping Gouraud Shading
512 KB Cache for Textures
200,000 Texture Mapped Polygons/Second
500,000 Flat Shaded Polygons/Second

SOUND

Sound Processor SCSP Sound Processor
Audio RAM 540 KB (4 megabits)
SCSP Digital Signal Processor (DSP) 22.6MHz
Motorola 68EC000 sound processor 11.3MHz 32 PCM
Channels 8 FM (Frequency Modulation)
Channels 44.1 KHz Sampling Rate

NOTES

CD-ROM (2X) 300 KB/Second Transfer Speed
Audio CD Compatible Optional
512 KB Memory Cartridge for Game Save

Sega Saturn Games

Radient Silver Gun

Radient Silver Gun

Classic oldskool shootem-up from Treasure. Quite rare although a lot of new copies from Japan have been turning up lately, still expect to pay around £70-100 to get you hands on a copy.

Saturn King of the Fighters

Saturn King of the Fighters