Sega FY 1997 — The Slow Death of a Titan PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2023-10-07 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickThis video was re-uploaded after a copyright dispute. It is not monetized.So what exactly "killed" Sega? The troubling thing about this question is it really cannot be answered in a single video. What can be said is they lost quite a bit of money throughout the 90's. Thanks to the recent leak of the Sega FY1997 Brand Review, and translations of recent statements from former Sega of Japan execs, we now have a much more clear view of Sega's slow bleedout. This video seeks to summarize the important details of the document, how they link to the recent revelations from the SOJ execs, and tie them to the numerous other sources picked up over the years. This shows what went on behind Sega's doors throughout the 5th gen.SegaFY1997: segaretro.org/images/8/8c/SegaFY1997BrandReview_US.pdfShoichiro Irimajiri and other translations: mdshock.com/2023/07/10/irimajiri-speaks-out-about-the-saturn-the-32x-and-soas-financial-troublesThumbnail made by SaturnDave.Tracklist: pastebin.com/raw/kt1d8piZ00:00:00 Intro00:04:55 Life00:15:02 Goal 100:19:21 Goal 200:28:57 Goal 300:33:50 Goal 400:36:24 Goal 500:40:05 Goal 600:46:46 Goal 700:52:03 Goal 800:54:02 Goal 900:54:43 Death
Sega Rally Championship | PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 33 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2024-06-15 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickThis video is four hours and 40 minutes long.At long last, let us sink our teeth into the rich history of an incredible racing game. Featuring a wealth of archived video, translated interviews and original source material, this review aims to tell the story of Sega Rally Championship for the Sega Saturn. Perhaps more amazing than its long lasting impact — is how much soul they managed to pack into a short arcade racer.Huge thanks to Random for creating some original songs, just for this video! You can find the uncut songs here: youtu.be/4XaHxfHdY1cA big thank you to SaturnDave for making the thumbnail.Tracklist: pastebin.com/raw/5qqM3meMMany of the songs used in this video happen to come from the album Millennialism by NYSE. Please consider buying it: businesscasual87.bandcamp.com/album/millennialism———————Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. It is produced in association with SHIRO! Media Group: segasaturnshiro.comI made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the day they came out in the U.S. Big thanks to Pimpeaux for the years of research help. (Her channel: youtube.com/c/Pimpeaux)docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pandamonium.bsky.socialTwitter: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR00:00:00 Intro00:08:02 Stage 101:10:57 Stage 202:58:17 Stage 303:49:43 Bonus Stage
SegaXtreme Saturn Homebrew Contest 2023 | PandaMonium reviews every entry PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2024-02-25 | You can find all the entries available for download at this thread: segaxtreme.net/threads/sega-saturn-29th-anniversary-game-competition.25411The above thread is where judges will eventually post their own rankings. Results will then be posted in that thread, as well as on Emerald Nova's website: emeraldnova.com/community/competition2023.phpTo support me:Patreon — patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi — ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnick00:00 Intro03:45 Red Moon Lost Days05:38 Slide Hop09:44 Cold Case12:34 Cinepak Demo Reel13:49 Saturn Wordle15:28 Flashback (Mac Assets)16:34 Maria Renard's Revenge18:10 Pixel Poppy Pong20:06 Telocation Gemini21:14 Jacky Car22:23 Sonic Boss tech demo23:26 VTT Championship24:25 Utenyaa25:31 PICO-8 Emulator26:42 Sweeper Squad27:25 CubeCat31:21 Blue Chicago Blues (English)33:01 Shining the Holy Ark (Hard Mode)34:18 Dungeon Master Nexus (English)35:42 Silhouette Mirage (English)36:34 Sonic 3D Blast: Oops All Special Stages37:49 Stellar Assault SS (English)40:08 Sonic Jam: Tails World40:57 Sakura Wars (Portuguese)42:30 Shadows of the Tusk (English)43:22 Soul Hackers (English)45:53 Radiant Silvergun (Text Removal)46:02 Doom (Enhancement Mod)47:31 SRX48:18 Shining Force III Tools48:44 FilmMuxer V 2.1.049:22 DMX Translation Kit49:56 Kronos Emulator Netlink50:23 240p Test Suite
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Bug! (Revisited) | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 7 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2023-05-20 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickWhen I originally made a video about Bug, it was before I started interviewing developers and long before my research/video producing methods were further developed. Since that video was first made in 2016, I joined a podcast that would later interview Bug's lead developer, and personally interviewed devs for other games whose stories are tied to this game's history in some way. The story of Bug! goes much much deeper than five minutes. So seven years later, I present to you, this. Enjoy!I will not be remaking all of my old episodes. If that were the case, I would die before reaching Magic Knight Rayearth. :)My sincerest thanks to Twitter user OrangeRight for bringing the Bug Too proposal video to my attention.Mega Drive Shock: mdshock.comMy original Bug! episode: youtu.be/9v2QO9RSKNgTracklist: pastebin.com/raw/172B9h4G———————Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. It is produced in association with SHIRO! Media Group: segasaturnshiro.comI made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the day they came out in the U.S. Big thanks to Pimpeaux for the years of research help. (Her channel: youtube.com/c/Pimpeaux)docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter exists at the moment: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR00:00:00 Spielberg00:05:16 Intro00:08:28 Almost Sonic00:16:30 Mini Fridge00:49:34 Top Seller
RE-UPLOAD The Mansion of Hidden Souls | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 26 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2023-03-14 | This is a re-upload of an old episode with slight but necessary changes. System Sacom pulled way ahead of Pixar in the year 1995, releasing a sequel to its soul centered spooky journey through a trap/paradise/purgatory house. The Sega CD original is renowned as a pretty alright game, despite the poor quality of its full motion videos. Will this sequel please the souls of Saturn owners? Does the 32-bit plastic castle deliver with one of the first Sega IP sequels to reach the console?Giant thank you to Peter Malek and Knight0fdragon for testing the North American release on consoles from other regions. Also a massive thank you to Jeff Lindblom for doing the universe a public service by converting all the Craig Stadler clips from Pebble Beach Golf Links into AVI files.Check out St1ka's channel: youtube.com/user/st1kaI referenced a part of his review of the game in this video. If you like this type of content, you will almost certainly like St1ka.Special thank you to Pimpeaux as always for the help with release date info. Your work will forever impact each episode of this series.Also shoutout to RoSoDude for showing me where to find beats used in the Metroid Prime soundtrack. One of those beats is mixed with the fireplace song from Mansion of Hidden Souls in the end texts.This episode of PandaMonium Reviews was brought to you in part by Sega Saturn Shiro! I'm a part of the podcast crew and it is rad: segasaturnshiro.comShiro’s YouTube channel is also rad: youtube.com/channel/UCfTSQ67HNTG7ENRNU_XGFUAWelcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
SegaXtreme Saturn Homebrew Contest 2022 | PandaMonium reviews every entry PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2023-02-04 | Play the games and view the judging results here: segaxtreme.net/threads/sega-saturn-28th-anniversary-game-competition.25278Big thank you once again to Dr. Emerald Nova for hosting, and to all the Saturn homebrewers for this bountiful harvest of projects. Keep up the great work! He plans to reveal the final judging results on a live stream at a later date. His Twitch: twitch.tv/emeraldnovagamesYou can support me on the following.Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickInsta: instagram.com/pandamoniumnickBlue Bird: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGRTracklist: pastebin.com/raw/jj4s3b6b00:00:00 Intro00:01:30 The Case of the City Botucaiba00:03:55 Shmup Salad00:05:36 Irreel00:10:59 Bridget Bishop00:13:21 Galaxmas00:15:42 Magic00:16:32 SonicXtreme (Voxel)00:20:20 Multiboot Wolfenstein00:21:58 Chip-8 Emulator00:23:13 Sky Blaster00:27:33 Disasteroids00:29:06 Lunar 200:31:24 Drift King 9700:35:14 Blue Chicago Blues00:38:00 NBA Jam Walrus Edition00:40:01 Sakura Wars 2 Demo00:42:32 Bastard Baroque00:44:40 Stellar Assault SS Demo00:46:32 GunGriffon II00:48:32 Saturn Netlink Submissions00:52:54 Saturn Film Muxer00:54:08 PoneSound00:55:05 SaveQR00:55:54 Closing Thoughts
Quarterback Attack with Mike Ditka | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 32 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2022-10-15 | 00:00:00 Intro00:02:32 Quarter 1 — The Kickoff00:18:15 Quarter 2 — Mike Ditka Could Not Be Reached For Comment00:35:57 Quarter 3 — The Final Season For Digital Pictures00:49:46 Quarter 4 — Play-By-Play Paralysis01:04:28 Post CreditsPatreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickFollow Athena Massey:instagram.com/athenamasseyofficialfacebook.com/athenamasseyofficialtwitter.com/msathenamasseyTit0’s channel: youtube.com/channel/UCKH9cwClNEbloCng6-4_D-wIt's amazing that this game exists. From the creators of Night Trap comes a spectacle reminiscent of the experimental 90's video game industry. Prepare yourselves for the ultimate masterclass of sports immersion — a full motion video football game. All of the action and controllability is comprised of live action video clips, featuring celebrity coach Mike Ditka shouting at you in between plays. Within its development are the tales of a dying company and the unique experience this provided its actors.Tracklist: pastebin.com/raw/Je1YKjQj———————Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. It is produced in association with SHIRO! Media Group: segasaturnshiro.comI made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the day they came out in the U.S. Big thanks to Pimpeaux for the years of research help. (Her channel: youtube.com/c/Pimpeaux)docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
You Reposted in the Wrong Golf Links — Extended PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2022-08-16 | D G R
Virtua Cop Documentary | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 31 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2022-08-14 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickThis is a journey through time analyzing the history of Virtua Cop, its Saturn port, and revelations on why Sega's 5th gen console performed the way it did. You will see source material that you cannot find anywhere else — woven into a tale straight from the trenches of 90's video game development.Please note the chapters in this video. If you think sitting through a 4+ hour video sounds like too much of a task, then I encourage you to watch the chapters by themselves over time, like you would episodes of a TV show. Think of this like a streaming service dropping an entire season of a show all at once. Marathon it if you want, but don't feel like you must.This was not a solo project. While it is true that I wrote and edited this 4+ hour piece, it would not be close to half of what it is without SamIAm and the tremendous help from other friends across the Saturn community. SamIAm is the translator working on the Princess Crown English patch (yes, he is still working on it). He translated a massive amount of Japanese source material for this video. Pimpeaux contributed mountains of her time to release date research for the overall series, sales data, and other assets used throughout. My partners with SHIRO! Media Group lent their time to QA, and their voices to some magazine interviews. Other voice overs were provided by the likes of SlappyBag9, Jordan Ryan of GBATemp, Greg Lacquerware, and Tit0 from Hall of Game. The SHIRO! crew consists of myself, Patrick Traynor, David Lee (SaturnDave), Peter Malek and Ben Wallace.Homebrew developers XL2 and TrekkiesUnite118 helped me with understanding the inner machinations of SGL and proofreading parts of my script that go over technical details.SHIRO! also lent their skills and connections for past interviews with Tom Kalinske, Chuck Tolman, and Paul Kerchen. I must also thank 90's devs Robert Leyland, Chris Kirby and Steve Snake, along with Jarrod Nichol of Project COE.Random Stuff and May Rosencratz allowed me to use some of their original music for parts of this video. Random even made a couple of tracks just for this episode. Big thanks to both of you.As for the others who took part... Well... Watch the video and find out who they are. :)I extend my most heartfelt thanks to all who contributed to this project, and to all who have supported me over the years. Be it a financial contribution, shoutout, or kind message — you all mean a lot and continue to motivate me to carry on this passion project. Thank you for watching. Sorry for taking so long.POST UPLOAD NOTES: Turns out the M2 Emulator I use (to play the arcade original) fakes transparencies instead of displaying mesh graphics. There is a way to turn this off, so I will be doing that in future videos.DISCLAIMER: Virtua Cop is a 1994 arcade game in which the player assumes the role of a police officer, shooting several hundred fictitious criminals without question. This video is a journalistic analysis of that specific video game and other works it influenced. Any potential reference to modern United States politics, police brutality or the debate on western law enforcement reform is purely coincidental.Tracklist: pastebin.com/raw/7aPExzhE#virtuacop #segasaturn #documentary ———————Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. It is produced in association with SHIRO! Media Group: segasaturnshiro.comI made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the day they came out in the U.S. Big thanks to Pimpeaux for the years of research help. (Her channel: youtube.com/c/Pimpeaux)docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR00:00:00 Intro00:04:53 Chapter 1 — Virtua Coffee00:41:55 Chapter 2 — Operating System02:11:20 Chapter 3 — Internal Investigation03:18:16 Chapter 4 — Shipping Out West03:56:52 Chapter 5 — Publicly Funded Success04:20:54 Post Credits
RE-UPLOAD Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 21 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2022-01-23 | Please be advised: This is a journalistic work, therefore use of content related to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms franchise falls under fair use. 这是一部新闻作品，因此与三国传奇系列相关的内容的使用属于合理使用范围。A legendary strategy war game based on ancient China is adding Sega Saturn to its long list of platforms. Will this prove the worth of next generation consoles, or will it make the SNES version look better? tHe AnSwEr MiGhT sUrPrIsE yOu.Heads up, this was recorded with two different capture cards. My old one died in the middle of recording, so there will be a difference in quality with some clips. Sorry.Special thanks to Pimpeaux for the release date info research help, and to the people of /r/threekingdoms for moral support. I love this series and plan to play it more. Might try a different port though...This episode of PandaMonium Reviews was brought to you in part by Sega Saturn Shiro! I'm a part of the podcast crew and it is rad: segasaturnshiro.comShiro’s YouTube channel is also rad: youtube.com/channel/UCfTSQ67HNTG7ENRNU_XGFUAWelcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
SegaXtreme Saturn Homebrew Competition 2021 | PandaMonium reviews every entry PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2022-01-15 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickYou can check out all the submissions and try them out for yourself in the SegaXtreme contest thread: segaxtreme.net/threads/sega-saturn-27th-anniversary-game-competition.25009Dr. Emerald Nova's competition website: emeraldnova.com/community/competition2021.phpMy Omakase Savers article: segasaturnshiro.com/2021/04/17/omakase-savers-the-ghostly-saturn-adventure-inspired-by-magic-knight-rayearth-feat-filmcow00:00 Intro02:52 Lighthouse of Sao Bento Do Oeste05:45 ZYGO08:40 Fly VS Fly11:06 Cloth Demo12:21 Red Moon Lost Days14:49 The Garfield Master17:56 Everlasting Summer19:51 15xtreme21:00 Hellslave Tournament Edition 202225:41 Sky Blaster27:39 Kris Mingle28:48 Blue Skies31:30 Final Fantasy I Demo33:09 Ballonatics35:58 CubeCat40:48 Sartist43:16 Dragon Ball Z Legend - Spanish Patch45:37 Bulk Slash - English Dub Patch48:39 Tomb Raider Hack (Disqualified)52:00 Deathmask - English Patch56:41 Reye's Model Converter57:35 FireProwrestling 6Men Scramble - English Patch59:27 FirePro Blazing Tornado - English Patch01:02:23 Lunar 2 - English Patch Preview01:04:52 Grandia - English Patch01:07:01 Sega Ages I Love Mickey Mouse I Love Donald Duck - English Patch01:09:11 PoneSound Sound Driver01:09:51 Saturn Save Repacker (cafe-alpha and private-eye)01:11:29 Wachenroder - English Patch01:15:12 Sega Saturn Patcher01:16:15 Saturn Save Converter (Knight0fDragon)01:16:43 GunGriffon II - English Patch Preview01:18:37 Judging Results01:22:22 Upcoming Projects and Potentially Patchable Games01:25:24 Craig Stadler Information
NBA Jam Tournament Edition | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 30 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2021-10-30 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickIMPORTANT UPDATE: Steve Snake told me in a follow up email after watching this video, Kirby did in fact convert the Rob Northen code to PS1 as Kirby explained in the video. Snake said Rob would not have had a PS1 dev kit yet. He believes everything else he said about the code being applied to Saturn is accurate. He also said this: “One thing not mentioned was, the animation trick was used in all the console ports. The reason it worked so well is that there are only enough actual animations to update every 4th frame anyway. So apart from a possible 3 frame delay when you change directions, it still looks like the original.” He also said ALL Jam ports (except Jaguar and GameBoy) were made in the UK.Chris Kirby responded in the comment sections here saying yes he did in fact convert the Rob Northen code, and that he remembers leaving Iguana UK between the release of Jam TE and College Slam. Slam came out in February 1996, about four months after TE’s Saturn port.Welcome to... NBA JAAAM!!! Remember when I said this would be not as long as the Corpse Killer video? Turns out — that was a lie. This rabbit hole took me through four interviews, unearthed source material, and the bizarre relationship the NBA Jam arcade board may have with home appliances. On top of all this, new context on the Saturn vs PlayStation developer war is revealed within this tale of porting a basketball game to fifth gen hardware. Grab some popcorn, or tea, or maybe even some Jolt cola for what is the longest video I have ever edited... so far.Some material referenced in this video:NBA Jam (The Book) by Reyan Ali. It has DOZENS of interviews and loads of rich retro game history. If you are a fan of well researched arcade lore, then you will enjoy this book. If you are a big fan of NBA Jam, then you MUST read it. Big thanks to Ali for appearing in this video and helping with previously unearthed source material.amazon.com/dp/B07YSZZXVQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1Mark Turmell, Sal Divita and Tim Kitzrow speak at GDC 18:youtu.be/Dp3Os2kk6V4Gamehut explains Rob Northen Compression:youtu.be/IehwV2K60r8Modern Vintage Gamer digs into the rubber banding in the source code of NBA Jam:youtu.be/Kyk2s4HTPpkBig shoutout and thank you to Tit0 for agreeing to be interviewed. Please check out his channel, Hall of Game. Start with his NBA Jam video, "What if NBA Jam was Real?"youtu.be/JUhS_ufbdboThe man behind the camera is main man Jordan Ryan, of GBATemp. You should check out his articles and reviews here:opencritic.com/critic/2536/jordan-ryanTracklist: pastebin.com/raw/cMCyq7NR———This episode of PandaMonium Reviews was brought to you in part by Sega Saturn Shiro! I'm a part of the podcast crew and it is rad: segasaturnshiro.comShiro’s YouTube channel is also rad: youtube.com/channel/UCfTSQ67HNTG7ENRNU_XGFUAWelcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the day they came out in the U.S. Big thanks to Pimpeaux for the years of research help. (Her channel: youtube.com/c/Pimpeaux)docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR00:00 Intro06:05 From the Streets to the Cathode Rays13:09 A Practice of Perfection23:01 Perfecting Perfection30:25 Putting Iguanas in England39:58 Kirby's Basketball Land51:51 Head to Head01:08:52 Understanding the A.I.01:18:13 Printing Even More Money01:22:46 Post Game Report01:29:58 Wisdom of the Snake01:38:22 Overtime01:45:04 Closing out a Good Season01:48:33 Credits01:49:52 Post Credits
A Nice Hole in One PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2021-08-27 | Craig Stadler gets a NICE one on this hole.Thanks Tanner.
V.R. Virtua Racing BONUS EPISODE | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 28.1 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2021-07-10 | Link to the main episode about V.R. Virtua Racing for the Sega Saturn: youtu.be/BjhDXStrFdcPatreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickA big thanks to my supporters on Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickThe Twitch episode with Chuck Tolman (13:34): youtu.be/B6JxcHAQzBMThe video with Yu Suzuki and Namco: youtu.be/Xt1cOKKUVHoThe second video with Yu Suzuki: youtu.be/61QBOjwHfGwTracklist: pastebin.com/raw/iGt8tRzXTranslation from SamIAm of the V.R. Virtua Racing reviews [1995-12-22 issue, page 202]:(Please keep in mind, these are quick and rough translations, giving us the general gist of what they're saying in the magazine.)"Plentiful courses, plentiful cars, with everything from go-carts to F1 racers. The grand prix mode where you earn points as you go is quite exciting, and it's nice to be able to choose original Saturn courses. I just can't deal with how hard the courses are to look at. The way the point of view switches around depending on the circumstances as you race is impossible for beginners to deal with. I wanted the display to at least be easier to understand. The scant music is the same as the arcade, so I'm not going to say much about it, but I remember little in the way of it being enjoyable. Since you're able to choose your car, I wanted the F1 car to feel a little faster. (6) [written by Atsuko]At a glance, it looks pretty, and it's fun with all the new courses they prepared. However, as someone who was in charge of [reviewing?] the Mega Drive, 32X and arcade versions, I can't accept how the controls feel different. Doing precise cornering is what was so fun about the original game, but the Saturn version feels like it has a tendency toward understeering, like you just can't turn. In conclusion, if this were an original game, I'd give it a 7 or 8, but since it's a port of a game as big as Virtua Racing, I'm subtracting 2. (6) [written by "London" Kobayashi]Once upon a time, Yu Suzuki gathered a huge amount of data about cars, took the first 3D board from the biggest name in arcade games, and created the masterpiece that is the basis for this game. I was eagerly anticipating a port of this masterpiece, which drew the curtain on the present age of 3D. However, this Saturn port? Maybe it's because another company ported it, but despite it appearing similar, the control and the contents of the game are weak. The various new cars and courses, and the cool replay mode, are all perfectly enjoyable, but the more passionate fans will find it lacking. The load times are long, too. (6) [written by Uncle Jam]"
Corpse Killer: Graveyard Edition | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 29 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2021-06-12 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickDigital Pictures is bringing its zombie shooting interactive movie to the Sega Saturn, Jamaican sidekicks and all. Let's go down the rabbit hole, showing what they spent millions of dollars on to make this full motion video game, and how the producers and actors brought it all together. You might even hear about a little known Sega CD game that made a permanent impact on the video game industry.Major thank you to SEGAbits for allowing me to use their Tom Zito interview for this video. Their full interview can be found at this link, please check out their channel while you're there: youtu.be/hH-Lc5bUxuEMassive thank you Brigett Butler for agreeing to do an interview. I really enjoyed hearing your stories, and will post the full interview in the near future.Track list:pastebin.com/raw/uR9teVbz———This episode of PandaMonium Reviews was brought to you in part by Sega Saturn Shiro! I'm a part of the podcast crew and it is rad: segasaturnshiro.comShiro’s YouTube channel is also rad: youtube.com/channel/UCfTSQ67HNTG7ENRNU_XGFUAWelcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Parodius gets canceled | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 26.5 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2021-04-10 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickIt was possibly the closest Konami got in history to publishing a Parodius game in North America. A "deluxe pack" featuring near arcade-perfect ports of the second and third installments to this wacky Japanese shoot-em-up series was translated in English for both the Sega Saturn and Playstation. But in late 1995, promises turned false. This is a progression through the game's development and its wildest stories, going from "confirmed" to "canceled" in North America.Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickInterview translated by Shmupilations:http://shmuplations.com/parodiusPlease consider supporting them on Patreon:patreon.com/shmuplationsOur Sega Saturn, Shiro! interview with Tom Kalinske:youtu.be/nRDLhbEueE8Track list:pastebin.com/embed_js/8FnrSe5b———This episode of PandaMonium Reviews was brought to you in part by Sega Saturn Shiro! I'm a part of the podcast crew and it is rad: segasaturnshiro.comShiro’s YouTube channel is also rad: youtube.com/channel/UCfTSQ67HNTG7ENRNU_XGFUAWelcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
You Reposted in the Wrong Golf Links PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2021-02-28 | By popular request, this Craig bit from my Virtua Racing review is now in its own standalone video. Giant thank you to Jeff Lindblom for converting all the cinepak files from Pebble Beach Golf Links for the Sega Saturn: youtube.com/c/JeffLindblomLong live Sega, and long live Craig "The Walrus" Stadler.
V.R. Virtua Racing | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 28 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2021-02-27 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickFor the first time, Sega is giving western developers a wack at porting Virtua Racing, the arcade giant's revolutionary polygonal racing game. Time Warner Interactive ported dozens of games before, and had its fair share of titles released on Sega platforms. But this job is different. Chuck Tolman takes on the journey of getting this F1 fury into a Sega Saturn, complete with more than triple the content of the original.Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickTrack list:pastebin.com/raw/nS6Z4USP———This episode of PandaMonium Reviews was brought to you in part by Sega Saturn Shiro! I'm a part of the podcast crew and it is rad: segasaturnshiro.comShiro’s YouTube channel is also rad: youtube.com/channel/UCfTSQ67HNTG7ENRNU_XGFUAWelcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Early Build of The Mansion of Hidden Souls | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 26.1 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2021-02-13 | I found some early footage of The Mansion of Hidden Souls, looking quite different from the final build. Wish I found this before I published the review. Enjoy this bonus episode!youtube.com/watch?v=fnmZnh2rHaMThe Mansion of Hidden Souls early build footage seen at 30:54youtube.com/watch?v=JYsu2AgAssA———This episode of PandaMonium Reviews was brought to you in part by Sega Saturn Shiro! I'm a part of the podcast crew and it is rad: segasaturnshiro.comShiro’s YouTube channel is also rad: youtube.com/channel/UCfTSQ67HNTG7ENRNU_XGFUAWelcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Sega Xtreme Saturn Homebrew Competition 2020 | PandaMonium reviews every entry in the 2020 lineup PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2021-01-15 | Good evening! Here is a quick and dirty look at all 21 entries to Sega Xtreme's Saturn 26th Anniversary Game Competition. I am one of the judges for 2020's games.Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickTry out the games for yourself:segaxtreme.net/threads/sega-saturn-26th-anniversary-game-competition.24626
Theme Park | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 25 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2020-11-28 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickWelcome to the wonderful theme park of Theme Park! Let your imagination run as far as your finances will allow. Will this Saturn port allow you to dominate the world with a theme park empire just like its PC original? I find out, with a little help from Bullfrog's head honcho.Special thank you to Peter Molyneux for doing an interview with me for this and other future episodes. The portion of our talks used for this episode was recorded on December 9th, 2019. For more Molyneux on PandaMonium, check out the Hi Octane episode in the playlist. It was produced and published early, before my release date order went gold.Here's a link to that FAQ last updated all the way back in 1995: gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/564716-theme-park/faqs/1950This episode of PandaMonium Reviews was brought to you in part by Sega Saturn Shiro! I'm a part of the podcast crew and it is rad: segasaturnshiro.comShiro’s YouTube channel is also rad: youtube.com/channel/UCfTSQ67HNTG7ENRNU_XGFUAWelcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
SimCity 2000 | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 22 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2020-10-31 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickIt's the closest your Saturn will get to being elected mayor... unless your town has crazy politics and would willingly elect a 25 year old machine as its leader. The astoundingly successful city planning simulator, SimCity 2000, hit Saturn on October 11th, 1995. As one of its developers tells me — cramming this beastly line of code into a 32-bit powerhouse was not an easy task, made more difficult by (you guessed it) Sega.Major thank you to Paul Kerchen for agreeing to do an interview with myself and Patrick Traynor. With that comes another special thanks to Patrick Traynor for bringing his programming knowledge into said interview.More special thanks to:PimpeauxPeter MalekSaturnDaveBen WallaceAnd to all who tried (or may soon attempt to try) breaking Saturn SimCity's internal memory save file.This episode of PandaMonium Reviews was brought to you in part by Sega Saturn Shiro! I'm a part of the podcast crew and it is rad: segasaturnshiro.comShiro’s YouTube channel is also rad: youtube.com/channel/UCfTSQ67HNTG7ENRNU_XGFUAWelcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV Wall of Fire | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 21 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2020-08-08 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickA legendary strategy war game based on ancient China is adding Sega Saturn to its long list of platforms. Will this prove the worth of next generation consoles, or will it make the SNES version look better? tHe AnSwEr MiGhT sUrPrIsE yOu.Heads up, this was recorded with two different capture cards. My old one died in the middle of recording, so there will be a difference in quality with some clips. Sorry.Special thanks to Pimpeaux for the release date info research help, and to the people of /r/threekingdoms for moral support. I love this series and plan to play it more. Might try a different port though...This episode of PandaMonium Reviews was brought to you in part by Sega Saturn Shiro! I'm a part of the podcast crew and it is rad: segasaturnshiro.comShiro’s YouTube channel is also rad: youtube.com/channel/UCfTSQ67HNTG7ENRNU_XGFUAWelcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Rayman 32X Exists | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 27.1 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2020-07-11 | Here's a link to that Tronix video. Rayman 32X footage starts at 59:10youtu.be/IfIJ5KYZcycThank you Brian Peek for keeping this online.Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Off-World Interceptor Extreme | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 20 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2020-06-13 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickIt's Off. It's World. It intercepts and it is EXTREME! But is it EXTREMEly playable? This came out for the American Sega Saturn on October 3rd, 1995, according to a Tronix store release date list posted to Usenet in October of 1995.Special thanks to Pimpeaux for the release date info research help. Also, a big thanks to Jenovi for the recent signal boost!This episode of PandaMonium Reviews was brought to you in part by Sega Saturn Shiro! I'm a part of the podcast crew and it is rad: segasaturnshiro.comShiro’s YouTube channel is also rad: youtube.com/channel/UCfTSQ67HNTG7ENRNU_XGFUAWelcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
World Series Baseball | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 19 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2020-04-28 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnick"Could be! It's ... oughta here!" But is the Saturn's first World Series Baseball oughta here too? It's Sega's serious swing at hooking sports game fans from the Genesis era at a time when both Sega and the MLB came out of a rocky season.Big thank you and shoutout to Tit0 for helping me out with this episode.He started his own YouTube channel, called Hall of Game. Please check it out: youtu.be/LhHOY38DAZkSpecial thanks to Pimpeaux for helping with release date info, SaturnDave for help with the thumbnail and Shiro logo graphics, and to The GFFFFFFFFF for filming yourself pull a lasagna out from under the frame three years ago.Sega Saturn Shiro! I'm a part of the podcast crew and it is rad: segasaturnshiro.comShiro’s YouTube channel is also rad: youtube.com/channel/UCfTSQ67HNTG7ENRNU_XGFUAWelcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Panzer Dragoon Remake Review | Disc One PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2020-04-05 | Disc Two will be pressed in due time.The developers want to know what you think about the remake and what should be changed. They are listening to us. Post your wishes and desires on their Twitter page: twitter.com/PanzerDragoonRE/status/1243550254802374656
Virtua Fighter Remix | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 18 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2020-03-14 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickREEEEEMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIX!Could Sega have launched the American Saturn with Virtua Fighter Remix on the surprise release of May 11th? I explore that question while intricately comparing the gameplay to the original Saturn port.Big shoutout to SaturnDave for the amazing new thumbnail design. He does sick what-if repros of Saturn games that never made it to the U.S.: youtube.com/channel/UCgEUVWSZO8N8_rbceXR_nnwHead for Saturn with Sega Saturn, Shiro! We do podcasts, articles, and cool videos related to the benchmark of engineering excellence: segasaturnshiro.comMajor shoutout to Pimpeaux for all the release date research help and getting this series on what is now the “correct” order.Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the day they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Sakura Wars English Patch Out Now! PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-12-15 | Big thank you to NoahSteam for allowing early access to Sega Saturn, Shiro!Link to the patch: http://www.mediafire.com/file/jjco8jo61voin33/SakuraWars_EnglishPatch_v1_0.zip/fileSega Saturn, Shiro! vid with more info: youtu.be/kygR1kawkuEHow to install: youtu.be/H4GjI_7wd2g
Low Effort Update Video, Winter 2019 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-12-15 | Sega Saturn, Shiro! segasaturnshiro.comyoutube.com/channel/UCfTSQ67HNTG7ENRNU_XGFUALive release date list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingThe research tool which will conclusively solidify the aforementioned backbone of this series: groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/rec.games.video.segaPimpeaux, the legend: youtube.com/channel/UCmlFhYRoQv0k3suT5Ug6nTg
Hi-Octane (with Peter Molyneux) | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 46 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-12-07 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickThe track is fighting back in this high speed review through a slow and sluggish Saturn port.Another giant thank you to Peter Molyneux for agreeing to do an interview with me. The full chat will be posted in the near future.Announcement!: I am now a part of Sega Saturn, Shiro! segasaturnshiro.com We're a Saturn oriented podcast, focusing on interviews and news about our favorite benchmark of engineering excellence. We talk to old devs, talk about new fanmade games, and other Saturn happenings. This means my review series will have more interviews and more original research. Shiro’s YouTube channel is also rad: youtube.com/channel/UCfTSQ67HNTG7ENRNU_XGFUACheck out our latest episode where we chat with Ken Loh, the graphic designer who worked for Sega during their Saturn surprise launch: segasaturnshiro.com/2019/11/04/s4e2-head-for-saturn-with-ken-lohTrack editor GitHub link: github.com/movAX13h/HiOctaneToolsThanks to Davetona and Mr. John Carter for allowing me to extract bytes from their reviews for this vid. Check out their channels!Davetona (aka Saturnology): youtube.com/user/edge662Carter’s Retro Reviews: youtube.com/user/CartersRetroReviewsBig thank you to the almighty Pimpeaux. He has helped me find a LOT of release date info over the past couple years. Please give this man’s channel a watch: youtube.com/channel/UCmlFhYRoQv0k3suT5Ug6nTgBig thanks to Shiro teammates Peter Malek for help with the Molyneux interview, along with Patrick Traynor and SaturnDave for helping with the Shiro portion of the intro.Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Ghen War | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 36 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-10-26 | A BIG thank you once again to Robert Leyland for talking with me about the game. Full interview: youtu.be/m6BAbA2YM6oCorrections: Its release date is actually November 23rd, 1995. It is not the first game to use deformable terrain. It is not the first fully 3D FPS, though I technically never said it was — just that it “might” be. It is not.Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Star Wars Rebel Strike beta gameplay PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-08-29 | Thanks to the Sega Saturn Shiro crew, I got ahold of the link to the recently released beta of the canceled Sega Saturn game, Star Wars Rebel Strike. This is an unscripted video showing you about as much as I could find in the a burnt copy of the prototype, being played on actual hardware. It's a shame they never got to finish this game. Its engine is beautiful.Sorry for uploading a video in this guerrilla style, it's not my norm. I just wanted you guys to see what's in the prototype. It hit the internet just a few hours ago.Still working on the Ghen War review and will at worst have it uploaded by the end of September.
Ghen War: Robert Leyland Interview | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 21.1 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-08-24 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickInterview starts at 3:36It is okay for you to use parts of this in your article, video or other research project as long as you credit PandaMonium and provide a link to this full interview.I'm still working on my review of Ghen War. In the meantime, I hope you all enjoy this interview with its lead developer, Robert Leyland. In today's day and age, he's well known for his role in the Skylanders series. Before then, he and his team developed lots of titles for the Genesis and the Saturn, one of them being Ghen War.Mr. Leyland gives a lot of interesting and new insight into what developing for the Saturn was like before and after it launched in North America. Ghen War was supposed to launch with the Saturn on September 2nd, 1995. They were told about the May 11th surprise launch two days before it happened. This is just the tip of the iceberg.
Dark Legend | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 24 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-08-10 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickIt's the North American Saturn's first sprite based 2D fighter! Dark Legend, originally Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty, is a Data East creation based on the legendary Chinese novel, Water Margin. Will this team of eastern outlaws bring the troubled machine to the top of Mt. Liang, or get buried in the tombs of the 5th gen? Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Rayman | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 27 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-07-27 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickNOTE: At 6:30, I listed a few changes made to the Saturn port but forgot to mention they were also on the PS1 port. The PS1 port also had a voiced intro, parallax backgrounds and non-MIDI music tracks. Sorry guys.Float on over to this look at a 2D platforming classic on the console known for its wonderful sprites. Rayman is a bestselling game of the 5th gen, but how does it fare on the Saturn?Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Who made Shinobi Legions? | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 15.1 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-07-18 | After beating Shinobi Legions, the credits only show you who made the live action FMV cutscenes, not the developers of the game itself. Why is that, and who the hell made it? I (hopefully) found out in this follow up video to my Shinobi Legions review.Thanks again to the legendary Dave Lee sparking this one.I'm going with Septeber 1995 for the release month. Magazine ads began appearing in October with a Sega Visions review quote. Sega Visions says it came out in September: imgur.com/a/NGSVMGF The game's files show a final build being completed on June 29th, 1995, so a September release is more than plausible. The American release date for Virtual Hydlide is poorly documented, much like the rest of the U.S. Saturn library.Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Virtual Hydlide | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 13 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-07-13 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickGet ready for an adventure so realistic, its characters are real people. From the third person perspective, you are controlling something animated with pictures of a real life actor. The games of today aren't even this real looking! This Sega Saturn exclusive, developed by T&E Soft and published by Atlus for North America, would live on to be among the console's most... memorable games? That's a word we can use to describe Virtual Hydlide accurately. Memorable.Footage of the end of this game is thanks to NintendoComplete: youtube.com/watch?v=r1U1A83FapQI couldn't grit through all of Virtual Hydlide, so shoutout to them for somehow being able to. I'm going with Septeber 1995 for the release month. Magazine ads began appearing in October with a Sega Visions review quote. Sega Visions says it came out in September: imgur.com/a/NGSVMGF The game's files show a final build being completed on June 29th, 1995, so a September release is more than plausible. The American release date for Virtual Hydlide is poorly documented, much like the rest of the U.S. Saturn library.Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGRSOURCES FOR JAPANESE SALES FIGURES:[1] http://i.imgur.com/Y5wVn8z.jpg[2] neogaf.com/threads/media-create-sales-week-19-2012-may-07-may-13.474361/page-13#post-38012869[3] http://web.archive.org/web/20110524023857/http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps_e.html
Shinobi Legions | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 15 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-06-22 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickThe shadow dancer is back for another slash filled adventure through the forces of ninja evil! It's the first time a Sega Genesis intellectual property landed on the Saturn, and could aid the console's difficult launch. Will it fulfill its commercial destiny, or suffer from using live actors for digitized graphics?Released sometime in September of 1995 according to segaretro.org. It sources GamePro's October 1995 issue, page 50, which says "Available September."Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
[Epilepsy Warning] Shanghai Triple Threat | Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 16 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-06-08 | EPILEPSY/PHOTOSENSITIVE WARNING between timecodes 4:10 and 4:45.Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickA Mahjong video game? In America??? The answer might surprise you! This adaptation of China's solitaire Mahjong game rapidly became a popular hit in Japan, but the roots of this video game series are firmly planted in the United States. Will this fly to the skies of success like the sparrows it symbolically represents, or will it forever rest on the dusty shelves of Toys R' Us and K-Mart?Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
NHL All-Star Hockey | NEW Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 17 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-05-25 | THIS IS A SOLO VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL COLLAB REVIEW WITH THE GFFFFFFFFF.You can watch the original collab from early 2017 here: youtu.be/evhXxRMYo4AThe movie referenced is Mallrats, a 1995 Kevin Smith film.Link to business wire article: web.archive.org/web/20160402112904/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sega+continues+national+Sega+Saturn+hardware+distribution+in...-a017289722Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Minnesota Fats | NEW Reviewing Every U.S. Sega Saturn Game | Episode 12 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-05-11 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickPHOOM... CLACK. CLACK-a-clakclaclakclack... clack... You hear that? That's the sound of Sega using third parties to hustle cold hard cash from the side pockets of video game players. Will Minnesota Fats keep Saturn owners out of smokey pool halls, or is this about to be another forgotten title in the already small lineup of American Saturn games?This is the reboot for Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game. Any video in this series with the word NEW in the title is current and up to date.Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Cyber Speedway | NEW Reviewing Every U.S. Sega Saturn Game | Episode 14 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-05-10 | Correction: This is Nextech's fifth game published, according to Moby Games. They say a Sega Genesis game of theirs called Ranger X came out in 1993.Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickYOU ARE GREATEST DRIVER. It's time to death race. Nextech's fourth game ever published kicks off September of '95 for the North American Sega Saturn. Futuristic racers in general are still pretty new. Will this bring the struggling Saturn across a commercial speed boost, or be another game rushed to the shelves too soon.The all new review of Minnesota Fats is next! It comes out tomorrow!This is the reboot for Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game. Any video in this series with the word NEW in the title is current and up to date.Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Black Fire | NEW Reviewing Every U.S. Sega Saturn Game | Episode 23 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-04-27 | Patreon: patreon.com/pandamoniumnickKo-fi: ko-fi.com/pandamoniumnickSpecial thanks to Robert Leyland for agreeing to do an interview with me. The full interview will be uploaded closer to the release of the Ghen War review. When I interviewed him, I thought Ghen War came out much earlier, so I was anticipating doing that review much sooner.Soar into freedom with Sega as they try to blow apart the upcoming competition from Sony. Black Fire is one of the Saturn exclusives originally planned to launch with the console in September, but its third party developers were some of many who got no warning of the May 11th surprise release.The re-upload of Cyber Speedway comes after this, closely followed by the all new review of Minnesota Fats.This is the reboot for Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game. Any video in this series with the word NEW in the title is current and up to date.Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Street Fighter: The Movie | NEW Reviewing Every U.S. Sega Saturn Game | Episode 11 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-04-26 | Prepare to fight as your favorite Street Fighter character in real life... sort of... It's Street Fighter: The Movie the game!! Starring Jean Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia and other actors and actresses who are not as celebrated!! This is the reboot for Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game. Any video in this series with the word NEW in the title is current and up to date.Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Robotica | NEW Reviewing Every U.S. Sega Saturn Game | Episode 10 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-04-13 | Time to revolt against cyber nation in the Saturn's first Doom clone, set in the deep future when robots have taken over society. Will this revolutionize the way consumers see Saturn, or will it leave the machine in the dark hallways of its rocky launch?This is the reboot for Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game. Any video in this series with the word NEW in the title is current and up to date.Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Myst | NEW Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 8 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-03-30 | A simple, yet complex computer game ported to Sega's newest machine. Will it live up to its original PC counterpart?This is the reboot for Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game. Any video in this series with the word NEW in the title is current and up to date.Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Astal | NEW Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 9 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-03-16 | This is it. The grande cojone. The big teton. PandaMonium's first actually new review after one year of nothing.Sega took a risk by putting some of their resources into a sprite based 2D video game this early in the Saturn's life span. 3D is what most of the American audience wants in the mid 90's and the Saturn needs to prove it can handle it. Fortunately, they delivered a beautiful show of sprite work that couldn't be done on the Genesis. But will it sell?This is the reboot for Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game. Any video in this series with the word NEW in the title is current and up to date.Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
Worldwide Soccer | NEW Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game | Episode 6 of 246 PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game 2019-03-15 | It's time to put your balls into nets with your feet! Worldwide Soccer International Victory Goal Edition is the second sports game and final launch title for the Sega Saturn. Can you spot the math error in this review?Bug! is next!This is the reboot for Reviewing Every U.S. Saturn Game. Any video in this series with the word NEW in the title is current and up to date.Welcome to the series where I review every single Sega Saturn game released in North America by order of release date. I made a spreadsheet with all the games satakore.com has as American releases, listing them off by order of release date, including sources. All the games are narrowed down to the month they came out in the U.S.docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tfzGsJZ08Ms_qneV7OYxPcqrw8Uu5HpSTqA_VeBbvI/edit?usp=sharingTwitter is COOL: twitter.com/PandaMoniumGR
