Lunar: The Silver Star Story takes the 29th spot on this list of the best Sega Saturn games of all time. How Have We Picked The Best Sega Saturn Games?.N.B – Don’t get excited about an immersive, Saturn-only Sonic adventure there never was one! Poor decisions hampered the Saturn, but there are still some incredible games that cement it’s place in retro gaming history.Ĭheck out the best Sega Saturn games ever made below, along with a little bit of info on Sega’s penultimate home console at the end of the article. And, even if the third-party companies had been ready for it, the rifts between Sega’s Japanese and American arms were already starting.

Sadly, the Sega Saturn was a little too ahead of its time, just like the Dreamcast. That’s 92.9 million less than the PS1, but at least it sold more than the Dreamcast, ey? While it’s true that the console had the mighty PS1 to compete with, it still garnered some commercial success with around 9.6 million units sold. The Sega Saturn sometimes gets forgotten about in the hype of the Mega Drive and the best Master System games. Was that ‘planet-themed’ link as bad as I thought it was? Yes? Ok, let’s move on. Please share your thoughts on Saturn remakes for the XBLA in the comments below.Sonic might be so fast that he could collect the rings around Saturn, but we’re only concerned with the best Sega Saturn games today. Share you requests, huh? The Sega Saturn has such a foggy existence in my personal memory, but I would definitely like to see Die Hard Arcade and Nights Into Dreams. It’s not that we have no intention of porting Saturn titles, so please share your requests.” It’s the same as how Sega Ages and Virtual Console were separate existences. Separate from this, we’re of course thinking about ports of Saturn games. He then continued by saying, “What we announced this time is a project where we will have consecutive releases of titles that were debuted on Dreamcast. Because of this, we decided on Dreamcast,” said Okunari. During that period, PlayStation and Nintendo 64 were a success overseas, but to be honest Saturn was not a success. “When you look globally, the Genesis and Dreamcast are well known, but Saturn is unknown.

In addition to Dreamcast titles being updated in HD for the XBLA, a quote from Sega’s Yosuke Okunari, producer of the Dreamcast re-releases GAME Watch (translated by Andriasang) shed some light on what might be later in store for Sega Saturn fans.

Well, it looks like that wish could possibly be fulfilled one day. We’re not trying to sound sarcastic, because we’re sure many a gamer would love to see more updated or ported Sega classics on Xbox Live Arcade (or any other platform). Sega might not being making any new consoles, but they sure seem to be okay with reselling us our childhoods on every platform available.

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