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Nintendo Wii vs Sega Saturn

6.18 in
1.73 in
Nintendo Wii Game Console
Nintendo Wii
10.24 in
9.06 in
Sega Saturn Game Console
Sega Saturn
Available colors
Editiorial reviews
15
3.9 out of 5
4 user ratings
5 stars
25 %
4 stars
75 %
3 stars
0 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
Read editorial reviews
3
3 editorial reviews
Classic Game Room HD reviews VIRTUA FIGHTER 1 for Sega Saturn, the buggy, glitchy one with framerate issues. This game was re-released as Virtua Fighter Remix which is the same game with smoother gameplay, improved visuals and less glitchy crap that ruins a great game. Virtua Fighter on the Sega Saturn is worse than the 32X version, which is surprisingly good. This CGR review of Virtua Fighter for Sega Saturn has gameplay showing Virtua Fighter game play on Sega Saturn.Read more
Classic Game Room HD reviews KAITEI DAISENSOU (In the Hunt) for Sega Saturn. This 1995 Japanese Sega Saturn release is from the 1993 Irem arcade machine, a side scrolling SHMUP video game where you play as a submarine and waste enemies underwater and in the air. Some of the team that worked on In the Hunt went on to create Metal Slug and you can see many similarities between the two games! Sadly this Saturn release is plagued by awful slowdown which practically ruins some of the fluid, stylized 2D gameplay in busy sections. This Sega Saturn game was published by Sims Co. Ltd.Read more
Classic Game Room HD reviews LAYER SECTION for the Sega Saturn. This space ship shooter from Taito is a Japanese release and the console version of the Japanese arcade shooter, Rayforce. Layer Section is also the same game as the American release, Galactic Attack (published in the U.S. by Acclaim). Play as one or two player (in co-op) and waste wave after wave of enemy spacecraft as they attempt to destroy you. Blast them with weapons which can be powered up or lock on and destroy them with guided lasers. How does one guide a laser exactly? Layer Section has remarkably smooth, well-rounded and complex gameplay allowing players to rack up points in a variety of ways. Locking on to numerous targets at once increases the multiplier for each ground target. For example you get(200 points for a single lock-on target being destroyed, 6200 for seven lock-ons at once and so forth. Extra space ships are awarded at 500,000 point intervals. End bosses are challenging and require a combination of straight gunfire and locking on maneuvers to be destroyed. Layer Section is a Japanese exclusive release that can be played on American Saturns with a 4 on 1 card. The cheapest and most accessible way to play this game is by finding it's twin, Galactic Attack. This CGR review of Layer Section has gameplay from Layer Section for Sega Saturn, one of the best SHMUPS on the console. Layer Section is an arcade-style, top-down, vertical scrolling space ship shooter.Read more
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User rating
57
4.2 out of 5
57 user ratings
5 stars
45 %
4 stars
35 %
3 stars
15 %
2 stars
3 %
1 stars
0 %
58
3.9 out of 5
58 user ratings
5 stars
34 %
4 stars
37 %
3 stars
17 %
2 stars
5 %
1 stars
5 %

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Hardware

Nintendo WiiNintendo Wii
Sega SaturnSega Saturn
Storage512MBNone
CPU cores11
CPU speed0.73 GHz0.03 GHz
CPU modelIBM PowerPC
1 Core 2 x Hitachi SH-2 32-bit RISC
GPU nameATI "Hollywood"Dual VDP Chips
RAM memory512MB2MB

Screen

Nintendo WiiNintendo Wii
Sega SaturnSega Saturn
HDRnono

Controller

Nintendo WiiNintendo Wii
Sega SaturnSega Saturn
Directional Padyesyes
Alternative Controller Includednono

Features

Nintendo WiiNintendo Wii
Sega SaturnSega Saturn
Backward compatibilityyesno
Type of media supportedDVDCD-ROM

Dimensions

Nintendo WiiNintendo Wii
Sega SaturnSega Saturn
Depth8.48 in3.27 in
Width6.18 in10.24 in
Height1.73 in9.06 in
Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Red
  • White
Black

Connectivity

Nintendo WiiNintendo Wii
Sega SaturnSega Saturn
Ethernetnono
WiFiyesno
USByesno
Number of USB Inputs20
HDMInono
Component outputyesno
Composite outputyesyes
SCART outnoyes
Number of connection ports42
S-video outputnoyes
VGA outputsnono
Digital optical input nono
Digital optical outputnono

Network

Nintendo WiiNintendo Wii
Sega SaturnSega Saturn
Online serviceWii "Shop"SegaNet

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