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Sega Saturn vs Sony PlayStation

10.24 in
9.06 in
Sega Saturn Game Console
Sega Saturn
Sony PlayStation Game Console
Sony PlayStation
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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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Hardware

Sega SaturnSega Saturn
Sony PlayStationSony PlayStation
StorageNoneNone
CPU cores11
CPU speed0.03 GHz0.03 GHz
CPU model
1 Core 2 x Hitachi SH-2 32-bit RISC
1 Core MIPS R3000A-family R3051 @ 33.8688 MHz
GPU nameDual VDP ChipsHandles 2D graphics processing separate from the main 3D engine on the CPU
RAM memory2MB4MB

Screen

Sega SaturnSega Saturn
Sony PlayStationSony PlayStation
HDRnono

Controller

Sega SaturnSega Saturn
Sony PlayStationSony PlayStation
Directional Padyesyes
Alternative Controller Includednono

Features

Sega SaturnSega Saturn
Sony PlayStationSony PlayStation
Backward compatibilitynono
Type of media supportedCD-ROMCD-ROM

Dimensions

Sega SaturnSega Saturn
Sony PlayStationSony PlayStation
Colour of productBlackGrey

Connectivity

Sega SaturnSega Saturn
Sony PlayStationSony PlayStation
Ethernetnono
WiFinono
USBnono
Number of USB Inputs00
HDMInono
Component outputnono
Composite outputyesyes
SCART outyesyes
Number of connection ports22
S-video outputyesyes
VGA outputsnono
Digital optical input nono
Digital optical outputnono

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          Sega Saturn vs Sony PlayStation - User Opinions

          • morris_schneider
            over 1 year ago
            In terms of memory, the Saturn has more RAM and VRAM than the PS1. The Saturn's VRAM (SDRAM) is also generally faster, with a higher overall bandwidth and lower latency, than the PS1's VRAM. On the other hand, the PS1's GPU has a small, on-chip texture cache.
          • weldon_toy
            over 1 year ago
            Saturn vs Playstation Round 1 - The Need for Speed - YouTube
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