Sega Saturn & Sega CD Collection

[dreamcastrip]

Nice to see the first two Panzer Dragoon games in there. I don't have either but I'm kinda celebrating today as I've just taken delivery via ebay of Panzer Dragoon Saga. Woohoo!

[VideoFever1982]

Nice to see the first two Panzer Dragoon games in there. I don't have either but I'm kinda celebrating today as I've just taken delivery via ebay of Panzer Dragoon Saga. Woohoo!

Any idea why the saga is way more than the other 2 games. Not sure if i ever understood why.

[RickHarrisMaine]

I think it was produced in seriously small numbers near the end of the Saturn lifecycle

[VideoFever1982]

I think it was produced in seriously small numbers near the end of the Saturn lifecycle

Thats probably very true. Many games fell vivtim to short lifespan but it just makes them more desirable:)

[dreamcastrip]

I think it was produced in seriously small numbers near the end of the Saturn lifecycle

Thats probably very true. Many games fell vivtim to short lifespan but it just makes them more desirable:)

Yep, it was released towards the end of Saturn's lifespan. I also recall reading somewhere Sega only released around 5000 copies of the PAL English language version. I'm unsure how many copies they released in the US but as it appears to be pricey there too common sense would perhaps suggest that was a rather limited release also. My guess is that as Sega pulled the plug on Saturn in the US a while before they did so in Europe perhaps they decided not to manufacture too many US copies.

Edited September 2, 2008 by dreamcastrip

[classicgamer24]

thanks mark im sure you will

[classicgamer24]

gotta have the panzer dragoons in the saturn collection

[dreamcastrip]

gotta have the panzer dragoons in the saturn collection

The only other PD game I own apart from PDS is PD Orta (Xbox) which is pretty cool. I've heard PD Zwei/II is similar in that its an on-rails 3D shmup similar in some ways to Space Harrier. Is that correct, do you know?

[shadow460]

Rumor has it that 10,000 copies were produced of several end of life Saturn games:

 

Panzer Dragoon Saga

Magic Knight Rayearth

Burning Rangers

Shining Force III scenario 1 (US version)

...and one or two others that were released in the last year of the Saturn's life. Out of those, I've played two and I didn't like either one of them much. IMO, SF3 and Burning Rangers just do not feel much like Saturn games. They both push the console a lot. Burning Rangers ventured into an almost total 3D world. I don't remember much of SFIII, just that I put it down after a few minutes of play several nights in a row. I wound up selling them both since I didn't play them.

[dreamcastrip]

Rumor has it that 10,000 copies were produced of several end of life Saturn games:

 

Panzer Dragoon Saga

Magic Knight Rayearth

Burning Rangers

Shining Force III scenario 1 (US version)

Yep, I stand corrected. I got confused with another game that only supposedly had 5000 copies released which incidentally was the PAL version of Space Channel 5 pt.2 on PS2.

[+Cafeman]

Rumor has it that 10,000 copies were produced of several end of life Saturn games:

 

Panzer Dragoon Saga Magic Knight Rayearth Burning Rangers Shining Force III scenario 1 (US version) ...and one or two others that were released in the last year of the Saturn's life. Out of those, I've played two and I didn't like either one of them much. IMO, SF3 and Burning Rangers just do not feel much like Saturn games. They both push the console a lot. Burning Rangers ventured into an almost total 3D world. I don't remember much of SFIII, just that I put it down after a few minutes of play several nights in a row. I wound up selling them both since I didn't play them.

 

I owned PDS, BR, and SForceIII on domestic Saturn. Played the excellent PDS so many times and felt done with it, sold it. Didn't really care much for SForceIII so sold it after beating it. Still own BR!

[Glenn Jupp]

The only other PD game I own apart from PDS is PD Orta (Xbox) which is pretty cool. I've heard PD Zwei/II is similar in that its an on-rails 3D shmup similar in some ways to Space Harrier. Is that correct, do you know?

Zwei is an on-rail shooter with branch points to alternate routes in most stages. Since you have Orta, you also have a port of the original PD (but it feels a little "off" to me, play it on a real Saturn I say).

 

And if any of you ever get a chance at PD Saga, go for it. The battles don't feel like any other console RPG I've played. The real-time maneuvering as you jockey for position, dodge attacks and strike at vulnerable spots is so much more exciting (and sometimes frantic) than the usual "I go, you go" of all those other RPGs.

 

The rule of thumb for all the PD games is "short, but so sweet."

[Artlover]

Ocean, ocean, ocean, sudden cliffside in your face with a tiny tunnel to aim for.

 

PD on the Saturn - Pop-in-a-rific ^TM

 

[Glenn Jupp]

PD on the Saturn - Pop-in-a-rific ^TM

 

True, but I'm near-sighted anyway.