Playstation ports of classic Saturn games?

[Bill Brasky]

I remember reading an announcement that SEGA was porting or liscencing out ports of it's classic/sought after Saturn titles to the PS. IIRC, one was Panzer Dragoon Saga, I can't remember the others. Does anyone know how far along these were before SEGA pulled the plug on this series and why?

[Lost Monkey]

I only remember the initial press release, and it was a 3rd party company that was licensing and porting the games for re-release.. never heard another word about it after that...

[sega saturn x]

I never heard about panzer saga but i know vector man and altered beast weere supposed to be comming out. Then vector man got canned but i think AB is still comming.

[Atariboy]

Neither of those were Sega Saturn titles I believe.

 

This announcement was about porting Saturn titles to the Playstation.

[Lost Monkey]

Here is a link to one of the stories.. from 2002...

 

http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/famitsu/gam...ews/26400.shtml

[spacecadet]

There have been quite a few Sega Ages releases... they're not all Saturn titles and they weren't to come out on the PlayStation but the PlayStation 2. There were some mistranslations, some bad speculation and some just plain misinformation around the time that this was announced.

 

Here is the Sega Ages web site, though it's very slow for me for some reason... you can see the list of released titles there. Some were Genesis games, some were Saturn games. They're all out for the PS2 now.

 

I believe a few of these have been released in the US, though not as Sega Ages titles but as part of the Sega Classics Collection. I'd heard plans to release the Phantasy Star titles here as well but not sure if that happened or not - I don't see that compilation listed on the US Sega web site.

[Flojomojo]

I'm still waiting on the Sega Classics Collection to be shipped from EBgames. Reviews are ... mixed, but at least we get a bunch of games on one $20. Japan had them each on separate discs.

 

Reviews: http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/...ssicscollection

 

I think any announcement that Nights or Panzer Dragoon were getting ported to PSOne/PS2 are speculative wishful thinking at this point. Sega has changed quite a bit over the past few years.

[Flojomojo]

I'd heard plans to release the Phantasy Star titles here as well but not sure if that happened or not - I don't see that compilation listed on the US Sega web site.

Sega's US web site is generally full of old news. Looks like Phantasy Star is still on track, but it keeps getting pushed back. Here's the current retail listing: http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/244442.asp

[sega saturn x]

Imho opnion sega's website is useles.

[DeV0]

Sega wouldnt hurt their pockets if some of the classic saturn shooters and RPG's where released for modern consoles,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, in english.......