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 The Saturn, arcade stick, analog controller, and (left) one of the rarer Saturn controllers. This version controller is my favorite. Yet, the only glaring omission for the Saturn was the complete lack of a serious Sonic the Hedgehog game. After releasing three major games and many offshoots on the Genesis, there was a mass of hype around a Sonic title that was fully 3D and could easily compete with the N64's Mario 64. The name of the game was Sonic Xtreme. It was not released, or at least not until the Dreamcast was launched with Sonic Adventure. A game that would have been years ahead of its time never came out until several years later. The closest thing Sega released to a Sonic game for the Saturn was a Genesis port Sonic 3D Blast, which was a ridiculous joke because the game had 2D graphics that were just rotated on a 45 degree angle like the game's 10-year predecessor, Marble Madness. Part of the Saturn's claim to success was its appeal
to the niche market of 2D fighting game fans. While the PlayStation
had games like Battle Arena Toshinden with mediocre 3D graphics
and weaker gameplay, Saturn featured the 2D cousins released by
companies like Capcom of Street Fighter fame. (And then there
was also Virtua Fighter. Let's not go there.) One reason why the
Saturn did well to begin with is because of its 6-button gamepad, which
corresponded perfectly to the three kicks and three punches in
all the great fighting games. Ironically, as important as the 6-button
controller is to fighting games, the Dreamcast eliminated it (except
for the arcade controller that was seldom fully supported) and
no other system since has come with a 6-button controller.
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Sections Saturn PC Adapters See also Classics Links 3-in-1 PC Joybox |
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