Sega Saturn Poll

I've never had a Saturn. I have killed a PS1 with a swap trick though, so I would think it could also kill a saturn.

 

I have a Saturn, but never really touch the thing.

 

I just put a mod chip in mine so I wouldn't have to fuss around with any swapping nonsense.

 

Don't have a Saturn, but I can confirm it will break the motor over time. It's not good on it to stop the motor midway and swap out the disk. It will start to get weak and break eventually.

 

I'm not understanding how a disc-swap could damage the motor. Can someone explain this one to me?

EDIT: N/M I just saw the post right after I posted this. Forcing the motor to stop makes sense. I don't know anything about disc-swapping as I have never done it before, so that's why I asked.

 

Go get a top loading cd player and try swapping disks within about 1 second. You do it by force when trying to do it fast enough, slowly breaking the motor. Depending the swap method, the disk may even be spinning, so you would be stopping the motor mid-turn by force.




----And Posted this without seeing you edit, someone delete please?

 

It really is the way to go.

 

I completely lack a Saturn, so I just selected Emulator. :v:

But if I do get one, I'd probably get it chipped, assuming of course, I can get the money.

 

I had no idea there was copy-protection at the time of the Saturn. Good to know if I ever get one.

 

I don't use backups on my Saturn. All the games I own are 100% authentic.

...but I have dabbled with SSF on the side, so if I had to vote for any of those, I guess "I use an emulator" would be accurate?

 

I use the swap disk method and haven't broken the motor. I have quite a few backup games, but I rarely play them.

 

There's no option for 'I use the swap trick for years and my saturn works fine'?

 

I've acquired a Saturn around the same time that I realized my computer can run Sega Saturn games with ease. Its really nice for checking out some of the really expensive Saturn games.

Thats not to say I havent been hunting down those 'pricey' games myself. In fact, I picked up Magic Knight Rayearth for about $70. Even though I was playing that on SSF until I got it. (Unfortunately, I was about half an hour away from the end of the game if I kept playing it through the emulator.)

I also picked up Saturn Bomberman for about $50 to justify my one multi-tap. Although since I have noone to play the game with, I went through all of Single Player fairly quickly.

 

I bought a used Saturn and used the swap trick, it eventually broke. disc's wouldn't spin anymore, etc.

 

All my games are legit and for import games instead of getting a modchip I found an action replay for $7.

 

I've only had a Saturn for a little while but I've been swapping because I can't afford a single game past what came with it.

Well, it's not dead yet, but I bet it will be if I keep it up. Perhaps I'll at least save up for a modchip since my chances of buying games are always so slim.

 

All of my Saturn games are authentic US versions, but I do use a swap disc for Playstation 1 Japanese imports. This is a safe swap disc though as the motor stops spinning on its own and you press start after inserting the Japanese game in order to start the motor again and load the disc.

As far as emulators for Saturn go, I can't get any of them to run correctly on any of my computers. Saturn Emulation requires at least a 3 GHz processor and mine are only 1.5GHz and 2GHz. I haven't bought a computer since 2004.

 

How complicated a process is it? (I'm not afraid of a little soldering, but I don't have the tools at the moment.)

Oh, and where'd you get the chip?

(Mind you, I don't have a Saturn -- yet -- but I'm looking into getting one eventually.)