Category Archives: Saturn

Sad consequences…

Posted on August 27, 2008 by baudattitude

One of the things purged in last weekend’s organizational frenzy was a 24″ Toshiba TV. It’s not that it was a particularly bad TV in any way, but it was, you know, a CRT TV, and big and heavy and … Continue reading →

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Super Real Mahjong P7

Posted on February 25, 2008 by baudattitude

…Finished, or mostly finished, anyway. I can’t figure out what I’m missing to complete the gohoubi: Obviously I’m missing two of Etsuko’s cinemas, but I’ve played through Etsuko’s scenario twice and everyone else but Yurina’s scenario at least twice.  If … Continue reading →

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Internet, you have failed me.

Posted on February 22, 2008 by baudattitude

Why was I not told before now that there was a working and highly compatible Sega Saturn emulator? One on which I can play my Mahjong games, and my bunny-girl-with-mallet platform games, and my post-apocalypse RPGs, and my licensed shooters? … Continue reading →

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RIP Saturn: 5/11/1995 – 11/30/1998

Posted on November 30, 2007 by baudattitude

Today marks the 9th anniversary of the last US-released Sega Saturn game – Magic Knight Rayearth, released 11/30/1998. It’s tempting to rant about how many mistakes Sega made, both with the Saturn and then with the Dreamcast after it. It’s … Continue reading →

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The internet is a powerful and terrible thing

Posted on April 27, 2007 by baudattitude

Set the wayback machine to 1997, when the Saturn ruled the earth, crushing lesser syst… Oh, all right, it was already obviously on the way out in the US and all English speaking countries, but some of us didn’t buy … Continue reading →

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Bargain gaming…

Posted on April 20, 2007 by baudattitude

When I was sorting out papers recently, I stumbled across a receipt from 1995 for Solar Eclipse. This was a fairly forgettable Saturn shooter, with the caveat that Claudia Christian did some acting work in the cut-scenes. Since I was … Continue reading →

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If you can’t beat them, set difficulty to “Monkey”

Posted on April 16, 2007 by baudattitude

Ages and ages ago, when the SegaCD was Welcoming People to the Next Level and all that good stuff, a very peculiar game managed to slip by the “make it as American as possible!” localization people, and we got Keio … Continue reading →

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Linda, Linda…

Posted on April 16, 2007 by baudattitude

OK, more like Lara, Lara. All apologies to the Blue Hearts. Keeping up to date, today’s weight check : 194.4. My recruiter seems to have found a couple of decent leads to throw a resume at and hope it sticks, … Continue reading →

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5 years sitting unplayed wasn’t enough?

Posted on April 11, 2007 by baudattitude

The last time I set out to finish a game, I made a nice list of Xbox, PS2, and Gamecube games that needed playing – and then threw it out the window and put Shenmue in the Dreamcast. This time … Continue reading →

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Joysticks and catgirls, oh my.

Posted on March 14, 2007 by baudattitude

I am kind of prone to buying things that will be useful, someday… and then not doing anything with them for quite a while. Let me back up a bit. If you were a fan of mahjong games or Capcom … Continue reading →

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