I always plan on making a book but time is always against me.
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I canāt think of anyone in the English-speaking world whoās better qualified to tackle a book like that. Youāve literally played every game on the system. Also helps that your tastes are rather good. The only thing youād have to do is clean up and expand on your original reviews a bit.
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Iāve added several more links. āSaturn Mods Wikiā is listed under the repositories section, the āFenrirā and āMODEā websites are under boot devices, and archived links to āScoreAttack.netā and its successor site āNiDscores.comā can be found under the fansites tab.
Let me know if you guys can think of any more useful Saturn-related websites (past or present), and Iāll add them.
Well, I was on disc 3 of Panzer Dragoon Saga when my Saturn battery died wiping out all my saves. I had recently tried backing up my saves to my RAM cart which Iāve done before but couldnāt get it to work this time after many attempts to get the systemās notoriously dodgy RAM slot to cooperate. That, plus forgetting to change the battery in time and well, here I am. My old region switch modded Saturn is over 23 years old (since I had it modded) and still seems to work great otherwise but Iām beyond done with this consoleās absolutely awful save system. I was looking into getting an FRAM modded Saturn, I saw this one on eBay which is also region free and uses the Hi-Saturn bios and boot sequence. The seller said the FRAM chip holds 461 blocks of memory, not sure if that is the standard:
Iād greatly appreciate any opinions or advice if the source above looks good or if there are better places to get these from. I canāt do the mod myself.
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my battery died the other day too, was very frustrating as I was trying to finish Rayman. good thing I didnāt get very far
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I feel your pain. Because he Saturn RAM expansion slot is so poor I use he Saturn disc unit to back up all my saves periodically.
These are rare and expensive bits of kit though, however offer limitless save data.
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Whatās your opinion of that modded unit from
eBay I posted above? Decent option or maybe sketchy?
What ram carts are you guys using? Iāve been using an action replay device and have never had an issue. It is the one that supports both 1mb and 4mb titles but also is useful for booting games outside your region.
I have a feeling this is a rare sort of circumstance where first party stuff is less reliable than the third party solutions out there.
I even remove it regularly to boot the Satiator and reinsert it after loading a game and it just works without any errors.
If you are using official ram, maybe try switching to action replay?
I have a plain white import memory cart (assume itās the the official one) and itās always been extremely dodgy. Thanks for the info on the action replay carts, didnāt realize they had such a good success rate.
I use those red Pseudosaturn carts that have the onboard memory as well. I forgot how to access the memory but Iām pretty sure itās full now
Think I will get an Action Replay now per your reply:
If this is a good option as a memory card I might just forgo getting an FRAM modded system for now.
This is the one I use:
There may be no difference, but itās a slightly different box and label.
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Well, just ordered an Action Replay off Amazon, got free shipping.
I have to say, last night I was playing Ys 1&2 on my Turbo Duo and its capacitor-charged memory (right?) save system is so simple, generally reliable and elegant for the time, why couldnāt Sega have done something similar with Saturn? As long as you turn your Duo on once a month (if even that) your saves are golden. Have some shmup high shores on my Duo from at least 6 months ago which were all still there too. Might get a Tenokoe bank at some point though.
Resource list has been updated:
- GameFAQs Saturn page, Saturn Fan and Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) scans, along with Japanese game manual scans added to Repositories section.
- Dedicated Segaxtreme link with important subsections added to Homebrew/Hacks/Patches along with links to translation projects by CyberWarriorX.
- Saturn World, SEGASHIRO!, Sega Saturn Netlink League, VirtuaFighter.com added to Fansites/Communities.
- Links to defunct Sega Scream and Virtual-On MegaCorp fansites updated with archived versions.
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Iām afraid I donāt know much about these mods.
Iāve just learned that thereās a more recent cart that works the same as the action replay one but also allows you to play backups.
I donāt need it since I have the satiator but it could be helpful to some people, especially for playing hacks and translation patches:
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theyāre kind of finicky. Iāve had to put electrical tape in mine because some games donāt work because of emp interference or something like that. but for 40/50 bucks theyāre super useful, been using it for years now
Resource list updated:
- Repositories section has new links: TCRFās Saturn section, Prototypes courtesy of Hidden Palace, Release Dates (NA) courtesy of Pandamonium Reviews, and Saturn-related interview translations by Shmpulations.
- Japanese fansites SATURN FREAKS and Sentimental Graffiti Fan added to Fansites/Communities.
- Link to the Satiator updated to point to the official website rather than Professor Abrasiveās Patreon.
I found these carts to be much more convenient than the AR+ given that it acts as an actual memory card with in-game saves rather than just a memory backup. I believe they can be found for slightly cheaper on ebay or Aliexpress.
Oh I didnāt even realize you could save in game to a memory card. I always backed up after resetting when done playing. Is that a feature supported in all Saturn games or only select titles? I may upgrade if itās universally supported.
It truly is a bizarre system in some ways.