Articles by Peter Malek

The recently unearthed Saturn version of Tomb Raider 2 was actually completed back in 1997 but due to Eidos’ deal with Sony for exclusivity, was buried at the time. ‘Hardware…

One of the more unusual official Saturn ‘games’ that could be bought in North America. Developed by C-Seven, this CD cleaning kit included a soft brush, cleaning fluid, and a…

Perhaps the finest video pinball game of all time, Digital Pinball: Necronomicon offers three tables rendered in glorious high resolution, 60 fps action, amazing physics, music by John Petrucci (Dream…

The seventh episode of the Ogre Battle saga, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together is a Final Fantasy Tactics-esque SRPG set in enchanted Valeria. Fight your way through scenarios to…

Langrisser Dramatic Edition is a compilation / remake of the first two Langrisser games, originally for the Japanese MegaDrive. Strategy RPGs at heart, the player controls over 30 units of…

Another game based on a successful anime, Mobile Suit Gundam is one of several Gundam games on the Saturn. This one, released in 1995, features plenty of anime cutscenes, in-game…

A late European exclusive, Rage Software’s Trash It features… bland graphics, ugly sprites, horrendous controls, and banal gameplay. Trash various shapes and buildings and then clean up your demolition. The…

Pretty Fighter X is a remake of sorts of the SNES original, Pretty Fighter. An all-female cast of fighters square off in a fighting tournament. The game is similar to…

Bandai’s 1995 Saturn effort based on the wildly popular manga SLAM DUNK, “From TV Animation Slam Dunk: I Love Basketball” is a 1 or 2 player sports sim with a…

Batter up! The first World Series Baseball game to hit the Saturn (there were many on the Genesis / MegaDrive, GameGear and the 32X), this was a winner! Featuring both…

The Segata Sanshiro TV ads were so successful in Japan, that SEGA put together the Japan-only game ‘Segata Sanshiro Shinken Yugi’ as part of the character’s send-off when the Dreamcast…

Bug Too! is a 3D adventure with more characters, more levels, and more things to do! Maintaining the cheeky Saturday-morning humor of the original, this sequel now adds the ability…

Street Racer is a sleek and smooth 1 to 8 (via a crazy split screen!) player kart-racing game. Select one of 8 characters and then race / attack your way…

Westwood Studios’ Command & Conquer is another example of the first game in a long-running series being available on the Saturn. Play as either the GDI or the NOD led…

SEGA of America made a point to produce as many titles locally as possible, one of these being Mr. Bones. A fusion of several gameplay styles, the game blends B-movie…

Whilst Saturn fans waited for the Virtua Fighter 3 port that would never come, AM2 dropped Fighters Megamix in its stead. Featuring all the Virtua Fighters, Fighting Vipers, loads of…

Konami’s Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You is a classic 1996 dating sim. You are a new male student at the local high school and must find a date… but be…

One of the Saturn’s first golf games and a USA launch title, this title is simplistic by modern standards and yet the underlying engine offers a surprisingly robust golf simulation….

Game Arts pulled out all the stops with Grandia, their next big RPG after Lunar 2. Featuring fully 3D fields, towns and dungeons, the game tells the story of young…

Legend of the Fighting Dragon Elan Doreé is an obscure yet interesting one-on-one versus fighting game released in 1999. Players ride dragons to fight but it is possible to knock…

A sequel to one of the pricier SEGA CD games, Keio Flying Squadron 2e is a 2D platformer with shmup sections. Players take control of Remi and guide her through…

Sonic Team’s final Saturn effort, Burning Rangers sees the player control a futuristic firefighter as they attempt to quell fires, rescue survivors, and unravel the mystery behind the surge in…

Released on nearly every platform known to man, Zoop makes its way onto Saturn. A simple yet challenging puzzler, this sees the player’s cursor protect the inner square against advancing…

SHIRO! SHOW Recap The Big One. Arriving in 1998 as the Western Saturn faded, this magnificent RPG features an innovative combat system and a story of betrayal, loss, and redemption,…

SHIRO! SHOW Recap Perhaps the most playable ice hockey game on the Saturn, NHL All Star Hockey ’98 is actually a re-branded version of NHL PowerPlay ’98 by Radical Entertainment….

SHIRO! SHOW Recap World Heroes Perfect is the fourth and final game in the World Heroes series. Ported over from the NEO GEO, it offers 16 playable fighters to take…