Top 10 Sega Saturn RPG & Strategy Games

Here's my personal favorite Top 10 Sega Saturn RPG & Strategy games. This list is simply a guide for newbies to the system and is by no means definitive.
Games featured in this video include Iron Storm , Dragon Force , Shining The Holy Ark , Shining Force 3 , Shining Wisdom , Panzer Dragoon Saga , Magic Knight Rayearth , Albert Odyssey , Dark Savior , Legend of Oasis , Mystaria & Heir To Zendor.
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[@Joe-te9jd]

Yet another terrific video.

[@BastichB64K]

Thank you sir for watching 😃👍👍

[@TheSanctus17]

I wanted to tell you that I had the same experience playing Shining Force III. I couldn't stop playing it until I finished it. It is my favorite Saturn game. Panzer Dragoon Saga, Dragon Force and Magic Knight Rayearth are also some of my all time favorite games and some of my most treasured memories of the Saturn.

[@BastichB64K]

Thanks dude 👍 glad you enjoyed the video , a Shining for the win 😄👍

[@mcasias33]

Just started Shining Force III. This game has great writing.

[@CRedd9830]

Shining Force III & Panzer Dragoon Saga are the best video games I've ever played

[@BastichB64K]

They are right up there for me too as some of the best regardless of system

[@Khyron9]

On Shining Force 3, there was a very hard to get shining force premium disc which is basically a combat simulator that let you access all the different characters. Those are definitely my top 2 on the system as well, good times.

[@CRedd9830]

@Gene Bone It's my opinion and you have yours. That's how it is.

[@CRedd9830]

@Gene Bone They're the best ones I've played, I don't know why you're so pressed about me having my own opinion.

[@KornFlace]

And the Shining Force III that we got in USA and Europe is only the first entry of a trilogy only released in Japan

[@jarethduke9291]

sega saturn was not popular in the philippines when it was released, seeing it now it does make me happy, the art style of the era and the 3d graphics, feels me with nostalgia, even though I haven't seen these games before, they really look good!

[@BastichB64K]

Yeah the Saturn was only really popular in Japan unfortunately but there are tons of great games on this system

[@shironnkaito7364]

Man. We missed out a lot of these in the Philippines.

[@suiken3149]

Ironically. I had one of my friends owning a Saturn. He had games like Fighting Vipers and Virtua Fighter

[@walmartian422]

It wasn’t popular in America either I never met one person who owned one during the actual production run.

[@opaljk4835]

@@walmartian422 I only knew a few. They were definitely around, but after around 1998 it basically fell off the face of the earth

[@HighguyMcfly]

Thanks for making this video, I was watching on the off chance you'd mention an old game I used to play as a kid that I couldn't remember the name of and wouldn't you know it, you did! Heir of Zendor! Thanks man.

[@BastichB64K]

No probs , good strategy game 👍

[@ThatPunkYT]

Wonderful video. Shining the Holy Ark is my absolute favorite game of all time. I'd sell my leg for a direct sequel lol.

[@BastichB64K]

Thank you sir 👍 I love shining ark it's such an underated RPG gem ... I wish they'd rerelease it so more people could play it

[@ThatPunkYT]

@Gene Bone whatever you say Johnny boy

[@treepizzle]

I've been wanting a sequel to StHA and Phantasy Star 4 forever!

[@sozaj]

It's my favorite RPG, as well!

[@Freshbrood]

I am absolutely in love with my PSclassic mini because it can emulate all the best retro 3d consoles on a proper tv. The game library is massive.

[@BastichB64K]

Yeah its amazing what you can put on that thing , does PS1 games real well

[@CasperEgas]

All of these games are really good. Great list. Haven't played Magic Knight Rayearth though, because it doesn't have an entry level price. Shining Force 3 is one of my favourite games of all time.

[@BastichB64K]

Saturn game prices are mental I just burn copies of games I don't own now ... I can't afford that madness

[@CasperEgas]

@@BastichB64K I am glad that I collected most of then earlier. Have a full PAL set and most US exclusives too, except for some of the most expensive ones... But you are right, prices have risen so much, especially US games.

[@diversityandcomicsbear2625]

One of the best executed Top 10 lists. Good job.

[@BastichB64K]

Cheers thank you 👍👍

[@ashesmith85]

Solid list man. I just finished Mysteria and popping in Shining the Holy Ark next

[@BastichB64K]

Thx a lot , I loved Shining the holy ark .. it's fantastic ! Make sure you lvl up well cause it gets tough later 🕹️👍

[@trevorduna7666]

This is what i did recently. Mystaria is a absolute banger. So is SHA

[@sega-re-trop-vieux]

Shining force 3 is the best tactical I ever played. I know a lot of games on saturn but I forget the heir of zendor, thanks ! I will try it and maybe make a review on my channel. Great video by the way ;-)

[@BastichB64K]

Cheers thank you 👍 and Zendor is pretty good if you give it a chance . Thx for watching 😄

[@sega-re-trop-vieux]

Gene Bone that’s your point of view 😉. Don’t get me wrong, I love wachenroder and terra phantastica but not as much as sf3

[@SMGSnipeyMcGee]

Great video, great channel! Glad you're making content like this - especially for someone just getting into the Sega Saturn. You've got a dedicated new subscriber.

[@BastichB64K]

Thank you , cheers for watching

[@roberto1519]

Same here, Shining Force III is that good! People often refer to the SNES and PS1 when RPG is the subject, for good reason, but for my brother and I, the Saturn was the console that got us into it, Mystaria, Dragon Force, Lunar Magic School, Grandia. Story of Thor 2 is so good, great concept and gameplay, I remember in the early 00's, everyone that watched me playing it said how cool the game looked, it was 5+ years old by that point. Also, imagine our surprise when we learned about SFIII follow up scenarios, we were in heaven, the language barrier didn't deter us at all.

[@BastichB64K]

The Saturn always gets talked down to in the western media which is annoying, its a brilliant machine with an impressive catalogue especially if you love import games , the RPGs were epic !

[@roberto1519]

Yeah, agreed. At the time, my older brother was a young adult and into video games, so my other brother and I, which were kids, had the chance to experience the Saturn as it was our older brothers choice after the Mega Drive/SNES. No kidding, the console is brilliant, the 3D fighters (we specially loved Dead or Alive for...reasons) and even Toshinden Remix was hilariously fun, but all genres were great, Duke 3D, Hexen, and wow, did our jaws dropped when we fired up KOF 96 and 97, we also had a passion for 95 but we didn`t own that one. Xmen vs SF, SFZ3, the list and the comment would be too long, so I`ll stop here!

[@BastichB64K]

@@roberto1519 100% agree

[@bedevereknight4992]

Panzer Dragoon is a tough one to beat, even today. I just get lost in that world.

[@BastichB64K]

Yeah it's brilliant , so much atmosphere

[@learningchanneru4856]

Thank you for this review 👍👍👍 They are amazing!

[@BastichB64K]

Cheers thx for watching 👍

[@thiagosmartpc1395]

Shining Force 3 is also one of my preferred games, the one that I'm more attached until today. I'll play it again as soon as buy a Sega Saturn.

[@BastichB64K]

Such an epic game , love it

[@thiagosmartpc1395]

@@BastichB64K I'm waiting the Saroo Cartridge delivery, I bought on AliExpress, It's impressive the game library with 100% compatibility for most games. If you buy one of these, please make more videos of SS games, That's my favourite Console. Merry Xmas ⛄🎄

[@Jammet]

Did you not thing Grandia was a worthwhile inclusion? :) It's one of the sweetest games....

[@BastichB64K]

Like I said I was only including official English versions not Japanese or games that require fan patches . I played the PlayStation version which got an English release and loved it .

[@BastichB64K]

@Gene Bone it's in the Intro of the video ... In the beginning

[@jesusbloodneverfails7437]

Great review..These games are awesome

[@BastichB64K]

Thx , glad you enjoyed it

[@steve5123456789]

2:59 Apparently the later version had a few spelling mistakes fixed or a few lines changed slightly.

[@radicaldreamersteve5743]

Good list. I find Shining Wisdom flawed but very fun and unique. I really have no love for Albert Odyssey though. I would be a generic RPG with no technical issues, but the loading time between commands kills it for me. I think it is only heralded because it is a rare and expensive Saturn RPG that at least looks pretty. Hoping I can play Panzer Dragoon Saga someday.

[@BastichB64K]

Thx for watching , definitely try to play Saga at some point its an amazing experience you wont forget .

[@ShamanNoodles]

Bro... albert odyssey looks incredible! Why have i never heard of this

[@BastichB64K]

It's a really excellent beautiful game well worth playing

[@ShamanNoodles]

@Gene Bone lol what? saturn is known to have only like 10 rpgs. i own one. the person they had in charge wanted to focus on sports games and not rpgs

[@deraykrause4517]

Wow, I'd forgotten how fun these games were. I still have all 10 of these games, and I don't even have a Saturn anymore. The cases are all beat up and the manuels are a little worn, but the disks are still in good shape. I guess I could make some "righteous bucks" on eBay, but I just can't bring myself to sell them.

[@BastichB64K]

Nice! I wish I still had the originals of these , I had all of them as well back in the day

[@Brantendo64]

Wow, omg. I’ve always thought RPGs on these consoles were strictly turnbased! It looks like that’s not true at all! Thank you for this! I’ll be dusting my Saturn off soon!

[@BastichB64K]

Plenty of great action RPGS on the Saturn , Magic Knight Rayearth is my fav

[@Brantendo64]

@@BastichB64K Yes, I instantly added that to my backlog when I saw it in your list!

[@aortaplatinum]

Dammit, why are so many games in this genre generic fantasy worlds? It's even more painful for Saturn because there ARE sick sci fi RPGs like Cyber Doll, but of course the cool ones aren't translated or fan patched. Excited to check out Dark Savior and especially Panzer Dragoon Saga though, both look gorgeous.

[@BastichB64K]

Yeah I wish someone would fan translate Cyber Dolls , I've messed around with it and it seems awesome 👍 I'm sure it'll happen one day 😃. Thx for watching

[@jessierosenqueen5644]

I've been planning to play these games for quite some time now XD

[@BastichB64K]

Enjoy 👍

[@DARKONE-E.I.C.O.S.A.T.]

I played both SHINING FORCE 3and Panzer DRAGOON SAGA... I would have to say PANZER DRAGOON SAGA IS MY NUMBER 1... 2 REASONS... 1 GAME PLAY WAS LIKE THE ACTUAL SHOOTER AND VERY ENHANCED MOVEMENT VS ALL OTHER RPG IN ITS CLASS. 2. 4 CD GAME... YOU COULD NOT FIT THIS MUCH ACTION IN TO 1, 2, OR 3 CDS... NEEDED 4 FOR IT... AND ALL WERE AWESOME

[@BastichB64K]

Yeah panzer was brilliant , very satisfying finishing it 🕹️👍

[@SeanUCF]

I wish i lived in alternate timeline where Working Designs translated Dragon Force 2 instead of Magic Knight Ray Earth.

[@BastichB64K]

There is an english fan translation of Dragon Force 2 now available !! I'm gonna cover it in a future video 👍👍

[@jonathansmith7754]

Great video! I'm curious where you're from. Your accent sounds like a blend of British or Australian mixed with Southern United States? Very interesting. Hope that's not a rude question and I look forward to checking out more of your videos! Sorry, Just saw you've already answered this question. I'm from Tennessee and your some of your pronunciation is so similar to the southern accent.

[@BastichB64K]

😂👍 people always as this question so no probs , thx for watching

[@yungsamus6662]

Iron storm is my favorite from your list

[@BastichB64K]

Excellent game 👍👍👍

[@McKadesArKade]

I still play my Dragon Force lol it's one of my top 5 games of all time!!!

[@BastichB64K]

It's an excellent game , so replayable as well 👍

[@CHACHILLIE]

One of the greatest games ever Cant believe i dont have it Nor my Saturn anymore

[@plazma2891]

I recommend anyone getting into the saturn and shining force 3 to get the translation of all 3 games from CD romance and play it the way it was intended

[@FREEFROMITALL]

Iron storm was siiiiick. Guardian Heroes and "the horde", and road rash... top 4 games for sure, followed by BAT, Virtual On, Sega Ralley, and Daytona USA

[@Mitjitsu]

Shining Force 3 had four parts. You forgot to mention is also had the Premium Disc, which allowed for dream team matchups.

[@BastichB64K]

This video like I said in the beginning is only about english released RPGs hence not talking about the sequels that weren't released officially in english .... It was explained in the intro

[@YamatoForever]

Iron Storm and Dragon force are my favorites.

[@BastichB64K]

Great choices 👍👍

[@mattks1001]

We didn’t have many games growing up, but we had these 2 and they were my favorites by far. I played Iron Storm all the time growing up. I don’t recall what map, but I found a UFO on one of the maps.

[@mattiogaming6075]

Yeah one of my fav games from my childhood played it many a time till the memory on my Saturn broke never repaired it

[@BastichB64K]

A true SRPG classic !

[@hhectorlector]

excellent video.

[@BastichB64K]

Cheers thx for watching

[@charleybrown8650]

I stopped once he said panzer dragoon is better than ff7 lost ya mind bruh

[@BastichB64K]

Simply an opinion 😑😑😑 doesn't mean either of us are right .... Its an opinion 😂

[@absolutesadlad2297]

Bastitch where do you hail from? I dont think ive ever heard that english speaking accent before. It sounds like New Zealand and middle western american, maybe hints of south Afrikaans

[@BastichB64K]

😂👍 you got parts of it right , I'm originally from South Africa and live in Canada now so it's a bit of both I guess 🤔

[@cdzwagner1]

Nice video, i have saturn , i play in Brazil

[@BastichB64K]

Nice 👍 love my Saturn and thank you for watching

[@kjhansonkjhanson6643]

Perfect

[@jim7205]

Shining Force 3 has a full fan translation

[@BastichB64K]

Yeah I know , I'm gonna features all the Saturn fan translated games in a separate video

[@cjsvinyl]

This is why you own a Playstation for RPG's.

[@BastichB64K]

Or you could just own both and be happy either way 😀👍

[@raymxslappedyall3660]

I liked Dragon force but when I used anyone else than junon I couldn't play as well

[@Mister_Mr_Man]

Dragon force looks so fun but it's so expensive on ebay 😫

[@BastichB64K]

I just burnt a copy to disc , i cant afford to Rebuy it at its current price

[@andiarrohnds5163]

i think im about realy to play another broken sword shadow of the templar run

[@albanmahoudeau1779]

HORDE:

[@BastichB64K]

Good game , not a top 10 though

[@weblsika]

Too bad you didn't include Sakura Wars (fan translated). Saturn has 2 wonderful SRPG sadly no translation yet(Slayers Royal 1&2)

[@BastichB64K]

If you look at the release date of this video I made it years before that Sakura translation was released and I did say ij the beginning it was only officially released english versions , otherwise yeah that would be on the list for sure . Thx for watching 👍👍👍

[@GreenHotDogz]

do you have an mp3 of the background music playing in your intro scene?

[@BastichB64K]

Unfortunately its just one of those royalty free songs within my editing program so I don't have any file of it .

[@Dilemina]

Nice $10.00 sticker on Shining Wisdom

[@BastichB64K]

😀👍

[@wienerbob9999]

SHINING FORCE III KICKS ASS glad i got it before it went up in price hella

[@BastichB64K]

Yeah epic game , love it

[@CasperEgas]

Iron Storm is a bit too slow for me. Panzer General (on pc, ps1, 3DO) is better. On the Saturn there are also pretty good versions of Command & Conquer and Warcraft 2. There is also Z, The Horde.

[@BastichB64K]

I'm not really a fan of RTS games ... They just never appealed to me but C&C on the Saturn is a good conversion.

[@viola8422]

The reason why Saturn 16 bit games look so good is cause...there 32 bit lol

[@BastichB64K]

?

[@viola8422]

@@BastichB64K there mo 16 bit games lol,which allows the 2D to look a lot better. 32bit is definitely the peak of 2D pixel art

[@BastichB64K]

@@viola8422 obviously its 32 bit which helps the 2D , Saturn has some of the best pixel art out there

[@raymxslappedyall3660]

he really flexing with his Victor version saturn!?

[@BastichB64K]

Lol 🤣 no not at all didn't even know it was a special version , that's my original Saturn I bought in the 90's .. wasn't aware it was anything special besides the victor branding

[@billybadass3056]

NullDC Bear.... if you come across this msg look that up and get it

[@BastichB64K]

Thx i will 👍

[@samlepirate4845]

Lol, mystaria ! Awful game

[@BastichB64K]

Sure , whatever you like is whatever you like . Thanks for watching 👍

[@crackinlackin9105]

Really no RTS lol.

[@BastichB64K]

Command and Conquer was on the Saturn

[@crackinlackin9105]

@@BastichB64K That’s it but not on your list lol.

[@BastichB64K]

Like I said in the video these are MY personal favorites , whatever yours are are yours 👍

[@albanmahoudeau1779]

DAISENRYAKHU: II: hitler's through Space .

[@BastichB64K]

This was only about english releases like mentioned in the intro

[@BastichB64K]

This was only about english releases, like I mentioned in the intro

[@hungrydarkness]

Shout out to Working Designs, my favorite video game company of all time!

[@BastichB64K]

I loved their work , classic stuff