The Launch of the Sega Saturn (1995) | Classic Gaming Quarterly

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Episode 35 - The North American launch of the Sega Saturn. The Saturn was surprise-launched on May 11, 1995 along with 6 games. Virtua Fighter was the pack-in, while Daytona USA, Panzer Dragoon, Clockwork Knight, Worldwide Soccer: Sega International Victory Goal Edition, and Pebble Beach Golf Links were also available.
Show Notes:
- This was the first episode for which the gameplay footage was recorded in RGB instead of s-video.
- This was only the second episode featuring the Sega Saturn.
- This was the fourth episode covering the launch of a console.
- The video sequence featuring Takenubo Mitsuyoshi is from a Karaoke commercial, and is the property of Sega Games Co., Ltd.
- This was the first episode featuring the new channel art in the intro, although the old art is still (temporarily) being used in the end credits.
- The Sony PVM is not currently on my desk because I am using an XRGB-mini setup, but I still have the PVMs.
- No, I do not smoke. The ashtray on my desk is a Japanese arcade ashtray that use to keep small things in.
- This is the first episode featuring “show notes” in the description.
All box art featured in CGQ videos comes from The Cover Project, fount at thecoverproject.net. Check them out for all of your video game insert needs.
Music courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/i­ncompetech)
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[@liamsvanoe4557]

Classic Gaming Quarterly os that a monitor or a tv in the video?

[@barakamathews1182]

But really do you really like the sega saturn some point of view I don't agree with😒😒🤔🤔😒😒???!!!

[@SomeOrangeCat]

The moral of the story: Being out the door first won't help you, if you forgot to put on your pants.

[@CGQuarterly]

I've never heard that saying before, but I like it!

[@RDSports5]

Nice! Also, maybe you remembered your pants, but they came without buttons, a zipper, or a belt, either way a terrible idea, lol...

[@sloppynyuszi]

I’m of the philosophy that pants only slow you down.

[@MrStrangermoon]

best explanion for cyberpunk rlease.

[@apollosungod2819]

You said "Tom Kalinske arrogantly pushing the 32X as the only next gen Sega path in North America and starting the anger that caused many Sega fans to switch away from Sega" wrong.

[@gamerincorporated154]

This guy has a amazing voice. Needs to be on radio.

[@likeray]

Agreed, that voice shit you do is legit. Go do voiceovers n give us a call when you got that Kraft Mac n cheese spot

[@Unirule]

I feel like I'm watching a TV documentary, in a good way.

[@rideroundandstuff]

well … because it is a documentary?

[@geektubeone8409]

yeah high quality youtube content is like TV - except its kinda free and it doesnt suck...

[@jestertheslacker]

Well the first 10 minutes is a documentary, after that it's a bunch of game reviews, which is ok I guess.

[@ericschmidt1987]

For reals. KZbin > cable

[@fernandopaxeco7709]

Uni Why could be in a bad way?

[@xboxallin2953]

For me Virtual Fighter on the Saturn was a Godsend! I bought the game just so that I could practice at home and then try my new and improved skills at the Arcade. Actually won a few small, local tourneys. Good times!

[@CGQuarterly]

+XBOX ALL IN Nice! Did you win prizes, or just glory?

[@xboxallin2953]

Classic Gaming Quarterly Just a certificate and some tokens:) It was small local tournaments but the great thing being that I finally beat 4 out of the "five masters" at that Arcade. My only claim to fame as a gamer. Sad I know, but I will take it:)

[@Thor-Orion]

Virtua Fighter has a great history in the fighting game space. Groundbreaking stuff, and truly stayed great through it’s entries on other companies hardware.

[@obsoletegeek]

Fun fact: My wife worked at an arcade as a teenager. There was a Daytona USA cabinet near the front counter, which would play "LETS GO AWAY" on loop every 60 seconds as it's attract mode. The song makes her rage every time she hears it!

[@CGQuarterly]

+The Obsolete Geek That's horrible! I can totally relate, though. Sad that such an awesome song was ruined for her.

[@Immorpher]

I can 100% relate. I know there are a few select people who like this song. But for me, it is so much in the muzak genre that at the end of one listen I have had my share for a while.

[@Plankensen]

so a....fun-fact about your wife

[@HeWhoRemenso]

Keem telling that to myself. Every morning she's right there.

[@JAWS1376]

I knew there had to be someone in the comments that went through the same torment. As soon as I heard "Daytonaaaaaa" in this video I had flashbacks. I bet I heard Daytona 400+ times a day. good times though!!

[@protoculture289]

Panzer Dragroon will always have a special place in my heart.

[@timcrawford7306]

MonkeyWith72Magic Panzer was a great game. Shenmue is my favorite Sega game.

[@scubasteve29388]

Your production quality makes me feel like I'm watching an actual TV show. Keep up the awesome work. It inspires me to do some of my own.

[@CGQuarterly]

Awesome, man. Thanks!

[@GamingPalooza]

Daytona USA had the coolest 90s racing game music ever... DAYYYTONNAAAA.... I remember when I first had Saturn, A LONG time ago, I discovered the horse cheat code in some booklet that contained a bunch of video game cheat codes. Yes, people actually bought booklets for cheat codes instead of surfing the internet back in the 90s. I remember it was a soft cover book and it contained various cheat codes for probably $10.

[@CGQuarterly]

+Gaming Palooza Empire Yeah cheat codes were a big part of game magazines, as well. Did you ever read "Tips & Tricks"?

[@marco1173]

Roooooolling STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAART Daytona USA was fun but the real fun was with SEGA Rally Championship... Gosh I miss my Saturn

[@Alianger]

I'd say it's more funny than cool, but definitely memorable. :)

[@TheUltimateSEGAman]

I'm so glad I have a Saturn. I pity those who do not.

[@ares2067]

Gaming Palooza Empire I remember those. A popular one was called "Tips and Tricks"

[@TB-TheGoldenAgeGamer]

i rented a sega saturn and panzer dragoon from a local video store . I couldnt affoard 399 I played panzer dragoon all weekend i loved how the plot made me feel like i was in another world. I remember a girl i was dating her sisters boyfriend had a saturn and I thought he was rich

[@johngunderson5464]

+TB46667 - The Golden Age Gamer "i rented a sega saturn and panzer dragoon from a local video store . I couldnt affoard 399 I played panzer dragoon all weekend i loved how the plot made me feel like i was in another world. I remember a girl i was dating her sisters boyfriend had a saturn and I thought he was rich"-Kenny Florian

[@SuperDanny1212]

+TB46667 - The Golden Age Gamer I had a saturn, sega cd, 32x, 3d0, jaguar and many other system.

[@jayesper4390]

Guess they sold 'em to Babbages or EB when it's time passed... Interesting to think about!

[@chargermaster4054]

but eventually the system tanked n the usa but there were gemes on that system tomb rater was origanally for the saturn daytona usa was a great arcade port on the system

[@Darknights23]

Still got my Saturn

[@random_gamer_guy82]

Legendary. Hope you have panzer dragoon zwei

[@TheLastLineLive]

I agree with you on Panzer Dragoon should have been the pack in game, that game was certainly the most impressive Saturn game.

[@foxhound34]

So basically Sega of Japan's Ego destroyed the company

[@AP101083]

Nintendo did make the same mistake by rejecting Sony. So Sony said fuck you Sega and Nintendo we do it ourself than... and look what happened. Sony detroyed Sega and Nintendo.

[@rockexpert]

Alphons Potters The details about the original PlayStation and Nintendo meeting are vague it was probably we want x amount of money Nintendo said too much Sony said OK Let's find a shit load of game developers.

[@AliAlslaman]

Yea that CEO of Sega japan must kicking himself in the butt to this day.

[@swiftlyslowness6049]

Alphons Potters Sony destroyed sega not nintendo... Nintendo is doing perfectly fine right now especially with the switch out.

[@erase4473]

Swiftly Slowness yeah id say there doing better than sony with both the switch and 3DS doing extremely well especially compared to the crapboxone.

[@gtabro1337]

Holy crap the same guy did even the singing for Daytona? True artistry right here

[@THELEGENDARYK2]

Great episode Jibs! I actually got my Saturn Christmas day from my grandparents. It was the model 2 bundled with Virtua Fighter 2, Virtua Cop and Daytona USA. Still one of the greatest Christmases ever. played the hell out of all three of those games and Panzer Dragoon was soon to follow. LLAP Sega Saturn!

[@CGQuarterly]

+K-2 Yeah the "3 Free Games" version! I have that game bundle. What did you think of having Virtua Cop but no light gun? Your system came with the good controller too, right?

[@THELEGENDARYK2]

+Classic Gaming Quarterly Yeah no Stunner included which I guess was kinda dumb. A lot of things were kinda dumb in those days. I never owned a Stunner either we only played the Cops with the controller cursor. Always liked it anyways, like your comment on Ridge RacerVDaytona, Virtua Cop oozed personality and was at times hilarious. Me and my friends loved that 3 pack. Also was totally ignorant of the old fatter controller. I was the only person I knew with a Saturn. My 2nd controller was some 3rd party Super Pad trash.

[@unkindledtarnished2958]

I was born in 77. Thank you for making these videos, and not being a douche bag while doing it. I hold you in the same high esteem as I do with the Angry Video Game Nerd. again, thank you!

[@CGQuarterly]

+Paul Scharlau I was born in 77 too!! Thank you very much for the compliment!

[@unkindledtarnished2958]

You betcha. Are you on PSN per chance?

[@CGQuarterly]

Paul Scharlau I have a PSN account but I probably turn on my PS3 once every month, and never play games online. I really don't have time to play games outside of the games I play for this show. :(

[@unkindledtarnished2958]

+Classic Gaming Quarterly Roger that!

[@bentleymilnes1977]

I was born in 77 also June 10th 1977

[@metfan4l]

2:40 That's one hell of a combover

[@jacklazzaro9820]

lol

[@bigpicturethinking5620]

Simply cannot be combed over any more. Complete and total comb over. Not to be outdone because that would be impossible.

[@gertrudemcfuzz74]

Triple M Quite possibly the greatest combover the world has ever seen.

[@marmac7467]

The Saturn was such a 2D beast of a machine.

[@shawnmathews8898]

3d and 2d cool cool cool😎😎😎😎😄😄😄😄😘go sega!!!!!!

[@barakamathews1182]

2d and 3d power the best 10++😏🇯🇵👍👍👍🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵👍👍👍🇯🇵👍😄😄

[@Thor-Orion]

The 3-D games they were able to make are SO impressive for the time. The ability for them to do what they did with that hardware is nothing short of wizardry. Burning Rangers is a personal favorite. Obviously Nights into Dreams and the Panzer Dragoon series. But they had so many great first party games on that platform.

[@labounti]

Great video man, happy to have found this channel. I'll be 38 in less than 2 months and even though modern games crush classics the feeling we had has kids and teens with these games can never be recreated with new games or gamers.

[@js6131979]

So very true to this day!

[@SuperBearPoo]

"and even though modern games crush classics" you're joking, right? Video games have been going downhill since the PS3/360 generation, especially western developed games.

[@scottm2998]

Bro these videos are PHENOMENAL.

[@CGQuarterly]

Thanks!

[@DragoonLagi]

i still love the sega saturn. it has such nice games like shining force 3, panzer dragoon 1,zwei and saga, and ofcourse shining the holy ark and so much more,

[@aaron5574]

I remember playing Scud on the Saturn. That game was awesome. Great video i could watch these all day.

[@Thomas-te2lg]

S C U D I S R E A L M H A R T I

[@Splackavellie85]

This video earned you my subscription over a year ago. I’ve watched it a few more times since, including today. Still a great video, and still one of my fondest console memories. It’s basically a toss up between late night battles with friends on the Saturn, or marathon sessions of Sonic 2 on the Mega Drive.

[@roasty80]

everytime I hear the daytona theme I get chills down my spine.

[@TurdFerguson524]

Man I loved the hell out of the Saturn. My step father and I would constantly go back and forth trying to get a quicker lap time on Daytona USA. It was just a friendly competition we did. Good times. And my favorite game on the Saturn was Street Fighter Alpha. I got many raw and sore thumbs playing SF Alpha. It was worth the blisters lol.

[@seanmckelvey6618]

Sweet video man. It's such a shame they botched the launch of this machine, because it had far more potential than people seem to realise. It really was a powerful, and pretty capable machine in the right hands & it always bums me out to think what could have been. Regardless, the Saturn is probably my favourite system ever.

[@CGQuarterly]

+The Unfunny Chameleon I agree. I think that the story of the Saturn is really a tale of "what could have been?". What if Sega had partnered with Sony? What if Sega had waited to launch the Saturn properly? What if Kalinske hadn't been edged out of the company? This was actually a bummer of an episode for me to make because I was a Genesis guy as a teenager.

[@seanmckelvey6618]

Classic Gaming Quarterly Exactly. I like to think they could have done better by waiting to launch it on the originally intended date, they would have had more games ready & had more time to market and build hype. But the concept of Sega partnering with Sony really makes you wonder, would Nintendo have even been able to compete?

[@user-vi4xy1jw7e]

+Classic Gaming Quarterly So true. Sega had so many chances to do stuff right.

[@seanmckelvey6618]

Christian B I think when it came to the Saturn Sega simply panicked and shot first. I don't think either Sega or Nintendo realised how much of a threat Sony really was until it was almost too late. I think the Saturn would have been far more successful had they not used Quads over triangles like the PS1/N64. At the very least it would have helped third parties. But yeah, hindsight is a bitch.

[@DYLANMIA]

+The Unfunny Chameleon YOUR FAVORITE SYSTEM? thats... heavy

[@NYYanks2003040506]

The in-fighting between the Japanese branch and American branch will never cease to amaze me. I'm not going to say Sega would still be making home consoles if it hadn't happened but maybe there's a chance, if Sega of Japan had tried to improve and work with SoA, that Sega would still be a hardware and software manufacturer.

[@oscarperez9783]

Sega’s Japanese management always brought problems for the company....it was the Americans that made sega successful in the console business

[@nastycivilian]

Bug! that game was fun. I traded in everything I had to get the saturn on launch day. gameboy, gamegear, snes, genesis. The good ol days. Fighters megamix was serious business.

[@gvfc]

I bought my Saturn some time in 1995. It came with Daytona, VF Remix and Victory Goal. Surely a much better bundle. :)

[@CGQuarterly]

+gvfc That is definitely a better bundle, yes. Thanks for watching!!

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

I remember Nights blowing away my 5 year old brain when I saw it for the first time. Definitely had a different vibe than my addiction to Sonic the Hedgehog, yet still I could tell similar minds were behind it's creation. I grew up with the Genesis, but I'm really considering getting a Saturn to check out all the great games and hidden gems.

[@CGQuarterly]

+Micah Buzan The Saturn is absolutely worth having.

[@TheUltimateSEGAman]

I couldn't recommend it more if you haven't gotten one yet than seriously what are you waiting for?

[@jamesloehr641]

I had a Saturn with like 35 games. After I got a 64 for Christmas though my mom gave it to my neighbors daughter. :( wish I still had it. I had a lot of fun games on it.

[@brentgranger7856]

The Saturn is an amazing, yet under appreciated machine. Hopefully, you have been able to check out its wonderful exclusives like Panzer Dragoon Saga (assuming you can afford the high asking price), Daytona USA, Sega Rally Championship, House of the Dead, Iron Storm, Nights Into Dreams, Die Hard Arcade, Guardian Heroes, Virtua Cop, Virtua Fighter 2, Legend of Oasis, Burning Rangers, and Shining Force III, and Shining the Holy Ark.

[@scarface829]

I loved Nights. I owned it and always played it.

[@RegalShock]

Sega Saturn and Segata Sanshiro are inseparable! I like it that you added him in your video.

[@CGQuarterly]

+RegalShock I've actually been thinking about doing a whole episode about him.

[@yarpen26]

Sanshiro Segata-san! *HAIGH!*

[@reeseyme9613]

adjusted to inflation $400 in 1995 is $634 today, WOW!!!

[@Backinblack10001]

Now £699 in uk money

[@andrewchristiansen8311]

PS3s went for 699$ new and I saw people who pre bought like 10 selling them before x-mas for like 6,000$ each on eBay.

[@jeremykegley1669]

@@andrewchristiansen8311 Yeah but were they getting $6000? You can ask anything you want but you ain't gonna alway's get someone to buy your jacked up price's!

[@andrewchristiansen8311]

@@jeremykegley1669 yes i was searching under "sold" listings i sell on ebay im not functionally autistic.

[@SugarRainer]

yeah these things were Expensive man... the PS3 Fat First Modell was 600$ lol

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Amazing video :) Thanks for all those memories ;) Here in Portugal we were huge fans of everything that came from Sega.. til the arrival of the PlayStation! :)

[@AmbiencePT]

My biggest regret when I was a kid was buying the Saturn ! But Guardian Heroes though ! What a masterpiece !

[@CGQuarterly]

Goldeneye was not a launch title.

[@CGQuarterly]

james silver Oh, I see. Cool. Yeah I'm not familiar with the European launch lineup. Here the N64 launched with Super MArio 64 and Pilotwings 64, and that's it!

[@DarkLinkAD]

My biggest regret was selling my Sega Genesis, saving my money for over a year and buying an SNES, all on claims of far better graphics. I dont regret however, saving for over 2 years, working in landscaping, yardwork etc. to buy my Sony PlayStation. I played the demo disk for over a year :)

[@BolverkAtlasia]

I always felt like the Saturn was a regret as a kid because I was surrounded by people with a Playstation. Now as an adult, my biggest regret was selling my perfectly working Saturn. I want it back. :(

[@sonyx4500]

Mourning Star Sega Saturn was great. Great 2d Titles, Panzer Dragoon, Nights into Dream and many more.

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

Ah the system that Sega destroyed itself....

[@preeminentproductions2493]

These launch videos are fantastic. Thanks for all the work that went into these!

[@ovsing]

One of my all time favorite consoles of all time!

[@adidas1984x]

I loved my Saturn and fighters meganix was my go to game

[@brentgranger7856]

Panzer Dragoon was a great game that I never enjoyed until many years later, and I'd highly recommend it for any retro gamer. Daytona USA is still a great game for any Saturn owner. The author of this video pretty much rated Clockwork Knight correctly (my opinion). It was worth a rental. I bought it on eBay, defeated it in a few days, and then resold it on eBay a week later. I have little incentive to play its sequel.

[@CGQuarterly]

Great minds think alike. Thanks for watching!!

[@brentgranger7856]

Thanks for the entertainment, mate! Keep up the good work!

[@isaiahfurrow7414]

I had a Sega Saturn.... I almost completely forgot this system existed, because it sucked so bad... them came the dreamcast, but I had already given up on Sega after the Saturn... I think it was around this time, between my genesis and PS2, that I got into Warcraft 2, and Diablo...and things other than video games... your videos about old systems bring back great memories...

[@ProtomanBlues87]

I discovered your channel last night with this video. I have watched most of your content so far and plan to finish it all when I get home from work. Looking forward to future videos!

[@CGQuarterly]

+ProtomanBlues87 Thanks! I am looking forward to uploading future videos!

[@SwankeyMonkey]

Merry Saturn Christmas! I got my Saturn on launch, and it's been a great ride ever since. Might just have to fire it up today and get in some Christmas Nights into Dreams.

[@CGQuarterly]

+SwankeyMonkey I REALLY REALLY wanted to upload a Christmas Nights episode this year before Christmas, but this episode just took way too long. Definitely go play it!

[@z3roo0]

panzer dragoon looks pretty dang awsome

[@simonriddick]

I got the Saturn on launch and later on Dragoon was a game I would never forget. The second game was good too but the first one blew me away.

[@z3roo0]

Julio Sierra I see you sharpened that edge good.

[@CGQuarterly]

I just blocked him. There's no place for that kind of stuff here.

[@isunshin999]

Your videos are top tier material, really enjoy these console launch retrospectives!

[@CGQuarterly]

+isunshin999 Thanks, I really appreciate that!

[@ncooper3904]

Great video! I have really enjoyed your console launch videos... really well done.

[@TkyoSam]

Fucking see EGM and GP magazines really brought me back.

[@tommypheap]

I Love the Sega Saturn .. My favorite game to play back then was Guardian heroes ;-p

[@vince19games]

Just discovered your channel and I'm very happy! Solid video with good information. I look forward to making my way through the rest of your console launch videos.

[@ESPINOZA316]

Just discovered your channel and I can't stay away. great job dude.

[@CGQuarterly]

+ESPINOZA316 Thanks man!!

[@nerdtella1067]

Living in Japan when the Saturn came out made me love the console so much to this day. My Japanese friends were so into it over any other console. Not as enjoyable until you are able to play Japanese ported games on it since most of the good games never made it to North America. Good review!

[@CGQuarterly]

+Nerdtella I agree completely regarding needing the ability to play imports. Thanks for watching!!

[@Thor-Orion]

Two words; Burning Rangers!

[@julianobitsgen]

Oh, I thought I was the only brazilian who would have noticed your Senna's hat. Fortunately I wasn't, as there are other brazilian fans of you out there :) Great video. Now, what about a Sega Dreamcast's launch episode? I'm sure it would be an episode full of content, considering there were two teams working independently(Sega of Japan X North America) and how it ended in one of the most amazing line-up launches in history to date.

[@CGQuarterly]

+Juliano Bittencourt Yeah, it's awesome how many Brazillian fans I now have! I've worn Senna stuff on other videos, but this video was more popular, so it was noticed by more people. I will DEFINITELY be doing a Dreamcast launch show at some point. Thanks for watching!!

[@hondamanvtec2894]

I got a steering wheel for my Sega Saturn.. the Box got a picture of Ayrton on it 💚 💛

[@chillgamer8376]

wow the daytona soundtrack took me back specially at 24 i use to love that song i played this game endlessly world wide soccer 97 was my favorite too

[@wakcedout]

man your sega system coverage is just a walk down memory lane for me lol, i remember asking my parents for it for either birthday or christams, seeing as my birthday is in december it could have been either and i had the virtua fighter and daytona pack in plus virtua cop. i played the hell out of the clockwork knight demo but never played the full game. i still remember, i was in middle school and my mom convinced my dad to buy it for me. there i was with my parents at walmart, anxiously waiting for them to get a console after my parents had debated which one they would get me, and waiting for the moment i could grab the bag with my sega saturn in it. when we got home i unplugged my genesis and hooked up my saturn, i played the hell out of daytona lol oh how i wish sega would get back into the console business, i know it would cursh them financially right now but an old sega fanboy can dream.....

[@CGQuarterly]

+wakcedout In my opinion, if you played the demo of Clockwork Knight, you played enough of it! I too wish Sega was still in the hardware business. Thanks for the comment!

[@wakcedout]

Classic Gaming Quarterly i think i was that one strange kid they were selling to because to this day i still want to play the full version lol

[@funforalgernon]

Awesome work. You and the Generation-16 guy are the best at this. You've both got great voices for it, too.

[@CGQuarterly]

+funforalgernon Thanks! Don't forget The Videogame Historian, though. Thanks for the positive comment!!!

[@unnamed715]

You really deserve more views and subs man. Your videos are incredibly informative. Even more so than the more mainstream channels! You seem to cover a lot more than they do. Keep up the good work dude! :D

[@CGQuarterly]

+unnamed715 Thanks man, I really appreciate that. The channel has been growing at a crazy rate in the last few months, so I think we're going places! Thanks for watching!!

[@unnamed715]

Classic Gaming Quarterly Yeah no problem man. With detailed content like yours, I imagine you'll get quite a large fan-base in the next upcoming months. :)

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

Terrific episode. This channel never fails to bring me all the way back

[@CGQuarterly]

+WeeWeeJumbo Thanks! I love your avatar. "Water fluoridation, Mandrake."

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

:-)

[@hunterphille1280]

The games I played the most on the Saturn was Clockwork Knight, Nights, Panzer Dragoon and Minnesota Fats Pool. I still have fond memories of those days

[@davebladegun3009]

Excellent episode. That XRGB Mini makes a big difference, too! I just got one for myself and have nothing but good things to say about it... It's absolutely the closest you can get to a nice PVM. Also, the Saturn kicks major ass. No system has ever been given so much love by arcade developers for ports of great, classic fighting & shooting games. I always wanted one as a kid, but never got one until I became a MAN... Or, maybe I never became a man until I got a Saturn?? -- Well either way, I didn't have one when I was a boy.

[@sunnohh]

I am only like 3 minutes in and this is the best video I have seen about the saturn launch ever.

[@petermalek935]

Wow, such a great job on the video - congratulations!!! Well-paced, excellent visuals, and you got all the details right. Bravo; I thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@CGQuarterly]

+Peter Malek Thank you, sir!

[@NevsTechBits]

Datona was a good, high note to go out on. Thanks for the video. It really took me back.

[@ADDudes]

Just have to say, your videos rock! Nostalgia overload to the max :)

[@CGQuarterly]

Thanks! Glad you like them!

[@ThePSXcollector]

This channel is amazing! great work :)

[@CGQuarterly]

+ThePSXcollector Thanks a lot; I appreciate that!

[@cassnate6259]

These are really well-produced. This channel deserves more recognition!

[@CGQuarterly]

Thanks!

[@Pathos312]

This is an amazing video! Thank you for the share, it contains so much behind the scenes information.

[@CGQuarterly]

+Pay Thos (Pathos) No, thank you for watching!

[@iidirectxii7545]

Love the look and overall design of the Saturn especially the Japanese version with its dark grey case with blue buttons. Just looks so clean even now it still looks great, the design has aged very well very much like the Mega Drive with all models still looking great till this day (model one is still my favourite of the Mega Drive models)

[@Wezi427]

I was a fan of the white model

[@iidirectxii7545]

Mark Deluisi Even till this day Sega made the best looking systems.

[@Wezi427]

+II DIRECTx II agreed, I also liked the Panasonic 3DO FZ-1 model. Quality made. It's a shame people didn't take the time when programming games for the Saturn.

[@iidirectxii7545]

Mark Deluisi Very cool looking system. It's big but looks awesome, personally prefer larger systems, have always found that small systems look cheap and toy like.

[@forresthunter1483]

Oh man, I remember that GamePro issue!

[@AbrahamKato]

22:26 "much like a visiting out of town relative it manage to wear out its welcome before to long". Jajaja great scrip, man. I think this is the best video on youtube about the Sega Saturn.

[@CGQuarterly]

Thanks!

[@GameplayandTalk]

Great episode, Chris. I didn't realize some of those games were launch titles (the Soccer and Golf games in particular).

[@IBroLLyISePhIrOtH]

Daytona USA i wanna fly SKy highhhhhhhh , let's goo togetherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 23:57

[@Hellwyck]

GAY BONERRRRRRRRR LET'S GO AWAY!!!

[@kevinhoward6607]

Bahahahaa

[@Tonebone721]

Cool video I bought my sega Saturn at electronic boutique on launch day with Daytona USA and clockwork knight.

[@Tonebone721]

+referral madness true lol

[@Kafuinga]

+Tony Fuentes I got my Saturn for christmas in 1996. Came with Nights Into Dreams and the trifecta: Virtua Fighter 2, Daytona USA and Virtua Cop :D

[@silviazambrano8494]

+Sopa de Caracol g

[@Kafuinga]

Silvia Zambrano damn right

[@godzilla7391]

Bought my Sega Saturn from a local game shop called Game Giant. I thoroughly enjoyed mine. Dark Savior, Panzer Dragoon, Shinobi Legions, Shining Force, Mr. Bones, and countless others kept me busy. RIP Sega as we once knew It .

[@waloacme]

Dude your videos are amazing, thank you.

[@julianblow4739]

Your video on the launch is longer than recommended documentaries on the whole life cycle of the Saturn. Love it!

[@CGQuarterly]

Glad you liked it!

[@julianblow4739]

Classic Gaming Quarterly I can't get enough of these right now and there isn't enough time in the day! Keep up the awesome work.

[@timlipovsek9163]

I loved Sega products. I am in my late 30's and experienced everything that was discussed in the video. I was so gun-ho for Sega, I (My Parents!) bought a 32X and a Sega CD! That system was a complete mess of wires and ugliness. I skipped buying the Saturn for a Play Station instead felling burned by 2 failed Sega products. I am now a loyal Play Station player. (With a Wii for the kids.) Love your shows.

[@thriftymervis7898]

Ok

[@random_gamer_guy82]

Me too same age, had mega CD borrowed from my uncle which I didn't like because everything he had was poor graphic wise. Managed to play a 32X at gamescon two years ago and thought it pretty average. And then I remember having a Saturn at 13 my mum bought me and like a fool a swapped it a year later for snes. Gobshite. Missed it straight away.

[@I_like_turtles_67]

You went down the same path as me. I'm 37 and I never had the 32x or sega cd. But bought a playstation ( refurbish from funcoland) and never looked back.

[@JimBeezie]

Thanks for another sweet episode. I never realized the Saturn did so well in Japan, that's interesting.

[@CGQuarterly]

+James Schmidt Thanks for watching!

[@bonfingertip]

+James Schmidt I heard its succes in Japan (and in the East in general) was due to lots of JRPGs. Some (or many?) of them were really outstanding, like Grandia and Lunar remake. But in the US it was Berny Stollar, who refused to give green light to localizing JRPGs, as he thought the games were too niche and failing to portray all the graphics potential (he led the same policy in SCEA prior to joining Sega).

[@Kafuinga]

+James Schmidt The Saturn was huge in Japan. The console even made cameos in some of my favorite animes of that era. You can see Asuka playing Hikari's Saturn in an episode of Evangelion! Sakura Taisen for one was huge over there as well as many, many other titles that never came out here cuz SOA was being run by idiots after '96.

[@Technibility]

Solid, detailed, and informative video. You my friend, have a bright future here on KZbin with this type of quality content.

[@CGQuarterly]

Thanks!

[@JorgeAmengol]

I love this channel! Another very thorough video.

[@bradnimbus4836]

I'm impressed! You've earned a subscriber fine sir!

[@CGQuarterly]

+Brad Nimbus Thanks dude!

[@anon7596]

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[@Kafuinga]

+Jay CFC LETS GO AWAY!!1

[@theironhorse8227]

Daaaayyytooooonaaaa!!

[@tiger1chu]

Roooooooooollling STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAART

[@theironhorse8227]

Tiger Chu 😂 Damn Right!

[@PaulNat360]

rolling staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaart!

[@DashawnJizzle]

One of the greatest channels on youtube right here!!! Great work bro!

[@CGQuarterly]

Thanks!

[@theguambler3338]

All right CGQ, thank you for finally bringing out another one of these Launch Spectaculars! I've been waiting since August for another one!!! I brought my Sega Saturn to Chicago to play Saturn Bomberman ( multitap too ) with my brothers ( in s-video mode ). Please keep delivering these well spoken, well informed ( with just enough rhetoric ) to the table! I really hope you continue the yearly breakdown of game releases ( Genesis 1990, 91, 92 etc ) because I truly love that format, and I hope you do the same for the TG-16, Playstation etc!!

[@CGQuarterly]

+Vincent Pascal Thanks! As to your last sentence, that is definitely my plan.

[@outerspaceman7534]

I was lucky. Even though I only had a SNES back in 95, my bro in law bought a Saturn and a bunch of games. He gave it to me a few years ago. It sits here on my desk now.

[@PikaLink91]

Actually, I just bought a used SEGA Saturn, and one of the three games I chose to buy with it, was Clockwork Knight. I had stumbled on the game a long time ago, and then more recently watched a lets play by a guy who wasn't too impressed by the game... but I dunno, I guess I saw something in it that neither you nor he did :-)

[@tbb033]

It was one of the two games when I bought it during the early launch (the other being Panzer Dragoon) and I didn't regret it. It was fun for it's time. I can see a lot of flaws with it now (mainly how floaty it was to control) but I really loved stuff like that Transformer boss.

[@JazGalaxy]

This was the WORST era to be a hardcore gamer because lots of games looked good in trade magazines and looked/played awfully in reality. I remember seeing screenshots of Virtual Hydlied and thinking it looked amazing. Like something out of another world.

[@sidearmsalpha]

Actually, the worst part for me was that I was a college student who couldn't afford to pick up a lot of the awesome import games on the Saturn and Playstation because import games cost so much. I later was able to pick them up once I had disposable income to do so but many games had also increased in value due to their popularity or scarcity.

[@PikaLink91]

Yeah... being a retro gamer is an expensive practice...

[@pferreira1983]

Clockwork Knight was great!

[@JoseAguilar-hl3ny]

You did such a good job with this video man, I was just talking about the Saturn with my homie and found this video. Learned a lot about this console since the Saturn is very foggy in my memory.

[@jobibi]

Just found your channel, great work and great video!

[@CGQuarterly]

+jobibi Thanks!!

[@RetroAllianceGaming]

Great channel my friend. You earned a sub. I love sega and will always defend them to death. They took risks no other company would.

[@CGQuarterly]

Thanks!

[@PeteSkerritt]

Late to the party, but WOW. I really enjoyed this episode. The combination of history and game impressions segments really hooks me, and I am a huge fan of your narration/delivery. Since I skipped the Saturn (in favor of the PlayStation), I honestly didn't know a lot about it-- other than the basic history (cost, questionable launch decisions, final outcome). It's always great to learn more things. I had not really considered how the launch date change had affected software releases, nor did I realize the drought that occurred shortly after the surprise launch. I'm guessing that it might have been at least a bit frustrating for early adopters to have to wait for the software train to catch up. My decision to skip the Saturn was based on feeling like I got hosed after dropping the cash on the 32X, and that was after feeling like the SEGA CD never really lived up to its potential. I enjoyed (and still do enjoy) the Genesis, but my confidence in SEGA after the SCD and 32X all but disappeared... whereas the PlayStation blew me away in mid-1995, when I first played one. I know that I missed out on a few games (and probably would've liked the Pebble Beach game, based on your demonstration/comments), but I still don't feel all that compelled to seek one out and experience it for myself. Congrats on another quality video!

[@CGQuarterly]

+Peter Skerritt Hey Pete! As always, thanks for watching. I think your experience is a common one. A lot of people felt unsatisfied with their purchase of the Sega CD, and then felt straight-up burned by the 32X, so it's understandable that those people were going to be hesitant when Sega released a $400 console less than a year later. I do think you should check out the Saturn if you can pick one up on the cheap, though. Thanks for the comment!

[@Tornado1994]

+Peter Skerritt Give Saturn a chance.

[@davidtravis8107]

These are the greatest video game videos I've ever seen real talk keep up the great work

[@chrisludwig5441]

Very awesome video! If I remember correctly Daytona USA was a pack in game in europe.

[@CafemanOld]

I remember that the original Saturn console's box had a picture of Eternal Champions on it, which we Sega CD fans at the time thought would be awesome. The future was bright. There was this new Saturn game called Tomb Raider coming out. Too bad EC was cancelled, and TR was not an exclusive after all.

[@B727X]

Why is that too bad? People with the more common consul that did not fail got to play

[@DarDarBinks1986]

You forgot one other key thing missing from the Saturn launch: A proper Sonic game.

[@CGQuarterly]

+AirCooledMan2006 Well, as a whole the Saturn is missing what I would consider to be a proper Sonic game.

[@apollosungod2819]

You forgot what Sega of America and Tom Kalinske's agenda for the Sega Saturn in 1995 was... to push you to buy Bug! while claiming Knuckles Chaotix as a 32X exclusive...

[@ben6668]

just found your channel brings back memories when I was playing these games when I was young with my twin brother I'm subscribing to your Channel

[@dassumpcao]

Jesus Christ this Banco Nacional cap just sent me waaay back into my childhood! Well done.

[@mylifeingaming]

[Coury] Congrats on the new capture setup! Footage looks fantastic. Also, amazing episode. CGQ is one of my absolute favorite channels.

[@CGQuarterly]

+My Life in Gaming Thanks a lot, Coury! I really appreciate all the support you've always given me.

[@TheLastLineLive]

It is a shame about Kalinski, probably one of the best CEOs in gaming, he turned Sega from a niche arcade house to a household name. No other Sega CEO was even remotely as successful.

[@Tornado1994]

+downphoenix Of America.

[@TheLastLineLive]

Tornado1994 I can't think of any Japanese Sega CEO that had as much success. Sega did better in north America with the genesis than any other platform in any other region.

[@Tornado1994]

downphoenix Haijime Satomi current President and Chief Operating Officer of SEGA Holdings,Co,Ltd He SAVED the whole company, helped reorganize and restructure SEGA's Arcade Amusement business(whom Okawa nearly destroyed after forcing SEGA to go software), brought in new market ventures for SEGA, allowed them to buy TMS Entertainment, revived SEGA Toys, helped SEGA pay off $3 billion in debt, revived SEGA's old IPs for protection, revived Saturn and Dreamcast to be steadfastly protected, Brought SEGA into the Theme Park business,Casino business,expanded their Redemption Game Machine business, not to mention grow SEGA to be a much more sustainable and larger company than they were in the CSK years. People underestimate Satomi. He's hands down SEGA's Best CEO. People are so hung up on the "Consumer Game Business" and "Panchinko" divisions, thinking if Sega's 3rd division fails, the whole company will go down without realizing that its a very tiny division of the whole company and can be easily treated as collateral. The 3rd party division of SEGA is utterly worthless and meaningless. The general Malaise of the COD infested industry. overseas poor management in America and Europe and the conflicted and divided fanbase(Whom most of them aren't real SEGA fans, but instead Wolves in Sheep's Clothing who are at heart console fanboys who want SEGA to only be a publisher for their favorite platform,) are the reason why SEGA can't be seen publicly as the legend and GREAT gaming brand they are. Satomi WANTS to bring SEGA back into consoles: "Question: How are you going to rebuild the Sega brand and how long do you think that is going to take? Satomi: As I said before, the Sega brand first became famous as an arcade machine and then with the home video game consoles. The Sonic character was largely popular with those machines and consoles. Unfortunately, we eventually withdrew from the home video game console business. However, our name and brand is still out there because of the famous characters from people’s childhood. We would like to change, adjust or shift our product, brand and business with the current era to be a leader again in the future." Translation: We want to get back into the hardware business and are willing to change our business structure to do so. He just needs SEGA fans, the TRUE ones to come out of the woodworks that have been hiding.

[@TheLastLineLive]

Tornado1994 okay then why did Sega recently have a lot of layoffs in the west and shut down most of their mobile projects? If they were really transitioning back to console development, then why the layoffs?

[@Tornado1994]

downphoenix The layoffs were for the 3rd party consumer games division. Shutting down mobile games is extremely common. It's pretty asinine to think that doing so is sigificant. Whenever a Mobile game is shut down, it's immediately replaced by another. BTW, SEGA recently posted a profit in case you didn't notice. www.segasammy.co.jp/english/pdf/release/201603_3q_tanshinhosoku_e_final.pdf

[@lunarfact]

Truly a great documentary!! keep up the good work, bro!!

[@CGQuarterly]

+Nayef Al-Haddad Thanks!!

[@KTJohnsonkidThunder]

Cool video. I'd definitely got to get my hands on a Saturn these days.

[@tyleradam4836]

Ayrton Senna's hat. Nice touch.

[@oryandunn]

First thing I noticed about the video as well...

[@dodolurker]

Same here :-)

[@gpuppy1234]

That panzer dragoon game looks badass

[@CGQuarterly]

Ya, it's a sweet game.

[@psfanboy79]

gpuppy1234 when i was a kid it was all over the magazine covers and had reviews praising it everywhere. I never wanted a Sega Saturn, but Panzer Dragoon, Nights, and the Capcom fighting games were top notch.

[@MrJimbofox]

As always, great job, Chris.

[@CGQuarterly]

+Retro Game Lounge Thank you!!