The Real S3 Plan: Sega Saturn Stream

[@emnigmamachine]

There ain’t much cozier than a good old giant bomb stream

[@quantumcommunities7618]

I won a Saturn in an essay writing contest in middle school. I loved the janky games and the feeling of discovery that came with finding new titles. Because the system shit the bed I was able to buy lots of games after the stores stopped supporting the Saturn so I had a big library. This makes me want to try and dig up my old stuff. Thanks guys.

[@SasukeJR]

2:50:37 oh no... Ben manifested it

[@CanjoRambo]

Now I want a Saturn again. I go through this like every 3 months or so. Loved the hell out of that system.

[@Gungho73]

Man virtua fighter 1 to virtua fighter 2 is just a great leap visually. It really shows what people could do with tech if given experience and time to understand the system.

[@kilmerval]

This is the best title for any video ever.

[@tcbvgames]

Bug: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbcm16s Virtua Fighter: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbcm26s Virtua Fighter Remix: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbcm41s Virtua Fighter 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbcm33s Panzer Dragoon: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbcm42s Robotica: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbc8m17s Clockwork Knight: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbcm44s Virtua Cop 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbch8m53s Elevator Action Returns: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbch15m32s Virtual On: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbch25m8s Dead or Alive: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbch32m32s Baka Baku Animal: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbch40m47s XMen v Street Fighter: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbch54m44s Vampire Savior: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbch7m8s Marver Super Heroes v Street Fighter: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbch19m53s Street Fighter: The Movie: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbch31m30s Batman Forever: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbch46m36s Dragon Force: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbch54m41s Daytona USA: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbch7m39s Fighters Megamix: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S8aGacnc5_gbch13m

[@BiggNife]

Rorie: "Some poor twelve year old got a fetish he could never fulfill after watching this" Ben: "Yeah...some...poor twelve year old..." **stares at camera for 30 seconds**

[@partybarge]

2:08:38 for the curious

[@darkridearts]

BiggNife amazing. This man is a great addition to Giant Bomb

[@TokenFanatic]

Virtua Cop, Virtua Fighter, Sega Rally, Daytona 500, Panzer D, Mech Warrior 2, are all great memories. I may have only had a demo for some of those games but you never forget your first, console.

[@johnsmith-xx6rl]

i am 28 years old. Grew up durring the saturn / 64 generation with only a psone. Had the library backed up is why lol. But i got into saturn collecting a year and a half ago. Just for the street fighter games/series originally. Now i got panzer dragoon saga, radiant silvergun, in the middle of ordering battle garegga as we speak. Just the whole 9 with saturn. What a slept on amazing system. My new second favorite console of all time! Best retro controller period of all time! This simply was a system way ahead of its time and under appreciated. Its so disappointing but thank god this was catered to globally besides US.

[@MojoJakeJo]

So happy about the shoutout for Metal Arms!!! Please play it and share with us!

[@SgtHamster]

Virtua Racing blew my tiny little mind way back in the 90 in the arcade. I put so much money into that game. I'd love to see an HD remake on the PS4, but retain the untextured polygonal look at 4K 60fps.

[@Tornado1994]

Port Begging(a NeoGaf trait) and two, SEGA doesn't own the Virtual Racing IP anymore and nobody is interested in picking it up.

[@LaneDenson]

There's a Switch version that's almost exactly what you're describing, minus the 4K part.

[@RaLLenheimer]

The real S3 Plan ? = Solid Snake Simulation ? This is the S3 Training Kernel !

[@paraptorkeetcreations434]

I legit love Robotica. Levels are randomly generated so it's a different game every time.

[@washaa]

Red Zone for the Mega Drive/Genesis had a neat FMV intro. Also, coming from the Mega Drive Clockwork Knight looked amazing to me.

[@Josh-jv5ds]

This was the perfect stream for us to get used to Ben and I've gotta admit, I'm happy with his addition to the team.

[@Mykaizer]

Hell the fuck yes!! More Sega Saturn please!

[@Redfoxe]

Old games! Yes!. Frikkin love the Saturn.

[@wadegbow]

Elevator Action Returns! One of my all time favorites.

[@RonnieBarzel]

I only became familiar with it when I picked up a Taito compilation disc - Vol. 2, I think - that had it on it. Really enjoyed EAR.

[@tomj6608]

This was amazing, i was a nintendo then sony kid growing up so seeing the saturn was a new experience. I'd love to see a stream like this with all the other sega consoles, and it seems like Jeff would be into that

[@AllieMoonSailor]

I think I played a Saturn twice but this stream is giving me good vibes thinking about the dreamcast

[@markwildes553]

The satisfied swig of coffee after his Carlos mencia joke made me love Ben even 10 times more at 2:23:00

[@Jugg4n4ut]

Ben looks like a tall John Waters.

[@noahmccay6048]

Bought a Saturn this week largely because of this video. Me and my brother have been playing Virtua Fighter against each other for hours every evening for the last 4 days.

[@KillMechanism]

they replaced dan with Waluigi

[@TheZoidberg1119]

KillMechanism he is probably proud of that

[@Jerry4050]

honestly I prefer him then Rorie by the end of the stream

[@CaffeinatedKing]

Yeah, I don't know, Rorie comes across as kind of abrasive and irritating in general I find, always has. Though I don't recall him being that annoying in older bombcasts for example, he blended in better back then probably.

[@snarkanoid]

I used to leap at the chance to watch every Giant Bomb video, but they have failed to replace any of the cast that left with anyone I want to listen to. Increased Rorie time hasn't helped. Always abrasive, never funny, Debbie Downer status.

[@nathantaylor7026]

Man, we got a hint of both Rorie and Jeff's choice for Guilty Treasures in this

[@DTM-Books]

VF2 still looks sensational.

[@jonathanmenegalli]

that batman game wasn't the batman game i was expecting

[@ktlynn177]

I know this is 2+ years late, but it's the Batman game you deserve.

[@TheRealAmericanMan]

My first introduction to Elevator Action was that exact Dexter’s Laboratory GBC game And at the time I HATED IT but nowadays it’s pretty good

[@M1d32]

Hahahahahaha that Batman Forever game. I'm in tears.

[@Fruitboots25]

BRING BACK VIRTUAL ON!

[@DixyRae]

Oh wow. I played a SHITTON of Bug! on my family's Windows 95 PC.

[@Muppio]

You dissappoint me...everyone has Sega Rally...dropped the ball on this one lads. :-P

[@Sonyboj]

Love this stream. Hope they do one for PS1 also

[@28481]

Clockwork knight freaked the fuck out of me when I was a kid

[@NiGHTS1980]

Ahh, that screen brings back memories...

[@jd-py5nm]

i have a saturn I need to finish restoring perhaps I will do so in June commercials were great sanshiro was great and it had tons of great games!

[@trancer247]

Clockwork Knight 1 and 2 are very good games.

[@p4ultimax133]

Hey! I caught Jeff’s Target Earth call out! Great new series on the site

[@gilvy12]

It's....really not true that the Saturn wasn't designed for 3D. I've read extensively about the development of the Saturn and the 32X and I've never heard anyone from Sega ever say this. I've only ever seen this as speculation because the system has 2 CPUs and 2 video display processors, which is a weird setup, leading people to think that the extra chips were added in to give the system stronger 3D capabilities. This doesn't make sense as something to do at all and on top of that, Sega used a similar design in the 32X, which was in development before the PS1 was announced. In fact, they intended the 32X to act as a sort of introduction to programming with multiple CPUs so devs would be more comfortable with the Saturn when it launched. Besides all this, Sega hoping 2D would be the future is totally inane. Sega based all of its business decisions around its arcade division and they were one of the early pushers of polygonal games in the arcades. Why would Sega hope to extend the life of the Genesis with the 32X, which was primarily designed for 3D, and then return to 2D with the Saturn? The Saturn was, from inception, intended to push polygons. Unfortunately Sega chose an architecture that was difficult to work with and most devs didn't have the time or skill to take advantage of it. The beta Shenmue footage is a good example of what a team who knew the system could do.

[@SadalDay]

im a ninja, the digital kind

[@slicknicdwyer]

1:15:56 Put your switch up Put your switch up Put your switch up Put your switch up for Japan

[@Billinous]

1:45:50 Jason makes a good point here. Kind of messed up!

[@kasaioni7680]

The Sega Saturn; here to select our societal sanity.

[@TheRealAmericanMan]

Nothing as ever fucking bugged me as much as just watching them watch the video at the beginning of Street Fighter and forgetting to put the footage on screen.

[@JCDenton46]

Buck Bumble Yeah what the hell?!

[@BurtonRadons]

youtubedoubler.com/l2Mk

[@psychicsandwich7]

Buck Bumble They realize their mistake and show it again with more commentary shortly after.

[@TheRealAmericanMan]

Oh no they totally rectify it it just really bugged me

[@Gorilla_Jones]

SEGA Saturn rules!

[@TheZoidberg1119]

Watching this because VF5 became free on Xbox one

[@LastCorridor]

This new guy is cool

[@drdevman]

I would love to see a Dreamcast stream like this! And what happened to Die Hard Arcade? I’ve spent many quarters playing that ridiculously fun game and would’ve loved to see it on the Saturn. I think I may spring for one now...

[@heilong79]

VF1 was the first 3d fighting game ever made.

[@PerryGrewal]

I heard this was too hard to program for. Something to do with the hardware architecture. Morever, the critical mistake was that there was no proper AAA Sonic game for the console.

[@MH5tube]

the CD longbox story is really interesting

[@PyceV2]

Dragon Force looks fucking awesome

[@bencheshire]

Nights does not require the 3d controller. Its just better with it.

[@SoUtHMeMpHis]

Do a stream for the 3.D.O and play Killing Time

[@Fahrenheit38]

I'm glad to hear Jeff say the PlayStation Dpad sucks, it always fucking sucked

[@HuffdrewPaint]

I like Ben.

[@jontheballer]

I bought a modded Saturn to play import anime VCD's on. I dont remember but im pretty sure i never bough a single game for it.

[@Alex-vu5uu]

sega rally?????

[@KyleS.1987]

Fightingviperwave

[@lordoflizardsp]

I just recently got a Saturn, but I only have Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. :(

[@sockbat25]

SF5 needs Captain Sawada

[@delrowanep]

What version of Clockwork Knight did they play again? I remember mine having a much cooler song in the beginning

[@ronaldsugden351]

am i actually getting these consoles th would be nice

[@GamersChoiceVideo]

Mr booze makes a special appearance. He's bad for the brain

[@jd-py5nm]

just buy yourself a nice sony trinitron or pvm for those light gun games!

[@wolvie90]

Every time Rorie mentions Dragonforce I wanna go back and listen to The Power Within, that album is killer.

[@Macho_Fantastico]

Daytona USA is still legit a blast to play in arcades.

[@christiang1920]

How is the Saturn video so 4kHDR!? What cables are they using?

[@TheGingerExpress243]

Back before the site was ruined by COVID

[@CaffeinatedKing]

It's crazy how you guys got David Schwimmer to join the GB crew, never would have expected that. Ben seems cool though. I love how when Rorie when he finally gets his way, everyone is just zoning out or doing other stuff as he excitedly talks about shit no one could care less about.

[@无中-o5f]

ss fav

[@Fahrenheit38]

Saturn was the first console i installed a mod chip on. If I recall it just plugged into the disc drive ribbon cable and you just had to solder power wires

[@AllieMoonSailor]

I thought it would be a dream being the new guy at giant bomb. But then I see you get bossed around by you know who and harassed in the comments. Actually it would still be worth it what am I saying 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@DarkEggplant]

This seems way better than the Playstation, I'm just saying.

[@grubbyhubster]

Man....Rorie is starting to bum me out. he is like the answer to a question no one asked. You don't have to give your input in every conversation man. I can see why Jason took off towards the end lol. Rorie chill back on the chatter

[@SamCaton92]

Damn, Ben has some serious forward neck posture. Should probably fix that.

[@SamCaton92]

Stout Lager I know, I'm tall myself. doing rows helps a lot with it, you need a strong upper back.

[@iwanttocomplain]

Every console since the 16bit generation was sold at a loss. Only the Neo Geo made money from the actual hardware. The 32X could have been Sega's most successful console I think. There were alot of quality developers at that point who supported Sega and if it was always supported alongside the Saturn I think it would have grown a library over a 5-7 year cycle which could have been the best of all time... Maybe if it got Sega Rally or Daytona it would have taken off. The Saturn is such a sad pathetic mess of substandard 3d. Sega needed to develop and AAA Mickey Mouse 3d/3.5d platform game which wowed with it's sound and graphics. But they gave the flagship mascot to shitty Traveler's Tales and gave you Bug and crappy Panzer Dragoon and crappy Nights into Dreams.

[@grantdanasty]

Rorie is amazing, screw the haters.

[@tomgann9383]

Everything Rory does bothers me

[@drunkensailor112]

The guy who doesn't even know about virtua fighter 4. Why does this guy even have a job here?

[@konsolkongendk]

What a disgusting display of handling your games badly from Rorie! No fucking wonder that games I buy from America is usually scratched to death :(

[@Josh-jv5ds]

That's why I always go sealed new or nothing at all. Sadly the price for sealed new really can fucking jump so high.

[@fishface6247]

Dude with the haircut knows nothing about videos games.

[@coflow9719]

that batman game looked awesome. that dude with the brown shirt and mustache way worst and no one says anything.

[@chrisjacobs7452]

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