Life on Saturn

I just received a used copy of Galactic Attack for my Sega Saturn. I bought my Saturn the summer it launched and it still keeps me occupied from time to time. That’s ten years, which for a console is pretty good. My wife’s NES has it beat still, though. This summer I have been replacing games I sold in 1999 when I bought my Dreamcast and even earlier when I bought my PS1. I found I really missed playing those games. For fighting games and Sega’s arcade games the Saturn could not and cannot be beat. Until my Dreamcast, it was my system with the largest library. So you could say that I am a Sega fan. As I write this I am bidding on an Xbox for all the Sega games I missed, but back to my Saturn. I can honestly say I’ve had more fun with this system than any other. Why? I just got into those games more than anything since. There was something more to them than just polygons, sprites, and texture maps. That is why to this day I keep it hooked up for some Sega Rally, Xmen vs. Street Fighter, Virtua Cop, Virtua Fighter 2, Nights, Manx TT, and Radiant Silvergun. These are all classics in my book and games no gamer should pass up. Life is good on Saturn.

Just started playing

I just started playing Resident Evil 4 on my Gamecube. I know I’m about 11 months late; even worse when you consider I bought the game in August. I’ve been reluctant to start it because I didn’t want to get caught up in it. I’d played though RE2 and Code Veronica before and they took a few weeks with little else in between and frankly this time I had too many other games I wanted to finish. I’m more a fan of arcade style games where you can turn it on play for half an hour and be done. The RE games are the exact opposite of that. To play these takes a bit of a commitment and usually a good guide. So far I like it. The changes to the game really bring the series back to the forefront. Then again I liked the previous versions too. I haven’t met any real bosses yet but none can be as bad as the one in the plane in Code Veronica. The graphics are to drool over, and really do look next generation, especially on our HD set. I’ve already crapped myself a couple times so the frights are just as they always were. Plus now there is a real sense of dread in the game. The atmosphere is perfect. This is a game to buy a Gamecube or PS2 for.