@OutofPrintArchive Reading about how the memory expansion cartridges didn't work outside of Japan without an additional regional bypass sounds pretty standard for Sega's international missteps to me. "Plug in this thing, but you'll need two other things to do so."
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@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games As an American who very much did not know about the Saturn (despite owning a Genesis), the thing which brought my attention to the system at all were the Japanese TV advertisements after people uploaded them to YouTube. I've since learned that the lyrics to the full "Segata Shanshiro" song are quite elitist, but I still think that Bomberman commercial was just the right level of WTF.
Reading the phrase, "double speed CD-ROM," does not make me want the hardware, though.
@OutofPrintArchive Ah, Master Quest. Not just new item placement, but also new puzzles and tougher enemy placement. They also implemented it in the 3DS remake, but with everything left-right flipped, so Link is right-handed just like in Twilight Princess on Wii.
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games @Blackmist@feddit.uk A Link Between Worlds is also pretty good.
@OutofPrintArchive Well, the first one did have a PlayStation 2 port, but I don't know how easily you can track that down. I see that there was a PAL release.
https://wiki.pcsx2.net/index.php/Star_Trek:_Voyager_Elite_Force
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games @UKFilmNerd@mastodon.me.uk Both Elite Force games are on GOG.com. The 2nd one follows up on the series finale of Star Trek: Voyager and expands the scope a bit, so they dropped Voyager from the title.
@OutofPrintArchive I only played the demo, but it was pretty fun, especially multiplayer. The sequel has a hidden platformer level.
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games I didn't learn about X-Women until maybe 10 years ago or so. Found a promo video uploaded onto YouTube.
@OutofPrintArchive After Dreamcast there was some stat re-balancing, additional weapons, mags, and quests with the later versions, so you might have a better time with one of those. If you do ever try it, the Blue Burst client for Windows was a free download and Sega doesn't make people take down free private servers. Blue Burst doesn't have an offline mode, but its far more accessible than Plus on GameCube. I think Xbox had parity with Ep 1 & 2 on GameCube, but I'm not sure.
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games "...and you can forget Burning Rangers on the Saturn..." I think most never even heard of it. I didn't until the private servers for Phantasy Star Online included one of the songs from it in the audio files.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SduTpbcbgFA&list=PLvNp0Boas722A4qGof_kt2WHeysN4iLq6&index=24
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games Meanwhile, the actual clowns in Fighters Destiny...
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@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games Rogue Squadron was my unwitting introduction to Neil Ross's narration. He narrated the codex entries in the Mass Effect trilogy, and he does documentaries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY-hQJ5pMd4