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That horizon
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 3:10 pm
by Green Gibbon!
Just checking in case I might have missed it, but did we ever get any scans of the Japanese Chaotix manual that don't suck? Browsing through my own shit, I see that I have one good page with the enemies on it, and some illegible pages with the story and characters. What I am seeking at the moment is a list of the Item Box power-ups...
Re: That horizon
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 3:32 pm
by big_smile
Green Gibbon! wrote:Just checking in case I might have missed it, but did we ever get any scans of the Japanese Chaotix manual that don't suck? Browsing through my own shit, I see that I have one good page with the enemies on it, and some illegible pages with the story and characters. What I am seeking at the moment is a list of the Item Box power-ups...
Bulk from Sonic Dimension transcribed the text from the character pages so they would be easier to read. The scans that you have are all what exist.
^_^
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 4:15 pm
by Green Gibbon!
Boy, you'd think one of us would own such a thing. Some lousy fanboys we are.
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 5:53 pm
by Baba O'Reily
This topic makes me want to boogie.
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 7:03 pm
by Esrever
I know I am a lousy fanboy. Man, I am only now getting around to purchasing a Sega Saturn.
(I couldn't find one in town so I am resorting to ebay. Please tell me if there is anything I should know before buying.)
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 7:41 pm
by Frieza2000
Saturns use VMU batteries to save data, so make sure you have one if your's isn't coming with one. When I bought mine (from the net), it wouldn't save. It took me quite a while to learn about the batteries. Then I learned that the battery wasn't dead, the guy who sold it to me had shoved it in upsidedown.
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:03 pm
by Segaholic2
Forget the batteries and get a memory card.
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:03 pm
by Frieza2000
Make sure it's a memory card though. I got a 'ram' card. That just boosts the processing power.
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 1:31 pm
by Light Speed
They make those?
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 3:13 pm
by Green Gibbon!
Only in Japan. They were required to play certain games, such as Capcom's fighters.
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:29 pm
by Light Speed
The fighters required more RAM? Seems like they would be the least intensive genre for a console.
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:37 pm
by Dache
The Saturn needed more RAM to store all the animation frames in order to be arcade perfect, so Capcom made a 4MB RAM cart that was bundled in with some of the fighters.
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:47 pm
by Light Speed
Ohhh, 4MB, woohoo.
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:51 pm
by Dache
It made all the difference!
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 5:28 pm
by Green Gibbon!
Wasn't there also some additional MPEG sort of device that some games took advantage of to have higher quality FMV? I remember hearing something about this in reference to the Lunar games...
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 6:41 pm
by Dache
The Video CD card? Yeah, played those and MPEG1 video. There was a version of Lunar on the Saturn with better FMV and all that. Only in Japan, of course.
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 7:18 pm
by Green Gibbon!
Who made those? Sega? What was the going price for such an add-on?
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:28 pm
by Dache
Sega, JVC and Hitachi all made them, and then there's the pirate ones that suck.
Read this. Fuck knows about price; I'd guess $LOTS.