Hello Newbie Saturn owner happy but...

[mungbean]

Hello,

Firstly I shall apologise in advance. My spelling may be quite bad, but it's down to typos i've done sone damage to my arm and my hand doesn't always wants to do what my brain wants..

So I have just started collecting for the Saturn, but I have been collecting for the Dreamcast for about 2 1/2 years now. I've amased about 30 games but because of some news, I decided to treat myself to a Sega Saturn. There were some games I was after and after months of deliberating, I bought one. I got a decentish deal for it. I bought a Saturn JP version of the Saturn because I didn't want to buy games from Japan and them then not work with the action replay and as the majority of games I will get are from Japan, I decided to get a Japanese console.

So far, I have got:
Bio Hazard
Deep Fear
Street Fighter collection
Street Fighter Zero
Street Fighter Zero 2
Street Fighter the movie (A game based ona movie based of game, interesting)
Mr Bones
Nights into Dreams
Fighters Megamix
Daytona
Vampire Hunter Darkstalkers Revenge
Fighting Vipers.

I quickly tested my console when I got it, but I haven't actually had a chance to play anythibg seriously.

So today, I decided to sit down and have a retro day. I have now noticed a fault. I don't know if this is an easy issue to solve or not.

I put on Mr Bones and played fine. I then went to play Street Fighter Collection and could not get it to play. Came up with a message error in Japanese about Ram. I didn't think the game required external Ram but I had my Par in the slot which has been registering. Same with all street fighters, Vampire Hunter and deep fear. Fighting Vipers was okay though. I also noticed something funny on the internal memory. The Saturn says I have no free space, but nothing saved! My Action Replay tells me my Saturn has no saves. I think there is a malfunction with the internal ram/memory but I don't actually know what to do about it. I can't find much info and my Saturn doesn't have a small reset button at the back i have put in a new Battery also i have a model 3220 white console from Japan. Has anyone encountered this kind of issue before?

Thabks in advance and I am looking forward to spending time reading through the tips and advice here.

[davyk]

Don't think any of the games in your list require the 4MB expansion - and if your games are the JP versions you don't need the AR cartridge at all - so I would take that out of the slot and try again. Only use it to take backups of your system RAM. The system RAM area isn't very big and can be easily filled so keep an eye out for that.

Also since you put a new battery in - has the system been retaining the date and time? If it isn't there might be something wrong with the battery you need to check it is seated properly and isn't past its use by date) OR - there is something wrong with the system memory. That is highly unlikely but I suppose it is possible.

[mungbean]

Hi,

Thanks for the welcome.

I tried 2 different batteries. Both of them were turned off for a couple of hours and both turned on with the system settings as I left them.

I have contacted the seller who'll replace the console. Happy with that. To be honest, it's out of my field to attempt a repair. I'm about as useful as a chocolate teapot when it come's to electronics.

But I'm looking forward to getting my new Saturn and playing some games. Really missed the retro scene.

Apart from Radient silvergun (which I can't justify the cash for) any Japanese only games worth getting?

I have seen a few, mainly puzzle games that I fancy getting but still debating.

[dantemdie]

Welcome man!

I've been here for a short time, but i already learned a lot. You'll probably be surprised a few times ; )

As for japanese only games, check out this thread: segasaturngroup.proboards.com/thread/4007/japan

[mungbean]

Thanks for all the welcomes. I think I just got unlucky with this Saturn but i have a new one coming. I am quite happy with that and looking forward to eventually starting getting through my saturn games.

Great info and hoping to be a contributir to this forum.