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Post by Yart on Jan 4, 2019 8:24:06 GMT
I wonder if it's just a ROM cart with no CD. That is possible too.
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Post by The Elite MYT on Jan 4, 2019 9:34:23 GMT
Yeah. It certainly has peaked my interest and I'm interested to see how they managed it.
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Post by Anthaemia. on Jan 4, 2019 16:51:22 GMT
Without going into specifics, that "plug 'n' play" comment might indeed be a clue that we're looking at a cartridge only game...
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Post by buckoa51 on Jan 4, 2019 16:56:01 GMT
1) It's not exactly hard to find modchips or PseudoSaturns 2) There's nothing to say this cart will be usable for starting anything other than this game.
I'm thinking Cart only myself at this stage, flash memory is really cheap nowadays, kinda makes sense.
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Post by rossi46 on Jan 4, 2019 20:00:55 GMT
Without going into specifics, that "plug 'n' play" comment might indeed be a clue that we're looking at a cartridge only game... One Twitter user asked him if he'd finally gotten round the issue of loading CDRs on the Saturn and he replied: "Of course, we'll release a plug and play game". Cryptic or not, it would appear he's cracked it. I think he'd reduce his sales projections if he was to turn round later and say "By the way, you'll all have to buy an action replay or pseudo saturn cart too, if you want to play this".
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Post by xDerekRx on Jan 4, 2019 21:22:50 GMT
He seems to keep dodging the CDR question so to me it seems like its a cart game too. I guess thats actually neat in some ways, if people just started making games as if the cart slot were made for gaming like we all thought when the system first came out. Turning the Saturn into a genesis lol.
That said if hes just staying quiet and in fact figured out how to produce legit Saturn CDs that would be nuts.
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Post by rossi46 on Jan 5, 2019 0:29:16 GMT
It would be a stunning achievement. Let's hope so.
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Post by Anthaemia. on Jan 5, 2019 17:59:52 GMT
From what I recall of past attempts to bypass or at least document the Saturn's copy protection, there appears to be some type of holographic area the laser checks for at the boot stage, only this was supposedly pressed with a "wobble" of sorts in the track that makes it impossible for conventional disc burners to replicate. The only real alternative to this would be to circumvent such a test by tricking the BIOS into thinking the verification process had already been completed, which is how devices like Pseudo seem to work. Of course, this is only a very basic version of what's happening - I'm sure someone else will be able to provide much greater detail.
On the other hand, I once remember there being suggestions that it may be possible to create a self-booting disc by burning data to a smaller 8cm CDR then inserting this into the middle of an original Saturn disc with its middle section cut out. I've no idea whether anybody was crazy enough to try out this method, though I'm highly sceptical of this for various reasons. First of all, it would require a perfectly good disc to be sacrificed, not to mention you'd be limited to burning games with smaller amounts of data than a standard disc allows. Furthermore, this would surely put considerable strain on the drive motor. Even if it is achievable, I can't possibly recommend this as a solution. More than installing a mod chip, replacement SD card port or even flashing a compatible cartridge, such a necessary level of precise engineering is likely beyond the reach of your average gaming enthusiast.
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Post by rossi46 on Jan 6, 2019 10:24:11 GMT
New teaser on Twitter today:
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Post by exodus on Jan 6, 2019 10:41:54 GMT
none of that looks like a saturn could display it! so... that's that!
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Post by rossi46 on Jan 6, 2019 11:57:39 GMT
To be fair, I don't think he's presenting those images as in-game shots.
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Post by rossi46 on Jan 10, 2019 14:34:48 GMT
Guy's asking people to keep an eye on his YouTube channel in the upcoming weeks for preview footage of his new Sega game.
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Post by rossi46 on Jan 10, 2019 14:44:40 GMT
At last.
I just flat out asked him on Twitter if the game will be on CD.
He replied: "Yes, with 4mb cart included"
So there it is.
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Post by thewhitefalcon on Jan 10, 2019 14:54:30 GMT
Which raises the question of whether the "4MB cart" is just a PseudoSaturn flashed cart.
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Post by rossi46 on Jan 10, 2019 14:59:21 GMT
Could be.
Still cool nonetheless that there's people prepared to make new games for a difficult, 24 year old machine.
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