A trip into outer space.

Back in the mid 90s, my household was dominated by the grey slab known as the Playstation. As such, I did not get to experience many other consoles that were available at the time. Sure, my cousins owned a Nintendo 64, but they lived thousands of kilometres away, so I only really got to enjoy it once.

The one system of this era that I never got the opportunity to discover was the Sega Saturn.
Released in 1995, the Saturn was Sega's attempt to pull themselves out of the lull of console sales that the failed Sega CD and 32X had left them in. Unfortunately however, it did not manage to achieve this as well as it should have and was discontinued after only a few

The Saturn holds host to a variety of different games, such as Sega's staple franchises of the time: Virtua Cop, Virtua Fighter, Sega Rally Championship.. as well as many other unique games like Guardian Heroes, Panzer Dragoon and Darkstalkers (not to mention the best version of Bomberman to date, and a shitload of 2D shooters).

Nowadays, the Saturn is greatly underrated. A 2D powerhouse, this clunky black piece of hardware has become one of my favourite systems in my collection. It's a pity, really, that the two I own don't work as great as they should anymore.