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Looking at getting an import saturn

tychomanger - Sep 25, 2003

		tychomanger		Sep 25, 2003
			I'm in the market for a Saturn for playing a number of mainly japanese games (Radiant Silvergun, Layer Section/Galactic Attack,Battle Garegga). Now second hand Japanese Saturns seem to be hard to come by and very expensive (> $/â¬100), while local (PAL in my case) ones are much much cheaper. I'm interested in my options here, I see a) Buy Japanese b) Buy US and modhip/action-replay c) Buy European and modhip/action-replay. If I get a Japanese one then I should not need anything extra unless I want to play US or European games. With the other options I should need a jandaman mod-chip/action replay of some sort (the ability to play any game from any region is apealing). Is the chipping/action-replay typically viable/easy to do - is it a guaranteed to work on any game, or should I just buy a Japanese machine (and not bother at all with getting games from any region).

		slinga		Sep 25, 2003
			With a modded saturn you can convert territory codes using a program like Satconv. So you wouldn't need an Action Replay for territory lockout.

		IBarracudaI		Sep 25, 2003
			slinga is right I would buy a PAL saturn, then get a modboard and an Action Replay, not for bypassing the country lockout, but for the extra ram that allows you playing some games that require it If you're good at soldering jobs you can even try a 50hz/60hz mod that way you can make you PAL saturn work like if it was a japanese one.. (well almost.. hehe)

		mal		Sep 25, 2003
			Nah, just buy one of each (J/US/E) Saturn.

		Adrock		Sep 25, 2003
			Or Switch the pal one, thats if your interested in original games cos obviously you wont be able to play copies

		AntiPasta		Sep 25, 2003
			well I got a white Saturn + 7 games from Japan for 80e *including* seamail shipping to the Netherlands They're not too expensive if you look in the right places, for instance the bargain bin at hard-off