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Oval button or round button model?

yojimbo - Nov 19, 2004

		yojimbo	Nov 19, 2004
		Ok, however dumb this question may sound, I'm smart-enough to recognize that I'm newbie-enough not to know the answer... yet. Be gentle! ;-) Looking at picking up a "spare" Saturn and I'm a bit naive here... is there a compelling reason to pick up one model versus the other? I've gotten the impression the round button model was preferred, but wanted to make sure first. And yes, I am interested in modding it, once I know more about it and feel confident with the process! So I am interested in that as an option. Thanks yojimbo EDIT: Have poked around more. From what I can see... for a moddable model... [a] round buttons GOOD. MFR date between Aug 96-Dec 96 GOOD. [c] anything else, GOOD LUCK! ;-)

		Decapitator	Nov 19, 2004
		Originally posted by yojimbo@Fri, 2004-11-19 @ 10:55 AM Ok, however dumb this question may sound, I'm smart-enough to recognize that I'm newbie-enough not to know the answer... yet. Be gentle! ;-) Looking at picking up a "spare" Saturn and I'm a bit naive here... is there a compelling reason to pick up one model versus the other? I've gotten the impression the round button model was preferred, but wanted to make sure first. And yes, I am interested in modding it, once I know more about it and feel confident with the process! So I am interested in that as an option. Thanks yojimbo [post=124069]Quoted post[/post] Yes I hope someone has an answer for this as well, I do not want to mod but would like to know the difference as well besides the round buttons. :agree

		dj898	Nov 19, 2004
		I think besides mod issue it's more or less cosmetic issue as function wise there isn't any difference although some says M1 is better than M2 etc... I have both M1 and M2 JPN consoles and on my money white console looks better than grey one...

		racketboy	Nov 19, 2004
		I believe the consensus is... For Swap Trick = Model 1 (oval buttons) For Modding = Model 2 (round buttons) Anything else = Whatever you think looks better

		Darklegion	Nov 27, 2004
		Just curious,but is the access light the only reason that the model 1 is easier to swap with?

		Kisou	Nov 28, 2004
		Just curious, which models do the V-Saturn and the Hi-Saturn account for? Or are they still relative to the models with the same button shape?

		Dyne	Nov 28, 2004
		i had a v-saturn with round buttons, modded it as a model 2. dont know if every v-saturn is like that though. great boot up sound on that system i must say.

		mal	Nov 28, 2004
		I'm pretty sure that you get V-Saturns and Hi-Saturn in both Model 1 and Model 2 versions.

		dj898	Nov 29, 2004
		yep. they shared same shell design with Sega consoles... just different colour scheme with M2...

		Quakester2000	Nov 29, 2004
		I would go with a model 2 myself, they are better built, also in most cases the cartridge slot is better on Model 2 i guess because its the new design. Also. Model 2 is best for chipping.

		yourmaster	Dec 3, 2004
		Go with Model 2. Modchips are easy to find for this model and I think it's better to backup your Saturn games and play the burned copy (with a modded Saturn) than get scratches on your original discs. :banana

		dj898	Dec 3, 2004
		what scratch? I have few hundreds titles and don't recall I get the disc scratched using on Saturn consoles... ??? am I missing something or doing something different???

		mal	Dec 3, 2004
		Swapping may lead to disc scratching, but I can't think of anything else that would.

		Darklegion	Dec 3, 2004
		I think he is just saying you should use backups to avoid damage to cds from carelessness,clumsiness,kids,siblings,dog's etc rather then the saturn itself doing the damage.