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Dear Saturn Mag, I've Heard the Saturn Couldn't Handle Alex Kidd... Is This True?". Sega Saturn Magazine. Vol.1, no.2. December 1995. p.51.
a b c d e f g "Best Saturn games of all time". GamesRadar. March 6, 2014. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016 . Retrieved April 6, 2014. But that doesn't mean it's a total bust. Numerous excellent games were released for the console, which was supported primarily in the mid-to-late 1990s, including a variety of original Sega classics and several stellar third-party releases. RPG and fighting game fans, in particular, enjoyed a healthy array of options on the platform.Lemos, Robert (March 17, 1999). "Sega makes play for Dreamcast support". ZDNet. Archived from the original on December 17, 2014 . Retrieved December 17, 2014. The original iterations of the controllers has proprietary controller port, thus requiring a third-party adapter to be able to connect to the PC. Fukkokuban and PlaySEGA models, however, use the standardized USB Type-A connector, but only acts as generic DirectInput devices. Cifaldi, Frank (May 11, 2010). "This Day in History: Sega Announces Surprise Saturn Launch". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013 . Retrieved December 10, 2016.
a b c d Stephanie Strom (March 14, 1998). "Sega Enterprises Pulls Its Saturn Video Console From the U.S. Market". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 30, 2013 . Retrieved December 7, 2014.Rumors about the upcoming Dreamcast—spread mainly by Sega itself—were leaked to the public before the last Saturn games were released. [102] The Dreamcast was released on November 27, 1998 in Japan and on September 9, 1999 in North America. [137] The decision to abandon the Saturn effectively left the Western market without Sega games for over one year. [138] Sega suffered an additional ¥42.881billion consolidated net loss in the fiscal year ending March 1999, and announced plans to eliminate 1,000 jobs, nearly a quarter of its workforce. [139] [140] I don't have access to lag time tests, but I didn't notice anything in the way of input latency. Whatever is there is likely being caused by modern displays, which a controller can't prevent. If you can deal with that, then the Retro-bit gamepads are easily the most accurate and well-made retro gamepads I've felt in a long time. Saturn to Get Internet Connection Facilities in '96!". Sega Saturn Magazine. Vol.2, no.5. March 1996. p.8. a b c d e f g Parish, Jeremy (November 18, 2014). "The Lost Child of a House Divided: A Sega Saturn Retrospective". USgamer. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014 . Retrieved December 17, 2014. Keith Stuart (May 14, 2015). "Sega Saturn: how one decision destroyed PlayStation's greatest rival". the Guardian. Archived from the original on March 30, 2018 . Retrieved June 25, 2018.