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Virtua Cop 2 Saturn Review: Justice, One Light-Gun Shot at a Time
AM2’s cinematic light-gun classic at home: three directed cases, the merciful Justice Shot and flawless two-player co-op on Saturn.
Author: Sal Benedetto
From the Vault columnist. Grew up feeding quarters to the Ms. Pac-Man machine at his uncle's pizza place; still owns his childhood SNES and every Nintendo Power he ever begged his mother for. Writes the retrospectives and the hidden-gem hunts.
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Virtua Fighter 2 Saturn Review: The Million-Seller That Fought Clean
AM2’s landmark at arcade resolution and sixty frames: three buttons, ten fighters, and the conversion that sold the Saturn in Japan.
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Sega Rally Championship Saturn Review: Mud, Gravel and Glory
Three tracks, every surface speaking, and a handling model racers still study: AM3’s arcade legend converted to Saturn without losing its soul.
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Saturn Bomberman Review: Ten Players, One Very Long Fuse
Hudson’s perfect formula at full scale: ten-player local multiplayer, dinosaur mounts and a co-op campaign — the best Bomberman ever made, on Saturn.
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Radiant Silvergun Saturn Review: Treasure’s Silver Bullet
Seven weapons, colour chains and bosses destroyed by percentage: Treasure’s Saturn masterpiece, the shoot ’em up against which the genre is measured.
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Guardian Heroes Saturn Review: Six Players, Three Planes, Total Joy
Treasure’s three-plane brawler with fighting-game depth, RPG stats, branching paths and a six-player versus mode: the Saturn’s 2D crown in action.
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Panzer Dragoon II Zwei Saturn Review: The Dragon at Full Gallop
The rail shooter perfected on Saturn: branching skies, ground-level charges and a dragon that grows from how well you fly.
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Panzer Dragoon Saga Saturn Review: The Four-Disc Miracle
Team Andromeda’s farewell masterpiece: a dragon that evolves with your choices, a battle system nobody has copied, and the Saturn’s greatest RPG.
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NiGHTS into Dreams Saturn Review: Flying on Instinct
Sonic Team’s dream-flight score attack judged on Saturn: the 3D Control Pad, the perfect lap, and the jester who made grace a game mechanic.
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Original Xbox Hidden Gems: 10 Games the Halo Shadow Hid
Breakdown’s fists, Phantom Dust’s card-duels, a presidential mech and a self-harming voodoo doll: ten superb Xbox games that grew in the Master Chief’s long shadow.