Another Grandia thread, Saturn vs PSX this time around. Thread starter Prime crotch. The differences are there but they're not as drastic as people think. Yeah I had the Saturn version and my mate had it on PS1. The only slight difference I noticed was that the water looked worse because the Saturn couldn't do transparency. Grandia -Saturn win 39: NBA Live 98- PS win 40: NHL 98- PS win. Post Re: Battle of the Ports - SEGA Saturn vs. Sony PlayStation by Drunken_Master » Mon Sep 03. Grandia was the Saturn’s FF7 back in 1997. One is better without really knowing the actual differences between the two versions. Attic and dig out my PSX.
Jul 07, 2010 ASSEMbler - Home of the obscure. Games that were Better on the Saturn than on PSX. Discussion in 'General Gaming' started by GodofHardcore. (it was divided into three volumes on the PS that now each cost as much as the whole collection for the Saturn, technically no differences to my knowledge) Games that you'd rather buy for the PSX.
Click to expand.yes, I'm am well aware of that and the 2D focus of the feature set of the Saturn. My question is and can be rephrased as. Which factor most contributed to the Saturns superiority in 2D titles and which could not be reproduced (in an manner of speaking) ont eh PS1 and other architeures of the Day? Take away the memory advantage and what do you have?
(speaking hypothectically here). What is is weaker in? When you have members claimng that even the DC doesn;t match up in terms of 2D effects you have to ask this quetion. EDIT: now that I've brought this up, that a look at Grandia ont he Saturn --> PS1 for example of the difference in performence of the 2 platforms. )loads of slowdown in the PS1 version, from memory) what's going on here do you think? Click to expand.It's hard to find a good example of saturn/psone 2D game that has not ram has main difference, because all the games(2D) that used to be on both Psone/Saturn were Cps-1-2 or neo geo port, those obvously didn't used saturn specific 2D features. So if you need an example of a powerfull saturn 2D game, you need to look for a 'saturn ONLY' 2D game.