Sega Saturn

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Sega console home video game console

The Sega Saturn is a mid-1990s 32-bit home video game console by Sega, known for its strong 2D capabilities, complex hardware architecture, and commercial struggle against the Sony PlayStation and Nintendo 64.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sega Saturn canonical 33

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sega console ⓘ
home video game console ⓘ
arcadeBoardRelation related to Sega Model 2 hardware ⓘ
backwardCompatibility no ⓘ
bitArchitecture 32-bit ⓘ
brand Sega Saturn self-link ⓘ
commercialPerformance commercially unsuccessful ⓘ
competitor Nintendo 64 ⓘ
PlayStation ⓘ
surface form: Sony PlayStation
controllerPorts 2 ⓘ
cpu dual Hitachi SH-2 32-bit RISC processors ⓘ
cpuConfiguration dual-CPU architecture ⓘ
designGoal arcade-perfect ports of Sega arcade games ⓘ
developer Sega ⓘ
discontinuationEurope 1998 ⓘ
discontinuationJapan 2000-12-23 ⓘ
discontinuationNorthAmerica 1998 ⓘ
generation fifth generation of video game consoles ⓘ
graphicsProcessor dual video display processors ⓘ
knownFor complex hardware architecture ⓘ
difficult to develop for ⓘ
strong 2D capabilities ⓘ
launchRegion Europe ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
North America ⓘ
mainProcessor Hitachi SH-2 ⓘ
manufacturer Sega ⓘ
marketPosition competed primarily in Japan ⓘ
mediaFormat CD-ROM ⓘ
notableGame Guardian Heroes ⓘ
Nights into Dreams ⓘ
Panzer Dragoon Saga ⓘ
Radiant Silvergun ⓘ
Sega Rally Championship ⓘ
Virtua Fighter ⓘ
surface form: Virtua Fighter 2
predecessor Sega Mega Drive ⓘ
surface form: Sega Genesis

Sega Mega Drive ⓘ
regionLocking true ⓘ
releaseDateEurope 1995-07-08 ⓘ
releaseDateJapan 1994-11-22 ⓘ
releaseDateNorthAmerica 1995-05-11 ⓘ
strongestMarket Japan ⓘ
successor Dreamcast ⓘ
supports2DGraphics true ⓘ
supports3DGraphics true ⓘ
supportsPeripheral Sega Saturn 3D Control Pad ⓘ
Sega Saturn Arcade Stick ⓘ
Sega Saturn Backup Memory ⓘ
Sega Saturn Multi-Tap ⓘ
Sega Saturn light gun ⓘ
supportsSaveMemory external backup cartridge ⓘ
internal backup RAM ⓘ
unitsSoldWorldwide approximately 9 million ⓘ
weakMarket Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sega Mega Drive → successor → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Sega CD → notBackwardCompatibleWith → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Sega CD → successorPlatform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Quake franchise (via id Software) → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
subject surface form: Quake franchise
Sega Sports → platformPublishedFor → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Dreamcast → predecessor → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Nintendo 64 → competedWith → Sega Saturn ⓘ
SuperH → usedIn → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Sonic the Hedgehog → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Shining Force → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Phantasy Star → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Comix Zone → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
European Mega-CD → successorPlatform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Snatcher → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Sega → created → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Sega Saturn → brand → Sega Saturn self-link ⓘ
Lunar: Eternal Blue → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Lunar: Eternal Blue → remakePlatform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Metal Slug → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Sega 32X → relatedTo → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Sega 32X → successor → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Quake → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
id Tech 1 → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Duke Nukem 3D → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Hexen: Beyond Heretic → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
The Ultimate Doom → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Atari Jaguar → competitor → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Final Doom → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Doom (1993 video game) → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
The Horde → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
Pandemonium! → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ
World Series Baseball → platform → Sega Saturn ⓘ