FPS Games on the Sega Saturn
The Sega Saturn's Disappointing Library of FPS Games
The Sega Saturn was first released on November 22, 1994 in Japan by Sega Corporation as a successor to the Sega Genesis (also known as the MegaDrive), and part of the fifth generation of video game consoles that properly supported 3D graphics for the first time.
It was among the first consoles to come with a CD-ROM drive, although the Sega CD add-on was released for the preceding Genesis, with plans for a combined reissue along with the 32X as the Sega Neptune. Considered a commercial failure, it was succeeded by the equally troubled Sega Dreamcast on November 27, 1998, which would be Sega's final console release. Their place in the market would largely be taken up by the Microsoft Xbox.
A number of first-person shooter games were re-implemented for the console by Lobotomy Software using their true 3D SlaveDriver engine. The console also featured light gun and rail shooters such as Die Hard Trilogy, Crypt Killer, Corpse Killer, The House of the Dead, Maximum Force, Galaxy Force, Chaos Control, Virtua Cop, Virtua Cop 2, and Area 51. Ports of American Laser Games releases such as Mad Dog McCree and Crime Patrol were considered for the system, but never released. The first-person dungeon crawl adventure Nemesis: The Wizardry Adventure was also ported, as were the mainline Wizardry titles, Madō Monogatari, and the exclusive game Shining the Holy Ark.
Games[]
- PowerSlave (SlaveDriver conversion)
- Alien Trilogy
- Quake
- Hellslave (homebrew; PROJECT Z-TREME)
- Hexen: Beyond Heretic
- IRRÉEL (Unreal inspired homebrew)
- Robotica (exclusive)
- Duke Nukem 3D (SlaveDriver conversion)
- Doom (SlaveDriver conversion)
- Ghen War (exclusive)
- Creature Shock
- Defcon 5
- Magic Carpet
- Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj (exclusive)
- Krazy Ivan
- Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels
- Blam! Machinehead
- Varuna's Forces (cancelled)
A version of Killing Time was developed but never commercially released. A version of Blood was also once contemplated. Ports of Robinson's Requiem, Alien Resurrection, Aliens Versus Predator, Forsaken, and Hexen II were also cancelled.