{"id":221174,"date":"2021-03-25T16:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/?p=221174"},"modified":"2025-02-16T17:55:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T17:55:31","slug":"sega-saturn-facts","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/sega-saturn-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Facts About The Sega Saturn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sega is one of the biggest names in gaming, and they have been making consoles for decades.\n</p><p>The Sega Saturn was Sega\u2019s sixth console, and it is known as the failure of Sega.\n</p><p>But how can a pioneering piece of technology be viewed this way?\n</p><p>Here are ten facts about the Sega Saturn.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The Sega Saturn was released in 1994.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-221181 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/02%5C/sega-saturn-facts-release.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Someone' holding a sega saturn controller width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sega-saturn-facts-release.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The Sega Saturn was released in Japan on <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/day%5C/november-22%5C/%5C%22">November 22, 1994.\n<p>The first shipment of 200,000 consoles sold out on the first day of sales.\n</p><p>Following its success, it was released in North America on <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/day%5C/may-11%5C/%5C%22">May 11, 1995, and in Europe on </a><a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/day%5C/july-8%5C/%5C%22">July 8, 1995.\n<h2 class='\"list\"'>The Sega Saturn was released four months early.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-221185 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/02%5C/sega-saturn-facts-early-release.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"The' original japanese sega saturn in a golden box width='\"728\"' height='\"440\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sega-saturn-facts-early-release.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Sega decided to release the Sega Saturn 4 months earlier than anticipated.\n</p><p>It is expected that this is one of the main reasons for its unpopularity in the USA.\n</p><p>Gaming shops were not prepared for the earlier launch and therefore not only lacked in the advertisement, but some shops refused to sell it at an earlier date.\n</p><p>The Sega Saturn was most popular in Japan and <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/26-facts-about-france%5C/%5C%22">France because of the popularity of the fictional character Segata Sanshiro who was used in the ad campaigns.\n<h2 class='\"list\"'>Sega Saturn was the first Sega console to display 3D graphics.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-221187 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/02%5C/sega-saturn-facts-3d-games.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"The' pandemonium game in on sega saturn width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sega-saturn-facts-3d-games.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The Sega Saturn was a 32-bit console that was Sega\u2019s first attempt at creating a machine supporting 3D graphics.\n</p><p>Sega worked with Hitachi to design a console around their new CPU.\n</p><p>This could have been groundbreaking for Sega, but due to being rushed to try and beat sales of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, certain elements were pushed aside.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Some games for the Sega Saturn were distorted.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-221186 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/02%5C/sega-saturn-facts-distorted.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"A' game on the sega saturn that is distorted width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sega-saturn-facts-distorted.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Multi-platform games such as <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/lara-croft-tomb-raider-facts%5C/%5C%22">Tomb Raider were a bit of a fail on the Sega Saturn.\n<p>This is because the graphics were very different from any other console.\n</p><p>The Sega Saturn couldn\u2019t render triangular polygons, so often, the games would appear to have distorted textures.\n</p><p>This was because the Saturn games were made using four-sided polygons and never triangles, unlike other consoles.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Over nine million units were sold worldwide.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-221180 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/02%5C/sega-saturn-facts-units-sold.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Lots' of different colored sega saturn controllers width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sega-saturn-facts-units-sold.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>This may seem like a lot of consoles sold; however, when compared with some of its competitors, it is considered a failure.\n</p><p>There were almost 10 times more of Sony\u2019s <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/sony-playstation-one-facts%5C/%5C%22">PlayStation&nbsp;One consoles sold than the Sega Saturn.\n<p>The PS1 was released in the same year as the Sega Saturn but managed to sell around 100 million consoles compared with the Sega Saturn\u2019s nine million.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The Sega Saturn supported three Sonic the Hedgehog games.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-222343 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/02%5C/sonic-sega-game.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Sonic' the hedgehog on sega width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sonic-sega-game.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Sega consoles had become popular due to the much-loved character <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/interesting-facts-about-sonic%5C/%5C%22">Sonic the Hedgehog.\n<p>There were three Sonic the Hedgehog games; <em>Sonic R, Sonic 3D Blast, and <em>Sonic Jam (which included <em>Sonic 1, 2, 3, and <em>Sonic &amp; Knuckles). .\n<p><em>Sonic X-treme was going to be the first 3D Sonic the Hedgehog game produced to use on the Sega Saturn.\n<p>However, due to company politics, production of the game was ceased, and there was no original Sonic platform game for the Sega Saturn.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The Sega Saturn changed color.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-221179 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/02%5C/sega-saturn-facts-color-black.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Sega' saturn black console width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sega-saturn-facts-color-black.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The original Sega Saturn sported a grey\/blue color scheme when it was first released in <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/japan-facts%5C/%5C%22">Japan.\n<p>The second model released in Japan was white with different colored buttons.\n</p><p>The third and final model sold in Japan was known as the \u201cskeleton model,\u201d which was transparent.\n</p><p>A black version of the console was designed specifically for the North American market.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Dreamcast was Sega Saturn\u2019s successor.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-221178 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/02%5C/sega-saturn-facts-dreamcast.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"A' white dreamcast console width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sega-saturn-facts-dreamcast.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>In 1998 Sega released the <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/facts-about-sega-dreamcast%5C/%5C%22">Dreamcast, which was their latest console since the Sega Saturn.\n<p>This caused the Sega Saturn production to cease in 1998 in North America, and in Japan, production ended in 2000.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>A total of 1046 games were produced for the Sega Saturn.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-221177 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/02%5C/sega-saturn-facts-games.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Many' games in their cases width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sega-saturn-facts-games.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>When the Sega Saturn was released, there weren\u2019t a huge amount of games available.\n</p><p>This was due to it being released earlier than planned, which meant that the game developers weren\u2019t prepared.\n</p><p>Of the 1046 games that were eventually produced, 785 of them were released exclusively to the Japanese market.\n</p><p>The last game officially released for the console in North America was Magic Knight Rayearth.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Sega named the console after the sixth planet.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-221176 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/02%5C/sega-saturn-facts-planet.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Sega' saturn logo with the letter twisted around a blue sphere width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sega-saturn-facts-planet.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The Sega Saturn was Sega\u2019s sixth gaming console, so they named it after the sixth planet from the sun.\n</p><p>This followed their theme of using planets for naming products.\n</p><p>&nbsp;\n</p><p>There are many reasons why the Sega Saturn wasn\u2019t popular, and it mostly comes down to the time and effort put in.\n</p><p>Due to the earlier release date, retailers weren\u2019t able to advertise and prepare for the launch.\n</p><p>The continuous rushing to beat other consoles on the market meant that quality was lacking.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>The Sega Saturn is a video games console that 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