GameTap reveals Sega Saturn plans with Bug!
Currently hidden amongst over 800 games residing on GameTap is a relic of the Sega Saturn's past. One of the early 3-D platformers of the day, Bug! has managed to weasel its way onto the service under the guise of "Insect?" as a search term. The presence of Bug! today is much more important than the mediocrity it originally presented, as it means that Sega Saturn titles are coming to GameTap.
Just to be absolutely sure what this means, we took Bug! for a test run. As one of the many Sega Saturn titles that got ported over to the PC, we wanted to make sure that this was in fact the Sega Saturn version and not some sort of trickery. Our doubts were squashed when, upon booting up the game, we were met with the familiar loading sequence of the original Saturn. Sure, Bug! may somehow be worse than we actually remembered, but it's great to see what appears to be spot-on Saturn emulation.
As GameTap currently sports a rather robust first-party line-up from the Sega graveyard, consisting of the SG-1000, Master System, Genesis, Game Gear, 32X and Dreamcast, we fully expect this relationship to continue. If we're lucky, we'll see more along the lines of Panzer Dragoon Saga and Burning Rangers and less of those embarrassing Daytona USA ports.
In other GameTap news, Bug! is only one of three games currently hidden in the game vault as part of an easter egg promotion. Clues leading to the whereabouts of the remaining two games can be found both within GameTap itself and on their website.
