World's first portable Sega Saturn has a face only a gamer could love

We'll start by saying that this perhaps the most aesthetically challenged portable console we've ever seen, and while it is a bit more slim than that "portable" GameCube we spied a few years back, it too is hardly pocketable. So why cover it? Because it's the first and only legitimate way to get your Fighters Megamix fix while on the go. (No, the Game.com version does not count). It was created by a modder who goes by the handle Evil Nod over at the benheck.com forums and contains what looks to be a full-sized console re-skinned and surrounded by a one of the system's optional analog controllers split in two. There's a 7-inch screen front and center and a nine volt battery 'round he back. The result ain't pretty, but we'd let it spin our Panzer Dragoon collection anytime.

[Thanks, ttsgeb]

[Leindurstit Posted Mar 16th 2010 9:56AM]

Yes, portable Off-world Interceptor Extreme!

[chewbacha Posted Mar 16th 2010 10:46AM]

@Leindurstit

YES! I loved that game!

[richb93 Posted Mar 16th 2010 1:00PM]

Sa-weet! That game on the screen is Manx TT Supuerbike for anyone wondering; I have it on my Saturn ;D

[trevr Posted Mar 16th 2010 10:19AM]

*tears up*

[remarkableryan Posted Mar 16th 2010 10:19AM]

rolling... START!

[KAL326 Posted Mar 16th 2010 10:30AM]

@remarkableryan Daytona USA FTW!

[brandoshido Posted Mar 16th 2010 10:39AM]

@remarkableryan how do you switch gears on a horse?

[CollinstheClown Posted Mar 16th 2010 10:44AM]

DaytonAAAAAAAAAAA DaytonAAAAAAAAAAA
:groovy bassline:

[CollinstheClown Posted Mar 16th 2010 10:54AM]

I fail. It was rolling staaaaarrt.

I was 6 when it came out lol

[Hackettman Posted Mar 16th 2010 10:27AM]

I always wondered why they rarely if never did this system..... It was ugly as sin originally and now doubly so....

[brandoshido Posted Mar 16th 2010 10:37AM]

This + guardian heroes = decreased productivity in all aspects of my life

[JimmyBoy Posted Mar 16th 2010 10:38AM]

Why are these kinds of things always done by guys with names like Evil Nod, Deathbringer, Crazyd00d, etc

[koehler83 Posted Mar 16th 2010 10:46AM]

A PSP emulator is probably a more practical approach.

[centizen Posted Mar 16th 2010 12:51PM]

Except that's it wouldn't happen for various reasons

[MVMNT Posted Mar 16th 2010 10:47AM]

Start your Photocopiers

[doyoucompute Posted Mar 16th 2010 10:58AM]

Back when the Saturn and PS1 both came out in 1995, that christmas my mom told me to pick which one I wanted and I chose the Saturn. The end.

[Neosubu Posted Mar 16th 2010 11:03AM]

I love these mods, but this one is just too ugly..

[Addidis Posted Mar 16th 2010 11:24AM]

It is more offensive to the eyes then the first cell phone eh? You know the giant brick with the 10 lb battery? But nice work, better then I have made. Perhaps now that its made, and obviously only a parent could love it , second revision will evolve into something that will look nice(r).

Great work though , dont let the feedback detract from that.

[ChazClout Posted Mar 16th 2010 11:45AM]

BEST CONSOLE EVER!

Shining Force III, Dragon Force, Panzer Dragoon, Sega Rally, Daytona USA, Virtua Cop, House of the Dead, Burning Rangers, NiGHTS Into Dreams, Fighters Megamix, Virtua Fighter....

I still play Saturn games on my PC using the SSF Emulator. Good memores.

[n00neimp0rtant Posted Mar 16th 2010 11:54AM]

Damn, and I thought the world forgot about this console.

[HousePorsche Posted Mar 16th 2010 11:59AM]

Kind of reminds me of the Sega Nomad. Except it has a wider screen and it probably doesn't run on 600 AA batteries like the nomad.

[Bocefuss4500 Posted Mar 16th 2010 12:16PM]

i still play my import saturn every ounce in a while as well you could never go wrong with the panzer dragoon series

[Prestidigitator Posted Mar 16th 2010 12:16PM]

Ha I just played mr. Bones and clockwork knight after picking then up at a used shop last night. Thank goodness for play asia so I could get the svideo cables and memory card.

[XIYL Posted Mar 16th 2010 12:32PM]

Now see this is an example of why modded PSP's are good. The homebrew community has been working on it long enough that really only N64 doesn't emulate smoothly.

[XIYL Posted Mar 16th 2010 12:34PM]

I'm not saying I don't enjoy these kind of mods. I'm just saying a PSP is more pocketable.

[sinai Posted Mar 16th 2010 12:37PM]

segata sanshiro approves!

[Diesel1313 Posted Mar 16th 2010 12:59PM]

Good stuff, I always like these things :) and kudos to the geeza tha made it A++++++++++

[TurtleMosesRex Posted Mar 16th 2010 1:29PM]

Sega should offer Saturn games to the virtual console or something. Sega Saturn was a failed console, but it was still just plain fun, n they'd be dumb not to try to make some money off of it, no matter how long after the system died..

[NoNameAtAll Posted Mar 16th 2010 6:27PM]

@TurtleMosesRex

It's apparently hard to emulate, though there is a good Saturn emulator out there. :\

[credo Posted Mar 16th 2010 1:37PM]

Sadly I never had the chance to own a Sega CD. I went straight from Sega to Playstation (that frikkin dinosaur intro was awesome!). But now, this- this could be the answer to my squashed childhood dreams. Santa, are you listening? Now is the time.

[weeman Posted Mar 16th 2010 2:29PM]

Hahahah! No-ones complained about the bezel yet.

[Slvrgun Posted Mar 16th 2010 3:17PM]

Radiant Silvergun FTW!