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Topic	There are quite a few forgotten consoles. The original Xbox; Saturn; Mega-CD.
Foppe 09/28/17 2:08:57 PM #18:	SamuelHayden posted... Foppe posted... SamuelHayden posted... TullyBlanchard posted... Saturn was a solid console, despite all of Sega's blunders. was the saturn meant to use carts too? It had a cart slot, but it was only used for a RAM expansion Sega originally had plans of releasing two versions of the Saturn, one discbased and one cartridgebased. They skipped the cartridgebased one when they realized how costly those cartridges would be to be if they wanted the same storage size as a disc. That RAM cartridge slot was never meant to have any game cartridges. Thanks a lot. So that means they knew they'd use that slot for RAM since the very beginning? Could that slot technically be used for game carts? Yes, it was intended for extra RAM since day one, it was a nice way to keep the console price down to have extra RAM as an addon. Cheating devices like Gameshark and Pro Action Replay used the slot so technically it should work. You might be forced to start the console with a disc in order to make it start, and then have the cartridge highjack the data and load itself into the RAM instead. I got very little knowledge of the Saturn hardware, but since cheating devices works, I cant really see any reason why it wouldnt work. --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC <cite>Foppe posted [p:887454994] in There are ... [t:75823479]...</cite> <quote><cite>SamuelHayden posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Foppe posted...</cite> <quote><cite>SamuelHayden posted...</cite> <quote><cite>TullyBlanchard posted...</cite> <quote>Saturn was a solid console, despite all of Sega's blunders.</quote> was the saturn meant to use carts too? It had a cart slot, but it was only used for a RAM expansion</quote> Sega originally had plans of releasing two versions of the Saturn, one discbased and one cartridgebased. They skipped the cartridgebased one when they realized how costly those cartridges would be to be if they wanted the same storage size as a disc. That RAM cartridge slot was never meant to have any game cartridges.</quote> Thanks a lot. So that means they knew they'd use that slot for RAM since the very beginning? Could that slot technically be used for game carts?</quote> Yes, it was intended for extra RAM since day one, it was a nice way to keep the console price down to have extra RAM as an addon. Cheating devices like Gameshark and Pro Action Replay used the slot so technically it should work. You might be forced to start the console with a disc in order to make it start, and then have the cartridge highjack the data and load itself into the RAM instead. I got very little knowledge of the Saturn hardware, but since cheating devices works, I cant really see any reason why it wouldnt work. --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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