Saturn hidden gems?

[Kotatsu Neko]

I find myself playing quite a lot of Saturn games lately, so much so I'm wondering if my collection needs expanding on.

I have pretty much all of the big hitters, - Radiant Silvergun, Sokyugerentai, Panzer Dragoon 1-3, Sega Rally etc. But I'm wondering are there any lesser known, but great games I should really own?

I just bought the Twinbee pack and Fighters Megamix on eBay. The former I already have in MAME but I felt it belonged in my collection anyway, and the latter I hope is good but I fear it won't have aged well.

So you can see what I already have, my IGN list - http://club.ign.com/b/list/custom?&lid=100045&objt=1&grp1=20111&owner=kotatsu &mode=vown (for easy viewing choose 'view collection by platform/saturn' on the left hand side of the screen)
My Saturn is an unmodded white JP system and my Japanese skills aren't really good enough to handle RPGs. Princess Crown was a pain to play.

[SharkSkin-Man]

Batsugun, Battle Garegga and Hyper Duel if you like shooters.

[Kotatsu Neko]

Is Hyper Duel worth the $150 it commands on eBay?

[Kubrick]

Hardly a hidden gem, but you don't appear to have Virtua Cop. A must-have if ever there was one.

[SharkSkin-Man]

Is Hyper Duel worth the $150 it commands on eBay?

Depends how you look at it. If you're going to play it for hours and hours then yes it is.

It's certainly better than a lot of $150 NeoGeo games.

[Kotatsu Neko]

Hardly a hidden gem, but you don't appear to have Virtua Cop. A must-have if ever there was one.

TBH I'm not a huge fan of light gun games, and I run my Sat on an LCD panel, so a light gun wouldn't work anyway.

[moonwhistle]

Kyukyoku Tiger II is a real favourate of mine and isn't that well known.

[buster_broon]

Kyukyoku Tiger II is a real favourate of mine and isn't that well known.

agreed

i love kaitei daisensou - but i cant get it too work on my saturn - mame only for me

[Dogg Thang]

I'd say you absolutely need to get Keio Flying Squadron 2. It's one of the best platformers on the system.

[SharkSkin-Man]

Thats already on his list...

[Dogg Thang]

No it's not.

[SharkSkin-Man]

Keio Yugekitai

[Dogg Thang]

Ah okay. Sorry, I didn't know that was the Japanese title.

[buster_broon]

try:

chase hq plus s.c.i.
time gal and ninja hayate (since roadblaster and thunderstorm are on the list)
blast wind
darius gaiden
darius 2
gradius deluxe
pulirula arcade gears
gals panic SS
Metal Slug

[AdamJW]

Hmmm I'm bound to say this, but if you are looking for a serious gaming challenge, but a good one I'd say Super Robot Taisen F and its follow up Super robot Taisen F Final. They are fantastic games, and also a very meaty challenge.

For more games of the challenging TRPG nature try the entire Langrisser series especially 3 and 4 and even Black/Matrix is a ok little TRPG on the Saturn. I'm bound to favour these though.

I suppose my choices arent really hidden though but gems they most certainly are.