I still own the original Saturn version of Daytona USA to this day. Despite the visual downgrade, Sega AM2's initial Saturn port of their Model 2 arcade hit kept the fun gameplay, controls and soundtrack. Composer Takenobu Mitsuyoshi singing for all three tracks always felt endearing...

the music is legendary

I remember paying a hefty price for this for my Japanese Saturn on the day of release. When I got it, I couldn't help the feeling playing a game that was only 75% finished, huge amounts of pop-up, glitches everywhere. It was painful to look at, yet I still loved the game, and spent 100's of hours perfecting every course. In terms of gameplay, it's still one of the best arcade racers. ♥️

Thanks for the Daytona videos; everything about this game puts a smile on my face. Back when I got this as a gift in 1996, I was so thrilled to have my favorite arcade machine on my TV I didn't care about the visual downgrade. Sega succeeded in retaining the essence of what makes Daytona special, and proved to me that graphics are far from the greatest factor in determining how much fun a game can be. Now, if they'd mangled the soundtrack... I might have to sing a different tune :p

@86kid.

2 жыл бұрын

This game never gets old such great memories ❤️😀🙂

Takenobu Mitsuyoshi did a great job on this OST, his vocals are on point!

Looked up this game today for the nostalgia. The first videos that show up are the arcade version, which is beautiful. As someone who only played this version, I don’t remember the game looking this bad on Saturn.

@RetroGamesBoy78

2 жыл бұрын

NightinXgale Playing on modern TV's dont do retro 3D games any favours.

@JORDAN23TV

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr Jesus

@aaron_aj_knight_95

2 жыл бұрын

That's because the Saturn port was rushed for launch date. It'll never be as good as the arcade release.

@arkadyshersky8704

Жыл бұрын

You might have played the Championship Circuit Edition, which was a significant visual upgrade, albeit with worse controls.

@kicapanmanis1060

Жыл бұрын

Probably will look better on a CRT

It's definitely a flawed version of the game but still very fun and playable. I especially like how you can drive the wrong way and still have laps counted and even get time bonuses.

@jamesonmcquaid2633

5 жыл бұрын

Louis The SEGA Nerd the music is so slow and off beat

@superbroly64DS

5 жыл бұрын

That proves that gameplay is more important than graphics

@segaunited3855

5 жыл бұрын

@@superbroly64DS Correct. Graphics don't make the game. You can compare Daytona to FX Zero 64. FX Zero 64 doesn't look good, but like Daytona, its a very fluid and solid racer.

@superbroly64DS

5 жыл бұрын

@@segaunited3855 I wish Sega came back and humiliated Sony and Nintendo

@segaunited3855

5 жыл бұрын

@@superbroly64DS That's what we're hear for. That's part of why we at Sega United are forming UNG and why our friends at Alethiea Games,LLC have been secretly developing "RAZOR" for 2 and half years. We are planning to bring SEGA back into the Home Consumer Business, so that they can show everyone HOW its down, knock some sense into Nintendo and so that Sony can finally pack it up and leave the Console business and take all the parasites that came in with them including Microsoft making Game Consoles instead of Investing in an Ecosystem for its Windows Gaming.

If this and VF1 were a lot more polished and not rushed I don’t think the Saturn would have got such a bad rep for 3D games. SEGA RALLY, VF2 proved it was a capable machine.

I loved the music in this game as a kid. Almost shed a tear.

@pra_stock34

4 жыл бұрын

Splash Wave Beats the music is slow and off beat

@rashadscott5609

Жыл бұрын

Same bro 😢😢

I bought a Saturn instead of the psx back in the day because I loved Sega arcade games, and also snk arcade titles... saturn had both ! They may not be as good as the arcade , but they were really fun! I had tons of fun with Sega games on the saturn ... I had the console for like 2 years only, maybe less, but played hell of it... I also had the psx, but didn't like it nearly as much... Sega has its magic back in those days, that I just can't explain ... :)

@SagradaMascarita

4 жыл бұрын

I had the same experience with the Nintendo wii U, another console that ended its run prematurely. Was the first console i bought with my own money and i only owned for maybe 2 years, but it brings back so many memories.

@alexkubrat3868

3 жыл бұрын

Even if sega sat. Is less powerfull than PS, I love this console. And even if Sony had GT2(Best racing game ever made), sega was still a king in arcade games, especially in racing games.

@alexkubrat3868

3 жыл бұрын

@@PandelKrauser24 I own PS3 version of daytona, and it's the best port ever existed, but the minuses are: No split screen multiplayer, no sound test, no new cars, no new tracks, and new soundtrack are not the best remixes.

@admiralAlfonso9001

5 ай бұрын

@@alexkubrat3868im really bad at Gran Turismo 2, it always makes me rage quit. maybe I’ll learn it someday, but for now I prefer arcade gameplay for racing.

@alexkubrat3868

5 ай бұрын

@@admiralAlfonso9001 Yea, I agree. Over the years I actually changed my opinion and I think that arcade racers can be more fun over games that aim at realism. Daytona USA 2 for example.

Having never played the arcade before we got the Saturn I thought this was the greatest thing ever. My brothers and I spent countless hours just trying to best the fastest lap times all while enjoying the amazing soundtrack. After all these years it's still one of the best arcade racing games.

"How much draw distance do you want?" "None"

@RetroGamesBoy78

2 жыл бұрын

DSM The editor Daytona USA was the most technically advanced racing video game at the time, so porting it down to a new to market, $399 home console, which also proved to be hard to program on, it turned out ok.

While it had its issues...was still amazing to be able to play my favorite arcade game at home.

What a throwback this is.. Maybe the first game I got for my Saturn... Which came in those cheap ass clear cases that had the joints that broke on day one

The instant rush of memories to the song was overwhelming, thanks for posting this.

Nothing like owning a sega saturn in 1995. At 10 years old i literally felt like I owned an arcade and was living in the future. To this day its one of the best moments of my childhood. Having this game, virtua fighter, virtua cop with the gun and a few lesser known games in 95 was insane! Never played 3d games prior to this and was truly ground breaking!

One of my all time favourites, played it to death, and back in the day i could beat the time set here, pretty much every play without fail.

Takes me back. I loved the Saturn version. The pop up never bothered me since I maybe only played it once on the arcade, bit hundreds of times on the Saturn. I hot the PS3 version and it's much harder almost impossible to place first, but I placed first on Saturn always.

Oh the memories. It’s just something about that rolling start that makes you want to pass everything on the course 😂

And how I loved this OST! Hahahaha. I was 11 years old And I just loved to put the Daytona or the Sega Rally in my CD player and listen to its songs all day long doing my ahome work ! Those were the days ...

@hackercdc

2 ай бұрын

It`s true man, i`m listen soundtracks game super street fighter II in my diskman while going to university

You are a freaking boss! Was fun watching, it brought back fond memories!

@SaturnMemories

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Daytona is one of my all-time favorites, so I know it like the back of my hand, heh. Anyway, if ya liked this video, check out my longplays of other versions of Daytona. :)

Still the most fun Saturn based Daytona USA experience

Oh the nostalgia, we had the steering wheel..thanks 😍😍

The beginning of every race is golden. Holy fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!

Despite the poor graphics, the game as a whole still plays decently where you still felt like you got full control on your car. The only problem is that the A.I can be annoying to get pass, they can even bump you into the wall when colliding with them

@SaturnMemories

2 жыл бұрын

You've gotta take a really bad line to get pulverized by the AI.

so hard to make a perfect run over and over again in this game. you did well.

Some of my favorite gaming memories are from this game! Many hours spent on this back in 95, I only had this, Myst, Virtua Fighter and Sega Rally championship when I had my Saturn.

Man I loved my Saturn I got it for Christmas in 94 , that dude singing on the tracks was going hard especially on the ohhhhhhhh had ho hooooooo oh hoooooooo how ho ho !!!!!!

@RetroGamesBoy78

2 жыл бұрын

R Woods That must of cost you an arm and a leg!

I did like a million laps in this game on my Saturn back in the day.

This game at release blew me and my two friends away,we played it to death hooked up to a.sound system and got drunk many weekends racing each others laptimes This game rocked,its framerate was fine and the colours and sharpness were top quality .. pop up didnt bother us .. we were used to 32x virtua racing before this beast so anyone talking about framerate or pop up should shut up .. it was a new console in New territory and the playstation didnt hold a candle .. ridge racer didnt come close Nor did tekken 1 compare to virtua fighter either,the saturn has flaws but i truly feel the saturn was the much better console ..too expensive and released nearly a year too early

@aerisgainsborough2141

Жыл бұрын

*ridge racer type 4 would like a word...

I was a Sega kid back in the day and was dying for a Saturn and asked for one with MK3 and Daytona USA for Christmas 1995. I unwrapped a PlayStation with MK3 and Ridge Racer. My parents said no to Sega's $399 price tag, but said yes to Sony's $299 price tag. I was so angry and disappointed lol. It made me so mad that instead of playing Daytona on Christmas morning I was playing Ridge Racer. I of course grew to absolutely love PS1 and after a year or so I didn't even really want a Saturn anymore. Ironically, the reason why I was a Sega kid in the early 90's was because when it came time to upgrade from the NES my parents said no to SNES at $199, but yes to Genesis at $149.

I had a Genesis back in the day, but never a Saturn unfortunately. I had a PS1 then and still do to this day, but I have always loved the games from Sega, including Daytona USA, from this era. All these years later, I have gained a love for the Saturn and its library of games for the longest time and although flawed, this port of Daytona USA still plays well and is fun.

Very cool video. Thanks for posting and have a nice day too.

i sold my Sega Saturn way back in 1999. to this day i regret selling my Saturn copy of Daytona USA because it was actually a present from my late grandfather when he was living in the US. :( i wish i could one day have a Saturn copy of this game in honor of my late grandfather :(

@becomeanolive1637

5 жыл бұрын

You can probably get it on ebay

@patrickhawthorneLS

4 жыл бұрын

Get a japan saturn and a japan copy pf the game and a few others and relive those days,your granda would be proud

@PaulNat360

4 жыл бұрын

@@patrickhawthorneLS thanks Pat. though my copy was a US copy, not a Japanese one

That opening theme, once it kicks in, won't get out of your head for a long, long time.

Simply a immortal classic.. saturn version its the law!

I remember hearing that song at an arcade. I thought it went eddyyyyyyyummmmmmbaaaaaaa 🤣

Oh i miss playing this game its so many great times, war craft 2 , dracula x and mortal kombat trilogy on saturn so much fun

Love Daytona USA 😎

As rough around the edges as the game looked , playing it in the 90s on a big tv it still felt like Daytona ! They captured the feel well

So many great memories playing this game

oh nice driving skill

So many memories of playing this on Christmas when my siblings and I get the console to playing it after school

Never forgive myself for choosing the cheaper PS1 over the Saturn back in the 90's

@briangriffin5701

4 жыл бұрын

I traded my Saturn and games in for a PS1. 😢

@MyDiabolicoTwin

4 жыл бұрын

@@briangriffin5701 Didn't regret it later on?

@briangriffin5701

4 жыл бұрын

@@MyDiabolicoTwin Of course I did(hence the manly tears emoji). The game store I went to never had much in the Saturn section to begin with while almost half of the store was PS1 games and accessories. I made my fateful decision when I spoke to a clerk who told me that Sega stopped supporting the Saturn and they'll be no more games made. 😔 My first Playstation game was Final Fantasy VII.

@MyDiabolicoTwin

4 жыл бұрын

​@@briangriffin5701 In my case no-one I knew had a Saturn back then. The console itself were (little) more expensive and so the games. In fact the games were a lot more expensive and rare to find since the PS had cheap bootlegs and pirated copies being sold everywere. But the Saturn had a charm who has never being matched by any other console, in my opinion.

@briangriffin5701

4 жыл бұрын

@@MyDiabolicoTwin I didn't know anyone who had a Saturn either. I bought my Saturn in January of 97'. The price was $249 and it came with Virtua-Cop, Virtua-Fighter and Daytona USA. It was a great deal consideting I got all that and 2 controllers. You don't get 2 controllers standard nowadays.

The lyrics that are different here: Arcade: TUH! Saturn: DUUGH duugh DUUGH duugh DUUGH duugh DUUGH duugh DUUUUEGH Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuh

Acrade = Better graphics / Saturn = Better music

I feel AM2 did a great job porting this to the Sega Saturn. The gameplay was intact and the soundtrack was better than the Model 2 version. The graphics were not shabby at all. We have to remember that Model 2 was so ahead of anything that existed at the time. So with that being said AM2 did a good job porting this to our beloved Saturn. This was a great game and a classic on the greatest system of the 5th generation in my opinion the Sega Saturn it definitely brought the Sega Arcade action home for me.

Careful, Ull melt the tires! 🔥

This and SEGA rally were my favourite Saturn games

This was AMAZING home console graphics when it came out.

@Yukatoshi

3 жыл бұрын

It’s better than people tend to remember. Ridge Raver on PS1 was better graphically, and the only other real challenger was Need for Speed/Overdrivin’ on 3DO.

Pretty cool that you got to do this video! I would also ask about the PC version, but it's pretty much exactly the same as the Saturn, just that it (apparently) has a bit improved framerate, draw distance, and higher resolution, but it seems to be a bit of a pain to get working without some small issues (I got it working perfectly in w7, but I haven't uploaded the fixed version at all for that game yet), and I guess that we will only see CCE/Deluxe (preferably Deluxe, maybe) after you do DC/2001, since that is the answer you gave me the last time I asked you.

@SaturnMemories

7 жыл бұрын

Your patched version of Deluxe seems to work okay. I just can't get my head around the handling. I might give it another shot after I wrap up Daytona 2001 though.

@SaturnMemories

7 жыл бұрын

Now I can't get it working correctly on my recording rig. Game runs at probably around 10fps, with a green tint, and the top portion of the screen is covered with a black bar.

@SaturnMemories

7 жыл бұрын

Alright, never mind. I remembered that I needed a DirectDraw patch for Windows 8 and up. The game still runs with a lot of flicker, but it doesn't seem to show up in the recordings. Unfortunately the framerate isn't a solid 30fps. It does seem to dip at times to 20fps.

@ArcadeStriker

7 жыл бұрын

The game version I uploaded should have a Direct3D versrion, that should function better in Windows 8. (Or in other terms, there should be a executable there that uses D3D instead of DirectDraw, but honestly I haven't tested it with Windows 8 at all)

@SaturnMemories

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there are two executables. One that says "DAYTONA USA Deluxe.exe" and another that says "DAYTONA USA DeluxeNo3D.exe." Obviously I'm using the former and have the D3D and high-poly mode enabled in the menus. In Windows 8 (and possibly 10), you need a modified DirectDraw file in the directory to "fix" the frame rate. Unfortunately you get flicker. My laptop with Win8 gets less of it -- possibly because of it's older CPU. My desktop, which has a current-gen Kaby Lake CPU, gets a ton. None of the flicker shows up in the recordings, but the inconsistent framerate is present. It's nowhere near as bad as it was prepatch, but it still does drop here and there. I could try installing Win7 on a partition again. See how that goes...

I was playing this back in '97!

OK, this doesn't seem nearly as bad as I've heard people moan about. It's obviously not a 1:1 arcade port but I would've loved this if I had a Saturn back in the day.

I own the original version and the championship edition on the saturn love this game

Back then it was the ultimate feeling to play a actual arcade game, At home

Still play my sega satuen..i got virtue fight 1 and 2 i got daytona i got tomb raider virtua cop man i love all these games...plus i got road rash...a classic

This game is timeless.

That damn theme song still haunts me 25 years later

there was no getting away from it, i remember thinking this looked terrible even when it was first released..

@supercap3000

3 жыл бұрын

You’re a harsh critic/ sega presented a fantastic game here it still reeks of quality when it’s all added up. Imagine being a young kid waking up to this game as your first system 😏

At least the music was arcade perfect.

@Ashura96

7 жыл бұрын

Mathew it's actually not. It's arranged version but I don't think it sounds all that great

@fruitlion8

5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately not, but it's hard to screw up Daytona's music, so these arrangements were still good quality :)

@bigblueassbaby9074

4 жыл бұрын

ItsASquid its basically the same, just the vocals aren't samples like in the the arcade.

@pettttson

4 жыл бұрын

...sort of

@ILTIZIOCHEGIOCA

4 жыл бұрын

0:33 Daytonaaaaaa *LET* go awaaay ( *LET* go away) daytonaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I had the demo disk of this, used to play it all the time

I actually prefer the Saturn’s rendition of the soundtrack instead of the original arcade version.

@64bitmodels66

4 жыл бұрын

how???????

4:37 welcome to victory lane you’ve made it

12:19 I wanna fly Sky High! let's goooo togethaaaa.... - blue blue skies~~~~~

Good memories

That still look better than cyberpunk 2077 on PS4 and Xbox one

この曲を聴きたかったかっこいいよな

So.. many… memories…😍

I wanna fly sky high~~~~~~ Let's go together !! my best song in Daytona USA ^^

And I had the Australian pal 50 hertz version of the saturn daytona usa back in the day and man did it have huge pal borders haha even more so than normal it was like half a game there was that much of the screen missing.

LOL That soundtrack is... unapologetic. Kind of silly, but good stuff. Looks like a fun game. Bit past my time as I was an NES kid, but cool to see. Cheers.

Childhood...Music engraved in my mind

I remember playing this fondly back in 1996. Yeah it’s a visual downgrade and the frame rate isn’t great, but the gameplay was fun. I still felt that great sense of speed and the excitement from surviving sharp turns. The soundtrack is excellent even to this day. Sadly, once I’d beaten all of the courses, replay value is non-existent. Playing the game as horses was cool and all, but no 2 player mode and no additional exclusive courses kinda made it a bland port. Still a great game though.

amazing video, and amazing skill: can i ask you, which gamepad you are using, and which emulator ? i use mednafen, but the gamepad (xbox one controller ) is not so accurate... thanks

Greetings from Indonesia🇮🇩, Southeast Asian. I still Remember this Game SEGA Daytona USA, this is one of the BEST Game 90s although i'm a 2000s Kid, i am Playing this Game at Timezone Game Center. Because this Game the First Version at Platform Arcade. Now i have this Game at My Laptop ASUS, and the Graphics it look almost the Same at Saturn. But because My Mine in Laptop, when i was Download This Game, there must be something different, that is in the Mode Select section, in My Place.... underneath Arcade Mode is "PC Mode" and there is no Sound Music, both at the Opening and Pas race... also at "PC Mode" there is a Automatic Blue Car and Manual-4 Red Car. But it's Okay No Problem. Nostalgic Game 90s. Plus : I Fastest Total Time 3'19"89 with Name IDN (Indonesia) Manual-4 Red Car at Expert Course (Seaside Street Galaxy)❤👍👍👍

Damned near every title like this suffered from pop-up, early on in the 32-bit era. This was obviously a more extreme example. But this nailed the FEEL of Daytona, lesser visuals and lower frame rate be damned. I had a blast playing this and played it a ton.

Saudades desse Game

Blue blue skyyyyyyyy blue blue skiiiies I seeeeee!!!!

175-190mph powerslides, Memories.x

I still remember sitting on my bedroom floor playing for hours just to unlock the "horse". Talk about a trip down memory lane. I still remember how I used to think the reflections of the clouds on the back window of the cars was so impressive.

@SaturnMemories

Жыл бұрын

If you use an emulator that lets you disable individual layers, you can see it's just a vertically scrolling background layer of clouds. You could program a shmup on top of it or something, heh.

@chattingesque372

Жыл бұрын

I remember thinking those reflections looked great too

Daytona looked really pixelated and incomplete to a middle school kid like me back in 1994. Sega Saturn was just all about VF1 and VF2...

This is NASCAR on steroids

Advanced Course. 6:15

My dad was pretty good at this game when I played with him years ago

was amazing at the time, I was a gamer back then and remember going to my mates house to play it. It was cutting edge graphics but it looks so terrible now

15:93 la vuelta!!

Arcade: "Daytooonaa!!! Let's go away!!!" Saturn: "Day ona!!! Le go away!!!"

i swear i dont remember daytona usa being THIS pixelated on the saturn

Beginner Course. 1:53

Saved by the soundtrack.

Damn I wish we got to see the light of day of the 32x version... Would love a mostly playable 2player alpha build AT least....

@SaturnMemories

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think they got very far with either the 32X version or the Mega Drive SVP one either.

YOU CAN TAKE HIM!

@TheKrazyk2010

4 жыл бұрын

you're looking good

@texasgamer2148

4 жыл бұрын

Careful you'll melt the tires

I liked being the horse. super fun

SATURN POLYGONS! YEAH!

I'm here for that DAYtoooooNaaAaa at 0:29

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't a great port in a technical sense. But gameplay wise it's still solid as a rock, and ultimately that is all that matters.

blue bluuueee skies....I see... blue, bluuuueee sskiiiiiiiiiiies!

The main issue is the frame rate. The dodgy pop up would have been acceptable at a steady 30FPS.

懐かしいな😃

gee aye emm eee ohh vee eee rrrr.... game game game over!