Sega Saturn

A 2D powerhouse trapped in a 3D era — and Japan's favourite fifth-gen machine.

Sega's fifth-generation console is a dual-CPU marvel that crushed 2D sprite work and sweated on 3D polygons. Saturn struggled in the West against PlayStation but became a legend in Japan, home to Panzer Dragoon Saga, Radiant Silvergun, Guardian Heroes, Virtua Fighter 2, and a shooter library that's still unmatched. Programming it was infamously brutal; collecting for it is infamously addictive.