Saturn/Sega CD backwards compatability

iX NES Xi · Post by **iX NES Xi** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 7:43 pm

Hey, today i got a Sega Saturn for cheap no games though and i was just wondering if Sega CD games work on the Saturn console

gamer2 · Post by **gamer2** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:21 pm

I Doubt it

tom61 · Post by **tom61** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:23 pm

Nope. Not compatable, you'll just have the CD player pop up most likely if you try.

extremesonic · Post by **extremesonic** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:18 am

It funny when you put dreamcast games into CD players and stuff that has CD players. You get this woman who infroms you that you have a dreamcast game disc, that can only be played in the SEGA dreamcast console.

I got a good chuckle when I put a dreamcast game into my PS2 and that popped up.

Yeah I know off-topic, it just seemed kinda releated.

Metroid fan · Post by **Metroid fan** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:51 am

Man thats 1337

Post by **Sparkfist** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:13 am

Yeah the Saturn uses a MIPS type CPUs, and you'd need a 68000 (or is it 010) for the CPU of the Sega CD.

@Extremesonic, Yeah I belive the first few hundred megabytes of the disc can be read on a CD-Rom. And if I remember right it's all the music and video media. I wish a DVD-Rom could read Dreamcast discs, I'd get the videos off my Grandia II disc then.

iX NES Xi · Post by **iX NES Xi** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:50 pm

Just another quick question, I put a Audio CD-R and a regular Audio CD in the Saturn just to see if it would read it and it dident spin, I cant tell because I dont have a A/V or RF adapter for it but would I have to select on the menu of the console to get them to play?

Thanks

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:46 am

Well, I doubt it, and you'd probably have to finalize the disc.