SATURN ARCADE PORTS

EASY PRICE, MAYBE

SEGA RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP

DEVELOPER: SEGA

RELEASE: 1995

■ Sega Rally Championship is still one of the greatest arcade racers of all time, thanks to its superb handling, dynamic track design and memorable speech effects, and the Saturn port was a technical tour-de-force that miraculously brought the thrills of the coin-op home on much lower-spec hardware. In fact, outside of an obscure Japan-only PS2 port given away with copies of the import-only Sega Rally 2006, the Saturn version remains the best way to play at home.

If you’re looking to get behind the wheel of the Lancia Delta or Toyota Celica once more then it’s best to avoid the US release, which is considerably overpriced and also visually inferior to the Japanese and European versions. The PAL conversion was even optimised for 50Hz screens to run at full speed and full screen, so you really can’t go wrong at that bargain price. But if you want to splash out a little more, get the Japanese Sega Rally Championship Plus, which was created to support online play but also works with the analogue controller for better steering.

EXPECT TO PAY £3 + EUROPE

EXPECT TO PAY £3+JAPAN

THE WHEEL DEAL

Steer into the Saturn Racing Controller

Though pricey on release, the Saturn’s Racing, and , and is available in three colours: black, grey or white.