Sega Saturn Startup Sounds Explained

The Sega Saturn is Sega's entry in the fifth generation of consoles and the successor to the massively successful Sega Genesis, or MegaDrive. 00:00 Introduction 00:12 Release dates 00:38 Some noteable games for the Saturn 00:44 About the 32X release 01:21 Technical specifications 03:22 Regarding the Saturn's complex hardware 04:02 Extracting the startup sounds from the BIOS firmware 04:28 The startup sound audio format 04:49 The three startup sequences 05:11 About the different startups 05:23 All of the startup sounds (for each BIOS revision) 07:23 The main notes / chords of the startups 09:02 Sales and discontinuation 09:20 The cancellation of Sonic Extreme 09:50 The Saturn's complicated hardware: An Achille's heel 10:00 My Sega CD side story (going off on a tangent) 11:19 Conclusion ================================= Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Sa... https://segaretro.org/Sega_Saturn/Har... ================================= Attributions: Voice-over talent for the Yu Suzuki Quote: By Takuya0317, https://www.fiverr.com/takuya0317 Sega Saturn Console Photo (Black): By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Sega Saturn Console Photo (White): By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Sega Saturn First Model Photo: By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Hitachi SH-2 Chip Photo: By Yaca2671 撮影 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Saturn Sound Processor Photo: CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Motorola 68EC000 Photo: By Konstantin Lanzet - CPU collection, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Video Display Processor Photo 1: CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Video Display Processor Photo 2: By No machine-readable author provided. Yaca2671 assumed (based on copyright claims). - No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Sega Saturn Motherboard Photo: By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Sega 32X Photo: By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Sega CD Photo: By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Dreamcast Photo: By Evan-Amos - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Mega Drive Photo: By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Nintendo 64 Photo: By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Sega Saturn Logos: By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?... and https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?... Yu Suzuki Photo: By Yu Suzuki - Game Developers Conference 2011 - Day 3 (2).jpg: Official GDCderivative work: Masem - This file was derived from:  Yu Suzuki - Game Developers Conference 2011 - Day 3 (2).jpg, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... "Make My Video" Box Art: By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?..., https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?..., and https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...