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

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Saturn

https://segaretro.org/Sega_Saturn/Hardware_comparison

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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.php?curid=17351664

Sega Saturn Console Photo (White): By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17143972

Sega Saturn First Model Photo: By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17355971

Hitachi SH-2 Chip Photo: By Yaca2671 撮影 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1193108

Saturn Sound Processor Photo: CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1191742

Motorola 68EC000 Photo: By Konstantin Lanzet - CPU collection, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8041341

Video Display Processor Photo 1: CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1557870

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.php?curid=1208003

Sega Saturn Motherboard Photo: By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12308683

Sega 32X Photo: By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14234310

Sega CD Photo: By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14400186

Dreamcast Photo: By Evan-Amos - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20590003

Mega Drive Photo: By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17288445

Nintendo 64 Photo: By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36531250

Sega Saturn Logos: By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20723654 and https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32567481

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.php?curid=14496549

"Make My Video" Box Art: By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22077151, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22077110, and https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22077184

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