The Sega Saturn NetLink League

My pal mailed me the game, and I sent him mine just to confirm. I've had mine since I originally purchased it in 1997 and it's in perfect condition so this will determine for 100% whether it is his system or not. I'm leaning toward it being his system only because he had the problem with NiGHTS as w...

Well I'll be sure to keep you posted. It would be great if this pal lived close by because we could try a whole bunch of different things like I could lend him my game, and play his on my system, etc.

Thanks for all the great tips Warp. I'm sure this thread will live on forever through Google and hopefully it'll help someone else who is having problems at one point in the future. My friend doesn't live near me or most certainly we would have tried all of these things you mentioned earlier. He's g...

Well guess what my pal just emailed me. This... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Rockman1974/photo.jpg So that about confirms it. This time around he had to shut the system off as it completely froze so now we know for certain that it is indeed his system. That really sucks for him as he's onl...

Not sure if you saw the latest reply Warp, but he tried a few things. He also tried NiGHTS and only during the intro FMV sequence the cutscene froze and became pixelated, but the music continued. He pressed the start button which skipped the movie and since then the game has ran perfectly. He also t...

Here's what my friend told me: "You mentioned four points. 2, 3 - I don't currently have access to a model 2 system. 3 - Don't currently have access to a different copy of the game either. 1 - The freezes seem to be random, and theoretically, it could (although very unlikely) be possible to pla...

Thanks for the info Warp. I've forwarded it to my friend and I'll get back to you on all these things he'll try. Like I said above, I have a model 1 Saturn that I continue to use to this very day, and I never had any issues with any of the games you've mentioned or Shining the Holy Ark. Now obviousl...

Thanks for the info Warp. Do you know if there's anything he can do in the meantime before he decides whether or not to get another machine? Like is there a special cleaning he could do, or something else he can try. You think this is faulty hardware 100%? I know nothing of the technical side of the...

Hey all, A good buddy of mine recently received a model 1 Saturn for Christmas. The system appears to be in really great condition physically, but he's starting to think maybe something is up inside. He started playing Shining the Holy Ark a little while ago and is now 20 hours in and suddenly a who...

That would be something. I'll see if I can find any info out there. Thanks for the suggestion Warp.

Thanks for the info Rogue. So there are no email clients we can use?

That's just it Warp. I don't have any email accounts that actually work with the PlanetWeb software. I continuously get a "Host is busy" message after about 10 minutes of waiting so I doubt this will be possible, but hey who knows.

Found some more info. The initial web browser, dubbed “Version 2” is what NetLink owners, who fondly refer to themselves as “NetlLinkers”, first saw. The home screen consisted of a virtual city on Planet Oasis designed by Ark Interface dubbed, “NetLink City.” It featured 20 city blocks and over 200 ...

Interesting Warp. Do you know how the sharing system worked for saved games, if it was simply attached to an email the file or was it uploaded to the central server and then the other player had to download it?

I heard about this feature before, but I'm not sure how this works. If the saved files were sent to a Sega server for storage before being sent off for redownload then it won't work. If the files are attached to the email and then sent it should still work. Either way, very cool stuff. This disc sho...