Sega Saturn Console Variations

Sega Saturn

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- Console released in Japan

- Launch Console

- Grey colored console with blue buttons

- Released on November 22, 1994 in Japan

- Only the Launch console has blue buttons

- Came with a dark-gray controller

Sega Saturn: Black

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- Console released in North+South America/Europe/Australia
- Released on May 11, 1995 in North/South America
- Released on EU July 8, 1995 in Europe/Australia

- Came with a Black  Controller

- This console has oval-shaped buttons on the console

Sega Saturn: Black (Later model)

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- Console released in North+South America/Europe/Australia

- Came with a Black  Controller

- This model has round buttons on the console

Sega Saturn: Derby

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- Console released in Japan/South America

- Clear/Black colored console with a red eject button

- Came with a Blue-Skeleton Controller

- Released to celebrate the start of game horse racing "Derby Stallion"- Later model

Sega Saturn: Hello Mac

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- Console released in Japan

- White colored console with the logo and store name of Hello Mac on it.

- Bundled with 2 controller

- Only available in the Hello Mac stores in Japan in 1996

Sega Saturn: Sonic

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- Console released in Japan

- White colored console with Sonic printed on it

- Came with a white controller

- Only available at the Japanese Toys 'R Us

- Later model

Sega Saturn: White

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- Console released in Japan/South America

- White colored console

- Came with a white Controller

- Later model

Sega Saturn: Skeleton "This is Cool"

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- Console released in Japan

- Clear/Black colored console with 'This is cool' printed on it

- 30.000 made

- Came with a skeleton Controller

- Has "This is cool" written on the system

- Later model

Samsung Saturn:

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- Console released inSouth Korea

- Black colored console with "HiSaturn"  on the top

- Came with a Black  Controller

- Has oval shaped buttons on the console

Hitachi HiSaturn

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- Console released in Japan

- Has the name " HiSaturn"  on the top

- Came with a Black  Controller

- Has oval shaped buttons on the console

- When Sega was creating the Saturn system they enlisted the help of several long-time partners As part of a co-branding or cross-licensing agreement, Hitachi produced their own variants of the Saturn hardware.

Hitachi HiSaturn (Later Model)

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- Console released in Japan

- Grey colored console with white buttons

- Has the name " HiSaturn"  on the top

- Came with a black controller

- Has round buttons on the console

Game & Car Navi HiSaturn

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- Console released in Japan

- Dark/Grey colored console and Has the name "HiSaturn" on the top

- Purpose to play the Sega Saturn in your car

- but rather than drawing power from a traditional AC adapter, it draws power from a car's cigarette lighter

- Retail price of this console was 150.000 yen, and 45.000 yen for the screen you have to buy separately

Sega V-Saturn

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- Console released in Japan

- Grey colored console with a blue power button

- Came with a dark-gray controller

- This version of the Saturn was produced by Victor (better known in the U.S. and Europe as JVC) under license from Sega

Sega V-Saturn (Later version)

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- Console released in Japan/South America

- Grey colored console with different colored buttons