Sega Saturn Games That Use 1MB/4MB RAM Cart
For those of you that are interested, here are the Sega Saturn games that support my 1MB/4MB RAM carts. Most of these games require the RAM carts in order to play them.
The ones that have (OPTIONAL) do not require the cart, but will have better performance with the cart
4MB RAM:
Dungeons & Dragons Collection
Final Fight Revenge
Friends: Seishun no Kagayaki
Marvel Super Heroes
Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter
Noёl 3
Noёl 3 Limited Editon
Pocket Fighter (OPTIONAL)
Street Fighter Zero 3
Super Real Mahjong P7
Vampire Savior
X-Men vs. Street Fighter
Some Various Emulators
1MB RAM:
Astra Superstars
Cotton 2 (OPTIONAL)
Cyberbots (OPTIONAL)
Fatal Fury 3
Fighter’s History Dynamite
Friends: Seishun no Kagayaki
Groove On Fight
King of Fighters ’96
King of Fighters ’97
King of Fighters, The: Best Collection
KOF Double Pack: King of Fighters ’95 & ’96
Metal Slug
Noёl 3 Limited Editon
Noёl 3
Ragnagard
Real Bout Fatal Fury
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
Real Bout Garou Densetsu Best Collection
Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special
Samuari Showdown IV
Samurai Showdown III
Samurai Spirits Best Collection
Samurai Spirits: Amakusa Kourin
Samurai Spirits: Zankurou Musouken
Super Real Mahjong P7
Super Real Mahjong P7 P’s Club Limited Edition
Waku Waku 7
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Awesome! Too bad I already have 5+ various carts for Saturn… It’s a great deal. I paid 2×25$ + about 12$ shipping for two such carts from Jandaman, and it was a good deal!
Is this cart a MOD cart? will it play Japanese imports?
Is this similar to the 5in1/4in1 carts?
Do you sell the above 5in1/4in1 carts?
His RAM carts are not any kind of multifunction cart, aside from the fact that you can switch the cart ID between 1MB and 4MB, which is just a compatibility hack (I’ve never run into a game that actually needs this, but it couldn’t hurt to have it available). It’s a pretty decent price for a 4MB RAM cart in any case, especially when you consider shipping compared to some of the other places that would carry them.
the games that need this are on this page — many of which are very good. Good luck playing them without a RAM cart.
Does this fuction as a memery card as well? If so, how much can it store.
No, it’s just for video RAM
A RAM cart isn’t optional to run Waku Waku 7, it’s mandatory. The game won’t run without at least an 1mb cart. Try it and see.
pocket fighter is OPTIONAL for the 4meg ram cart. I play it fine on mine with jut pro action replay
Hi, I have a question. I have Pocket Fighter and a 4MB ram cart, how do I know that I’m taking advantage of it? I mean, when I turn on the console and when the game is booting it appears a black screen with two options in japanesse letters, the first option has the word RAM so I assumed that woukld be the correct one, but I have chosen the second one many times and I see no difference withing the game, is there a way to identified the correct use of the 4MB cart? thanks in advance
Marvel Super Heroes is OPTIONAL, the cart just decreases loading times and adds smoother animation, i am playing it right now without a ram cart.
i have two Problems
First Problem
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I own a Action Replay 4 in 1 plus Cartridge.
This work fine with my unmodded PAL-Saturn, but the voice of Vampire Savior cames out with a reverb (every thing wich is talked comes 2 times out of the loadspeakers)
The other Sound effects works fine.
All other games wich i had tried, runs very well
(Marvel Superheroes, X-Men, SF-Zero 1+2 and many others…)
Second Problem
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can anybody scan a image(as jpg) of the backcover from Fatal Fury Real Bout(not Special)?
I own the original game but these Cover is missing
please send to
Heino1980@gmx.de
Thanx and Greetings from Germany
I also have a question:
i have the official 4mb cart that came with vampire savior. will it play games that need 1mb to play also? or do i need the 1mb cart separately?
also, would it be wise to buy the action replay 5 in 1 (aka 4m plus) to replace my st-key and my 4mb cart?
thanks!
I got one of the 4mbram carts, It worked fine for a few hours, then my graphics got all jumbled up, now with or without the ram cart the saturn splash screen, dashboard, and games are all jumbled graphics. Did my machine get fried? or is there some way to reset, I tried taking out the battery for a while, but this didn’t help. any ideas?
I would first make sure that the cartridge slot on your machine is clean (get rid of dust, etc)
I have an ST-Key to convert imports, and the 4MB RAM cart that came with X-Men vs. Street Fighter. So to play this game, I quickly swap the ST-Key with the RAM cart after the game is converted (before the intro screen).
I recently bought Metal Slug, and I use this same method. The game works, but is a little slow at times. Is there any way to get the game to play at faster speed (like as fast as Metal Slug 3 on XBOX)? Or is this slowing a normal, unavoidable feature?
That’s just the ways it is as far as I know…
i have the import version of marvel super heroes for the sega saturn and noticed it is a lot slower than the U.S version for the playstation. I tried using the 4meg ram cart and checked the options to see it was turned on but the game still plays the same. Hardly any difference at all. Should I have gotten the U.S version for the sega saturn instead of the japanese version? I read great reviews about how the saturn version is superior to the playstation’s but is this true only on the U.S Marvel Super heroes?
I wouldn’t assume there is any difference between regions, but maybe you are correct.
Maybe you should ask in the forums — somebody there might have a better idea.
I got the action replay 4/1 plus and on xmen vs street fighter the intro screen shows, but when it says hit ‘start’ it kicks me out into the saturn bios screen and says “cartridge unsupported” or something like that. wth?
When you need a 4MB cart on most jap games (X-men vs SF for example) it comes up with jap writing and 4MB, then when its plugged in a screen with jap writing and 16 on it comes on. what does this mean, just curious as game works 😀
Im wondering if the AR 4/1 Plus cart is defective (i just bought it).
It works when i go in the menu and select “boot game w/out cheats” and i put an USA game. But if I put XmenvsStreetfighter it runs only upto the intro and keeps running if i let the game run, but if i hit start to beging playing, it kicks me out to the saturn bios screen and says something like ” cartridge not supported”
🙁
I don’t recall the “16” message, so I can’t really help you too much there….
I want to reply to the guy with the Marvel Super Heroes slowdown with the 4MB cart. It’s a known problem that the 4MB cart actually slows down the game – something with the added frames of animation or something. Better to play Marvel Super Heroes without the RAM cart. Just thought you all should know.
Hello, I recently bought a RAM cartridge from here but so far I’ve tried different games (Vampire Savior, Dungeon and Dragons Shadow over Mystara) the game just says “Expension memory cartridge 4mb not inserted etc…” basically a message in japanese that says no expension cart found please turn off the system and insert RAM properly.
So I don’t know what is wrong, could it be the RAM catridge I received is defective? Is there a settings in the Saturn’s bios to test whether a ram cartridge is found or not?
Have you flipped the switch on the cartridge? That toggles between 1MB and 4MB mode.
Let me know if that works 🙂