10 Incredible Video Games Released On Terrible Consoles

5. Burning Rangers (Sega Saturn)

Burning Rangers
Sega

Sonic Team's Burning Rangers was one of the Sega Saturn's final releases, and served as an apt swan song for Sega's doomed console, a third-person shooter in which players were tasked with extinguishing fires and saving citizens.

As unremarkable as that might sound, Burning Rangers was a major technical milestone for the Saturn, both in terms of its state-of-the-art visuals and its robust soundtrack and sound effects.

Though it didn't offer up too much challenge and there were an abundance of glitches to deal with, the core gameplay loop proved thoroughly engaging and a welcome divergence from typical shooter romps.

Like Panzer Dragoon Saga, it's never found its way off the Saturn, and as a result copies can go for literally hundreds of pounds on eBay.

Advertisement
Contributor
Contributor

Stay at home dad who spends as much time teaching his kids the merits of Martin Scorsese as possible (against the missus' wishes). General video game, TV and film nut. Occasional sports fan. Full time loon.