MAZter Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 (edited) After unsuccessfully trying to find reliable game compatibility list for the Sega Saturn HSS-0129 keyboard, I conducted my own extensive testing on each of the many games in Sega Saturn's library. No, I certainly haven’t tested every one of the more than 1000 games that exist for this platform, but the most famous ones are definitely in my list*, which may be updated over time. So far the test has been carried out on more than 300 games and here are the results. Unfortunately, for strange reasons, Sega and game developers have not added keyboard support to such famous PC games like Duke Nukem 3D, Destruction Derby, Need For Speed, Hexen, Magic Carpet, Quake, Road Rash, Transport Tycoon and even Doom! The consolation remains the presence of support in Hi Octane, SimCity 2000 (where it is not really needed), Wolfenstein 3D, Sega Rally and Death Throttle (aka Quarantine). Overall, the keyboard is comfortable and well made. There are games that I actually like to play on a keyboard more than on a wireless gamepad or Sega 3D gamepad, so I recommend this keyboard for purchase despite some shortcomings. At the same time, the keys for games cannot be reassigned, the maximum possibility is to change the layout options, just like for a gamepads by swapping the action keys. The selected keys are hardcoded and are shown on the back of the box (fortunately, at least the arrows are involved, but the spacebar is small and not used). ESC key replaces the Start button, but this does not work in all games: *names of games in the list may differ slightly from the original ones, or be abbreviated, as was convenient for me when compiling the list And yes, I watched this video, which actually prompted me to test: Games that fully support keyboard input: 72 Alien Trilogy Andretti Racing Astal Battle Arena (Toshinden URA) Bedlam Black Fire Bust-A-Move 2 Arcade Edition Capcom Gen 3 Chaos Control Choro Q Park Cold Case (homebrew) Congo Creature Shock Crime Patrol D Death Crimson Death Throttle (Quarantine) DeathMask (Eng) Delisoba Deluxe DoDonPach / Podonpachi EarthWorm Jim 2 Enemy Zero F1 Challange Final Fight Revenge Fire ProWrestling S (Eng) Fist G Vector Ghen War Guardian Heroes Gun Frontier Hi Octane High Velocity Incredible Hulk K-1 Grand Prix Kin Ninja Jajamaru-Kun Loaded Metal Slug Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001 Mighty Hits Mr.Bones MYST NinPen Manmaru (Eng) Offroad Interceptor Offroad Interceptor Extreme Panzer Dragoon II Race Drivin Real Bout Fatal Fury Special Real Bout Garou Densetsu Rise 2 - Resurrection Robotica Sega Flash Vol. 1 (Sega Enterprises) Sega Rally Shinrei Jusatsushi Tarōmaru Silhouette Mirage (Eng) 0.99b SimCity 2000 Skull Fang Sonic X-Treme Space Invaders Super Robot Taisen F (Super Robot Wars) Swagman Three Dirty Dwarves Thunder Force 5 Time Commando Titan Wars Vatlva Virtua Fighter Werewolf Wing Arms Wolfenstein 3D Worms Zap! Snowboarding Trix Zap! Snowboarding Trix 98 Games that support keyboard input only after loading the level (that is, pressing start and other keys on the gamepad when loading the game, and after loading the game replacing the gamepad with the keyboard): 10 Contra - Legacy of War Drift King (Eng) King Drift Galactic Attack Hang on GP Horde Layer Section Planet Joker Scud: The Disposable Assassin VR Virtua Racing Wolf Fang SS [/details] [details][summary]Games that support the keyboard only in the game menu, but after the start of the level its support disappears: 6[/summary] Formula Karts Gale Racer Konami MSX MSX Collection Sega Ages Vol 1 WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game Games in which using the keyboard does not give any reaction: 206 256 Bug Advanced World War Alone in the Dark AMOK Arcade's Greatest Hits Arcade's Greatest Hits - The Atari Collection 1 Area 51 Armed Arthur to Astaroth no Nazo Makaimura Assault Rigs Assault Suit Leynos 2 Atomic Runner Chelnov Batman Forever Batsugun Battle Arena Toshinden (Remix) Battle Garegga Battle Stations Black Dawn Blast Chamber (demo) Blazing Tornado BomberMan Bomberman Fight Brain Dead 13 BreakPoint Tennis Bubble Symphony Bulk Slash Burning Rangers Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice (Eng) Capcom Gen 1 Capcom Gen 2 Capcom Gen 4 Capcom Gen 5 Casper Center Ring Boxing Chill Choujikuu Yousai Macross Clockwork Knight Clockwork Knight 2 Code R Cotton Boomerang Courioer Crisis Crime Wave Criticom Croc Crow: City of Angels Crusader - No Remorse Crypt Killer Cyber Speedway CyberBots Dangeons & Dragons Dark Savior Daytona USA Circuit DeBattle Sport DecAthlete Deep Fear Densha De Go Destruction Derby Dezaemon 2 Die Hard Arcade Die Hard Trilogy Digital Pinball Last Gladiators Digital Pinball Necronomicon DonPachi Doom Dracula X DragonHeart Duke 3D Elevator Action 2 Eyeful Home Fire Pro Gaiden Blazing Tornado (Eng) Firestorm Thunderhawk 2 Full Cowled Mini Yonku Funky Head Boxers Galaxy force 2 Gekirindian Gex Godzilla Goiken Muyou Golden Axe Duel Gradius Deluxe Pack GT24 Guardian Force Gungriffon (Eng) Hardcore 4x4 Heir of Zendor Henry Explorers Herc's Adventures Hexen Highway 2000 House of Dead Hyper Duel Hyper Reverthion Impact Racing In the Hunt Independence Day Irem Arcade Iron Man Keio Flying Squadron 2 Kidou Senshi King of Boxing Koudou Saisoku Krazy Ivan Kyuukyoku Tiger 2 Plus Last Bronx Layer Section II Lode Runner Lode Runner Extra Lost World Jurassic Lunacy Machine Head Magic Carpet Magikal Night Dreams (Cotton 2) Major Damage Manx TT Superbike Mass Destruction Maximum Force Mechanical Violator Hakaider - Last Judgement MechWarrior 2 Mega Man X4 MegaMan 8 MegaMan X3 Metal Black Mickey Donald (Eng) Midway Presents Mobile Suit Gundam Mobile Suit Gundam 1 Mobile Suit Gundam 2 Mortal Kombat II Mortal Kombat Trilogy Mystery Hospital (Eng 1.10) Nascar 98 NBA Jam Extreme NBA Jam Tournament Edition Need For Speed NHL 97 NHL 98 NHL All Star NHL Powerplay 96 Night Striker S Nights Into Dreams Nissan Presents: Over Drivin' GT-R Pandemonium Phantasmagoria (Eng) PoliceNauts PowerSlave Quake Radiant Silvergun Rampage World Rayman Resident Evil Revolution X Road Blaster Road Rash Robo Pit Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus Scorcher Sega Ages Afterburner 2 Sega Ages Memorial 1 Sega Ages Memorial 2 Sega Ages OutRun Sega Ages Power Drift Sega Touring Sengoku Blade - Sengoku Ace Episode I ShellShock Shienryuu Shining Force 3 Shinobi Legions Shinobi-X Skeleton Warriors Sky Target Sonic 3D Sonic Jam Sonic R Sonic Wings Special Soukyuu Gurentai Soviet Strike Space Hulk StarFighter 3000 Steep Slope Sliders Stellar Assault SS Street Fighter Street Fighter Alpha 2 Strikers 1945 Strikers 1945 II Taito Chase HQ Tennis Arena Terra Cresta 3D Tetris Plus Thunder Storm ThunderStrike 2 Tomb Raider Touge King Spirits 2 Transport Tycoon Tunnel B1 Ultimate MK 3 Ultraman - Hikari no Kyojin Densetsu Virtua Cop Virtua Cop 2 Virtual Kyoutei 2 Warcraft 2 Welcome House Willy Wombat Winter Heat Wipeout 2097 Zen Nihon Pro Wres Feat. 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Austin Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Awesome work! I can’t imagine me using a keyboard for any of these (just feels strange without mouse support at the same time for some games), but it’s interesting to know what does and doesn’t work. Any idea if keyboard functionality is the same with the Netlink PS2 keyboard adapter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boschloo Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Thank you for posting this. It's unfortunate that US collectors were never blessed with a matching keyboard. We got the Netlink PS2 adapter, that was it. I was actually amazed when the Dreamcast came out and Sega actually gave us a keyboard for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 6 hours ago, Boschloo said: Thank you for posting this. It's unfortunate that US collectors were never blessed with a matching keyboard. We got the Netlink PS2 adapter, that was it. I was actually amazed when the Dreamcast came out and Sega actually gave us a keyboard for it. We did. There was a Netlink console bundle that came with a keyboard. The attached photo comes from a Netlink console bundle that’s up on eBay right now. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boschloo Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 9 hours ago, Austin said: We did. There was a Netlink console bundle that came with a keyboard. The attached photo comes from a Netlink console bundle that’s up on eBay right now. I'm oddly happy to be wrong. But I'm not paying $600 for a keyboard, haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82-T/A Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 This is totally wild, I had no idea there was a Sega Saturn keyboard! I learn more and more about this system every day. It's really a fantastic machine that I feel like wasn't really appreciated at the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 On 12/23/2023 at 10:24 PM, Austin said: We did. There was a Netlink console bundle that came with a keyboard. The attached photo comes from a Netlink console bundle that’s up on eBay right now. I'm almost 100% sure I have this. I need to check. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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