Editing Sega Saturn (section)

===Japan===
In Japan, Sega licensed the rights to produce the Saturn to their hardware partners. Hitachi provided the CPUs and several other chips while JVC produced the CD drives for most models, although functionally identical Sanyo brand drives were sometimes used. SunSeibu released a model with a 7-CD changer for use in hotels.
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!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Manufacturer
!rowspan="2"|Model
!colspan="3"|Appearance
!rowspan="2"|Notes
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!Case color
!Console button colors
!Button type
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|1994-95
|rowspan="4"|[[Sega]]
|HST-3200<br/>HST-3210
|Gray
|Blue
|Oval
|The original Japanese Saturn, with production being ended in favour of the White Saturn in 1996. This model had a black cartridge flap and came in a box labeled "HST-0001". The power cord is un-notched and this model features a drive access light.
|-
|1996-97
|HST-3220
|Light grey
|[POWER] / [RESET]: Grey<br/>[OPEN]: Red
|Round (most)
|This controller was a matching white with multi-colored buttons, similar to a Super Famicom controller, with the bottom row buttons colored green, yellow, and blue. The 'white' plastic is actually a very light grey and shares its color with the later [[Dreamcast]]. However, the cartridge flap is visibly grey. Limited models of this Saturn had oval buttons.
|-
|1998
|Skeleton Saturn:<br/>HST-0020<br/>HST-0021
|Translucent smokey-gray
|rowspan="2"|[POWER] / [RESET]: Black<br/>[OPEN]: Red
|rowspan="2"|Round
|Included a matching smoky-gray controller, with both the controller and system having "This is cool" printed on them. Only around 50,000 were produced. This model had some compatibility problems, notably with ''Metal Slug'' and ''Space Harrier''.
|-
|1999
|Derby Stallion:<br/>HST-0022
|Translucent grey-blue
|Released on 25 March 1999, this model was only available as part of a promotion with ASCII's popular horse racing sim, ''Derby Stallion''. It came with the same smoky-gray controller as the Skeleton Saturn but did not have "This is cool" printed on the casing. After limited supplies of the Skeleton Saturn, the Derby Saturn was quickly bought in bulk by exporters, becoming easier to find outside Japan than inside. This model shares the compatibility problems of the Skeleton Saturn. This console uses BIOS 1.0.1.
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|1995-96
|rowspan="2"|Hitachi
|Hi-Saturn:<br/>MMP-1<br/>MMP-11
|Charcoal
|Khaki
|Oval
|This machine appears similar in color to the European and North American Saturn without close inspection. Hi-Saturn is printed on the CD drive lid, with the Hitachi logo appears on the controllers as well. Controllers have the same color layout as the unit with pinkish-beige and dark bluish/gray buttons. The machine was packaged in an almost all-black box with a light-gray/white border. Other than a few limited promotional bundles, the Hi-Saturn came packaged with an MPEG plug-in card which allowed for Video CD playback.

The start-up screen differs slightly from other models; instead of a shower of pieces forming the Saturn logo, the word "Hi-Saturn" shoots out from the middle of the screen then flips around until it is readable.
|-
|1995
|Hi-Saturn Navi:<br/>MMP-1000NV
|Charcoal
|[POWER] / [RESET]: Light grey<br/>[OPEN]: Dark grey
|Round
|This is the only consumer Saturn to differ in functionality or shape. The console is much thinner and to top is flat instead of curved in order to accommodate a folding LCD monitor that clips to the rear. It includes GPS capability, and has a standard port on the rear for use with an included antenna. Navi-ken CDs are used for map data. Since Navi-ken was only available in Japan, only Japanese maps are available. The aforementioned LCD screen and GPS were not bundled in with the console, and instead had to be purchased seperately.
|-
|1994-95
|rowspan="2"|JVC
|V-Saturn:<br/>RG-JX1
|Gray
|[POWER]: Blue<br/>[RESET] / [OPEN]: Black
|Oval
|Resembles the first Japanese Sega Saturn with oval buttons and access light. "V-Saturn" is printed on top of the machine and this logo is also featured in place of the regular Sega Saturn logo at boot-up.
|-
|1996
|V-Saturn:<br/>RG-JX2
|Light grey/Dark grey
|[POWER]: Blue<br/>[RESET]: Light blue<br/>[OPEN]: Red
|Round
|Resembles the Japanese white Saturn with round buttons, though its case is light gray on top with a darker gray base. Features a V-Saturn logo in place of the Sega Saturn logo at boot-up.
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