Catalogue No. -  610-6803

 Here we have the most expensive and most rare Sega Saturn disc to every be produced.  Sure, Eyeful Home and Watlz are rare but this one makes them two look common.  In fact, unlike the two house discs, this one is actually quite fun!

TBS (Tokyo Broadcast System) make a joyful game show called Tokyo Friend Park for Japanese "celebrates" to participate in.  The games or challengers in Tokyo Friend Park are all bright and colourful and require some physical skill.  One of the challenges has always been a video game based challenge called Delisoba or Delivery Soba to me and you.  Soba being a type of noodles that Japanese eat.  The original game used for this challenge looked very much like Hang On.  A few years later on the game really did start to look dated so they contacted Sega for a all new game (They made the original you see).  Sega I guess went to Cave who in return came up with Delisoba Deluxe.  This game was used as part of the TV show for many years however they never did show an actual Saturn.  The contestants would sit upon a scooter in front of a big screen trying to control the game.  This is probably why this game is analogue compatible as well as having digital controls.

The idea of the game is pretty simple.  In a team of two, you must deliver the soba to the Fuji Network TV Studios (Where TBS made the show).  Sounds easy and to be honest it is but still great fun.  On your travels you have to avoid herds of cows, badly parked busses just like in real Japanese life, a banana throwing gorilla on the back of a truck and awful drivers, again, true to Japanese life (^o^).

The disc consists of 4 main modes, the TV game, Time Attack, Coin Attack where you have to collect as many coins in a row to make the highest combo and finally the Edit mode.  The edit mode is actually pretty cool since you can make your very own course to race on.  Everything in customizable from the terrain, buildings and objects.

While Delisoba Deluxe is not the most exciting game out there it is indeed the best promotion disc I've ever come across for the Saturn.  A genuinely playable game for once.

Now, I don't normally offer screen shots for my games but in this games case I'll make an exception due to the shear rarity of them on the net.  Click the thumbnails below to see the full size screen shots.  Also, don't forget to check out the video linked above.