SEGA arcade games are technically easier to revisit and replay now as the usual method of accessing them is...the easiest method overall if you know what to do and where to get what you need [because most of their catalog hasn't been ported to modern consoles if not at all - again, if you want Fighting Vipers 2 or Daytona USA 2 on consoles, you have to buy Like a Dragon Gaiden and/or Infinte Wealth], at least both in not having to shell out full price for those and infinite credits if playing arcade games through emulation.

That said, it is interesting to hear this account from you regarding how things about SEGA were seen back in the day [as someone born in 2002...so definitely way after SEGA's hardware prime] - caught my eye that you happened to name Sky Target [even if Daytona USA's name was off] as that was one game I kinda know from emulating the arcade version but know that was ported to the Saturn.

There's certainly a few games that had additional bonus and modes, such as Virtual-On having the Jaguarandi hidden boss unlockable, SEGA Touring Car Championship having a separate Saturn mode with a few extra modes [although some Saturn ports in general had a Saturn mode that was allowing you to use a few different cars or an altered story mode], SEGA Rally Championship didn't have an extra campaign mode like SR2 but did have the unlockable Stratos and Time Attack modes, and Daytona USA Championship Circuit Edition had a few extra tracks and cars to choose from while being totally remade from scratch.

It is kind of tragic to think that, while nowadays it is easier to appreciate these games for what they are, it makes sense to think that arcade ports without much meat in them on a console already struggling overseas was really rough compared to PS1 getting games ranging from slightly or noticeably feature rich arcade ports...to games like Final Fantasy VII and Metal Gear Solid that need no introduction in regards to how big they were in single player. And that's not talking about super solid single player games in Saturn that already were sharing house with the PS1.

The Dreamcast did have some bigger and more ambitious games, but it is hard to argue that even if it had even stronger games than what it launched with [and Saturn hadn't stopped the steamrolling they had with the Sega Genesis], the PS2 was just too much to compete with overall. Even the Gamecube, which is beloved in my heart to this day, ended up THIRD behind the Playstation 2 and Xbox in sales - so the Dreamcast even has less of a chance.

I love Sega arcade games, they are focused fun events but straight ports to the home don't make sense, not at full price.

Perhaps this is why they have decided to often go with the Yakuza ports route - even to the annoyance of arcade enthusiast wanting to only get the rare arcade game ports, it obviously happens to be easier to sell those inside whole ass games rather than as collections. And not saying that it isn't possible [Marvel vs Capcom Collection is thriving]...but for SEGA arcade titles specifically is far more niche of an idea to bank on outside of Japan.

There's certainly some interesting food for thought in this topic specifically, but it was neat to see someone articulate that much their point of view about that in here - apologies for the even longer reply, you can tell this was quite the fun thought for me as someone that didn't grow in the 90s BUT spent many years messing around with SEGA PC ports from the internet...most of which were based off the Saturn ports 😅