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The Nova Saturn emulator got its first update in more than five years. Its creator, Steve Kwok, announced version 0.7 on his Patreon page on Christmas day. It can be…
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Meduza Team needs a high quality scan of the Arcana Strikes instruction manual to translate it to English. If anyone in the community is able to provide this to the…
Best Of Saturn
Developed by J-Force and by SEGA Japan and releasing worldwide in 1996, Dragon Force immediately became a juggernaut Saturn game, earning great contemporary reviews and awards and truly showcasing the…
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Golf games — kind of a snooze, right? I always thought so, and maybe I still do… But the Saturn has a handful of them, and I wondered if any…
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Back in October we played an in-progress translation build for the legendary Princess Crown on Sega Saturn. This version was still in its early stages, as version 0.3, but allowed…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: Grandia Digital Museum, Samurai Spirits Bushido Retsuden & Marica: The Real World– DOOM 64 on…
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Humankind has now endured roughly four trips around the sun since the release of the Sega Saturn optical drive emulator, Satiator. It utilizes the Video CD Card slot on the…
Best Of Saturn
MediaWorks’ 1995 PC Engine game AnEarth Fantasy Stories got a straightforward Saturn port in March 1997. A role-playing game focused more on exploration and puzzle solving than combat, it begins…
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2025 is the year in which Segagaga, Sega’s video game company simulation RPG on the Dreamcast, takes place. It’s 2025 now, so I decided to check out what’s hiding on…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: Metropolis Street Racer (Dreamcast)– Grand Theft Auto 3 NOW RELEASED ON SEGA DREAMCAST!– SAROO 0.7…
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Hello SEGA fans, it’s James the SEGAHolic of The SEGAGuys, and while we’re only four days into 2025, the homebrew community simply refuses to take a break. We covered jnmartin84’s…
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In a previous edition I wrote up how to access debug menus in a few Saturn RPGs. Let’s do it again! Here are three more games with hidden debug features:…
Best Of Saturn
Atlus developed Groove On Fight for the ST-V Titan arcade board in 1997, which meant a near-flawless Saturn conversion followed suit. A 2D fighter featuring teams of two that can…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In a previous edition I uncovered debug mode cheat codes for Sakura Wars and Sakura Wars 2 on Saturn. Both games were reissued for the Dreamcast with various upgrades. Do…
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We wish you a happy NEW YEAR’S EVE, and with it an announcement of 2025’s first SHIRO! Community Challenge, which begins right when that ball hits the ground! January’s chilly…
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Hello again SEGA Saturn fans, it’s James the SEGAHolic here of The SEGAGuys and as 2024 draws to a close, TPUnix has dropped version 0.7 of his SAROO firmware, adding…
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Gameplay of GTA III on actual Dreamcast hardware For years, Grand Theft Auto 3 was a missed opportunity for Dreamcast, having been developed for it but eventually cancelled due to…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Saturn Bomberman Fight!! English Translation Patch Is Out Now– Under the Microscope: Ejihon Detective Agency– Christmas NiGHTS #BestOfSaturn–…
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In this edition: The Dream On: Volume 7 demo disc has a “rolling demo” of Metropolis Street Racer that’s not normally playable. I made a patch that lets you take…
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This year began the celebration of the Saturn’s 30th anniversary, starting with its Japanese launch in November 1994 and continuing into 2025 with its release around the world. Even after…
Best Of Saturn
Ho ho ho! SEGA was the ultimate innovating force in the business for many years, and what finer way to reward their loyal fans than to release a completely free,…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In this edition: Making Ejihon Detective Agency playable as a standalone Saturn game The Game-Ware “digital magazine” discs The obscure Super Prologue 21 sampler disc Get the standalone Ejihon patch…
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Light your fuses, Saturn fans — the English fan translation of 3D isometric battler “Saturn Bomberman Fight!!” is finished and available to the public. Lead patch developer Malenko uploaded the…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Phantasy Star Online: The Aleron Ives EP – SegaXtreme Game of the Month for December 2024– EDITOR’S CORNER:…
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American and European Saturn owners didn’t get to play Genki’s Tokyo Highway Battle — it only came out for the PlayStation in those regions. A Saturn version was published in…
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Today, December 20th, Neuromage Studio has released the prequel to its commercially released Saturn game Red Moon Lost Days, entitled Lost Days 0: Queen’s Dream. The game is a hybrid…
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Editor’s note: The developer, RetroRaiderJohn, provided clarifications on the scope of his expanded plans after the original version of this story was published. The story has been edited to reflect…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– X-Men Arcade on SEGA Saturn Gets a Major Update with Version 0.4– Under the Microscope: Skeleton Warriors– Under…
Best Of Saturn
Virtua Fighter 2 — perennially on Saturn Top 5 all-time lists, this superb arcade conversion hit in late 1995 and helped redefine what the Saturn was capable of. Very aware…
Review
Bring your inner child. SONIC 3 goes full on kid mode! * THIS IS A SPOILER-FREE REVIEW & ALL IMAGES ARE APPROVED BY PARAMOUNT. Back in 2020, I wondered just…
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In this edition: A magazine demo disc has a non-playable demo of Burning Rangers …which is based on prerelease build of the entire game …that we can make playable This…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Grab some eggnog, throw a log on the fire, and join SaturnDave, TraynoCo and The SEGA Guys as they reminisce about their SEGA holiday memories. In addition to the audio…
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This is a crosspost of a regular segment posted on SegaXtreme.net. Join in on the conversation on the SegaXtreme forums. The SegaXtreme Game of the Month for December 2024 is…
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Here’s a roundup of smaller news stories in the Saturn fandom recently. New Saturn Tribute game teased Another game in the Saturn Tribute line is in the works, City Connection…
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Sega announced the first new entry in the Virtua Fighter franchise in 18 years last night during The Game Awards. A short teaser with impressive graphics showed a man in…