Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In this edition: Power Stone for Dreamcast has a hidden debug menu that lets you test various functions, alter game parameters, and view/edit character animations. Power Stone 2, also for…
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“Winter Heat has come and gone, and our carpals can breath a collective sigh of relief! Thank you all for making the first SHIRO! Community Challenge of 2025 a success!”…
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Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing: – Saturn Emulator Kronos 2.7 Releases, Developer Moves On – Dezaemon 2 #BestOfSaturn – Under the Microscope: BattleSport…
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Back in 2019, the Japanese store BEEP announced that Cotton would get a remake called “Cotton Reboot!” as part of their push to start publishing games. This was only the…
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When City Connection teased last month that its Saturn Tribute line would continue, it didn’t mention how many games that would entail. It turns out that the answer is a…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
BattleSport is a combination sports / vehicular combat game from Cyclone Studios. It was published for the 3DO in 1996, and ported to the Saturn and PlayStation in 1997. There…
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A late 1997 release, Athena’s Dezaemon 2 is a shmup-builder. Although it features some pre-built levels, the game’s focus is to allow players to put together the shmup of their…
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A new version of Kronos released over the holidays, but it could be its last after its main developer said he’s deprioritizing work on the Saturn emulator. Kronos 2.7 was…
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Welcome to the SEGA Saturn, SHIRO! Podcast!Episode 7: 2024 Year in ReviewAir Date: 2025-01-29Patreon Early Access: 2025-01-22 Join Dave, Pat, Peter, Nick & Dan as we go over a TON…
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Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Vampire Savior #BestOfSaturn– Under the Microscope: Hang-On GP– Saturn News Roundup: TXR Releases, Shining Force III Online, Web-Based…
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Much of the northern hemisphere may be in a deep freeze, but the Saturn scene’s always hot. Here’s a look at some of the recent stories fans are talking about….
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
The earliest references to cheat codes for Hang-On GP1 that I found were in the 1996-02 issue of Computer and Videos Games Magazine. They knew about two of them: Codes…
Best Of Saturn
Capcom’s Saturn development was among the very best, and one of their finest examples is Vampire Savior — an excellent port of their third Darkstalkers game. Released in Japan in…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Princess Crown Translation Update: eadmaster Releases Version 0.8– Under the Microscope: Actua Golf & Virtual Golf– Dragon Force…
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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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An English fan translation of the card battle RPG, Arcana Strikes, is almost ready for release. This unique Sega Saturn exclusive only released in Japan on Dec. 11, 1997. 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…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
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…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
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…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
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–…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
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,…