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New Castlevania Patch Adds English Text, Speech
Saturn fans rung in the new year with an updated patch for Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight — or as it’s better known in the West, Castlevania: Symphony of…
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The Top Sega Saturn Stories of 2023
It’s been 29 years since Sega unleashed the Saturn upon the world, and despite the company washing its hands of the console after just five short years, news continues to…
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Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute Set for April 25 in Japan
The Saturn Tribute release of classic Saturn sidescrolling shooter Assault Suit Leynos 2 is set for an April release, its publisher announced Thursday. City Connection updated its official website to…
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Sakura Wars 2 English Translation Progress Update
The team of fans working on a translation patch for Sakura Wars 2 gave an update on their progress over the weekend. The project’s editor, Bowloflentils, posted to social media…
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Death Crimson 2 English Fan Translation in the Works
A fan translation is in the works for the sequel to a notorious Saturn lightgun shooter, Death Crimson, its project lead announced Wednesday. Derek “ateam” Pascarella, who’s led many Dreamcast…
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Data Discs Announces Nights into Dreams Soundtrack Vinyl
The Nights into Dreams soundtrack is coming to vinyl for the first time, with preorders open now and an expected shipment in March 2024. It’s coming from Data Discs, which…
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News Roundup for the Week of Nov. 27
It’s been a busy week in the world of Sega Saturn fandom. Here are some of the stories you may have missed. Gundam translation shows off progress The team leader…
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Modder Makes a Few Improvements to Cleopatra Fortune’s Music
Sometimes, when a game’s got catchy music, you just need to hear more of it. That’s the case for one fan of Taito puzzle game Cleopatra Fortune who modded the…
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Updated Patch Adds Subtitles to Mystery Hospital’s FMVs
An update to the English fan translation patch for “R?MJ The Mystery Hospital” last week added subtitles to nearly all of the horror adventure game’s videos. The hacker working on…
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English Patch in the Works for R?MJ The Mystery Hospital
System Sacom fans rejoice — an English patch that translates the Saturn version of 1997 FMV horror adventure game “R?MJ The Mystery Hospital” into English is on the way courtesy…
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SAROO Firmware May Be Bricking Some Cartridges
Cyotheville, an electrical engineer who’s been closely following the SAROO project, said on social media last week that the Saturn flash cartridge’s latest firmware seems to be bricking some devices….
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Kenji Eno Documentary to Debut in December
A documentary on the life of legendary game designer Kenji Eno is set for a December release, the group producing it announced. Archipel said on social media last week that…
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Fans Release Completed English Patch for Silhouette Mirage
A classic Sega Saturn action game by legendary developer Treasure now can be played to completion in English thanks to fan translators who uploaded a finished patch for Silhouette Mirage…
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Is Daytona NetLink Edition Really Based on Japan’s Circuit Edition?
It’s common knowledge that there are four different releases of Daytona on the Saturn — the original 1995 port made by AM2 that released worldwide, AM3’s Championship Circuit Edition that…
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XL2 Confirms Metal Gear Solid Prototype Is Real
A prominent Saturn homebrew developer whose code was used in part to make a prototype of Metal Gear Solid running on the Saturn confirmed that the prototype is real. XL2…
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News Roundup for the Week of Oct. 9
Here’s a look at what’s new this week in the Sega Saturn community. Saturn core added to main MiSTer build The Saturn core of the MiSTer FPGA was added Tuesday…
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Fans Port Tomb Raider Expansion Unfinished Business to Saturn
After more than a year of work, fans have finished a Saturn port of the 1998 PC expansion to Tomb Raider, Unfinished Business. RetroRaiderJohn, the port’s lead developer, uploaded a…
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Fan Translation Updates: Gundam, Silhouette Mirage and More
There have been a variety of new releases from Sega Saturn fan localization projects over the last couple weeks. Let’s take a look at what the community has been up…
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Saturn MiSTer Core Gets PAL Game Support
Support for PAL games has come to the Saturn core of the MiSTer FPGA thanks to a new update today. The update also made a variety of improvements to the…
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Shining Force Artist Tamaki Yoshitaka Dies
Tamaki Yoshitaka, the original character designer of Sega’s long-running Shining Force series, has died, according to a social media post. He was 55. The post Thursday night on X, formerly…
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Fan Translates Dungeon Master Nexus into English
An English translation for Saturn dungeon crawler Dungeon Master Nexus was released by a fan Wednesday. The effort came as a surprise to the Saturn community. It was made by…
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Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute announced
Assault Suit Leynos 2 is the next game in the Saturn Tribute line, publisher City Connection announced Thursday. It’s set for a release some time in 2024 on Nintendo Switch,…
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English Fan Localization Finished, Released for J.B. Harold: Blue Chicago Blues
The English fan localization of Saturn adventure game J.B. Harold: Blue Chicago Blues is finished, its project lead, Arjak, announced Sunday night. The patch can be downloaded from SegaXtreme. It…
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Progress Report: Saturn Fan Translations
While a fan translation for the Sega Saturn hasn’t been finished since July — when we got Baroque in English, and Deep Fear and Resident Evil in Spanish — a…
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News Roundup for the Week of Aug. 28
Here’s some news of note to Saturn fans from this week. Suikoden I & II HD Remaster Delayed Chunithm adds Sega Saturn startup sound remix to song list Aliexpress version…
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New Debug Features Found in Nights into Dreams
Software engineer Bo Bayles has spent the last couple years plumbing the code of his favorite Saturn game, Burning Rangers, for secret art assets, passwords and more. SHIRO! last checked…
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Thunder Force V Among Games Working With New MiSTer Core Update
The developer of the Saturn core for the MiSTer FPGA, Sergiy Dvodnenko — aka SRG320 — pushed out a new build yesterday to make improvements to a variety of games’…
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News Roundup for the Week of Aug. 21
What’s new in the world of Sega Saturn fandom this week? Read on and find out! New stock of 21-pin SaturnSwitchers to go on sale Monday Will’s Console Modifications announced…
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News Roundup for the Week of August 14
Here are a few stories of interest to the Saturn community from the past week. Nights LEGO set hits 1,000 supporters A Nights into Dreams playset that was submitted as…
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New Cheats Discovered in Shining the Holy Ark
You never know what secrets continue to lurk in Sega Saturn games, even after nearly 30 years. This week saw new secrets come to light, as one industrious Shining Force…
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SAGE 2023 Trailer Highlights Nights Fangames
Nights into Dreams is the theme for this year’s annual Sonic Amateur Games Expo — aka SAGE — and a new trailer Sunday highlighted three fan-made homages to the iconic…
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News Roundup for the Week of August 7
Here are a few of the smaller Saturn-related stories from my metaphorical reporter’s notebook from this week. Spanish translation of Nanatsu shows signs of life The person translating Nanatsu Kaze…
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New Brackets Solve the Fenrir Gap Problem
The Fenrir ODE is a great way to play your Saturn in 2023, between its relative ease of installation and the convenience of having access to your entire library of…
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Saturn MiSTer Core Update Adds Save Support, Improves Audio
The developer of the MiSTer FPGA’s Saturn core has saved the day with his latest update — it adds the ability to save progress in games, a long-requested feature among…
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News Roundup for the Week of July 31
It’s been a busy news week for the Saturn scene, so let’s take a look at a few of the odds and ends from the last several days. Main MiSTer…