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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…
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Radiant Silvergun Is Coming to Steam
Radiant Silvergun is coming soon to the PC according to a store page that appeared on Steam last night. No release date is listed on the Steam page, but Gematsu…
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20-pin SaturnSwitchers to Go on Sale Today
Owners of the original 20-pin model of the Fenrir optical drive emulator can rejoice — a new batch of SaturnSwitchers will go on sale later today. The creator of the…
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News Roundup for the Week of July 24
From updates on new peripheral hardware and a fan translation to games we’ve reported on before coming to new platforms, we’ve got a solid slate of news items in the…
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Deep Fear, Resident Evil Get Spanish Fan Translation Patches
You must play Sega Saturn — or as you might say in Spanish, ¡debe jugar a Sega Saturn! Especially now, with a couple of high-profile Spanish fan translations of Saturn…
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Slam Dunk Movie Coming to Theaters Next Week
In news that’s tangentially related to the Saturn, the latest movie in the Slam Dunk franchise is coming to U.S. theaters next week after it debuted to critical acclaim and…
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News Roundup for the Week of July 17
Amidst Shiro’s continuing coverage of the leaked Sega Fiscal Year 1997 brand documents and all of the breaking news last week, there are a few smaller stories to catch up…
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English Patch for Baroque Releases
A fan-made English patch for the Saturn version of first-person roguelike RPG Baroque is now available, coming less than two months after developer Plissken announced he was working on it….
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Limited Run Games Announces Gex Trilogy
Limited Run Games today announced Gex Trilogy, a collection of games starring the titular gecko mascot that will come to modern platforms. It's tail time. #GexIsBackGEX returns through the science…
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Driving Strikers Officially Goes on Sale
Driving Strikers is now on sale physically and digitally for the Dreamcast after going up on publisher Wave Game Studios’ website last Friday. The landmark indie-developed vehicular soccer game is…
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PandaMonium Reviews Every Page of Leaked FY97 Docs in Livestream
Our fellow Shiro, PandaMonium, livestreamed for nearly three hours Friday evening to go page by page through the Sega fiscal year 1997 documents that leaked last week. For those of…
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Sega Fiscal Year ’97 Docs Were a Late 2021 eBay Purchase
When Sega of America’s fiscal year 1997 brand review documents hit the Internet on Monday morning, the secrets they revealed sent shockwaves throughout the retro gaming community. But after eluding…
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Mods Improve FPS, Controls for Nights into Dreams on PC
A modder has hacked the PC version of Nights into Dreams to increase its framerate and improve its controls — just in time for the 27th anniversary of the original…
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Leaked Fiscal Year ’97 Documents Reveal Saturn Sales Numbers
Sega’s fiscal year 1997 brand review documents that were uploaded to the Internet Archive this morning offer 272 pages worth of insight into Sega of America’s inner workings when the…
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Saturn MiSTer Core Update Squeezes into June
MiSTer FPGA owners are rejoicing today after a new update to the hardware emulator’s Saturn core was uploaded to the Internet. Developer Sergiy Dvodnenko, aka SRG320, published new code today…
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The State of Saturn Emulation on the PS4
You must play Sega Saturn, as we say here at Shiro, and that means by any method available. But one method we haven’t covered so far has been emulation on…
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New Patch for Blue Chicago Blues Translates Chapter 2 into English
Arjak released an update to his ongoing project to localize J.B. Harold Blue Chicago Blues into English, making available a new patch that translates about half of the game. The…
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Sonic Team Head Leaves Door Open for New Nights, Burning Rangers Games
So you’re saying there’s a chance? That might be Saturn fans’ reaction after Sonic Team creative officer Takashi Iizuka told Video Games Chronicle that entries in the team’s legacy titles…
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Croc HD Is in the Works, Series Producer Says
Croc — one of the only 3D platformers to grace the Saturn library — is coming to modern platforms, according to one of its original executive producers. Jez San said…
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Saturn BT Bluetooth Adapter’s Form Factor Is Finalized
An adapter that would allow modern Bluetooth controllers to be used with original Saturn hardware is a step closer to reality after its creator announced the hardware design is finalized….
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Batusgun Releases on Steam — and Only Steam in the West
Another Saturn game has entered the modern era with the release of Batsugun Saturn Tribute Boosted last week on Steam. The previously Japan-only vertical shmup is US$29.99 and can be…
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Prisoner of Ice Gets English Patch, Baroque Coming as Well
A new English patch has been released for a Japanese-exclusive Saturn game — and with it comes an announcement of another. A hacker new to the Saturn scene named Plissken…
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Saturn MiSTer Core Gets First Update in Five Months, Adds Expanded RAM Support
A five-month wait for owners of the MiSTer FPGA ended this week when the hardware emulator’s Saturn core got its first update since November. Developer Sergey Dvodnenko, aka SRG320, published…
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All Episodes of ‘Uncle From Another World’ Finally in English — Subbed and Dubbed
At long last, Netflix is streaming all 13 episodes of “Uncle From Another World” in the U.S. Not only are all of them subtitled in English, but by surprise, they’re…
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News Roundup for the Week of March 20
From a USB mod for 3D controllers to some interesting survey results about Sega’s mini consoles to the latest update to a popular emulator, let’s take a look at some…
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Virtua Fighter Soundtrack Set to Hit Vinyl
Sega announced some news that will send Virtua Fighter fans’ fists flying — into the air to the beat of the game’s soundtrack, which is set to release on vinyl…
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News Roundup for the Week of March 13
Here’s a look at some of the recent stories of interest to Saturn fans: Gungriffon Type 12 model kit announced Game Arts, the developers of Saturn mech shooter Gungriffon, announced…
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Every Saturn PAL Game That Didn’t Release in North America
PAL gamers traditionally have been seen as an oppressed group when it comes to missing out on video games that are released in other territories — cough North America cough….
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News Roundup for the Week of Feb. 27
Check out the smaller stories that happened this week in the Saturn fandom: Video shows off working SAROO TZMWX posted a video Wednesday demonstrating a working SAROO, the cartridge with…
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News Roundup for the Week of Feb. 20
Let’s take a look around the world of Saturn fandom to check out the smaller stories that have happened in the past week. Playable build of Zygo homebrew game posted…
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Atelier Marie Remake Gets July 12 Release Date, English Localization Confirmed
The remake of Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salsburg is set to release July 12, its publisher Koei Tecmo announced Monday, and its digital deluxe edition will come with a…
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Yaba Sanshiro Switches Drivers on Mobile Devices
The mobile version of Yaba Sanshiro for Android phones was updated Saturday. The developer, Miyax, overhauled his Saturn emulator to Version 1.10.1, switching the way it renders graphics from OpenGL…
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Remake of Atelier Marie Coming This Summer
A remake of Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salsburg is coming this summer, its publisher Koei Tecmo announced Thursday. The company is planning to release it on the Switch, PlayStation…