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EDITOR’S CORNER – EP 13: Saturn Games That Changed Our Minds…
Join Dave & Peter as they discuss several Saturn games that have changed their minds over the years.
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SegaXtreme 28th Anniversary Competition Winners Announced!
On Saturday, February 11th, 2023, Dr. Emerald Nova announced the final standings for the SEGA Saturn 28th Anniversary Game Competition hosted by SegaXtreme. For a nice overview of all contest…
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SAROO: A Saturn Flash Cart Re-emerges…
Something that’s been dormant for nearly a decade has just broken from the ice. A few days ago on February 13, 2023, tpunix started adding new commits to a Saturn…
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GrechTech Retro Rosetta: A Multi-Player BlueRetro Adaptor
GrechTech has recently made available their new RetroRosetta, a modular Bluetooth receiver/controller adaptor designed for retro systems with a focus on robust multi-player support and an aim to avoid e-waste…
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Sakura Wars 2 English Translation Announced, Preview Demo Released
On Friday, January 6th, 2023, we had a surprise announcement LIVE on SHIRO! SHOW that the English translation for Sakura Wars 2 ~Thou Shalt Not Die~ on Saturn was well…
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SegaXtreme’s 28th Anniversary SEGA Saturn Game Competition
NOTE: BE SURE TO CHECK BACK FOR NEW UPDATES & INFORMATION ! Another trip around the sun means another excellent showing of Saturn homebrew, patches and tools from our amazing…
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EDITOR’S CORNER – EP 11: Saturn Collecting with Sega Lord X
Join SaturnDave & Sega Lord X as they discuss collecting for the SEGA Saturn and video game collecting in general… VIDEO: AUDIO:
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A STELLAR Localization Team…
As many in the Saturn community are likely aware by now, the folks responsible for last year’s Bulk Slash localization have been at work on a new Saturn localization project,…
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Bridget Bishop: A Charming Saturn Adventure
This little homebrew adventure game, Bridget Bishop, is one of those neat little surprises that seem to come out of nowhere. Much like 7Shades’ Cubecat, we didn’t really hear or…
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Burning Rangers’ Password System – Reverse Engineered
Bo Bayles, software engineer and writer of Bo Bayles Annex has in the past expressed his deep appreciation for Sonic Team’s Burning Rangers, having explored the game extensively and written…
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UNREAL Demo on REAL Saturn Hardware
Saturn-wizard, XL2 and crew (Corvusdeux & Ponut) have stunned the fan community with a tech demo that many would have thought to completely impossible… ‘IRRÉEL’ features the first two levels…
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EDITOR’S CORNER – EP 10: SEGA Saturn Plot Quiz
Dave & Peter take it in turns to guess the title of Saturn games based on obscure plot & synopsis cues…How well do YOU know YOUR Sega Saturn games? Take…
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‘Devastar’ IR Light Gun Project in the works for Saturn
A new Open Source IR Light Gun project by Greg Gallardo called ‘Devastar‘, is in the works and looks to support numerous consoles. While the project apparently got it’s start…
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Hotel Dusk Precursor ‘Blue Chicago Blues’ Needs Translator
On Friday, November 25, 2022, SegaXtreme member Arjak released their first English v0.1 Demo Patch for the SEGA Saturn FMV game, J.B. Harold: Blue Chicago Blues. A project similar to…
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EDITOR’S CORNER – EP 9: Who Wants a SEGA Saturn Mini..?
Dave & Peter talk Saturn mini and the possible compromises that would have to be made in order to bring such a thing to market… Video: Audio: LIVE SHOW: MARCH…
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UPDATE: SHINING FORCE III – English Translation Patch v.24 RELEASED!
On Monday, November 21, 2022, a new patch (Version 24) was released by the Shining Force III English Translation Project. This replaces the last patch, v23, released over a year…
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EDITOR’S CORNER – EP 8: The 5th Console Generation
Dave and Peter take a trip back to the “Wild West” of video game history, where everyone was rushing to stake their own claim in the games industry. Video: Audio:
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Replacement Cases: A New Challenger…
For at least a couple years now, NTSC-U Saturn (and Sega CD) fans have had a go-to source for their long box replacement cases. Back around 2018, an American gentleman…
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EDITOR’S CORNER – EP 7: Dead SEGA Saturn Games…
Halloween is just around the corner, and what’s scarier than the thought of all those cancelled SEGA Saturn games?!? It makes us shudder just thinking of all those awesome games…
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NEW Saturn Visual Mystery Novel from Neuromage
From the creators that brought us The Lighthouse of São Bento do Oeste (Neuromage Studio) comes a new installment featuring the return of protagonist Renne Bras in The Case of…
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A Closer Look at Retro-Bit’s Wireless Analog Saturn Pads
Pat and I got a chance to sit down with the dudes (Ron, Rich & Andy) from Retro-Bit this past weekend at Portland’s Retro Gaming Expo, and we were able to get our hands on…
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EDITOR’S CORNER – EP 6: Who Wants to be a Sega Saturnaire?
Join Dave & Peter as they quiz each other on random and obscure SEGA Saturn knowledge & trivia to see who knows the most about our beloved underdog console. Video:…
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EDITOR’S CORNER – EP 5: Sega Saturn’s Dying Days… (with Sega Lord X)
Join SaturnDave and his good friend Sega Lord X, for this look back at what it was like to be a Saturn fan in ’98. Video: Audio:
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EDITOR’S CORNER – EP 4: SEGA Saturn Guilty Pleasures
Can you think of at least one game that folks typically hate, yet for some reason you have a soft spot for it..? Well, that’s Dave and Peter’s affliction… They…
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EDITOR’S CORNER: EP 3 – NiGHTS into Dreams…
In this episode Dave and Peter talk about their favorite Sega Saturn game of all time and one that has had a significant and lasting impact on their lives. Video:…
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EDITOR’S CORNER: EP 2 – SEGA Saturn Hardware Memories
In this episode, Dave and Peter discuss their memories and impressions of the Saturn hardware, from the console itself to its many peripherals. Video: Audio:
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Possible English Translation for Terra Phantastica on the Horizon..?
Without even stopping to take a breath, following on the heals of his English translation patch for Tokyo Highway Battle ’97, Malenko has been busy digging into Terra Phantastica, in…
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COOL COOL TRANSLATION!
On August 10th, 2022, Derek Pascarella (ateam) publicly announced his new translation project: COOL COOL TOON, a rhythm-based music game developed and published by SNK for Dreamcast. The game was…
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EDITOR’S CORNER: EP 1 – A SEGA Saturn Nostalgia Cast
Editor’s Corner is a completely NEW and unscripted series of mini-casts with hosts Dave & Peter. Join these elder SHIRO!s as they look back and reminisce on their favorite Sega…
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Online SEGA Saturn Tournaments!
Thanks to the SHIRO! DISCORD community’s own DoubleDime, our resident NetLink “busy-bee” (seriously.., dude’s almost always available for a match-up if you want to have a go…), we now have…
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NEW PSX/SAT 2D ENGINE ANNOUNCED!
On Wednesday Aug 3, 2022, Gabriel Pyron announced a NEW 2D Game Engine in the works for both PlayStation and Saturn, created by Tiago Cabral (aka TiagoSC), the same individual…
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Isekai Ojisan (Uncle from Another World): A Saturn Fan-Service
WARNING: While this article contains NO spoilers to the main story plot, it DOES contain images and “Easter eggs” that some might consider spoilers, so click away if you do…
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BULK SLASH TEAM ANNOUNCE NEW ENGLISH DUB: STELLAR ASSAULT SS
On Monday, July 18, Greg (aka Lacquerware) announced that the Bulk Slash Team who brought us the amazing English localization and dub for Bulk Slash, had chosen their new project…
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TOKYO HIGHWAY BATTLE ’97: SATURN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Back in May of 2022, Malenko, the one who brought us the English patch for Fire Pro Wrestling 6 Men Scramble, started working on another English patch for Shutokou Battle…
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VOXEL Drops New Trailer for Sonic X-Treme SAGE ’22
UK based Saturn homebrew developer, VOXEL, has just released a NEW teaser trailer (below) for the upcoming SAGE ’22 hosted by SFGHQ (Sonic Fan Games HQ). Here’s VOXEL’s NEW TRAILER…