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GAME SELECT is an extract of a specific game discussion pulled from one of our longer original episodes.
Here we bring you an extract on The Mansion of Hidden Souls & Lunacy, originally featured in our “Horribad Halloween Games” episode and “Dave’s Satur…
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Back in November of 2021, SHIRO! reported on some exciting work in progress by two individuals (Drew Kenaz & Izzi Patrick) to make Saturn’s 3D Analog Control Pad completely wireless….
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While the Saturn had a variety of great controllers and peripherals, a vast majority would agree that the 3D Analog Control Pad was perhaps one of the greatest. Dreamcast also…
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Once again, YouTube channel 裏路地Gamers (Back Alley Gamers) has managed to acquire on loan another rare and unreleased Japanese Saturn game, RENSA Love Chain from owner HRD-Chan 4078.The release candidate (v1.00) of RENSA (Love…
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On May 20, 2022, YouTube channel 裏路地Gamers (Back Alley Gamers) announced it had received the ever so rare and unreleased copy of Monica no Shiro (Monica’s Castle – aka Faradoon)…
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SegaRPGFan (aka eaudunord) has done it again! The same guy who worked with Xiden to bring us the original exploit for NetLink play over VoIP, and the same who brought…
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Back on April 26th,Twitter account TZMWX (the individual behind the Sega Saturn Portable project) announced incorporation of a size-reduced Fenrir ODE, further enhancing the overall versatility and capability of the…
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Well, it’s been a long time coming, and more than a few of you are probably tired of hearing about, yet not being able to see it… However, the wait…
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Today, April 6, 2022, Meduza Team (specifically Paul Met, Pennywise & Aishsha) have released v1.0 of their English translation patch for Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen. “The…
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“SONIC 2 was so much fun! It was hilariously bonkers and not remotely grounded in reality.., which is great! The film is self-aware of its outlandish premise and rolls with…
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In a community announcement today, March 28, 2022, hitomi2500 stated that WASCA (an aspiring “Swiss Army Knife” -type cart solution for Sega Saturn) would be migrating over to the much…
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Back in November of 2021, we reported on a new device from Will’s Console Modifications providing a toggle switch that would allow Fenrir owners to keep their CD-ROM drives in…
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Heart of Darkness garnered a lot of buzz back in the latter half of the ’90s… It was both well promoted and highly anticipated as the follow up project to Éric…
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It’s been almost a year (11 months to be exact) since the Satiator saw it’s last firmware update, so while this new may not be a big deal.., seeing the…
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Looks like City Connection, the same company who recently brought the Cotton/Guardian Force Saturn Tribute to the Switch, will be giving us another classic Saturn shooter tribute on Switch, PS4…
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Mark your calendars for Thursday, February 10, cause just last night, ROG revealed Powerslave‘s release date for the Nintendo Switch. PowerSlave: Exhumed Is Releasing on February 10, 2022 https://t.co/JLAvrrNBP2— The…
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Xiden, one of the brains behind bringing Saturn NetLink play back online over VoIP has just brought back the online features for a game that many folks may not have…
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NOTE: BE SURE TO CHECK BACK FOR NEW UPDATES & INFORMATION ! As another year passes and we close the book on 2021, we at SHIRO! are absolutely psyched for…
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Back on November 5, 2021, srg320 released a Saturn core update for the MiSTer project, and it’s clear that significant progress has been made. Remember folks, this is not software…
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Pseudo Saturn Kai has just received a major and long awaited update! This new version features support for latest version of Fenrir firmware and Save Data Manager utility for Satiator…
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Back on October 24th, 2021, TrekkiesUnite118 offered up to the Saturn community his own take on SEGA’s Saturn Bootleg Sampler, and where SEGA’s use of the term “bootleg” was no…
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A commercial console modder by the name of Will’s Console Modifications has announced a new toggle switch that will enable owners of 20-Pin Saturn Optical Drive Emulators (such as Fenrir,…
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On Monday, November 1st, 2021, Sega announced it would be partnering with Microsoft, using its Azure Cloud Platform to produce “large-scale, global games” as part of its recently announced Super Game…
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If you don’t spend much (or any) time on Facebook these days, you might not be aware of a new and intriguing project that has been underway over the past…
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With SegaXtreme’s Game Competition right around the corner (celebrating Saturn’s 27th Anniversary), submissions are already starting to trickle in, and one of the first to be submitted for consideration is…
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Hey everyone! It’s that spooky time of year once again, and that means it’s a great time to share some of my haunted Halloween music picks straight from Sega Saturn games!!! Here are my top recommendations, and hopefully there’s a little something for ev…
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Back in 1995, amidst an explosion of new platforms, genres and 32/64-bit technologies, there came a video game review show that would lay the groundwork for future shows, such as…
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DID YOU KNOW?: In addition to pushing the Saturn hardware with it’s release of the Hi-Saturn Navi w/LCD attachment, Hitachi also made a 24″ standard definition anamorphic CRT (the Hitachi…
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What started as a fun little programming challenge for XL2 has seemingly spun into something resembling a new “project” of sorts… *We’re going to use the term “project” here very…
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Hey everyone, SaturnDave here! 😃 As a huge fan of the Official Sega Saturn Magazine, it’s been a long time dream of mine and my brother SHIRO!, Peter Malek, to…
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XL2 continues to push the Saturn beyond what many have thought to be impossible… His latest exploit? Hardware-based UV Texture Environment Mapping! Saturn Hardware-Based UV Texture Environment Mapping – Proof…
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In the mid-’90s, NEXT GENERATION Magazine, also known as “EDGE” in the UK, brought loads of insightful news and industry coverage to the average gaming consumer. From developer interviews to…
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Scavenger was one of the most exciting game development houses to come out of the mid-90’s. Formed from the roots of the amiga hacking and demo scene, their Zyrinx team…
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Those who know me well are probably aware of my slight obsession with SEGA and Saturn-related gaming magazines… I suppose I’m just a big history nerd, and these old rags…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap SATURN FANS, REJOICE! From Nightdive Studios, developer of remastered ports such as Doom 64, Turok, Shadowman and the upcoming System Shock, comes ‘POWERSLAVE EXHUMED’, an enhanced remaster…