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Saturn NetLink: Tunnels Its Way Online…
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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“SATURN PORTABLE” GETS “MINI FENRIR”…
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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SHIRO! MAGAZINE in Pre-Release for Patrons!
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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Meduza Team Release Ogre Battle English Translation Patch
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 THE HEDGEHOG 2: MOVIE REVIEW
“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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WASCA Cart Migrates to Faster, Modular Architecture
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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NEW BATCH of 20-Pin “Sega Saturn-Switcher” ODE/Disc Toggle Available Soon
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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SATURN WASCA: Runs Heart of Darkness Proto / Hints at greater potential…
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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NEW Satiator Firmware 158 Update
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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Layer Section (aka Galactic Attack) Coming to Switch, PS4 & XBone
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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PowerSlave: Exhumed Hits the Switch on February 10th!
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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Touring Car Leaderboards Back Online
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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SEGA Saturn 27th Anniversary Game Competition
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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MiSTer Saturn Core Update
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 v6.483 Released!
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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SEGA Saturn Bootleg Sampler 3
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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NEW: CD/ODE Toggle Switch!
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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SEGA + MICROSOFT = NEW GAMES/PLATFORM?
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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In The Works: Wireless 3D Pad Mod
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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NEW Saturn Platformer “ZYGO”
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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Dave‘s Spooky Saturn Halloween Music Picks
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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TWITCH TV SHOW: “SATURN CUT”
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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Hitachi Wide View C24-WX50: Saturn’s Widescreen Display
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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GT2… on Saturn? No. (but still neat)
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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SHIRO! MAGAZINE – COMING SOON…
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 Cracks “Impossible” Saturn Hardware Environment Mapping
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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NEXT GENERATION: THE COMPLETE SATURN STORY
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: A Grand Vision, A Crushing Loss…
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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DTS: The SEGA Developer’s ‘Game Mag’
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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POWERSLAVE… EXHUMED at last!
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…
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CyberSound: Saturn’s Musical Middleware
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Out of the box, Saturn offered incredible sound hardware, enabling musicians and sound designers to create complex and multi-layered tracks. It’s custom Yamaha YMF292 (aka Saturn Custom Sound…
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Developer Interview: 7shades on “Cubecat”
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Every community has its high profile members… You know, the ones who become something of a “household name”, for projects that push homebrew development forward? These are…
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Developer Interview: Dr. Emerald Nova
While the Saturn Homebrew scene is still in it’s relative ‘infancy’ compared to other existing homebrew development communities (take the Mega Drive or Dreamcast for example), it’s had a bit…
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Fenrir ODE to Stream Games over Wi-Fi
SHIRO! SHOW Recap A recent tweet by Ced showed his newly revised Fenrir 21-pin ODE loading and booting game images via the onboard Wi-Fi module integrated as part of the…
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GEX -vs- RAYMAN
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Saturn got two amazing third-party multi-console platformers in the US, but who did it better?Crystal Dynamics with GEX? or Ubisoft with RAYMAN? Who wins? YOU DECIDE!!! Vote…