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Tomb Raider, the classic action-adventure game from Core, made its worldwide debut on the SEGA Saturn in 1996. Contrary to what the PlayStation Twitter account would have you believe, the…
Best Of Saturn
Batter up! The first World Series Baseball game to hit the Saturn (there were many on the Genesis / MegaDrive, GameGear and the 32X), this was a winner! Featuring both…
Review
A deep-dive into the first Lunar game on the Saturn.
Best Of Saturn
The Segata Sanshiro TV ads were so successful in Japan, that SEGA put together the Japan-only game ‘Segata Sanshiro Shinken Yugi’ as part of the character’s send-off when the Dreamcast…
Best Of Saturn
Bug Too! is a 3D adventure with more characters, more levels, and more things to do! Maintaining the cheeky Saturday-morning humor of the original, this sequel now adds the ability…
Best Of Saturn
Street Racer is a sleek and smooth 1 to 8 (via a crazy split screen!) player kart-racing game. Select one of 8 characters and then race / attack your way…
Best Of Saturn
Westwood Studios’ Command & Conquer is another example of the first game in a long-running series being available on the Saturn. Play as either the GDI or the NOD led…
Best Of Saturn
SEGA of America made a point to produce as many titles locally as possible, one of these being Mr. Bones. A fusion of several gameplay styles, the game blends B-movie…
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May 11, 1995 was the opening day of the very first E3 show. Perhaps best remembered for Sony’s infamous ‘$299’ announcement, it is also the Saturn’s launch day in North…
Best Of Saturn
Whilst Saturn fans waited for the Virtua Fighter 3 port that would never come, AM2 dropped Fighters Megamix in its stead. Featuring all the Virtua Fighters, Fighting Vipers, loads of…
Best Of Saturn
Konami’s Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You is a classic 1996 dating sim. You are a new male student at the local high school and must find a date… but be…
Best Of Saturn
One of the Saturn’s first golf games and a USA launch title, this title is simplistic by modern standards and yet the underlying engine offers a surprisingly robust golf simulation….
Best Of Saturn
Game Arts pulled out all the stops with Grandia, their next big RPG after Lunar 2. Featuring fully 3D fields, towns and dungeons, the game tells the story of young…
Best Of Saturn
Legend of the Fighting Dragon Elan Doreé is an obscure yet interesting one-on-one versus fighting game released in 1999. Players ride dragons to fight but it is possible to knock…
Best Of Saturn
A sequel to one of the pricier SEGA CD games, Keio Flying Squadron 2e is a 2D platformer with shmup sections. Players take control of Remi and guide her through…
Review
Released in late September 1995, Steamgear Mash took the gaming world by storm. Shooting straight up the Japanese gaming charts, the game sold quicker than any other 32-bit title had,…
Best Of Saturn
Sonic Team’s final Saturn effort, Burning Rangers sees the player control a futuristic firefighter as they attempt to quell fires, rescue survivors, and unravel the mystery behind the surge in…
Best Of Saturn
Released on nearly every platform known to man, Zoop makes its way onto Saturn. A simple yet challenging puzzler, this sees the player’s cursor protect the inner square against advancing…
Best Of Saturn
SHIRO! SHOW Recap The Big One. Arriving in 1998 as the Western Saturn faded, this magnificent RPG features an innovative combat system and a story of betrayal, loss, and redemption,…
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WARNING: this piece discusses events in Panzer Dragoon Saga and contains many spoilers. You have been warned. SHIRO! SHOW Recap Loss… Released near the end of the western Saturn’s commercial…
Best Of Saturn
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Perhaps the most playable ice hockey game on the Saturn, NHL All Star Hockey ’98 is actually a re-branded version of NHL PowerPlay ’98 by Radical Entertainment….
Best Of Saturn
SHIRO! SHOW Recap World Heroes Perfect is the fourth and final game in the World Heroes series. Ported over from the NEO GEO, it offers 16 playable fighters to take…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap Long-running series Fire ProWrestling makes a Saturn appearance with 6-Men Scramble. Featuring dozens of wrestlers from various promotions, this sprite-based wrestle-fest is perhaps best known for its…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap Video System’s Sonic Wings Special sees you lead a small but elite force of Project Blue fighters in an attempt to defeat the evil forces of Fata…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap Die Hard Arcade, based on the ST-V Titan arcade board, is a 3D action beat-em-up. Play as John McClane and Kris Thompsen as you ascend a skyscraper…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap Today marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of NiGHTS into Dreams in Japan. Created by the Sonic Team and showcasing the talents of Yuji Naka, Naoto…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap A side-scrolling beat-em-up cult classic, Treasure’s Guardian Heroes lit the Saturn up in 1996. Featuring RPG-like stat gains at the end of each level, branching paths, multiple…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap The Japanese Saturn library dwarfs both Western sets by a factor of 5; for every game in the North American or European library, there were roughly five…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap Criminally ignored at launch because it wasn’t 3D, Michel Ancel’s Rayman is an exquisite platformer that looks the business. Coupled with an awesome Rémi Gazel soundtrack and…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap The 90s were a time of arcade racers… Genki’s Highway 2000 rolled onto the Saturn scene in late 1996 and was largely ignored. The game features 5…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap Team 17’s Worms is an artillery game – using physics and aim to try and destroy the opposing team’s worms. Featuring plenty of maps, versus and league…
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Recently translated to English (2020), Vandal Hearts is an isometric, turn-based strategy RPG. Take control of the valiant Ash Lambert and company and lead the resistance against Ishtarian rule… only,…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap Before there was Crazy Taxi, there was Courier Crisis. You’re a biker, picking up and delivering documents in various locales. Avoid cars and pedestrians and complete your…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap One of the first Capcom X-Men productions, this plays like Street Fighter but features Marvel’s over the top characters. The comics adapt very well here with huge,…
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The unexpected 2016 release of the NES Classic Edition kicked off a micro-console fad that saw a wide variety of systems from generations past miniaturized and brought to market, capitalizing…