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Get ready to shuffle your deck of magic cards and save the world — an English fan translation patch for Saturn-exclusive card-battling RPG Arcana Strikes is available to download now….
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Attention all Sega Saturn homebrew developers, game translators, patchers, hackers and tinkerers alike: The deadline for the 2025 SegaXtreme Saturn Homebrew Competition is fast approaching! All entries must be submitted…
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An English translation patch for the Sega Saturn port of sidescrolling beat-em-up Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom is nearly complete, according to a recent update by the fan hacker…
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On Thursday, March 6th, Ced, the creator of the Fenrir Optical Drive Emulator released a the long-awaited Beta Preview Build of his WiFi SMB Firmware via the Fenrir Discord Server…
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A new development library by Danny, SaturnMath++ has just been released. SaturnMath++ is a C++23 library dedicated to Sega Saturn hardware, offering essential mathematical operations tailored for fixed-point arithmetic and…
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On Saturday, March 8th, JoEngine author, Johannes Fetz, released a new stable version v2025.1 of his trusty Sega Saturn Software Development Kit. This marks the first update in nearly a…
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Our good friend, Saturn Memories, has compiled the most ridiculously comprehensive directory of all ports, remakes, sequels, spiritual successors, clones, and games influenced by or exhibiting notable similarities to Sega Saturn…
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Last year, we discussed how more Saturn peripherals have begun to be cloned. It started with the SAROO, which is open source, but many different kinds popped up on AliExpress….
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The creator of the Satiator released two new menus over the weekend that improve how the optical drive emulator handles folders for Saturn games that use multiple discs. Professor Abrasive…
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The iOS version of Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro was updated Feb. 26 to enable saving game progress in the cloud as well as support for Action Replay cheat codes, its…
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The March SHIRO! Monthly Community Challenge will need you to hang on tight!!! It’s time to once again bust out those Racing Controllers because this polygonal take on the classic…
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Eadmaster continues to make progress on his English fan translation patch for Saturn action RPG Princess Crown, updating it twice in the last month to fit more text on screen,…
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On February 21, 2025, Saturn hardware hacker, TZMWX announced that he is currently testing his own newly developed switcher that aims for universal compatibility with ALL existing Saturn ODEs (optical…
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Get ready to defend White Base from the Principality of Zeon, Saturn fans — the English fan translation patch for Mobile Suit Gundam is finished and downloadable. The patch’s lead…
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As the Saturn core of the MiSTer FPGA draws closer to perfect emulation of Sega’s fifth-generation console, its developers have turned their attention to adding extra features — most recently,…
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“Winter Heat has come and gone, and our carpals can breath a collective sigh of relief! Thank you all for making the first SHIRO! Community Challenge of 2025 a success!”…
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A new version of Kronos released over the holidays, but it could be its last after its main developer said he’s deprioritizing work on the Saturn emulator. Kronos 2.7 was…
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The Nova Saturn emulator got its first update in more than five years. Its creator, Steve Kwok, announced version 0.7 on his Patreon page on Christmas day. It can be…
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An English fan translation of the card battle RPG, Arcana Strikes, is almost ready for release. This unique Sega Saturn exclusive only released in Japan on Dec. 11, 1997. The…
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Back in October we played an in-progress translation build for the legendary Princess Crown on Sega Saturn. This version was still in its early stages, as version 0.3, but allowed…
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Hello SEGA fans, it’s James the SEGAHolic of The SEGAGuys, and while we’re only four days into 2025, the homebrew community simply refuses to take a break. We covered jnmartin84’s…
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We wish you a happy NEW YEAR’S EVE, and with it an announcement of 2025’s first SHIRO! Community Challenge, which begins right when that ball hits the ground! January’s chilly…
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Hello again SEGA Saturn fans, it’s James the SEGAHolic here of The SEGAGuys and as 2024 draws to a close, TPUnix has dropped version 0.7 of his SAROO firmware, adding…
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Gameplay of GTA III on actual Dreamcast hardware For years, Grand Theft Auto 3 was a missed opportunity for Dreamcast, having been developed for it but eventually cancelled due to…
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Light your fuses, Saturn fans — the English fan translation of 3D isometric battler “Saturn Bomberman Fight!!” is finished and available to the public. Lead patch developer Malenko uploaded the…
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Editor’s note: The developer, RetroRaiderJohn, provided clarifications on the scope of his expanded plans after the original version of this story was published. The story has been edited to reflect…
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This is a crosspost of a regular segment posted on SegaXtreme.net. Join in on the conversation on the SegaXtreme forums. The SegaXtreme Game of the Month for December 2024 is…
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Hello again, SEGA fans, it’s James the SEGAHolic of the SEGAGuys here, and we’re back with another Sega Saturn homebrew update. As followers of the channel will be aware, we’ve…
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The English fan translation patch of Logic Puzzle: Rainbow Town was updated this week, fixing bugs that caused crashes and adjusting the names of some of the puzzles. Its developer,…
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It is time again for the annual SegaXtreme homebrew game competition! This is the sixth annual SEGA Saturn Anniversary Game Competition that I’ve hosted on SegXtreme since restarting the competition…
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A new version of the Windows version of Sega Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro 2 released yesterday to coincide with the Saturn’s 30th anniversary in Japan. Developer Shinya “DevMiyax” Miyamoto wrote…
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This is a cross post of a regular segment posted on SegaXtreme.net. Join in on the conversation on the SegaXtreme forums. The game of the month for November 2024 is…
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The thrilling conclusion to the inaugural year of the SHIRO! Community Challenge begins Friday as participants will compete in the Raizing-developed, shooter-racing game hybrid “Kingdom Grandprix.” Throughout the month of…
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The surprise release of an English translation patch for Princess Crown was met with widespread praise among fans, before it was quickly marred with controversy after the original team raised…
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Since the publication of this article, we have heard back from eadmaster and published an interview with him. You can read it by clicking here. SamIAm, the person behind a…