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Original Source: Lets localize Terra Phantastica! – (at SegaXtreme.net) Lets start with the obvious. The likelihood of me actually finishing this [ Terra Phantastica ] is pretty much non-existent. I…
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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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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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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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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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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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This week, a new YZB hack was posted to SegaXtreme for King of Fighters ’97. YZB is a Chinese hacker who edits Saturn games to use the 4 MB RAM…
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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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One of the Saturn’s biggest games in the 1997 holiday season was Quake, a smash hit FPS on the PC that came to Sega’s platform before any other console courtesy…
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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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The person who made a portable Saturn, as Shiro reported last fall, is now creating a bit of silicon that would slot into a Saturn motherboard and provide 4MB save…
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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…
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A pair of Sega Saturn games were among those featured this week at Summer Games Done Quick, with speedrunners showing off amazing skill to help raise money for charity. The…
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A fan translation patch nearly four years in the making is finished at last. Version 1.0 of Grandia’s English patch went live on the SegaXtreme forums Wednesday, with its developer…
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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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Patrick’s walkthrough of the Saturn MiSTer FPGA alpha core After more than a year in development, a preliminary iteration of the Saturn core for the MiSTer FPGA was released over…
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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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A workaround has been found for users unable to get past the difficulty screen added to the English localization of Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen. Patch developer…
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As if the Ogre Battle English Translation wasn’t enough, we get a DOUBLE WHAMMY ON THE SAME DAY! Supper on the SEGA Xtreme forums shadow dropped a fan translation for…
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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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We’ve recently been made aware of an amazing review series similar to PandaMonium Reviews channel, but for the entire Sakura Wars series. For those of you not in the know,…
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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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Professor Abrasive finalized the latest firmware update v159 for his Satiator ODE on Thursday (2022-03-24). It eliminates audio dropping issues users had with the firmware’s previous iteration. Download: Firmware v159 You…
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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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One year ago (February 2021) I suddenly had a lot of free time on my hands, which is rare for a full-time working, thirty-something dad. But there I was thinking……
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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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Join Dave & Patrick as we celebrate the release of the Bulk Slash Fan Translation with the AMAZING TEAM!
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Also, check out Women of Xal on Steam, where CrouchingMouse plays Naxia:ht…
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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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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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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…