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News Roundup for the Week of August 14
Here are a few stories of interest to the Saturn community from the past week. Nights LEGO set hits 1,000 supporters A Nights into Dreams playset that was submitted as…
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Silhouette Mirage Beta English Patch Released
On July 9th, 2023, Gregori Rasputin announced in a thread that him, Soniccd123, and Malenko started work on inserting the PS1 translation by Working Designs into the Saturn version of…
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News Roundup for the Week of August 7
Here are a few of the smaller Saturn-related stories from my metaphorical reporter’s notebook from this week. Spanish translation of Nanatsu shows signs of life The person translating Nanatsu Kaze…
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Saturn MiSTer Core Update Adds Save Support, Improves Audio
The developer of the MiSTer FPGA’s Saturn core has saved the day with his latest update — it adds the ability to save progress in games, a long-requested feature among…
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News Roundup for the Week of July 31
It’s been a busy news week for the Saturn scene, so let’s take a look at a few of the odds and ends from the last several days. Main MiSTer…
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Radiant Silvergun Is Coming to Steam
Radiant Silvergun is coming soon to the PC according to a store page that appeared on Steam last night. No release date is listed on the Steam page, but Gematsu…
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COOL COOL TOON… TRANSLATED!
Almost an entire year ago, on August 10th, 2022, our good buddy Derek Pascarella (ateam) announced that he would be tackling the translation of Dreamcast’s quirky rhythm dance off, Cool Cool Toon. After…
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20-pin SaturnSwitchers to Go on Sale Today
Owners of the original 20-pin model of the Fenrir optical drive emulator can rejoice — a new batch of SaturnSwitchers will go on sale later today. The creator of the…
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News Roundup for the Week of July 24
From updates on new peripheral hardware and a fan translation to games we’ve reported on before coming to new platforms, we’ve got a solid slate of news items in the…
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Deep Fear, Resident Evil Get Spanish Fan Translation Patches
You must play Sega Saturn — or as you might say in Spanish, ¡debe jugar a Sega Saturn! Especially now, with a couple of high-profile Spanish fan translations of Saturn…
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Slam Dunk Movie Coming to Theaters Next Week
In news that’s tangentially related to the Saturn, the latest movie in the Slam Dunk franchise is coming to U.S. theaters next week after it debuted to critical acclaim and…
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News Roundup for the Week of July 17
Amidst Shiro’s continuing coverage of the leaked Sega Fiscal Year 1997 brand documents and all of the breaking news last week, there are a few smaller stories to catch up…
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English Patch for Baroque Releases
A fan-made English patch for the Saturn version of first-person roguelike RPG Baroque is now available, coming less than two months after developer Plissken announced he was working on it….
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Three LaserDisc Classic Games (Including Time Gal) are Getting HD Remasters on Switch
Just last week, Taito announced a three game compilation titled The Taito LD Collection. Compiling the classic LaserDisc FMV games such as Time Gal and Ninja Hayate (Previously ported to…
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DreamPi 1.8 DLE Released!
On July 10, 2023, PCWZRD13 announced a new release of DreamPi DLE. The update is mainly in preparation for the upcoming revival of the Capcom KDDI games & Daytona USA…
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SHIRO! Co-Ops with NEW Terra Player
SHIRO! has officially partnered with NEW curated streaming service, Terra Player, focused on bringing you all of your favorite gaming-related podcasts and shows in one place. On Thursday, June 1,…
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Limited Run Games Announces Gex Trilogy
Limited Run Games today announced Gex Trilogy, a collection of games starring the titular gecko mascot that will come to modern platforms. It's tail time. #GexIsBackGEX returns through the science…
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Driving Strikers Officially Goes on Sale
Driving Strikers is now on sale physically and digitally for the Dreamcast after going up on publisher Wave Game Studios’ website last Friday. The landmark indie-developed vehicular soccer game is…
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Irimajiri Clears the Air Regarding SoA/Saturn
Just earlier today, MD Shock reported on the translation of a 2022 lecture by former SEGA president, Shoichiro Irimajiri. This lecture lays everything bare in terms of SEGA of America’s…
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Canceled Games of SEGA’s Leaked Fiscal Year ’97 Documents
Editor’s note: This leaked document is very long. We will do our best to ensure this article is at least close to complete upon publication, but please be advised that…
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Sega Fiscal Year ’97 Docs Were a Late 2021 eBay Purchase
When Sega of America’s fiscal year 1997 brand review documents hit the Internet on Monday morning, the secrets they revealed sent shockwaves throughout the retro gaming community. But after eluding…
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Leaked Fiscal Year ’97 Documents Reveal Saturn Sales Numbers
Sega’s fiscal year 1997 brand review documents that were uploaded to the Internet Archive this morning offer 272 pages worth of insight into Sega of America’s inner workings when the…
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SEGA of America Internal Documents Made Public
Early on the morning of July 3, 2023 an Internet Archive contributor by the name GoldenDreamcast posted an enormous information dump consisting of 272 pages of previously classified internal documents…
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Saturn MiSTer Core Update Squeezes into June
MiSTer FPGA owners are rejoicing today after a new update to the hardware emulator’s Saturn core was uploaded to the Internet. Developer Sergiy Dvodnenko, aka SRG320, published new code today…
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New Patch for Blue Chicago Blues Translates Chapter 2 into English
Arjak released an update to his ongoing project to localize J.B. Harold Blue Chicago Blues into English, making available a new patch that translates about half of the game. The…
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Sonic Team Head Leaves Door Open for New Nights, Burning Rangers Games
So you’re saying there’s a chance? That might be Saturn fans’ reaction after Sonic Team creative officer Takashi Iizuka told Video Games Chronicle that entries in the team’s legacy titles…
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SATURN BT – Bluetooth Adapter Overview
We got our hands on this little pre-release prototype of Humble Bazooka‘s NEW ‘SATURN BT‘ wireless Bluetooth adapter, based on the awesome open source BlueRetro project by Jacques Gagnon (aka…
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Nakoruru – The Samurai Showdown Visual Novel Dreamcast Fan Translation Released!
Just recently, Derek Pascarella (ateam)’s long awaited fan translation, possibly his Magnum Opus of translation projects, Nakoruru: The Gift She Gave Me, has finally been released! For those of you…
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Croc HD Is in the Works, Series Producer Says
Croc — one of the only 3D platformers to grace the Saturn library — is coming to modern platforms, according to one of its original executive producers. Jez San said…
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Saturn BT Bluetooth Adapter’s Form Factor Is Finalized
An adapter that would allow modern Bluetooth controllers to be used with original Saturn hardware is a step closer to reality after its creator announced the hardware design is finalized….
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Batusgun Releases on Steam — and Only Steam in the West
Another Saturn game has entered the modern era with the release of Batsugun Saturn Tribute Boosted last week on Steam. The previously Japan-only vertical shmup is US$29.99 and can be…
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Prisoner of Ice Gets English Patch, Baroque Coming as Well
A new English patch has been released for a Japanese-exclusive Saturn game — and with it comes an announcement of another. A hacker new to the Saturn scene named Plissken…
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Introducing The Phøde – A Universal ODE For SEGA Saturn, and Much More!
Felix, the creator behind the 3DO and upcoming PCFX ODE, just announced a brand new ODE they are working on, the Phøde! I'm happy to announce the opening of preorders…
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PandaMonium: New hour long Bug! video
Many people have asked me if I will ever remake my older videos. My first few videos in this series are very short, contain no interviews and very little in…
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Red Moon Lost Days Gets Physical Commercial Release
On January 31, 2023 Red Moon Lost Days, a visual novel by Sansigolo & Neuromage Studio, was released to the public. Now, it seems it appears to be getting a…