Community
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…
Community
Community
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…
Episode
SHIRO! SHOW NEWS #33 – November 3rd, 2021
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #33 news update!
This week, we’ll be discussing:
– Mr. Bones #BestOfSaturn- Dave‘s Spooky Saturn Halloween Music Picks- Shining Force III Halloween Battles!
Originally premiered: November 3rd, 2021Follow us on our …
SHIRO! PODCAST
”Overlooked & Alternative Halloween Saturn Games” – with Patreon Guest Hosts
After 4 years of “Spooky” Halloween Saturn games.., you might think we’ve run out of games to talk about…
Well, for the first-ever LIVE mainline podcast episode, Dave, Patrick & Nick are joined by community members Burntends, Knight0fDragon & Xenos-Int…
PandaMonium Reviews
PandaMonium: Saturn’s NBA Jam reveals tons of 90s game development war stories
Welcome to… NBA Jam! Those familiar with this game might have read that first sentence in the voice of Tim Kitzrow. Of all the games in my review series so…
Community
Kick off Halloween Right With These Shining Force III Halloween Battles!
Our very own KnightOfDragon, behind several of the fan translations and tools in the scene (Including the Shining Force III translations), put together four Shining Force III horror inspired save…
SHIRO! PODCAST
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…
Best Of Saturn
Mr. Bones #BestOfSaturn
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…
SHIRO! SHOW NEWS #32 – October 26th, 2021
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #32 news update!
This week, we’ll be discussing:
– E3 1995 SEGA SATURN PRESS KIT- TWITCH TV SHOW: “SATURN CUT”
Originally premiered: October 22nd, 2021Follow us on our social media sites:
Facebook: https://www.face…
Community
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…
SHIRO! SHOW NEWS #31 – October 18th, 2021
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #31 news update!
This week, we’ll be discussing:
– SHIRO! Podcast — “Weird in Japan” – Saturn emulator used in Cotton Tribute collection linked to SSF- Fighters Megamix #BestOfSaturn- Saturn CRT?
Originally premier…
SHIRO Shorts!
E3 1995 SEGA SATURN PRESS KIT
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…
Editorial
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…
Best Of Saturn
Fighters Megamix #BestOfSaturn
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…
SHIRO! SHOW NEWS #30 – October 11th, 2021
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #30 news update!
This week, we’ll be discussing:
– Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You – #BestOfSaturn- Shenmue Anime – First Look Trailer Released by Adult Swim!- SEGA Powered – A New SEGA Magazine Kickstarter Proje…
News
Saturn emulator used in Cotton Tribute collection linked to SSF
Nintendo Switch owners now have another way to play Virtual Hydlide. Not only does the Cotton Guardian Force Saturn Tribute collection use an emulator to port the games, fans are…
Uncategorized
SHIRO! Podcast — “Weird in Japan” With Special Guest FilmCow
Yes, THAT FilmCow! Known for internet classics such as Charlie the Unincorn, Llamas with Hats, Detective Mittens and Nick: The Feature Film. Jason Steele streams Sega Saturn games every “Saturnday”…
”Weird in Japan” With Special Guest FilmCow
Welcome to another episode of Sega Saturn, SHIRO! This week, we are talking weird Japanese Saturn games with FilmCow AKA Jason Steele, the brilliant mind behind Charlie the Unicorn, Llamas with Hats, Vulo the Face Borrower, and The Video Game Valley.Game…
Community
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…
News
Cotton Guardian Force Saturn Tribute Input Lag Issues Found (11 Frames of Lag!)
Just a couple weeks ago, the company City Connection released the Cotton Guardian Force Saturn Tribute collection on Switch and PS4, which include the Saturn classics Cotton 2, Cotton Boomerang,…
News
SEGA Powered – A New SEGA Magazine Kickstarter Project!
Just this week, a Kickstarter project went up announcing a new SEGA Magazine in the works, titled SEGA Powered, a clever nod to the Saturn Power magazine. The magazine has…
News
Shenmue Anime – First Look Trailer Released by Adult Swim!
Announced back in September of 2020 at the Crunchyroll Expo, the series had been in development for around 2-3 years, during the development of Shenmue III. Just the other day…
Best Of Saturn
Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You – #BestOfSaturn
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…
SHIRO! SHOW NEWS #29 – October 4th, 2021
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #29 news update!
This week, we’ll be discussing:
– Pebble Beach Golf Links #BestOfSaturn- SHIRO! MAGAZINE- Sakura Wars 25 Years Later, and How To Play The Games as Western Fans!
Originally premiered: October 4th, 2…
Editorial
Sakura Wars 25 Years Later, and How To Play The Games as Western Fans!
25 years ago, SEGA and Red Company brought the love and war RTS/Dating Sim/Visual Novel series Sakura Wars into the world for the first time on Saturn!First conceptualized in 1990…
Community
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…
Best Of Saturn
Pebble Beach Golf Links #BestOfSaturn
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….
Episode
SHIRO! SHOW NEWS #28 – September 28th, 2021
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #28 news update!
This week, we’ll be discussing:
– Nirvana 30th Anniversary- Nintendo Direct- Grandia #BestOfSaturn- Project Deluge Game Drop #2!
Originally premiered: September 24th, 2021Follow us on our social me…
News
Project Deluge Preserves PlayStation 2, Dreamcast, and Xbox Prototypes in Second Round of Releases!
We reported back in April about Hidden Palace’s Project Deluge releasing several CD-i, PlayStation 1, and Saturn prototypes and early builds. Now they are back, dropping a TON of PlayStation…
Best Of Saturn
Grandia #BestOfSaturn
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…
SHIRO! SHOW NEWS #27 – September 20th, 2021
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #26 news update!
This week, we’ll be discussing:
– Legend of the Fighting Dragon Elan Doreé #BestOfSaturn- SEGA Saturn… Switch? A Portable Saturn Project In The Works!- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Sega Saturn …
News
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Sega Saturn Patch by Paul Met
As of last Sunday, Paul Met of Meduza Team put out a third patch for Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight (Or as it’s commonly known in the west as…
News
SEGA Saturn… Switch? A Portable Saturn Project In The Works!
Since early 2019, a YouTube Channel going by the name China TZMWX has been slowing working on, and build his project Sega Saturn Portable! The early prototypes are pretty interesting,…
Best Of Saturn
Legend of the Fighting Dragon Elan Doreé #BestOfSaturn
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…
SHIRO! SHOW NEWS #26 – September 15th, 2021
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #26 news update!
This week, we’ll be discussing:
– NEXT GENERATION: THE COMPLETE SATURN STORY
– Keio Flying Squadron 2 #BestOfSaturn
– XL2 Cracks “Impossible” Saturn Hardware Environment Mapping
– SHIRO! Podcas…