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Edo City Renaissance #BestOfSaturn
Ever wish that Sim City 2000 was Sim City 1600? Step up to Edo City Renaissance, a town management sim set during the Edo period in Japan. Speak with important…
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LIVE SHOW: AUGUST 16, 2024 – Metal Black Hack, Calypso Saturn Sound, MiSTer Core Update
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Apple App Store Approves Yaba Sanshiro – July’s SHIRO! Community Challenge Sees Second Most Submissions– Crash Bandicoot on…
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Saturn MiSTer Core Attempts to Fix Sound Effects in Bug, Panzer Dragoon
The Saturn MiSTer core was updated twice last week with a focus on audio fixes. Developer Sergiy Dvodnenko, aka SRG320, improved the accuracy of sound effects found in Saturn games…
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Willy Wombat #BestOfSaturn
A total curiosity, Hudson’s Willy Wombat materialized in mid-1997. A 3D-ish action adventure game, you control the wombat across various landscapes, collecting gems as you go. The best way to…
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Expansion Hack: Metal Black
The Saturn version of Metal Black is a port of the 1991 Taito arcade game. In its story, Earth is suffering under an uneasy truce with a hostile alien force….
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Calypso Puts You in Control of Saturn’s Sound Chip
A new homebrew software is demonstrating what can be done with the Saturn’s sound processor, giving users control over its capabilities with a simple text-based interface running on the console….
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Crash Bandicoot on Saturn! Exclusive Hands-On with Frogbull’s Latest Demo
During the heat of the console war of the mid-’90s, as gamers turned to Sony’s PlayStation in droves, one of the things us Saturn owners constantly heard when the latest…
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July’s SHIRO! Community Challenge Sees Second Most Submissions
The big winner in SHIRO!’s Community Challenge Event for July, which saw the nearly two dozen participants chasing the fastest times in a combination of Sega Saturn racers “High Velocity”…
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LIVE SHOW: AUGUST 9, 2024 – Crash Bandicoot on SEGA Saturn, Dungeon Master Nexus Cheat Code, Densha De Go!
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Saturn News Roundup for the Week of July 29 – Under the Microscope: Dungeon Master Nexus– Densha De…
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Apple App Store Approves Yaba Sanshiro
Apple’s App Store approved Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro on Saturday, marking the end of a four-month wait after developer Shinya “DevMiyax” Miyamoto applied in April. “Finally, Yaba Sanshiro was released…
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Densha De Go! EX #BestOfSaturn
Proving yet again that gaming was a far more serious affair in Japan, Densha De Go! EX, a train conductor simulator arcade conversion, hit Japanese Saturns in late 1998. Playable…
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Under the Microscope: Dungeon Master Nexus
Dungeon Master Nexus was a Japanese Saturn exclusive, but through the magic of fan translation patches, you can play it in English. This patch sparked some renewed interest in the…
SHIRO! PODCAST
LIVE SHOW: AUGUST 2, 2024 – Resident Evil Spanish Fandub, Chase HQ Plus SCI, Dark Savior Demo
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Extending The Demo: Dark Savior– Taito Chase HQ Plus SCI #BestOfSaturn– Fans Dub Resident Evil into Spanish– Saturn…
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Saturn News Roundup for the Week of July 29
A recreation of Tomb Raider 2 on Saturn, new firmware for Retro-Bit controllers and a line of model kits recreating robots from Saturn shooter Wolf Fang — they’re a few…
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Fans Dub Resident Evil into Spanish
A fan-made patch released Monday redubs Resident Evil into Spanish, likely representing the first non-English fan dub of a Saturn game. It was headed up by Salvi Garrido, a professional…
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Taito Chase HQ Plus SCI #BestOfSaturn
Taito released the two-game compilation Chase HQ (1988) and Special Criminal Investigation (SCI, 1989) for Japanese Saturns in 1996. Fairly frills-free, these straightforward coin-op conversions have you chase criminal cars…
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Extending The Demo: Dark Savior
The ominous parallels I started looking at Dark Savior in response to a reader question: Is there a sixth parallel? In case you don’t know, Dark Savior is a Saturn RPG with an unusual…
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LIVE SHOW: JULY 26, 2024 – PETER ON THE SHIRO! SHOW, Shining Force III new patch
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Texthoth Ludo ~Arcana Senki~ #BestOfSaturn – Version 25 of Shining Force III Translation Patch Releases You can watch…
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Version 25 of Shining Force III Translation Patch Releases
The first update for the English translation patch for Shining Force III in more than a year and a half was made public July 19, adding the ability to choose…
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Texthoth Ludo ~Arcana Senki~ #BestOfSaturn
A Christmas 1997 release in Japan, Texthoth Ludo ~Arcana Senki~ from Pai and Falcon is a 1- to 4-player board game fusing the classic Ludo game with Tarot cards. There…
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LIVE SHOW: JULY 19, 2024 – SEGA Mania Magazine Returns! Kaze no Regret Audiobook, Obscure Saturn Racing Games
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– 10 Most Obscure & Underrated SEGA Saturn Racing Games – Over Jump Rally and Sega Rally Compared– Battle…
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Real Sound: Kaze no Regret Becomes an Audiobook
Innovative Saturn audio-only adventure Real Sound: Kaze no Regret has come to modern platforms — audiobook ones, that is. Real Sound released on Audiobook.jp and Amazon Audible in Japan Wednesday…
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The Return of SEGA Mania Magazine
Started back in July of 2021, Sega Mania represented a return to physical print magazines for SEGA fans and it kicked off a bit of an avalanche of similarly SEGA…
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LIVE SHOW: JULY 12, 2024 – Creating Video Discs, Unreleased Saturn Prototype, Croc
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Create Your Own Saturn Video Discs — Tools and Tutorial – Hidden Palace Releases Prototypes of Unreleased Saturn…
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Battle Arena Toshinden Remix #BestOfSaturn
The flashy 3D graphics of Battle Arena Toshinden attracted PlayStation gamers like flies to a pile of turd… so much so, that Takara felt it wi$e to develop a Saturn…
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Over Jump Rally and Sega Rally Compared
Over Jump Rally is a project by a single independent developer to recreate the legendary Sega Rally. So far Alessandro Schiassi, has shared his work on remaking the iconic Forest…
Editorial
10 Most Obscure & Underrated SEGA Saturn Racing Games
If there’s one genre where the Sega Saturn excels, it’s racing games. Whether it’s Daytona USA’s power-sliding, Sega Rally’s gear drifting, or Sega Touring Cars … music, the arcade goer…
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Custom Saturn Fight Stick to Be Auctioned for Charity
A custom Saturn-themed fight stick is up for auction, and the proceeds are going to a good cause. Sporting a white Saturn shape and decals with beloved Japanese Sega mascot…
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Croc #BestOfSaturn
Guide the loveable Croc across seven islands (worlds), rescuing cute and fuzzy Gobbos from the evil clutches of Baron Dante. As one of the few true 3D platformers on Saturn,…
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LIVE SHOW: JULY 7, 2024 – NEW SEGA CONSOLE, SHIRO Challenge, Wolf Fang Skull
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– How Panzer Dragoon Defined an Era– NiGHTS Grounded for 28th Anniversary…– King of the Mountain SHIRO! Challenge– NEW…
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EDITOR’S CORNER: EP 26 – Hacking Saturn Games with TrekkiesUnite, Derek Pascarella, Malenko & Bo Bayles
On this latest episode we’re joined by a round table of Saturn Community Game Hackers, including TrekkiesUnite118, Derek Pascarella (ATEAM), Malenko & Bo Bayles! In this episode, we dive into…
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Frogbull Teases Near-Complete Shadow Moses Island
After several months of hard work, Saturn community member & developer, Frogbull, shared his latest progress on the Metal Gear Solid project for Sega Saturn. Frogbull claims the second level…
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LIVE SHOW: JUN 28, 2024 – Kingdom Grand Prix, Radiant Silvergun, and SEGAGuys Join SHIRO!
PodBean Audio: Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Kingdom Grand Prix #BestOfSaturn– Radiant Silvergun Patch Adds New Scoring System, Two-Button Playstyle– The SEGAGuys Join…
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Hidden Palace Releases Prototypes of Unreleased Saturn Port of Hard Boiled
Another unreleased Saturn game made its way into the public’s hands when Hidden Palace released three prototypes of Hard Boiled on its website today. Photo courtesy of Hidden Palace. The…
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Create Your Own Saturn Video Discs — Tools and Tutorial
If you’re interested in watching videos on your Saturn, here are a few tips to get you started. Through this tutorial you’ll gain a working understanding of the technical limitations…