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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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SHIRO! PODCAST
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…
Best Of Saturn
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…
Best Of Saturn
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,…
SHIRO! PODCAST
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…
SHIRO! PODCAST
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…
SHIRO! PODCAST
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…
News
New Sega Consoles?
Two new Sega related consoles were recently announced, though by teams currently unconnected with Sega. The first is the GF1 Neptune, a system designed and modeled on the original official…
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City Connection Announces Wolf Fang Skull Fang Saturn Tribute
The next title in City Connection’s Saturn Tribute line of modern re-releases will be a double pack — a pair of shoot-em-ups named Wolf Fang and Skull Fang, the publisher…
Best Of Saturn
Ryouri no Tetsujin: Kitchen Stadium Tour #BestOfSaturn
Move over Gordon Ramsay, Iron Chef: Kitchen Stadium Tour has been cooking on Japanese Saturns since early 1996! Be warned, however — this isn’t really a “game.” You can do…
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NEW Magic Knight Rayearth Revival Project Announced
In celebration of its 30th Anniversary, CLAMP has announced a NEW ‘Revival Project’ for this classic and beloved anime series While Kodansha and TMS Entertainment have officially announced the return…
Community
King of the Mountain SHIRO! Challenge
Our SHIRO! Community Challenge for July 2024 is underway, as several members drift their way to prizes and the title of “TOUGE KING” in our latest High Velocity Mountain Racing…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
NiGHTS Grounded for 28th Anniversary…
On July 3, 2024, Saturn game hacker & reverse engineer, Bo Bayles, released a special game patch in celebration of the 28th Anniversary of NiGHTS into Dreams… In this reimaged…
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How Panzer Dragoon Defined an Era
Genre defining is a superlative that describes many games in Sega’s back catalogue, as you may expect from a videogame titan that defined many genres. The Rail Shooter is one…
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The SEGAGuys Join SHIRO!
Back in April 2020, in the earliest days of the global pandemic, fate brought together two veteran UK gamers and SEGA fans on Twitter. A chance meeting in a thread…
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Radiant Silvergun Patch Adds New Scoring System, Two-Button Playstyle
A new patch for Saturn shmup Radiant Silvergun adds features from other versions of the game as well as a brand new scoring system. It was created over the course…
Best Of Saturn
Kingdom Grand Prix #BestOfSaturn
We are living in the Great Saturn Renaissance… Kingdom Grand Prix, the Japan-only shmup/racing game hybrid, has been translated to English! The King has had enough of decades of conflict…
SHIRO! PODCAST
LIVE SHOW: June 21, 2024 – SEGAGuys talk SEGA Rally Documentary, Culdcept
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– PandaMonium: Sega Rally Championship, Episode 33 of 246– Culdcept #BestOfSaturn– Sega Rally — The SEGAHolic Sets a Panda-Inspired…
SHIRO! PODCAST
EDITOR’S CORNER: EP 25 – SEGA RALLY with Pandamonium & SegaGuys
SaturnDave is joined by fellow SHIRO! Nick (PandaMonium) to discuss his latest documentary on Sega Rally Championship along with James & Dan of the SegaGuys. YouTube: Podbean:
Editorial
Sega Rally — The SEGAHolic Sets a Panda-Inspired New PB!
Anyone who knows me, knows I love Sega Rally on the Saturn. In fact, it’s not just my favourite game on the system; it’s my favourite game ever. And while I…
SHIRO! PODCAST
LIVE SHOW: June 14, 2024 – Blast Wind Patch, Duke Nukem Tournament
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Nearly Two Dozen Tilt SHIRO! Community Challenge– Blast Wind Patch Boosts Music, Adds English Dub– FEDA Remake! The…
Best Of Saturn
Culdcept #BestOfSaturn
Another long-running series that got its start on SEGA Saturn, OmiyaSoft’s Culdcept landed on Japanese consoles in late 1997. This is a strategy game done in the style of a…
PandaMonium Reviews
PandaMonium: Sega Rally Championship, Episode 33 of 246
At long last, let us sink our teeth into the rich history of an incredible racing game. Featuring a wealth of archived video, translated interviews and original source material, this…
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Hail to the KING for the Next SHIRO! Online Tournament
The upcoming seventh SEGA Saturn SHIRO! Online Tournament is gonna be … Duke Nukem 3D! Since Duke is pretty playable even with high ping, we’re opening this tournament up to…
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SHIRO! Celebrates Online Tournament Champions in Bomberman, Puzzle Bobble 3
SHIRO!’s SEGA Saturn community celebrated two online tournament champions in recent months with SHIRO! Discord server members Gregori Rasputin claiming the top spot in Monday night’s Puzzle Bobble 3 tournament…
Best Of Saturn
FEDA Remake! The Emblem of Justice #BestOfSaturn
FEDA The Emblem of Justice, a 1994 Super Famicom strategy role-playing game, got the Saturn remake treatment exclusively in Japan in mid-1996. The Balformian Empire is rife with corruption and…
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Blast Wind Patch Boosts Music, Adds English Dub
A patch for Blast Wind — a 1997 Saturn-exclusive vertical shooter from the heralded shmup specialists at Technosoft that only released in Japan — came out over the weekend that…
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Nearly Two Dozen Tilt SHIRO! Community Challenge
SHIRO! Media Group’s Community Challenge closed May 31 with about 150 scores submitted by nearly two dozen gladiators, but only one reigned supreme. May’s challenge centered around two Digital Pinball…
SHIRO! PODCAST
LIVE SHOW: June 07, 2024 – Burning Rangers Co-Op, CD-G Saturn Support, Lost Days 0, Madou Monogatari Best Of
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates!
This week, we’ll be discussing:- Burning Rangers Co-Op Mode Reignited- Saturn’s Extended Compact Disc Formats- Madou Monogatari #BestOfSaturn- New Homebrew Announced: Lost Days 0
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