Editorial
Daytona USA is arguably the most important racing game ever made, introducing a level of visual fidelity and fluidity beyond anything in the arcade scene at that time. SEGA’s Model…
Community
SHIRO! waved the checkered flag on its inaugural Monthly Community Challenge for February with nearly 300 SEGA Touring Car Championship times submitted. Four different community members took the top spots…
Community
An English translation of Silhouette Mirage that’s faithful to the original Japanese script exists at last thanks to fans who released a patch for the Saturn version Wednesday. Rasputin3000 uploaded…
Community
Outrun is one of Sega’s most iconic franchises and one that is as identifiably Sega arguably as much as Sonic or Yakuza. The original arcade game from 1986 also got…
Community
The March Edition of our monthly SHIRO! Community Challenge is here, and it’s time to wax your boards and carve those slopes in CAVE’s snow-shredding classic, Steep Slope Sliders! This…
Best Of Saturn
One of the most acclaimed traditional JRPG games, the SEGA CD remaster of Lunar 2: Eternal Blue hit the Saturn mid-1998 in Japan. While the Goddess Althena sleeps, a mysterious…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SEGA Saturn, SHIRO! Podcast!Episode 6: 2023 Year in ReviewAir Date: 2024-02-27Patreon Early Access: 2024-02-26
Join Dave, Pat, and Peter as we go over a TON of Saturn happenings from 2023! Whether it was seeing Metal Gear Solid on the …
SHIRO! PODCAST
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This week, we’ll be discussing:- SegaXtreme Game Competition Roundup- JunClassic C. C. & Rope Club #BestOfSaturn
– Appreciating SEGA’s Touring Car Championship
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Editorial
To the uninitiated, SEGA Touring Car Championship was an unconventional arcade racer, based on the German DTM, crafted by a handpicked team of AM3 developers and released to the world…
Best Of Saturn
Did you know that the folks who brought us Pebble Beach Golf Links developed another four golf games on Saturn?? Their 1997 Japan-only JunClassic C. C. & Rope Club is…
Community
For the 5th year in a row, SegaXtreme & Emerald Nova, bring us an outstanding lineup of Sega Saturn homebrew, patches and tools from this amazing community, marking the 29th…
SHIRO! PODCAST
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This week, we’ll be discussing:- Roundup: Showcasing Entries in the SEGA Saturn 29th Anniversary Game Competition- Time Gal & Ninja Hayate #BestOfSaturn
– Slave Zero X – The Side Scrolling Prequel …
Community
An English fan translation for the sequel to a notorious Saturn lightgun shooter, Death Crimson, is out now, its project lead announced Tuesday. Derek “ateam” Pascarella said on social media…
News
Slave Zero X, a brand new retro inspired side scroller is set to drop next week, February 21st on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo…
Best Of Saturn
Time Gal and Ninja Hayate is a double-pack of two mid-’80s Taito Laserdisc quick-time event arcade FMV games. Time Gal tells the story of Reika as she tries to stop…
SHIRO! PODCAST
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This week, we’ll be discussing:- Homebrew Spotlight: Pixel Poppy Pong- Valhollian #BestOfSaturn
– Version of SHIRO! Website Now Viewable on Saturn’s NetLink Browser
– Saturn MiSTer Core Gets Tons of Up…
Community
There were dozens of entries this year in SegaXtreme’s SEGA Saturn 29th Anniversary Game Competition and each of them are worth checking out. Here’s a closer look at a handful…
SHIRO! PODCAST
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This week, we’ll be discussing:- Savaki #BestOfSaturn- SHIRO! Debuts Community Challenge with SEGA Touring Car Championship
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News
There have been a flurry of updates to the Saturn core of the MiSTer FPGA over the last month now that its developer, Sergiy Dvodnenko — aka SRG320 — is…
Community
Are you reading this story on your Sega Saturn? You could be, now that a member of the SHIRO! community has built a mirror that converts this website into a…
Best Of Saturn
Valhollian hit the Saturn in 1998 courtesy of Datt Japan. A strategy RPG game in the vein of Shining Force III, you take the role of Rey Brightforce and fight…
Community
Sometimes even a simple game of Pong can be a lot of fun. That’s the driving principle behind one of the Saturn’s newest games, Pixel Poppy Pong, a two-player homebrew…
Community
SHIRO! Media Group debuted its new Monthly Community Challenge on Thursday, kicking off the series with “Sega Touring Car Championship.” The contest runs from Thursday through the end of February…
Best Of Saturn
Best MMA game on Saturn? Step up to Savaki, a mid-1998 Japan-only hidden gem from one-hit wonder studio Cynus. Choose from 14 fighters, each with their own martial art ranging…
SHIRO! PODCAST
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This week, we’ll be discussing:- MYST: A Page Out of Gaming’s Past…- Saturn Patch Unlocks Hidden Bonus Stages in Bomberman Fight!!- Gradius Deluxe Pack #BestOfSaturn- Hackers Discover, Enable Hidden En…
Community
The Saturn community has become accustomed to fans creating translations for Japan-exclusive games and inserting them via patches. But it’s not every day that an official translation is found hiding…
Best Of Saturn
An early 1996 Japan-only release, Konami’s Gradius Deluxe Pack features straight conversions of the mid-1980s arcade classics Gradius and Gradius 2. In these side-scrolling shmups, you take control of the…
News
Saturn hacker Bo Bayles, behind such projects as the NiGHTS into Dreams Retro-Bit Controller fix, and finding the playable Dolphin in Burning Rangers, released a patch last week that unlocks…
Editorial
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on March 27, 2018 and has been revised and republished. Saturn Myst: some people love it, some hate it, and a whole lot…
SHIRO! PODCAST
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This week, we’ll be discussing:- Retro-bit Releases New Firmware for Saturn Pro Controller- Madden ‘97 #BestOfSaturn- Amiga’s Castlevania Tribute, ‘Maria Renard’s Revenge’ Hits Saturn- New World Record S…
News
After years of waiting, we finally have Artemio’s 240p Test Suite now on SEGA Saturn care of hitomi2500, who’s ported it as their submission to SegaXtreme‘s annual Saturn homebrew game…
Community
A new world record in speedrunning Virtual Hydlide was set this week at the Awesome Games Done Quick charity event. Mechalink finished the 1995 Saturn RPG in 27 minutes and…
Community
Just yesterday, January 18th, 2024, Amiga developer Z-Team submitted their entry to this year’s Saturn Game Competition hosted by SegaXtreme and organized by Dr. Emerald Nova. Z-Team has created a…
Best Of Saturn
Sports titles were a huge reason for the success of the Genesis in America, so it was perplexing that the Saturn didn’t follow suit. The system was sorely lacking a…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates!
This week, we’ll be discussing:- Pseudo Saturn Kai Gets a Massive Update- Clockwork Knight 2 Cheat Code Found That Unlocks First Game- In-Progress Fan Localization of Bomberman Fight!! Now Available to t…