A comprehensive listing of resources for the SEGA Saturn.
Last Updated: July 4, 2024
Table of Contents
- Repositories
- Boot Devices
- Emulation Projects
- Homebrew/Hacks/Patches
- Company Websites
- Official Game Websites
- Websites of Notable People
- Fansites/Communities
- YouTube Channels
- FAQ
| TYPE/INTERFACE | BOOT DEVICES | NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| Cartridge | Pseudo-Saturn | Developer |
| Pseudo-Saturn Kai | Pseudo-Saturn fork, Developer | |
| Modchip soldered to motherboard | Phantom | — |
| ODE via CD-ROM drive ribbon cable | Fenrir ↳ Discord | Developer |
| MODE (Multi-Optical Disc Emulator) ↳ Twitter/X | — | |
| Rhea/Phoebe | — | |
| ODE via MPEG card slot | Saturn Satiator ↳ Wiki | Developer |
| ODE via cartridge slot | SAROO | — |
| HARD/SOFT | EMULATION PROJECTS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware | Saturn MiSTer ↳ GitHub ↳ Patreon | Active, Developer |
| Software | Beetle-Saturn ↳ GitLab | Active, Mednafen fork |
| Final Burn Alpha for Saturn ↳ Forum Thread ↳ GitHub | Active, Developer | |
| Kronos ↳ GitHub ↳ YouTube | Active, Yabause fork, Developer | |
| Mednafen ↳ MedGui Reborn (GUI) ↳ Mednaffe (GUI) | Active | |
| Nova ↳ Discord ↳ Patreon | Inactive, Developer | |
| SSF ↳ GitHub | Active, Developer | |
| Yaba Sanshiro ↳ YouTube | Active, Yabause fork, Developer | |
| Yabause ↳ GitHub ↳ Twitter/X ↳ Wiki | Inactive, Developer |
| FIELD | NOTABLE PEOPLE | NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| Art | Clamp [5/98] [12/98] ↳ Manga: Magic Knight Rayearth ↳ Software for Game Consoles ↳ Video: Magic Knight Rayearth | Manga artists, the creators of MK Rayearth |
| Lassen, Christian [10/99] [8/00] [9/01] [8/08] [1/20] [Current] ↳ Twitter/X | Marine artist, featured in Dejig Lassen | |
| Matsushita, Susumu [4/05] [12/08] [Current] | Manga artist, the creator of Willy Wombat | |
| McKnight, Thomas ↳ [Coming Soon] | Painter, feat. in Dejig McKnight | |
| Mead, Sydney “Syd” [12/98] [4/01] [8/03] [8/04] [8/09] [4/11] [1/13] [11/17] [3/18] [Current] ↳ Twitter/X | Futurist, illustrator; concept designer on Cyber Speedway | |
| Sadamoto, Yoshiyuki ↳ Twitter/X | Gainax character designer, feat. in YS Illustrations | |
| Tanaka, Tatsuyuki “Cannabis” [12/03] [12/04] [7/05] [2/08] [10/11][11/21] [Current] ↳ Profile [12/03] [3/05] [12/07] [Current] ↳ Works [12/03] [11/05] ↳ Linda³ Franchise ↳ Twitter/X | Artist, animator; character designer, storyboard artist on Linda³ | |
| Yoshizaki, Mine [12/98] [4/99] [8/99] [1/01] [6/01] ↳ Bit Fighter/Saturn-chan18 [6/00] [8/01] ↳ Twitter/X | Manga artist, the creator of Bit Fighter | |
| Athletics | Senna, Ayrton [12/98] [12/01] [11/05] [10/10] [10/13] [10/16] [Current] | F1 driver, feat. in Ayrton Senna Personal Talk |
| Competitive Gaming | Bunbunmaru (M. Shinohara) ↳ [Coming Soon] | VF competition player; secret character, staff in Goiken Muyou |
| Ikebukuro Sarah (T. Yoshimine) [ ↳ Twitter/X | VF competition player; secret character, staff in Goiken Muyou | |
| Shinjuku Jacky (T. Haneda) | VF competition player; secret character, staff in Goiken Muyou | |
| Game Development | Abe, Keisuke [ ↳ Works History | Red Co. employee, director, voice sfx on Super Tempo |
| Bygone Dogs | Band signed to SMG; music in Ghen War, Cyber Speedway | |
| Fujimura, Takashi | Sega employee, programmer on Virtua Fighter 2 | |
| Fujinomiya, Mimoli [6/01] [12/02] [6/04] [2/05] [6/06] [9/08] [3/10] | ADK employee, character designer on Twinkle Star Sprites | |
| Fujita, Naruhiko “Naru” [5/98] [10/99] [4/01] | DMS employee; director, inter alia on Techno Motor | |
| Gotou, Takeshi [5/99] [4/02] ↳ Profile | Sega employee, planner on PD Saga | |
| Hiroi, Teruhisa “Oji” [5/01] [11/02]19 ↳ Twitter/X | Red Co. founder; the creator of SW, Tengai Makyo | |
| Hiroyama, Yasunari “Father Cat”20 [7/01] [8/01] [1/02] [4/04] [4/05] [1/06] [Current] ↳ Twitter/X | Sega employee, planner on PD Saga | |
| Hosoi, Soushi “Hoso-Q” | Video System employee; director, composer on Sonic Wings Special | |
| Hülsbeck, Chris [12/98] [11/99] [12/03] [9/04] [3/09] [4/14] [12/14] [12/19] [Current] ↳ Tunnel B1 Project ↳ Twitter/X | Freelance composer, staff on Tunnel B1 | |
| Ibrahim, Kenneth [11/05] [1/14] [Current] ↳ Twitter/X | Sega employee; VA, English coord. in SRC, Manx TT | |
| Ishito, Junichi “Junnn” [11/99] [5/00] [6/00] [2/03] [11/04] ↳ Twitter/X | Sega employee; programmer on VF, VF Remix, VC | |
| Iuchi, Hiroshi [ [12/07] [5/18] [Current] ↳ Battle Garegga Handbook ↳ Radiant Silvergun | Time Warner Interactive, Treasure employee; bg. art on SJ Taromaru, dir. of Radiant Silvergun | |
| Iwasaki, Takeshi21 | Sega employee; programmer on VC, VF Kids, etc. | |
| Jacques, Richard [8/02] [2/03] [8/06] [5/07] [11/20] [12/21] [Current] ↳ Soundcloud ↳ Twitter/X | Sega employee; comp. on Shinobi X, Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic R, etc. | |
| Kaku, Tetsuya “Nucleus” [12/96] [2/99] [5/00] ↳ Twitter/X | Sega employee; programmer on Virtua Fighter, VF2 | |
| Kaneko, Ryoma [5/01] [11/02] [9/04] [7/10] [Current] | Red Co. employee; staff on Sakura Wars, Sakura Wars 2, etc. | |
| Kataoka, Shin “DJ TIGER ON BEAT”22 [12/98] [10/99] [11/02] [8/18] [5/22] [Current] ↳ Twitter/X | Sega employee; staff on F. Vipers, Fighters Megamix | |
| Kawabata, Ryuta [12/98] [10/99] [ ↳ KBT’s Techno Motor Page ↳ Techno Motor [KBTsnd] | DMS employee, sound designer on Techno Motor | |
| Kawamoto, Shinichi [9/00] [6/01] [6/03] | Hudson employee; pgmr. on Gulliver Boy, main pgmr. on Virus | |
| Kida, Mahito [10/99] [11/02] | Microcabin employee; programmer on Riglord Saga 2 | |
| Kikuchi, Tetsuhiko “Han” [5/02] [7/07] ↳ Twitter/X | Treasure employee; character designer on Guardian Heroes, RS | |
| Kobayashi, Kenichi [6/00] [7/01] | Quintet employee; staff on Solo Crisis | |
| Koiwa, Kouki “DeK”23 | Sega employee; programmer on VR, Daytona | |
| Kurabayashi, Akira “Kurabar” ↳ Darius Gaiden ↳ Kurabar’s Aquarium | Taito employee, main programmer on Darius Gaiden | |
| Leigh-Gilchrist, Derek [12/96] [10/97] | Core Design emp., programmer on Tomb Raider | |
| Leytze, David ↳ Soundcloud | Sega employee; composer, voice actor on Daytona, VC2, etc. | |
| Manabe, Namie [ ↳ Profile [12/03] [12/04] [Current] ↳ Twitter/X | Sega employee; artist on C. Knight, Clockwork Knight 2, NiGHTS into Dreams | |
| Matsumoto, Kota [1/98] [10/99] | Sega employee, programmer on Virtua Fighter 2 | |
| Minter, Jeff “YAK” [2/99] [2/02] [1/13] [Current] ↳ Twitter/X | Llamasoft founder, designer on Tempest 2000 | |
| Mitsuyoshi, Takenobu ↳ [Coming Soon] | Sega employee; composer, vocalist on Daytona, BR, etc. | |
| Miyawaki, Kenji “Wacky” [12/01] [9/03] [2/05] ↳ Twitter/X | Microcabin emp.; tester on RLS2, artist on ES:GAH | |
| Namiki, Koichi “Mickey” [12/96] [8/99] [10/02] ↳ Twitter/X | Sega employee, composer on Galaxy Force II | |
| Nishimoto, Yasuhiro “Taidai” [4/97] [6/97] [6/98] [10/99] | Sega employee, planner on Virtual-On | |
| Numata, Tadanobu “Noo” | Sega employee; programmer on Virtua Cop, VC2 | |
| Okano, Satoshi [2/11] [12/14] [Current] ↳ MySpace ↳ Twitter/X | Sega employee; artist on Sonic Jam, Burning Rangers | |
| Okunari, Yosuke “Yadayo” [10/00] [12/02] [2/03] [4/04] [10/04] [1/08] [Current] ↳ Movie References in Games ↳ Profile ↳ Twitter/X | Sega employee; marketing staff on PD, CK2, IS, JLVG96, PD Saga, D. Fear, etc. | |
| Oono, Kouji [10/01] [2/05] ↳ Noon [12/00] [3/05] | Microcabin employee; pgmr. on Riglordsaga 2, Noon, Eiyuu Shigan | |
| Osaki, Makoto “Makoosa” [6/02] [10/04] ↳ Profile [11/01] [6/02] ↳ ↳ Twitter/X | Sega employee; designer on Daytona USA, Virtua Cop, VF2 | |
| Sakai, Takeshi | JVC-Victor employee, sales team member on Keio Flying Squadron 2 | |
| Sekine, Norihiro [6/01] [8/01] [2/04] [Current] | Sega employee; programmer on V. Cop, VF Kids | |
| Senn, Christian “Chris” [9/01] [5/08] [7/15] [6/16] [9/23] [Current] ↳ Sonic X-treme Compendium | Sega employee; team coordinator, i.a., on Sonic X-treme | |
| Suzuki, Takeshi “Argon”24 [12/98] [5/01] [11/02] [Current] | Sega employee; programmer on VR, VF, VF2, etc. | |
| Suzuki, Yasushi [10/03] [8/05] [12/05] [2/07] [10/19] [11/20] [Current] ↳ Work History ↳ Twitter/X | Treasure employee, object designer on Radiant Silvergun | |
| Tajiri, Nobuhisa [2/99] [ | Sega employee; designer on VC2, Panzer Dragoon | |
| Takahashi, Hiroshi “Hiroshiya” [4/01] [12/01] [7/02] [6/03] | Ancient employee, pgmr. on Vatlva | |
| Takemoto, Akira “Raika” | Data East employee, sound designer on Wolf Fang SS | |
| Takezaki, Tadashi [6/01] [3/02] [10/02] [1/03] [12/04] [8/05] [2/06] [1/11] [9/17] [Current] ↳ Sega Star! Diary [8/00] [8/01] [6/06] ↳ Twitter/X | Sega employee; marketing staff on CK, PD, CK2, SRC, NiD, SW, DF, etc. | |
| Tanaka, Hideki “Maimi” ↳ Profile | Sega employee; programmer on VFCGPS, DDM | |
| Tanimura, Takeharu [10/99] [5/01] | Sega employee, motion capture on Digital Dance Mix | |
| Terada, Takaharu “Terra”25 [2/99] [5/00] [12/04] ↳ BIG Otorii Store26 [8/02] [1/04] [10/04] ↳ Twitter/X | Sega employee; planner on WAD:SF AWW:STnK, SW2 | |
| Toyama, Yuichi “Healthy” [6/97] [10/01] | Raizing employee; pgmr. on Kingdom GP, Soukyuugurentai | |
| Tsugawa, Kazuyoshi “K. Mihara”27 [6/02] [Current] | Sega employee; designer on BS, MK Rayearth | |
| Tsukamoto, Manabu “Tsuka” [10/97] [1/98] [1/99] [6/01] ↳ Profile [8/97] [1/99] [1/00] ↳ Virtua Fighter [8/97] [11/99] | Sega employee; planner, inter alia on Virtua Fighter, VF2, Digital Dance Mix | |
| Ugajin, Yoichi [12/01] [8/02] | Sega employee, planner on PD Saga | |
| Yagi, Hiroyuki [8/01] [10/01] [12/01] [2/06] [7/08] ↳ Game Stories | Hudson, SIMS emp.; staff on GB, Virus, TKtS2, S. Assault SS | |
| Yokota, Katsumi [4/01] [6/01] [6/02] | Sega employee; artist on PD Zwei, SW, PD Saga, etc. | |
| Yonemitsu, Kazunari [6/97] [7/01] [6/02] [Current] ↳ Baroque Index ↳ Twitter/X | Sting employee, director of Baroque | |
| Yoroki, Masayuki “Yorokin” | Data East employee, graphical designer on Magical Drop III | |
| Yoshida, Hiroaki “Maro” ↳ Twitter/X | Data East, Sega emp.; sound/music designer on Skull Fang, Winter Heat, etc. | |
| Yosai, Taneda “Tane” [4/97] [2/99] [Current] ↳ Tane’s Techno Motor | DMS employee; concept planner, artist on Techno Motor | |
| Zuntata [Main] [Alt.] | Taito house band; music in Darius II, Layer Section, etc. | |
| Performing Arts | Amuro, Namie ↳ Avex Group Profile [6/97] [5/98] ↳ Toshiba EMI Profile | Pop singer, feat. in Digital Dance Mix |
| Asakura, Daisuke ↳ [Coming Soon] | Musician, feat. in Media ROMancer | |
| Channel X [8/99] [4/05] [3/09] ↳ Bandcamp | Techno band, music featured in Sega Touring CC | |
| Christian, Claudia [12/98] [3/00] [6/01] [6/03] [6/07] [10/13] [12/14] [4/16] [10/19] [2/24] ↳ Twitter/X | Actress, portrayed Maj. Delany Kelt in Solar Eclipse | |
| Frost, John [5/01] [12/08] [10/17] [Current] [Mirror] ↳ ↳ Twitter/X | Radio personality, stand-up comedian; voice of Bug! in Bug!, Bug Too! | |
| Fujioka, Hiroshi [12/00] [3/01] [5/01] [4/03] [10/07] [11/15] [Current] ↳ Segata Sanshiro ↳ Twitter/X | Actor, portrayed Segata Sanshiro, featured in Shinkenyuugi | |
| Gould, Dana [3/02] [4/06] [12/08] [11/11] [7/12] [11/13] [12/14] [12/17] [4/19] [Current] ↳ About [2/03] [4/07] ↳ Tumblr ↳ ↳ YouTube | Stand-up comic, actor; voice of Gex in Gex | |
| Hinagata, Akiko ↳ Body Special 264 ↳ Pop City Girl Profile ↳ Twitter/X | Gravure idol, singer; featured in Body Special 264, Dream Square | |
| Houston, Fitz [2/11] [Current] ↳ Twitter/X | Actor, musician; portrayed Mr. Bones in Mr. Bones | |
| Iijima, Ai ↳ Office Leo (Agency) | AV actress, singer, feat. in Good Island Cafe | |
| Kaga, Takeshi ↳ [Coming Soon] | Screen actor, feat. in Iron Chef: Kitchen Stadium Tour | |
| Kitzrow, Tim ↳ ↳ Twitter/X | Voice actor, announcer in NBA Jam: TE | |
| McDonald, Ian | Co-founder of Foreigner, composer on Wachenröder | |
| Montrose, Ronnie [2/07] [1/12] [3/12]28 [Current] ↳ Twitter/X | Guitarist, founder of rock band Montrose; composer, actor in Mr. Bones | |
| Moritaka, Chisato ↳ Twitter/X | Pop singer, feat. in Watarasebashi/ Lala Sunshine | |
| Morton, Rocky [3/18] [Current] | Dir. of European launch commercial “Finishing Touch” | |
| Nakayama, Hiroko ↳ [Coming Soon] | Gravure idol, secret cameo in Clockwork Knight 2 | |
| Petrucci, John [11/99] [11/00] [6/03] [8/07] [12/14] [10/19] [Current] ↳ Twitter/X | Guitarist for Dream Theater, composer on Necronomicon | |
| Shimizu, Ayumi [Main] [Alt.] ↳ Toshiba EMI Profile | Singer, feat. in The Unsolved | |
| Sinclair, Ann (E. Gubinelli) ↳ last.fm | Eurobeat artist, music featured in Sega Touring CC | |
| X Japan [12/96] [2/97] | Visual kei band, featured in Virtual Shock 001 | |
| Yokoyama, Chisa [ | VA; portrayed Sakura Shinguji in SW, SW2, etc. |
| YOUTUBE CHANNELS | NOTES | |
|---|---|---|
| Clockwork Knight.com ↳ Website ↳ Discord ↳ Twitter/X | Fansite channel by Peter O’Hanlon | |
| Madroms ↳ Website ↳ Twitter/X | Demo videos for Satakore.com by Madroms | |
| PandaMonium Reviews ↳ Twitter/X | Reviews by Nick Broadway | |
| Panzer Dragoon Legacy ↳ Website ↳ Forums ↳ Twitter/X | Fansite channel | |
| Saturn Memories ↳ Tumblr ↳ Twitter/X | Longplays | |
| Saturnology | Reviews by David Lewis | |
| Sega Saturn, SHIRO! ↳ Website ↳ Discord ↳ Twitter/X | Fansite channel, podcast hosted by Dave & Pat |
Footnotes
- Only a few portions of Digital Pictures site remain, such as the company about page and QB Attack entrance page ↩︎
- IDSA’s oldest known address (sourced via vgol.com’s 2/97 list of associations) ↩︎
- E3’s oldest known address (sourced via vgol.com’s 2/97 list of trade shows) ↩︎
- Mediamuse’s oldest known address (sourced via a 1/97 version of Yahoo!’s business directory) ↩︎
- Mediamuse’s “so-net” address changes from “.or” to “.ne” at some point before 2000 ↩︎
- NCS’s “iijnet” address was likely in use as early as 4/96 through at least as late as 2/98 ↩︎
- NCS’s “ncsnet” address was probably in use beginning around 6/98 and replaced by at least 12/98 ↩︎
- The 5/95 edition of Sega Visions showcases the non-archived “segaoa.com” version of SOA’s website ↩︎
- The earliest archived version of SOA’s website was a mirror hosted on “slagoon.com” ↩︎
- Oldest standard version of SOJ’s website (captured via Highway Internet‘s mirror of the site) ↩︎
- Sting’s oldest known address (sourced via a 1/97 version of Yahoo!’s business directory) ↩︎
- Possibly the oldest version of Taito’s website (sourced via a 1/97 version of Sega Sages’ developer links page) ↩︎
- Only known URL for TWI’s website (sourced via a 1/97 version of Sega Sages’ developer links page) ↩︎
- XING’s oldest known address (sourced via a 1/97 version of Yahoo!’s business directory) ↩︎
- XING’s second oldest known address was likely in use as early as 3/98 ↩︎
- Possibly the oldest version of Yanoman’s website (sourced via a 1/97 version of Yahoo!’s business directory) ↩︎
- Earliest known URL for DeathMask website displayed in flier from 1996. ↩︎
- Character was often featured in ASCII’s print and digital magazine Tech Saturn ↩︎
- Hiroi goes by the alias “Mr. A” or “Hiroshi Adachi” on this particular site ↩︎
- Confirmed Y. Hiroyama and “Father Cat” are one in the same through Hiroyama’s company Facebook page ↩︎
- The links page of M. Osaki’s website provides enough clues to reasonably conclude that “Iwasaki” is Takeshi Iwasaki ↩︎
- Confirmed Shin Kataoka and “DJ TIGER ON BEAT” are one in the same via message in Fighters Megamix README ↩︎
- The links page of Makoto Osaki’s website provides enough clues to reasonably conclude that “DeK” is Kouki Koiwa ↩︎
- Takeshi Suzuki postively identified using clues from the links sections of Y. Okunari and T. Terada‘s HPs ↩︎
- URL contains “tterada,” nicknames “Terra” and “Captain” appear on site — both of which T. Terada still uses ↩︎
- T. Terada’s store is included in his links page and is referenced in his old twitter profile from 3/14 ↩︎
- Profile mentions first game was Sorcerian, contact email contains first letter of each syllable of Tsugawa’s name ↩︎
- The first post on Ronnie Montrose’s official website regarding his death ↩︎
- Official Chisa Yokoyama page hosted on Red Co.’s website (sourced via a fansite link from 6/97) ↩︎
- NiGHTSintoDreams.fr existed at least as early as 4/06 (sourced via an affiliate link on NiGHTSintoDreams.com) ↩︎
- Click through the gateway or you’ll automatically redirect to a broken page — otherwise use the “Home” link ↩︎
