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Under the Microscope: The House of the Dead
In this edition: The House of the Dead Taikenban normally lets you play part of the first chapter. But we can patch the demo to let us play more of…
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eadmaster Responds to Princess Crown Patch Concerns Raised by the Original Team
The surprise release of an English translation patch for Princess Crown was met with widespread praise among fans, before it was quickly marred with controversy after the original team raised…
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Original Translator Did Not Approve Princess Crown Patch Release
Since the publication of this article, we have heard back from eadmaster and published an interview with him. You can read it by clicking here. SamIAm, the person behind a…
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Princess Crown Finally Playable in English on SEGA SATURN!
Since this article was published, it has come to our attention that the person who created the patch used old resources and did not communicate with the original translator or…
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Malenko Releases First Look at Logic Puzzle Rainbow Town Fan Translation
Right before Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2024, Malenko — who has worked on several fan translations in the past, such as Tokyo Highway Battle ’97 and Saturn Bomberman Fight!! —…
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Under the Microscope: Riglordsaga 2, Shiroki Majo, Magic Knight Rayearth
In this edition I’ve got debug menu hacks for three Saturn RPGs: Riglordsaga 2 Shiroki Majo: Mouhitotsu no Eiyuu Densetsu Magic Knight Rayearth These menus let you alter game parameters…
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Under the Microscope: Blazing Heroes
In this edition: Blazing Heroes (a.k.a. Mystaria, a.k.a. Riglord Saga) has a hidden set of debug and cheat menus. They allow you to be invincible, warp to anywhere in the…
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English Translation Patch Released for 6-Disc Horror Film ‘Grauen no Torikago’ (Birdcage of Horrors) on the SEGA Dreamcast
Last month, I released restoration patches for all six discs of “Birdcage of Horrors” (Grauen no Torikago / グラウエンの鳥籠) on the SEGA Dreamcast. Today, I’m proud to announce my team and I…
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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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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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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…
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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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Burning Rangers Co-Op Mode Reignited
On June 3, 2024, Saturn game hacker extraordinaire, Bo Bayles, announced the latest in his series of game patches that seek to restore hidden/unused assets & functionality to Saturn games….
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Jung Rhythm Gets English Translation Patch
English-speaking Saturn fans are dancing for joy now that there’s a translation patch for the console’s only full-fledged music rhythm game, Jung Rhythm. It was made by a team that…
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Four-Player Mode Found Hidden in High Velocity: Mountain Racing Challenge
High Velocity: Mountain Racing Challenge, an early Saturn exclusive that shipped with a two-player mode, could have let even more people in on the fun if developer Cave enabled a…
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Cheat Code Discovered to Enable Shinobi Legions’ Debug Mode
Saturn hacker Bo Bayles is at it again — he’s found another previously unknown cheat code, this time for Shinobi Legions. It activates a debug mode, but you’ll want to…
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Cold Case, Stellar Assault, FILM Muxer Win Top Prizes in SegaXtreme Saturn Game Competition
The results of the SegaXtreme 29th Anniversary Sega Saturn Game Competition were announced today, with homebrew survival horror game Cold Case, the English localization of Stellar Assault SS and a…
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English Translation Patch Releases for Saturn Fighting Game ‘Rabbit’
Jump for joy, Saturn fans — there’s a new English translation patch for one of the console’s exclusive fighting games, Rabbit. The patch released earlier today was made by Derek…
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Shin Megami Tensei: Soul Hackers English Translation FIRST LOOK
Back in March of last year, TrekkiesUnite118 created a thread on translating Shin Megami Tensei: Soul Hackers on the SEGA Saturn using the official 3DS translation as a base. One…
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Silhouette Mirage Retranslation Patch Stays Faithful to Original Japanese Script
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…
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SegaXtreme Game Competition Roundup
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…
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Death Crimson 2 English Fan Translation Patches Out Now
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…
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Roundup: Showcasing Entries in the SEGA Saturn 29th Anniversary Game Competition
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…
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Hackers Discover, Enable Hidden English Translation in Kingdom Grandprix
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…
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Saturn Patch Unlocks Hidden Bonus Stages in Bomberman Fight!!
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…
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In-Progress Fan Localization of Bomberman Fight!! Now Available to the Public
It’s time to fight — Bomberman style, now that a partial English localization patch for Saturn Bomberman Fight!! is available to the public. Translation team leader Malenko posted the SSP…
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Clockwork Knight 2 Cheat Code Found That Unlocks First Game
For 28 years, North American owners of Saturn sidescrolling platformer Clockwork Knight 2 have had an entire extra game on their discs and never knew it. That changed on Christmas…
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New Castlevania Patch Adds English Text, Speech
Saturn fans rung in the new year with an updated patch for Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight — or as it’s better known in the West, Castlevania: Symphony of…
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Sakura Wars 2 English Translation Progress Update
The team of fans working on a translation patch for Sakura Wars 2 gave an update on their progress over the weekend. The project’s editor, Bowloflentils, posted to social media…
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Death Crimson 2 English Fan Translation in the Works
A fan translation is in the works for the sequel to a notorious Saturn lightgun shooter, Death Crimson, its project lead announced Wednesday. Derek “ateam” Pascarella, who’s led many Dreamcast…
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News Roundup for the Week of Nov. 27
It’s been a busy week in the world of Sega Saturn fandom. Here are some of the stories you may have missed. Gundam translation shows off progress The team leader…
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Modder Makes a Few Improvements to Cleopatra Fortune’s Music
Sometimes, when a game’s got catchy music, you just need to hear more of it. That’s the case for one fan of Taito puzzle game Cleopatra Fortune who modded the…
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Updated Patch Adds Subtitles to Mystery Hospital’s FMVs
An update to the English fan translation patch for “R?MJ The Mystery Hospital” last week added subtitles to nearly all of the horror adventure game’s videos. The hacker working on…
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English Patch in the Works for R?MJ The Mystery Hospital
System Sacom fans rejoice — an English patch that translates the Saturn version of 1997 FMV horror adventure game “R?MJ The Mystery Hospital” into English is on the way courtesy…
Best Of Saturn
Prisoner of Ice #BestOfSaturn
Based on the Cthulhu mythos created by HP Lovecraft, the 1995 PC and Mac point-and-click Prisoner of Ice got a Japan-only Saturn release at the very end of 1997. Presented…