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Saturn enthusiast Shadowmask has just published a new translation patch for Mobile Suit Gundam, the 1995 Saturn game from CRI and Bandai. Check it out! Shadowmask’s work prompted me to…
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Something mysterious has fallen from space and crashed into the Pacific, near the underwater military research facility the Big Table. As a member of the Emergency Rescue Service, you take…
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Get ready to defend White Base from the Principality of Zeon, Saturn fans — the English fan translation patch for Mobile Suit Gundam is finished and downloadable. The patch’s lead…
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Join SaturnDave, TraynoCo, Sega Lord X & Dan the MegaDriver as we talk Neo Geo on Sega Saturn and break down all of the ports that made it to our…
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As the Saturn core of the MiSTer FPGA draws closer to perfect emulation of Sega’s fifth-generation console, its developers have turned their attention to adding extra features — most recently,…
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A 1995 side-scrolling beat-em-up courtesy of Technosoft, Nekketsu Oyako (roughly, Hot Blooded Family) is a colorful one- to two-player affair. Family matriarch and scientist Saeko has been captured — take…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
NiGHTS Into Dreams has strange little Easter egg at the end of its Splash Garden level. Sometimes if you defeat the boss, Puffy, a door opens and something falls out…
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Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– January 2025’s Community Challenge Slides to an End– Expansion Hack: Power Stone, Power Stone 2 (Dreamcast)– Saturn News…
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Fall 1998 saw the release of Simulation RPG Creator, a build-your-own-SRPG program that allowed aspiring gamers to develop their own Ogre Battle or Final Fantasy Tactics epic. The game is…
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A legendary author sends some love Mr. Bones’ way while homebrew developers continue to plug away on the Pseudo Saturn Kai and Yaba Sanshiro projects… Let’s take a look at…
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“Winter Heat has come and gone, and our carpals can breath a collective sigh of relief! Thank you all for making the first SHIRO! Community Challenge of 2025 a success!”…
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Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Saturn Emulator Kronos 2.7 Releases, Developer Moves On– Dezaemon 2 #BestOfSaturn– Under the Microscope: BattleSport– New Saturn Tribute…
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Back in 2019, the Japanese store BEEP announced that Cotton would get a remake called “Cotton Reboot!” as part of their push to start publishing games. This was only the…
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When City Connection teased last month that its Saturn Tribute line would continue, it didn’t mention how many games that would entail. It turns out that the answer is a…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
BattleSport is a combination sports / vehicular combat game from Cyclone Studios. It was published for the 3DO in 1996, and ported to the Saturn and PlayStation in 1997. There…
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A late 1997 release, Athena’s Dezaemon 2 is a shmup-builder. Although it features some pre-built levels, the game’s focus is to allow players to put together the shmup of their…
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A new version of Kronos released over the holidays, but it could be its last after its main developer said he’s deprioritizing work on the Saturn emulator. Kronos 2.7 was…
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Welcome to the SEGA Saturn, SHIRO! Podcast!Episode 7: 2024 Year in ReviewAir Date: 2025-01-29Patreon Early Access: 2025-01-22 Join Dave, Pat, Peter, Nick & Dan as we go over a TON…
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Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Vampire Savior #BestOfSaturn– Under the Microscope: Hang-On GP– Saturn News Roundup: TXR Releases, Shining Force III Online, Web-Based…
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Much of the northern hemisphere may be in a deep freeze, but the Saturn scene’s always hot. Here’s a look at some of the recent stories fans are talking about….
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The earliest references to cheat codes for Hang-On GP1 that I found were in the 1996-02 issue of Computer and Videos Games Magazine. They knew about two of them: Codes…
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Capcom’s Saturn development was among the very best, and one of their finest examples is Vampire Savior — an excellent port of their third Darkstalkers game. Released in Japan in…
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Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Princess Crown Translation Update: eadmaster Releases Version 0.8– Under the Microscope: Actua Golf & Virtual Golf– Dragon Force…
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The Nova Saturn emulator got its first update in more than five years. Its creator, Steve Kwok, announced version 0.7 on his Patreon page on Christmas day. It can be…
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An English fan translation of the card battle RPG, Arcana Strikes, is almost ready for release. This unique Sega Saturn exclusive only released in Japan on Dec. 11, 1997. The…
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Developed by J-Force and by SEGA Japan and releasing worldwide in 1996, Dragon Force immediately became a juggernaut Saturn game, earning great contemporary reviews and awards and truly showcasing the…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
Golf games — kind of a snooze, right? I always thought so, and maybe I still do… But the Saturn has a handful of them, and I wondered if any…
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Back in October we played an in-progress translation build for the legendary Princess Crown on Sega Saturn. This version was still in its early stages, as version 0.3, but allowed…
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Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: Grandia Digital Museum, Samurai Spirits Bushido Retsuden & Marica: The Real World– DOOM 64 on…
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Humankind has now endured roughly four trips around the sun since the release of the Sega Saturn optical drive emulator, Satiator. It utilizes the Video CD Card slot on the…
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MediaWorks’ 1995 PC Engine game AnEarth Fantasy Stories got a straightforward Saturn port in March 1997. A role-playing game focused more on exploration and puzzle solving than combat, it begins…
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Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: Metropolis Street Racer (Dreamcast)– Grand Theft Auto 3 NOW RELEASED ON SEGA DREAMCAST!– SAROO 0.7…
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In a previous edition I wrote up how to access debug menus in a few Saturn RPGs. Let’s do it again! Here are three more games with hidden debug features:…
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Atlus developed Groove On Fight for the ST-V Titan arcade board in 1997, which meant a near-flawless Saturn conversion followed suit. A 2D fighter featuring teams of two that can…
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We wish you a happy NEW YEAR’S EVE, and with it an announcement of 2025’s first SHIRO! Community Challenge, which begins right when that ball hits the ground! January’s chilly…