Best Of Saturn
A total curiosity, Hudson’s Willy Wombat materialized in mid-1997. A 3D-ish action adventure game, you control the wombat across various landscapes, collecting gems as you go. The best way to…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
The Saturn version of Metal Black is a port of the 1991 Taito arcade game. In its story, Earth is suffering under an uneasy truce with a hostile alien force….
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A new homebrew software is demonstrating what can be done with the Saturn’s sound processor, giving users control over its capabilities with a simple text-based interface running on the console….
Spotlight
During the heat of the console war of the mid-’90s, as gamers turned to Sony’s PlayStation in droves, one of the things us Saturn owners constantly heard when the latest…
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The big winner in SHIRO!’s Community Challenge Event for July, which saw the nearly two dozen participants chasing the fastest times in a combination of Sega Saturn racers “High Velocity”…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Saturn News Roundup for the Week of July 29 – Under the Microscope: Dungeon Master Nexus– Densha De…
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Apple’s App Store approved Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro on Saturday, marking the end of a four-month wait after developer Shinya “DevMiyax” Miyamoto applied in April. “Finally, Yaba Sanshiro was released…
Best Of Saturn
Proving yet again that gaming was a far more serious affair in Japan, Densha De Go! EX, a train conductor simulator arcade conversion, hit Japanese Saturns in late 1998. Playable…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
Dungeon Master Nexus was a Japanese Saturn exclusive, but through the magic of fan translation patches, you can play it in English. This patch sparked some renewed interest in the…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Extending The Demo: Dark Savior– Taito Chase HQ Plus SCI #BestOfSaturn– Fans Dub Resident Evil into Spanish– Saturn…
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A recreation of Tomb Raider 2 on Saturn, new firmware for Retro-Bit controllers and a line of model kits recreating robots from Saturn shooter Wolf Fang — they’re a few…
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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…
Best Of Saturn
Taito released the two-game compilation Chase HQ (1988) and Special Criminal Investigation (SCI, 1989) for Japanese Saturns in 1996. Fairly frills-free, these straightforward coin-op conversions have you chase criminal cars…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
The ominous parallels I started looking at Dark Savior in response to a reader question: Is there a sixth parallel? In case you don’t know, Dark Savior is a Saturn RPG with an unusual…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Texthoth Ludo ~Arcana Senki~ #BestOfSaturn – Version 25 of Shining Force III Translation Patch Releases You can watch…
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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…
Best Of Saturn
A Christmas 1997 release in Japan, Texthoth Ludo ~Arcana Senki~ from Pai and Falcon is a 1- to 4-player board game fusing the classic Ludo game with Tarot cards. There…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– 10 Most Obscure & Underrated SEGA Saturn Racing Games – Over Jump Rally and Sega Rally Compared– Battle…
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Innovative Saturn audio-only adventure Real Sound: Kaze no Regret has come to modern platforms — audiobook ones, that is. Real Sound released on Audiobook.jp and Amazon Audible in Japan Wednesday…
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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…
SHIRO! PODCAST
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
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 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…
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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
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
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
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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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
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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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…
Guide
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…
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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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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
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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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…