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Sega Saturn Memories Vol 1. – Sengoku Blade
I was never really great when it came to video games. As the youngest of nine, my brothers and sisters always seemed to have a leg up on me…
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Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute Hits Xbox, Steam Storefronts in the West
Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute released worldwide Wednesday on digital storefronts as well as in physical form in Japan. It’s the latest in a line of emulated Saturn games…
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Mega Man X3 #BestOfSaturn
For such a huge franchise, it’s surprising that Mega Man X3 only saw Saturn release in Japan and in Europe. Perhaps it being a straightforward, visually bordered port of the…
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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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WEEKLY LIVE SHOW: April 19th, 2024 – Magic School Lunar, Community Challenge Winners, Saturn Book
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates!
This week, we’ll be discussing:- New Fan Book ‘Unofficial Saturn Collection’ Available Now- SHIRO! Unveils New Community Challenge Schedule, Crowns March’s Winners
– Magic School Lunar #BestOfSaturn
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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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Magic School Lunar #BestOfSaturn
Sandwiched between the two mainline games, Lunar Magic School is a remake of the Game Gear original, releasing exclusively on Saturn in Japan in late 1997 with obvious audiovisual enhancements….
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SHIRO! Unveils New Community Challenge Schedule, Crowns March’s Winners
Not long after crowning the Steep Slope Sliders champions April 1 as part of its ongoing Community Challenge series, SHIRO! announced changes to future iterations of the popular event. The…
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New Fan Book ‘Unofficial Saturn Collection’ Available Now
Looking for some light reading material about your favorite 32-bit console? A new fan-made coffee table book has you covered. “The Unofficial Sega Saturn Collection” is a 290-page paperback that…
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WEEKLY LIVE SHOW: April 12th, 2024 – MiSTer Updates, Saturn Emulator on iOS App Store, Saroo Discussion Pt. 2
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates!
This week, we’ll be discussing:- Yaba Sanshiro Applies to Apple’s App Store- Virtua Cop #BestOfSaturn
– Dan the Mega Driver Visits Japan
– MiSTer Main Branch Update for Saturn Core Fixes Gouraud Shadin…
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MiSTer Main Branch Update for Saturn Core Fixes Gouraud Shading
The Saturn core for the MiSTer FPGA hit a milestone late last month when it committed the last several months of “unstable nightly” updates to the MiSTer’s main branch. The…
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Dan the Mega Driver Visits Japan
What’s up, Sega fans? It’s Dan the Mega Driver of The SEGAGuys here and I’ve just come back a vacation in Japan. It was a trip we took for family…
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Virtua Cop #BestOfSaturn
A hugely important game in Saturn history, 1995’s Virtua Cop was the first of Christmas 1995’s “Big Three” arcade conversions meant to showcase that the Saturn had what it took…
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Yaba Sanshiro Applies to Apple’s App Store
Saturn emulation may be coming to iOS devices after Apple changed their policy on emulators. Apple updated its App Store submission guidelines Friday to include rules for “game emulators” applying…
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WEEKLY LIVE SHOW: April 5th, 2024 – In Depth Saroo Discussion, Slam Dunk Anime
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This week, we’ll be discussing:- Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari #BestOfSaturn- I Bought a SAROO…
– ‘The First Slam Dunk’ Blu-Ray Set for June in U.S.
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‘The First Slam Dunk’ Blu-Ray Set for June in U.S.
Critically acclaimed anime film The First Slam Dunk is coming to Blu-ray in the U.S. on June 25, its distributor announced Monday. GKIDS posted a trailer for the release on…
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I Bought a SAROO…
” And there will be… sorrow SAROO! “-Bad Religion There may be a few folks scratching their heads at this article’s title thinking, ‘What exactly is a… SAROO?’ If this…
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Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari #BestOfSaturn
Enix published the graphic adventure Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari / Tale of the Island of the Seven Winds exclusively on Japanese Saturns in late 1997. With gorgeous hand-drawn visuals,…
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WEEKLY LIVE SHOW: March 29nd, 2024 – Parodius, X-Men Saturn UPDATE!
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This week, we’ll be discussing:- BONUS: “Prototype Consoles” – Adam Koralik’s Panel at Game On Expo (with SHIRO!)- Parodius #BestOfSaturn
– New Version of X-Men on Saturn Adds Playable Storm, Three-Pla…
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Minor New Cheat Code Discovered for Dragon Force
Exciting news today as a new cheat code is discovered in the North American version of Dragon Force! Unfortunately, the newly discovered code doesn’t appear to work on the Japanese…
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RetroTINK 4K Upscaler Gets Saturn Auto-Sampling Support
Saturn gameplay got a bit prettier for users of RetroTINK 4K video upscaler last month thanks to new firmware that automatically detects the resolution that games output. On Feb. 2,…
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New Version of X-Men on Saturn Adds Playable Storm, Three-Player Co-op
Homebrewer hotrodx released an update to their Sega Saturn recreation of 1992 Konami arcade beat-em-up X-Men last week. Hotrodx distributed version 0.2 via a Mega.nz link in a YouTube video…
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Parodius #BestOfSaturn
Konami’s Parodius saw Saturn release in Japan and in Europe in late 1995 — a planned North American release was ultimately cancelled. A side-scrolling shmup consisting of two older Parodius…
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WEEKLY LIVE SHOW: March 22nd, 2024 – Rabbit Translation, MiSTer Core, Game On Expo Review
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates!
This week, we’ll be discussing:- Daytona USA on the SEGA Saturn – You’ve Been Lied To!- Tomb Raider: Unfinished Business #BestOfSaturn
– Shin Megami Tensei: Soul Hackers English Translation FIRST LOOK
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BONUS: “Prototype Consoles” – Adam Koralik’s Panel at Game On Expo (with SHIRO!)
Adam is joined by Dave & Pat to discuss a couple of odd prototypes, the SEGA Pluto and the Atari Jaguar turned Dental Camera by Imagin. We also explore the topic of gaming and collecting trends and the psychology behind them.
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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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ARCHIVE INTERVIEW: Robert Leyland – Jumpin’ Jack Software – Early Saturn Development
Original Recording: March 2018
In this interview, SHIRO!, Nick Broadway (aka PandaMonium) sits down with Robert Leyland of Jumpin’ Jack Software to shed light on what it was like developing for SEGA Saturn before and after the surprise North American…
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Tokyo Highway Battle ’97 #BestOfSaturn
Part of a long-running series of Genki-developed racers, Tokyo Highway Battle ’97 / Shutokou Drift ’97 is a racing game through the streets of Tokyo. Race in six different cars…
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SHIRO! Joins SEGAGuys to Talk Saturn Western Library
On this latest episode of the SEGAGuys‘ pod, Dan, James, Dave and Nick discuss the Western SEGA Saturn library. Is it underrated? Why is it perceived so negatively, even today?…
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SHIRO! Spreads Saturn Love at Game On Expo in Arizona
The Saturn was represented well at the Game On Expo in Phoenix, Ariz., over the weekend as SHIRO!’s own SaturnDave and TraynoCo hosted a panel, manned a booth and more….
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BONUS: SHIRO! Panel at Game On Expo: “Saturn IS Our Future!” with Adam Koralik
SaturnDave & TraynoCo are joined by Adam Koralik to convince folks that “Saturn IS our Future!”
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WEEKLY LIVE SHOW: March 8th, 2024 – Daytona USA SEGAGuys, Soul Hackers Translation
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates!
This week, we’ll be discussing:- Daytona USA on the SEGA Saturn – You’ve Been Lied To!- Tomb Raider: Unfinished Business #BestOfSaturn
– Shin Megami Tensei: Soul Hackers English Translation FIRST LOOK
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SaturnDave, TraynoCo Guest Star on Dreamcast Junkyard Podcast
SHIRO!’s own SaturnDave and TraynoCo spend most of their time playing and hyping Saturn, but that doesn’t mean they don’t love Sega’s tiny arcade-in-a-box, the Dreamcast, too! They joined Brian…
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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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Sound Improves Drastically on Saturn MiSTer Core
In the last month, MiSTer Saturn core developer Sergiy Dvodnenko — aka SRG320 — has drilled down on everything from audio improvements to video RAM accuracy and made big gains…