Editorial
How would a 2D Sonic game have looked on the Sega Saturn in 1996? We’ve seen Sonic 3D Blast, the Mega Drive game that was ported to Saturn. There’s the…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In this edition: There are a couple of demos of Goiken Muyou: Anarchy in the Nippon, the goofy 3D fighting game designed by Virtua Fighter enthusiasts. The demos have superficial…
Best Of Saturn
Senken Kigyouden — a.k.a. “Xian Jian Qi Xia Zhuan” in Chinese or “The Legend of Sword and Fairy” in English — is a 1999 Saturn conversion of a 1995 DOS…
Editorial
It would be an understatement to say that the Saturn is enjoying a retro renaissance just now. In fact, as someone who first picked up and played the Sega Saturn…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Argonaut Announces Croc Remaster– Choro Q Park #BestOfSaturn– Under the Microscope: Golden Axe: The Duel You can watch…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In this edition: I’ve made a patch to enable a hidden debug menu in Golden Axe: The Duel. It lets you play as the final boss, display hit boxes, adjust…
Best Of Saturn
Takara’s early 1998 release of Choro Q Park finally saw the Penny Racers brand hit the Saturn after multiple entries on the PlayStation and even a Nintendo 64 game. This…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– SEGA Saturn and Genesis Arcade Stick Announced by Retro-Bit at Gamescom – Zero 4 Champ Doozy-J Type-R #BestOfSaturn…
Community
If you’ve ever wanted your roleplay gaming to be a little more competitive or your book club to be more video game-y, then SHIRO! has the Community Challenge for you….
News
A remaster of Saturn 3D platformer Croc is in the works, according to an announcement Wednesday from the original game’s now-revived developer, Argonaut. “I’m thrilled to see the Argonaut name…
Community
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…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
Xing Entertainment did a series of ports of old arcade titles for the Saturn and PlayStation under the Arcade Gears banner. One of the titles was Gun Frontier, a Taito…
Best Of Saturn
Zero 4 Champ Doozy-J Type-R is a drag racing game with a story mode. Meet other characters, find/buy/update your car with new and improved parts, and go win those races!…
News
Over the weekend at Gamescom, Retro-Bit showed off a brand new arcade stick for not only the SEGA Saturn, but for the SEGA Genesis/MegaDrive as well. Alongside the Dreamcast wireless…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing: – #BestofSaturn – Edo City Renaissance– Bo Bayles puts Savaki Under the Microscope– Dave talks about his Top…
News
Genki announced Thursday a new entry in its long-running racing series, Tokyo Xtreme Racer. Simply called “Tokyo Xtreme Racer” and set for release sometime in 2025, it’s the first entry…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In this edition: Savaki, the mixed martial arts fighting game, has some previously undocumented button codes to unlock extra characters and debug features. In addition, there’s a a more-or-less full…
Best Of Saturn
Ever wish that Sim City 2000 was Sim City 1600? Step up to Edo City Renaissance, a town management sim set during the Edo period in Japan. Speak with important…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Apple App Store Approves Yaba Sanshiro – July’s SHIRO! Community Challenge Sees Second Most Submissions– Crash Bandicoot on…
Community
The Saturn MiSTer core was updated twice last week with a focus on audio fixes. Developer Sergiy Dvodnenko, aka SRG320, improved the accuracy of sound effects found in Saturn games…
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….
Community
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…
Community
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…
News
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…
News
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…
Community
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…