Best Of Saturn
The 1980s were a golden age for anime in Japan, with Super Dimension Fortress Macross standing amongst the greats with a tale of aliens attacking a futuristic Earth. The Saturn…
Best Of Saturn
Shmup fans are well-catered to on the Saturn, having access to fresh titles as well as compilations of past-generation games. Enter Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus: Salamander (1987), LifeForce (the 1988…
Community
The thrilling conclusion to the inaugural year of the SHIRO! Community Challenge begins Friday as participants will compete in the Raizing-developed, shooter-racing game hybrid “Kingdom Grandprix.” Throughout the month of…
Best Of Saturn
Virtua Cop 2 kicks off our sixth year of the #BestOfSaturn series in style — and introduces our all-new Gold and Silver hashtags! Once a month we will showcase a…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In this edition I’ve got details about some new cheat codes for Saturn games: Doom: technical information about the transparent walls code. Revolution X: a new cheat options screen. Earthworm…
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…
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….
News
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…
Community
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…
Best Of Saturn
We are living in the Great Saturn Renaissance… Kingdom Grand Prix, the Japan-only shmup/racing game hybrid, has been translated to English! The King has had enough of decades of conflict…
Best Of Saturn
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…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SEGA Saturn, SHIRO! Podcast!Episode 5: Saturn TreasuresAir Date: 2023-12-12Patreon Early Access: 2023-11-14
Join Dave, Ben, and Peter as we chat about the three Treasure games released for the Saturn: the fighting sprite-fest Guardian …
Best Of Saturn
G Vector is a 3D, third-person shmup that reminds of games like Space Harrier and Panzer Dragoon. You are equipped with both a standard shot and a lock-on laser, and…
Best Of Saturn
This is the third week in a row showcasing a Saturn shmup, and this time it’s TechnoSoft’s Blast Wind. Released in Japan in January 1997, its limited print run means…
Best Of Saturn
Partly inspired by the ThunderForce series, Hyper Duel is a 1993 TechnoSoft arcade horizontal shmup that got a Japanese Saturn release in late 1996. Man one of the highly experimental…
Best Of Saturn
Oh, Cave. Your bullet hell shmups are such a delight, and DoDonPachi is no exception. Hitting the Japanese Saturn in late 1997, players choose from three ships each with a…
News
The House of the Dead is one of the most well-known light gun shooters that was ported from the arcades to the Saturn, and now audiences have access to it…