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Celebrating Saturn Homebrew Games
More than 1,100 games were released at retail for the Sega Saturn. But its library is more than that — dozens of fan-made homebrew games have been created in the…
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Airs Adventure Fan Translation In-Progress Build Released!
Saturn hacker Hitomi2500 today posted an in-progress fan translation for the Japanese-only Saturn RPG Airs Adventure that he is working on along with SnowyAria, who is handling the translation work….
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Code R #BestOfSaturn
Quintet’s Japan-only 1998 genre-blender Code R is part racing game, part dating sim because, let’s face it, it is the ’90s! Featuring various modes including battle mode, time attack, and…
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Under the Microscope: Battle Monsters
There are a lot of 2D fighting games on the Saturn. Battle Monsters is… certainly one of them. Look, it’s no Street Fighter. It’s no Primal Rage. Surely somebody likes…
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LIVE SHOW: MARCH 21, 2025 – G Vector, Panzer Dragoon #BestOfSaturnGold, Croc Release Date, Leynos 2 Hits Switch and PlayStation
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: G Vector– Panzer Dragoon #BestOfSaturnGold– Saturn-ish News Roundup: Croc Release Date, Lunar Gets New Dub,…
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Saturn-ish News Roundup: Croc Release Date, Lunar Gets New Dub, Leynos 2 Hits Switch and PlayStation
There were a few headlines for modern games this week that Saturn fans might be interested in, so let’s take a look at them. Croc HD set for April 2…
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Panzer Dragoon #BestOfSaturnGold
It began on the wings of an armored blue dragon… the Panzer Dragoon series is perhaps the premier Saturn franchise, helping launch the system in the West with the first…
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Under the Microscope: G Vector
In this edition: I found some previously unknown cheat codes for the Saturn game G Vector, the 3D shooter. They give you extra modes, invincibility, a new character, and more!…
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LIVE SHOW: MARCH 14, 2025 – Stream to Saturn via Fenrir, D&D and Arcana Strikes English Patch
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: The Incredible Hulk — The Pantheon Saga– Tokyo Shadow #BestOfSaturn– NEW Stable Release of JoEngine…
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English Patch for Arcana Strikes Is Out Now
Get ready to shuffle your deck of magic cards and save the world — an English fan translation patch for Saturn-exclusive card-battling RPG Arcana Strikes is available to download now….
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SegaXtreme Saturn Homebrew Competition Inches Closer to the Deadline
Attention all Sega Saturn homebrew developers, game translators, patchers, hackers and tinkerers alike: The deadline for the 2025 SegaXtreme Saturn Homebrew Competition is fast approaching! All entries must be submitted…
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English Patch for D&D Tower of Doom Nears Completion
An English translation patch for the Sega Saturn port of sidescrolling beat-em-up Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom is nearly complete, according to a recent update by the fan hacker…
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Stream Saturn Games via Fenrir WiFi
On Thursday, March 6th, Ced, the creator of the Fenrir Optical Drive Emulator released a the long-awaited Beta Preview Build of his WiFi SMB Firmware via the Fenrir Discord Server…
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NEW Powerful Development Tools to Push Sega Saturn’s Limits…
A new development library by Danny, SaturnMath++ has just been released. SaturnMath++ is a C++23 library dedicated to Sega Saturn hardware, offering essential mathematical operations tailored for fixed-point arithmetic and…
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NEW Stable Release of JoEngine – Saturn Software Development Tool
On Saturday, March 8th, JoEngine author, Johannes Fetz, released a new stable version v2025.1 of his trusty Sega Saturn Software Development Kit. This marks the first update in nearly a…
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Tokyo Shadow #BestOfSaturn
Taito’s 1996 release Tokyo Shadow is a cool mix of FMV and graphic adventure. You are Hide, and along with your girlfriend Kyoko, you are investigating a supernatural lightning strike…
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Under the Microscope: The Incredible Hulk — The Pantheon Saga
In this edition: The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga has a hidden cheat menu that grants infinite items, the ability to skip levels, and more. Action Replay codes to enable…
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LIVE SHOW: MARCH 07, 2025 – Suikoden Remaster, Satiator and Yaba Sanshiro Updates, Fenrir Gets Cloned!
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– PandaMonium Interviews Takenobu Mitsuyoshi– Yaba Sanshiro on iOS Adds Action Replay Cheats, Cloud Saves– Under the Microscope: Highway…
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Suikoden Remaster Releases Without Saturn-Exclusive Features
Konami released Suikoden I & II HD Remaster yesterday for modern consoles, but it’s apparently based on the PlayStation and PSP versions, lacking additions made exclusively to the 1998 Saturn…
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NEW: Comprehensive Directory of All Saturn-Related Games
Our good friend, Saturn Memories, has compiled the most ridiculously comprehensive directory of all ports, remakes, sequels, spiritual successors, clones, and games influenced by or exhibiting notable similarities to Sega Saturn…
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The Fenrir Has Been Cloned
Last year, we discussed how more Saturn peripherals have begun to be cloned. It started with the SAROO, which is open source, but many different kinds popped up on AliExpress….
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Exciting Slot Shooting #BestOfSaturn
Exciting Slot Shooting is a curious game, fusing top-down shooting with… a slot machine component! Looking like a Technicolor reverse Space Invaders, different colored monsters are released in waves from…
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New Satiator Menu Supports Subfolders for Multidisc Games
The creator of the Satiator released two new menus over the weekend that improve how the optical drive emulator handles folders for Saturn games that use multiple discs. Professor Abrasive…
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Under the Microscope: Highway 2000 & Tokyo Xtreme Racer
In this edition: I found a previously unreported cheat code for Highway 2000, the Genki racing game for Saturn. It unlocks an unlimited “free” time mode. I also found a…
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Yaba Sanshiro on iOS Adds Action Replay Cheats, Cloud Saves
The iOS version of Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro was updated Feb. 26 to enable saving game progress in the cloud as well as support for Action Replay cheat codes, its…
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LIVE SHOW: FEB 28, 2025 – NEW Community Challenge, HOTD 2 Remake Thoughts, TWO Saturn Tribute Releases!
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– House of the Dead 2 Remake Demo Hits Steam– Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute Gets Western PlayStation, Switch Release…
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PandaMonium Interviews Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
A legendary SEGA composer (who happens to also be the guy who sings in Daytona USA) agreed to do an interview. SamIAm helped facilitate the conversation and translated the entire…
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Hang On for March 2025’s Community Challenge!
The March SHIRO! Monthly Community Challenge will need you to hang on tight!!! It’s time to once again bust out those Racing Controllers because this polygonal take on the classic…
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Farland Saga 1 & 2 Saturn Tribute Set For June 26
City Connection will release Farland Saga 1 and 2 in their Saturn Tribute line June 26, the publisher announced Tuesday. On the official website, City Connection says the titles will…
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Eadmaster’s Princess Crown Translation Reaches Version 0.9
Eadmaster continues to make progress on his English fan translation patch for Saturn action RPG Princess Crown, updating it twice in the last month to fit more text on screen,…
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WUXI: Universal Saturn ODE/CD Switcher
On February 21, 2025, Saturn hardware hacker, TZMWX announced that he is currently testing his own newly developed switcher that aims for universal compatibility with ALL existing Saturn ODEs (optical…
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X Japan Virtual Shock 001 #BestOfSaturn
Published by SEGA and released in late 1995, X Japan Virtual Shock 001 can best be described as an FMV walking simulator where the player takes on the role of…
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Under the Microscope: NHL 97 & NBA Action 98
In this edition: Before they joined Sega in 1999, Visual Concepts produced two sports games for Saturn. Those two games, NHL 97 and NBA Action 98, both have unreported Easter…
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Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute Gets Western PlayStation, Switch Release Dates
Western fans looking to play Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute on their PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 or Switch finally have a date to look forward to, as publisher Clear…
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House of the Dead 2 Remake Demo Hits Steam
A demo for The House of the Dead 2 Remake went up on Steam today, giving PC players a glimpse at what’s in store when publisher Forever Entertainment releases the…