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New patches this week add 3D analog controller functionality to a pair of Saturn racing games, V.R. Virtua Racing and High Velocity: Mountain Racing Challenge, as well as keyboard and…
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It’s free, open source under the GPLv3, and ready to download right now:https://github.com/DerekPascarella/UniversalDreamcastPatcher Just over six years ago, I set out on a mission. I wanted to write an application…
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Longtime Saturn homebrew coder Ervilsoft submitted their Saturn port of the infamous Flash game The World’s Hardest Game to the SegaXtreme Saturn 31st Anniversary Homebrew Showcase. You can see SHIRO!’s…
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The checkered flag is waving as the SHIRO! community celebrates the end of an exhilarating month of F1 Challenge! Step away from your sweat-slicked Arcade Racers, fingers off those worn…
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In 1993, Technosoft prepared an overhead / vertical shmup called Blast Wind for the arcades, but ultimately never released it. When the time was right, a 1997 limited release conversion…
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What does Gebockers mean? I asked a robot and got this back: ゲボッカーズ (Gebockers) is a Japanese word that is derived from “ゲボッ” (gebo), which is used to represent the…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing: – Under the Microscope: Samurai Spirits RPG – Partial English Patch for Astra Superstars Submitted to SegaXtreme Saturn…
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Also on Game Gear! This is a cross post of a regular segment posted on SegaXtreme.net. Join in on the conversation on the SegaXtreme forums. The SegaXtreme Game of the…
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Welcome to the SEGA Saturn, SHIRO! Podcast! Episode 8: Getting Overserved with Sascha from FULLSET Air Date: 2026-05-30 Patreon Early Access: 2026-05-21 Join Patrick and Dan as they sit down…
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There are a few smaller stories of interest to the Saturn community this week, from a movie with ties to a Saturn game hitting North American theaters for the first…
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The romhacker KoolFiller continues to pack the SegaXtreme resource section with quality projects. His latest contribution is a quartet of English activation patches, with additional improvements to liven the package…
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Today we present one of the most fascinating fan translation stories on the Saturn as a whole: Asuka 120 Burning Fest. (festival) Limited, was a late 1997 Japan-only title by…
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A colorful Saturn 2D fighter is more accessible for English-speaking audiences thanks to a new patch from Saturn community regular Exxistance. “My small entry is a partial English menu translation…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing: – Under the Microscope: Iron Storm: Operation Files – Saturn Returns to Games Done Quick With Mr. Bones…
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Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits Bushidou Retsuden, the Samurai Spirits RPG, was released for Neo Geo CD, Saturn, and PlayStation in 1997. Each version has exclusive bonus content. Per Wikipedia: Neo Geo…
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It seems 31 is the Saturn’s lucky number this year — not only is the West celebrating the console’s release here 31 years ago, but the SegaXtreme Showcase features 31…
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Long-term Saturn developer slinga submitted a 3.7.0 Alpha build of their Save Game Copier into the SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 31st Anniversary Homebrew Showcase. The SHIRO! announcement of this year’s showcase…
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Digital Pinball: Last Gladiators is bouncing from the Saturn onto modern platforms, its publisher announced Wednesday. BeXide — pronounced “B-Side” — said it’s porting the 1995 Saturn pinball game to…
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The new cheat code browser. Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro was updated Sunday for the first time in more than a year, bringing graphical improvements that came to the Android version…
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Battle Arena Toshinden Remix, Virtua Fighter Remix… how about Yumimi Mix Remix? Yumimi Mix is a 1993 Game Arts collaboration with manga artist Izumi Takemoto, releasing exclusively for the Japanese…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Maximum Surge: The Completed and Canceled FMV Game– Under the Microscope: Virtual Golf– Fafling Optimizes Saturn Doom Even…
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The spotlight will shine on Mr. Bones this July, but not while surrounded by DaGoulian’s undead army — instead, it’ll be an audience cheering on a pair of speedrunners at…
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In this edition, I’m examining World Advanced Daisenryaku: Sakusen File for Saturn. It’s a sequel to Iron Storm that was released exclusively in Japan in 1996. It’s difficult to play…
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A fan has localized into English the Japan-only sequel to Sega Saturn World War II strategy game Iron Storm. Not only that, he made a patch to correct the Working…
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Sega Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro pushed a major update today for Android, changing the way it renders graphics to improve accuracy and increase the number of games compatible on it….
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On May 9, Emerald Nova and 7Shades took the stage at MegaCon 2026 in Orlando, Fla., to share their expertise on homebrew retro game development, specifically focusing on the Sega…
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Two English activation patches were posted to SegaXtreme earlier this week that make it even easier for non-Japanese-speaking Saturn fans to enjoy the Saturn games Battle Garegga and Bubble Symphony…
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We’re back with a new issue of SHIRO! Monthly: a digital magazine using all the stories we posted to the website in April! It’s attached to this Patreon post for…
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Editor’s note: This story uses info and content from Digging for Isix, the latest video by SHIRO!’s own PandaMonium. He acquired archival footage, documents and interviews going over what led up…
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After the 1996 release of the mega-successful Saturn Bomberman, Hudson Soft crafted a sequel: 1997’s Saturn Bomberman Fight! For the first time in the series, the 2D levels are replaced…
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Homebrew developer Fafling’s back with a new version of his optimization patch for Saturn’s Doom port, now making some levels run at a frame rate 2½ times faster than the…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
Hey, didn’t I already cover this game? Yes, but I missed some things in the first article. I’m taking a mulligan. As I mentioned last time: Like Actua Golf, this…
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Editor’s note: This story uses info and content from the latest video from SHIRO!’s own PandaMonium. He got access to builds of Maximum Surge for the video Digging for Isix:…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat– Overserved, Project Neon Pre-Orders Open for Saturn, Dreamcast!– Kingdom Grand…
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If you’ve gone to our site in the last few days, you may have noticed a new tab in our menu bar: After much demand for a more permanent place…