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New patches for SteamGear Mash not only translate the isometric Saturn-exclusive shooter into English but also add support for the 3D controller. Suinevere Pendragon uploaded the patches Monday to SegaXtreme…
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Prolific fan translation patch maker Exxistance kicked off what he calls his “summer of Saturn” today with an English patch for the Saturn port of SNK 2D fighting game Shinouken,…
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The Android version of Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro was updated over the weekend, bringing a major rewrite of how the VDP2 graphics chip is emulated. It comes just a few…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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The Saturn MiSTer core’s most requested feature is finally here: the FPGA device’s LEDs now mimic an actual Saturn’s power and disc read lights. OK, maybe that isn’t the most…
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Culdcept the First’s Western publisher provided new details Thursday in an English trailer that announced release dates and open preorders for the game’s console versions. Clear River Games’ trailer says…
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Sega unveiled a new initiative this morning to celebrate the anniversaries of some of its properties, including several that started life on the Saturn. Sega launched a website and a…
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SHIRO!’s first scheduled NetLink Night last Friday yielded a lot of fun — and a lot of chaos. At one point, nine players on nine Saturn consoles across two continents…
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Hi everyone! We’ve got a new perk for all paid Patreon members: a digital magazine using all the stories we posted to the website in March! It’s attached to this…
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An old project to translate Saturn strategy RPG Langrisser III into English is being revived this month — by two people in unrelated, simultaneous efforts. What’s more, neither person originally…
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The Sega Saturn homebrew and translation scene is hoppin’ this time of year. From new games to updates to translation patches and utilities, let’s take a look at some of…
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It’s crunch time, Saturn developers: The deadline is just four weeks away for the SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 31st Anniversary Homebrew Showcase. That deadline is May 11, specifically — the 31st…
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A hacker new to the Saturn scene released a patch Tuesday that translates Kyuutenkai, also known as Fantastic Pinball, into English. ShivaSaturn posted a thread on SegaXtreme talking about their…
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A group of SegaXtreme community members banded together to buy and dump a pair of Saturn prototypes: one of Quake, and one of Fantastep. VBT made a thread at 7:24…
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[Editor’s note: This story was updated March 29 to add Sascha’s name, clarify that Project Neon does not use WiFi for online multiplayer, add details about the cartridge prototype’s expected…
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An update today for the MiSTer FPGA’s Saturn core improves the performance of many 3D fighting games when using just one memory module. Doing so has stretched the MiSTer’s hardware…
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A long-dormant project to create a wireless Bluetooth adapter for the Saturn 3D controller is alive once again, according to a blog post from its creator. Dave, the owner of…
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The Saturn is on people’s minds in all corners of the world — from the Japanese developers of Yakuza to the French fans on the Delta Island forum to a…
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The publisher of vertical shooter Radiant Silvergun’s PC port on Steam patched the game Sunday after a player discovered a way to score endlessly during a boss fight. Live Wire’s…
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The long-rumored Saturn graphics accelerator was real, according to an interview between former Sega hardware designers Kenji Tosaki and Junichi Naoi published this week. Not only that, but Virtua Fighter…
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Here’s a quick-hit roundup of recent stories around the Sega Saturn scene. Video demonstrates Saturn sound chip calculating graphics A SegaXtreme homebrew developer named Jollyroger demonstrated that the Saturn’s audio…
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Josh Fairhurst, former owner of Limited Run Games, has released the prototype Saturn port of full-motion video game Prize Fighter onto the Internet Archive. The archive includes both the North…
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The developer of Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro debuted an online tool this week for converting other emulators’ save files to a format his software can use. It follows an update…
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A barebones recreation of Minecraft is running on Saturn thanks to homebrew developer Frogbull, and he’s already made it available for some players to try out. Frogbull revealed the project…
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A new firmware update for the SAROO cartridge attempts to fix a bug that’s plagued the low-cost Saturn optical drive emulator for years. The SAROO’s creator, TPUnix, uploaded firmware version 0.9…
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A Japan-exclusive Saturn game is getting a new English translation, but not from fans — this time, an official localization is coming from City Connection, the publisher revealed Thursday. Culdcept,…