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News Roundup for the Week of April 29
From new homebrew efforts and cheat code discoveries to FPGA clones and a little Sega history you may not have known about, there were quite a few headlines Saturn fans…
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Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute Hits Xbox, Steam Storefronts in the West
Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute released worldwide Wednesday on digital storefronts as well as in physical form in Japan. It’s the latest in a line of emulated Saturn games…
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Jung Rhythm Gets English Translation Patch
English-speaking Saturn fans are dancing for joy now that there’s a translation patch for the console’s only full-fledged music rhythm game, Jung Rhythm. It was made by a team that…
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Four-Player Mode Found Hidden in High Velocity: Mountain Racing Challenge
High Velocity: Mountain Racing Challenge, an early Saturn exclusive that shipped with a two-player mode, could have let even more people in on the fun if developer Cave enabled a…
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New Fan Book ‘Unofficial Saturn Collection’ Available Now
Looking for some light reading material about your favorite 32-bit console? A new fan-made coffee table book has you covered. “The Unofficial Sega Saturn Collection” is a 290-page paperback that…
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MiSTer Main Branch Update for Saturn Core Fixes Gouraud Shading
The Saturn core for the MiSTer FPGA hit a milestone late last month when it committed the last several months of “unstable nightly” updates to the MiSTer’s main branch. The…
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Yaba Sanshiro Applies to Apple’s App Store
Saturn emulation may be coming to iOS devices after Apple changed their policy on emulators. Apple updated its App Store submission guidelines Friday to include rules for “game emulators” applying…
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‘The First Slam Dunk’ Blu-Ray Set for June in U.S.
Critically acclaimed anime film The First Slam Dunk is coming to Blu-ray in the U.S. on June 25, its distributor announced Monday. GKIDS posted a trailer for the release on…
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RetroTINK 4K Upscaler Gets Saturn Auto-Sampling Support
Saturn gameplay got a bit prettier for users of RetroTINK 4K video upscaler last month thanks to new firmware that automatically detects the resolution that games output. On Feb. 2,…
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New Version of X-Men on Saturn Adds Playable Storm, Three-Player Co-op
Homebrewer hotrodx released an update to their Sega Saturn recreation of 1992 Konami arcade beat-em-up X-Men last week. Hotrodx distributed version 0.2 via a Mega.nz link in a YouTube video…
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Cheat Code Discovered to Enable Shinobi Legions’ Debug Mode
Saturn hacker Bo Bayles is at it again — he’s found another previously unknown cheat code, this time for Shinobi Legions. It activates a debug mode, but you’ll want to…
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SHIRO! Spreads Saturn Love at Game On Expo in Arizona
The Saturn was represented well at the Game On Expo in Phoenix, Ariz., over the weekend as SHIRO!’s own SaturnDave and TraynoCo hosted a panel, manned a booth and more….
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SaturnDave, TraynoCo Guest Star on Dreamcast Junkyard Podcast
SHIRO!’s own SaturnDave and TraynoCo spend most of their time playing and hyping Saturn, but that doesn’t mean they don’t love Sega’s tiny arcade-in-a-box, the Dreamcast, too! They joined Brian…
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Cold Case, Stellar Assault, FILM Muxer Win Top Prizes in SegaXtreme Saturn Game Competition
The results of the SegaXtreme 29th Anniversary Sega Saturn Game Competition were announced today, with homebrew survival horror game Cold Case, the English localization of Stellar Assault SS and a…
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Sound Improves Drastically on Saturn MiSTer Core
In the last month, MiSTer Saturn core developer Sergiy Dvodnenko — aka SRG320 — has drilled down on everything from audio improvements to video RAM accuracy and made big gains…
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English Translation Patch Releases for Saturn Fighting Game ‘Rabbit’
Jump for joy, Saturn fans — there’s a new English translation patch for one of the console’s exclusive fighting games, Rabbit. The patch released earlier today was made by Derek…
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Switch, PlayStation Versions of Assault Suit Leynos 2 Delayed in the West for Physical Releases
The Switch and PlayStation releases of classic Saturn sidescrolling shooter Assault Suit Leynos 2 are being delayed in the West as a new company steps in to handle their physical…
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Silhouette Mirage Retranslation Patch Stays Faithful to Original Japanese Script
An English translation of Silhouette Mirage that’s faithful to the original Japanese script exists at last thanks to fans who released a patch for the Saturn version Wednesday. Rasputin3000 uploaded…
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Death Crimson 2 English Fan Translation Patches Out Now
An English fan translation for the sequel to a notorious Saturn lightgun shooter, Death Crimson, is out now, its project lead announced Tuesday. Derek “ateam” Pascarella said on social media…
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Saturn MiSTer Core Gets Tons of Updates in Last Month
There have been a flurry of updates to the Saturn core of the MiSTer FPGA over the last month now that its developer, Sergiy Dvodnenko — aka SRG320 — is…
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Version of SHIRO! Website Now Viewable on Saturn’s NetLink Browser
Are you reading this story on your Sega Saturn? You could be, now that a member of the SHIRO! community has built a mirror that converts this website into a…
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Homebrew Spotlight: Pixel Poppy Pong
Sometimes even a simple game of Pong can be a lot of fun. That’s the driving principle behind one of the Saturn’s newest games, Pixel Poppy Pong, a two-player homebrew…
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Hackers Discover, Enable Hidden English Translation in Kingdom Grandprix
The Saturn community has become accustomed to fans creating translations for Japan-exclusive games and inserting them via patches. But it’s not every day that an official translation is found hiding…
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New World Record Set for Virtual Hydlide at Games Done Quick
A new world record in speedrunning Virtual Hydlide was set this week at the Awesome Games Done Quick charity event. Mechalink finished the 1995 Saturn RPG in 27 minutes and…
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Retro-bit Releases New Firmware for Saturn Pro Controller
Retro-bit released updated firmware Saturday for their new wireless Saturn Pro controller to fix input problems when using it on real Saturn hardware, but the “Virtual On Mode” it adds…
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Marvel Super Heroes, More Saturn Games Working on MiSTer After Core Update
Quite a few Saturn games are newly playable on the MiSTer FPGA after its Saturn core got an update yesterday. The new builds for single- and dual-RAM setups are not…
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In-Progress Fan Localization of Bomberman Fight!! Now Available to the Public
It’s time to fight — Bomberman style, now that a partial English localization patch for Saturn Bomberman Fight!! is available to the public. Translation team leader Malenko posted the SSP…
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Clockwork Knight 2 Cheat Code Found That Unlocks First Game
For 28 years, North American owners of Saturn sidescrolling platformer Clockwork Knight 2 have had an entire extra game on their discs and never knew it. That changed on Christmas…
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Kronos Version 2.6 Improves Emulation of Dozens of Saturn Games
(Editor’s note: This story has been updated on Jan. 6 to add clarifications from Benjamin Siskoo about the emulator’s new 6xBrz filter, RAM extension cartridge and change in OpenGL rendering.)…
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Video Shows Homebrew Prototype of Final Fantasy VII Running on Saturn
The homebrew developer of the Metal Gear Solid prototype for the Saturn is at it again — this time with another prominent PlayStation exclusive, Final Fantasy VII. Frogbull uploaded a…
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New Castlevania Patch Adds English Text, Speech
Saturn fans rung in the new year with an updated patch for Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight — or as it’s better known in the West, Castlevania: Symphony of…
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The Top Sega Saturn Stories of 2023
It’s been 29 years since Sega unleashed the Saturn upon the world, and despite the company washing its hands of the console after just five short years, news continues to…
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Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute Set for April 25 in Japan
The Saturn Tribute release of classic Saturn sidescrolling shooter Assault Suit Leynos 2 is set for an April release, its publisher announced Thursday. City Connection updated its official website to…
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Sakura Wars 2 English Translation Progress Update
The team of fans working on a translation patch for Sakura Wars 2 gave an update on their progress over the weekend. The project’s editor, Bowloflentils, posted to social media…
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Death Crimson 2 English Fan Translation in the Works
A fan translation is in the works for the sequel to a notorious Saturn lightgun shooter, Death Crimson, its project lead announced Wednesday. Derek “ateam” Pascarella, who’s led many Dreamcast…