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I Bought a SAROO…
” And there will be… sorrow SAROO! “-Bad Religion There may be a few folks scratching their heads at this article’s title thinking, ‘What exactly is a… SAROO?’ If this…
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SHIRO! Joins SEGAGuys to Talk Saturn Western Library
On this latest episode of the SEGAGuys‘ pod, Dan, James, Dave and Nick discuss the Western SEGA Saturn library. Is it underrated? Why is it perceived so negatively, even today?…
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MARCH Challenge: STEEP SLOPE SLIDERS!!!
The March Edition of our monthly SHIRO! Community Challenge is here, and it’s time to wax your boards and carve those slopes in CAVE’s snow-shredding classic, Steep Slope Sliders! This…
Editorial
SEGA Touring Car Championship is GOOD!
To the uninitiated, SEGA Touring Car Championship was an unconventional arcade racer, based on the German DTM, crafted by a handpicked team of AM3 developers and released to the world…
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SegaXtreme Game Competition Roundup
For the 5th year in a row, SegaXtreme & Emerald Nova, bring us an outstanding lineup of Sega Saturn homebrew, patches and tools from this amazing community, marking the 29th…
News
Artemio Urbina’s 240p Test Suite Finally Hits Saturn!
After years of waiting, we finally have Artemio’s 240p Test Suite now on SEGA Saturn care of hitomi2500, who’s ported it as their submission to SegaXtreme‘s annual Saturn homebrew game…
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Amiga’s Castlevania Tribute, ‘Maria Renard’s Revenge’ Hits Saturn
Just yesterday, January 18th, 2024, Amiga developer Z-Team submitted their entry to this year’s Saturn Game Competition hosted by SegaXtreme and organized by Dr. Emerald Nova. Z-Team has created a…
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Tomb Raider on 32X
Nearly 2 years ago (Mar 8, 2022) developer XProger announced that he was working on porting OpenLara, an open source Tomb Raider engine to SEGA’s 32X add-on. Fast forward to…
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X-MEN Arcade Recreated on SEGA Saturn
On the 3rd of January, hotrodx, long time member of the SegaXtreme & SGDK communities, posted a little DEMO for a homebrew recreation of Konami’s 1992 X-MEN Arcade, which they…
SHIRO! PODCAST
EDITOR’S CORNER PODCAST – EP 21: Bringing NetLink Back with SegaRPGFan
Dave & Pat sit down with Joe (aka SegaRPGFan) to discuss the story of how Saturn’s Online NetLink functionality was brought back to life and how folks can get their Saturn’s online today in 2023/24.
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Bo Bayles Discovers Playable Dolphin in Burning Rangers
Bo Bayles (aka @memoryfallen), resident Saturn reverse engineer extraordinaire and author of the Rings of Saturn blog, has just recently unearthed yet another amazing hidden feature in Sonic Team’s Burning…
SHIRO! PODCAST
SHIRO! PODCAST – EP 5: SEGA Saturn’s Treasures
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 …
Review
Retro-Bit Saturn Wireless Analog Pro Unboxing & First Looks
SHIRO! recently unboxed Retro-Bit’s NEW 2.4Ghz Wireless Analog Pro Controller for SEGA Saturn, and we’re here to share with you our opinions so far. (Thanks to the folks at Retro-Bit…
News
SEGA’s TGA 2023 Live Premier Stuns Fans
Last night, SEGA sent a massive SHOCKWAVE across social media platforms with their ‘POWER SURGE: SEGA REVEAL TRAILER – TGA 2023’ live premier! Fans were absolutely buzzing about this megaton…
SHIRO! PODCAST
EDITOR’S CORNER – EP 19: Chat with Audi Sorlie
Join SHIRO! for a chat with Audi Sorlie of Limited Run Games talking SEGA Saturn, NEC PC-98, Japanese Visual Novels, Digital Foundry, game music composition, physical media & the current…
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BLACK FRIDAY DEAL ON SHIRO! MAGAZINE
This Black Friday, we’re blowing out our remaining stock of all ‘B-RANK‘ issues for just 99¢ plus shipping while supplies last… NOTE: ‘B-RANK’ issues contain a few incorrectly numbered pages…
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Saturn Memories Brings Comprehensive Directory of Saturn Resources to SHIRO!
For several years, Saturn Memories has run one of (if not the best) Saturn gameplay reference channels on YouTube, and for nearly as long, he’s been collecting and archiving links…
Episode
SHIRO! Talks SEGA’s Legacy with The SEGAGuys
Are Content Creators Keeping Alive the Legacy SEGA Ignores? SEGAGuys and SHIRO! join forces once again to discuss the preservation of SEGA’s past and what it means for the legacy…
Spotlight
NEW SHIRO! MERCH
We’ve added new merch designs to our TeeSpring shop, and there are several fabric and color options for folks to choose from. ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING on the shop is priced with…
SHIRO! PODCAST
ARCHIVE INTERVIEW: SEGA LORD X – Retro Gaming Content Creator
Original Recording Date: Thursday, March, 29, 2018
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In this interview we’re joined by prominent SEGA fan and Youtuber, Mel, aka SEGA LORD X. We discuss everything from the beginnings of his channel to the drama and controversy surrounding the closur…
Interview
Interview: Retro-Bit on Saturn Wireless Pro
The SHIRO! crew caught up with Ryan Engstrom (aka Archades Games), an independent tester working alongside Retro-Bit at the 2023 Portland Retro Gaming Expo. We discussed the reveal of their…
Episode
SHIRO! ‘Breakfast Club’: PRGE Roundup Chat
Pat, Dave & Nick discuss their thoughts and reflections on a BIG SATURDAY at PRGE over breakfast. Grab a hot cup of coffee or tea, and join them for this…
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SHIRO! PODCAST – EP 4: Early Saturn PC Ports
Join Nick, Dave, Pat, and Peter for an informed and distinguished (ha!) back-and-forth on the PC conversions that helped fill the software drought early in the Saturn’s life. We get…
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Interview: 7SHADES talks Saturn Development at PRGE 2023
Back in 2021, SHIRO! had the opportunity to interview the then Saturn homebrew community newcomer, 7Shades, regarding his shadow-dropped title, CUBECAT. At that time, the game was still fairly early…
Interview
Interview: Retro-Bit Unveils Early Dreamcast Pad Prototypes
The SHIRO! team caught up with Rich and Andy from Retro-Bit at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, and we were focused primarily on covering the much anticipated Saturn Wireless Pro…
News
Retro-Bit’s 2.4Ghz Wireless Pro Now Available for Pre-Order!
This morning, the folks at Retro-Bit announced pre-order availability of their long-awaited 2.4 Ghz “Wireless Pro” Controller. Designed as an ideal solution for playing Saturn ports and retro-style games on…
News
NEW! Saturn 3D Analog USB Adapter
Hardware developer & tinkerer Takusan (aka GEEKY Fab) just recently announced the release of a new USB-C adapter module for the Saturn’s 3D Analog Control Pad, aka the Sega “Multi…
Episode
SHIRO! PODCAST – EP 3: Latter Day 3D Fighters
Welcome to the SEGA Saturn, SHIRO! Podcast!Episode 3: Latter Day 3D FightersAir Date: 2023-08-22Patreon Early Access: 2023-07-18
Join Nick, Dave, Pat, and Peter for a great discussion of 3D fighters that came out later in the Saturn’s lifecycle. We t…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Shoichiro Irimajiri on SoA & Saturn – 2022 Lecture Series
Former Sega president Shoichiro Irimajiri recently gave a lecture series at the Forum of Management for Tomorrow on October 20, 2022, focused on his time at Sega in the 90’s.
He speaks candidly about the troubles with SEGA of America concerning the 3…
Community
Community Members Help Power SHIRO! Website
What IS SHIRO!, really..?Is it a podcast? A YouTube channel? A magazine? How about a Discord community?One thing is for sure. SHIRO! has endless potential, and it can be as…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Hideki Sato talks SEGA Saturn
On February 1, 2018, Hideki Sato gave an interview over several days at the Hitotsubashi University Innovation Research Center as part of an oral history on the video games industry in Japan. SEGA-16 & MD SHOCK later translated much of the Japane…
Spotlight
A Close Look at SEGA & Parent Company CSK
Alex Smith of They Create Worlds, a podcast focused on documenting the video game industry as a whole, has released a two-part series on SEGA and its parent conglomerate, CSK…
SHIRO! PODCAST
EDITOR’S CORNER PODCAST – EP 18: Interview with John Linneman of Digital Foundry
SaturnDave & TraynoCo sit down with John to discuss Saturn and a whole bunch of other retro gaming topics!YouTube Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T25ineEJor0
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Digital Foundry: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9PBzalIcEQCsiIkq36PyUA
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COOL COOL TOON… TRANSLATED!
Almost an entire year ago, on August 10th, 2022, our good buddy Derek Pascarella (ateam) announced that he would be tackling the translation of Dreamcast’s quirky rhythm dance off, Cool Cool Toon. After…
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DreamPi 1.8 DLE Released!
On July 10, 2023, PCWZRD13 announced a new release of DreamPi DLE. The update is mainly in preparation for the upcoming revival of the Capcom KDDI games & Daytona USA…