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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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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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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…
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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…
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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
Original Recording Date: Thursday, March, 29, 2018
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…
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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…
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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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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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
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…
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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
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…
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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
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
Digital Foundry: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9PBzalIcEQCsiIkq36PyUA
Joh…
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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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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…
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SHIRO! has officially partnered with NEW curated streaming service, Terra Player, focused on bringing you all of your favorite gaming-related podcasts and shows in one place. On Thursday, June 1,…
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SaturnDave and PandaMonium discuss takeaways from the recent leak of internal documents from SEGA of America.
Documents PDF:
https://segaretro.org/images/8/8c/SegaFY1997BrandReview_US.pdf
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Just earlier today, MD Shock reported on the translation of a 2022 lecture by former SEGA president, Shoichiro Irimajiri. This lecture lays everything bare in terms of SEGA of America’s…
Editorial
Over the years, the game industry has gotten much better about saving and archiving materials and data for future reference. However, that wasn’t always the case, with many pieces of…
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Early on the morning of July 3, 2023 an Internet Archive contributor by the name GoldenDreamcast posted an enormous information dump consisting of 272 pages of previously classified internal documents…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Original Recording Date: Sunday, November 3, 2019
Ken Loh designed the Saturn logo in addition to many other SEGA print ads and US console packaging. He did the infamous naked lady magazine ad and worked with Hannah Sim, Ice Cube & Ione Sky in th…
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We got our hands on this little pre-release prototype of Humble Bazooka‘s NEW ‘SATURN BT‘ wireless Bluetooth adapter, based on the awesome open source BlueRetro project by Jacques Gagnon (aka…
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Long before the Dreamcast/PlayStation 2 era, folks were taking their consoles ‘online’ via XBAND, a modem cartridge peripheral released for the SEGA Genesis, Super Nintendo & SEGA Saturn, that allowed…
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On January 31, 2023 Red Moon Lost Days, a visual novel by Sansigolo & Neuromage Studio, was released to the public. Now, it seems it appears to be getting a…
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Original Recording Date: Friday Oct 4, 2019 In this interview from the SHIRO! ARCHIVE, we sit down with David Warhol, the president and founder of RealTime Associates (creators of BUG!…
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Original Recording Date: Wednesday Dec 18, 2019 In this interview from the SHIRO! ARCHIVE, we sit down with Dr. Eric Ameres, the former CTO of Duck Corporation (later On2 Technologies)…
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Things sure do move FAST in the Saturn scene… It was just a couple days ago (May 2, 2023) that Team SHIRO!s Knight0fDragon began work on an English Translation Patch…
Editorial
Growing up in the 90’s was a blast! We witnessed the return of video games from a dire market crash and saw them flourish and go on to break the 3D barrier and beyond. It was a very exciting time in video game history, and I have many stories and mem…