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On Monday, November 21, 2022, a new patch (Version 24) was released by the Shining Force III English Translation Project. This replaces the last patch, v23, released over a year…
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Dave and Peter take a trip back to the “Wild West” of video game history, where everyone was rushing to stake their own claim in the games industry. Video: Audio:…
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For at least a couple years now, NTSC-U Saturn (and Sega CD) fans have had a go-to source for their long box replacement cases. Back around 2018, an American gentleman…
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Halloween is just around the corner, and what’s scarier than the thought of all those cancelled SEGA Saturn games?!? It makes us shudder just thinking of all those awesome games…
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From the creators that brought us The Lighthouse of São Bento do Oeste (Neuromage Studio) comes a new installment featuring the return of protagonist Renne Bras in The Case of…
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Pat and I got a chance to sit down with the dudes (Ron, Rich & Andy) from Retro-Bit this past weekend at Portland’s Retro Gaming Expo, and we were able to get our hands on…
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Join Dave & Peter as they quiz each other on random and obscure SEGA Saturn knowledge & trivia to see who knows the most about our beloved underdog console. Video:…
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Join SaturnDave and his good friend Sega Lord X, for this look back at what it was like to be a Saturn fan in ’98. Video: Audio: SaturnDaveA massive Saturn…
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Can you think of at least one game that folks typically hate, yet for some reason you have a soft spot for it..? Well, that’s Dave and Peter’s affliction… They…
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In this episode Dave and Peter talk about their favorite Sega Saturn game of all time and one that has had a significant and lasting impact on their lives. Video:…
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In this episode, Dave and Peter discuss their memories and impressions of the Saturn hardware, from the console itself to its many peripherals. Video: Audio: SaturnDaveA massive Saturn fan since…
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Without even stopping to take a breath, following on the heals of his English translation patch for Tokyo Highway Battle ’97, Malenko has been busy digging into Terra Phantastica, in…
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On August 10th, 2022, Derek Pascarella (ateam) publicly announced his new translation project: COOL COOL TOON, a rhythm-based music game developed and published by SNK for Dreamcast. The game was…
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Editor’s Corner is a completely NEW and unscripted series of mini-casts with hosts Dave & Peter. Join these elder SHIRO!s as they look back and reminisce on their favorite Sega…
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Thanks to the SHIRO! DISCORD community’s own DoubleDime, our resident NetLink “busy-bee” (seriously.., dude’s almost always available for a match-up if you want to have a go…), we now have…
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On Wednesday Aug 3, 2022, Gabriel Pyron announced a NEW 2D Game Engine in the works for both PlayStation and Saturn, created by Tiago Cabral (aka TiagoSC), the same individual…
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WARNING: While this article contains NO spoilers to the main story plot, it DOES contain images and “Easter eggs” that some might consider spoilers, so click away if you do…
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On Monday, July 18, Greg (aka Lacquerware) announced that the Bulk Slash Team who brought us the amazing English localization and dub for Bulk Slash, had chosen their new project…
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Back in May of 2022, Malenko, the one who brought us the English patch for Fire Pro Wrestling 6 Men Scramble, started working on another English patch for Shutokou Battle…
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UK based Saturn homebrew developer, VOXEL, has just released a NEW teaser trailer (below) for the upcoming SAGE ’22 hosted by SFGHQ (Sonic Fan Games HQ). Here’s VOXEL’s NEW TRAILER…
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GAME SELECT is an extract of a specific game discussion pulled from one of our longer original episodes.
Here we bring you an extract on The Mansion of Hidden Souls & Lunacy, originally featured in our “Horribad Halloween Games” episode and “Dave’s Satur…
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Back in November of 2021, SHIRO! reported on some exciting work in progress by two individuals (Drew Kenaz & Izzi Patrick) to make Saturn’s 3D Analog Control Pad completely wireless….
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While the Saturn had a variety of great controllers and peripherals, a vast majority would agree that the 3D Analog Control Pad was perhaps one of the greatest. Dreamcast also…
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Once again, YouTube channel 裏路地Gamers (Back Alley Gamers) has managed to acquire on loan another rare and unreleased Japanese Saturn game, RENSA Love Chain from owner HRD-Chan 4078.The release candidate (v1.00) of RENSA (Love…
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On May 20, 2022, YouTube channel 裏路地Gamers (Back Alley Gamers) announced it had received the ever so rare and unreleased copy of Monica no Shiro (Monica’s Castle – aka Faradoon)…
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SegaRPGFan (aka eaudunord) has done it again! The same guy who worked with Xiden to bring us the original exploit for NetLink play over VoIP, and the same who brought…
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Back on April 26th,Twitter account TZMWX (the individual behind the Sega Saturn Portable project) announced incorporation of a size-reduced Fenrir ODE, further enhancing the overall versatility and capability of the…
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Well, it’s been a long time coming, and more than a few of you are probably tired of hearing about, yet not being able to see it… However, the wait…
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Today, April 6, 2022, Meduza Team (specifically Paul Met, Pennywise & Aishsha) have released v1.0 of their English translation patch for Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen. “The…
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“SONIC 2 was so much fun! It was hilariously bonkers and not remotely grounded in reality.., which is great! The film is self-aware of its outlandish premise and rolls with…
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In a community announcement today, March 28, 2022, hitomi2500 stated that WASCA (an aspiring “Swiss Army Knife” -type cart solution for Sega Saturn) would be migrating over to the much…
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Back in November of 2021, we reported on a new device from Will’s Console Modifications providing a toggle switch that would allow Fenrir owners to keep their CD-ROM drives in…
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Heart of Darkness garnered a lot of buzz back in the latter half of the ’90s… It was both well promoted and highly anticipated as the follow up project to Éric…
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It’s been almost a year (11 months to be exact) since the Satiator saw it’s last firmware update, so while this new may not be a big deal.., seeing the…
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Looks like City Connection, the same company who recently brought the Cotton/Guardian Force Saturn Tribute to the Switch, will be giving us another classic Saturn shooter tribute on Switch, PS4…