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XL2 continues to push the Saturn beyond what many have thought to be impossible… His latest exploit? Hardware-based UV Texture Environment Mapping! Saturn Hardware-Based UV Texture Environment Mapping – Proof…
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In the mid-’90s, NEXT GENERATION Magazine, also known as “EDGE” in the UK, brought loads of insightful news and industry coverage to the average gaming consumer. From developer interviews to…
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Scavenger was one of the most exciting game development houses to come out of the mid-90’s. Formed from the roots of the amiga hacking and demo scene, their Zyrinx team…
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Those who know me well are probably aware of my slight obsession with SEGA and Saturn-related gaming magazines… I suppose I’m just a big history nerd, and these old rags…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap SATURN FANS, REJOICE! From Nightdive Studios, developer of remastered ports such as Doom 64, Turok, Shadowman and the upcoming System Shock, comes ‘POWERSLAVE EXHUMED’, an enhanced remaster…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap Out of the box, Saturn offered incredible sound hardware, enabling musicians and sound designers to create complex and multi-layered tracks. It’s custom Yamaha YMF292 (aka Saturn Custom Sound…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap Every community has its high profile members… You know, the ones who become something of a “household name”, for projects that push homebrew development forward? These are…
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While the Saturn Homebrew scene is still in it’s relative ‘infancy’ compared to other existing homebrew development communities (take the Mega Drive or Dreamcast for example), it’s had a bit…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap A recent tweet by Ced showed his newly revised Fenrir 21-pin ODE loading and booting game images via the onboard Wi-Fi module integrated as part of the…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap Saturn got two amazing third-party multi-console platformers in the US, but who did it better?Crystal Dynamics with GEX? or Ubisoft with RAYMAN? Who wins? YOU DECIDE!!! Vote…
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Our SHIRO! MERCH is back on Threadless and better than ever!If you would like to help support what we do or you just want to sport some cool SHIRO! threads,…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap Acclaim brought us two of Taito’s classic scrolling shooters to US shores…One vertical. One horizontal. But what if you could only choose one..? VOTE on Twitter (below)…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap UPDATE: Here’s the bottom line… This is a fairly straightforward translation project that basically needs a programmer…Angel Devoid: Face of the Enemy was a 1996 FMV based…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap New details have emerged regarding MegaPixel Studio’s House of the Dead Remake! In a recent Twitch Stream/Interview, Artur Gregoznyc from Forever Entertainment, revealed information about the game’s…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap Shouts to Privateye for calling our attention to this awesome new feature for Fenrir owners, and huge thanks to him for providing much help and support to…
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SHIRO! SHOW Recap SEGASammy has just published their End of Year Fiscal Presentation for public shareholders, and it sheds some light on their plans moving forward… Download .PDF Essential to…
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A strange curiosity buried by the sands of time, The Sacred POOLS was an attempt by SegaSoft to revive the long dying format of FMV games by incorporating adult themes,…
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WHAT THE HECK is up with all these unreleased games??? Seriously..?Same exact guy/twitter account who was in possession of the recently reported Monica’s Castle has also posted a video showing…
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Uhhhh… So as if the whole appearance and release of Castlevania Resurrection wasn’t enough.., this recent Japanese twitter post (below) just came to our attention care of Mr^Burns… It seems…
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In the rough and tough online world of homebrew development, there needs to be some bold individual who will stand up and speak for the ponies! Err… that is to…
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Sometimes it takes a revolutionary from humble beginnings to spark a movement against an opposing force considered too powerful to overcome… Spartacus, Joan of Arc, Andrew Jackson.., XL2..? Okay, Okay..!…
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Despite the bleak outlook suggested by this article’s headline, we have to acknowledge that this recent development does mean greater access to a lot of Japanese import games and anime…
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Thanks to Mr^Burns for bringing this news to our attention! It seems the source code for a Saturn port of Argonaut Games‘ Alien Odyssey has surfaced as an anonymous upload…
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Saturn homebrew development has seen a flurry of new activity over the past few years, as tools have improved and interest in the platform has grown. Projects like XL2‘s HellSlave…
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Members of the Saturn scene, Danthrax4, Lacquerware, Mampfus & Ghaleon have been working for the last month to make Bulk Slash as accessible as possible for English speakers! Project Site…
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I don’t think anyone woke up this morning expecting any REAL news, however, that’s just what we got with the PUBLIC RELEASE of THE LAST DYNASTY, an all but complete…
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When Retro-Bit released it’s 2.4Ghz wireless Saturn pads back in November of 2019, their choice to use the original Japanese pad design was met with approval across the board from…
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On the “playing field” of life, the toughest opponent is often ourselves… A simple mistake can have punishing results, but it’s only in learning from our most painful mistakes that…
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By now, it’s more than likely that most gamers have glimpsed this old test-build demo footage of Shenmue (originally Virtua Fighter RPG) running on the Sega Saturn and featured in…
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Many folks have mentioned the fact that Professor Abrasive’s default menu for Satiator is not much to look at.., especially when compared side by side with it’s current competitors, such…
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It’s been 25 years since the release of Team Andromeda’s follow-up prequel to their highly successful, ancient-future dystopian rail-shooter, Panzer Dragoon… Released March 22, 1996 in Japan, Panzer Dragoon II…
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TrekkiesUnite118 just published an update to his GRANDIA English Patch release candidate on Sunday, March 21. See Original Post This update applies the following fixes: Minor spelling and grammar fixes.Subtitle…
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Shiro! has kicked off a new weekly series of Saturn news discussion and game streaming! Join @SegaSaturnDave & @traynoco weekly on Fridays at 12:30pm PST (7:30pm GMT) https://youtu.be/Jzg0Cy5tohY You can…
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Friday, March 12, 12:30pm PST (8:30pm GMT)Come join @SegaSaturnDave & @PandaMoniumGR on the green and in the Discord voice chat as we take a look back at this classic launch…
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Looks like a new version of the Cotton 2 English Translation Patch has been released! Download it here: https://segaxtreme.net/resources/cotton-2-english-patch.84/