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Sega Saturn Memories Vol. III: To Trade or Not to Trade
This is a continuation of a series whose previous entry was in February this year — you can read that here — and whose first entry was in 2024 — you…
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Feature articles, including game showcases, detailed retrospectives and reviews.
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SegaXtreme Game of the Month for May 2026: Dragon Crystal
Also on Game Gear! This is a cross post of a regular segment posted on SegaXtreme.net. Join in on the conversation on the SegaXtreme forums. The SegaXtreme Game of the…
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SegaXtreme Game of the Month for April 2026: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Genesis, not Mega Drive. This game is 100% ‘Murican. This is a cross post of a regular segment posted on SegaXtreme.net. Join in on the conversation on the SegaXtreme forums. The…
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Frogbull Breakthrough Demo Paves the Way for Sequenced Music in Homebrew Saturn Games
One of my white whales in Sega Saturn homebrew game development has been sound and music. Starting out on Jo Engine, I quickly found out that the sound functions didn’t…
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Panzer Dragoon Zwei Remake Demo Drops on Steam
The above video was posted to YouTube shortly before patch v1.0.3 was released. Forever Entertainment released a free playable demo of Panzer Dragoon Zwei: Remake. The demo is their rendition…
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Sega Saturn Memories Vol. II: The Journey Begins
This is a continuation of a series whose first entry was in 2024 — you can read it here. Sega Saturn Memories Vol. II is dedicated to our recently departed…
Interview
Vigilant Paradise Dev Talks About His Solo Homebrew Journey
Since the release of Vigilant Paradise for the Sega Saturn, we decided to reach out to its sole developer, Ricardo Campione. He reveals how he got into Saturn development, what…
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New Indie Racer, LINEAR 直線的 S, Seeks to Replicate Sega Saturn’s Rendering in Unity3D
A new Sega Saturn-inspired indie racer is set to launch off the starting grid, and it looks to be something really special. LINEAR 直線的 S is the first in a…
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Dr. Abrasive Reflects on Satiator ODE Four Years After Its Release
Humankind has now endured roughly four trips around the sun since the release of the Sega Saturn optical drive emulator, Satiator. It utilizes the Video CD Card slot on the…
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Under the Microscope: Ejihon Detective Agency
In this edition: Making Ejihon Detective Agency playable as a standalone Saturn game The Game-Ware “digital magazine” discs The obscure Super Prologue 21 sampler disc Get the standalone Ejihon patch…
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A Glimpse into the Future: SEGA’s Rare UK Saturn Promotional VHS
In the days before the internet, cover mounted discs and video tapes were the only way game companies could show console owners a glimpse of the future. In 1995, the…
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The SEGAGuys SAROO Set-up Guide + Fenrir Load Time Comparison
The SAROO is something we’ve kept a keen eye on here at The SEGAGuys, and we waited quite some time before taking the plunge and picking up a couple of…
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AliExpress Saturn Mini: Waste of Money, and Harmful to the Saturn Scene
The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent those of SHIRO! Media Group as a whole. WARNING: This article includes a quote from an outside source that may…
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Sonic UltraSaturn — the Saturn-Inspired Fangame Is Available Now!
How would a 2D Sonic game have looked on the Sega Saturn in 1996? We’ve seen Sonic 3D Blast, the Mega Drive game that was ported to Saturn. There’s the…
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The Sega Saturn Didn’t Fail – Here’s What It Did Right!
It would be an understatement to say that the Saturn is enjoying a retro renaissance just now. In fact, as someone who first picked up and played the Sega Saturn…
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10 Most Obscure & Underrated SEGA Saturn Racing Games
If there’s one genre where the Sega Saturn excels, it’s racing games. Whether it’s Daytona USA’s power-sliding, Sega Rally’s gear drifting, or Sega Touring Cars … music, the arcade goer…
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Sega Rally — The SEGAHolic Sets a Panda-Inspired New PB!
Anyone who knows me, knows I love Sega Rally on the Saturn. In fact, it’s not just my favourite game on the system; it’s my favourite game ever. And while I…
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Saturn’s Extended Compact Disc Formats
It was never especially well highlighted outside of Eastern markets, but the humble Saturn was in fact built to handle various disc-based media over and above game and music CDs….
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A Sega Saturn Success Story
Inspired by the fantastic “Change the Narrative” video and the push to shine a light on the positive aspects of our favourite console, I thought I’d reflect on my personal…
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It’s Time to Change the Narrative About SEGA Saturn…
The SEGA Saturn is almost 30 years old… WOW!Today marks the 29th anniversary of its North American launch on May 11, 1995. It’s hard to believe that it’s been that…
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Sega Saturn Memories Vol. I: Sengoku Blade
I was never really great when it came to video games. As the youngest of nine, my brothers and sisters always seemed to have a leg up on me…
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The SEGAGuys get NetLinks!
The SEGA Saturn is enjoying an incredible retro renaissance right now. From hardware mods that increase longevity and ODEs that lower the barrier of entry, to the incredible fan translations…
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Dan the Mega Driver Visits Japan
What’s up, Sega fans? It’s Dan the Mega Driver of The SEGAGuys here and I’ve just come back a vacation in Japan. It was a trip we took for family…
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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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Daytona USA on the SEGA Saturn – You’ve Been Lied To!
Daytona USA is arguably the most important racing game ever made, introducing a level of visual fidelity and fluidity beyond anything in the arcade scene at that time. SEGA’s Model…
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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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MYST: A Page Out of Gaming’s Past…
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on March 27, 2018 and has been revised and republished. Saturn Myst: some people love it, some hate it, and a whole lot…
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Why Didn’t She Just Get the Drain Cleaner??
Phantasma-what now? Phantasmagoria is a mid-1995 PC point-and-click graphic adventure from the studio that essentially pioneered the genre: Ken and Roberta Williams’ Sierra On-Line. Written by Roberta, mastermind behind the…
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Is Daytona NetLink Edition Really Based on Japan’s Circuit Edition?
It’s common knowledge that there are four different releases of Daytona on the Saturn — the original 1995 port made by AM2 that released worldwide, AM3’s Championship Circuit Edition that…
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Mr. Bones Editor’s Guide – Promo Item
In the rather long list of Halloween-themed Saturn titles, one game that never seems to get the attention it deserves is Mr. Bones. A 2-disc affair, Mr. Bones is a…
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…
Interview
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…
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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…
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Back to the Mansion…
This isn’t Dr. Curien’s Mansion The Mansion of Hidden Souls hit the Saturn in early December 1994, barely a month after the Saturn launched on its epic – but fleeting…
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Corpse Killer
The Perfect Halloween Game for those who have already played all the Good Halloween Games The 90s were a highly experimental time in gaming. The advanced power of 5th generation…