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Sega Saturn Memories Vol 1. – 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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Feature articles, including game showcases, detailed retrospectives and reviews.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Case for Saturn Castlevania
1998 saw Konami undergo a Saturn renaissance of sorts, committing to release several of their bigger PlayStation hits onto SEGA’s machine – including the previous year’s blockbuster Castlevania: Symphony of…
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Exploring SEGA’s E3 1996 Show Floor
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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INTERVIEW ARCHIVE: David Warhol – RealTime Associates – Creators of BUG!
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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My Gaming Story: Part 1
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…
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Every Saturn PAL Game That Didn’t Release in North America
PAL gamers traditionally have been seen as an oppressed group when it comes to missing out on video games that are released in other territories — cough North America cough….
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SegaXtreme’s 28th Anniversary SEGA Saturn Game Competition
NOTE: BE SURE TO CHECK BACK FOR NEW UPDATES & INFORMATION ! Another trip around the sun means another excellent showing of Saturn homebrew, patches and tools from our amazing…
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Bridget Bishop: A Charming Saturn Adventure
This little homebrew adventure game, Bridget Bishop, is one of those neat little surprises that seem to come out of nowhere. Much like 7Shades’ Cubecat, we didn’t really hear or…
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Burning Rangers’ Password System – Reverse Engineered
Bo Bayles, software engineer and writer of Bo Bayles Annex has in the past expressed his deep appreciation for Sonic Team’s Burning Rangers, having explored the game extensively and written…
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UNREAL Demo on REAL Saturn Hardware
Saturn-wizard, XL2 and crew (Corvusdeux & Ponut) have stunned the fan community with a tech demo that many would have thought to completely impossible… ‘IRRÉEL’ features the first two levels…
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The Great SEGA Saturn Halloween Round-up
Ghoulish greetings, Shiromaniacs! It’s Halloween time again, and that means time to grease back your jet-black hair, light your dark candles, take out the Ouija board, and ask it what…
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Isekai Ojisan (Uncle from Another World): A Saturn Fan-Service
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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Sega Saturn Game BASIC Programming
This article has been re-published, with permission, from its original source. IntroPart 2: Hello, Saturn!Part 3: Set up a Game BASIC Development VMPart 4: Run, Load, and Save Programs via…
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Patrick Sucks At: Sonic 3 (On Sonic Jam)
Viewers decided I should try out Sonic 3, and unfortunately I’m not very good at it.. Thought I was pretty good back in the day, but viewers (And my skills)…
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Interview: Kenji Tosaki talks Saturn/Dreamcast Peripheral Design, Reveals “Virtua Visor”
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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SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2: MOVIE REVIEW
“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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Interview with RetroRGB – SHIRO! SHOW #43
On this very special episode of the SHIRO! SHOW, SaturnDave sits down with RetroRGB to chat about the Saturn Game Competition, and just about gaming in general.Check out RetroRGB at:www.retrorgb.comhttps://www.youtube.com/user/retrorgbhttps://twitter.com…
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Bulk Slash English Localization Dev Blog #2: One character at a time
Hello! I hope you’re still enjoying the Bulk Slash English localization patch and have had a chance to unlock and level up some of your favorite navigators. Let us know…
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SEGA Saturn 27th Anniversary Game Competition
NOTE: BE SURE TO CHECK BACK FOR NEW UPDATES & INFORMATION ! As another year passes and we close the book on 2021, we at SHIRO! are absolutely psyched for…
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Bulk Slash English Localization Dev Blog #1: New beginnings and the trouble with subtitles
Hi everyone! I’m Greg, known in some circles as “Lacquerware,” and I was the project lead for the Bulk Slash unofficial English localization patch. The good guys at Shiro have…
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VIDEO RELEASE: Bulk Slash Fan Translation – An Innovation in Saturn Fan Translations
After many months of waiting (And years of only being able to play in Japanese), Bulk Slash finally has an English Localization that makes the game 100% playable and understandable…