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‘Let’s Make a Pro Soccer Club’ Revival Launches
A franchise that began on the Saturn launched its first new entry in years today with Sega Football Club Champions going on sale for Android and iOS devices as well…
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Breathing New Life into GDEMU With openMenu Virtual Folder Bundle
The Dreamcast ODE landscape is essentially made up of three options: GDEMU, USB-GDROM, and MODE (I won’t include the IDE mod in this particular conversation). Each arguably brings something special…
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Fan Passes Torch on Riglordsaga 2 English Translation Before Losing Battle With Cancer
A fan has worked to translate Saturn tactical RPG Riglordsaga 2 into English over the last year, but he won’t see his project to completion now that he’s succumbed to…
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XL2 Demonstrates Raytracing on the Saturn
Raytracing isn’t just for modern video cards, apparently — homebrew developer XL2 is making it happen on the 31-year-old Sega Saturn. Raytracing is a technique for simulating the way light…
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Vigilant Paradise Update Addresses Bugs, Difficulty
An update to Saturn homebrew FPS Vigilant Paradise addresses bugs and difficulty complaints after the game’s popularity blew up two weeks ago. Riccardo Campione released version 1.001 yesterday on his…
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Yaba Sanshiro Improves Touch Screen Controls in Mobile Versions
Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro features better touch screen controls in its mobile versions after recent updates by its developer, Shinya “DevMiyax” Miyamoto. On social media, DevMiyax posted a video showing…
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Vigilant Paradise, a New Homebrew Saturn FPS, Flies Under the Radar
There is a new homebrew first-person shooter for the Sega Saturn — or rather, there has been for nearly two months. That’s because Vigilant Paradise was announced by its developer…
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ZONE Fills VRChat with a Port of Daytona USA
I am familiar with the work of ZONE-SAMA. This artist is a pioneer of 2000’s internet culture, having graced flash animation sites with all time classics such as Reiko: Biker…
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Saturn Fans Get Christmas Gift in Delisoba Translation Patch
Saturn fans will have to fit some time for another game between playthroughs of Christmas NiGHTS after an English fan translation patch for Delisoba Deluxe released today. Exxistance uploaded the…
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English Translation Patch for Airs Adventure Is Complete!
Airs Adventure, an “it’s so bad it’s good” Sega Saturn RPG exclusive to Japan, now has an English translation patch thanks to a team of fans. SnowyAria, who translated the…
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English Translation Patch for Dreamcast’s Di Gi Charat Fantasy Is Out Now
And now there are two visual novels in English on the SEGA Dreamcast… Announcing my English translation patch release of “Di Gi Charat Fantasy,” which you can download from my…
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New Test Reveals Possible Source of SAROO Problems
A new test shows the SAROO cartridge, a low-cost Saturn optical drive emulator, loads data inconsistently, possibly revealing the source of audio bugs, crashes and other glitches that users have…
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New Firmware Updates for Fenrir, SAROO
Two Sega Saturn optical drive emulators got firmware updates over the weekend: the Fenrir and the SAROO. A photo posted by Pjaska of Fenrir Loader Kai failing to load a…
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English Improvement Patch Makes Willy Wombat More Accessible Than Ever
An English Improvement patch for the Sega Saturn exclusive 3D platformer Willy Wombat released today! Download the patch here. While Willy Wombat has long been considered playable with little to…
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Saturn News Roundup: YZB SAROO Firmware, Homemade Mini Saturn, Dragon Ball at Dev Game Show
From new firmware for ODEs to homemade projects with Raspberry Pis to homebrew at conventions, there’s always something going on in the Sega Saturn community. Let’s see what’s happened over…
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Sega Releases Fighting Vipers Soundtrack for 30th Anniversary
The Fighting Vipers soundtrack released on CD and streaming services Thursday to commemorate the arcade game’s 30th anniversary. It appears the album is being sold only through Japanese retailers, including Beep, Amazon…
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Bubble Symphony Hits Modern Platforms, Comes with New Bubble Bobble Game
Taito launched a new entry in its Bubble Bobble series today on modern platforms — and it includes the Saturn version of Bubble Symphony. Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons is available…
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Announcing the SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 31st Anniversary Homebrew Showcase
The SEGA Saturn released in Japan on November 22, 1994. Alongside it came Virtua Fighter as a pack in title, and a selection of four additional launch titles available for…
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Version of SegaXtreme Now Viewable on Saturn’s NetLink Browser
NetLink users have a new place to browse now that a version of the SegaXtreme forum is compatible with the PlanetWeb browser. Earlier this month, Reye created a mirror of…
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Tests Continue to Pay Dividends for Saturn MiSTer Core Development
The lead developer of the MiSTer’s Saturn core continues to use custom tests to refine the timings between emulated circuits in his implementation of the console in the FPGA. Over…
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Hacker Adds PS1 Translation, More to Meduza Team’s Symphony of the Night Patch
A new patch for the Saturn version of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night swaps in the English script and voiceovers from the PS1 version to an existing patch that used…
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Limited Run Games Announces Prize Fighter: Heavyweight Edition for PS4, PS5
Limited Run Games announced plans Wednesday to publish Prize Fighter Heavyweight Edition on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 next year. Prize Fighter is a full-motion video boxing game originally…
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Destruction Derby 2 Saturn Prototype Released
A promised game that never materialized is finally playable in some form after fans released a prototype of Destruction Derby 2’s Saturn version Sunday night. Longtime member of the SegaXtreme…
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Patch Improves D&D: Tower of Doom Soundtrack with Arcade Music
Saturn gamers enjoying Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom can improve the aural experience with a new patch that replaces the music with higher quality tracks. A fan named Qurt…
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Fan Finishes Port of wipEout to Dreamcast
The fan who’s spent most of this year porting futuristic racer wipEout to the Dreamcast declared it complete with the version released Sunday. Jnmartin84 uploaded “v2 final” to his GitHub…
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SSF Version R37 Improves Emulator’s Stability
A new version of SSF released Monday improves its emulation of the Saturn and decreases how often the program crashes. The latest preview version of SSF, called PreviewVer_R37, as well…
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Sega Announces Fighting Vipers Soundtrack for 30th Anniversary
It’s Fighting Vipers’ turn for the 30th anniversary treatment, as a two-CD set of the fighting game’s soundtrack is set for release next month, Sega announced Sunday night. Each CD…
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Serial Link Cable Support Added to JoEngine
Link cable modes may come to Saturn homebrew games soon now that the functionality has been added to the JoEngine software development kit. Slinga spent a few weeks in late…
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Psikyo Titles to Be Delisted from Steam on Oct. 31
On Wednesday, Psikyo Portal announced the end of sale for many of their games on the Steam platform: These include games that appeared on the SEGA Saturn such as STRIKERS…
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New Beta of 240p Test Suite on Saturn Adds Audio, Controller Tests
The Sega Saturn port of the essential 240p Test Suite is making its way closer to being feature-complete with the release of version 0.3 beta 8. Here is the download…
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Saturn Core Update on Main MiSTer Branch Fixes Saves
The lead developer of the MiSTer’s Saturn core added the last four months’ worth of test updates to the main branch over the weekend, fixing an issue with saving games…
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VBT Releases Beta Port of Mac CD Flashback for SEGA Saturn
If a SEGA Master System emulator and Wolfenstein 3D ports weren’t enough, VBT has now released a beta port of the Mac CD version of Flashback: The Quest for Identity…
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New SAROO Firmware Is Feature-Rich — and Flawed
A new firmware for the SAROO — an optical drive emulator cartridge for the Saturn — is making waves for its new features as well as its caveats. The firmware…
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Tomb Raider 2 Fan Recreation Shows Off Dynamic Lighting, New Animations and More
A new video uploaded today shows impressive progress on a fan effort to recreate Tomb Raider 2 on the Sega Saturn, with most of the game’s levels said to be…
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Fan Patches English into Wizardry VI for Saturn
A classic RPG with a unique Saturn port gets new life for English speakers now that a fan has patched the DOS script for Wizardry VI into the Japan-only console…