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Earlier today, preservationists released a playable prototype of a Sega-developed game canceled in 1997: The Sacred Pools. In 1996, Sega announced The Sacred Pools, an adults-only FMV game for the…
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Digital Pictures games are forever destined to the “love them or hate them” category. But any time a canceled Sega Saturn game appears in working form, regardless of the game,…
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Many knew her by the alias Phoenix Rie. The woman recognized for her roles in the Phantasy Star series, Skies of Arcadia, Magic Knight Rayearth, and several dozen SEGA video…
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When Professor Abrasive released the Satiator — the optical drive emulator he invented that plugs into the Saturn’s rear VCD card port — it could play hundreds of games off…
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The Saturn homebrew scene has been buzzing in recent years but so has the Dreamcast one, which has marked big milestone — the first online-capable fan-made game for Sega’s last…
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Just a week after the previous one, a new update to the Saturn core for the MiSTer FPGA was released today. It can be downloaded by going to the developer’s…
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Back in September, we covered the Indiegogo launch for the VM2, the next-gen MicroSD compatible VMU for the Dreamcast. Even further back, we also covered the concept by Chris Diaoglou…
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The Switch port of classic Sega Saturn shmup Radiant Silvergun is set for physical release via prolific physical game publisher Limited Run Games. Limited Run announced the physical version today,…
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The people working on the SDLoader have made significant improvements since it was revealed less than six weeks ago, from improved speeds and a new feature to a more appealing…
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An update to the Saturn core for the MiSTer FPGA was released yesterday. It can be grabbed by going to the developer’s GitHub page, logging in and downloading the Saturn_20220930…
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There haven’t been any big stories in the world of Sega Saturn this week, but there have been a few notable odds and ends, so here’s a roundup of them….
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After months of preparation, SHIRO! Magazine Issue 01 is now up for public purchase! Back in 2018, Dave & Peter, decided they would love to create their own game magazine,…
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Radiant Silvergun has reappeared on the North American eShop a week after its publisher, Live Wire, abruptly pulled it. Live Wire tweeted just before noon Eastern Daylight Time today that…
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Konami announced remasters of classic RPGs Suikoden 1 and 2 this morning at a presentation at the Tokyo Game Show. Called “Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and…
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On Twitter, a post by 4Gamer started circulating around, announcing the, “X68000 Z”, a revival of the X68000 system: 【PR】新生X68000誕生。瑞起の「X68000 Z」は10月8日に予約受付を開始。TGS 2022の4Gamerブースではモック展示＆投稿企画を実施https://t.co/QWcPCRND3t pic.twitter.com/vmUZcdHCO7— 4Gamer (@4GamerNews) September 14, 2022 Basically, the…
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Legendary Sega Saturn shmup Radiant Silvergun was released on the Nintendo Switch’s eShop this week — and promptly yanked off of the North American store just hours later. Its developer,…
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Recently, iFixRetro came into possession a Super Prologue 21, a Karaoke Unit based on the SEGA Saturn hardware sold to bars and Karaoke venues specifically for, well playing Karaoke. They…
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We’ve recently covered the announcement of Chris Diaoglou’s VM2 in a previous article, but now they have launched an Indiegogo campaign to help make this project for the masses! For…
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Soul Hackers 2 launched on modern platforms today, the first direct sequel to Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers 25 years after its first release on the Sega Saturn. The sequel retains…
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Twitter user Stickman Sham has just released a PSX/Saturn UI Texture pack for the game Soul Hackers on the 3DS Emulator Citra: Soul Hackers PSX/Saturn texture pack for Citrahttps://t.co/FvfPHlEMrz pic.twitter.com/V2kgUhhofE—…
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SEGA recently announced the full games list for the North American version of the Genesis Mini 2. As expected, there are no Working Designs based games, or Konami’s most famous…
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A fork of the Windows version of Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro is bringing gamepad functionality to its user interface as well as a new look. It’s intended to be easier…
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Back in May, the first version of the Saturn core dropped, and while it couldn’t really play much beyond CubeCat, it was amazing that it worked in the first place….
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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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A new version of Sega Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro 2 was released last weekend. The developer, DevMiyax, announced Sunday that version 1.9.2 was live for both Windows and Android. DevMiyax…
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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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A new model of the Fenrir ODE released last weekend — and seemingly sold out within minutes. Called the Fenrir Duo, it works with both 20- and 21-pin versions of…
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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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City Connection has announced the next games in its Saturn Tribute line — and they’re a little saucier than previous entries. The publisher announced today that it’s bringing the Idol…
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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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A first look playthrough of the translation A couple weeks ago, our very own Dr. Emerald Nova came onto the SHIRO! SHOW and let us take a first look at…
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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…