Editorial
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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SHIRO! Joins SEGAGuys to Talk Saturn Western Library
On this latest episode of the SEGAGuys‘ pod, Dan, James, Dave and Nick discuss the Western SEGA Saturn library. Is it underrated? Why is it perceived so negatively, even today?…
Spotlight
SHIRO! Spreads Saturn Love at Game On Expo in Arizona
The Saturn was represented well at the Game On Expo in Phoenix, Ariz., over the weekend as SHIRO!’s own SaturnDave and TraynoCo hosted a panel, manned a booth and more….
Community
MARCH Challenge: STEEP SLOPE SLIDERS!!!
The March Edition of our monthly SHIRO! Community Challenge is here, and it’s time to wax your boards and carve those slopes in CAVE’s snow-shredding classic, Steep Slope Sliders! This…
Spotlight
The Top Sega Saturn Stories of 2023
It’s been 29 years since Sega unleashed the Saturn upon the world, and despite the company washing its hands of the console after just five short years, news continues to…
Community
Bo Bayles Discovers Playable Dolphin in Burning Rangers
Bo Bayles (aka @memoryfallen), resident Saturn reverse engineer extraordinaire and author of the Rings of Saturn blog, has just recently unearthed yet another amazing hidden feature in Sonic Team’s Burning…
Review
Retro-Bit Saturn Wireless Analog Pro Unboxing & First Looks
SHIRO! recently unboxed Retro-Bit’s NEW 2.4Ghz Wireless Analog Pro Controller for SEGA Saturn, and we’re here to share with you our opinions so far. (Thanks to the folks at Retro-Bit…
Spotlight
SEGA Saturn 29th Anniversary Game Competition
Every year since 2019, around the last third of the year or so, I’ve hosted a game development and hacking competition. This is the fifth annual SEGA Saturn Anniversary Game…
Community
Saturn Memories Brings Comprehensive Directory of Saturn Resources to SHIRO!
For several years, Saturn Memories has run one of (if not the best) Saturn gameplay reference channels on YouTube, and for nearly as long, he’s been collecting and archiving links…
Spotlight
NEW SHIRO! MERCH
We’ve added new merch designs to our TeeSpring shop, and there are several fabric and color options for folks to choose from. ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING on the shop is priced with…
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…
Community
Community Members Help Power SHIRO! Website
What IS SHIRO!, really..?Is it a podcast? A YouTube channel? A magazine? How about a Discord community?One thing is for sure. SHIRO! has endless potential, and it can be as…
Spotlight
A Close Look at SEGA & Parent Company CSK
Alex Smith of They Create Worlds, a podcast focused on documenting the video game industry as a whole, has released a two-part series on SEGA and its parent conglomerate, CSK…
Editorial
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…
Spotlight
The State of Saturn Emulation on the PS4
You must play Sega Saturn, as we say here at Shiro, and that means by any method available. But one method we haven’t covered so far has been emulation on…
Community
SegaXtreme 28th Anniversary Competition Winners Announced!
On Saturday, February 11th, 2023, Dr. Emerald Nova announced the final standings for the SEGA Saturn 28th Anniversary Game Competition hosted by SegaXtreme. For a nice overview of all contest…
News
GrechTech Retro Rosetta: A Multi-Player BlueRetro Adaptor
GrechTech has recently made available their new RetroRosetta, a modular Bluetooth receiver/controller adaptor designed for retro systems with a focus on robust multi-player support and an aim to avoid e-waste…
Best Of Saturn
Saturn’s ‘Silver Lining’..?
In late 1995, the North American versions of Virtua Fighter 2 and SEGA Rally Championship hit retail in special silver foil packaging. No other titles would receive this treatment. While…
Community
Sakura Wars 2 English Translation Announced, Preview Demo Released
On Friday, January 6th, 2023, we had a surprise announcement LIVE on SHIRO! SHOW that the English translation for Sakura Wars 2 ~Thou Shalt Not Die~ on Saturn was well…
Community
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…
Community
A STELLAR Localization Team…
As many in the Saturn community are likely aware by now, the folks responsible for last year’s Bulk Slash localization have been at work on a new Saturn localization project,…
Spotlight
The Top Sega Saturn Stories of 2022
For a console released 28 years ago, it may surprise some that there continue to be new developments around the Sega Saturn. But that’s been in the case in 2022,…
Community
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…
Community
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…
Community
‘Devastar’ IR Light Gun Project in the works for Saturn
A new Open Source IR Light Gun project by Greg Gallardo called ‘Devastar‘, is in the works and looks to support numerous consoles. While the project apparently got it’s start…
Community
Hotel Dusk Precursor ‘Blue Chicago Blues’ Needs Translator
On Friday, November 25, 2022, SegaXtreme member Arjak released their first English v0.1 Demo Patch for the SEGA Saturn FMV game, J.B. Harold: Blue Chicago Blues. A project similar to…
News
Replacement Cases: A New Challenger…
For at least a couple years now, NTSC-U Saturn (and Sega CD) fans have had a go-to source for their long box replacement cases. Back around 2018, an American gentleman…
Community
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…
Editorial
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…
Community
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 Fan Translation Release Special! – SHIRO! SHOW
Join Dave & Patrick as we celebrate the release of the Bulk Slash Fan Translation with the AMAZING TEAM!
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Initial D Eurobeat Mod – SHIRO! Mod Showcase
Showcase of said mod You love anime? You love Saturn? You love EUROBEAT? You love racing? Well… Do I maybe not have the game for you…Released in Japan on June…
Community
TWITCH TV SHOW: “SATURN CUT”
Back in 1995, amidst an explosion of new platforms, genres and 32/64-bit technologies, there came a video game review show that would lay the groundwork for future shows, such as…
SHIRO Shorts!
E3 1995 SEGA SATURN PRESS KIT
May 11, 1995 was the opening day of the very first E3 show. Perhaps best remembered for Sony’s infamous ‘$299’ announcement, it is also the Saturn’s launch day in North…
Editorial
Check out this BIG BOI..!
DID YOU KNOW?: In addition to pushing the Saturn hardware with it’s release of the Hi-Saturn Navi w/LCD attachment, Hitachi also made a 24″ standard definition anamorphic CRT (the Hitachi…