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This Black Friday, we’re blowing out our remaining stock of all ‘B-RANK‘ issues for just 99¢ plus shipping while supplies last… NOTE: ‘B-RANK’ issues contain a few incorrectly numbered pages…
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Here’s a look at what’s new this week in the Sega Saturn community. Saturn core added to main MiSTer build The Saturn core of the MiSTer FPGA was added Tuesday…
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Radiant Silvergun is coming soon to the PC according to a store page that appeared on Steam last night. No release date is listed on the Steam page, but Gematsu…
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Limited Run Games today announced Gex Trilogy, a collection of games starring the titular gecko mascot that will come to modern platforms. It's tail time. #GexIsBackGEX returns through the science…
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Croc — one of the only 3D platformers to grace the Saturn library — is coming to modern platforms, according to one of its original executive producers. Jez San said…
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An adapter that would allow modern Bluetooth controllers to be used with original Saturn hardware is a step closer to reality after its creator announced the hardware design is finalized….
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Long before the Dreamcast/PlayStation 2 era, folks were taking their consoles ‘online’ via XBAND, a modem cartridge peripheral released for the SEGA Genesis, Super Nintendo & SEGA Saturn, that allowed…
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Original Recording Date: Wednesday Dec 18, 2019 In this interview from the SHIRO! ARCHIVE, we sit down with Dr. Eric Ameres, the former CTO of Duck Corporation (later On2 Technologies)…
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Here’s a look at some of the recent stories of interest to Saturn fans: Gungriffon Type 12 model kit announced Game Arts, the developers of Saturn mech shooter Gungriffon, announced…
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SaturnDave is joined by James the “SegaHolic” & Dan the “MegaDriver” of The SEGAGuys to look back on being a Saturn in the United Kingdom and reflect on both Saturn’s…
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More Saturn games are being re-released on modern platforms — this time, it’s Metal Black, Bust-a-Move 2: Arcade Edition and Bust-a-Move 3. Their publisher, City Connection, announced Wednesday night that…
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A patch to fix bugs in Radiant Silvergun’s Nintendo Switch port went live earlier this month, the publisher announced. Live Wire said Dec. 2 that it had delivered version 1.0.4,…
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From the creators that brought us The Lighthouse of São Bento do Oeste (Neuromage Studio) comes a new installment featuring the return of protagonist Renne Bras in The Case of…
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Pat and I got a chance to sit down with the dudes (Ron, Rich & Andy) from Retro-Bit this past weekend at Portland’s Retro Gaming Expo, and we were able to get our hands on…
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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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How to use the Titan One and Wingman adapters to invite someone to play on real Saturn hardware using Parsec: What you’ll need: –Titan One adapter ($70 new – $30-40…
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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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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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This week, a new YZB hack was posted to SegaXtreme for King of Fighters ’97. YZB is a Chinese hacker who edits Saturn games to use the 4 MB RAM…
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Patrick’s walkthrough of the Saturn MiSTer FPGA alpha core After more than a year in development, a preliminary iteration of the Saturn core for the MiSTer FPGA was released over…
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The first update to Layer Section & Galactic Attack S-Tribute is out on PlayStation 4, bringing a few quality of life upgrades to the Saturn classic. The patch dropped today…
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It’s been almost a year (11 months to be exact) since the Satiator saw it’s last firmware update, so while this new may not be a big deal.., seeing the…
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Xiden, one of the brains behind bringing Saturn NetLink play back online over VoIP has just brought back the online features for a game that many folks may not have…
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Pseudo Saturn Kai has just received a major and long awaited update! This new version features support for latest version of Fenrir firmware and Save Data Manager utility for Satiator…
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Yes, THAT FilmCow! Known for internet classics such as Charlie the Unincorn, Llamas with Hats, Detective Mittens and Nick: The Feature Film. Jason Steele streams Sega Saturn games every “Saturnday”…
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XL2 continues to push the Saturn beyond what many have thought to be impossible… His latest exploit? Hardware-based UV Texture Environment Mapping! Saturn Hardware-Based UV Texture Environment Mapping – Proof…
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Released in late September 1995, Steamgear Mash took the gaming world by storm. Shooting straight up the Japanese gaming charts, the game sold quicker than any other 32-bit title had,…
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Our SHIRO! MERCH is back on Threadless and better than ever!If you would like to help support what we do or you just want to sport some cool SHIRO! threads,…
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Alright! After two decades, we are tossed a bone from our brother, the Dreamcast! After so long, they released an unfinished E3 demo of the planned and abandoned Castlevania: Resurrection….
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One of the most sought after games in the Saturn collection. It is exclusive to the system and created by our very own Sonic Team. If you have an opportunity…
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One of the leading names of the arcade and the Sega Saturn, Virtua Cop brought railshooters to a whole new level of awesome! Taking down the criminal element of Virtua…
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Despite the bleak outlook suggested by this article’s headline, we have to acknowledge that this recent development does mean greater access to a lot of Japanese import games and anime…
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Thanks to Mr^Burns for bringing this news to our attention! It seems the source code for a Saturn port of Argonaut Games‘ Alien Odyssey has surfaced as an anonymous upload…
SHIRO Shorts!
SHIRO! Shorts is a series of tiny articles focusing on various aspects of the Saturn Universe. SEGA’s North American ads during the Genesis era were edgy and routinely featured various…