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Back in January 2023, Slinga released multiplayer mayhem onto Saturn in the form of Disasteroids, a 12-player Asteroids clone submitted to the 28th Anniversary Game Competition. One of many in…
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Apologies for the poor audio and technical difficulties! Dave’s laptop shit the bed right before the show, so this was streamed via Dave & Dan on their phones… Yikes! Anyway,…
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Over the weekend a new “Willy Wombat English Advancement Patch” was shared in a Romhacking.net forum post that, when used in conjunction with last year’s “English Improvement Patch,” translates perhaps…
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[Editor’s note: This story was updated March 29 to add Sascha’s name, clarify that Project Neon does not use WiFi for online multiplayer, add details about the cartridge prototype’s expected…
Best Of Saturn
Point and click adventures were all the rage for PC gamers in the ’90s, but they never translated well to home consoles… but no one told Japan, as Saturn gamers…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
I previously wrote this: When doing reverse engineering, it’s good to have a starting place — a piece of code that does something that you understand. That’s why I search…
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An update today for the MiSTer FPGA’s Saturn core improves the performance of many 3D fighting games when using just one memory module. Doing so has stretched the MiSTer’s hardware…
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Stellar Assault SS came to the Saturn in 1998 courtesy of SIMS Co., being a remake of sorts of the SEGA-developed 32X game Stellar Assault (Shadow Squadron in the U.S.)….
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Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Original Princess Crown Translation Team Has Abandoned Their Project– Patches Remove Flashing in Area 51, Maximum Force on…
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A long-dormant project to create a wireless Bluetooth adapter for the Saturn 3D controller is alive once again, according to a blog post from its creator. Dave, the owner of…
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In this edition I’m putting Thunder Force V back under the microscope. I examined a prototype version of the game last year, but this time I’m taking a look at…
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One of my white whales in Sega Saturn homebrew game development has been sound and music. Starting out on Jo Engine, I quickly found out that the sound functions didn’t…
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This is a cross post of a regular segment posted on SegaXtreme.net. Join in on the conversation on the SegaXtreme forums. Didn’t have room to post three different box arts,…
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The Saturn is on people’s minds in all corners of the world — from the Japanese developers of Yakuza to the French fans on the Delta Island forum to a…
Best Of Saturn
Initially released in late 1995 on the Super Famicom, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together is the seventh entry into the Ogre Battle series and was ported to the Saturn…
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A homebrew developer named En83 posted some exciting news on SegaXtreme on Friday: “Hi guys, I’ve ported Celeste Classic to the Sega Saturn. This is a port from the C…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In last week’s edition, I came up with a few new cheat codes for Battle Arena Toshinden Remix. The question naturally arises: what about Battle Arena Toshinden URA, the other…
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The publisher of vertical shooter Radiant Silvergun’s PC port on Steam patched the game Sunday after a player discovered a way to score endlessly during a boss fight. Live Wire’s…
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Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Saturn Port of Prize Fighter Uploaded to Internet Archive– Saturn News Roundup: Homebrew Updates, RetroConnection Fest, New Saturn…
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Saturn fans can now enjoy the light-gun classics Area 51 and Maximum Force free of unnecessary bright screen flashes courtesy of SHIRO! community member privateye. He uploaded patches Saturday to…
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SamIAm and CyberWarriorX are no longer working on their English translation patch of Princess Crown, an Atlus action RPG released only in Japan exclusively for the Sega Saturn in 1997….
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The long-rumored Saturn graphics accelerator was real, according to an interview between former Sega hardware designers Kenji Tosaki and Junichi Naoi published this week. Not only that, but Virtua Fighter…
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Finally Lupin III Saturn fans, after all these years you can now play Lupin the 3rd: Pyramid no Kenja (Or known in English as Sage of Pyramid):https://romhack.ing/database/content/entry/XJ5SNtjQSvK5-CLf2YUFeg/lupin-iii-the-sage-of-pyramid-english-translation For those of…
Best Of Saturn
A September 1997 release, Silhouette Mirage is the second Treasure game to hit the Saturn. Set in the year 2xxx, the worldwide AI known as Edo malfunctions and splits everyone…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
I know what you’re thinking: “Bo, the cheat codes for Battle Arena Toshinden Remix have already been documented! We’re already aware of how to unlock the boss characters and enable…
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Here’s a quick-hit roundup of recent stories around the Sega Saturn scene. Video demonstrates Saturn sound chip calculating graphics A SegaXtreme homebrew developer named Jollyroger demonstrated that the Saturn’s audio…
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Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing: – Under the Microscope: Last Bronx – Yaba Sanshiro Gets Save Converter, Makeover on Android – Arcana Strikes…
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Josh Fairhurst, former owner of Limited Run Games, has released the prototype Saturn port of full-motion video game Prize Fighter onto the Internet Archive. The archive includes both the North…
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Let’s see your best poker face, SHIRO! community! The March Community Challenge is none other than the “Serious Fun” Virtual Casino. The Community Challenge begins March 1 and runs until…
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[Editor’s note:] The GitHub page for this translation patch has an AI disclosure that, in part, says, “What I call the ‘playtesting translation’ — a base translation that allowed the…
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The above video was posted to YouTube shortly before patch v1.0.3 was released. Forever Entertainment released a free playable demo of Panzer Dragoon Zwei: Remake. The demo is their rendition…
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The first demo of Saturn Tomb Raider 2 is available now — grab it here! 1996 saw the release of the very first Tomb Raider, hitting the Saturn first, followed…
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Released at the tail end of 1997, Takara and Red Company’s Arcana Strikes is a fusion of an overhead RPG and a card-battling game. You take the role of young…
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The developer of Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro debuted an online tool this week for converting other emulators’ save files to a format his software can use. It follows an update…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– ★ EDITOR’S CORNER: EP 32 — Talk of Saturn Translations & Fan Localizations– Under the Microscope: Impact Racing–…