SHIRO! PODCAST
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This week, we’ll be discussing:- Unused Farm Stage Found in Fighting Vipers- EDITOR’S CORNER: EP 23 – SEGA Saturn’s Mansion Mysteries- Tamagotchi Park #BestOfSaturn- Cheat Codes, Debugger Found in Figh…
Editorial
It was never especially well highlighted outside of Eastern markets, but the humble Saturn was in fact built to handle various disc-based media over and above game and music CDs….
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
On June 3, 2024, Saturn game hacker extraordinaire, Bo Bayles, announced the latest in his series of game patches that seek to restore hidden/unused assets & functionality to Saturn games….
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
Cheat codes, a debug screen and evidence of cut characters in Fighters Megamix have been revealed after a hacker unearthed them Thursday. Just a week after finding secrets in Fighting…
Best Of Saturn
Who remembers the Tamagotchi craze of the mid-’90s? Bandai wasted no time in releasing the relatively simple Tamagotchi Park on the Saturn and included a bundled pink memory cart with…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates!
This week, we’ll be discussing:- Radiant Silvergun, Cotton 2 See Improvements in MiSTer Saturn Core- Söldnerschild #BestOfSaturn- New Costume, Debug Screen Discovered in Fighting Vipers- A Sega Saturn …
SHIRO! PODCAST
Dave and Pat explore the Japanese mansion mystery genre, which it turns out is quite well represented on the Saturn!
From System Sacom & Capcom to WARP & KOEI, there’s a lot ton of games to discover and discuss!
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
It seems Fighting Vipers held at least one more secret. Three days after publishing a patch to enable a previously unknown Pai-like costume for Honey and Backup Debugger screen, Saturn…
Community
It’s finally here! SegaXtreme.net user TrekkiesUnite118 released an update yesterday to his Sega Saturn FILM Tools application (Version 3.0.0) that seeks to bring an end to the need for classic…
Editorial
Inspired by the fantastic “Change the Narrative” video and the push to shine a light on the positive aspects of our favourite console, I thought I’d reflect on my personal…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
The Japanese version of Sega Saturn fighting game Fighting Vipers famously has more unlockables than the U.S. and even PAL versions. More unlockable characters, unlockable portraits — or different unlockable…
Best Of Saturn
Söldnerschild’s Ayami Kojima cover art gives strong Symphony of the Night vibes, but this SEGA and Koei collaboration is nothing the like. A strategy game set in medieval Europe that…
SHIRO! PODCAST
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This week, we’ll be discussing:- Virtua Fighter 2 Vinyl Soundtracks Up for Preorder- Cho Aniki #BestOfSaturn
– NEW SAROO Firmware Update Brings BIG Changes
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A bevy of updates to the Saturn core of the MiSTer FPGA have targeted problems with specific games’ graphics. One prominent one that was fixed recently was Cotton 2, whose…
News
On May 15, 2024, TPUnix released new firmware update V0.5 for the SAROO Sega Saturn Flashcart, bringing some much needed features and improvements. Firm V0.5 Changes Menu screen resolution changed…
Best Of Saturn
If The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the Saturn ever made a baby, it might be named Cho Aniki (Big Brother). A shmup, it features homoerotic digitized man-sprites on hand-drawn…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates!
This week, we’ll be discussing:- EDITOR’S CORNER PODCAST – EP 23: Arcades with SLX & SEGAGuys- Dark Seed #BestOfSaturn
– It’s Time to Change the Narrative About SEGA Saturn…
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Vinyl records of the arcade and Saturn soundtracks for Virtua Fighter 2 are available for preorder now, the production company announced Friday. Chicago-based record label Cartridge Thunder says on its…
Editorial
The SEGA Saturn is almost 30 years old… WOW!Today marks the 29th anniversary of its North American launch on May 11, 1995. It’s hard to believe that it’s been that…
Community
One of the earliest Saturn emulators is still going strong after it got an update last weekend — its third since the beginning of the year. The emulator, SSF, didn’t…
Best Of Saturn
A mid-1995 Japan-only release based on the PC original, the psychological horror Dark Seed is a point-and-click adventure in the style of H.R. Giger. As a successful executive, you wake…
SHIRO! PODCAST
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This week, we’ll be discussing:- NEW JoEngine Update Includes Voxel Support- Frogbull Teases Crash Bandicoot on Saturn…
– Gale Racer #BestOfSaturn
– News Roundup for the Week of April 29
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SHIRO! PODCAST
SaturnDave & TraynoCo are joined by Mel (Sega Lord X) and Dan & James of the SEGAGuys to discuss what it was like growing up with arcades in the 80’s & 90’s, and what remains of the arcades today. We talk SEGA’s arcade legacy and their mo…
News
From new homebrew efforts and cheat code discoveries to FPGA clones and a little Sega history you may not have known about, there were quite a few headlines Saturn fans…
Best Of Saturn
A man with a reputation and a mission, you are the Gale Racer! Released to Japanese gamers in 1994, Gale Racer is based on the 1991 SEGA arcade game Rad…
SHIRO! PODCAST
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This week, we’ll be discussing:- Jung Rhythm Gets English Translation Patch- Mega Man X3 #BestOfSaturn
– Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute Hits Xbox, Steam Storefronts in the West
– The SEGAGuys get…
Community
On April 26, 2024, community member Frogbull posed yet another “what if” question for Saturn by teasing a demo build of Naughty Dog’s Crash Bandicoot running on Saturn hardware. Frogbull’s…
Community
Just yesterday, April 28th, JoEngine author, Johannes Fetz, announced a significant update to the Sega Saturn Software Development Kit that now includes support for Voxels. New version of #JoEngine for…
Community
SHIRO! announced its next Community Challenge in May will feature two titles in the Digital Pinball series: Last Gladiators Ver. 9.7 and Necronomicon. Co-organizer Gregori Rasputin said May’s Community Challenge…
Community
I was never really great when it came to video games. As the youngest of nine, my brothers and sisters always seemed to have a leg up on me…
Editorial
The SEGA Saturn is enjoying an incredible retro renaissance right now. From hardware mods that increase longevity and ODEs that lower the barrier of entry, to the incredible fan translations…
News
Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute released worldwide Wednesday on digital storefronts as well as in physical form in Japan. It’s the latest in a line of emulated Saturn games…
Best Of Saturn
For such a huge franchise, it’s surprising that Mega Man X3 only saw Saturn release in Japan and in Europe. Perhaps it being a straightforward, visually bordered port of the…
Community
English-speaking Saturn fans are dancing for joy now that there’s a translation patch for the console’s only full-fledged music rhythm game, Jung Rhythm. It was made by a team that…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates!
This week, we’ll be discussing:- New Fan Book ‘Unofficial Saturn Collection’ Available Now- SHIRO! Unveils New Community Challenge Schedule, Crowns March’s Winners
– Magic School Lunar #BestOfSaturn
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