This is a listing of all original homebrew applications and tools for Sega Saturn. The vast majority of this software is hosted through SegaXtreme and would likely never exist if it was not for them. Also, a huge thanks to our good friend and supporter, Emerald Nova, who has inspired the Saturn community to create so many great homebrew applications through the annual Saturn game competition!
ORIGINAL GAMES
500Zorkmids – SegaXtreme
Shadows of Peakwater – 2D isometric RPG
7shades – SegaXtreme
Cube Cat – Delightful 3D platformer that controls great
cafe-alpha – SegaXtreme / Website
Jacky Car – Simple 2D top-down driving game
Planet de Pon – Panel de Pon clone
Cobradile – SegaXtreme
Rossies Classic – Simple gallery shooter
Kriss Mingle – Visual novel and Santa-dating sim
Telocation Gemini – Port of the 3D platformer for N64
DamageX – SegaXtreme
Fly vs Fly – 2-player shooter
Shmup Salad – Vertical shooter with food & utensils
Emerald Nova – SegaXtreme / Website
Cash Boa – Snake meets GTA
Tower – Rudimentary tower defense game
Minesweeper – Just like Minesweeper for Windows
Forsaken Plane – Dungeon exploring rogue-like
GalaXmas – Christmas-themed vertical shooter
En83 – SegaXtreme
Celeste Classic – Port of the 2D platformer’s C / SDL version
Ervilsoft – SegaXtreme
Sickle – Overhead shooter / action game
Sartist – Saturn painting studio
Pulitzer – Point-and-click horror game
The World’s Hardest Game – Port of the 2D puzzle game
Farkus – SegaXtreme
Coup – AI-assisted recreation of the bluffing card game Coup with six-player online play
Disasteroids NetLink mod – AI-assisted mod of Slinga’s Disasteroids that adds 12-player online play
Flicky’s Flock NetLink mod – AI-assisted mod of Slinga’s Flicky’s Flock that adds 12-player online play
Utenyaa NetLink mod – AI-assisted mod of Slinga’s Utenyaa that adds four-player online play as well as custom map and character support
Micro Motor Mayhem NetLink mod – AI-assisted mod of Jberetta’s Micro Motor Mayhem that adds four-player online play
Folken (nova32) – SegaXtreme / Website
Asteroids Terra – Simple 2D arcade shooter
Mazinger Z – Simple 2D arcade shooter
Fran Matsusaka – SegaXtreme / Website
Bridget Bishop – 3D Adventure & Exploration game
Frogbull – SegaXtreme / Patreon
Shenmue: Back in Yokosuka – Top-down 2D adventure that includes an arcade with Master System emulated games and a 3D forklift race
Minecraft – Recreation of the 3D worldbuilding and crafting game
Hitomi2500 – SegaXtreme / GitHub
15 Xtreme – 2D Puzzle Game
Everlasting Summer – Visual novel
hotrodx – YouTube
X-Men Arcade – Recreation of Konami’s 2D beat ’em up
Jberetta – SegaXtreme
ZYGO – 2D action platformer
ZYGO 3D – 3D action platformer
Cold Case – 3D survival horror game
Micro Motor Mayhem – 3D racer with multiplayer
KeiDash – SegaXtreme
Blood Stigma: The Mystical Escape – Isometric Action-Adventure game
mrkotfw – SegaXtreme
Heroic-Vania – Simple NES-style Castlevania clone
El Tekolote Demo – Entered into the 2003 Coding Contest under the name Nescphp
NaiSan – SegaXtreme / YouTube
Dragon Ball Saturn – 2D beat ’em up
Shenmue Quiz – Test your knowledge of the Shenmue series
nando (Hassmaschine) – SegaXtreme
Pixel Poppy Pong! – Pong with powerups and lots of kitties
ndiddy – SegaXtreme
New Game
The Garfield Master – Garfield-themed Tetris-style puzzle game
not-AI-generated – SegaXtreme
Saturn Wordle – Wordle for Saturn
PenguinEmporium – SegaXtreme
SIMple-City – 2D model city and railroad track creator
Ponut – SegaXtreme
Pony Game – 3D physics playground & obstacle course
Slidehop – 3D Obstacle Course Racing game
Reinhart – SegaXtreme
Sonic Steals a Ring
RetroRaiderJohn – YouTube
Tomb Raider: Unfinished Business – Recreation of the PC expansion for Tomb Raider by heavily modifying the Saturn version of Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider 2 – Recreation of Tomb Raider 2 by heavily modifying the Saturn version of Tomb Raider
Ricardo Campione (Playnautic) – itch.io
Vigilant Paradise – 3D first-person shooter
Rockin’ B – SegaXtreme
MineSweeper
Sansigolo (Neuromage Studio) – SegaXtreme / Website
The Lighthouse of Sao Bento do Odeste – Visual Detective Novel
The Case of the City Botucaiba – Visual Detective Novel
Red Moon: Lost Days – Visual Novel with Adventure game elements
LD0 Lost Days Zero – Visual Novel with Adventure game elements
slimshaky – SegaXtreme
Snake SS – Port of Stephen Bryant’s 2010 Windows version of Snake
Slinga – SegaXtreme / GitHub
Twelve Snakes – 12-player Snake clone
Flicky’s Flock – 12-player Flappy Bird clone
Balloonatics – 12-player Balloon Fight clone
Disasteroids – 12-player Asteroids clone
Sweeper Squad – 12-player Minesweeper clone
SuperReye – SegaXtreme / Website
Tank Game – 3D Combat clone
SkyBlaster – 2D horizontal shooter with 3D elements
Utenyaa – 3D isometric Combat clone with kitties
Quadworld – 3D clone of Minecraft
Tails of Saturn – SegaXtreme
Puff Pastry Panic – 3D adventure
ThatOneGuy – SegaXtreme
Fists of Ouchie – 2D platform fighting game
the.chojin – SegaXtreme
Noiz2sa – Port of the bullet-hell shoot-em-up
VBT – SegaXtreme
SegaXtreme Coding Contest 2003 entries – SMS Plus, FCE Ultra, Master Gear, Pic Viewer
Touring Truck Challenge – Simple 3D drag racing game
Flashback – Port of the 2D adventure game
Heart of Darkness – Port of the 2D adventure game
Voxel – SegaXtreme
Sonic X-Treme (Remake) – Remake of the famously unreleased Sonic game
Vreuzon – SegaXtreme
Le Spin
Xenos Interactive (Team Starlane) – SegaXtreme / Website
Blue Skies – 3D flight simulator
XL2 – SegaXtreme / GitHub
Sonic Z-Treme – Reimagining of the famously unreleased Sonic game
Sonic Z-Treme: Metal Sonic – Remake of the Sonic Xtreme E3 1996 Demo
Hellslave – First person shooter & multiplayer deathmatch
Irréel– Remake of the first few levels of Unreal
Z-TEAM – SegaXtreme / Website
Maria Renard’s Revenge – Simple SNES-style Castlevania clone
TECH DEMOS
am.25 – SegaXtreme
Sonic Boss Tech Demo – Simple 3D engine demo
Emerald Nova – SegaXtreme / Website
Seniriu – Simple 3D environment demo
Jollyroger – SegaXtreme / YouTube
AVR Audio/Video Rendering – Demo that renders polygons using the SCSP DSP audio chip
Knight 0f Dragon – SegaXtreme
Unnamed Shooter App – Simple NetLink OS Test Game
nando (Hassmaschine) – SegaXtreme
Interactive Particle Generator – Interactive demo to create various particle effects on-screen
SuperReye – SegaXtreme / Website
3D Cloth Simulation – Fabric physics demonstration
TrekkiesUnite118 – SegaXtreme
Cinepak Demo Reel – Best Cinepak Video Compression Demonstration
VBT – SegaXtreme
Magic – Simple graphics demo
Test – Simple graphics demo
EMULATION
Ervilsoft – SegaXtreme
Pico-8 Emulator
Chip-8 Emulator
ndiddy – SegaXtreme
Cyberblock Metal Orange
Ponut – SegaXtreme / GitHub
GVRL Demo – A somewhat complex use demo for hi resolution 3D on Saturn
TrekkiesUnite118 – SegaXtreme
Final Fantasy Demo
VBT – SegaXtreme
Final Burn Neo
Flashback (Reminiscence Port Update)
Wolfenstein 3D
Wolfenstein 3D – Multiboot
TOOLS & UTILITIES (For SATURN)
cafe-alpha – SegaXtreme / Website
Dezaemon 2 Save Game Manager – Import homemade shmups for play in Dezaemon 2
Save Data Manager – Multi-purpose tool for save data management, more info here
ChristopheF – SegaXtreme / Website
Dungeon Master Nexus Translation Kit – Tools for custom translations of DMN
Ervilsoft – SegaXtreme
QR Save Transfer – Export save files from Saturn to PC via QR code
Frogbull – SegaXtreme / Patreon
TON Editor – Full GUI allowing users to open, edit and explore the sound data of Saturn games
Hitomi2500 – SegaXtreme / GitHub
240p Test Suite – Port of the video color and calibration software for Saturn
Knight 0f Dragon – SegaXtreme
Kronos Emulator NetLink Edition – NetLink Compatible Version of Kronos
Netlink OS – Specialized NetLink/XBand Connection Driver/Software
Saturn Save Converter – Convert save data between different formats
Sega Saturn Patcher – Great Patching utility for Sega Saturn hacks & translations
Ponut – SegaXtreme / GitHub
Ponésound Library – Saturn SCSP Sound Library / 68K Driver
Rikapso – SegaXtreme
Shining Force III Translation Tools
SegaRpgFan – SegaXtreme / GitHub / Website
NetBand Tunnel – Online Tunnel for NetLink / XBand Saturn Games
Slinga – SegaXtreme / GitHub
Save Game Extractor – Transmit saves to PC as audio waveform
Save Game Copier – Backup internal & cart save files to SD card
SuperReye – SegaXtreme / Website
3D Model Converter
TrekkiesUnite118 – SegaXtreme
Cinepak Test Player – Play back Cinepak encoded video on Sega Saturn
TOOLS & UTILITIES (For PC)
ateam (Derek Pascarella) – SegaXtreme / Website
Orbital Organizer – SD card management tool for Rhea and Phoebe ODEs
cafe-alpha – SegaXtreme / Website
SatLink – Communicates with supported cartridges to perform various functions
Save Repack – Inject save files into Save Data Manager, more info here
Hitomi2500 – SegaXtreme / GitHub
Sega Saturn RAM Backup parser – Manage whole dumps of internal and cartridge memory
Ponut – SegaXtreme / GitHub
Ponésound Library – Saturn SCSP Sound Library / 68K Driver
Z-Treme Engine Model Converter (fork)
Tails of Saturn – SegaXtreme
Enceladus Worlds – Model converter and stage builder for Jo Engine
TrekkiesUnite118 – SegaXtreme
Sega Saturn FILM Tools – Easily MUX audio & video without the need for Macintosh VM
XL2 – SegaXtreme / GitHub
Z-Treme Engine Model Converter – Convert 3D Models for Z-Treme Engine