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Welcome to the SEGA Saturn, SHIRO! Podcast!Episode 3: Latter Day 3D FightersAir Date: 2023-08-22Patreon Early Access: 2023-07-18
Join Nick, Dave, Pat, and Peter for a great discussion of 3D fighters that came out later in the Saturn’s lifecycle. We t…
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Former Sega president Shoichiro Irimajiri recently gave a lecture series at the Forum of Management for Tomorrow on October 20, 2022, focused on his time at Sega in the 90’s.
He speaks candidly about the troubles with SEGA of America concerning the 3…
News
Here are a few stories of interest to the Saturn community from the past week. Nights LEGO set hits 1,000 supporters A Nights into Dreams playset that was submitted as…
Community
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…
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On July 9th, 2023, Gregori Rasputin announced in a thread that him, Soniccd123, and Malenko started work on inserting the PS1 translation by Working Designs into the Saturn version of…
Best Of Saturn
Silhouette Mirage appeared on Japanese Saturns in late 1997 courtesy of fabled software house Treasure. A fast-paced action platformer, the gimmick here is that the heroine possesses traits of both…
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You never know what secrets continue to lurk in Sega Saturn games, even after nearly 30 years. This week saw new secrets come to light, as one industrious Shining Force…
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Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Live at Game On Expo 2023!
This week, we’ll be covering a couple news stories, and looking at some of the amazing stuff here at Game On Expo in Phoenix, AZ.
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Nights into Dreams is the theme for this year’s annual Sonic Amateur Games Expo — aka SAGE — and a new trailer Sunday highlighted three fan-made homages to the iconic…
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On February 1, 2018, Hideki Sato gave an interview over several days at the Hitotsubashi University Innovation Research Center as part of an oral history on the video games industry in Japan. SEGA-16 & MD SHOCK later translated much of the Japane…
News
Here are a few of the smaller Saturn-related stories from my metaphorical reporter’s notebook from this week. Spanish translation of Nanatsu shows signs of life The person translating Nanatsu Kaze…
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The Fenrir ODE is a great way to play your Saturn in 2023, between its relative ease of installation and the convenience of having access to your entire library of…
Best Of Saturn
April 1997 saw the Japan-only release of Jaleco’s Fantastep, a 3D adventure game featuring 2D sprites. Heavy on the language barrier, the adventure is more of a point-and-click affair and…
News
The developer of the MiSTer FPGA’s Saturn core has saved the day with his latest update — it adds the ability to save progress in games, a long-requested feature among…
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Last week brought a major update for the Sega Saturn FILM Muxer, originally released last November, by homebrew developer TrekkiesUnite118. Known for his pursuit of audio and video quality in…
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Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates!
This week, we’ll be discussing:- COOL COOL TOON… TRANSLATED!- EDITOR’S CORNER PODCAST – EP 18: Interview with John Linneman of Digital Foundry- Crows: The Battle Action for Segasaturn #BestOfSaturn- Radi…
News
It’s been a busy news week for the Saturn scene, so let’s take a look at a few of the odds and ends from the last several days. Main MiSTer…
Spotlight
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…
News
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…
Best Of Saturn
Based on a manga (as so many Japanese Saturn titles are), Crows: The Battle Action for Segasaturn is a very late 1997 Japan-only delight. A beat-em-up featuring super-deformed characters, it…
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SaturnDave & TraynoCo sit down with John to discuss Saturn and a whole bunch of other retro gaming topics!YouTube Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T25ineEJor0
Digital Foundry: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9PBzalIcEQCsiIkq36PyUA
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Almost an entire year ago, on August 10th, 2022, our good buddy Derek Pascarella (ateam) announced that he would be tackling the translation of Dreamcast’s quirky rhythm dance off, Cool Cool Toon. After…
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Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates!
This week, we’ll be discussing:- Deep Fear, Resident Evil Get Spanish Fan Translation Patches- ThunderForce V #BestOfSaturn- News Roundup for the Week of July 24
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Owners of the original 20-pin model of the Fenrir optical drive emulator can rejoice — a new batch of SaturnSwitchers will go on sale later today. The creator of the…
News
From updates on new peripheral hardware and a fan translation to games we’ve reported on before coming to new platforms, we’ve got a solid slate of news items in the…
Best Of Saturn
Technosoft’s awesome ThunderForce series arrives to 32-bit gaming, with the fifth installment featuring all-new 3D visuals coupled with traditional 2D gameplay. Master your forward and rear shots and take advantage…
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You must play Sega Saturn — or as you might say in Spanish, ¡debe jugar a Sega Saturn! Especially now, with a couple of high-profile Spanish fan translations of Saturn…
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Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates!
This week, we’ll be discussing:- English Patch for Baroque Releases- News Roundup for the Week of July 17- ARCHIVE INTERVIEW: TJ Davis – Vocalist on Sonic R & Metropolis Street Racer Soundtracks- Spa…
News
In news that’s tangentially related to the Saturn, the latest movie in the Slam Dunk franchise is coming to U.S. theaters next week after it debuted to critical acclaim and…
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Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates!
This week, we’ll be discussing:- Canceled Games of SEGA’s Leaked Fiscal Year ’97 Documents- PandaMonium Reviews Every Page of Leaked FY97 Docs in Livestream- Irimajiri Clears the Air Regarding SoA/Saturn…
Best Of Saturn
Dating back to 1978 (!), Space Invaders is a simple game of timing as you try to shoot down a horde of invading aliens that are descending ever closer. The…
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Original Recording Date: Wednesday, August, 26, 2020
In this interview we’re joined by singer TJ Davis, or as you may well know her, the vocalist behind the iconic Sonic R soundtrack. From tracks such as Super Sonic Racing, which has appeared in seve…
News
Amidst Shiro’s continuing coverage of the leaked Sega Fiscal Year 1997 brand documents and all of the breaking news last week, there are a few smaller stories to catch up…
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A fan-made English patch for the Saturn version of first-person roguelike RPG Baroque is now available, coming less than two months after developer Plissken announced he was working on it….
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Just last week, Taito announced a three game compilation titled The Taito LD Collection. Compiling the classic LaserDisc FMV games such as Time Gal and Ninja Hayate (Previously ported to…