Editorial
DTS: The SEGA Developer’s ‘Game Mag’
Those who know me well are probably aware of my slight obsession with SEGA and Saturn-related gaming magazines… I suppose I’m just a big history nerd, and these old rags…
Editorial
News
House of the Dead 1 & 2 OST Up for Pre-Order on Vinyl
SHIRO! SHOW Recap On August 16th, Cartridge Thunder put up an announcement that the original soundtracks for House of the Dead 1 and 2 would be released on vinyl: You…shall…all…DIE!!!…
SHIRO! SHOW NEWS #22 – August 15th, 2021
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #22 news update! This week, we’ll be discussing: – The Saga of Sentiment: Playing Panzer Dragoon Saga in 1998- Panzer Dragoon Saga #BestOfSaturn- Developer Interview: 7shades on “Cubecat”- CyberSound: Saturn’s Musical Mid…
News
POWERSLAVE… EXHUMED at last!
SHIRO! SHOW Recap SATURN FANS, REJOICE! From Nightdive Studios, developer of remastered ports such as Doom 64, Turok, Shadowman and the upcoming System Shock, comes ‘POWERSLAVE EXHUMED’, an enhanced remaster…
Podcast Retrospective
SHIRO! Podcast Retrospective: S1: Episode 4 – “Spooky Saturn Halloween”
SHIRO! SHOW Recap This week, we take a look back at our first Halloween episode, all the way back in 2017. Also talking about Sega Lagoon, and the old SEGA…
Best Of Saturn
Panzer Dragoon Saga #BestOfSaturn
SHIRO! SHOW Recap The Big One. Arriving in 1998 as the Western Saturn faded, this magnificent RPG features an innovative combat system and a story of betrayal, loss, and redemption,…
Editorial
CyberSound: Saturn’s Musical Middleware
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Out of the box, Saturn offered incredible sound hardware, enabling musicians and sound designers to create complex and multi-layered tracks. It’s custom Yamaha YMF292 (aka Saturn Custom Sound…
Editorial
Developer Interview: 7shades on “Cubecat”
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Every community has its high profile members… You know, the ones who become something of a “household name”, for projects that push homebrew development forward? These are…
SHIRO! SHOW NEWS #21 – August 9th, 2021
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #21 news update! This week, we’ll be discussing: – NHL All Star Hockey ’98 #BestOfSaturn- SHIRO! Podcast Retrospective: S1: Episode 3 – “Let’s Get Technical”- Bulk Slash Twin Stick Control Layout PollOriginally premiered:…
SHIRO Shorts!
The Saga of Sentiment: Playing Panzer Dragoon Saga in 1998
WARNING: this piece discusses events in Panzer Dragoon Saga and contains many spoilers. You have been warned. SHIRO! SHOW Recap Loss… Released near the end of the western Saturn’s commercial…
News
Bulk Slash Twin Stick Control Layout Poll
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Lacquerware, one of the members on the Bulk Slash fan translation team, just put up a poll to gauge the public’s opinions on how the recently implemented…
Podcast Retrospective
SHIRO! Podcast Retrospective: S1: Episode 3 – “Let’s Get Technical”
This week on SHIRO! Retrospective, we look back on the third episode, “Let’s Get Technical”! SHIRO! SHOW Recap In this episode, we go into our first technical topic, which is…
Best Of Saturn
NHL All Star Hockey ’98 #BestOfSaturn
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Perhaps the most playable ice hockey game on the Saturn, NHL All Star Hockey ’98 is actually a re-branded version of NHL PowerPlay ’98 by Radical Entertainment….
SHIRO! SHOW NEWS #20 – August 2nd, 2021
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #20 news update! This week, we’ll be discussing: – World Heroes Perfect #BestOfSaturn- SHIRO! Podcast Retrospective: S1: Episode 2 – “Neo Geo on SEGA Saturn”- Saturn Virtua Racing “super secret cheat code” works- Rainbow …
News
Rainbow Cotton Fan Translation Released For Dreamcast
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Since being teased by SHIRO! a few shows ago, the project our very own Patrick has been working on, has now been released!For those of you unaware,…
News
Saturn Virtua Racing “super secret cheat code” works
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Since interviewing Chuck Tolman for my Virtua Racing video, a super secret loomed over my soul. Tolman told me and Patrick Traynor about a cheat code never…
Podcast Retrospective
SHIRO! Podcast Retrospective: S1: Episode 2 – “Neo Geo on SEGA Saturn”
SHIRO! SHOW Recap For our next week’s retrospective, we’d like to focus our attention on the second episode in season 1: “Neo Geo on SEGA Saturn”. Fun fact: This was…
Best Of Saturn
World Heroes Perfect #BestOfSaturn
SHIRO! SHOW Recap World Heroes Perfect is the fourth and final game in the World Heroes series. Ported over from the NEO GEO, it offers 16 playable fighters to take…
SHIRO! SHOW NEWS #19 – July 26th, 2021
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #19 news update! This week, we’ll be discussing: – Fire ProWrestling S: 6Men Scramble #BestOfSaturn- SHIRO! Podcast Retrospective: Season 1: Episode 1- Progress on the FPGA implementation of Saturn- Developer Interview: D…
Editorial
Developer Interview: Dr. Emerald Nova
While the Saturn Homebrew scene is still in it’s relative ‘infancy’ compared to other existing homebrew development communities (take the Mega Drive or Dreamcast for example), it’s had a bit…
News
Progress on the FPGA implementation of Saturn
SHIRO! SHOW Recap As we’ve reported in the past, Sergey Dvodnenko continues his work on the Saturn FPGA implementation for the MiSTer platform. Since the last update, it seems like…
Podcast Retrospective
SHIRO! Podcast Retrospective: Season 1: Episode 1
Welcome to this new series of articles we are putting together to celebrate, and look back on our previous podcast episodes! SHIRO! SHOW Recap Many of our newer fans have…
Spotlight
Fire ProWrestling S: 6Men Scramble #BestOfSaturn
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Long-running series Fire ProWrestling makes a Saturn appearance with 6-Men Scramble. Featuring dozens of wrestlers from various promotions, this sprite-based wrestle-fest is perhaps best known for its…
SHIRO! SHOW NEWS #18 – July 19th, 2021
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #18 news update! This week, we’ll be discussing: – Super Robot Wars 30 Announced With A Worldwide Release!- Sonic Wings Special #BestOfSaturn- SHIRO! Patreon Launch- And a few Misc. topicsOriginally premiered: July 16th, …
Community
WE LAUNCHED A PATREON!
SHIRO! SHOW Recap We’ve been asked countless times about how people can support us, and we’ve always said the usual, Like/Comment/Subscribe to our videos, and of course buy some merch…
Spotlight
Sonic Wings Special #BestOfSaturn
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Video System’s Sonic Wings Special sees you lead a small but elite force of Project Blue fighters in an attempt to defeat the evil forces of Fata…
News
Super Robot Wars 30 Announced With A Worldwide Release!
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Just recently, Bandai Namco announced Super Robot Wars 30, the next release in the long running Super Robot Wars series. This will also be the first in…
SHIRO! SHOW NEWS #17 – July 12th, 2021
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #17 news update! This week, we’ll be discussing: – SHIRO! Shorts: NiGHTS 1996 E3 Beta- Die Hard Arcade #BestOfSaturnOriginally premiered: July 12th, 2021 Follow us on our social media sites:
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Spotlight
Die Hard Arcade #BestOfSaturn
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Die Hard Arcade, based on the ST-V Titan arcade board, is a 3D action beat-em-up. Play as John McClane and Kris Thompsen as you ascend a skyscraper…
SHIRO! SHOW NEWS #16 – July 5th, 2021
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #15 news update! This week, we’ll be discussing: – Cotton Rock ‘n’ Roll Announced for Switch/PC/PS4!- Sakura Wars – One of SEGA’s Hidden Gems- Guardian Heroes #BestOfSaturn- Sega Saturn 3D Showcase, Part IVOriginally prem…
SHIRO Shorts!
SHIRO! Shorts: NiGHTS 1996 E3 Beta
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Today marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of NiGHTS into Dreams in Japan. Created by the Sonic Team and showcasing the talents of Yuji Naka, Naoto…
Editorial
Sega Saturn 3D Showcase, Part IV
Welcome to the fourth and final installment on our series on SEGA Saturn videogames with notable or impressive 3D graphics involving either polygons or bitmap sprites. This list includes software…
Spotlight
Guardian Heroes #BestOfSaturn
SHIRO! SHOW Recap A side-scrolling beat-em-up cult classic, Treasure’s Guardian Heroes lit the Saturn up in 1996. Featuring RPG-like stat gains at the end of each level, branching paths, multiple…
SHIRO! SHOW NEWS #15 – June 28th, 2021
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #15 news update! This week, we’ll be discussing: – Unreleased Dreamcast Game Dee Dee Planet, Released after over 20 years! – Revolutionary Girl Utena Spotlight – For the Revolution of the World! – GEX -vs- RAYMAN – Xeno C…
WEEKLY LIVE SHOW #15 – June 28th, 2021
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #15 news update!
This week, we’ll be discussing:
– Unreleased Dreamcast Game Dee Dee Planet, Released after over 20 years!
– Revolutionary Girl Utena Spotlight – For the Revolution of the World!
– GEX -vs- RAYMAN
– Xeno …