Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #9 news update!
This week, we’ll be discussing:
– SEGA Saturn 3D Showcase: Part 1/4
– Sakura Wars: Columns 2 Dreamcast Patch Install & 100% Save File Video Tutorial
– The Sacred POOLS
– Obscure Gamers Release 75 Saturn P…
News
SHIRO! SHOW Recap SEGASammy has just published their End of Year Fiscal Presentation for public shareholders, and it sheds some light on their plans moving forward… Download .PDF Essential to…
Spotlight
SHIRO! SHOW Recap One of the first Capcom X-Men productions, this plays like Street Fighter but features Marvel’s over the top characters. The comics adapt very well here with huge,…
Community
On the latest episode of The Saturn Junkyard’s TitanCast, they cover the amazing platformer, Astal. The platformer that was so hot, it didn’t come with it’s title on the side…
News
SHIRO! SHOW Recap We reported about this back in April that Obscure Gamers created a Ko-Fi to raise funds for several Prototype and Beta builds. We’re proud to say they…
Editorial
A strange curiosity buried by the sands of time, The Sacred POOLS was an attempt by SegaSoft to revive the long dying format of FMV games by incorporating adult themes,…
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #8 news update!
This week, we’ll be discussing:
– Developer Interview: PONUT
– Unreleased Game Disc Found: Monika no Shiro
– Unreleased Game Disc Found: RENSA
– Shining Wisdom #BestOfSaturn
– The Case AGAINST a Saturn M…
Guide
Are you having issues installing the English translation pack for Sakura Wars: Columns 2, or cannot get the 100% and DLC save files to install? Then check out Ben’s latest…
Editorial
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Hello to all the readers at SEGA Saturn, SHIRO! My name is Daniel Thomas MacInnes, an artist and writer, founder of Ghibli Blog and DT MEDIA, and…
SHIRO Shorts!
The unexpected 2016 release of the NES Classic Edition kicked off a micro-console fad that saw a wide variety of systems from generations past miniaturized and brought to market, capitalizing…
Spotlight
The first Shining game to hit the Saturn, this game started life on the MegaDrive / Genesis – and the visuals show. Still, a nice action RPG with Metroidvania sensibilities…
News
WHAT THE HECK is up with all these unreleased games??? Seriously..?Same exact guy/twitter account who was in possession of the recently reported Monica’s Castle has also posted a video showing…
News
We’ve recently covered the project in a previous article, but we’re proud to report that Sakura Wars: Column 2’s English translation has finally been released!Derek Pascarella and team released said…
Welcome to a new episode of the **SEGA Saturn, SHIRO! Podcast**!
This episode, we cover the mighty Saturn’s pinball games – and there were quite a few released over the console’s lifetime. Some were excellent and some were just so-so… but which games…
News
Uhhhh… So as if the whole appearance and release of Castlevania Resurrection wasn’t enough.., this recent Japanese twitter post (below) just came to our attention care of Mr^Burns… It seems…
Episode
Welcome to a new episode of the SEGA Saturn, SHIRO! Podcast! This episode, we cover the mighty Saturn’s pinball games – and there were quite a few released over the…
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #7 news update!
This week, we’ll be discussing:
– Developer Interview: XL2 on “HellSlave”.
– Castlevania Resurrection E3 Demo Released.
– Cotton Guardian Force Saturn Tribute Compilation.
– Burning Rangers Spotlight by V…
Editorial
In the rough and tough online world of homebrew development, there needs to be some bold individual who will stand up and speak for the ponies! Err… that is to…
News
We first talked about the record company a couple weeks back, when they put up Street Fighter Alpha 1 and 2’s OST for pre-order, but now they’ve teamed up with…
Guide
Alright! After two decades, we are tossed a bone from our brother, the Dreamcast! After so long, they released an unfinished E3 demo of the planned and abandoned Castlevania: Resurrection….
Review
One of the most sought after games in the Saturn collection. It is exclusive to the system and created by our very own Sonic Team. If you have an opportunity…
News
Hot off the release of the Cotton Reboot back in February of this year, to celebrate 30 years of Cotton, the company City Connection recently announced a collection of Cotton…
News
After the entire Saga of Castlevania Resurrection that was reported on over the last couple weeks (Part 1, Part 2), with baited breath, the playable game we’ve seen countless times…
Editorial
Sometimes it takes a revolutionary from humble beginnings to spark a movement against an opposing force considered too powerful to overcome… Spartacus, Joan of Arc, Andrew Jackson.., XL2..? Okay, Okay..!…
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #6 news update!
This week, we’ll be discussing:
– Omakase! Savers (feat. FilmCow).
– SHIRO! Shorts: Heads of Saturn.
– Hidden Palace posts Saturn prototype disc images.
– Satiator ODE back in stock.
– Magic Knight Rayea…
Review
One of the leading names of the arcade and the Sega Saturn, Virtua Cop brought railshooters to a whole new level of awesome! Taking down the criminal element of Virtua…
Uncategorized
Despite the bleak outlook suggested by this article’s headline, we have to acknowledge that this recent development does mean greater access to a lot of Japanese import games and anime…
Uncategorized
Thanks to Mr^Burns for bringing this news to our attention! It seems the source code for a Saturn port of Argonaut Games‘ Alien Odyssey has surfaced as an anonymous upload…
Spotlight
Virtual On is a one-on-one mech game. Faithfully ported to the Saturn from the arcades, the game is best controlled with SEGA’s fantastic Twin Sticks for the authentic arcade experience….
Spotlight
With the recent drop of several Saturn prototype images, one of them stood out to me with much excitement, a prototype of Magic Knight Rayearth, dating back to 9-18-1997: Naturally,…
News
This headline basically saved you a click, but yes, Professor Abrasive’s ODE that fits inside the Saturn video card slot is back in stock as of April 20th, 2021. For…
News
The website Hidden Palace recently posted downloadable rips of 80 Saturn prototypes and early builds. This is “part 2” of the team’s Project Deluge, including a whopping 370 early builds…
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #5 news update!
This week, we’ll be discussing:
– PandaMonium’s review of the cancelled US Saturn game: Parodius
– Korea rates Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown
– The House of the Dead Remake confirmed for Nintendo Swit…
SHIRO Shorts!
SHIRO! Shorts is a series of tiny articles focusing on various aspects of the Saturn Universe. SEGA’s North American ads during the Genesis era were edgy and routinely featured various…
Editorial
This article includes machine translated text from Japanese interviews. The original Japanese text will be shown beneath each translation. If you are fluent in Japanese and believe there is a…