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SHIRO! already knows Saturn games are art, and now an arts festival agrees. Red Moon: Lost Days, the first commercial Sega Saturn homebrew game, has been accepted into the ninth…
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A former Bethesda employee by the name of Michael Matthews once caught the attention of a Sega Saturn Facebook group. He posted pictures of the development Saturn console they used…
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Download Rhea/Phoebe Sorter:https://github.com/DerekPascarella/Rhea-Phoebe-Sorter Back in 2015, hardware engineer Deunan released his Rhea and Phoebe ODEs (optical drive emulators) for the Sega Saturn. These two represent the first of their kind…
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Micro Motor Mayhem, Mobile Suit Gundam and the Saturn Ring Library are the big winners in the SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 30th Anniversary Game Competition, as organizer Emerald Nova announced today…
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The Brazilian developer and retro YouTuber NaiSan (aka Nai Adventure) posted in the SHIRO! Discord server on Tuesday evening a glimpse of his in-development Sega Saturn homebrew, a beat ‘em…
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Noah and the Poohloudies just got its first update (and it’s a BIG one) in over four years, after hitting a dead end with the previous game engine. This time…
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The results of the SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 30th Anniversary Game Competition have been delayed by about a week, its organizer said Thursday. EmeraldNova told others on the SegaXtreme Discord server…
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This year we saw two submissions from TrekkiesUnite118 to the SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 30th Anniversary Game Competition. First is an update to Sega FILM Tools, a useful java app for…
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The SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 30th Anniversary Game Competition saw an impressive nine submissions in the “Original Games” category, and SHIRO! intends to shine a light on each of these. Today…
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Frogbull is full of surprises — the latest being a larger Shenmue project on Saturn than he initially teased, and it’s publicly playable, no less. The homebrew developer updated his…
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The deadline for the SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 30th Anniversary Game Competition passed this morning, shortly followed by competition coordinator EmeraldNova revealing the entries, which totaled more than two dozen. There…
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Homebrew developer Frogbull is back at it, this time showing off the fan-favorite New Yokosuka Harbor District forklift racing from Dreamcast classic Shenmue running on the Saturn in glorious 32…
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Miniature cars hit the streets — or rather, the tabletop — in Micro Motor Mayhem, the newest Saturn homebrew game. Developer JBeretta, known for last year’s SegaXtreme Game Contest original…
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There’s a new tool at Saturn fans’ disposal to make development of homebrew games on the console even easier: a software development kit called Saturn Ring Library. Its lead developer,…
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More than 1,100 games were released at retail for the Sega Saturn. But its library is more than that — dozens of fan-made homebrew games have been created in the…
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Attention all Sega Saturn homebrew developers, game translators, patchers, hackers and tinkerers alike: The deadline for the 2025 SegaXtreme Saturn Homebrew Competition is fast approaching! All entries must be submitted…
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A new development library by Danny, SaturnMath++ has just been released. SaturnMath++ is a C++23 library dedicated to Sega Saturn hardware, offering essential mathematical operations tailored for fixed-point arithmetic and…
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On Saturday, March 8th, JoEngine author, Johannes Fetz, released a new stable version v2025.1 of his trusty Sega Saturn Software Development Kit. This marks the first update in nearly a…
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Much of the northern hemisphere may be in a deep freeze, but the Saturn scene’s always hot. Here’s a look at some of the recent stories fans are talking about….
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Hello SEGA fans, it’s James the SEGAHolic of The SEGAGuys, and while we’re only four days into 2025, the homebrew community simply refuses to take a break. We covered jnmartin84’s…
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Gameplay of GTA III on actual Dreamcast hardware For years, Grand Theft Auto 3 was a missed opportunity for Dreamcast, having been developed for it but eventually cancelled due to…
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Editor’s note: The developer, RetroRaiderJohn, provided clarifications on the scope of his expanded plans after the original version of this story was published. The story has been edited to reflect…
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Hello again, SEGA fans, it’s James the SEGAHolic of the SEGAGuys here, and we’re back with another Sega Saturn homebrew update. As followers of the channel will be aware, we’ve…
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In this interview, we sit down with Andreas Scholl, who rocked into the Saturn scene with his Burning Rangers Tribute demo, and later his work on Rainbow Cotton HD. What…
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It is time again for the annual SegaXtreme homebrew game competition! This is the sixth annual SEGA Saturn Anniversary Game Competition that I’ve hosted on SegXtreme since restarting the competition…
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Homebrew developer hotrodx is back with a new version of their Sega Saturn recreation of X-Men, the 1992 Konami arcade brawler, and it adds a new playable character, Nightcrawler, as…
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We’re still a few months away from the next annual SegaXtreme Saturn homebrew competition, but that doesn’t mean talented members of the community aren’t already showing off progress on their…
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A new homebrew software is demonstrating what can be done with the Saturn’s sound processor, giving users control over its capabilities with a simple text-based interface running on the console….
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After several months of hard work, Saturn community member & developer, Frogbull, shared his latest progress on the Metal Gear Solid project for Sega Saturn. Frogbull claims the second level…
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If you’re interested in watching videos on your Saturn, here are a few tips to get you started. Through this tutorial you’ll gain a working understanding of the technical limitations…
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The developer of the first commercially sold Saturn homebrew game, Red Moon: Lost Days, has announced its prequel. The game, Lost Days 0, was announced during the Homebrew Games Summer…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…