Editorial
I Bought a SAROO…
” And there will be… sorrow SAROO! “-Bad Religion There may be a few folks scratching their heads at this article’s title thinking, ‘What exactly is a… SAROO?’ If this…
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New Version of X-Men on Saturn Adds Playable Storm, Three-Player Co-op
Homebrewer hotrodx released an update to their Sega Saturn recreation of 1992 Konami arcade beat-em-up X-Men last week. Hotrodx distributed version 0.2 via a Mega.nz link in a YouTube video…
Community
Cold Case, Stellar Assault, FILM Muxer Win Top Prizes in SegaXtreme Saturn Game Competition
The results of the SegaXtreme 29th Anniversary Sega Saturn Game Competition were announced today, with homebrew survival horror game Cold Case, the English localization of Stellar Assault SS and a…
Community
First Look at Frogbull’s Brand New Star Wars Homebrew Dreamcast Game
Frogbull, the indie developer who has teased us with demos of Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy 7 on Saturn as well as Metal Gear Solid 2 on Dreamcast, is…
Best Of Saturn
Tomb Raider: Unfinished Business #BestOfSaturn
The 1997 expansion pack to the first Tomb Raider, subtitled Unfinished Business, finally hit Saturn in 2023 courtesy of Retro Raider John. The Atlantis levels pick up from the conclusion…
Community
SegaXtreme Game Competition Roundup
For the 5th year in a row, SegaXtreme & Emerald Nova, bring us an outstanding lineup of Sega Saturn homebrew, patches and tools from this amazing community, marking the 29th…
Community
Roundup: Showcasing Entries in the SEGA Saturn 29th Anniversary Game Competition
There were dozens of entries this year in SegaXtreme’s SEGA Saturn 29th Anniversary Game Competition and each of them are worth checking out. Here’s a closer look at a handful…
Community
Homebrew Spotlight: Pixel Poppy Pong
Sometimes even a simple game of Pong can be a lot of fun. That’s the driving principle behind one of the Saturn’s newest games, Pixel Poppy Pong, a two-player homebrew…
News
Saturn Patch Unlocks Hidden Bonus Stages in Bomberman Fight!!
Saturn hacker Bo Bayles, behind such projects as the NiGHTS into Dreams Retro-Bit Controller fix, and finding the playable Dolphin in Burning Rangers, released a patch last week that unlocks…
Community
Amiga’s Castlevania Tribute, ‘Maria Renard’s Revenge’ Hits Saturn
Just yesterday, January 18th, 2024, Amiga developer Z-Team submitted their entry to this year’s Saturn Game Competition hosted by SegaXtreme and organized by Dr. Emerald Nova. Z-Team has created a…
Community
Tomb Raider on 32X
Nearly 2 years ago (Mar 8, 2022) developer XProger announced that he was working on porting OpenLara, an open source Tomb Raider engine to SEGA’s 32X add-on. Fast forward to…
Community
X-MEN Arcade Recreated on SEGA Saturn
On the 3rd of January, hotrodx, long time member of the SegaXtreme & SGDK communities, posted a little DEMO for a homebrew recreation of Konami’s 1992 X-MEN Arcade, which they…
Community
Video Shows Homebrew Prototype of Final Fantasy VII Running on Saturn
The homebrew developer of the Metal Gear Solid prototype for the Saturn is at it again — this time with another prominent PlayStation exclusive, Final Fantasy VII. Frogbull uploaded a…
Community
SAROO Firmware May Be Bricking Some Cartridges
Cyotheville, an electrical engineer who’s been closely following the SAROO project, said on social media last week that the Saturn flash cartridge’s latest firmware seems to be bricking some devices….
News
NEW SATURN HORROR GAME! – Cold Case by JBeretta
Saturn homebrew developer JBeretta, behind the cute 2D platformer Zygo, has dipped their foot into the world of survival horror with their new 3D game Cold Case, A brand new…
Interview
Interview: 7SHADES talks Saturn Development at PRGE 2023
Back in 2021, SHIRO! had the opportunity to interview the then Saturn homebrew community newcomer, 7Shades, regarding his shadow-dropped title, CUBECAT. At that time, the game was still fairly early…
Community
XL2 Confirms Metal Gear Solid Prototype Is Real
A prominent Saturn homebrew developer whose code was used in part to make a prototype of Metal Gear Solid running on the Saturn confirmed that the prototype is real. XL2…
Community
Video Appears to Show Metal Gear Solid Running on Saturn
[Edit, Oct. 18: The veracity of the footage discussed in this story has been confirmed. See our story on it here. The original story remains unedited below.] A hobbyist modder…
Community
Fans Port Tomb Raider Expansion Unfinished Business to Saturn
After more than a year of work, fans have finished a Saturn port of the 1998 PC expansion to Tomb Raider, Unfinished Business. RetroRaiderJohn, the port’s lead developer, uploaded a…
Community
SAGE 2023 Trailer Highlights Nights Fangames
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…
Community
Saturn FILM Muxer Video Tool Gets Update
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…
News
Driving Strikers Officially Goes on Sale
Driving Strikers is now on sale physically and digitally for the Dreamcast after going up on publisher Wave Game Studios’ website last Friday. The landmark indie-developed vehicular soccer game is…
News
Dreamcast Controller to Naomi Adapter In The Works By Mister Addons
A couple weeks ago, the owner of Mister Addons, known for their various configurations and addons related to the MiSTer FPGA platform, teased a new adapter board which would allow…
Community
News Roundup for the Week of Feb. 20
Let’s take a look around the world of Saturn fandom to check out the smaller stories that have happened in the past week. Playable build of Zygo homebrew game posted…
Community
New Visual Novel ‘Red Moon: Lost Days’ Launches for Saturn
A new homebrew game blending a visual novel with RPG elements released today for the Saturn — Red Moon: Lost Days, the culmination of two years of development by Neuromage…
Community
SegaXtreme’s 28th Anniversary SEGA Saturn Game Competition
NOTE: BE SURE TO CHECK BACK FOR NEW UPDATES & INFORMATION ! Another trip around the sun means another excellent showing of Saturn homebrew, patches and tools from our amazing…
Community
Bridget Bishop: A Charming Saturn Adventure
This little homebrew adventure game, Bridget Bishop, is one of those neat little surprises that seem to come out of nowhere. Much like 7Shades’ Cubecat, we didn’t really hear or…
Community
UNREAL Demo on REAL Saturn Hardware
Saturn-wizard, XL2 and crew (Corvusdeux & Ponut) have stunned the fan community with a tech demo that many would have thought to completely impossible… ‘IRRÉEL’ features the first two levels…
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NEW Saturn Visual Mystery Novel from Neuromage
From the creators that brought us The Lighthouse of São Bento do Oeste (Neuromage Studio) comes a new installment featuring the return of protagonist Renne Bras in The Case of…
Community
Dreamcast Gets First Online Homebrew Game: Driving Strikers
The Saturn homebrew scene has been buzzing in recent years but so has the Dreamcast one, which has marked big milestone — the first online-capable fan-made game for Sega’s last…
Editorial
Sega Saturn Game BASIC Programming
This article has been re-published, with permission, from its original source. IntroPart 2: Hello, Saturn!Part 3: Set up a Game BASIC Development VMPart 4: Run, Load, and Save Programs via…