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A fan is hacking an old English translation into the Saturn version of daughter-raising simulator Princess Maker 2. Washbear posted a thread on SegaXtreme last week showing off her progress…
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This morning, version 2.0 of Exxistance’s Willy Wombat English Improvement patch went live. This patch is markedly more ambitious than its version 1.0 predecessor, going well beyond English menus. Exxistance’s…
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Earlier this week, Exxistance dropped a surprise English translation patch for the SEGA AGES port of the sprite scaling arcade racer Power Drift over on his GitHub. Released in 1998…
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Once again, prolific fan translator Exxistance releases another English fan translation in his “Summer of Saturn” series. Today, he translated the remaining Japanese text on Saturn fighter Dead or Alive….
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Released this morning by KoolFiller over on Segaxtreme, a full English translation is now available for the straight to home consoles hot-blooded family beat ’em up Nekketsu Oyako. A December…
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A pair of new quality-of-life patches – one for the Crime Patrol prototype and the other for Policenauts – were released on SegaXtreme earlier this week by romhacker privateye. Released…
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New English fan translation patches for lesser-known titles Tama: Adventurous Ball in Giddy Labyrinth (referred to just as Tama moving forward) and Hissatsu! are now available for us all to…
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Back in June 2001, with the popularity of the Magic: The Gathering property exploding the ’90s and continuing its domination in the 2000s despite the rise of other games such…
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Two new quality-of-life patches by romhacker privateye dropped on SegaXtreme earlier this month, this time for Daisuki and Death Crimson. Released patches for Death Crimson and Daisuki on Saturn that:…
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The SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 31st Anniversary Showcase reached its climax last night with the release of a digital magazine highlighting all 31 entries paired with announcing the contest winners. Showcase organizer Emerald…
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This week, we’ve gotten a few pieces of news that are notable to Saturn fans, from an infamous dating sim is getting a remake, to a patch enabling a hidden…
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New patches for SteamGear Mash not only translate the isometric Saturn-exclusive shooter into English but also add support for the 3D controller. Suinevere Pendragon uploaded the patches Monday to SegaXtreme…
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Prolific fan translation patch maker Exxistance kicked off what he calls his “summer of Saturn” today with an English patch for the Saturn port of SNK 2D fighting game Shinouken,…
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Crypt Killer and Mighty Hits are the latest light-gun titles to receive quality of life patches courtesy of romhacker privateye. Released patches for Crypt Killer and Mighty Hits on Saturn…
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New patches this week add 3D analog controller functionality to a pair of Saturn racing games, V.R. Virtua Racing and High Velocity: Mountain Racing Challenge, as well as keyboard and…
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What does Gebockers mean? I asked a robot and got this back: ゲボッカーズ (Gebockers) is a Japanese word that is derived from “ゲボッ” (gebo), which is used to represent the…
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There are a few smaller stories of interest to the Saturn community this week, from a movie with ties to a Saturn game hitting North American theaters for the first…
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The romhacker KoolFiller continues to pack the SegaXtreme resource section with quality projects. His latest contribution is a quartet of English activation patches, with additional improvements to liven the package…
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A colorful Saturn 2D fighter is more accessible for English-speaking audiences thanks to a new patch from Saturn community regular Exxistance. “My small entry is a partial English menu translation…
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Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits Bushidou Retsuden, the Samurai Spirits RPG, was released for Neo Geo CD, Saturn, and PlayStation in 1997. Each version has exclusive bonus content. Per Wikipedia: Neo Geo…
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A fan has localized into English the Japan-only sequel to Sega Saturn World War II strategy game Iron Storm. Not only that, he made a patch to correct the Working…
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Two English activation patches were posted to SegaXtreme earlier this week that make it even easier for non-Japanese-speaking Saturn fans to enjoy the Saturn games Battle Garegga and Bubble Symphony…
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Homebrew developer Fafling’s back with a new version of his optimization patch for Saturn’s Doom port, now making some levels run at a frame rate 2½ times faster than the…
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Two more light-gun-compatible games, Chaos Control and Die Hard Trilogy, have received quality-of-life patches thanks to privateye. Released patches for Chaos Control and Die Hard Trilogy on Saturn that :…
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Exxistance does it again and releases a fan translation based on the anime and manga series Ninku. The fighting game follows the frog-looking character Fūsuke, who is immensely powerful and…
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An old project to translate Saturn strategy RPG Langrisser III into English is being revived this month — by two people in unrelated, simultaneous efforts. What’s more, neither person originally…
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The Sega Saturn homebrew and translation scene is hoppin’ this time of year. From new games to updates to translation patches and utilities, let’s take a look at some of…
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A hacker new to the Saturn scene released a patch Tuesday that translates Kyuutenkai, also known as Fantastic Pinball, into English. ShivaSaturn posted a thread on SegaXtreme talking about their…
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It has been a year since SHIRO! last covered Paul Met and Meduza Team’s development of codes to unlock the framerate in select Sega Saturn titles, and they have been…
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Two more Saturn light-gun compatible games, Jinzou Ningen Hakaider: Last Judgement (localized as Mechanical Violator Hakaider: Last Judgement) and Scud: The Disposable Assassin, are now playable free of screen flashes…
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The programmer behind the Magic School Lunar fan translation patch released a meaty blog post Friday giving fans of the Lunar franchise, and Saturn RPGs, a look behind the scenes…
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Over the weekend a new “Willy Wombat English Advancement Patch” was shared in a Romhacking.net forum post that, when used in conjunction with last year’s “English Improvement Patch,” translates perhaps…
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The publisher of vertical shooter Radiant Silvergun’s PC port on Steam patched the game Sunday after a player discovered a way to score endlessly during a boss fight. Live Wire’s…
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Saturn fans can now enjoy the light-gun classics Area 51 and Maximum Force free of unnecessary bright screen flashes courtesy of SHIRO! community member privateye. He uploaded patches Saturday to…
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Finally Lupin III Saturn fans, after all these years you can now play Lupin the 3rd: Pyramid no Kenja (Or known in English as Sage of Pyramid):https://romhack.ing/database/content/entry/XJ5SNtjQSvK5-CLf2YUFeg/lupin-iii-the-sage-of-pyramid-english-translation For those of…