Community
The thrilling conclusion to the inaugural year of the SHIRO! Community Challenge begins Friday as participants will compete in the Raizing-developed, shooter-racing game hybrid “Kingdom Grandprix.” Throughout the month of…
Guide
In this edition: The House of the Dead Taikenban normally lets you play part of the first chapter. But we can patch the demo to let us play more of…
Best Of Saturn
Nowadays we take some types of games for granted as simple freeware or shareware, but in the Saturn’s heyday, they were full-fledged standalone releases. Aquazone could perhaps fall into this…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Minnesota Fats Pool Legend #BestOfSaturn– Under the Microscope: Cheat Code Roundup– Saturn 3D Pad Bluetooth Adapter Inches Closer…
Community
The surprise release of an English translation patch for Princess Crown was met with widespread praise among fans, before it was quickly marred with controversy after the original team raised…
Community
Since the publication of this article, we have heard back from eadmaster and published an interview with him. You can read it by clicking here. SamIAm, the person behind a…
Community
Since this article was published, it has come to our attention that the person who created the patch used old resources and did not communicate with the original translator or…
News
Sega continues to celebrate the Saturn’s 30th anniversary in Japan with a set of music CDs featuring Burning Rangers’ original soundtrack as well as new remasters and karaoke versions. The…
Community
The ability to unplug the cable from the Saturn 3D Control Pad sent the imagination of fans on a rollercoaster for many years. Former SEGA hardware developer Kenji Tosaki spoke…
Guide
Approximately 20% of my mental capacity was dedicated to finding, using, and thinking about cheat codes when I was a kid. I first submitted a code to SegaSages.com when I…
Best Of Saturn
Every legend needs a hero… and perhaps after Craig Stadler, the next biggest Saturn sports hero is Minnesota Fats himself! Minnesota Fats Pool Legend is a 1995 Data East release…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Saturn News Roundup: Propaganda Proto, Out Run LEGO, Kronos Emulator– Argonaut Interviews Croc Programmer About Saturn Version– 2024…
Community
Right before Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2024, Malenko — who has worked on several fan translations in the past, such as Tokyo Highway Battle ’97 and Saturn Bomberman Fight!! —…
Best Of Saturn
An action-adventure with a good dose of Metroidvania sensibilities and a touch of RPG trappings, the Story of Thor 2/The Legend of Oasis landed as a 1996 sleeper hit. Join…
Guide
In this edition I’ve got debug menu hacks for three Saturn RPGs: Riglordsaga 2 Shiroki Majo: Mouhitotsu no Eiyuu Densetsu Magic Knight Rayearth These menus let you alter game parameters…
Community
The missiles in Battle Garegga looked “broken” in the Saturn core before a recent update Updates slowed down a bit for the Saturn core of the MiSTer FPGA, with just…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Saturday, September 28, 2024 – 4pm Pacific Presenter: SHIRO! Media Group Panel Title: “SEGA: A Company (Too Far) Ahead of Its Time” Panel Description: SEGA was many things, but more…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– ★ EDITOR’S CORNER EP 27 – How SEGA Has Changed… w/Dan The MegaDriver & Sega Lord X– Voice…
News
The developer of 1997 3D platformer Croc interviewed the Saturn version of the game’s programmer and posted the answers on X yesterday, shedding light on how it was made and…
News
Let’s take a look at a few recent headlines that Saturn fans have been talking about. Propaganda prototype revealed A person by the screen name of Allenasm posted on Reddit…
Guide
In this edition, I find some long-unknown passwords for Alien Trilogy, and one of them is surprisingly rude. Here’s the comprehensive list of passwords with new ones highlighted: I also…
Best Of Saturn
1997’s Voice Fantasia is perhaps best described as a minigame-driven RPG-like hodgepodge title reliant on copious voice acting as its main draw. In the game, three crazy girls must use…
SHIRO! PODCAST
SaturnDave is joined by good friends, Dan The MegaDriver and Sega Lord X to discuss the ways that SEGA changed from the 4th to 5th to 6th console generations and…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Sega Lounge a Success at Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2024– Saturn Homebrew Update: Flashback, Frogs and More– X-Men…
Best Of Saturn
Developed in 1997 by Daft and published by Xing, K1 Fighting Illusion is a martial arts-type game and one of three K1-based Saturn titles in Japan. Select from 12 fighters…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing: – Dragon Force: The Soul of the Sega Saturn? – Lunar Remastered Collection Coming to Modern Platforms in…
Guide
In this edition: Blazing Heroes (a.k.a. Mystaria, a.k.a. Riglord Saga) has a hidden set of debug and cheat menus. They allow you to be invincible, warp to anywhere in the…
Community
The SHIRO! Community Challenge for September centered around Microcabin-developed and SEGA-published strategy role playing game “Blazing Heroes.” Organizers doled out awards and prizes to about a dozen participants. Also known…
Community
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…
Community
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…
Spotlight
Another Portland Retro Gaming Expo is in the books, and the SHIRO! crew had a great time providing a huge Sega presence there. They began setting up the Sega Lounge…
Spotlight
Once again, the SHIRO! crew has descended upon the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, but this time, they’re not just representing the Saturn — they’re showing the love for all of…
Guide
In this edition I’ve got some new cheat codes for Hardcore 4×4, the off-road truck racing game: One code enables debug mode with a bunch of different functions. Some others…
Best Of Saturn
Transport Tycoon is a mid-’90s PC business sim that made its way over to the Saturn in Japan. Looking very much like Sim City 2000 with its isometric viewpoint, here…
News
Lunar and its sequel, a pair of RPGs that appeared on the Saturn, are getting remastered for modern platforms for an expected spring 2025 release. Lunar Remastered Collection was announced…