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The Fenrir Has Been Cloned
Last year, we discussed how more Saturn peripherals have begun to be cloned. It started with the SAROO, which is open source, but many different kinds popped up on AliExpress….
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Best Of Saturn
Exciting Slot Shooting #BestOfSaturn
Exciting Slot Shooting is a curious game, fusing top-down shooting with… a slot machine component! Looking like a Technicolor reverse Space Invaders, different colored monsters are released in waves from…
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New Satiator Menu Supports Subfolders for Multidisc Games
The creator of the Satiator released two new menus over the weekend that improve how the optical drive emulator handles folders for Saturn games that use multiple discs. Professor Abrasive…
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Under the Microscope: Highway 2000 & Tokyo Xtreme Racer
In this edition: I found a previously unreported cheat code for Highway 2000, the Genki racing game for Saturn. It unlocks an unlimited “free” time mode. I also found a…
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Yaba Sanshiro on iOS Adds Action Replay Cheats, Cloud Saves
The iOS version of Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro was updated Feb. 26 to enable saving game progress in the cloud as well as support for Action Replay cheat codes, its…
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LIVE SHOW: FEB 28, 2025 – NEW Community Challenge, HOTD 2 Remake Thoughts, TWO Saturn Tribute Releases!
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– House of the Dead 2 Remake Demo Hits Steam– Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute Gets Western PlayStation, Switch Release…
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PandaMonium Interviews Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
A legendary SEGA composer (who happens to also be the guy who sings in Daytona USA) agreed to do an interview. SamIAm helped facilitate the conversation and translated the entire…
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Hang On for March 2025’s Community Challenge!
The March SHIRO! Monthly Community Challenge will need you to hang on tight!!! It’s time to once again bust out those Racing Controllers because this polygonal take on the classic…
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Farland Saga 1 & 2 Saturn Tribute Set For June 26
City Connection will release Farland Saga 1 and 2 in their Saturn Tribute line June 26, the publisher announced Tuesday. On the official website, City Connection says the titles will…
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Eadmaster’s Princess Crown Translation Reaches Version 0.9
Eadmaster continues to make progress on his English fan translation patch for Saturn action RPG Princess Crown, updating it twice in the last month to fit more text on screen,…
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WUXI: Universal Saturn ODE/CD Switcher
On February 21, 2025, Saturn hardware hacker, TZMWX announced that he is currently testing his own newly developed switcher that aims for universal compatibility with ALL existing Saturn ODEs (optical…
Best Of Saturn
X Japan Virtual Shock 001 #BestOfSaturn
Published by SEGA and released in late 1995, X Japan Virtual Shock 001 can best be described as an FMV walking simulator where the player takes on the role of…
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Under the Microscope: NHL 97 & NBA Action 98
In this edition: Before they joined Sega in 1999, Visual Concepts produced two sports games for Saturn. Those two games, NHL 97 and NBA Action 98, both have unreported Easter…
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Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute Gets Western PlayStation, Switch Release Dates
Western fans looking to play Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute on their PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 or Switch finally have a date to look forward to, as publisher Clear…
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House of the Dead 2 Remake Demo Hits Steam
A demo for The House of the Dead 2 Remake went up on Steam today, giving PC players a glimpse at what’s in store when publisher Forever Entertainment releases the…
SHIRO! PODCAST
LIVE SHOW: FEB 21, 2025 – Mobile Suit Gundam Fan Translation, MiSTer Updates
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: NiGHTS Into Dreams (Puffy Boss Fight Edition)– Nekketsu Oyako #BestOfSaturn– Saturn MiSTer Core Adds Titan…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
Under the Microscope: Mobile Suit Gundam
Saturn enthusiast Shadowmask has just published a new translation patch for Mobile Suit Gundam, the 1995 Saturn game from CRI and Bandai. Check it out! Shadowmask’s work prompted me to…
Best Of Saturn
Deep Fear #BestOfSaturnSilver
Something mysterious has fallen from space and crashed into the Pacific, near the underwater military research facility the Big Table. As a member of the Emergency Rescue Service, you take…
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English Patch for Mobile Suit Gundam Is Out Now
Get ready to defend White Base from the Principality of Zeon, Saturn fans — the English fan translation patch for Mobile Suit Gundam is finished and downloadable. The patch’s lead…
SHIRO! PODCAST
★ EDITOR’S CORNER: EP 29 – Neo Geo on Sega Saturn
Join SaturnDave, TraynoCo, Sega Lord X & Dan the MegaDriver as we talk Neo Geo on Sega Saturn and break down all of the ports that made it to our…
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Saturn MiSTer Core Adds Titan Emulation, Additional Light Gun Support
As the Saturn core of the MiSTer FPGA draws closer to perfect emulation of Sega’s fifth-generation console, its developers have turned their attention to adding extra features — most recently,…
Best Of Saturn
Nekketsu Oyako #BestOfSaturn
A 1995 side-scrolling beat-em-up courtesy of Technosoft, Nekketsu Oyako (roughly, Hot Blooded Family) is a colorful one- to two-player affair. Family matriarch and scientist Saeko has been captured — take…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
Under the Microscope: NiGHTS Into Dreams (Puffy Boss Fight Edition)
NiGHTS Into Dreams has strange little Easter egg at the end of its Splash Garden level. Sometimes if you defeat the boss, Puffy, a door opens and something falls out…
SHIRO! PODCAST
LIVE SHOW: FEB 07, 2025 – Power Stone Dive, SMT Author LOVES Mr. Bones
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– January 2025’s Community Challenge Slides to an End– Expansion Hack: Power Stone, Power Stone 2 (Dreamcast)– Saturn News…
Best Of Saturn
Simulation RPG Creator #BestOfSaturn
Fall 1998 saw the release of Simulation RPG Creator, a build-your-own-SRPG program that allowed aspiring gamers to develop their own Ogre Battle or Final Fantasy Tactics epic. The game is…
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Saturn News Roundup: Megami Tensei Author Loves Mr. Bones, PseudoSaturn Progress, Yaba Sanshiro Fix
A legendary author sends some love Mr. Bones’ way while homebrew developers continue to plug away on the Pseudo Saturn Kai and Yaba Sanshiro projects… Let’s take a look at…
Community
January 2025’s Community Challenge Slides to an End
“Winter Heat has come and gone, and our carpals can breath a collective sigh of relief! Thank you all for making the first SHIRO! Community Challenge of 2025 a success!”…
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LIVE SHOW: JAN 31, 2025 – NEW COTTON GAME, Steam Heart’s Saturn Tribute?!
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Saturn Emulator Kronos 2.7 Releases, Developer Moves On– Dezaemon 2 #BestOfSaturn– Under the Microscope: BattleSport– New Saturn Tribute…
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More Info on the New Cotton Game — Cotton Reboot! High Tension!
Back in 2019, the Japanese store BEEP announced that Cotton would get a remake called “Cotton Reboot!” as part of their push to start publishing games. This was only the…
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New Saturn Tribute Titles Announced: Steam Heart’s, Advanced V.G., Farland Saga 1 & 2
When City Connection teased last month that its Saturn Tribute line would continue, it didn’t mention how many games that would entail. It turns out that the answer is a…
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Under the Microscope: BattleSport
BattleSport is a combination sports / vehicular combat game from Cyclone Studios. It was published for the 3DO in 1996, and ported to the Saturn and PlayStation in 1997. There…
Best Of Saturn
Dezaemon 2 #BestOfSaturn
A late 1997 release, Athena’s Dezaemon 2 is a shmup-builder. Although it features some pre-built levels, the game’s focus is to allow players to put together the shmup of their…
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Saturn Emulator Kronos 2.7 Releases, Developer Moves On
A new version of Kronos released over the holidays, but it could be its last after its main developer said he’s deprioritizing work on the Saturn emulator. Kronos 2.7 was…
SHIRO! PODCAST
★ MAINLINE CAST: EP 7 – 2024 Year in Review
Welcome to the SEGA Saturn, SHIRO! Podcast!Episode 7: 2024 Year in ReviewAir Date: 2025-01-29Patreon Early Access: 2025-01-22 Join Dave, Pat, Peter, Nick & Dan as we go over a TON…
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LIVE SHOW: JAN 24, 2025 – Vampire Savior #BestOf, Hang-On GP Cheats
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Vampire Savior #BestOfSaturn– Under the Microscope: Hang-On GP– Saturn News Roundup: TXR Releases, Shining Force III Online, Web-Based…