Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
Sound Qube is a puzzle game from Media Entertainment and Human Entertainment. There’s a very thorough description of the gameplay at Sega Retro, but in a nutshell: You’re presented with…
News
A Japan-exclusive Saturn game is getting a new English translation, but not from fans — this time, an official localization is coming from City Connection, the publisher revealed Thursday. Culdcept,…
Best Of Saturn
The fine folks at Japanese software house Altron Corp. were clearly into the good stuff, and in early 1998, they conjured up the absolutely bananas Jung Rhythm! Conceptually reminiscent of…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Breathing New Life into GDEMU With openMenu Virtual Folder Bundle– Logic Puzzle Rainbow Town #BestOfSaturn– ‘Let’s Make a…
Community
WE GOT A NEW CHARISMA! The SHIRO! community kicked off 2026 shredding the 32-bit slopes of Zap! Snowboarding Trix ’97 for our first organized challenge of the year. As the…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In this edition I’ve got a couple of new cheat codes for some games from Technosoft: Hyper Duel, the horizontal shoot-em-up that was released for Saturn in late 1996. Blast…
Editorial
This is a continuation of a series whose first entry was in 2024 — you can read it here. Sega Saturn Memories Vol. II is dedicated to our recently departed…
Interview
Since the release of Vigilant Paradise for the Sega Saturn, we decided to reach out to its sole developer, Ricardo Campione. He reveals how he got into Saturn development, what…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Donate to Daniel’s GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-friend-daniel-and-his-family Join us today as we remember our dear friend Daniel Frederickson. You can watch the show on YouTube, too: Follow us on our social media…
Best Of Saturn
Remember that 1997 movie Face Off, where John Travolta and Nicholas Cage literally swap faces? It was done the year prior in DeathMask — an FMV adventure game converted to…
Spotlight
Here on SHIRO!, our friend Bo Bayles discovers long-lost secrets in Saturn games on a weekly basis in his Under the Microscope series. But this time, it’s my turn to…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
Everyone knows that Sonic R is a racing game. But what this article presupposes is… maybe it doesn’t have to be? I’ve made a patch, the R&R mod, that changes…
Best Of Saturn
Grab your semi-automatics, your rocket propelled grenade launchers, and your trusty machetes — it’s time to “start something” on the mean streets of Logic Puzzle Rainbow Town! Logic puzzles, also…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Donate to Daniel’s GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-friend-daniel-and-his-family Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: Ultraman: Legendary Giant of Light– Rabbit #BestOfSaturn– Yaba Sanshiro Improves Touch…
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A fan has worked to translate Saturn tactical RPG Riglordsaga 2 into English over the last year, but he won’t see his project to completion now that he’s succumbed to…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In this edition I’m examining the two Lode Runner games for Saturn: The Legend Returns and Extra. Although the series was originally developed in the West, it was particularly successful…
News
Raytracing isn’t just for modern video cards, apparently — homebrew developer XL2 is making it happen on the 31-year-old Sega Saturn. Raytracing is a technique for simulating the way light…
News
An update to Saturn homebrew FPS Vigilant Paradise addresses bugs and difficulty complaints after the game’s popularity blew up two weeks ago. Riccardo Campione released version 1.001 yesterday on his…
News
Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro features better touch screen controls in its mobile versions after recent updates by its developer, Shinya “DevMiyax” Miyamoto. On social media, DevMiyax posted a video showing…
Best Of Saturn
A summer 1997 release in Japan, Aorn’s Rabbit is a 2D versus fighting game similar in feel to the Street Fighter 2 series. The visuals are very colorful and the…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
Ultraman: Legendary Giant of Light is a fighting game for Saturn. It’s one of five Ultraman titles for Saturn (two games and three media discs), and one of two Saturn…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing: – Under the Microscope: Yuna Remix– Mobile Suit Gundam #BestOfSaturn– The Top Sega Saturn Stories of 2025 …
Spotlight
Last year, we celebrated the Saturn’s 30th anniversary in the West. Even after three decades, Sega’s fifth-generation console and the fan community that loves it continue to make headlines. Here…
Best Of Saturn
Note: The #BestOfSaturn posts will be a little bit different for 2026. I won’t cover any original retail games, and that means pausing the Gold and Silver as well. Instead,…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing: – Under the Microscope: Dragon Force II– The SHIRO! Community Hits the Slopes this January in Zap! Snowboarding…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In this edition: Yuna Remix has a sound/movie/image test mode that can be accessed with a special controller from Hudson. The game also has another hidden menu with some cool…
News
There is a new homebrew first-person shooter for the Sega Saturn — or rather, there has been for nearly two months. That’s because Vigilant Paradise was announced by its developer…
Best Of Saturn
Rayman first hit the Atari Jaguar in September 1995 before being ported to the Saturn with slightly rebalanced gameplay and a superior Red Book soundtrack for a November release. The…
Community
Embrace the winter season with the SHIRO! community this January! We are kicking off 2026 by hitting the slopes in the snow-shredding Sega Saturn exclusive, Zap! Snowboarding Trix ’97. The…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
The original Dragon Force was very well-received in the West. It sold a bunch of copies and was praised by critics. But the sequel, published in 1998 in Japan, wasn’t…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing: – Under the Microscope: Kyuutenkai– Irréel #BestOfSaturnGold– Saturn Fans Get Christmas Gift in Delisoba Translation Patch You…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing: – ★ EDITOR’S CORNER: EP 31 — SEGA Saturn Journalism w/ Danthrax & PandaMonium Reviews– English Translation Patch…
News
Saturn fans will have to fit some time for another game between playthroughs of Christmas NiGHTS after an English fan translation patch for Delisoba Deluxe released today. Exxistance uploaded the…
Best Of Saturn
The Saturn absolutely hums when in capable hands, and nowhere is this more apparent than in Irréel — a demo of the first Unreal game that was created from the…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
My favorite Japanese cheat site has a special password listed for the PlayStation version of Kyuutenkai, the Technosoft pinball game. Translated, it says: Enter KYUTENKA4S on the password screen. You’ll…