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Loaded #BestOfSaturn
What do you get when you mix up some pew pew with some splat splat? Loaded, that’s what! A 1996 top-down run and gun, you take control of one of…
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Under the Microscope: Congo the Movie: The Lost City of Zinj
Congo the Movie: The Lost City of Zinj is a Doom-like FPS that’s set in the world of the 1995 film Congo. It doesn’t use the movie characters or scenes,…
SHIRO! PODCAST
LIVE SHOW: JULY 19 2025 – Fenrir Lite Unveiled, Saturn Online Matchmaking
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: Shining Wisdom– Shining Force 3 Scenario 1 #BestOfSaturnGold– New Fenrir Lite Model Unveiled– Saturn Online…
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Saturn Online Gets Matchmaking Server
“Two of the things I’ve been wanting to do for a while to improve the Netlink experience: 1. Make a simple matchmaking server so people don’t have to exchange public…
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New Fenrir Lite Model Unveiled
The latest model of the Fenrir optical drive emulator for Saturn appeared on the official webstore today. Dubbed the “Fenrir Lite,” it sports a new purple board and is being…
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Shining Force 3 Scenario 1 #BestOfSaturnGold
Unleashed in December 1997 in Japan, and subsequently in mid-1998 in the West, Shining Force 3 Scenario 1 is the beginning of what is perhaps Camelot’s magnum opus. Arriving late…
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Under the Microscope: Shining Wisdom
In a previous edition I looked at Shining the Holy Ark for Saturn. I found an unusual method for enabling that game’s debug menu in that game, so I naturally…
SHIRO! PODCAST
LIVE SHOW: JUNE 27 2025 – SEGA Saturn 30th in Europe, Fan Translation Updates!
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Satiator Menu Kai Receives Multi-Disc Support in Upcoming Version– Under the Microscope: Radiant Silvergun– Sound Novel Machi #BestOfSaturn–…
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Saroo Takes On Capcom’s Arcade Fighting Games!
Despite the original open-source designs being over a decade old, the Saroo flash cartridge for the Sega Saturn really rose to prominence in the last year or so, and the…
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Translation Project Updates: Wizardry, Lunar, Yu-No
There have never been as many Saturn fan translation patches in progress as there are now. Considering that, it can be hard to keep track of their progress. You can…
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Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits Bushidou Retsuden #BestOfSaturn
A summer 1997 SNK port of the (arguably superior) NEO GEO CD title, Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits Bushidou Retsuden is an old-skool JRPG universe set in the Samurai Shodown universe. Play…
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Under the Microscope: Criticom
Here is how GamePro’s review summed up Criticom: Criticom is the worst fighting game of the year. A 1996 Usenet user had this to say: i had the playstation version…
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The Sega Saturn Celebrates 30 Years in Europe
While it celebrated its 30th birthday in Japan last November and the 30th anniversary of its surprise American launch in May, today marks another significant three-decade milestone in the Saturn’s…
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New Patch Fixes Virtua Racing Replay Music Bug
Time Warner’s recreation of Virtua Racing on the Saturn is known for its great music, but it’s notoriously silent while replaying a completed race. It’s not supposed to be, though….
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Sound Novel Machi #BestOfSaturn
An early 1998, Japan-only Chunsoft production, Sound Novel Machi presents a “day in the life” perspective of eight characters living in the same town. This visual novel consists of still…
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Under the Microscope: Radiant Silvergun
Radiant Silvergun is a well-regarded shoot-em-up from Treasure, whose game Silhouette Mirage was previously covered on Rings of Saturn. I looked into this game’s code a while back, but didn’t…
SHIRO! PODCAST
LIVE SHOW: JUNE 27 2025 – NEW COMMUNITY CHALLENGE, Mario 64 on Dreamcast, Leaderboards on Yaba Sanshiro
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Leaderboards Added to Yaba Sanshiro on Mobile– Super Mario 64 Dreamcast Port Update: Renewed Effort Making Great Strides–…
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Satiator Menu Kai Receives Multi-Disc Support in Upcoming Version
Cafe-alpha continues their decade-long quest to make playing games on real Saturn hardware more accessible and affordable. A June 22 update on their Patreon page detailed some features present in…
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The SHIRO! Community Battles Through the Eurasian Conflict This July!
Starting July 1 and running until the end of the month, the SHIRO! community will be hopping into the cockpits of HIGH-MACs to face off against the fighting factions of…
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City Connection Launches Farland Saga 1 & 2 Saturn Tribute
Two more Saturn games are available on modern platforms after City Connection released Farland Saga 1 and 2 yesterday. Unfortunately, the publisher made no effort to localize either game, which…
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The Mysterious World of El Hazard #BestOfSaturn
Developed by TamTam and published by Pioneer LDC in 1996, The Mysterious World of El Hazard is a visual novel-style game based on the anime of the same name. The…
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Leaderboards Added to Yaba Sanshiro on Mobile
Leaderboards have been added to the Android and iOS versions of Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro, giving players a way to compare their fastest times in a pair of games via…
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LIVE SHOW: JUNE 20 2025 – Dragon Ball Homebrew Update, DecAthlete #BestOf
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Sega Saturn ODE Comparison– Under the Microscope Presents: The Shining the Holy Ark Rhythm Challenge– DecAthlete #BestOfSaturnSilver– Mario…
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Under the Microscope: Omakase! Savers
Omakase! Savers is an adventure game for the Saturn that was published by Sega in 1996. It tells the story of three girls who stumble upon an ancient secret that…
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Dragon Ball Beat ‘Em Up Homebrew Gets Progress Update
The Dragon Ball homebrew game that was revealed last month has made more progress, according to an update given by its developer, NaiSan. NaiSan posted in the SHIRO! Discord server…
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Under the Microscope Presents: The Shining the Holy Ark Rhythm Challenge
Shining the Holy Ark, the 1996 RPG for Saturn, has the strangest hidden feature I’ve ever seen. It has unused code for a sound matching minigame that works like this:…
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LIVE SHOW: JUNE 13 2025 – Mario Kart 64 coming to Dreamcast, WUXI ODE/CD switcher for Fenrir/Rhea/Phoebe, Saturn MiSTer Core Updates
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Mario Kart 64 Receiving a Fan Port to Dreamcast– Under the Microscope: Strikers 1945 & Sengoku Blade– WUXI…
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Saturn Core Updates Added to MiSTer’s Main Branch
The lead developer of the MiSTer’s Saturn core added the last five months’ worth of test updates to the main branch yesterday, making them more accessible to users of the…
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Dragons of China #BestOfSaturn
Imagine heading to China to learn about the nine mythical dragons, only to discover one has reawakened… and he’s evil! As the foreigner Ken, your task in Imagineer’s 1997 graphic…
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WUXI ODE/CD Switcher Now Available
Back on April 30, TZMWX announced the open source availability of his WUXI Drive Switcher project to GitHub for free public use. WUXI is an optical drive channel switcher for…
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Under the Microscope: Strikers 1945 & Sengoku Blade
In this edition I’m examining Strikers 1945 (Saturn and PlayStation) and Sengoku Blade (Saturn), which are both shooting games from Psikyo. In wrote previously about patches for the Saturn versions…
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LIVE SHOW: JUNE 06 2025 – Which Saturn Games to Play as a New Saturn Owner, Gunbird Cheats and Hacks
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Just Got a SEGA Saturn? Play These 10 Games First!– Curtains Drop on May’s Jung Rhythm Community Challenge–…
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Art Festival to Include Saturn Homebrew Game Red Moon: Lost Days
SHIRO! already knows Saturn games are art, and now an arts festival agrees. Red Moon: Lost Days, the first commercial Sega Saturn homebrew game, has been accepted into the ninth…
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Tactics Formula #BestOfSaturn
A late 1997 Japan-only release, Tactics Formula is a self-described tactical board game. It’s a racing game but rather than controlling your vehicle in real time, you select moves in…
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Under the Microscope: Gunbird
In this edition I’m examining Gunbird, the vertical shooter from Psikyo. I found four new cheat codes for it: The Test mode menu. NoDeath mode, which makes you invincible. Skip…