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Hours after long-lost Saturn prototype The Sacred Pools was uploaded to the Internet yesterday, Blueskyrunner pointed out in the Shiro Discord server that it has a striking resemblance to another…
News
Earlier today, preservationists released a playable prototype of a Sega-developed game canceled in 1997: The Sacred Pools. In 1996, Sega announced The Sacred Pools, an adults-only FMV game for the…
Editorial
Ghoulish greetings, Shiromaniacs! It’s Halloween time again, and that means time to grease back your jet-black hair, light your dark candles, take out the Ouija board, and ask it what…
Episode
Halloween is just around the corner, and what’s scarier than the thought of all those cancelled SEGA Saturn games?!? It makes us shudder just thinking of all those awesome games…
News
When Professor Abrasive released the Satiator — the optical drive emulator he invented that plugs into the Saturn’s rear VCD card port — it could play hundreds of games off…
Interview
Pat and I got a chance to sit down with the dudes (Ron, Rich & Andy) from Retro-Bit this past weekend at Portland’s Retro Gaming Expo, and we were able to get our hands on…
Episode
Join Dave & Peter as they quiz each other on random and obscure SEGA Saturn knowledge & trivia to see who knows the most about our beloved underdog console. Video:…
Community
Just a week after the previous one, a new update to the Saturn core for the MiSTer FPGA was released today. It can be downloaded by going to the developer’s…
News
The Switch port of classic Sega Saturn shmup Radiant Silvergun is set for physical release via prolific physical game publisher Limited Run Games. Limited Run announced the physical version today,…
Community
The people working on the SDLoader have made significant improvements since it was revealed less than six weeks ago, from improved speeds and a new feature to a more appealing…
Episode
Join SaturnDave and his good friend Sega Lord X, for this look back at what it was like to be a Saturn fan in ’98. Video: Audio:
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An update to the Saturn core for the MiSTer FPGA was released yesterday. It can be grabbed by going to the developer’s GitHub page, logging in and downloading the Saturn_20220930…
News
There haven’t been any big stories in the world of Sega Saturn this week, but there have been a few notable odds and ends, so here’s a roundup of them….
News
Radiant Silvergun has reappeared on the North American eShop a week after its publisher, Live Wire, abruptly pulled it. Live Wire tweeted just before noon Eastern Daylight Time today that…
Episode
Can you think of at least one game that folks typically hate, yet for some reason you have a soft spot for it..? Well, that’s Dave and Peter’s affliction… They…
News
Konami announced remasters of classic RPGs Suikoden 1 and 2 this morning at a presentation at the Tokyo Game Show. Called “Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and…
News
Legendary Sega Saturn shmup Radiant Silvergun was released on the Nintendo Switch’s eShop this week — and promptly yanked off of the North American store just hours later. Its developer,…
Episode
In this episode Dave and Peter talk about their favorite Sega Saturn game of all time and one that has had a significant and lasting impact on their lives. Video:…
Community
The annual Sonic Amateur Games Expo — or SAGE for short — kicked off today with a pair of Sega Saturn projects as well as a sendup of a Saturn…
Community
A new method for running code off an SD card on a Saturn has been developed — and it runs through the controller port. Murzik posted a thread earlier this…
News
Soul Hackers 2 launched on modern platforms today, the first direct sequel to Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers 25 years after its first release on the Sega Saturn. The sequel retains…
Episode
In this episode, Dave and Peter discuss their memories and impressions of the Saturn hardware, from the console itself to its many peripherals. Video: Audio:
News
A fork of the Windows version of Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro is bringing gamepad functionality to its user interface as well as a new look. It’s intended to be easier…
PandaMonium Reviews
This is a journey through time analyzing the history of Virtua Cop, its Saturn port, and revelations on why Sega’s 5th gen console performed the way it did. You will…
Community
Original Source: Lets localize Terra Phantastica! – (at SegaXtreme.net) Lets start with the obvious. The likelihood of me actually finishing this [ Terra Phantastica ] is pretty much non-existent. I…
Episode
Editor’s Corner is a completely NEW and unscripted series of mini-casts with hosts Dave & Peter. Join these elder SHIRO!s as they look back and reminisce on their favorite Sega…
News
A new version of Sega Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro 2 was released last weekend. The developer, DevMiyax, announced Sunday that version 1.9.2 was live for both Windows and Android. DevMiyax…
News
A new model of the Fenrir ODE released last weekend — and seemingly sold out within minutes. Called the Fenrir Duo, it works with both 20- and 21-pin versions of…
Community
WARNING: While this article contains NO spoilers to the main story plot, it DOES contain images and “Easter eggs” that some might consider spoilers, so click away if you do…
Community
This week, a new YZB hack was posted to SegaXtreme for King of Fighters ’97. YZB is a Chinese hacker who edits Saturn games to use the 4 MB RAM…
Editorial
This article has been re-published, with permission, from its original source. IntroPart 2: Hello, Saturn!Part 3: Set up a Game BASIC Development VMPart 4: Run, Load, and Save Programs via…
Community
On Monday, July 18, Greg (aka Lacquerware) announced that the Bulk Slash Team who brought us the amazing English localization and dub for Bulk Slash, had chosen their new project…
Community
One of the Saturn’s biggest games in the 1997 holiday season was Quake, a smash hit FPS on the PC that came to Sega’s platform before any other console courtesy…
Community
The person who made a portable Saturn, as Shiro reported last fall, is now creating a bit of silicon that would slot into a Saturn motherboard and provide 4MB save…
Community
UK based Saturn homebrew developer, VOXEL, has just released a NEW teaser trailer (below) for the upcoming SAGE ’22 hosted by SFGHQ (Sonic Fan Games HQ). Here’s VOXEL’s NEW TRAILER…