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Sakura Wars 2 Fan Translation Is OUT NOW!
Finally, 27 years after its release in Japan, the second entry in the Sakura Wars series on Saturn is now playable in English — thanks to the team of fans…
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Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg Ver. 1.3 #BestOfSaturn
Life is tough for young, budding alchemist Marie, toiling away in her workshop in Salburg. Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg Ver. 1.3 is a Gust-developed December 1997 enhanced port…
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English Patch for Dark Seed Is Available Now
English- and French-speaking Saturn fans looking to dive into a horror adventure have a new one to check out: Dark Seed, for which a pair of translation patches came out…
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Exploring New Homebrew: MOAI Talks and Haiku
The SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 30th Anniversary Game Competition saw an impressive nine submissions in the “Original Games” category, and SHIRO! intends to shine a light on each of these. Today…
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Under the Microscope: Astal
In honor of the 30th anniversary of its original release, I took a look at Astal. Here’s what I came up with: An alternate title screen A more complete level…
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LIVE SHOW: APRIL 18, 2025 – Saturn DOOM Patch, Shenmue on Saturn?!
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Latest Release of the Saturn DOOM Fix Patch Dramatically Improves Gameplay– Keriotosse! Gets ‘Unlock All Characters’ Code from…
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Eadmaster Declares Princess Crown Translation Release-Worthy
After six months of work initially based on a different team’s preliminary translation from more than a decade ago, fan hacker eadmaster has released an English translation patch for Saturn…
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Tokimeki Memorial Translation Team: Help Wanted!
Earlier this week, burntends took to X (formerly Twitter) and Discord to request help hacking and debugging an English patch of legendary dating sim Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You for…
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Yaba Sanshiro Updates Game List, Reviews on Android
The Android version of Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro was updated last week with a new look to its game list and a new way of reviewing games within the app….
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Advanced V.G. and Steam Heart’s Saturn Tribute Canceled on Xbox
The Xbox One versions of Advanced V.G. and Steam Heart’s (sic), both part of City Connection’s Saturn Tribute line, have been canceled, the publisher announced Tuesday. In a statement on…
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The House of the Dead #BestOfSaturnSilver
In late 1996, arcade-goers were treated to AM1’s The House of the Dead — a light gun game with a horror theme. The enigmatic Dr. Curien, hell-bent on discovering the…
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Under the Microscope: Madden NFL 97
In this edition I’m examining Madden NFL 97: I found a cool free camera mode that’s enabled by a special player name. And alternate method of unlocking the bonus teams….
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Frogbull’s Shenmue Project Is More Than Just Forklift Racing and You Can Play It Now
Frogbull is full of surprises — the latest being a larger Shenmue project on Saturn than he initially teased, and it’s publicly playable, no less. The homebrew developer updated his…
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Keriotosse! Gets ‘Unlock All Characters’ Code from Bo Bayles!
Bo Bayles shared a very handy Action Replay code over the weekend that unlocks the remaining 15 fighters in the Saturn exclusive four-player fighter Keriotosse! This brings the fighters roster…
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Latest Release of the Saturn DOOM Fix Patch Dramatically Improves Gameplay
Doom has famously been ported to just about everything imaginable, but not all ports of ID Software’s megahit first-person shooter were made equal. Both releases of Doom on Sega’s fifth-generation…
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LIVE SHOW: APRIL 11, 2025 – WIPEOUT ON DREAMCAST, SHENMUE FORKLIFT RACING!
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Saturn Ring Library Releases to the Public– Under the Microscope: Shockwave Assault– New Homebrew Game: Micro Motor Mayhem!–…
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More Than Two Dozen Entries in SegaXtreme 30th Anniversary Game Competition
The deadline for the SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 30th Anniversary Game Competition passed this morning, shortly followed by competition coordinator EmeraldNova revealing the entries, which totaled more than two dozen. There…
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Frogbull Recreates Shenmue’s Forklift Race on Saturn
Homebrew developer Frogbull is back at it, this time showing off the fan-favorite New Yokosuka Harbor District forklift racing from Dreamcast classic Shenmue running on the Saturn in glorious 32…
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Druid: Pursuer of Darkness #BestOfSaturn
Druid: Pursuer of Darkness is a mid-1998 Koei port of a British 1995 MS-DOS Ultima-like game. In the land of Navan, four master Druids keep peace in the land, but…
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Under the Microscope: Grid Runner
In this edition, I’ve got some new cheat codes for Grid Runner (a.k.a. Grid Run). Enter them at the Restore Game > Enter Password screen: Read on for details! Intro…
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ST-V Titan Splits Off the Saturn Core on MiSTer
The MiSTer FPGA’s Sega Saturn core has split off the ST-V Titan arcade platform into its own core.
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LIVE SHOW: April 4, 2025 – TraynoCo LIVE AT GAME ON EXPO 2025
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, TraynoCo checks out the various booths at Game On Expo in Phoenix, Ariz., and talks with several people in the scene!…
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Eadmaster’s Princess Crown Patch Nears Completion With 1.0 Release Candidates
Eadmaster is nearly finished with his English fan translation patch for Saturn action RPG Princess Crown after uploading a pair of “release candidate” patches in the last two weeks, both…
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Hang-On GP Community Challenge Done and Dusted
“Hang-On GP went by in a flash, though something tells me that the tinnitus-like buzz of the motor won’t leave me anytime soon!“ — Gregori Rasputin The SEGA Saturn SHIRO!…
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Message Navi Vol. 2 #BestOfSaturn
Online dating on the Saturn? Sort of! In 1998, SIMS and Dreamcube released the second Message Navi “game” in Japan. The disc is essentially a catalogue of more than 1,000…
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New Homebrew Game: Micro Motor Mayhem!
Miniature cars hit the streets — or rather, the tabletop — in Micro Motor Mayhem, the newest Saturn homebrew game. Developer JBeretta, known for last year’s SegaXtreme Game Contest original…
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Under the Microscope: Shockwave Assault
The 3DO game Shock Wave was ported to the PlayStation in 1995 and to the Saturn in 1996. On those systems it was released as Shockwave Assault. GameFAQs lists some…
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Saturn Ring Library Releases to the Public
There’s a new tool at Saturn fans’ disposal to make development of homebrew games on the console even easier: a software development kit called Saturn Ring Library. Its lead developer,…
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LIVE SHOW: MARCH 28, 2025 – Airs Adventure Fan Translation, Homebrew Week
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: Battle Monsters– Code R #BestOfSaturn– Airs Adventure Fan Translation In-Progress Build Released!– Celebrating Saturn Homebrew…
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Celebrating Saturn Homebrew Games
More than 1,100 games were released at retail for the Sega Saturn. But its library is more than that — dozens of fan-made homebrew games have been created in the…
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Airs Adventure Fan Translation In-Progress Build Released!
Saturn hacker Hitomi2500 today posted an in-progress fan translation for the Japanese-only Saturn RPG Airs Adventure that he is working on along with SnowyAria, who is handling the translation work….
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Code R #BestOfSaturn
Quintet’s Japan-only 1998 genre-blender Code R is part racing game, part dating sim because, let’s face it, it is the ’90s! Featuring various modes including battle mode, time attack, and…
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Under the Microscope: Battle Monsters
There are a lot of 2D fighting games on the Saturn. Battle Monsters is… certainly one of them. Look, it’s no Street Fighter. It’s no Primal Rage. Surely somebody likes…
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LIVE SHOW: MARCH 21, 2025 – G Vector, Panzer Dragoon #BestOfSaturnGold, Croc Release Date, Leynos 2 Hits Switch and PlayStation
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: G Vector– Panzer Dragoon #BestOfSaturnGold– Saturn-ish News Roundup: Croc Release Date, Lunar Gets New Dub,…
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Saturn-ish News Roundup: Croc Release Date, Lunar Gets New Dub, Leynos 2 Hits Switch and PlayStation
There were a few headlines for modern games this week that Saturn fans might be interested in, so let’s take a look at them. Croc HD set for April 2…