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‘Let’s Make a Pro Soccer Club’ Revival Launches
A franchise that began on the Saturn launched its first new entry in years today with Sega Football Club Champions going on sale for Android and iOS devices as well…
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Logic Puzzle Rainbow Town #BestOfSaturn
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…
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Breathing New Life into GDEMU With openMenu Virtual Folder Bundle
The Dreamcast ODE landscape is essentially made up of three options: GDEMU, USB-GDROM, and MODE (I won’t include the IDE mod in this particular conversation). Each arguably brings something special…
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LIVE SHOW: JANUARY 16 2026 – Vigilant Paradise Update, Rabbit #BestOfSaturn, RIP DANIEL FREDERICKSON
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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Fan Passes Torch on Riglordsaga 2 English Translation Before Losing Battle With Cancer
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…
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Under the Microscope: Lode Runner: The Legend Returns & Lode Runner Extra
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…
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XL2 Demonstrates Raytracing on the Saturn
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…
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Vigilant Paradise Update Addresses Bugs, Difficulty
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…
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Yaba Sanshiro Improves Touch Screen Controls in Mobile Versions
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
Rabbit #BestOfSaturn
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…
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Under the Microscope: Ultraman: Legendary Giant of Light
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…
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LIVE SHOW: JANUARY 09 2026 – Yuna Remix, Mobile Suit Gundam #BestOfTranslation, Best Saturn Articles of 2025
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 …
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The Top Sega Saturn Stories of 2025
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
Mobile Suit Gundam #BestOfSaturn
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,…
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LIVE SHOW: JANUARY 02 2025 – Vigilant Paradise NEW HOMEBREW GAME, Zap! Snowboarding Community Challenge
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…
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Under the Microscope: Yuna Remix
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…
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Vigilant Paradise, a New Homebrew Saturn FPS, Flies Under the Radar
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…
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ZONE Fills VRChat with a Port of Daytona USA
I am familiar with the work of ZONE-SAMA. This artist is a pioneer of 2000’s internet culture, having graced flash animation sites with all time classics such as Reiko: Biker…
Best Of Saturn
Rayman #BestOfSaturnSilver
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…
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The SHIRO! Community Hits the Slopes this January in Zap! Snowboarding Trix ’97
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…
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Under the Microscope: Dragon Force II
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…
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LIVE SHOW: DECEMBER 26 2025 – Delisoba Deluxe Fan Translation, Kyuutenkai, and Irréel
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…
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LIVE SHOW: DECEMBER 19 2025 – Di Gi Charat Dreamcast Translation, Sankyo Fever
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…
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Saturn Fans Get Christmas Gift in Delisoba Translation Patch
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
Irréel #BestOfSaturnGold
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…
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Under the Microscope: Kyuutenkai
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…
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English Translation Patch for Airs Adventure Is Complete!
Airs Adventure, an “it’s so bad it’s good” Sega Saturn RPG exclusive to Japan, now has an English translation patch thanks to a team of fans. SnowyAria, who translated the…
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Under the Microscope: Andretti Racing
In this edition: Andretti Racing on Saturn has some well-known Easter eggs that involve putting in special player names. I found eight more! These show pictures of the development staff,…
Best Of Saturn
Sankyo Fever #BestOfSaturn
Sankyo Fever, hitting store shelves at the height of pachinko popularity in 1997, is the first in the Fever series of Saturn releases. A pachinko simulator, the game features four…
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English Translation Patch for Dreamcast’s Di Gi Charat Fantasy Is Out Now
And now there are two visual novels in English on the SEGA Dreamcast… Announcing my English translation patch release of “Di Gi Charat Fantasy,” which you can download from my…
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LIVE SHOW: DECEMBER 13 2025 – Star Fox 64 ON DREAMCAST, SAROO Has Some Serious Problems
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– New Firmware Updates for Fenrir, SAROO– Under the Microscope: Steam-Heart’s– Tomb Raider 2 #BestOfSaturn– Star Fox 64 Barrel…
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★ EDITOR’S CORNER: EP 31 — SEGA Saturn Journalism w/ Danthrax & PandaMonium Reviews
On this episode of Editor’s Corner, we discuss the past, present, and future of journalism in the SEGA Saturn sphere. You can watch it on YouTube, too: Follow us…
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New Test Reveals Possible Source of SAROO Problems
A new test shows the SAROO cartridge, a low-cost Saturn optical drive emulator, loads data inconsistently, possibly revealing the source of audio bugs, crashes and other glitches that users have…
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Star Fox 64 Barrel Rolls onto the SEGA Dreamcast
On Dec. 5, yet another Nintendo 64 classic was ported to the SEGA Dreamcast by the seemingly inexhaustible Jnmartin84 and team. You can find the thorough — albeit taxing…
Best Of Saturn
Tomb Raider 2 #BestOfSaturn
“The Saturn can’t handle the additional complexities of Tomb Raider 2”… so said Core Design in the late ’90s, but no one told modern hero RetroRaider John. Hot on the…