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Devicereign #BestOfSaturn
A fusion of 2/3 visual novel and 1/3 strategy RPG, Devicereign from Starlight Marry Corp hit the Saturn in early 1999. Three high school friends are suddenly accosted by a…
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Under the Microscope: Blast Chamber
Blast Chamber is a 1996 game from Attention To Detail, a UK studio that was active from 1990 through 2002. It was released on both PlayStation and Saturn. Some cheat…
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LIVE SHOW: NOVEMBER 07 2025 – NEW CASTLEVANIA PATCH, Krazy Ivan, EDITORS CORNER
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: Krazy Ivan– Whizz #BestOfSaturn– Hacker Adds PS1 Translation, More to Meduza Team’s Symphony of the…
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Hacker Adds PS1 Translation, More to Meduza Team’s Symphony of the Night Patch
A new patch for the Saturn version of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night swaps in the English script and voiceovers from the PS1 version to an existing patch that used…
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Whizz #BestOfSaturn
Whizz is a Flair Software isometric platformer that first saw life on the DOS, Amiga, and CD32 back in 1994 before being ported to Saturn and releasing in Japan and…
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Under the Microscope: Krazy Ivan
Here’s an excerpt from the August 1997 issue of Ultra Game Players: Finally, THQ, who was originally going to publish several PlayStation conversions of Psygnosis’ games, has cancelled those efforts…
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LIVE SHOW: OCTOBER 31 2025 – Destruction Derby 2 Prototype, Prize Fighter Releasing by LRG
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Destruction Derby 2 Saturn Prototype Released– Under the Microscope: Soviet Strike– Galactic Attack #BestOfSaturnGold– Limited Run Games Announces…
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★ EDITOR’S CORNER: EP 30 — Late Saturn Bloomers w/PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Sega Saturn Game
In our latest episode, we talk about Late Saturn Bloomers, people who got into Saturn after its natural lifecycle. Join Nick and Pat as they discuss their journey into Saturn…
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Virtua Racing Revving Up for November’s Community Challenge
“It’s time to hit the Virtua tarmac, burn some Virtua rubber, and impress those Virtua babes! So strap in, because we’re NOT pumping the brakes any time soon. This will…
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Limited Run Games Announces Prize Fighter: Heavyweight Edition for PS4, PS5
Limited Run Games announced plans Wednesday to publish Prize Fighter Heavyweight Edition on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 next year. Prize Fighter is a full-motion video boxing game originally…
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Galactic Attack #BestOfSaturnGold
Acclaim, Acclaim… once the darlings of American third-party publishing houses, they fell into disrepute in the mid-’90s by increasingly releasing games that simply weren’t the best of Saturn — or…
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Under the Microscope: Soviet Strike
Electronic Arts famously refused to release games for Sega’s Dreamcast, but people often forget that the company put out dozens of Saturn games. One of those Saturn games was Soviet…
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Destruction Derby 2 Saturn Prototype Released
A promised game that never materialized is finally playable in some form after fans released a prototype of Destruction Derby 2’s Saturn version Sunday night. Longtime member of the SegaXtreme…
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LIVE SHOW: OCTOBER 24 2025 – D&D Music Fan Patch, wipEout Port on Dreamcast
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: Herc’s Adventures, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Wangan Trial Love– Sega Announces Fighting Vipers Soundtrack…
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Patch Improves D&D: Tower of Doom Soundtrack with Arcade Music
Saturn gamers enjoying Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom can improve the aural experience with a new patch that replaces the music with higher quality tracks. A fan named Qurt…
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Fan Finishes Port of wipEout to Dreamcast
The fan who’s spent most of this year porting futuristic racer wipEout to the Dreamcast declared it complete with the version released Sunday. Jnmartin84 uploaded “v2 final” to his GitHub…
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Metal Slug #BestOfSaturnSilver
What hasn’t been said about SNK’s sweet, sweet Metal Slug? Initially a NEO GEO game, it was ported to Saturn in early 1997 by Yumekobo and is one of the…
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SSF Version R37 Improves Emulator’s Stability
A new version of SSF released Monday improves its emulation of the Saturn and decreases how often the program crashes. The latest preview version of SSF, called PreviewVer_R37, as well…
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Sega Announces Fighting Vipers Soundtrack for 30th Anniversary
It’s Fighting Vipers’ turn for the 30th anniversary treatment, as a two-CD set of the fighting game’s soundtrack is set for release next month, Sega announced Sunday night. Each CD…
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Under the Microscope: Herc’s Adventures, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Wangan Trial Love
What do Herc’s Adventures, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and Wangan Trial Love have in common, besides being Saturn games? All three games have unreported “staff roll” Easter eggs —…
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LIVE SHOW: OCTOBER 17 2025 – Psikyo Games Removed, Time Bokan, 240p Test Suite
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: Fighting Illusion Shou– New Beta of 240p Test Suite on Saturn Adds Audio, Controller Tests–…
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Serial Link Cable Support Added to JoEngine
Link cable modes may come to Saturn homebrew games soon now that the functionality has been added to the JoEngine software development kit. Slinga spent a few weeks in late…
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Psikyo Titles to Be Delisted from Steam on Oct. 31
On Wednesday, Psikyo Portal announced the end of sale for many of their games on the Steam platform: These include games that appeared on the SEGA Saturn such as STRIKERS…
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Time Bokan #BestOfSaturn
A late 1997 “complete version” of a 1996 PS1 release, Banpresto’s Time Bokan is a colorful vertical cute-em-up featuring all the vehicles from all the Bokan series up until that…
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New Beta of 240p Test Suite on Saturn Adds Audio, Controller Tests
The Sega Saturn port of the essential 240p Test Suite is making its way closer to being feature-complete with the release of version 0.3 beta 8. Here is the download…
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Under the Microscope: Fighting Illusion Shou
There are a bunch of games in the K-1 Fighting series. One of them was published for Saturn, Fighting Illusion Shou. It’s a 3D fighting game in which you play…
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LIVE SHOW: OCTOBER 10 2025 – VBT Flashback Mac CD Port, SAROO Firmware Concerns, NEW SHIRO! TOURNAMENT
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– New SAROO Firmware Is Feature-Rich — and Flawed– VBT Releases Beta Port of Mac CD Flashback for SEGA…
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US vs. EU in Upcoming Sega Worldwide Soccer ’98 Online Tournament
Sign-ups are now live over on the SHIRO! Discord in the #online_tournaments chat for the upcoming online Sega Worldwide Soccer ’98 For Sega Networks Tournament. This time around, to speed…
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Duke Nukem 3D NetLink Tournament Is Over, Baby!
What started back in August last year, the Worldwide SEGA Saturn SHIRO! 32-person Duke Nukem 3D Saturn NetLink Online Double Elimination Tournament has finally come to an end. We were…
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Ronde #BestOfSaturn
Released in time for Halloween 1997, Atlus’ Ronde is an SRPG set in the Majin Tensei universe. Strange crystal statues have been unearthed, and one comes to life as the…
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Saturn Core Update on Main MiSTer Branch Fixes Saves
The lead developer of the MiSTer’s Saturn core added the last four months’ worth of test updates to the main branch over the weekend, fixing an issue with saving games…
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LIVE SHOW: OCTOBER 03 2025 – New SAROO Firmware, Gekirindan, Dark Savior Community Challenge Results
DONATION LINK FOR SEGA LORD X:https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=28HQJD6UA9UZ4 Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: Tennis Arena– Gekirindan #BestOfSaturn– The SHIRO! Community Collects Their…
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Under the Microscope: Virtua Fighter Kids
In this edition: There’s a demo of Virtua Fighter Kids that lets you play a limited subset of the game. I patched out the limits. The demo is based on…
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VBT Releases Beta Port of Mac CD Flashback for SEGA Saturn
If a SEGA Master System emulator and Wolfenstein 3D ports weren’t enough, VBT has now released a beta port of the Mac CD version of Flashback: The Quest for Identity…
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New SAROO Firmware Is Feature-Rich — and Flawed
A new firmware for the SAROO — an optical drive emulator cartridge for the Saturn — is making waves for its new features as well as its caveats. The firmware…