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An old project to translate Saturn strategy RPG Langrisser III into English is being revived this month — by two people in unrelated, simultaneous efforts. What’s more, neither person originally…
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The Sega Saturn homebrew and translation scene is hoppin’ this time of year. From new games to updates to translation patches and utilities, let’s take a look at some of…
Best Of Saturn
Following the mega-success of the first game, SEGA and Red Company unleashed Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not Die on Japanese Saturn players in April 1998. Set two years after…
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It’s crunch time, Saturn developers: The deadline is just four weeks away for the SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 31st Anniversary Homebrew Showcase. That deadline is May 11, specifically — the 31st…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
Mighty Hits is a shooting gallery game made for light guns. It was developed and published by the Japanese company Altron for Saturn and PlayStation in 1996. An enhanced Special…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: Virtual Casino– Dreamcast VCD Player DreamMovie Cracked, Available for All– Jinzou Ningen Hakaider, Scud: The…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: Quake v0.819 – Script Editing Tool Aids Magic School Lunar Fan Translation– EMIT Vol. 1:…
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A hacker new to the Saturn scene released a patch Tuesday that translates Kyuutenkai, also known as Fantastic Pinball, into English. ShivaSaturn posted a thread on SegaXtreme talking about their…
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It has been a year since SHIRO! last covered Paul Met and Meduza Team’s development of codes to unlock the framerate in select Sega Saturn titles, and they have been…
Best Of Saturn
Sakura Wars (Sakura Taisen) was a fall 1996 release in Japan, and is best described as a visual novel, dating sim, and strategy game mashed up into one. Set in…
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Two more Saturn light-gun compatible games, Jinzou Ningen Hakaider: Last Judgement (localized as Mechanical Violator Hakaider: Last Judgement) and Scud: The Disposable Assassin, are now playable free of screen flashes…
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Download DreamMovie (UNLOCKED) here:https://github.com/DerekPascarella/DreamMovie-UNLOCKED After 25 years of being locked away behind some of the most insane software/hardware protection I’ve ever seen for a $25 unlicensed console accessory, DreamMovie for the SEGA Dreamcast has…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
The Virtual Casino Community Challenge here at SHIRO! wrapped up the other day. Some of its prizes were reserved for people who successfully got to the staff credits: SHIRO! Virtual…
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It is time for the ninth SEGA Saturn SHIRO! Online Tournament, so get ready to get down with some Puyo Puyo Sun For SEGANET! Sign-ups are now live over on…
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Kicking off at the end of November last year, the eighth SEGA Saturn SHIRO! Online Tournament in SEGA Worldwide Soccer ’98 has come sliding to an end! The winner of…
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The SHIRO! community spent the last month losing countless digital dollars to bunny-clad women in Natsume’s “Serious Fun” Virtual Casino. Now that April has arrived, it is time for these…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: What You Can’t Say in a Saturn Game– Prisoner of Ice #BestOfSaturn– Indie Developer Porting…
Best Of Saturn
EMIT Vol. 1: Lost Child of Time is the first of a trilogy of EMIT games from Koei, all debuting within the span of roughly a month. Designed to teach…
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The programmer behind the Magic School Lunar fan translation patch released a meaty blog post Friday giving fans of the Lunar franchise, and Saturn RPGs, a look behind the scenes…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
A new “65% complete” version of Quake for Saturn was recently made available by Saturn enthusiast vbt. I know what you’re wondering: does it have any cheat codes? The answer…
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A group of SegaXtreme community members banded together to buy and dump a pair of Saturn prototypes: one of Quake, and one of Fantastep. VBT made a thread at 7:24…
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Back in January 2023, Slinga released multiplayer mayhem onto Saturn in the form of Disasteroids, a 12-player Asteroids clone submitted to the 28th Anniversary Game Competition. One of many in…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Apologies for the poor audio and technical difficulties! Dave’s laptop shit the bed right before the show, so this was streamed via Dave & Dan on their phones… Yikes! Anyway,…
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Over the weekend a new “Willy Wombat English Advancement Patch” was shared in a Romhacking.net forum post that, when used in conjunction with last year’s “English Improvement Patch,” translates perhaps…
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[Editor’s note: This story was updated March 29 to add Sascha’s name, clarify that Project Neon does not use WiFi for online multiplayer, add details about the cartridge prototype’s expected…
Best Of Saturn
Point and click adventures were all the rage for PC gamers in the ’90s, but they never translated well to home consoles… but no one told Japan, as Saturn gamers…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
I previously wrote this: When doing reverse engineering, it’s good to have a starting place — a piece of code that does something that you understand. That’s why I search…
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An update today for the MiSTer FPGA’s Saturn core improves the performance of many 3D fighting games when using just one memory module. Doing so has stretched the MiSTer’s hardware…
Best Of Saturn
Stellar Assault SS came to the Saturn in 1998 courtesy of SIMS Co., being a remake of sorts of the SEGA-developed 32X game Stellar Assault (Shadow Squadron in the U.S.)….
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Original Princess Crown Translation Team Has Abandoned Their Project– Patches Remove Flashing in Area 51, Maximum Force on…
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A long-dormant project to create a wireless Bluetooth adapter for the Saturn 3D controller is alive once again, according to a blog post from its creator. Dave, the owner of…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In this edition I’m putting Thunder Force V back under the microscope. I examined a prototype version of the game last year, but this time I’m taking a look at…
Editorial
One of my white whales in Sega Saturn homebrew game development has been sound and music. Starting out on Jo Engine, I quickly found out that the sound functions didn’t…
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This is a cross post of a regular segment posted on SegaXtreme.net. Join in on the conversation on the SegaXtreme forums. Didn’t have room to post three different box arts,…
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The Saturn is on people’s minds in all corners of the world — from the Japanese developers of Yakuza to the French fans on the Delta Island forum to a…