SHIRO! PODCAST
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!…
News
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…
Community
“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!…
Best Of Saturn
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…
News
Download Patch:https://github.com/DerekPascarella/Capcomvs.SNK2-EnglishPatchDreamcast Exactly one year in the making, today I proudly announce our English translation patch release for “Capcom vs. SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001” on the SEGA Dreamcast! What…
News
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…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
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…
News
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,…
SHIRO! PODCAST
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…
Spotlight
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…
News
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….
Best Of Saturn
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…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
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…
SHIRO! PODCAST
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,…
News
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…
Best Of Saturn
It began on the wings of an armored blue dragon… the Panzer Dragoon series is perhaps the premier Saturn franchise, helping launch the system in the West with the first…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In this edition: I found some previously unknown cheat codes for the Saturn game G Vector, the 3D shooter. They give you extra modes, invincibility, a new character, and more!…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– Under the Microscope: The Incredible Hulk — The Pantheon Saga– Tokyo Shadow #BestOfSaturn– NEW Stable Release of JoEngine…
News
Get ready to shuffle your deck of magic cards and save the world — an English fan translation patch for Saturn-exclusive card-battling RPG Arcana Strikes is available to download now….
Community
Attention all Sega Saturn homebrew developers, game translators, patchers, hackers and tinkerers alike: The deadline for the 2025 SegaXtreme Saturn Homebrew Competition is fast approaching! All entries must be submitted…
News
An English translation patch for the Sega Saturn port of sidescrolling beat-em-up Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom is nearly complete, according to a recent update by the fan hacker…
News
On Thursday, March 6th, Ced, the creator of the Fenrir Optical Drive Emulator released a the long-awaited Beta Preview Build of his WiFi SMB Firmware via the Fenrir Discord Server…
News
A new development library by Danny, SaturnMath++ has just been released. SaturnMath++ is a C++23 library dedicated to Sega Saturn hardware, offering essential mathematical operations tailored for fixed-point arithmetic and…
News
On Saturday, March 8th, JoEngine author, Johannes Fetz, released a new stable version v2025.1 of his trusty Sega Saturn Software Development Kit. This marks the first update in nearly a…
Best Of Saturn
Taito’s 1996 release Tokyo Shadow is a cool mix of FMV and graphic adventure. You are Hide, and along with your girlfriend Kyoko, you are investigating a supernatural lightning strike…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In this edition: The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga has a hidden cheat menu that grants infinite items, the ability to skip levels, and more. Action Replay codes to enable…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– PandaMonium Interviews Takenobu Mitsuyoshi– Yaba Sanshiro on iOS Adds Action Replay Cheats, Cloud Saves– Under the Microscope: Highway…
News
Konami released Suikoden I & II HD Remaster yesterday for modern consoles, but it’s apparently based on the PlayStation and PSP versions, lacking additions made exclusively to the 1998 Saturn…
Community
Our good friend, Saturn Memories, has compiled the most ridiculously comprehensive directory of all ports, remakes, sequels, spiritual successors, clones, and games influenced by or exhibiting notable similarities to Sega Saturn…
News
Last year, we discussed how more Saturn peripherals have begun to be cloned. It started with the SAROO, which is open source, but many different kinds popped up on AliExpress….
Best Of Saturn
Exciting Slot Shooting is a curious game, fusing top-down shooting with… a slot machine component! Looking like a Technicolor reverse Space Invaders, different colored monsters are released in waves from…
News
The creator of the Satiator released two new menus over the weekend that improve how the optical drive emulator handles folders for Saturn games that use multiple discs. Professor Abrasive…
Bo Bayles' Hacks & Cheats
In this edition: I found a previously unreported cheat code for Highway 2000, the Genki racing game for Saturn. It unlocks an unlimited “free” time mode. I also found a…
News
The iOS version of Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro was updated Feb. 26 to enable saving game progress in the cloud as well as support for Action Replay cheat codes, its…
SHIRO! PODCAST
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! news updates! This week, we’ll be discussing:– House of the Dead 2 Remake Demo Hits Steam– Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute Gets Western PlayStation, Switch Release…