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Developer Hinges (creator of the action-platformer, Scarf of Embers on Steam) appears to be well underway with the rapid-fire creation of a user-friendly 3D game development tool for Sega Saturn….
Editorial
The Cat Came Back… Few Saturn homebrew projects have had quite the evolution of 7Shades’ CubeCat. What began as a modest experiment by a programmer learning his way around Saturn…
PandaMonium Reviews
Hey all, PandaMonium here. I have finally finished my annual review of the SegaXtreme Sega Saturn Homebrew entries for the 2026 season. Sorry it took so long. There is not…
Editorial
Sonic, the brilliant tactician. In honor of Sonic’s 35th Anniversary, the SegaXtreme Games of the Month for June and July 2026 are the Sonic Storybook series. At the conclusion of…
News
Judging is over for the contest portion of the SegaXtreme Showcase, and so is the mystery surrounding its secret translation patch entry — it’s Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, as revealed…
Community
The SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 31st Anniversary Showcase reached its climax last night with the release of a digital magazine highlighting all 31 entries paired with announcing the contest winners. Showcase organizer Emerald…
News
A small but promising homebrew game was submitted to the SegaXtreme Showcase last month: Fists of Ouchie, a 2D versus fighting game. It somewhat resembles Super Smash Bros. — its…
News
An in-progress isometric RPG was submitted to the SegaXtreme Showcase last month called Shadows of Peakwater. It’s a 2D turn-based game being developed by 500zorkmids, who said they were inspired…
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A Saturn port of the “abstract” bullet-hell shooter Noiz2sa has been submitted by the.chojin to the SegaXtreme Saturn 31st Anniversary Homebrew Showcase. You can see SHIRO!’s summary of the submissions…
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Longtime Saturn homebrew coder Ervilsoft submitted their Saturn port of the infamous Flash game The World’s Hardest Game to the SegaXtreme Saturn 31st Anniversary Homebrew Showcase. You can see SHIRO!’s…
Community
Also on Game Gear! This is a cross post of a regular segment posted on SegaXtreme.net. Join in on the conversation on the SegaXtreme forums. The SegaXtreme Game of the…
News
A colorful Saturn 2D fighter is more accessible for English-speaking audiences thanks to a new patch from Saturn community regular Exxistance. “My small entry is a partial English menu translation…
Community
It seems 31 is the Saturn’s lucky number this year — not only is the West celebrating the console’s release here 31 years ago, but the SegaXtreme Showcase features 31…
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Long-term Saturn developer slinga submitted a 3.7.0 Alpha build of their Save Game Copier into the SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 31st Anniversary Homebrew Showcase. The SHIRO! announcement of this year’s showcase…
Community
Genesis, not Mega Drive. This game is 100% ‘Murican. This is a cross post of a regular segment posted on SegaXtreme.net. Join in on the conversation on the SegaXtreme forums. The…
News
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…
Community
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…
Community
The SEGA Saturn released in Japan on November 22, 1994. Alongside it came Virtua Fighter as a pack in title, and a selection of four additional launch titles available for…
News
Time Warner’s recreation of Virtua Racing on the Saturn is known for its great music, but it’s notoriously silent while replaying a completed race. It’s not supposed to be, though….
News
Micro Motor Mayhem, Mobile Suit Gundam and the Saturn Ring Library are the big winners in the SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 30th Anniversary Game Competition, as organizer Emerald Nova announced today…
Community
The results of the SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 30th Anniversary Game Competition have been delayed by about a week, its organizer said Thursday. EmeraldNova told others on the SegaXtreme Discord server…
Community
This year we saw two submissions from TrekkiesUnite118 to the SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 30th Anniversary Game Competition. First is an update to Sega FILM Tools, a useful java app for…
Community
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…
News
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…
Community
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…
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…
Community
This is a crosspost of a regular segment posted on SegaXtreme.net. Join in on the conversation on the SegaXtreme forums. The SegaXtreme Game of the Month for December 2024 is…
Community
It is time again for the annual SegaXtreme homebrew game competition! This is the sixth annual SEGA Saturn Anniversary Game Competition that I’ve hosted on SegXtreme since restarting the competition…
Community
This is a cross post of a regular segment posted on SegaXtreme.net. Join in on the conversation on the SegaXtreme forums. The game of the month for November 2024 is…
Community
A custom Saturn-themed fight stick is up for auction, and the proceeds are going to a good cause. Sporting a white Saturn shape and decals with beloved Japanese Sega mascot…
Community
The results of the SegaXtreme 29th Anniversary Sega Saturn Game Competition were announced today, with homebrew survival horror game Cold Case, the English localization of Stellar Assault SS and a…
Community
Back in March of last year, TrekkiesUnite118 created a thread on translating Shin Megami Tensei: Soul Hackers on the SEGA Saturn using the official 3DS translation as a base. One…
Community
For the 5th year in a row, SegaXtreme & Emerald Nova, bring us an outstanding lineup of Sega Saturn homebrew, patches and tools from this amazing community, marking the 29th…
Community
There were dozens of entries this year in SegaXtreme’s SEGA Saturn 29th Anniversary Game Competition and each of them are worth checking out. Here’s a closer look at a handful…
Community
Sometimes even a simple game of Pong can be a lot of fun. That’s the driving principle behind one of the Saturn’s newest games, Pixel Poppy Pong, a two-player homebrew…