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A fan is hacking an old English translation into the Saturn version of daughter-raising simulator Princess Maker 2. Washbear posted a thread on SegaXtreme last week showing off her progress…
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Stylized 2D graphics and multi-arc storyline lovers, step right up to Princess Crown, a late 1997 Atlus side-scrolling action game laden with RPG elements. Players take on the role of…
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At last, a translator is on board the effort to turn Grandia: Digital Museum’s script into English, according to the project lead. TrekkiesUnite118 posted Wednesday on SegaXtreme that Wiredcrackpot has…
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This morning, version 2.0 of Exxistance’s Willy Wombat English Improvement patch went live. This patch is markedly more ambitious than its version 1.0 predecessor, going well beyond English menus. Exxistance’s…
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Earlier this week, Exxistance dropped a surprise English translation patch for the SEGA AGES port of the sprite scaling arcade racer Power Drift over on his GitHub. Released in 1998…
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Once again, prolific fan translator Exxistance releases another English fan translation in his “Summer of Saturn” series. Today, he translated the remaining Japanese text on Saturn fighter Dead or Alive….
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Sting’s 1998 Japanese Saturn release, Baroque, is a 3D, first-person perspective roguelike action game. Inflicted with amnesia, you begin in a darkly post-apocalyptic world whose inhabitants’ bodies suffer mutations representing…
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Released this morning by KoolFiller over on Segaxtreme, a full English translation is now available for the straight to home consoles hot-blooded family beat ’em up Nekketsu Oyako. A December…
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New English fan translation patches for lesser-known titles Tama: Adventurous Ball in Giddy Labyrinth (referred to just as Tama moving forward) and Hissatsu! are now available for us all to…
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A mid-1995 Japan-only port of the PC original, the psychological horror Dark Seed is a point and click adventure in the style of H.R. Giger. You’ve just bought an old…
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Cyber Doll Back in July 2025, fan translator Exxistance began work on the cyberpunk RPG Cyber Doll on the Saturn with translator Wiredcrackpot: While there hasn’t been an open fan…
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Who doesn’t love Cotton, the cutest teenage witch this side of the Pumpkin Kingdom? When Princess Appli steals — then loses — the powerful Water Willow candy, Cotton must embark…
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Back in June 2001, with the popularity of the Magic: The Gathering property exploding the ’90s and continuing its domination in the 2000s despite the rise of other games such…
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When the world was young and all things were new, at the dawn of industrial age, there lived a boy named Justin. Brimming with exuberance and a zeal to explore,…
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Hot on the heels of 1997’s Grandia, the remake of the 1994 SEGA CD / Mega CD hit Lunar 2: Eternal Blue launched on the Saturn in 1998. Set a…
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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…
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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…
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Over the next three weeks, we will be taking a look at GameArts’ triumvirate of their biggest Saturn titles, kicking things off with Lunar: Silver Star Story! A remake of…
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A 17-year-old named Angie Hart is found dead at the foot of the planetarium in Chicago, and it’s up to detective J.B. Harold — YOU — to solve this murder…
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One of the very first Saturn titles to receive a fan translation, Revolutionary Girl Utena: Story of the Someday Revolution is a polished visual novel based on the excellent anime…
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What’s in a name, anyways?? With an odd title, Linkle Liver Story is a cute 1996 Japanese action RPG released by NexTech. The game revolves around fox-girl Kitsch and the…
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New patches for SteamGear Mash not only translate the isometric Saturn-exclusive shooter into English but also add support for the 3D controller. Suinevere Pendragon uploaded the patches Monday to SegaXtreme…
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Prolific fan translation patch maker Exxistance kicked off what he calls his “summer of Saturn” today with an English patch for the Saturn port of SNK 2D fighting game Shinouken,…
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Waialae no Kiseki: Extra 36 Holes — the Walrus-less spiritual successor to Pebble Beach Golf Links — is now playable in English thanks to a recent “English Toggle Patch” by…
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In 1993, Technosoft prepared an overhead / vertical shmup called Blast Wind for the arcades, but ultimately never released it. When the time was right, a 1997 limited release conversion…
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The romhacker KoolFiller continues to pack the SegaXtreme resource section with quality projects. His latest contribution is a quartet of English activation patches, with additional improvements to liven the package…
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Today we present one of the most fascinating fan translation stories on the Saturn as a whole: Asuka 120 Burning Fest. (festival) Limited, was a late 1997 Japan-only title by…
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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…
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Battle Arena Toshinden Remix, Virtua Fighter Remix… how about Yumimi Mix Remix? Yumimi Mix is a 1993 Game Arts collaboration with manga artist Izumi Takemoto, releasing exclusively for the Japanese…
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A fan has localized into English the Japan-only sequel to Sega Saturn World War II strategy game Iron Storm. Not only that, he made a patch to correct the Working…
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After the 1996 release of the mega-successful Saturn Bomberman, Hudson Soft crafted a sequel: 1997’s Saturn Bomberman Fight! For the first time in the series, the 2D levels are replaced…
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In our quest to highlight Saturn fan translations this year, it’s also worth mentioning the handful of English activation patches available. Some Japanese games have English text baked right in,…
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We’ve been blessed with dozens of Saturn translations over recent years, but today we give a nod to one of the trailblazers: the 2016 fan translation of Hideo Kojima’s Policenauts….
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Camelot Software Planning unleashed the massively ambitious Shining Force 3 trilogy in Japan over a 12-month span starting December 1997. The trilogy comprises three SRPG “scenarios” featuring 30+ battles apiece,…
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Exxistance does it again and releases a fan translation based on the anime and manga series Ninku. The fighting game follows the frog-looking character Fūsuke, who is immensely powerful and…