After 2 Years of Work, Dragon Ball Z: The Legend is Now in English

Dragon Ball Z: The Legend English Translation version 1.0 — a patch two years in the making — dropped on SegaXtreme Aug. 25th. You can download the patch here! This patch was completed by a single fan, wonder-inc, who credits nine other members of the community for their help in making this translation patch a […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

Shinrei Jusatsushi Taroumaru Gets English Translation Patch

Shinrei Jusatsushi Taroumaru, the Saturn run-n-gun infamous for being one of the most expensive on the aftermarket, now has an English translation patch thanks to a fan who’s new to the hacking scene. Exxistance uploaded the patch in SSP format to his GitHub on Thursday. The patch changes the title to “Psychic Killer Taromaru” because […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

Lobotomy Software’s Engine Code Uploaded to GitHub

The source code for the Saturn version of Lobotomy Software’s first-person shooter engine was uploaded to GitHub and the Internet Archive last Saturday. Called the SlaveDriver engine, it powered three FPSes on the Saturn: PowerSlave (also called Exhumed in PAL territories), Duke Nukem 3D and Quake. It appears to be the version of the engine […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

New Fenrir Lite Model Unveiled for Saturn

The latest model of the Fenrir optical drive emulator for Saturn appeared on the official webstore yesterday. Dubbed the “Fenrir Lite,” it sports a new purple board and is being sold for €50 (about US$58). The webstore says the Fenrir Lite is on backorder and orders will ship starting Aug. 1. That’s because Ced, the […]

SaturnDave (Sega Saturn, SHIRO!)

WUXI Saturn ODE/CD Switcher Now Available

Back on April 30, TZMWX announced the open source availability of his WUXI Drive Switcher project to GitHub for free public use. WUXI is an optical drive channel switcher for Sega Saturn that can switch freely between the CD drive and optical drive emulators (ODE), such as Rhea, Phoebe, and various versions of Fenrir have […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

Art Festival to Include Saturn Homebrew Game Red Moon: Lost Days

SHIRO! already knows Saturn games are art, and now an arts festival agrees. Red Moon: Lost Days, the first commercial Sega Saturn homebrew game, has been accepted into the ninth ECRÃ Festival of Cinema and Experimental Art. The ECRÃ Festival is a respected Brazilian experimental art and cinema event that’s heading into its ninth year. […]

SaturnDave (Sega Saturn, SHIRO!)

New Indie Racer, LINEAR 直線的 S, Seeks to Replicate Sega Saturn’s Unique Rendering Method in Unity3D

A new Sega Saturn-inspired indie racer is set to launch off the starting grid, and it looks to be something really special. LINEAR 直線的 S is the first in a planned series of games from indie startup, Advent Softworks, under their PROJECT S development framework, which aims to replicate Sega Saturn’s graphics rendering methods as […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

Motor Mayhem, Gundam, Ring Library Win SegaXtreme Homebrew Contest

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 Saturday in a livestream. In the original games category, racer Micro Motor Mayhem beat out tribute game Shenmue: Back in Yokosuka by four points while the […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

English Patch for D&D Tower of Doom on Saturn Is Out Now

Trade your D20s for a Saturn controller because an English translation patch for the Sega Saturn port of sidescrolling beat-em-up Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom is complete. The sole developer, Lirinica, posted the patch to SegaXtreme’s Resources area Saturday. It’s an XDelta patch file that should be applied to the game’s Track 1 BIN […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

English Patch Released for Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon on Saturn

A new adventure awaits English speakers now that a translation patch for the Sega Saturn version of Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon is complete. The translator and hacker, Maud, posted a Google Drive link to the patch on social media Monday. Later in the week, it was uploaded to Romhack.ing here. The patch uses a […]