Earlier this week a brand-new Casio Loopy flash cartridge called the Floopy Drive was launched by Roger Braunstein (aka partlyhuman). While the initial listing of 15 sold out within 4 hours of launch, more components are already on order with a lead time of 4-6 weeks. If anyone is interested in the next batch, definitely […]
(Updated on January 13, 2024) James has released a video on their YouTube channel about this topic and the online patching utility is gone from the web. Portal 64—a Nintendo 64 port of Valve’s Portal, independently developed by James Lambert—appears to have been shut down. In a YouTube video released on January 13th, 2024, Lambert […]
Saturn homebrew developer JBeretta, behind the cute 2D platformer Zygo, has dipped their foot into the world of survival horror with their new 3D game Cold Case, A brand new entry for the SEGA Saturn 29th Anniversary Game Competition! I’ve been working on this since the beginning of the year in it’s current form, since […]
Originally written by Danthrax over at SEGA SATURN, SHIRO! A prominent Saturn homebrew developer whose code was used in part to make a prototype of Metal Gear Solid running on the Saturn confirmed that the prototype is real. XL2 said Friday in the SHIRO! Discord server and Saturday on SegaXtreme that the prototype’s developer, Frogbull, […]
Back in 2021, SHIRO! had the opportunity to interview the then Saturn homebrew community newcomer, 7Shades, regarding his shadow-dropped title, CUBECAT. At that time, the game was still fairly early in development, and the engine was still undergoing constant changes. Fast forward to this past weekend at PRGE 2023, and SHIRO! caught up with 7Shades […]
BillyTime! Games recently released a hack for Ghostbusters on Sega Genesis to fix a significant mistake in the original version, the complete lack of Winston Zeddemore. If you’ve never experienced the game, Ghostbusters for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive was co-developed by Compile and Sega and then initially released in the US in 1990. It is an […]
Another trip around the sun means another excellent showing of Saturn homebrew, patches and tools from our amazing enthusiast community! With the submission deadline up and all entries turned in, let’s take a look at SegaXtreme‘s 28th Anniversary Game Competition, organized by Emerald Nova. This contest celebrates 28 years of Sega Saturn and marks the […]
Saturn-wizard, XL2 and crew (Corvusdeux & Ponut) have stunned the fan community with a tech demo that many would have thought to completely impossible… ‘IRRÉEL’ features the first two levels of the 1998 benchmark PC game, UNREAL, painstakingly & meticulously recreated in all of their gritty, late 90’s glory… Remade from the ground up, using […]
The Dreamcast homebrew scene has been buzzing in recent years, and it’s just passed a huge milestone — the first online-capable fan-made game for SEGA’s last home console. The latest demo for the groundbreaking title, Driving Strikers, released last week, with this most recent one featuring online play for the first time. It’s downloadable for […]
A new method for running code on SEGA Saturn off an SD card has been developed — and it works via the Player 2 controller port… In early September, Murzik posted a thread on SegaXtreme detailing his invention, which he calls the SDLoader. It involves stripping a Saturn controller or controller extension cord and wiring it to […]
