The developer of Sega Saturn optical drive emulator Satiator released two new firmwares recently to fix regressive issues that appeared in an update last fall. Firmware 162, released April 26, fixes crackling Redbook audio heard in some games, while firmware 163, released May 3, addresses instances when the ODE fails to display its menu when […]
After six months of work initially based on a different team’s preliminary translation from more than a decade ago, fan hacker eadmaster has released an English translation patch for Saturn action RPG Princess Crown that he’s labeled version 1.0 — sans a “release candidate” label. Three previous versions of the patch had been labeled 1.0 […]
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 Patreon with a free post that included a Mega.nz link to download the game, called “Shenmue: Back in Yokosuka.” It uses a collection of WAV […]
The deadline for the SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 30th Anniversary Game Competition passed on Friday, shortly followed by competition coordinator EmeraldNova revealing the entries, which totaled more than two dozen. There were 25 entries across three categories, including nine original games; nine hacks, patches and translations; and seven utilities. The full list is as follows: Original […]
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 game winner Cold Case, uploaded his latest creation Saturday to a SegaXtreme Resources page. “It’s a bit like Micro Machines, a bit like Mario Kart,” […]
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, ReyeMe, unveiled SRL in a SegaXtreme thread Friday night. He said its features promise to “do away with many of the headaches of typical Saturn […]
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. Team Meduza published the patch on their website Friday. For anyone having trouble accessing that site, the patch also can be downloaded from Romhack.ing. The […]
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 that finally enables stable game streaming over WiFi via an SMB network share! WARNING: This is a BETA preview build, and some folks are experiencing […]
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 uploaded Menu 70 to his device’s official wiki website Saturday. It fixes an error in how the Satiator sees subfolders within a game’s folder. “[Doesn’t] […]
Eadmaster continues to make progress on his English fan translation patch for Saturn action RPG Princess Crown, updating it twice in the last month to fit more text on screen, translate signs and more. The latest version, 0.9, uploaded Feb. 16, can be downloaded from the project’s GitHub. The patch should be applied to the […]
