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 […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

Satiator Firmwares Fix Audio, Boot Issues

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 […]

TraynoCo (Sega Saturn, SHIRO!)

Sakura Wars 2 Fan Translation for SEGA SATURN is OUT NOW!

Finally, 27 years after its release in Japan, the second entry in the Sakura Wars series on Saturn is now playable in English — thanks to the team of fans that translated Sakura Wars 1 six years ago! Back in 2019, a team led by Noah Stream released the long-awaited fan translation for Sakura Wars […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

Eadmaster: Princess Crown Translation Patch Is Release-Worthy

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 […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

Homebrew Developer Surprises With Saturn Project Dedicated to Shenmue

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 […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

New Saturn Homebrew Game: Micro Motor Mayhem!

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,” […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

Saturn Ring Library Releases to the Public

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 […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

English Patch for Saturn RPG Arcana Strikes Is Out Now

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 […]

SaturnDave (Sega Saturn, SHIRO!)

Stream Saturn Games via Fenrir WiFi

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 […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

New Satiator Menu Supports Subfolders for Multidisc Games

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] […]