📖 Bytes of Game Ads 📺 Now it's your turn to partake in some SD brawling on Sega Saturn!, says this cute ad. A combo creation and 'kids' mode also get some highlights at key features of the new take on Virtua Fighting!

Japanese magazine advertisement for 'Panzer Dragoon' on the SEGA Saturn.

Remember that 1997 movie Face Off, where John Travolta and Nicholas Cage literally swap faces? It was done the year prior in DeathMask — an FMV adventure game converted to Japanese Saturns from the English PC original (though with a different title). #sega #saturn #BestOfSaturn #セガ #セガサターン

A curio from an old issue of a Japanese Sega Saturn magazine led Danthrax to investigate what seems like an odd control setup if true: Does the shuttle mouse work in Digital Pinball: Last Gladiators? Let's find out: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/01/27/i... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #セガサターン

Round one of the SHIRO! NetLink online tournament for Sega Worldwide Soccer '98 is complete! We've even got a couple round two matches finished already. Good luck to everyone who's still in it! #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames #soccer #football #tournament #セガ #セガサターン

Have you ever wished you could play Sonic R like a regular platformer, finding all the Chaos Emeralds and Sonic tokens at your leisure? Now you can with @bbayles.bsky.social 's new Sonic R&R mod! Check it out: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/01/26/s... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #sonic

Join us today as we remember our friend and passionate Saturn fan, Daniel Frederickson 3 p.m. PST / 6 p.m. EST / 11 p.m. UK All donations on the show will go to his family's gofundme. You can also donate here directly: www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-fr... youtube.com/live/7kdEpcn...

The "Let's Make a Pro Soccer Club!" franchise began on the Saturn and returns after a nearly decade-long hiatus with a new game today. How does it look and what's its reception like? Read on: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/01/22/l... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames

The "Let's Make a Pro Soccer Club!" franchise began on the Saturn and returns after a nearly decade-long hiatus with a new game today. How does it look and what's its reception like? Read on: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/01/22/l... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames

Grab your favorite weapon — it’s time to start something on the mean streets of Logic Puzzle Rainbow Town! Logic puzzles are grid-based brainteasers where you form an image by correctly solving sequences in intersecting rows and columns. #sega #saturn #segasaturn #BestOfSaturn

Ateam took it upon himself to improve the GDEMU experience on Dreamcast, and the fruits of his labor are the openMenu Virtual Folder Bundle! See what it does and where to get it: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/01/21/b... #sega #dreamcast #segadreamcast #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames #ode #gdemu

Our friend Mr. Frederickson lost his battle with terminal cancer over the weekend. He'd worked for a year to translate the sequel to his favorite Sega Saturn RPG "Mystaria: The Realms of Lore" but passed it to others in his final days. His story: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/01/19/f...

The additional themes are now live. Read more here: github.com/DerekPascare...

Japan got two Lode Runner games on the Saturn and they're both hiding secret cheat codes. See what @bbayles.bsky.social found in the latest Under the Microscope: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/01/19/u... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames #セガサターン #セガ

In case you missed it Friday evening, homebrew developer XL2 demonstrated that raytracing is possible on the Sega Saturn!

Released patches for House of the Dead on Saturn; in the process of making the "activate red blood" patch, I discovered a hidden Japanese mode! Now the JPN version can be played with the three blood colors that are absent from both revisions of its retail release :) segaxtreme.net/resources/th...

XL2 returns with another graphical feat on the Sega Saturn — this time, it's real-time raytracing! Marvel at his accomplishment here: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/01/16/x... #sega #saturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames

youtube.com/live/ThKrk-f... Join us today for LIVE Sega Saturn news — only on SHIRO! Show! 3 p.m. PST / 6 p.m. EST / 11 p.m. UK This week, we'll be talking about Rabbit's Fan Translation in #BestOfSaturn, an update to both Vigiliant Paradise and Yaba Sanshiro, and much more! #rabbitsaturn #sega

Hot new Sega Saturn homebrew FPS Vigilant Paradise already has an update! See what developer Riccardo Campione changed and still has in store for the future: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/01/16/v... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames #indie #indiedev #homebrew #FPS

(1/2) Version 1.1 of the openMenu Virtual Folder bundle is here! A total of 40 fixes and enhancements have gone into this release, and I'm super excited for all of you to try it. These updates are for both the Card Manager and openMenu itself. DOWNLOAD: github.com/DerekPascare...

Saturn fans who play on the go with Yaba Sanshiro got updates to improve touch screen controls and more. Get the details here: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/01/16/y... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #セガサターン #emulator #retrogaming #videogames #android #ios #retrogames

You must, and I cannot stress this enough, play Sega Saturn.

A summer 1997 release in Japan, Aorn’s Rabbit is a 2D versus fighting game similar in feel to the Street Fighter 2 series. The visuals are very colorful and the action zooms in and out as characters approach each other or pull back. #sega #saturn #BestOfSaturn

Check out our latest video, looking at the newest Dreamcast fan translation by @derekpascarella.bsky.social and team, Di Gi Charat Fantasy! youtu.be/Un70mY67az4

This week on Under the Microscope, @bbayles.bsky.social found cheat codes for the Sega Saturn's Ultraman fighting game that aren't even listed on Japanese websites! www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/01/14/u... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames #ultraman #ウルトラマン #セガ #セガサターン

In case you missed it over the weekend: We take a look back at 2025's biggest stories in the Sega Saturn scene! Reminisce over your favorite moments — or maybe discover something you missed — in this feature story.

2025 was a big year for Sega Saturn news, from exciting homebrew games and fan translations to updates and issues for the SAROO. What topped our list of biggest stories of the year? www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/01/09/t... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames

youtube.com/live/vhW7SY0... Join us today for LIVE Sega Saturn news — only on SHIRO! Show! 3 p.m. PST / 6 p.m. EST / 11 p.m. UK We'll be talking about our new format of #BestOfSaturn, talk Yuna Remix's interaction with the the SBom Joycard, and much more! #segaSaturn #Gundam #Sega #Translations

Well, it's the day after release and already I've got two minor bug fixes and FOUR ENHANCEMENTS! github.com/DerekPascare... If you want to be updated via email whenever things like this get posted, click the "Watch" button on the top right of the GitHub repository.

The Vigilant Paradise developer made a blog post on his store page acknowledging all the support for his game as well as the issues people have been having, and he said he’s working on fixes: playnautic.itch.io/vigilant-par... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames #homebrew

A Bandai Japan-only December 1995 release, Mobile Suit Gundam is the first of many games to hit the #Sega #Saturn based on the 1979 anime hit. The game is a 2D blend of run-and-gun & hack-n-slash, and features a mix of sprites, still & FMV backgrounds, and anime stills & cutscenes. #BestOfSaturn

(1/2) It's with tremendous pride that I'm releasing my new version of openMenu and the accompany card manager software, bringing virtual folders/subfolders to the GDEMU for the very first time (and more)! Download: github.com/DerekPascare... Video tutorial: youtu.be/YZtgtykCnM4

Wake up babe, new NiGHTS lore just dropped.

Pat and Dan discuss the new Saturn homebrew FPS Vigilant Paradise, then Pat plays the first few chapters of the game! Take a look: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPTE... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames #FPS #indie #indiedev #homebrew #セガサターン

Here are the latest standings in our Zap! Snowboarding Trix community challenge! You can join in the fun by hopping in the SHIRO! Discord server: discord.gg/wkhFJCFU #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames #speedrun #speedrunning

Wait, you can just bring back old hardware? Sega, we have a suggestion. #sega #saturn #segasaturn

In case you missed it Friday evening, our own @pandamonium.bsky.social interviewed ZONE about recreating Daytona USA inside VRChat! Check it out at the Sega Saturn SHIRO! website 👇

Hudson's SBom controller enabled hidden features in several of their #Sega #Saturn games — including Yuna Remix! Japanese players have known about this, but @bbayles.bsky.social reports on it for English speakers in Under the Microscope: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/01/05/u... #segasaturn

We're giving away a free copy of the new Sega Saturn homebrew game Vigilant Paradise to one lucky person in chat on the SHIRO! Show, which starts in just a few minutes! Hop in and let's talk some Saturn: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC6S... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #videogames #livestream

There's a new Miami Vice-like first-person shooter for the Sega Saturn by homebrew developer Riccardo Campione named Vigilant Paradise! But it might not be as new as you think — get the details in our story: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/01/02/v... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #videogames

ZONE (yes, that ZONE) ported Daytona USA to VRChat! We take a look at this love letter to SEGA fans — and ZONE talks with us about the long journey of making this happen: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/01/02/z... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #arcade #daytona #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames #racing

youtube.com/live/iC6SKYD... Join us today for LIVE Sega Saturn news — only on SHIRO! Show! 3 p.m. PST / 6 p.m. EST / 11 p.m. UK This week, we'll be talking about a NEW HOMEBREW GAME called Vigilant Paradise, and will be GIVING AWAY a download code for said game during the show! #sega #saturn

Unbeknownst to pretty much everyone, the first-person shooter "Vigilant Paradise" was released for Saturn in November 2025; AFAIK the developer never teased this on SegaXtreme or anywhere else so it's really quite astonishing! It's currently on sale for $7 on itch.io www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXw2...

We checked out the brand new English fan translation of Sega Saturn RPG Airs Adventure! Here's what we thought of it: youtu.be/AVL8tN8DLZ8 #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames

The SHIRO! January Community Challenge in Zap! Snowboarding Trix is underway! Check out the competition categories and how you can join in the fun here: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2025/12/31/t... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames

Don’t forget Clockwork Knight 2 on New Year’s Day (the North American version, anyway, and the Japanese Fukubukuro edition upon which it’s based) #sega #saturn #segasaturn

Happy New Year! Today is a good day to play Christmas NiGHTS, too 🥳 #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames #nye

Rayman first hit the Atari Jaguar in 1995 before being ported to the Saturn with slightly rebalanced gameplay & a superior soundtrack. It became UbiSoft’s first big hit. A colorful platformer, it's charming, whimsical & difficult — but in a good way. #sega #saturn #BestOfSaturn #BestOfSaturnSilver

How many of you have tried out the Saturn-exclusive Zap! Snowboarding Trix '97 game? Now you have a great excuse starting tomorrow in the SHIRO! January Community Challenge! youtu.be/cxOYzeDO3oY #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames

SHIRO! is hitting the slopes this January in Zap! Snowboarding Trix for our newest monthlong community challenge! Join us as we race for the best times to score some prizes! www.segasaturnshiro.com/2025/12/31/t... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames