Professor Abrasive has just posted an update about his Sega Saturn optical drive emulator. The beta hardware is in and finally built correctly by the manufacturer. Also, the cases are being finalized with the intent of production versions being SLA plastic; I’m assuming the beta’s will ship in a 3D printed case. Also, the focus now […]
The best Saturn emulator on Android, Yaba Sanshiro just received a new update to version 2.4.0. The emulator, which plays many games at full speed on the Nvidia Shield TV and many other devices received an important usability update. According to the release notes: WHAT’S NEW * in-game controller configuration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjwSuPTWgy0 * Riglord saga 2 […]
Someone just sent me a great writeup written by Matt Greer back in 2016 about how transparency effects are used in the Sega Saturn and why you don’t see them as often as other consoles: https://www.mattgreer.org/articles/sega-saturn-and-transparency/ I don’t want to spoil the main article, but basically it’s a result of how the dual VDP1 and VDP2 […]
If you’re a fan of Space Harrier on the Sega Saturn, then today could be your lucky day. Yaba Sanshiro, a Sega Saturn emulator for Android and Windows received an update. Per developer devMiyax on the Google Play Store, it fixes a regression that caused graphical glitches in Space Harrier.
Retro-bit has announced via Twitter that its analog Sega controller will be pushed back to the Summer of 2019. The controller, which was scheduled for release in November of 2018, and then February 2019 was been pushed back “in order to
The Japanese Sega Saturn game Linkle Liver Story has just been given a full English translation! The game, as well as the color manual can now be experienced in English for the first time! Things like this are why romhacking is so important to me, as translations allow entirely new groups of people to experience […]
Pseudo Saturn is a community firmware that can be flashed to devices like the Action Replay 4. It was originally designed to simply add a hardware exploit option to the AR4, allowing the booting of burned discs and negating the need for a modchip. But features have been continually added to it through the years […]
No, you didn’t somehow end up on Kotaku. I assure you that this is still RetroRGB. “So, why is there an anime post here?” you may ask. It’s because Hi Score Girl
The first two Panzer Dragoon games are getting a new lease on life according to developer Forever Entertaiment and Sega. Their announcement states that
I was burned too many times when I power up my Sega Saturn to notice that my CR2032 had died. The CR2032 on the Sega Saturn is responsible for maintaining power to the internal battery-backed SRAM (i.e. your internal saves) and maintaining the system’s RTCC (real-time clock and calendar). When the battery dies, which seems […]
