An Indiegogo campaign has been announced for the VM2: a modern redesign of the Dreamcast‘s hybrid handheld console and memory card. Like many of the features the Dreamcast is notable for, the original VMU was as innovative as it was flawed—its screen displays useful information in some titles and its ability to play mini-games is a charming […]
Any SEGA Saturn fans out there..? This one’s for you! SHIRO! Media Group recently launched a new bi-weekly nostalgia-packed Saturn podcast series called Editor’s Corner. (in addition to the existing mainline SHIRO! podcast). Dave & Peter, editors of SHIRO! MAGAZINE, look back on their teenage memories of the console’s hardware, games and marketing. Join them […]
On Wednesday Aug 3, 2022, Gabriel Pyron announced a NEW 2D Game Engine in the works for both PlayStation and Saturn, created by Tiago Cabral (aka TiagoSC), the same individual who ported Sonic the Hedgehog to the Super Nintendo, through a custom 2D Engine. Original Announcement… In the video upload (shown above) Gabriel demonstrates the […]
Back in May of 2022, Malenko, the one who brought us the English patch for Fire Pro Wrestling 6 Men Scramble, started working on another English patch for Shutokou Battle ’97, also known as Tokyo Highway Battle on PlayStation in the US. After roughly 3 months (and much help from the Sega Saturn community) the […]
UK based Saturn homebrew developer, VOXEL, has just released a NEW teaser trailer (below) for the upcoming SAGE ’22 hosted by SFGHQ (Sonic Fan Games HQ). Here’s VOXEL’s NEW TRAILER showing the game running on REAL SEGA SATURN HARDWARE… Back on April 1st, we reported on this new and exciting project that was surprisingly NOT […]
Back in November of 2021, SHIRO! reported on some exciting work in progress by two individuals (Drew Kenaz & Izzi Patrick) to make Saturn’s 3D Analog Control Pad completely wireless. After nearly 8 months, significant progress has been made, and here we’ll bring folks up to speed on how all of this came together from […]
I was interested to come across this video by MatteusBeus – AKA Matthew Bennion – whose channel covers game development on the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive. In it he provides an excellent overview of the ongoing work of both Richard Kaussler and Javier de Silóniz Sandino (known in the community as Javi) towards reverse […]
* THIS IS A SPOILER-FREE REVIEW WITH TRAILER IMAGES ONLY. “SONIC 2 was so much fun! It was hilariously bonkers and not remotely grounded in reality.., which is great! The film is self-aware of its outlandish premise and rolls with it to service fans with loads of Easter eggs and clever nods to the original […]
During the last couple of years, the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive indie scene grew exponentially with more and more developers and small studios using the console as a base platform for their next title. Now this trend continues yet again, as Neofid Studios announced Astebros, an action roguelite spin-off to their 2021 release, Demons […]
Heart of Darkness garnered a lot of buzz back in the latter half of the ’90s… It was both well promoted and highly anticipated as the follow up project to Éric Chahi & Delphine Software‘s earlier Out of This World strategy/platforming adventures. Many Saturn owners looked forward to experiencing this cinematic title on their home console back […]
