Two homebrew modders think Sega Saturn-exclusive RPG Albert Odyssey could use some improvements — find out what KoolFiller and Xhul are up to in Gregori’s story:
https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2025/08/12/pair-of-romhacks-show-albert-odyssey-some-love/
I played Baroque for #SegaSaturn for the first time and it it the most unsettling nightmare fuel imaginable. Everything about it is anxiety inducing, the sounds, the colors, the characters, the control scheme. #BoomerShooters where you can't look up or down always make me feel claustrophobic, but this one is *trying* to give you a panic attack.
I thought I had collected all the roms for the systems I grew up with a long time ago. I even got the 1G1R collections!
I just realized that all this time people have been translating games that I didn't have because they weren't in English. 
It's like #games are still releasing for #Dreamcast, and #SegaSaturn because they are new to me!!
Taki Udon’s FPGA SuperStation One Dock will have Saturn disc loading support! Check out my fellow SHIRO! TraynoCo's latest story for more details:
Join us today for LIVE Sega Saturn news — only on SHIRO! SHOW
3 p.m. PDT / 6 p.m. EDT / 11 p.m. UK
This week, we'll dive into using Discord on your Saturn NetLink, the Saturn MiSTer core nearing perfection and much more!
Wanna chat on Discord from your Saturn? Those with a DreamPi and a NetLink or XBand modem can enjoy even more functionality now that SHIRO! has added Discross to our Discord server! Guest writer Shadowmask has the details:
The Saturn core on the MiSTer FPGA now passes every test its developers throw at it, making it perhaps the most accurate core on the MiSTer! Find out what's new in my story:
https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2025/08/08/saturn-mister-core-now-passes-every-test/
Feature for Salamander Deluxe Pack on Sega Saturn from Official Sega Saturn Magazine 23 - September 1997 (UK)
This issue can be downloaded here:
https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/clubnintendo.html
JFC I think I've actually fully completely fixed the music engine for real this time.
It now runs off of the SCU timer 1 interrupt, and has a tickrate of 240Hz.
It works on Mednafen and hardware. Not quite on Ymir, but that's a bug in Ymir (which I believe has been fixed)
Here it is playing something made by @DaforLynx ^^
If you see this, link to this post with a title screen that's iconic to you.
The Android version of Yaba Sanshiro Sega Saturn emulator just added another new feature: RetroAchievements! It joins a short list of Saturn emulators that hook in to the service. Get the details in my story:
https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2025/08/06/android-version-of-yaba-sanshiro-adds-retroachievements/
This week, Bo Bayles found a hidden cheat menu in Casper for Saturn and PlayStation that's so hidden it's ... invisible! (Like a ghost?) Find out how to activate it and how to navigate it in the latest Under the Microscope:
https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2025/08/05/under-the-microscope-casper/
In order to save space (and also because I am a huge nerd who likes to stroke his game collection more than actually playing them) I only want to have one version of every multiplatform game. In the past I'd often default to the #SegaSaturn version just because I'm a fanboy.
So, it's a sign of maturity that I'm now willing to keep the #PSX version if there's no difference, because I've come to accept that it emulates way better.
The last HIGH-MAC has returned to base for July's SHIRO! Monthly Challenge in Gungriffon! Read about who won and what feats they pulled off to do it in Gregori Rasputin's story:
I bought the RP5 because my Anbernic RG Arc isn't powerful enough for #Dreamcast, #GameCube and #PSP, but I can't really fit all the games I want for those systems on my 512GB sdCard so I bought a 1tb one. That ought to be big enough to fit all the #PS1 and #N64 games too! I might throw my #SegaSaturn games on there too just to be a completionist.
First music playback in-game (sort of - still lacking a midi sequencer so I'm just routing a midi file into the emulator via aplaymidi - but the core synth engine works!)
A few bugs to fix though - voice stealing I think keeps resulting in very audible clicks & pops, and there's also a memory leak in the audio memory allocator I think. But still, it's got sounds!
(samples courtesy @DaforLynx )
> Shinya “DevMiyax” Miyamoto posted on social media Tuesday that he’s testing out adding #RetroAchievements to his Saturn emulator, #YabaSanshiro.
Shoot, I forgot to post this on Mastodon last week! Sorry about that >_<
Retro Achievements coming to Yaba Sanshiro, myths about emulators and RAM carts debunked, and Japanese sales numbers! Check out the latest Saturn news in my roundup:
Keio Flying Squadron 2 is one of those Saturn games that Europe got while North America didn't. That meant no English 60hz version of the game existed — until KoolFiller's new patch! Get the details in DoubleDime's story:
https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2025/07/31/keio-flying-squadron-2s-ntsc-version-now-in-english/
Attendees of Retrocon in Brazil last weekend got some Saturn treats — the chance to check out the Sega Pluto prototype and play the in-progress Dragon Ball homebrew game from NaiSan! Check it out:
https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2025/07/30/sega-pluto-dragon-ball-homebrew-at-retrocon-in-brazil/
