SegaXtreme Saturn 31st Anniversary Homebrew Showcase - Entry Thread

[Ervilsoft]

Hey everyone,

For this year’s submission, I decided to recreate the classic Flash game The World's Hardest Game on the Sega Saturn.

This year I honestly didn’t have much free time to work on anything, but I still wanted to participate, so I managed to throw something together at the last minute.

Sorry reviewers. I swear I did not make this game specifically to annoy you guys…

The World's Hardest Game

Sunday at 6:48 PM

A recreation of the classic flash game for the Sega Saturn

• Ervilsoft
• Sega Saturn

 

[nando]

My main entry - the final/completed version of Pixel Poppy Pong!

I spent waaay too much time on this. I hope somebody plays it 😀

Main updates:

• Ported from Jo-Engine to SRL (basically completely re-written)
• Particle system
• Pixel-Art redrawn from scratch
• Completed "story mode"
• Enhanced gameplay
• New music
• Faster Loading time
• Uses RTC to change game assets (try messing with the clock!)
• Lots of easter eggs

See the resource page for additional details:

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Pixel Poppy Pong!

Jan 19, 2024

It's Pong.. but with cats!

• nando
• Homebrew

 

[slinga]

My entry is Save Game Copier 3.7.0 Alpha: Release Contest Entry Alpha · slinga-homebrew/Save-Game-Copier. Save Game Copier is a utility to transfer Saturn save game files. This release is based very much on the work of the community. I ported work from the community to Jo Engine and then to Save Game Copier.

The three new features are:

• Modem Support (Experimental, Write-Only)
• Serial Link Support (Experimental, Write-Only)
• VCD Card Dumping Support

I ask the reviewers to only review these three features and not anything from previous years.

Usage
From the README.md:

Modem Support (Experimental, Write-Only)​

SGC supports both the Netlink and Saturn Modem. This has only been tested with the Netlink Internet Tunneler.

• Setup Netlink Internet Tunneler
  • Add Save Game Copier to netlink_config.ini:

[server:199407]
name = SaveGameCopier
host = 127.0.0.1
port = 4827

• Start netcat listening: nc -l 4827 > save.BUP
• Start the Netlink Intrenet Tunneler
• Within SGC click on a save and select "Send to Modem"
  • This will dial the tunneler and send the data
• The 512k BIOS takes about 9 minutes to send

Serial Link Support (Experimental, Write-Only).​

If you have a custom serial link adapter you can send saves to PC.

• Start SGC
• On your PC run picocom: picocom -b 209954 -g ** Example: picocom /dev/ttyUSB0 -b 209954 -g BIOS.BIN
• Within SGC click on a save and select "Send to Serial"
• The 512k BIOS takes about 30s to send
• The SGC screen will be blank but you will data on picocom

Dumping VCD Card Firmware​

SGC can dump the firmware of your VCD card. If your VCD card is detected there will be a "VCD Card" menu option. Satiator does not support the VCD card.

Prior to adding these features to Save Game Copier I implemented them in Jo Engine with Demos. My work is based on the community's work, so it only made sense to contribute it back again.

1) Modem (joengine/Samples/demo - modem at modem · slinga-homebrew/joengine)

• Not merged to Jo Engine yet

2) Serial Link (joengine/Samples/demo - serial link at master · johannes-fetz/joengine)

3) VCD Card (joengine/Samples/demo - vcd card at master · johannes-fetz/joengine)

• Only supports detecting the VCD card and dumping it's firmware. No other features (playback, etc) are implemented

Future Work (no ETA!)

• Get recv working on the Saturn side for Modem and Serial Link. This will require thought, spewing bytes to a PC is pretty easy. Ultimately I envision a single python script that can handle both.
• Get video playback with the VCD Card working. Will require RE-ing the firmware

Community Help
I figure this is a good time for to ask for help.

• My Jo Engine modem branch is very early. Code review and guidance would be appreciated. GitHub - slinga-homebrew/joengine at modem
• If anyone with art skills wants to improve my Jo Engine demo images I won't complain.
• I haven't tested the new SGC Alpha. Testing always welcome.

Thanks

• Thank you to Johannes Fetz for Jo Engine and adding features needed by Save Game Copier.
• Thank you to CyberWarriorX for mpgromdump which was the basis for the VCD dumping support
• Thank you to rudger and likeagfeld for Disasteroids Netlink which was the basis for the modem support
• Thank you to Knight0fDragon for sending me a Saturn serial to USB cable
• Shiro for allowing me to buy a Japanese Modem to test with
• eaudunord for the Netlink Internet Tunneler
• I apologize if I missed someone

 

[benclaff]

Hi,

I submit these sources to the tools category :

GitHub - benclaff/culdcept_saturn_tools: Tools for Sega Saturn's game "Culcept" : translation and hacks

Tools for Sega Saturn's game "Culcept" : translation and hacks - benclaff/culdcept_saturn_tools

github.com

These tools allow translating many elements of the game "Culdcept".
As described in more details in the GitHub repository README, I aborted this work following the announcement of "Culdcept the First" in the "Sega Saturn Tribute Series". Still, tools are mostly functional.

I let the judges decide if this entry is valid or not as a tool entry.
I'm fine with disqualification if this is considered as "incomplete" / "not enough". 🙂

I also attach here a SSP patch, which is a very limited demo to showcase that tools are working.

 

[the.chojin]

Hi, quick last minute entry :

noiz2sa-0.51a-saturn​

Github : GitHub - willll/noiz2sa-0.51a-saturn

Based on : Noiz2sa
I used GP32 port alongside with v5.1 source code.

Controls : A Fire, Start Pause, d-pad to move the ship.

ISO : noiz2sa-0.51a-saturn-v0.1.zip

It is missing BUP integration for hi-score saving, I am still not satisfied with memory allocation, game title is not using the original sprites.

Thanks to:

* SRL team for SRL framework : GitHub - ReyeMe/SaturnRingLib: Wrapper for SGL in c++​

* Hassmaschine for ponesound driver for SRL : GitHub - bimmerlabs/Ponesound-SRL: Sega Saturn sound driver for SRL​

* Ponut64 for sound : GitHub - ponut64/SCSP_poneSound: 68K Driver​

* cafe-alpha for USB Gamer's cartridge : PPCenter :: Saturn Cartridges​