Emerald Nova Games

Cerbero, also known as Fandu in some retro forums. Proud owner of Sega Saturn since 1996 and enthusiast of the 32-bit era. He decided to actively jump on the Sega Saturn scene over a decade ago. By that time when the Saturn scene was really small and all the important things used to happen for other retro systems, especially homebrew projects. Cerbero had fun talking and creating content like guides and reviews on some dedicated Saturn sites and overall, he's proud to have contributed to helping fund some cancelled games for release to the public. Unfortunately the gods have not blessed him with programming skills. As a Saturn user, he especially remember with passion the years between 2008 and 2011, when a lot of wonderful things happened on the Saturn scene: translations, prototype releases and the latest Rockin'-B development contest (2007). Wonderful years with so many great and talented people that he met. Pleased to be a member of the SX community and happy to see how amazing projects are happening recently over the last four years with amazing people, newcomers and veteran members who together make this dream come true. Excited to see the new contest entries and fascinated by all those brave hearts members capable of lead with the architecture of the Sega Saturn.

Christa Lee is the owner and operator of Sound Retro Co. Christa grew up as a PlayStation kid, and didn't get her hands on a Saturn until later, but she always found it (and SEGA) fascinating. When she got into console modding/repair, Christa made it a personal goal to learn more about the Saturn hardware, in the hope of coming up with a variety of troubleshooting/repair workflows for the console. It's her favorite console by a wide margin, and she finds its hardware design and software library endlessly compelling.

Hi, I'm David Gámiz Jiménez. Happy dad. I am from Loja, a town in Granada, Andalusia, a large region in southern Spain. I am an Industrial Design Engineer. But mainly I define myself as a 3D artist, although I do not close anything on an artistic level, I really like everything. My relationship with the Sega Saturn really comes from my relationship with SEGA. About 12 years ago, my first SEGA Saturn fell into my hands, as well as the first one that came to my town from the first European batch of 1995. It was broken, I fixed it as best I could and this relationship did not stop growing. After playing and passing Panzer Dragon Saga and its previous installments. I was so crazy to see the quality that the machine really had. One day I decided to make an entry about PDS and its technical graphic milestones. And that resulted in an investigation of almost 3 years that ended a few months ago with 5 parts on my blog. Where I have been able to learn together with the generous community everything that made me curious and more. My relationship with the homebrew community started with the research for the posts itself. Finally seeing that few people, at that time, contributed to this great machine. Little by little I was participating and trying to contribute what I could. Currently I want, and am working on it, to make graphic content for the community. My great passion for 3D graphics and SEGA.

"G" Gracin, aka G to the Next Level, is a 25+ year retro gaming enthusiast. In addition to their YouTube Channel, G hosts regular live hangout streams on Twitch, is an official Capcom Creator, works with Sega for various charity efforts, and has been featured in Retro Gamer Magazine. Though G’s channels are about all retro gaming, they are a Sega Genesis fan first and are currently in a project called “Growing Up Genesis,” which involves G weekly livestreaming the entire US Genesis library from A-Z on Twitch, a YouTube compendium series reviewing each game by letter in bite-sized form. The Saturn was always the most enigmatic Sega console to G. Almost all their games were always a unique sort of magic, unlike any other games of that time or even beyond. It's truly the biggest "what if?" console of theirs in G's opinion, which makes newer development for it even more intriguing. It was the first Sega console that G bought with their own money as G's parents gave up on Sega after the 32X. One of the marquee characters synonymous with the console, NiGHTS, is one of G's all-time favorites and became a huge part of them, particualrly in recent years."

Jason Steele is a writer, animator, occasional indie game developer, and retro game enthusiast. Has been playing Sega Saturn games since falling in love with the system in 1996. Hosts “The Video Game Valley,” a retro game stream that airs seven nights a week, with every Saturday dedicated to the Saturn.

Johannes Fetz is a Project Manager & Senior Developer at Eureka Technology (Volaris group.) He also teaches C, Windows, and Unix at Etna (Paris.) He is the creator of JoEngine for the Sega Saturn.

PandaMonium is reviewing every North American Sega Saturn game by order of release date in an effort to document its strange history in the west. The project involves developer interviews and thorough research. He is a proud member of the Sega Saturn Shiro podcast. PandaMonium is also known for compiling accurate commercial release dates of almost every North American Saturn game using a wide array of sources. Some of his favorite Saturn games are Darius Gaiden, Asuka 120%, Powerslave and the Panzer Dragoon series.

Saturn Dave since Christmas '96, Dave is enthusiastic about growing the community and spreading that Saturn love and knowledge to fans old and new. Co-founding the SEGA SATURN, SHIRO! podcast back in 2017 and creating the SHIRO! SHOW in 2020, his goal is to create interesting and engaging Saturn-related content for the community, and to seek out interviews with old and new developers, preserving the stories of Saturn game development for all to reference and enjoy. He also enjoys creating period-accurate hypothetical long box artworks and complete English manuals of games that never received a North American release. Twitter link.

Patrick, AKA TraynoCo is a co-founder of Sega Saturn Shiro. Patrick has a passion for Saturn projects such as homebrew and fan translations. Putting a spotlight on them in both podcast and video forms, trying to bring more attention to the ever growing Saturn homebrew scene. You can also find him on Twitter.