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Sakura Taisen (1996, Saturn Live Stream, Episode 10, Part 1)

Nix McRetro // 23rd August 2020 // Livestream, Sega, YouTube

This is the finale. This is it. Well not this one since I fell asleep while playing it. Related posts Previous: Sakura Taisen (1996, Saturn Live Stream, Episode 9) Next: Sakura Taisen (1996, Saturn Live Stream, Episode 10, Part 2) Continue reading

Sakura Taisen (1996, Saturn Live Stream, Episode 9)

Nix McRetro // 18th July 2020 // Livestream, Sega, YouTube

Wow! What a long episode! We lost Ayame, who turned out to be Ay-ame?!?! A double agent for Lord Satan!?!? And now they have our secret weapon, stolen straight from under our troupe - The Pandemonium Regalia! I still can’t believe that Ayame is a faithful servant of Lord Satan…... Continue reading

Sakura Taisen (1996, Saturn Live Stream, Episode 8)

Nix McRetro // 11th July 2020 // Livestream, Sega, YouTube

The Koubu broke! Without spirit armour what defence do we have? That’s right, we had a backup plan! Jinbu! Lord Satan certainly is testing our limits with these new battles. A sign of things to come? Will the next battle be even more powerful? Can our Jinbu spirit armour strike... Continue reading

Onions, Great with All Websites!

Nix McRetro // 4th July 2020 // Guides, Linux, Programming

See that little purple “.onion available” note? Thanks to the Tor Project’s Onion-Location feature, an HTTPS clearnet site can advertise its .onion counterpart to Tor Browser. The ordinary site is already being accessed through Tor; clicking that purple pill takes you to its onion counterpart. Pretty neat work from the... Continue reading

Installation of the Sega Saturn Phantom Universal Modchip

Nix McRetro // 29th June 2020 // Guides, Sega, YouTube

This continues the Phantom Universal adventures from earlier in the year. The chip was developed by Bad_Ad84 and Zer0-2k11 and lets CD-R backups boot, but it doesn’t remove the Saturn’s region lock. For this installation I used Kynar wire, with 26 to 30 AWG working well for my wiring, including... Continue reading