Rings of Saturn
If you're following me on X / Twitter (@memory_fallen) for my posts about reverse engineering retro games, check out RINGS OF SATURN, my Substack blog. Each week I take apart a different game and report my findings.
This week's main article is about the notoriously difficult Saturn shooting game G Vector.
I found a batch of previously unreported cheat codes for this game that enable new modes, extra options, an alternate character, and more.
Interestingly, some of these codes seem to have been made impossible to enter by the developers. So I made a patch to make them easily accessible.
Check out the details in the writeup.
There's also a bonus article this week that covers the Dreamcast game Surf Rocket Racers.
There's a non-interactive demo of this game on another game from the same developer. Although it's just a short preview, the disc contains a more-or-less complete build of the game.
Interestingly, it reveals that the game had two different names before it was finalized: Jet Race and Surf Rockers. And that a network mode was planned.
Check out all of the details in the article!
There are lots more reverse engineering articles in the archive. What games should I be looking at? Tell me, and I might add them to my list.