Emulation Info

[Nitrosoxide]

Anyways, besides what's already been done I figured it'd be a good idea to assemble a good compatibility list with the various Saturn emulators.

The only one that seems to have really been talked about is SSF 0.08 Alpha R11 Sega Saturn Emulator.

Anyways, post you experiences and minor problems. I will edit this list as news comes in.
I'm assuming that you guys are using the latest versions of the emulators. If there is a instance where it works in a older version but not a newer one, please point it out.

Current Compatibility List (in alphabetical order)

Cassini: some dodgyness, music messed around for awhile, messy textures, but still very usuable.

GiriGiri: Works alright apprantly even for those with non SSE2 processors.

Satourne: Glitchy & slow (background isnt proper, meshes dont display, etc)

Yabuse 0.8.5 for PC: runs at decent speed, though, there are a few texture issues

[JamesMichael]

To be honest I haven't got it going yet on SSF it seems to crash everytime

[Nitrosoxide]

can you give more details on what exactly happens. Personally I haven't got around to doing much emulation (as I've used my friends saturn), so I haven't experiment with SSF yet. This is the begining of my emulation venture.

[JamesMichael]

I can't even get the SSF emulator to work it just leaks ram and ends up crashing. If you could recommend another emulator that would be great.

[wingedwolf]

well, it works (for me) on SSF emulator, bout only with lag. XD

[ASSEMbler]

Your processor might not be supported by ssf... you need to place the bios in the emu directory, go to options and select it. Burn the game or mount it as a volume. Then it should load. If you get "invalid disc" change the region toggle.

Hope that helps.

[Druid II]

ssf needs a cpu which has sse2, also its recommended to use dual core. Other then that it works on anything from 32bit XP to 64bit Vista. Also it doesn't need a BIOS file, it works fine without one.

And it runs the iso pixel perfectly from what I've seen.

Satourne also works but its super glitchy and slow, background isnt proper, meshes dont display, etc

girigiri-gav should work (I was told), but it'll display the meshed transparencies differently.

dunno about others.

[Mark30001]

Seems like everyone is forgetting Yabause (http://yabause.org/download/).

It runs at decent speed, though, there are a few texture issues

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i107/mark30001/sonicxtreme_yabause.png

[Warakia]

Cassini - some dodgyness, music messed around for awhile, messy textures, but still very usuable.

[Nitrosoxide]

So does all this information mean that you need certain systems specification to run SSF with any Saturn game, or are these problems specific to the use of Xtreme with the emulator.




Seems like everyone is forgetting Yabause (http://yabause.org/download/).

It runs at decent speed, though, there are a few texture issues

Actually I was just about to test it on Yabuse before I got sidetracked by something. Mainly because if it works on Yabuse, it just may work with Yabuse-dc which would of course be super cool,. especially since this isn't a game that requires a save feature.

Still I haven't really been able to put together a image file that I can burn and get to work on my DC of the dam thing. Anyone care to help me out by making one. It would be really appreciated.

[JamesMichael]

Your processor might not be supported by ssf... you need to place the bios in the emu directory, go to options and select it. Burn the game or mount it as a volume. Then it should load. If you get "invalid disc" change the region toggle.

Hope that helps.

I think your right something inside my pc SSF just doesn't like I've tried it with no programs working and it still never loads and just users up all of my ram which curses a crash. Shame I was looking forward to testing :crying:

[Codeman]

it seemed to run fine on Cassini for me (compared to the vids)
i havent had a chance to test it on my saturn yet

btw anyone tried it on a pal saturn?

[Twimfy]

it seemed to run fine on Cassini for me (compared to the vids)
i havent had a chance to test it on my saturn yet

btw anyone tried it on a pal saturn?

Yes. I've played it on my pal Saturn several times since the day of release.

I have a model 1 so I've had to rely on a region fix and the swap method...works perfectly.

[3do]

i've had it work on ssf with litlle slowdown and graphicly fine but didn't get no sound??

[ASSEMbler]

no sound means you burned it wrong, or the emu isn't reading the audio sub

[3do]

i never burned the iso/cue i just mounted it with daemon tools but i just re-joined the files again about a minuite ago saving it to a diffrent folder and then mounted with Alcohol 120% and it seems to work now albeit slow which may be down to my machine not being the best pc in the world but it works so i am not complaining

[Nitrosoxide]

Anyone try emulating this withYabause (http://yabause.org/download/)-dc? I'd like to know if its emulatable on Dreamcast.

[PhreQuencYViii]

It worked fine for me in SSF.

[APE]

Anyone try emulating this withYabause (http://yabause.org/download/)-dc? I'd like to know if its emulatable on Dreamcast.

AFAIK the dc port cannot run commercial games yet, even if it could it'd be painfully slow.

[PhreQuencYViii]

Woah, I had no idea there was a Yabuse in the works for Dreamcast. I do remember there being a PS1 emu that rans tuff at like 5fps. (besides the bleem commercial one

[opethfan]

NOTE TO ALL:
If you have SSF's frameskip on, Vsynch will cancel it. Enable Scanline Base Timing in Program1 to limit the speed. If you find the frameskip is going overboard and making everything way to fast, you most likely have CPU speed limiting (Cool n Quiet on AMD systems) which I found (through my smart thinking) is the issue. Disable it by going into Control Panel, power options and then choosing Home\Office Desk.

Enjoy!