is saturn emulated?

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:12 pm

does anyone know of any sega saturn emulators that run games from your cd drive? as i cant find any on google?

or is it still at a primitive early stage of development?

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:48 pm

Cassini, Giri Giri, and SSF are probably your best bets. None are perfect, but many games are playable.

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:51 pm

well, i think giri giri has been discontinued

cant get cassini or SSF to work? i think they are designed for older versions of windows maybe?

have you actually used any of these emulators?

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:32 am

SSF is pretty much 99% perfect. Miles ahead of giri giri etc. Sadly there's no highres mode for games like Saturn Bomberman so the only use for it is taking screenshots/portable Saturn via laptop, really. There's also a tate mode in the latest versions (press 0).

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:38 am

SSF does (or at least did -- I would assume it still does) requires MMX or something that's only available with an Intel processor. The emulator will not run on AMD.

it290 · Post by **it290** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 3:38 am

It uses SSE2, which is available on the Athlon 64, but not the Athlon XP. It's an excellent emulator, but still a far cry from 99% perfect IMO. Saturn emulation has come a long way, but still has a long way to go.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:42 am

Hell, Epsxe isn't even close to 99% perfect. You can't expect that much from SSF, as good as it is.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:05 am

Maybe that's a little high...the control is pretty laggy. However all the stuff I've run has been near 100%, only problem is 'generated' sounds/music on games like Zero 3 which don't use CDDA. All graphics, etc. intact. However the latest versions say SCSP is at 100%, I was assuming it was cause I only have 2.8 ghz that I'm having problems.

Though I'm (obviously) a non expert, please tell me if I'm talking out of my ass here.

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:57 pm

I'm using Windows XP - which version you fellows using?

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:36 pm

XP home service pack 2. Pentium 4 2.8 ghz.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:27 pm

XP Pro SP2.
1.4Ghz laptop.

The reason I mention SSF is because that is what I had to use to get Blast Wind working correctly. Both Giri Giri and Cassini (probably because Cassini is just a hack of Giri Giri) leave artifacts. Namely traces of the player's ship and some shots. Makes the game unplayable.

It's gonna be a while folks.

Oh....that 99% that keeps getting mentioned is probably the emulation of the main CPU's.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:34 pm

http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~phantasy/ssf/index.html

SH2 emulator 100%
68000 emulator 100%
VDP1 block 100%
VDP2 block 90%
SCU block 100%
SMPC block 100%
SCSP block 100%
CD block 85%

Min. specs:

CPU Pentium4 3.0GHzˆÈ

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:53 pm

Errr.....SSF works just fine for me. It's Cassini and Giri Giri that were giving me troubles. Either way it's not too much of an issue, since I'm done with Blast Wind, and the only other reason to use any Saturn emu's is for Guardian Force...which everything runs.

jpolz · Post by **jpolz** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:30 pm

There is a new emulator still in its early stages called SaturnTV.

There no release yet, but the screenshots are VERY promising.

superhitachi4 · Post by **superhitachi4** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:41 pm

Saturn emulation's buggy. Just get a Saturn. Everyone who plays shooters should have a Saturn.

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:17 pm

Yeah, i already have a Saturn. But i would like to play my back up copies, which isnt easy on a console without modding it. and ive never used a soldering iron in MY LIFE

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:37 pm

DC906270 wrote:Yeah, i already have a Saturn. But i would like to play my back up copies, which isnt easy on a console without modding it. and ive never used a soldering iron in MY LIFE

I installed a Saturn mod chip by using tape. Yeah, it works.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:43 pm

jpolz wrote:There is a new emulator still in its early stages called SaturnTV. .

If I had a nickel for every emulator that started, looked promising, but never got to an acceptable level.... I would have a shitload of nickels.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:40 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:
jpolz wrote:There is a new emulator still in its early stages called SaturnTV. .
If I had a nickel for every emulator that started, looked promising, but never got to an acceptable level.... I would have a shitload of nickels.

And then you could go for the world record in nickel eating. ...or go blind.

*shrug*

superhitachi4 · Post by **superhitachi4** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:38 pm

Damocles wrote:
GaijinPunch wrote:
jpolz wrote:There is a new emulator still in its early stages called SaturnTV. .
If I had a nickel for every emulator that started, looked promising, but never got to an acceptable level.... I would have a shitload of nickels.
And then you could go for the world record in nickel eating. ...or go blind.

*shrug*

Family Guy rules.

About the Saturn though, just grab a modboard somewhere. They're not too expensive, and they're easy to install. Helps if you have a 21 pin model 2 (round button) Saturn. Or you could just swap trick it.

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:08 pm

i tried the swap trick. doesn't seem to work with the Jap models (i have a white jap saturn)

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:07 pm

DC906270 wrote:i tried the swap trick. doesn't seem to work with the Jap models (i have a white jap saturn)

you're making my eyes bleed...

superhitachi4 · Post by **superhitachi4** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:38 pm

DC906270 wrote:i tried the swap trick. doesn't seem to work with the Jap models (i have a white jap saturn)

Hmm, it should. I mentioned it's an alternative, but I wouldn't recommend doing it. It's really bad for your system. (would be a shame to wreck that nice JP unit)