Introduction With respect to the gaming community, the word “reproduction” typically has a negative reaction. Some regarding reproductions on the same level as software emulation. This being that reproductions are typically associated with devices from eBay having 150 plus pack in games or anything from AtGames. However, there are some that take products and rebrand […]
Professor Abrasive has just posted an update to the Satiator project: The design of the plastic shell is nearing completion and SLA samples have been received. There’s still some tweaks to be made, but it’s looking like all versions of the Satiator (including beta versions) will ship with some kind of plastic shell: Also, there’s […]
Move over BSNES, Yaba Sanshiro looks to be muscling in on your territory. Hot on the heels of the recent advances for HD mode 7 and widescreen options on the SNES, the Sega Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro has added a similar feature. “I implement Hi-Res RBG (Rotate Background) screen emulation operation using the computer shader. […]
Deunan has just posted sale times for his “Phoebe” Sega Saturn optical drive emulator. They’ll go on sale this Saturday, 18:00 CEST. That should be noon in NYC and 9AM in LA, making this easier for people in North America to pick up. Read the full blog post here: https://gdemu.wordpress.com/2019/04/24/electric-lion/
Professor Abrasive has just posted an update about his Sega Saturn optical drive emulator. The beta hardware is in and finally built correctly by the manufacturer. Also, the cases are being finalized with the intent of production versions being SLA plastic; I’m assuming the beta’s will ship in a 3D printed case. Also, the focus now […]
The best Saturn emulator on Android, Yaba Sanshiro just received a new update to version 2.4.0. The emulator, which plays many games at full speed on the Nvidia Shield TV and many other devices received an important usability update. According to the release notes: WHAT’S NEW * in-game controller configuration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjwSuPTWgy0 * Riglord saga 2 […]
Someone just sent me a great writeup written by Matt Greer back in 2016 about how transparency effects are used in the Sega Saturn and why you don’t see them as often as other consoles: https://www.mattgreer.org/articles/sega-saturn-and-transparency/ I don’t want to spoil the main article, but basically it’s a result of how the dual VDP1 and VDP2 […]
If you’re a fan of Space Harrier on the Sega Saturn, then today could be your lucky day. Yaba Sanshiro, a Sega Saturn emulator for Android and Windows received an update. Per developer devMiyax on the Google Play Store, it fixes a regression that caused graphical glitches in Space Harrier.
Retro-bit has announced via Twitter that its analog Sega controller will be pushed back to the Summer of 2019. The controller, which was scheduled for release in November of 2018, and then February 2019 was been pushed back “in order to
The Japanese Sega Saturn game Linkle Liver Story has just been given a full English translation! The game, as well as the color manual can now be experienced in English for the first time! Things like this are why romhacking is so important to me, as translations allow entirely new groups of people to experience […]
