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Sega Saturn News is a News and downloads site for the Sega Saturn, We have all the latest emulators, homebrew and all the downloads on this site, we also cover commercial gaming and console news. Part of the DCEmu Homebrew & Gaming Network.

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13:29 May 4th, 2008

DCEmu Network Changes and Network Info

Posted By: wraggster



Hi all im here to tell you about some changes that will be happening to our DCEmu Homebrew and Gaming Network.

Hopefully from today Onwards we will be seperating news feeds on sites where we had them joined together

So from now on the GBA, Gamecube, Nintendo 64 sites will only have that console news on those sites, before now i had it so that GBA news would show up on the DS Site and Gamecube and N64 would Show up on the Wii Site (Also the xbox/xbox360 sites), this confused some but with certain scenes growing so massively it is time for seperation..

All Homebrew/Emulation Coders once we verify them (and i spot them) have the ability to post in all our Console News Forums and the news automatically shows up on not only the site to which that news forum belongs but also on the main DCEmu Portal Site. We always like to have an onsite mirror but gladly welcome the linking to your own site.

DCEmu can be used by coders to become their release centre and with the Homebrew Scene across so many scenes being so massive now you can quickly get noticed by a lot of sites including mainstream networks.

Now with the News forums, normal members cant start topics in them but you can reply to any topic, Normal Members can post as Normal in any Non News forum. I get so many emails asking why he/she cant post in whatever forum.

And heres one for people using private messages to ask Questions, Please Use the forum to which the question would be easiest to get an answer as quick as possible. I get so many and i just ignore all of them (not to mention i have a massive amount of work anyhow). Also the users on DCEmu who use homebrew every day are tons better than me for remembering how to do homebrew on that particular console.

How Can You Help DCEmu

This site like any site is a massive undertaking and we need help on every console scene. No site in any scene is 100% perfect on what they cover and totally up to date. In homebrew methods change all the time and only you the users can help others join in the fun.

We are always in the need of Tutorials and Guides not only for Homebrew but for hacking and Development and even just for gaming on consoles.

Our DCEmu Reviews Website is also in the need of reviews of both Hardware and Games Reviews so please review as much as possible.

Newsposters are always in need especially for WIP and Release News of Emulators, Homebrew etc and across many languages, i am English and to be honest the the translation apps on the net are crap, but the more help we get the better we can become, ive also no doubts that there are releases in places like Japan, China and Korea etc that never reach the likes of DCEmu and others because of language barriers.

Retro Homebrew/Translations News

Another change thats going to happen is that our Console News site will now post as much retro homebrew and Game Translations as possible, bringing much needed coverage to those communities.

The DCEmu Homebrew and Gaming Network

To those of you who are new to the DCEmu Homebrew and Gaming Network our Network Covers all these consoles.

Pandora - http://pandora.dcemu.co.uk/
Nintendo Wii - http://wii-news.dcemu.co.uk/
Nintendo DS - http://nintendo-ds.dcemu.co.uk/
Playstation 3 - http://ps3-evolution.dcemu.co.uk/
Playstation Portable - http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/
Xbox 360 - http://xbox360.dcemu.co.uk/
GP2X - http://gp2x-emulation.dcemu.co.uk/
Xbox - http://xbox-emulation.dcemu.co.uk/
Nintendo Gamecube - http://gcemu.dcemu.co.uk/
GP32 - http://gp32emu.dcemu.co.uk/
Gameboy Advance - http://gbaemu.dcemu.co.uk/
Gameboy Colour - http://gbaemu.dcemu.co.uk/
Playstation 2 - http://ps2emu.dcemu.co.uk/
Playstation - http://ps2emu.dcemu.co.uk/
Sega Dreamcast - http://dreamcast.dcemu.co.uk/
Sega Saturn - http://sega-saturn.dcemu.co.uk/
Nintendo 64 - http://nintendo64.dcemu.co.uk/
JXD - http://jxd301.dcemu.co.uk/
Apple iPhone - http://apple.dcemu.co.uk/
Apple iPod - http://apple.dcemu.co.uk/
iPod Touch - http://apple.dcemu.co.uk/
Tapwave Zodiac - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
Gizmondo - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
UIQ Mobile Phones - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
Pocket PC - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
N-Gage - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
Symbian OS Mobile Phones - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
Retro Consoles - http://console-news.dcemu.co.uk/

As you can see theres quite a few consoles we cover

But thats not all we cover we also have a range of websites that arent totally Homebrew Related.

DCEmu Interviews - http://interviews.dcemu.co.uk/ - Interviews with Coders from many Homebrew and Emulation Scenes and Home of the DCemu Interview, join in the biggest public interview

DCEmu Guides & Tutorials - http://tutorials.dcemu.co.uk/ - This is the place to submit any and all tutorials and Guides for any scene and they can be homebrew and gaming related. Once we verify them they will show up across our network.

DCEmu Reviews - http://reviews.dcemu.co.uk/ - This is the scenes biggest independant collection of reviews and is the place for both hardware and Software reviews. Get your reviews noticed by submitting them to DCEmu reviews

DCEmu Console History - http://console-history.dcemu.co.uk/ - This is where you can find Dark Watchers Collection of Console History, a great place to catch up on old consoles

PC Gaming & Homebrew - http://pc-gaming.dcemu.co.uk/ - Our PC Gaming site covers PC, EEEPC and PC Homebrew and Emulators.

DCEmu Blog
- http://blog.dcemu.co.uk/ - This site covers anything that doesnt fit above and is our rant/current affairs/funny stuff site, all the off topic stuff goes in here.

Harry Potter News - http://harry-potter.dcemu.co.uk/ - Hey im an Harry Potter book/film fan, not homebrew related but we all have our vices :P

PSP Demons Site - http://pspdemon.dcemu.co.uk/ - The Master of game modification is home here.

Cross & Taylors Chefs - http://personal-chef.dcemu.co.uk/ - This site for all those who wonder is my brothers site who is a top chef, again not homebrew related but he cooks a mean meal :P

DCEmu Developer Sites

These are sites where we have some of the Homebrew scenes best coders release their emulators, games etc to the world:

Chui(Dreamcast) - http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/
Deniska(PSP) - http://deniska.dcemu.co.uk/
DxDev(PSP & DS) - http://dxdev.dcemu.co.uk/
GPF(Nintendo DS & Dreamcast) - http://gpf.dcemu.co.uk/
PSMonkey(PSP) - http://nemo.dcemu.co.uk/
ZX-81(PSP & GP2X) - http://zx81.dcemu.co.uk/
Plynx(PSP) - http://plynx.dcemu.co.uk/
Hamsterburt(PSP) - http://hbert.dcemu.co.uk/
Miemt11(PSP) - http://miemt.dcemu.co.uk/
Tinnus(PSP) - http://tinnus.dcemu.co.uk/

Helping DCEmu -

Submit Hardware and Gaming Reviews - http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=248

Submit Guides & Tutorials (Homebrew, Hacking, Development and Gaming Related) - http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=272

Submit News - http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=117

Submit Homebrew Releases - http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=117 (Once we know your legit you can post in any news forum that covers the console your release is for)

I think thats all, one last thing is to say thank you from everyone here to all the visitors, guests, coders and staff who make DCEmu what it is today.

Now i need a sleep

0 comments - Last Comment By wraggster

23:13 May 3rd, 2008

The DCEmu Interview - Question 19 - What Emulators are the Best In the Console Scene

Posted By: wraggster



A feature i did a few years ago and one im going to repeat now is the DCEmu Interview, a unique idea in which questions are asked by me to the Whole DCEmu Community its a way to learn more about each others and find out what our interests are and much more

Todays Question is What Emulators are the Best In the Console Scene ? What im asking is which system has the best emulalator for eash console.

Say for example the PSP has the best PS1 Emulator on any console, congrats Sony :P, now we just repeat the process for snes, n64, gba etc etc etc
Give your Answer via Comments.

Remember to check out our DCEmu Interview Site to catch up on previous DCEmu Interview Questions

The DCEmu Interview - Question 1 - What Consoles Do You Own ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 2 - Whats Your Favourite Console Of All Time
The DCEmu Interview - Question 3 - Whats Your New Years Resolution ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 4 - What Got you Interested in Homebrew/Emulation ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 5 - Whats the greatest Game Ever ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 6 - Whats the Greatest Homebrew Console?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 7 - Whats the Greatest Homebrew Handheld?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 8 - Whos the Greatest Homebrew Hacker/Coder and Why ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 9 - Whats the Greatest Emulator Released?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 10 - What Game(S) Would you like to see Remade ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 11 - Whats the Greatest Platform Game Released ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 12 - Whats the Greatest FPS Game Released ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 13 - Whats the Greatest Sports Game Released ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 14 - How Excited Are You In Todays Homebrew Scene ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 15 - Whats the Greatest RTS Game Released ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 16 - What Would Make the Perfect Homebrew Console ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 17 - What Are the Best/Worst Online Games Shops?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 18 - http://interviews.dcemu.co.uk/the-dc...n--108268.html

11 comments - Last Comment By ojdon

18:28 April 29th, 2008

SSF 0.09 beta R1 released

Posted By: JKKDARK

A new build of SSF, the Sega Saturn emulator for PC, was released.

Download and give feedback via comments

2 comments - Last Comment By psp5000

16:35 April 3rd, 2008

Saturn Contest: the judges have decided

Posted By: RockinB

Finally, the ranking of the entries of the C4-2007 SEGA Saturn Coding Contest has been determined!

It's been a very close run in the end, with Gaganoid (by VBT) and Police Officer Smith (Arnold and Rockin'-B) being draw with 57 points each!!!!! The battle had to be decided via extra points. This time at the beginning of the contest, a list of extra points was written down. Other people's suggestions were also integrated into the list. If an entry implements a feature from this list, it gets rewarded with an extra point.

Personally, I expected Gaganoid to win this year. After summing up the points from our 5 judges, I was very surprised to see the same number of points for both entries. But due to the massive use of high resolution images throughout the whole game, Police Officer Smith C4 wins over his strong competitor Gaganoid by getting 5 extra points in total.
One the other places follow the Dezaemon 2 Save Game Manager (Madroms), Destiny's Kingdom (Amon), Yaul Demo (Piratero) and SEGA Blur (VBT).


Big thanks go out to all contestants and to the judges as well. Now it's time to play these new Saturn homebrew games on your very own SEGA Saturn console!

Downloads, videos, judge ratings and comments can be viewed here:
http://www.rockin-b.de/c4/2007/results.html

4 comments - Last Comment By geise69

23:24 March 29th, 2008

SSF 0.09 beta released

Posted By: JKKDARK

New beta build of the Sega Saturn emulator for PC.

Thanks to our member Hawq for the changelog:

* Fixed SCSP sound formation processing.
* Fixed SCU DMA end interruption processing.
* Fixed Memory access weight processing.
* Fixed cache processing.

Version of the state saving data changed.

The option which the index position inside the track/truck of CD makes effective was provided.
Because Saturn can do CDDA playback with index appointment.
When it makes effective, index information is retained below the CDIndex folder.
Because option function of ReadCD command is used to index search,
Perhaps it becomes error depending upon drive.

Download and give feedback via comments

4 comments - Last Comment By daknight

20:31 March 27th, 2008

Portable Megadrive Hits Stateside!

Posted By: wraggster

News and New in stock at Gp2xstore.com



We now have the Portable Megadrive in stock and ready to ship. This handheld system includes 20 classic Sega Genesis games such as Sonic & Knuckles and Golden Axe.

Overview
This Handheld Video Game Player is preloaded with 20 classic Games from Sega Genesis. There is no need to buy game cartridges. This game player has an A/V connector and with the included cable the player can be connected to any TV. The built-in SEGA games provide action adventure while testing your intelligence and skill. Enjoy playing classic SEGA games anywhere, anytime!


Features
- Plug & play handheld video game system

- 20 built-in 16-bit SEGA licensed games

- Built-in speakers

- TV out connection

- NTSC TV format

- Uses 3xAAA size batteries. (battery not included)
Games Included
- Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle

- Alien Storm

- Altered Beast

- Arrow Flash

- Columns III

- Crackdown

- Decap Attack

- Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine

- Ecco

- Ecco Jr.

- ESWAT Cyber Police City Under Siege

- Flicky

- Gain Ground

- Golden Axe

- Jewel Master

- Kid Chameleon

- Sonic and Knuckles

- Sonic Spinball

- Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi

- Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master

26 comments - Last Comment By gdf

15:13 March 17th, 2008

Yabause 0.9.4 released

Posted By: JKKDARK

New version of the Sega Saturn emulator for Windows and Linux.

Notes:
Lots of bug fixes in this release(especially on the SCSP). The GTK port received a nice face lift. Saving and loading of cheats was added. There is also now a nice Qt port available.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Changes:
0.9.3 -> 0.9.4
scsp:
- Fixed a timer bug.
- Fixed a bug with mcire word writes.
- Added wave file output core to available sound cores.
- Fixed a bug in total level attenuation.
- Fixed a bug in EG.
gtk port:
- Redesigned memory dump window.
- Redesigned SH2 debug window.
- Other bug fixes.
qt port:
- Added initial support. It should be pretty much on par with the gtk port.
wii port:
- Added initial support.
windows port:
- Fixed a bug where emulation wasn't paused when save/load state as was
selected from the menu.
- Changed disassembler so it can scroll up and down.
- Tweaked error messages so it doesn't report invalid opcode errors when
running the fast interpreter.
- Added SCSP common control register debug info to SCSP debug dialog
- Other bug fixes.
general:
- Added a few internal tweaks that should yield some performance gains.
- Added support for saving and loading cheats.

Download and give feedback via comments

2 comments - Last Comment By realbrucest

11:51 March 1st, 2008

C4 Contest ending soon

Posted By: vbt

Hurry up every body to submit your entry to Rockin'-B, we got 2 free days to polish our work. We are already late and got some time extension

http://www.rockin-b.de/c4/2007/index.html

9 comments - Last Comment By Maturion

15:08 February 23rd, 2008

DCEmu Homebrew Network RSS Feeds Now Working

Posted By: wraggster

Hi all i finally got around to sorting out the RSS Feed for the Whole DCEmu Network, you can now check out http://www.dcemu.co.uk in the right column or http://feeds.feedburner.com/dcemunetwork, you now have access to hundreds of news items per day from the worlds best homebrew network.

Hopefully should also help people who are still suffering those damned DNS Issues with the sub domains

2 comments - Last Comment By ____anders____

19:23 February 12th, 2008

SSF 0.09 alpha R4 Released

Posted By: wraggster

The Sega Saturn emu for Windows gets an update, heres whats new:

Not much has changed, but up.
SCU end of the DMA interrupt handling fixed.
VDP1 reset process fixed.
VDP2 back screen processing fixed.

State saves data changed version.

After ERADAIAROGU but not to end.
However, the execution is continuing.

SCU end of the DMA and interrupt generation timing is off as production,
Delay ON / OFF established option.
Most software is slowing down is not necessary,
BAKU Animal BAKU, including some software is required.
Download and Give Feedback Via Comments

5 comments - Last Comment By Medion

02:35 January 29th, 2008

GP2X Store Expands Into PSP, Wii and More

Posted By: wraggster



GP2X Store have today revamped their online store, they previously sold GP2X, Treamcast, Tapwave Zodiac, GP32 and JXD301 but today have reopened and selling a massive range of memory cards and more for the PSP, Wii, DS, One Station and the Homebrew Phone sensation the Neophone.

Full details at GP2X Store.com and this store comes highly recommended.

4 comments - Last Comment By bah

00:40 January 26th, 2008

3D Mario Homebrew Amazes

Posted By: wraggster

First off this is a release for the Sega Saturn but thats not why im posting this as a full network post.

This Mario Game for the Sega Saturn is coded as a 3D Platformer and to say its coded by Homebrew programmers on a system thats low powered for a Homebrew Console these days is something to be proud of but this release is even more special, its written in Saturn Basic and the end product is amazing.

Heres the screens





DIGG THIS



Its great to see Homebrew like this and especially coded in Basic and for an old system like the Sega Saturn

23 comments - Last Comment By Scatman

23:52 January 25th, 2008

Saturn Game Basic

Posted By: wraggster

Awesome Newspost from Insert credit

Madroms, who unveiled the Dezaemon 2 Saturn save system a while back also has a lot of info on Saturn Game Basic, which allowed hobby programmers to program in Basic on the Saturn. If you check that link, you can learn a fair bit about a lot of the games released by homebrewers over the years (there have been a surprising number of releases since the Dreamcast came out...), and there are a number of videos as well - all the games are downloadable if you have Saturn Basic to play them on. I'll highlight just a few.

Funny Zone is a Space Harrier-like realization of Opa Opa in Fantasy Zone.
Return of Grass is a rudimentary 3D shooter.
Fake Dragoon is a moderately charming Panzer Dragoon clone test.
Radi Con Boy is a racing game, with a tank as the "protagonist" vehicle.
Tactics Blaze Chapter 2 is actually a real game - a tactics RPG.
Pro Wrestling has charming 2D chunky graphics but doesn't seem to play well.
Hot Kick is a very nice looking 3D shooter starring the letter A.
Casmi ga Yuku! is a shooter starring the Dreamcast, versus the Saturn.
Kakutou Game (aka Fighting Game) is a pleasantly horrid looking fighter with obnoxious stock sounds.
Hien is close to being an actual game, a scrolling shooter to be precise.
This is probably the best one though. It's called Super Mario, and is a frightening 3D remake of the first level of Super Mario Bros. Well worth a look.
http://www.satakore.com/sega-saturn-...sic,,1,,0.html

0 comments - Last Comment By wraggster

14:21 January 24th, 2008

SSF 0.09 Alpha R3 released

Posted By: JKKDARK

New version of the Sega Saturn emulator for PC.

Changelog:

CD drive block state transition process fixed.
SCSP timers processing fixed.
SCSP RISANPURINGU the process fixed.
SCU end of the DMA interrupt handling fixed.
VDP2 rotation of the plane of the drawing process fixed.

State saves data changed version.

Leading SH2 iteration of the master clock system from the center of the center changed.
In accordance with the optional SH2 Instruction Numbers 1 Block Clock change.
May be slightly heavier.
Also, the abolition HSynch Real Clock option.

Ver0.09 alpha compiled from the option to change, but
It is due to the failure occurred.…
Alpha back to its original option because the software came from the failure直っI may.

2 comments - Last Comment By geise69

20:06 January 20th, 2008

Yabause 0.9.3 Released

Posted By: BlueCrab

Well, there's been another release of Yabause, the Sega Saturn Emulator for Dreamcast (as well as Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows). As for what's new, there's been plenty of bugfixes. Most of the bugfixes were for the Linux and Windows versions, but there were a few to the core of the program. No major changes were made to the Dreamcast version, so if you have 0.9.2 around, there's probably little reason to update.

Anyway, You can get it at the following address: http://sourceforge.net/project/showf... ase_id=569739

Enjoy (and leave any comments you might have here).

5 comments - Last Comment By MrTeressaBond

21:03 January 5th, 2008

SSF 0.09 Alpha R2 released

Posted By: JKKDARK

New version of the Sega Saturn emulator for PC.

Changelog:

SH2 treatment of FRT fixed.
SCU's DMA processing fixed.
SCU end of the DMA interrupt handling fixed.
SCSP playback location update process fixed.
State saves data changed version.

0 comments - Last Comment By JKKDARK

21:23 December 26th, 2007

Dezaemon 2 Save Game Manager Released!

Posted By: vbt



It's Christmas time! So it's time to give you a present, or 2: one new database and one new program to test on your Sega Saturn.
This project took me about 5 months (I just finished it some hours ago), with the help of some great people around the world. So, here is:
- The Dezaemon 2 Games database
- The Dezaemon 2 Save Game Manager

Dezaemon 2 is a game developped by Athena and released in 1997, that let you create your own shoot-em-up. This game requires a backup to save your creation. But as the save game files are really huge, you need a Backup Cartridge or a Floppy Disc to save them. In Japan, a great community of users exists and they made some really wonderful games. Their works are stored on Floppy Disc but unfortunately the Sega Saturn FDs can't be read on PC, so it's not possible to share the save games. This is where our Dezaemon 2 Save Game Managesr (D2SGM) is useful.
The D2SGM lets you copy Dezaemon 2 save games from CD/Backup Cartridge/FDD to your own Backup Cartridge/FDD. Yeah, that's great, but if you don't have access to some Dezaemon 2 save games, this program is not very useful, right ? So we need to find a way to get some save games. This is exactly what I did. I found a way to dump the Dezaemon 2 save games, and this is where the story begins.

The D2SGM is a homebrew tool (so you need a mod chipped saturn or need to perform the swaptrick, it also works on emulator like SSF), developped by me (it is my first Sega Saturn program, and I needed to learn C language and Sega Saturn programming) and based on the sourcecode of the Rockin'B's Save Game Manager (http://www.rockin-b.de).

This program contains 118 games. For each game, you can listen to one music sample and watch some screenshots. The D2SGM contains a total of 3032 screenshots/pictures and 178 music samples (about 1 hour and 54 minutes of music!).
Each game has 5 save game slots (named DEZA2___._01 to DEZA2___._05), all of them are the same. Just choose the one you want to copy. They are all recognized by Dezaemon 2 game (DEZA2___._01 = slot 1, and so on).

The D2SGM works on 352x240 resolution, so you need a RGB compatible TV to see all the lines on screen (info taken from the Sega Saturn programming doc). Else, you can try using the highres mode implemented (704x480 resolution) but I don't know if it resolves the problem.
The D2SGM must work on all Sega Saturn. I only tested it on EUR and JPN saturn with RGB cable on RGB compatible TVs, and all works well.

I also made a video to let you see how it works, so don't forget to watch it


This tool has been made with the help of:
- Rockin'B: thanks for your Save Game Manager and your advices
- vbt: thanks for your help on Sega Saturn coding and your advices
- darius: thanks for the AR and PC COMMS Card
- IGK: really thanks for your help, your confidence and the beta tests you made
- all the members of The Dezaemoners community for their superb works

The Games and Musics that can be found on the D2SGM are copyright by Athena, Dezaemoners, Gudakuma, HERO ZAKO, HITOSHI, IGK, Inoue Delta, ITON, Kasahara Shinya, KONNICHIHA, leimonZ, MA Project, Mac=Goe, mk2, mo4444, Moku-Mokugyo / GGE, NENG, Raynex, Sak, Shigatake, Soft Bank, Timo.
I really want to thanks once again all the members of the Dezaemon 2 community for their wonderful works and for sharing them with us, and IGK for the work he did on this project. Without them, all of this will not be possible.


Don't forget to visit the japanese Dezaemon Community websites:
- The Dezaemoners
- The dezaemon@wiki



About the Dezaemon 2 database, it covers most of the games that have been made. 99 % of the videos you will find there have been made by IGK who did a great work again! Thanks guy!!


Now, I will let you browse the database and test our D2SGM. You will probably have hundreds of hours of play.

Merry Christmas 2007!!

Source : http://www.satakore.com/

0 comments - Last Comment By vbt

04:47 December 23rd, 2007

Virtua Fighter 3 Screens Emerge!

Posted By: Elven6

A few days late, but I found these while browsing through some blogs, they are apparently "never before seen" screenshots of the finished build of Virtua Fighter 3 on the Sega Saturn.

http://thesaturnjunkyard.blogspot.co...%20Fighter%203

Oh and have a Merry Christmas and a better New Year!

5 comments - Last Comment By vbt

23:34 December 16th, 2007

Yabause 0.9.2 - Sega Saturn Emulator for Windows and Dreamcast

Posted By: wraggster

News of a new release from the Yabause Team:

This release fixes a number of serious bugs and adds a memory search function to the Windows port. The Windows, Linux and Dreamcast ports are already up along with the source package. The Mac port should be available soon
.

Download and Give Feedback Via Comments

17 comments - Last Comment By RockinB

14:01 December 9th, 2007

SSF 0.09 alpha R1 released

Posted By: JKKDARK

New version of the Sega Saturn emulator for PC.

Changelog:

- CD block seek treatment fixed.
- SCU timers processing fixed.
- VDP1 clipping disposal fixed.

- AI problems fixed.
- Multi-controller triggers LR, A key set of slider controller is not bad

2 comments - Last Comment By JKKDARK

17:24 November 30th, 2007

JXD301 Consoles Now at GP2X Store (USA)

Posted By: wraggster



The GP2x Store have today posted that they have in stock the JXD301 console, the console itself is a tad bigger than a GB Micro and boasts an impressive 500mhz processor and comes with Nes, Snes, GBA, Genesis and NeoGeo Emulators.

Already some coders are working on homebrew for the JXD301 so it looks to be an exciting console and for the rather nice price of Price: $119.99 (Ł55)

Heres the full spec

DIGG THIS


The JXD 301 boasts a 3.0" LTPS TFT display making it a premier portable media player. It supports many audio files such as MP3, WMA, FLAC and video files such as RMVB, FLV and AVI files. The JXD 301 has the ability to play NES, SNES, SMD, GBC, GBA and Neo Geo games. Being about the same size as the GBA Micro, The JXD 301 is a great little device to bring around for your entertainment needs.

Dimensions: 115x60x12.5mm

Weight: 150g

ADI Blackfin 500mhz processor

2GB Built in memory

3 inch LTPS-TFT display

16 mega color high density display screen

Supports RM/RMVB/AVI/DAT/FLV/MPG/MPEG video format

Support MP3/WMA/APE/FLAC audio format

Uses a seperate audio coding chipset

Plays NES, MD, SFC, GB, GBC, GBA, NEO GEO

Built in E-book reader with pronounciation

USB 2.0 high speed

Features 10 types of surround stereo EQ modes

Support JPG/BMP/GIF/GIF cartoon picture browse;

Built in microphone, Sampling Rate: 8kHz-320kHz

Uses SD cards
The 2GB Built in memory and the processor make this a very interesting new console for homebrew development.

13 comments - Last Comment By Joe88

01:22 November 30th, 2007

SSF v0.09 Alpha

Posted By: wraggster

The Sega Saturn emulator for windows gets an updated release:

Not sure whats new:

Download Here

1 comments - Last Comment By JKKDARK

23:36 November 20th, 2007

New SMS Plus Beta

Posted By: vbt

This new release uses the famous and incredible Faze by Fox68k. Some games like Sonic run 30% faster than before.

So, have a look at it but be aware that the Faze port to the Saturn may not be completely finished. Well, the compatibility is quite high.

http://vberthelot.free.fr/smsplus/sm...raze_empty.zip

18 comments - Last Comment By OV3RFiEND

22:03 November 14th, 2007

Yabause for PSP Released - Sega Saturn Emulator for PSP

Posted By: wraggster

SofiyaCat has today popped up with a test release of the Sega Saturn emulator Yabause for the PSP. this emulator has been ported to Dreamcast by DCemu UKs very own BlueCrab so its nice and very interesting to see it ported to PSP.

Be under no illusion that this is basically a tech demo but how cool

You will need a saturn bios too

DIGG THIS



Download and Give Feedback and Compat Reports Via Comments and please post working screens
via SofiyaCat

16 comments - Last Comment By Tyr

17:47 November 14th, 2007

JXD Preorders Being Taken at GP2X Store

Posted By: wraggster



The JXD301 a new console with several Homebrew developers already working on it is now available for preorder at a decent store rather than the like of dodgy ebay traders.

For those who need a reminder heres the specs:

Heres a quick detail of the console:

The JXD 301 has a LTPS TFT (Low Temperature Polysilicon Thin Film Transistor) screen, which allows for better screen performance than most other players. It can also play a large number of audio and video file types, most importantly RM/RMVB, which is growing in use due to is high compression/hi quality ratio, it also allows for FLV playback allowing users to download off sites like You Tube and watch the videos directly on this player. One of the nicest features is its ability to play NES, SNES, SMD, GBC, GBA and Neo Geo games.
Preorder this new Homebrew Console (with emulators already working) at GP2XStore , price $119

4 comments - Last Comment By StormB

23:57 November 5th, 2007

Portable Game & Media Player - Another Homebrew Contender ?

Posted By: wraggster



We here at DCEmu try to inform you on what may or may not be the latest consoles/gadgets that will be home to a new homebrew community. Recently we have written about the JXD301, Apple iPhone/iTouch and the as yet unamed Console from the GBAx Camp.

Well down to buisness, the Portable Game & Media Player from SuccessHK has been out a few months now but at a price of $109 and boasting NES, SNES & MD/SMC Emulation it sure is very interesting

Heres the ful spec/info:

Portable Game & Media Player integrates such functions as watching Movie, enjoying Music, Playing GAMES , Reading novels, sound Recording, browsing Pictures and Take pictures. Feature : Game Player : Game Emulator support NES, SNES & MD/SMC ( Sega 16bit ), You can run thousands of game which you can download from Internet Movie Player : Support AVI of MPEG-4 format ( DIVX 3.11/4.X/5.X and XVID codec : Sizes : 320*240 @ 30 fps ) Music Player : Support MP3, WMA, FLAC , with Equlizer Camera : Digital Camera Function with 1300K pixel Video Recorder : Record in 320*240 MPEG4 Voice Recorder : Voice Recorde in MP3 format in 128,192 and 256KPS E-Book Reader : Support E-Book in TXT format Picture Viewer : Support JPG, GIF , BMP format Build-in 1G memory, Support Max. 4G external SD card. Build-in Litum Rechargable battery wth 12000mah , Continue Video play for 6 hrs, or Music play for 20 hrs. With Auto Shut down, Firmware upgradable, 3.6" screen size ( 960*240) TFT , Theme Select, Multi Language support ( English, French, Chinese, Italian, Portuguese ) , Wallpaper changable ,
Can this be opened up to homebrew ?, has anyone already done it ? all questions we would like to know the answer of.

Do the consoles above interest you or are you sticking with your PSP/DS/GP2X for your handheld thrills ?

Portable Game & Media Player

21 comments - Last Comment By JKKDARK

13:43 November 5th, 2007

Yabause 0.9.1 released

Posted By: JKKDARK

New version of the Sega Saturn emulator.

Changelog:

* scsp:
- Fixed slot pitch LFO. Amplitude LFO is probably more accurate now too.

* emulated bios:
- Added Backup RAM manager functions.

* opengl video core:
- Fixed a bug with VDP2 2x2 plane size rotation screens.
- Optimized tile mode rotation screens
- Added support for VDP1 polyline.

* software video core:
- FPS display now working.
- Added support for VDP2 rotation without coefficient tables.
- Fixed a bug in VDP2 24 BPP bitmap mode.
- Fixed several clipping bugs in Normal and Scaled Sprites.
- Fixed a bug with VDP2 2x2 plane size rotation screens.
- Optimized tile mode rotation screens.

* linux port:
- Cursor now disappears after 2 seconds of inactivity in the gtk port.

* macos port:
- New high resolution icon.
- Add some missing OS X application property list keys.

* windows port:
- Fixed window position bug.
- Other bug fixes.

* general:
- Tweaked frame timing code so it's more accurate.
- Re-implemented save states.
- Some internal changes do so that sound, video, and cd cores can be changed at runtime.

1 comments - Last Comment By RockinB

23:10 October 23rd, 2007

JXD 301 LTPS Handheld Comes With NES/SNES/SMD/SMS/GB/GBA Emulators

Posted By: wraggster

Wow just spotted news of this tonight and its most impressive. A new handheld from China that boasts Nes, Snes, Genesis, Sega Master System, Gameboy, GBA and NeoGeo emulation on it from the start.

Heres a Pic



Heres the specs:

JXD 301 - 3.0" LTPS TFT Screen
MP4 / MP3 / Picture Viewer / Voice Recorder / Game Emulator

2GB VERSION Unit Price: $126.50

2GB VERSION + 2GB SD CARD = 4GB Unit Price: $149.00


The JXD 301 has a LTPS TFT (Low Temperature Polysilicon Thin Film Transistor) screen, which allows for better screen performance than most other players. It can also play a large number of audio and video file types, most importantly RM/RMVB, which is growing in use due to is high compression/hi quality ratio, it also allows for FLV playback allowing users to download off sites like You Tube and watch the videos directly on this player. One of the nicest features is its ability to play NES, SNES, SMD, GBC, GBA and Neo Geo games.

Package Contents:

2GB 3.0" LTPS TFT (4GB Pack: 2GB JXD 301 + 2GB SD Card)
USB cable
Headphones
English Manual
Carrying case
2 Pin Wall Charger
CD with drivers and software
12 Month Warranty

FEATURES:

Processor: ADI Blackfin 533 - 600MHz
Screen: 3.0" LTPS TFT, capable of displaying 16 million colors with a aspect ratio of 4:3
Supported Audio Codecs: MP3, WMA (32K ~ 320Kbps), APE, FLAC
Supported Video Codecs: RM/RMVB, AVI (XVid), FLV, MPG, MPEG, DAT
Equalizer: BBE, SRS, 10 Custom EQ and 7 Pre-set EQ
Frequency Response: 20HZ~20KHZ , 0dB± 3dB
Games: NES, SNES, Sega Mega Drive, Game Boy Classic, Game Boy Advanced and Neo Geo Emulator
File Viewing: GIF, BMP, JPG, TXT
Lyrics: LRC
Voice Recording: (WAV) Sampling Rate: 8kHz-320kHz
Input and Output: 5PIN USB, Dual 3.5mm stereo earphone output.
Language Support: Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English
Battery: 1000mAH
Playtime: 15hrs audio, 5-6hrs video.
Expansion Slot: SD slot capable of supporting up to 4GB
Flash Memory Capacity: 2GB
Interface: USB 2.0 HI-SPEED
Built in loud speaker
Easy to use Graphical User Interface
USB Storage Function
Firmware Upgradable
Heres a youtube video of the console.

They are retailing on Ebay for $119

A very powerful console, could this be the next big Homebrew Handheld ?

89 comments - Last Comment By Exophase

23:54 October 16th, 2007

Touch Screen GP2X Nearly Here

Posted By: wraggster



The GP2X for those who dont know is a very powerful Video Games Console that has a few commercial games but the strength of this console lies within its homebrew capabilities.

The console is excellent for watching Videos, uses AA Batteries (always use the highest spec rechargeables), has TV Out, it even has a Cradle which turns the GP2X into a computer nearly with USB Ports which you can add a Keyboard, Mouse and Much More.

The GP2X has a back catalogue of over 500 Games, Emulators, Applications and More. The handheld also boasts the only Sega Mega CD Emulator for Handhelds and also some of the best Snes and Megadrive emulators on any handheld.

The touch screen GP2X will add a whole new dimension to the handheld which gives it the uniqueness of DS Style games but with the near PSP Power of the GP2X.

Certainly another massive day for the Homebrew Community

Both Play Asia and GP2X Store are taking preorders for the new Touch Screen GP2X.

Will this be the addition that persuades DS and PSP Fans to get one, only time will tell.

41 comments - Last Comment By sukhi-2006

00:54 October 12th, 2007

PDroms Back Online and at Full Status

Posted By: wraggster

Not many sites other than our own Network sites are worthy enough of a Network Posting on all our sites but PDroms the Archive for tons of homebrew roms no other site covers is invaluable, heres a list of homebrew rom downloads to whet your appetite:

Atari 2600 | Atari 5200 | Coleco Vision | Gameboy | Gameboy Advance | Game Gear | Genesis | GP32 | IntelliVision | Master System | Neo Geo Pocket | Nintendo Entertainment System | Pokemon Mini | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Virtual Boy | Wonderswan
So as you can see lots of Free and Legal Homebrew Roms and its also ran by a Decent Webmaster who is well liked and respected by the Homebrew Community.

Be sure to check out PDRoms Here

4 comments - Last Comment By Christuserloeser

19:49 October 4th, 2007

new SEGA Saturn Coding Contest starts now

Posted By: RockinB

The annual SEGA Saturn Coding Contest starts now!

The C4 - 2007 is a place for hobbyist programmers interested in graphics or classic consoles, as well as SEGA fans with programming skills.

The deadline to submit a homebrew SEGA Saturn game or demo is 20th december 2007. Downloads are scheduled to be available at christmas 2007.

Prizes sum up this year to a unbelievable value of 850,- Euro in total. They consist of money prizes for the three best entries, as well as a SEGA Saturn USB DataLink device for everyone!!!! The new rating system allows contestants to get extra points. With 3 extra points you get a USB DataLink no matter which place you entry is.

I've bought 10 of these very useful devices. They plug directly between the Action Replay cartridge in your Saturn and the USB port of your laptop. With it, you can exchange save games and execute homebrew binaries on your Saturn.

So, I hope you devvers like these new prizes, you are all invited to give it a try!
http://www.rockin-b.de/c4/2007/index.html

6 comments - Last Comment By RockinB

00:01 September 30th, 2007

SSF 0.09 prototype R2 released

Posted By: JKKDARK

New update of the Sega Saturn emulator for PC.

Changelog:

Remainder it has not checked, but it raises.
The interruption processing of SCU was corrected.
The drawing timing of VDP1 was corrected.

Version of the state saving data changed.

Still there was a bug in the interruption processing of SCU.
You think that very this time it is all right.
The drawing timing of VDP1 was modified.
When the dot clock is low, because timing slips, there are times when sprite is not indicated.

4 comments - Last Comment By hishi

23:40 September 25th, 2007

Sparkling Projector

Posted By: wraggster

New from Divineo China



A video projector including Wii connection cable but also compatible with any video source (any console, DVD player etc.) to play or watch movie in sharp definition on any wall/screen. Compatible with PAL/NSTC format, universal power adapter to use anywhere, high resolution... it includes all the features you expected, and comes with a low price tag!

- Projection size: 12 to 80 inches
- Projection distance: 1.1 to 5.5 yards (1 to 5 meters)
- Compatible with PAL/NTSC
- Universal 100/240V adapter with power plug adapter (Europe/USA)
- Resolution 960 * 234
- 8-120 ANSI Lumens
- Lamp type: 50W, 1000 hours
- Compatible with iPod Video
- Smart design and compact size
- Special for Wii console use (AV cable included)
- Sharp picture, low lux, high resolution
- Compatible with any A/V (Audio/Video) signal output port
- Mega power amplifier and stereo speakers built-in
- Built-in contrast, color, brightness and volume adjust function
- Compatible with various systems like Playstation 3, Playstation 2, Xbox 360,
Xbox, Gamecube, DVD player, MP4 player etc.

DIGG THIS

11 comments - Last Comment By Christuserloeser

05:01 September 24th, 2007

Yabause 0.9.0 Released

Posted By: BlueCrab

A new version of the multi-platform Sega Saturn emulator Yabause has been released today. As usual, this release contains binaries for Dreamcast, Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. The main fixes involve emulation of VDP1 Lines and VDP2 Rotation Screens that apply to most of those ports listed above. Other than that, several ports had UI issues corrected or new UI features added.

Get it from here.

16 comments - Last Comment By Exophase

 

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