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Sega Saturn

The Sega Saturn is a console developed by Sega. It was released in 1994.

This system scrapes metadata for the “saturn” group and loads the saturn set from the currently selected theme, if available.

Quick reference

BIOS

MD5 checksum Share file path Description
85ec9ca47d8f6807718151cbcca8b964 bios/sega_101.bin
3240872c70984b6cbfda1586cab68dbe bios/mpr-17933.bin
255113ba943c92a54facd25a10fd780c bios/mpr-18811-mx.ic1
1cd19988d1d72a3e7caa0b73234c96b4 bios/mpr-19367-mx.ic1
af5828fdff51384f99b3c4926be27762 bios/saturn_bios.bin

ROMs

Place your Sega Saturn ROMs in /userdata/roms/saturn.

Emulators

RetroArch

RetroArch (formerly SSNES), is a ubiquitous frontend that can run multiple “cores”, which are essentially the emulators themselves. The most common cores use the libretro API, so that's why cores run in RetroArch in Batocera are referred to as “libretro: (core name)”. RetroArch aims to unify the feature set of all libretro cores and offer a universal, familiar interface independent of platform.

RetroArch configuration

RetroArch offers a Quick Menu accessed by pressing [HOTKEY] + South button (B SNES) which can be used to alter various things like RetroArch and core options, and controller mapping. Most RetroArch related settings can be altered from Batocera's EmulationStation.

Standardized features available to all libretro cores: saturn.videomode, saturn.ratio, saturn.smooth, saturn.shaders, saturn.pixel_perfect, saturn.decoration, saturn.game_translation

ES setting name batocera.conf_key Description ⇒ ES option key_value
Settings that apply to all cores of this emulator
GRAPHICS API saturn.gfxbackend Choose which graphics API library to use. Vulkan is better, when supported.
⇒ OpenGL opengl, Vulkan vulkan.
AUDIO LATENCY saturn.audio_latency In milliseconds. Can reduce crackling/cutting out.
⇒ 256 256, 192 192, 128 128, 64 64, 32 32, 16 16, 8 8.
THREADED VIDEO saturn.video_threaded Improves performance at the cost of latency and more video stuttering.
⇒ On true, Off false.

libretro: beetle-saturn

libretro: beetle-saturn configuration

libretro: kronos

libretro: kronos configuration

libretro: yabasanshiro

libretro: yabasanshiro configuration
ES setting name batocera.conf_key Description ⇒ ES option key_value
Settings that apply to all systems this core supports
RENDERING RESOLUTION global.resolution_mode Enhancement. Increase the rendering resolution. Makes 3D objects clearer.
⇒ original original, 2x 2x, 4x 4x, 720p 720p, 1080p 1080p, 4k 4k.
MULTITAP global.multitap_yabasanshiro Allows up to 7 or 12 controllers in supported games.
⇒ Off disabled, Port1 port1, Port2 port2, Port1+2 port12.

Controls

The default control scheme is currently broken. Go to Quick Menu → Controls → Port 1 Controls:

and change it to this:

Here are the default Sega Saturn's controls shown on a Batocera Retropad:

Troubleshooting

Further troubleshooting

For further troubleshooting, refer to the generic support pages.

  • systems/saturn.1639270853.txt.gz
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