Sega Saturn - Revision history

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2020-02-11T22:35:46Z

Attempt to fix bad grammar and sentence structure throughout the article.

Poudink: "used quads rather than polygons" makes no sense because quads are polygons. changed polygons to triangles.

2020-02-11T22:21:06Z

"used quads rather than polygons" makes no sense because quads are polygons. changed polygons to triangles.

Superjustinbros at 00:50, 13 August 2019

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‎Suggested Emulators

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The '''Sega Saturn''' is a console made by Sega. At the time, it was considered a very complex console to program and also used quads rather than polygons. It was successful in Japan however it was a failure in the US and Europe and one of the contributions of Sega going 3rd party. Rather like the [[PlayStation]], there were games that were in 3D however there are plenty of 2D games as well including various arcade ports some that even used RAM cartridges.

==Ripping Tools==

The Saturn uses CD-based technology, meaning that all of the data found within a game can be read using a standard ISO viewer, or by inserting the disk into your computer and browsing it. Some games come with bonus images that can be viewed on a computer, these are found in the OMAKE or the Extra folder and they are in BMP.

Sonic Jam uses TIF files for the manuals that appear in the game, these can be viewed via Irfanview or any software that accepts .TIF.

==Suggested Emulators==

===Mednafen===

Mednafen is currently the most accurate Sega Saturn emulator and runs many games without problems. It is still work in progress despite this and may even get more accurate in the future. There are two downsides though, one is that is requires a really powerful computer that is 64 bit to run all games at full speed and two there is some input lag that has been reported.

It is also available in BizHawk however it is based off an older version and does not have all the fixes that the latest Mednafen has.

===Yabause/uoYabause===

The advantage over Mednafen is that you can rip sprites on it since there is a sprite viewer. Sadly though the emulation isn't as accurate as Mednafen so as a result, compatibility is much lower with some games not working at all or heavily glitchy. Another issue is that because of how people rip ISO/BIN+CUEs, ones that work on Mednafen do not work on Yabause/uoYabause and vice versa.

There is also SSF that for years was considered the most accurate Sega Saturn emulator and for some games more accurate than Mednafen however the major disadvantage is that it only accepts discs from a disc drive or mount a disc using a virtual disc drive but many do not work on SSF and many are virus or malware ridden. Due to this, it is hard to recommend for this reason alone.

{{Consoles}}
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-The '''Sega Saturn''' is a console made by Sega. At the time, it was considered a very complex console to program for and also used quads instead of triangles. It was successful in Japan but was a failure in the US and Europe and one of the contributions of Sega ceasing console development. Like it's competitor, the [[PlayStation]], there are a variety of two-dimensional and three-dimensional titles including various arcade ports- some that even used RAM cartridges.
+The '''Sega Saturn''' is a console made by Sega. At the time, it was considered a very complex console to program for and also used quads instead of triangles. It was successful in Japan but was a failure in the US and Europe and one of the contributions of Sega ceasing console development. Like its competitor, the [[PlayStation]], there are a variety of two-dimensional and three-dimensional titles including various arcade ports- some that even used RAM cartridges.
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 ===Mednafen===
-Mednafen is currently the most accurate Sega Saturn emulator and runs many games without problems. It is still work in progress despite this and may even get more accurate in the future. There are two downsides though, one is that is requires a really powerful computer that is 64 bit to run all games at full speed and two there is some input lag that has been reported.
+Mednafen is a multi console emulator which includes Saturn emulation. It is currently the most accurate Sega Saturn emulator and runs many games without problems. It is still a work-in-progress, but despite this it works quite well and may even get more accurate in the future. There are two downsides though. The first is that it requires a decently powerful 64-bit computer (unless you use retroarch or other workarounds but if your computer is 32-bit, chances are it's not powerful enough anyway) to run games at full speed. The second is that the emulator reportedly suffers from input lag.
-It is also available in BizHawk however it is based off an older version and does not have all the fixes that the latest Mednafen has.
+BizHawk also uses Mednafen for Saturn emulation, but due to being based off an older version, it doesn't have all the fixes and features that the latest version of Mednafen has.
 ===Yabause/Yaba Sanshiro===
-The advantage over Mednafen is that you can rip sprites on it since there is a sprite viewer. Sadly though the emulation isn't as accurate as Mednafen so as a result, compatibility is much lower with some games not working at all or heavily glitchy. Another issue is that because of how people rip ISO/BIN+CUEs, ones that work on Mednafen do not work on this and vice versa.
+The advantage over Mednafen is that you can rip sprites on it since there is a sprite viewer. Sadly though the emulation isn't as accurate as Mednafen so as a result, compatibility is much lower with some games not working at all or having heavy glitches. Another issue is that because of how people rip ISO/BIN+CUEs, ones that work on Mednafen do not work on this emulator and vice versa.
 Yaba Sanshiro is a forked version of Yabause that includes improvements.
-There is also SSF that for years was considered the most accurate Sega Saturn emulator and for some games more accurate than Mednafen however the major disadvantage is that it only accepts discs from a disc drive or mount a disc using a virtual disc drive but many do not work on SSF and many are virus or malware ridden. Due to this, it is hard to recommend for this reason alone.
+===SSF===
 {{Consoles}}
 [[Category:Consoles]]

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−	The '''Sega Saturn''' is a console made by Sega. At the time, it was considered a very complex console to program and also used quads rather than polygons. It was successful in Japan ~~however it~~ was a failure in the US and Europe and one of the contributions of Sega ~~going 3rd party~~. ~~Rather like~~ the [[PlayStation]], ~~there were games that were in 3D however~~ there are ~~plenty~~ of ~~2D games as well~~ including various arcade ports some that even used RAM cartridges.	+	The '''Sega Saturn''' is a console made by Sega. At the time, it was considered a very complex console to program and also used quads rather than polygons. It was successful in Japan but was a failure in the US and Europe and one of the contributions of Sega ceasing console development. Like it's competitor, the [[PlayStation]], there are a variety of two-dimensional and three-dimensional titles including various arcade ports- some that even used RAM cartridges.

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