Need help finding a good Sega Saturn

[Drognar]

Yeah, basically what I'm looking for is simplistic easy-to-use emulator with no uneeded features. Anyways I've tryed just about every one out there some I get close to running a rom but it gets shut down by an error report(Windows XP!!!!!!!!). I also usaully get showered with annoying errors like I don't my bios setup when its right there!! Also get complaints about having ASPI when thats right there too!Finally some emulator give me the chance to run the iso expect it just run like theres no game. So please I need a working emulator!!

[seether9111]

buy a saturn from ebay

[Spellsong]

I guess you tried SSF in that case.

[azoreseuropa]

I can help!

Emulating Sega Saturn With SSF

Get SSF here: http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/saturn/ssf.html If you have problems with games lagging, freezing on FMV's, or the Emulator wont boot up at all and its not the SSE2 error, than try to find a different SSF version.

Step 1:First you must aquire the Sega Saturn Bios files. There are 3: Japanese, European, and United States. The Bios files should be unzipped. www.Google.com for those.

Step 2:Then you are gonna need 3 .dll files, wnaspi32.dll, msvcr70.dll, and msvcp70.dll. You must paste those under your SSF directory and you must paste those under C:\Windows\System32\.

Step 3aemon is much better and more advanced. Once you have installed Daemon Tools, then right click the Daemon Tools Icon in your System Tray.(bottom right corner) Left click your Virtual Drive and open your image file like shown below:



Step 4:Now to configure your Bios. Open SSF it should give you an error message that looks like this:



Now go to Option and where it says Bios, click Browse and enable your Bios file.



This will make SSF exit. Dont worry just open the program again.

Also make sure your CD-ROM drive is enabled to SCSIVAX like shown above.(Your drive might be named something else, just look and see through your mounting program.)

Also you must make sure in the Options that your Roms Region matches the Bios file your using. If you dont, when you boot the Game up it will put you back to the Saturn Dashboard and say that your disc is unsuitable for the system. So figure out what the Roms region is.(US,EUR,JAP) Make sure the Bios matches. Lastly, make sure where it says Area Code, that it matches like shown below.



If your not sure what your Roms region it is, then just try matching up all 3 until one works.

f all this is done and your image is mounted, when you start the program it should boot up to your rom.

For a boost in speed try going into the Options, then Program 2. The Dot Clock at Default will be at 2.00. So you can try upping it to 4.00. This could make certain games crash. If it does try lowering it to 3.00 or back to the Default.



For anyone getting "CD Tray Opened" message under SSF. You must have mounted the .bin file because the included .cue file did not work. You have to use the cue file.
For fixing .cue files, I will be using Dragon Force for Sega Saturn as an example. Which is available for download on this site. This should work for other games if they have similar errors.

There are 3 files:
Dragon Force.BIN
Dragon Force.cue
readme.html

If you try to load the .cue file with Daemon Tools, you would get an error. To fix this, follow these steps:

1) Right-click Dragon Force.cue and select edit or load Notepad and open the file from there.

2)The text inside the .cue file will appear (of course) as below:
FILE "DRAGON_FORCE.BIN" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE1/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:02:00
INDEX 01 62:33:42

The problem is that it is looking for a file called "Dragon_Force.bin" when the included file is Dragon Force.bin. You can remedy this problem either by changing the line inside the .cue file:
FILE "DRAGON_FORCE.BIN" BINARY to FILE "DRAGON FORCE.BIN" BINARY.
Or, you can rename the file of the binary file. (The one with the size of 635MB) From "Dragon Force.bin" to "Dragon_Force.bin".

One more thing. If you get an SSE2 error while trying to run this, or any other Saturn Emulator, it means your out of luck. Your CPU wont support SSE2, which is required to run Saturn.

Credit goes to: Mjshl2 ----> Thank you!

Now, enjoy!

[Spellsong]

............I did not recommend this emulator, vaguely because I don't know if the TC even has a CPU that supports it.