News Ymir 0.2.1 (Sega Saturn Emulator)

[secreto7]

GitHub - StrikerX3/Ymir: Sega Saturn emulator

Sega Saturn emulator. Contribute to StrikerX3/Ymir development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Release v0.2.1 · StrikerX3/Ymir

Ymir v0.2.1 Discord | Patreon | Compatibility list This patch fixes a couple of issues with the update checker, a rare crash involving the rewind buffer, and comes with the usual set of graphics bu...

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Nightly Releases:

Release Latest nightly release · StrikerX3/Ymir

This is a nightly release built from the latest commit. Before you use these builds, make sure to backup your data, especially the save states! Save states are constantly evolving and are only guar...

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Changelog summary:

"This patch fixes a couple of issues with the update checker, a rare crash involving the rewind buffer, and comes with the usual set of graphics bug squashing. It also includes improvements from a new contributor, @mmkzer0, and a significant change to VDP1 rendering that fixes a long-standing issue with threaded rendering.

As noted in the previous version, future updates (such as this one) will not be as substantial as previous ones as I'm splitting my time with other activities."

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Find the official compatibility list here:

Ymir Game Compatibility List

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Features​

• Load games from MAME CHD, BIN+CUE, IMG+CCD, MDF+MDS or ISO files
• Automatic IPL (BIOS) ROM detection
• Automatic region switching
• Up to two players with a variety of controllers on both ports
• Fully customizable keybindings
• Backup RAM, DRAM and ROM cartridges (more to come)
• Integrated backup memory manager to import and export saves, and transfer between internal and cartridge RAM
• Forwards-compatible save states
• Rewinding (up to one minute at 60 fps), turbo speed, frame step (forwards and backwards)
• Full screen mode with VRR support and low input lag
• Graphics enhancements such as optional deinterlaced/progressive rendering of high resolution modes and transparent mesh polygon rendering
• Optional low level CD block emulation
• A work-in-progress feature-rich debugger

Ymir runs on Windows 10 or later, macOS 13 (Ventura) or later, most modern Linux distributions and FreeBSD, and supports x86-64 (Intel, AMD) and ARM CPUs.

 

[DinoRexMax]

The moment I go looking for a Saturn Emulator, someone posts a recently updated one on RGT...

You better pay rent in you're living in my walls. So very spoooky....

 

[Enian]

How does it compare to Yabause, Mednafen, etc.? The compatibility list looks good, but what's the practical performance like?

 

[secreto7]

How does it compare to Yabause, Mednafen, etc.? The compatibility list looks good, but what's the practical performance like?

Compatibility is near Mednafen, I think, and performance wise is like Mednafen too or sometimes perhaps a bit faster?

Try it, maybe it could be your new favorite, recently it got bumped to 2nd place on the Sega Saturn section of the Emulation wiki.

Sega Saturn emulators - Emulation General Wiki

emulation.gametechwiki.com

It has a traditional desktop interface, have a setting to enable real transparencies on games, have a save manager, etc.

 

[Nelson2001 Nelson2001]

Thank You Very Much for sharing this new version of the Sega Saturn Emulator that is Ymir.

 

[secreto7]

Also there are plans for a GPU renderer and increasing internal resolution.

 

[Felipe]

How does it compare to Yabause, Mednafen, etc.? The compatibility list looks good, but what's the practical performance like?

It's most developed emulator AFAIK and when it gets the ability to multiply the resolution like duckstation/pcsx2 it will become the number one.

 

[secreto7]

Virtua Gun and Shuttle Mouse support were added recently on the nightly versions of the emulator.
And there's more cool stuff in progress.