Saturnin 0.30

posted in Emulator Release by hcs on Dec 25th, 2004

The Sega Saturn emulator Saturnin was updated to version 0.30 yesterday. A massive list of changes follows:
  • General
    • corrected a bug occuring during binary file loading
    • removed language dll, replaced by plain text files
    • help and FAQ are now in chm format
  • GUI
    • added cd drive selection
    • clicking on "next" before start won't crash the emulator anymore
    • game title is now displayed in the status bar
  • Debug
    • added a memory debug window
    • added general register modifications in the sh2 debug windows
  • Memory
    • LUTs added (deactivated for now)
    • rewritten memory handler (less memory space used)
  • VDP1
    • various optimizations
    • added LOAR and COAR handling
    • added 24 bits color mode
  • VDP2
    • corrected the bitmap mode display
    • corrected the "Couleur cell mode non autorisée" message
    • corrected the offset color calculation function
    • added scrolling, it's not perfect yet
    • added VRAM cycle pattern handling (thanks to Mariusz Wojcieszek from Mame)
    • added 24 bits color mode
  • SH2
      changed slave SH2 vector triggering
  • SMPC
    • full rewrite that makes start button working in more ST-V games, and controls behaving normally in the Saturn bios
    • backup ram support added
  • CD-Block
    • Saturn game cds supported
    • region is auto selected for each game
    • added BYTE transfer
  • Various
    • almost all function declarations are now C++ compliant
You can get Saturnin on the Sega Saturn Emulators page. Thanks to Borisz for the news.