Software update: Yabause 0.9.10

If you still want to play a Sega Saturn game now and then and don’t feel like looking for the old console in the attic, you can use Yabause. Yabause is a Sega Saturn emulator that can play Saturn games in Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows, among others. The software can read the games from a CD or an ISO file that is stored on the hard disk. on this page you can find out if your favorite Saturn game is already fully supported.

The developers have released a new version of Yabause with 0.9.10 as the version number. The list of changes since the previous entry in the junk tracker looks like this:

Yabause 0.9.10

This release fixes a number of emulation bugs. It also adds a new sound core, a new 68k core and two new joystick cores: one for Linux and one for Mac. The windows port now supports up to 12 players and provides video recording and input recording. Last but not least, there’s a new port for PSP included.

scsp/68k:

• Added code to make SCSP emulation frame-accurate (optional, enabled with –enable-scsp-frame-accurate configure switch).
• Added a new 68000 emulation core.

software video core:

• Added line scroll emulation.
• Improved user clipping.
• Added some basic vertical scroll emulation, enough to get Sonic Jam working.

gtk port:

• Gtk port is now compiling on Mac OS X.
• Fixed full software screenshots.
• Fixed store function in transfer dialog.

windows port:

• Added 12 player support.
• Fixed a bug that was causing the memory transfer dialog to register the wrong filename after pressing “Browse”.
• Fixed bugs in Goto Address dialog.
• Fixed a bug that was causing the vdp2 viewer dialog to register the wrong filename after pressing “Browse”.
• Added MD saving in SCU DSP debug dialog.
• Added new Ram Watch dialog.
• Added video recording feature.
• Added move recording feature.

general:

• Added Lithuanian translation.
• New sound core using OpenAL.
• Added joystick core for Mac OS X.
• Added a joystick core for Linux.
• Added a PSP port.
• Added support for loading ELF binaries.
• Now using gettimeofday when available for better resolution.
• Fixed save states.