Download Yabause 0.9.6

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 stored on the hard drive. on this page you can find out if your favorite Saturn game is already fully supported.

The developers have released a new version with 0.9.6 as the version number. The list of changes since the previous entry in the muck tracker looks like this:

Version 0.9.6:

As promised, here is the june release 🙂 This release is mostly a bugfix one with some improvements to the software renderer.

sdl joystick core:

• Fixed it…

software video core:

• Improvements and bug fixes.

carbon port:

• Added detection of sdk in the build process.
• Changed the cd core so that the first device found is used. Users shouldn’t have anything to set up when using cd device now.

gtk port:

• Tagged more strings to be translatable.
• Fixed bugs when setting a resolution in settings.
• Fixed controller settings so keys can now be configured even if emulation is not started.

qt port:

• Removed libsjw core.

wii ports:

• Updated to use the last devkitppc.
• Added support for classic controller and for wiimote, disabled keyboard support.

windows port:

• Added command-line support.

general:

• Updated copyright for some files where it was missing or inaccurate.
• Fixes and improvements to the build process: fixed cross compilation of Qt port, added Wii port support, found a better way to “trigger” compilation of gen68k, fixed a bug when calling the sub-configure, .inc files are now cleaned, added MINI18N variable support, forwarded distclean rule to qt makefiles, configure now make sure the compiler is a cross compiler when cross compiling
• Added a workaround for the “limits.h” problem… now distros should fix their headers…
• Fixed the .desktop files for linux (gtk + qt ports)
• Added translation files for fr and pt in the repository.

Version 0.9.5:

For those who didn’t get our april’s fools, here’s an update: we’re not disbanding after all and we’re releasing a new version 🙂 Controls code has been rewrote to enable emulation of the two peripheral ports of the Saturn. Software renderer also got a major update with window, line scroll and mosaic now emulated. Preliminary support for translations has been added too.

68k:

• Added 1010 and 1111 line emulator support.

cd block:

• Reworked bin/cue support. Reading should be a lot more accurate now on tracks 2 and greater.

emulated bios:

• Fixed a bug in BupGetDate year calculation.
• Fixed a bug where interrupt mask wasn’t being set correctly when using emulated bios.

smpc:

• Added support for SMPC NMIREQ command.
• Added reset button emulation.

software video core:

• Improved software renderer: window, line scroll, mosaic are now available and color offset and scroll screen has been fixed.

gtk port:

• Tagged most of gtk port strings to be translatable.

qt port:

• Added ability to specify address where binaries are loaded when using command line.
• Other bug fixes.

wii ports:

• Added support for bios and game loading from sd card.
• Added sound support.
• Added usb keyboard support.

windows port:

• Added pause emulation function.
• Other bug fixes.

dreamcast port:

• Rewrote all of the Dreamcast CD Interface in hand-optimized assembly.
• Enabled use of the emulated bios if there is no saturn.bin on the CD.

general:

• Updated peripheral interface so both ports can now be used and multiple pads can now be connected to each port.
• Added translation support through mini18n library.