This Sega Saturn emulator just got a big speed bump and dozens of fixes

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This Sega Saturn emulator just got a big speed bump and dozens of fixes

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TL;DR

• Ymir, a Sega Saturn emulator, just got an update with dozens of bug fixes.


• Contributors to the project have reworked several pipelines to bring a performance boost.


• A smaller update also improves color reproduction in some games.

The Sega Saturn was far from the most profitable console for the company, especially since it arrived at the same time as the first-ever PlayStation, which, by comparison, was a success. Despite that, there has been a reasonable demand for suitable emulators, likely due to their limited sales outside Japan. Unlike more popular consoles, there’s a dearth of emulators for the Sega Saturn, with few viable options, such as Yaba Sanshiro 2 or workarounds using RetroArch or OpenEmu. More recently, a third option has cropped up: Ymir, which lets you run Sega Saturn titles on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and it is now getting a major update.

After releasing v0.3 in April and v0.3.1 in May, the developer StrikerX3 of Ymir has rolled out two subsequent updates. Of the two, v0.3.2 gets most of the improvements, with a major focus on fixing bugs that previously caused the emulator to crash. The developer has specifically reworked the part that replicates how the console interacts with game discs, which now ensures more stable operations, and makes icons such as Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter finally playable.

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