Any Saturn emulators for DC?

Velocity 7 · January 30th, 2003

I'm not sure which forum this fits in, but probably this is the best one to put it in. Anyone know of any author that plans to create a Saturn emulator for the Dreamcast, or to port a currently existing one (with its source code) to the Dreamcast? Just a thought...

**Shiori** · January 30th, 2003

I'd rather they develop a reliable PC version first than a console port.

**Kane** · January 30th, 2003

Yeah, considering Saturn emulation on the PC is still not really viable, the chances of the existence of a DC one are slim to nil.
Add to that the fact that the Saturn requires far more CPU time to emulate than the PSX in a single CPU system (The Saturn is a massively parrallel machine), and the future looks grim fo such a project.

Velocity 7 · January 30th, 2003

Ah well. At least I tried to look for one

**OK-OK** · January 31st, 2003

I was searching for one long ago but its kinda uselss when its impossible to find saturn games.

**Yeloazndevil** · January 31st, 2003

the DC is not powerful enough to emulate the Saturn, but the pc is

**OK-OK** · January 31st, 2003

Its powerfull enough to emulate the psx so IMO its powerful enough to play the saturn games.

**Kane** · January 31st, 2003

>Its powerfull enough to emulate the psx so IMO its powerful enough to play the saturn games.

*buzzez* wrong.
Read my earlier post. The PSX is effectively a single CPU machine, like the DC. The Saturn is a massively parrallel machine. This produces a lot higher emulation overhead. The DC can't have a saturn emu.

Exophase · February 17th, 2003

Maybe it is possible on DC.. maybe.. SH4 is backwards compatible with both SH2 and SH1 (which the Saturn has 2 of and 1 of respectively) and many games didn't actually make use of anything more than one SH2, apparently. I don't know how feasible it is to emulate several CPUs on one compatible CPU that's much faster, I haven't really heard of any projects doing this. But it might be feasible. As for the other stuff, I think you can pass a lot of it off to the PowerVR2.. I don't know about the geometry; you might have to do it in the SH4, with the few cycles you have left...

- Exo

January 30th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Velocity 7 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Your Computer Posts: 106	Any Saturn emulators for DC? I'm not sure which forum this fits in, but probably this is the best one to put it in. Anyone know of any author that plans to create a Saturn emulator for the Dreamcast, or to port a currently existing one (with its source code) to the Dreamcast? Just a thought...

January 30th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Shiori :3 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 10,116	I'd rather they develop a reliable PC version first than a console port. __________________ "...And when I finally meet you again, I want to ask you - have you found what you were looking for? Because that's what I felt you were doing, all these years. And I want to hear you answer, "Yes, I have, thank you for asking," and we'll be together again, until the end of our days..."

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Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Yeah, considering Saturn emulation on the PC is still not really viable, the chances of the existence of a DC one are slim to nil. Add to that the fact that the Saturn requires far more CPU time to emulate than the PSX in a single CPU system (The Saturn is a massively parrallel machine), and the future looks grim fo such a project. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

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OK-OK I'm back... Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,484	I was searching for one long ago but its kinda uselss when its impossible to find saturn games. __________________ Don't let the beautiful eyes trick you before they eat you alive.

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OK-OK I'm back... Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,484	Its powerfull enough to emulate the psx so IMO its powerful enough to play the saturn games. __________________ Don't let the beautiful eyes trick you before they eat you alive.

January 30th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Velocity 7 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Your Computer Posts: 106	Ah well. At least I tried to look for one

January 31st, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Yeloazndevil :3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,138	the DC is not powerful enough to emulate the Saturn, but the pc is

January 31st, 2003	#8 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	>Its powerfull enough to emulate the psx so IMO its powerful enough to play the saturn games. buzzez wrong. Read my earlier post. The PSX is effectively a single CPU machine, like the DC. The Saturn is a massively parrallel machine. This produces a lot higher emulation overhead. The DC can't have a saturn emu. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

February 17th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
Exophase Emu author Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Bloomington IN, USA Posts: 1,061	Maybe it is possible on DC.. maybe.. SH4 is backwards compatible with both SH2 and SH1 (which the Saturn has 2 of and 1 of respectively) and many games didn't actually make use of anything more than one SH2, apparently. I don't know how feasible it is to emulate several CPUs on one compatible CPU that's much faster, I haven't really heard of any projects doing this. But it might be feasible. As for the other stuff, I think you can pass a lot of it off to the PowerVR2.. I don't know about the geometry; you might have to do it in the SH4, with the few cycles you have left... - Exo

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