Saturn

Sega

Game Console - Lifespan: 1994 - 2000

Sega SaturnWikipedia

Information

Emulators	libretro: kronos libretro: mednafen saturn libretro: yabasanshiro mednafen bizhawk: saturnus yabasanshiro kronos ssf
Games Location	📁 roms \ 📂 saturn
File extensions	.zip .cue .toc .m3u .ccd .chd .iso .cso .mds .chd .squashfs

System Features

Retroachievements	Netplay	Controller autoconfig
lr-kronos: YES lr_mednafen: YES lr-yabasanshiro: YES Mednafen: NO BizHawk: YES Yabasanshiro: NO Kronos: NO SSF: NO	lr-kronos: YES lr_mednafen: YES lr-yabasanshiro: NO Mednafen: NO BizHawk: NO Yabasanshiro: NO Kronos: NO SSF: NO	lr-kronos: YES lr_mednafen: YES lr-yabasanshiro: YES Mednafen: YES BizHawk: YES Yabasanshiro: YES Kronos: YES SSF: YES

BIOS

BIOS File	Location	MD5
saturn_bios.bin	\bios	af5828fdff51384f99b3c4926be27762
mpr-17933.bin	\bios	3240872c70984b6cbfda1586cab68dbe
sega_101.bin	\bios	85ec9ca47d8f6807718151cbcca8b964
mpr-18811-mx.ic1	\bios
mpr-19367-mx.ic1	\bios
saturn_bios.bin	\bios\kronos	af5828fdff51384f99b3c4926be27762

Controls

Standard control layout:

Trigger inversion:

It is possible to invert triggers and shoulder buttons with the following option:

Alternative control layouts:

Alternative control layouts can be enabled with the following option:

Option	Control layout
L/R AS Y/Z
L/R AS Y/Z (inverted)
L/R AS X/Z
L/R AS X/Z (inverted)

Using a Saturn-like controller

RetroBat can be used to automatically configure the following type of "Saturn-like" controllers:

• 8Bitdo M30

To do so, use the following option:

Saturn-like controller configuration is managed within the "saturnControllers.json" file located in the \system\resources\inputmapping folder of the RetroBat installation, it is possible to extend this file to configure automatically additional controllers.

Specific System Information

Multi-disc games

You can use a m3u file to manage multi-disc games.

For example for Panzer Dragoon Saga, if the ROM contains the following files:

create a Panzer Dragoon Saga.m3u text file with the following content and save it to the /roms/saturn folder: