Nova

Nova

Developer(s)	Steve Kwok
Latest version	0.5
Active	Yes
Platform(s)	Windows
Emulates	Sega Saturn, ST-V (Arcade)
Support ($)	Patreon

Nova is a closed-source Sega Saturn and Sega Titan Video (ST-V) arcade hardware emulator.

Overview

The author's goals for Nova is to make it:

1. Fast

2. Compatible

3. Accurate

4. Run smoothly

5. User friendly

6. Support rich functions like cheat, states save/load, debugging, recording, texture upscaling etc.

• Compatibility:

Nova gets better compatibility now compared with the initial release. Hector Tomazella (AKA 'literalmente-game') made a compatibility list for Nova

https://literalmente-game.github.io/compatibility_lists/nova.html

Requirements

- CPU: 2.0GHz

- Memory: 1GB

- Display card: Support DirectX9

- OS: Windows 7 and above

- In addition, you may need to install the following components:

- 1.VS2017 runtime redistributable

- 2.DirectX runtime redistributable (June 2010)

Controls

Information captured from Nova builds' readme.txt document.

1.Key mapping:

* SATURN: UP: W DOWN: S LEFT: A RIGHT: D START: H A: J B: K C: L X: U Y: I Z: O L: Y R: P START of Shuttle Mouse: Scroll down the wheel

* TITAN: UP: W DOWN: S LEFT: A RIGHT: D SW1: J SW2: K SW3: L COIN: Y START: H TEST: I SERVICE: O

1: NBG0 ON/OFF 2: NBG1 ON/OFF 3: NBG2 ON/OFF 4: NBG3 ON/OFF 5: RBG0 ON/OFF 8: Sprite ON/OFF 9: VDP2_C++/VDP2_JIT/NO_GFX toggle

2.Note:

(1).Nova only supports one player currently.

(2).Nova can start from command line. The syntax is very simple: > nova "path"

External Links

• Discord (Invite from SteveKwok. Alternate address for same channel by Strelok.)
• YouTube (Literalmente{Game}'s Saturn PL)
• YouTube list for ST-V games (Literalmente{Game}'s channel)