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The '''[[wikipedia:Sega_Saturn|Sega Saturn]]''' is a 32-bit, fifth-generation console released by [[wikipedia:Sega|Sega]] in Japan on November 22, 1994 and in the US on May 11, 1995. It was retailed for <abbr title="$660{{Inflation|USD|399.73 in 2018 money">$399</abbr>99|1994}}. It had 2 Hitachi SH-2 CPUs at 28.6 MHz and it had the VDP1 GPU & VDP2 GPU. The arcade board, '''[https://segaretro.org/Sega_Titan_Video ST-V (Sega Titan Video)]''', uses the same hardware except for sound, VRAM, and game storage (where it is stored on ROM cartridges instead of CD-ROM discs).
The Sega Saturn has historically been one of the harder consoles to emulate, resulting in a lack of good options. However, things are looking up for open-source emulators like Mednafen, and to a lesser extent, Yabause.
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! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Operating SystemPlatform(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|ST-V
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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! colspan="7"|PC/ x86
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|[[Mednafen]]
|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]
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|[[SSF]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://aaaaaaaa.g2.xrea.com/ssf/files/SSF_PreviewVer_R2.zip PreviewVer R3 (16/06/2019){{SSFVer}}]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|[https://github.com/FCare/yabause Kronos]
|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[http://www.emutalk.net/forums/56-Sega-Saturn-Emulation 1.7.0{{KronosVer}}]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|[https://github.com/devmiyax/yabause YabaSanshiro]
|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[http://www.uoyabause.org/static_pages/download 2.512.0<br />(Dev: 3.0)]
|{{~}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
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|[[Yabause]]
|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[http://yabause.org/download/ {{YabauseVer}}]
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|[[MAME]]
|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|[[Nova]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://www.patreon.com/nova_emu file?h=31179979&i=4658332 0.56]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|[[BizHawk]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
|{{~}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|[http://satourne.consollection.com/ Satourne]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://satourne.consollection.com/index.php?rub=download 2.0 beta 3]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|[http://saturnin.consollection.com/ Saturnin]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://saturnin.consollection.com/index.php?rub=download 0.40]
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|[[GiriGiri]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|0.6
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! colspan="7"|Mobile/ ARM
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|[httpshttp://githubwww.com/devmiyaxuoyabause.org/yabause YabaSanshiro]<small>(Contains Ads)</small>|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}|[http://www.uoyabause.org/static_pages/download 2.512.0] ([[Android emulators|Android]])<br />[http://www.uoyabause.org/static_pages/download 1.8.1] (iOS)
|{{~}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|[[Yabause]]
|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[http://yabause.org/download/ {{YabauseVer}}]
|{{~}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
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|[[SSF]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[http://aaaaaaaa.g2.xrea.com/ssf/files/SSF_AndroidVer.zip Dev]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{na|text=TBD}}
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! colspan="7"|Console
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|[http://www.uoyabause.org/ YabaSanshiro]
|align=left|{{Icon|Switch}}
|[http://www.uoyabause.org/static_pages/download 2.2.0]
|{{~}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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===Comparisons===
;[[Mednafen]]:An open-source, [[multi-system emulators|multi-system emulator]] with an original Saturn core. It's currently the most accurate but runs from the command-line (obviously it'll have video output though) unless using an external frontend like Mednaffe or a [[libretro]] frontend like [[RetroArch]]. Its goal for accuracy means it only supports the BIOS of one console revision per region, and is also very demanding, having recommendations to use a quad-core Intel Haswell CPU with a base frequency of >= 3.3GHz and a turbo frequency of >= 3.7GHz (e.g. Xeon E3-1226 v3or i5-4590).<ref name="Mednafen Saturn core documentation">{{MednafenURL|documentation/ss.html}}</ref>. By default, only x86-64 builds have Saturn support, but unofficial x86-32 builds and [[libretro]] frontends like [[RetroArch]] can surpass this limitation.
:;[https://www.emu-land.net/consoles/saturn/emuls/windows?act=showonly&id=4227 MedSat]:An unofficial frontend, built by Saturn romhacker paul_meta, to simplify the process of loading Saturn games.
;[[SSF]]:Used to be the emulator of choice for compatible Saturn emulation. However, it is closed-source and only for Windowsand Android. Pretty good performance in mid-end (and maybe low-end) computers.
;[[Yabause]]:Used to be the first and only option for multi-platform Saturn emulation. It's far less developed than SSF and Mednafen and still has many compatibility issues. Development seems to have stopped, active forks are Kronos which is recommended for PCs and YabaSanshiro which is recommended for Android.
