Sega Saturn - Let's Make Every Game Work!

[cowbells]

Hey guys, I thought I'd start a new thread for this so I can keep the important information on the first post. I'm trying to get every Saturn game working with minimal emulator setups. My hope is this will eventually make setting this system up quite a bit easier.

 

First, I'd like to get every game playing correctly, then I figure this could be turned into a guide. I can only work on this on certain nights, so don't expect miracles, but if other people chip in it'll go much faster. Also, I hit a major snag where now my Daemon Tools is acting really funny. I'm pretty convinced this is due too much mounting and unmounting too fast trying to get games launching. Or you know it's something else. Not sure yet.

 

Now, when I say every game, what I actually mean is every game that has wheel art. I'm not really sure if that's every game, but it sure looks like it.

 

Ok, I found that SSF v0.12 Beta R3 was more compatible than R4 when I started, so I've been using that as my main version. I have the following games launching and playing:

3D Baseball (USA)
Albert Odyssey - Legend of Eldean (USA)
Alien Trilogy (USA)
All Japan Pro Wrestling Featuring Virtua (Japan)
All Star Baseball '97 Featuring Frank Thomas (USA)
Alone in the Dark - One-Eyed Jack's Revenge (USA)
Andretti Racing (USA)
Arcade's Greatest Hits - The Atari Collection 1 (USA)
Arcade's Greatest Hits - Williams (USA)
Assault Rigs (Japan)
Assault Suit Leynos 2 (Japan)
Astra Superstars (Japan)
Asuka 120 Limited - Burning Fest. (Japan)
Atlantis - The Lost Tales (Europe) (Disc 1)
Atlantis - The Lost Tales (Europe) (Disc 2)
Baku Baku (USA)
Bases Loaded '96 - Double Header (USA)
Batman Forever - The Arcade Game (USA)
Batsugun (Japan)
Battle Arena Toshinden Remix (USA)
Battle Arena Toshinden URA (USA)
Battle Garegga (Japan)
Battle Monsters (USA)
Battle Stations (USA)
BattleSport (USA)
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Super S - Various Emotion (Japan)
Black Dawn (USA)
Black Fire (USA)
Blast Chamber (USA)
Blast Wind (Japan)
Blazing Dragons (USA)
Blazing Heroes (USA)
Bottom of the 9th (USA)
Brain Dead 13 (USA)
Break Point Tennis (USA)
Break Thru! (Japan)
Bubble Bobble - Also featuring Rainbow Islands (USA)
Bubble Symphony (Japan)
Bug Too! (USA)
Bug! (USA)
Bulk Slash (Japan)
Bust-A-Move 2 - Arcade Edition (USA)
Bust-A-Move 3 (USA)
Capcom Generation 1 - Dai 1 Shuu Gekitsuiou No Jidai (Japan)
Capcom Generation 3 - Dai 3 Shuu Koko Ni Rekishi Hajimaru (Japan)
Capcom Generation 5 - Dai 5 Shuu Kakutou ke Tachi (Japan)
Casper (USA)
Center Ring Boxing (USA)
Chaos Control (Europe)
Chibi Maruko-Chan no Taisen Puzzle Dama (Japan)
Choujikuu Yousei Macross - Ai Oboete Imasu ka (Japan) (Disc 1)
Christmas NiGHTS (USA)
Cleopatra Fortune (Japan)
Clockworks (Japan)
College Slam (USA)
Command & Conquer (USA) (Disc 1)
Command & Conquer (USA) (Disc 2)
Congo - The Movie - The Lost City Of Zinj (USA)
Cotton 2 (Japan)
Cotton Boomerang (Japan)
Courier Crisis (USA)
Creature Shock (USA) (Disc 1)
Creature Shock (USA) (Disc 2)
Crime Wave (USA)
Criticom - The Critical Combat (USA)
Crows - The Battle Action For Sega Saturn (Japan)
Crusader - No Remorse (USA)
Crypt Killer (USA)
Cube Battler - Anna Mirai Hen (Japan)
Cube Battler - Debugger Shouhen (Japan)
Cyber Speedway (USA)
Cyberbots - Full Metal Madness (Japan)
D (USA) (Disc 1)
D (USA) (Disc 2)
D-Xhird (Japan)
Darius Gaiden (USA)
Darius II (Europe)
Dark Legend (USA)
Dark Savior (USA)
Darklight Conflict (USA)
Daytona USA (USA)
Daytona USA - Championship Circuit Edition (USA)
Dead or Alive (Japan)
Decathlete (USA)
Deep Fear (Europe) (Disc 1)
Deep Fear (Europe) (Disc 2)
Defcon 5 (USA)
Deron Dero Dero (Japan)
Destruction Derby (Europe)
Dezaemon 2 (Japan)
Digital Pinball - Last Gladiators Ver. 9.7 (Japan)
Digital Pinball - Necronomicon (Japan)
Discworld (Europe)
Discworld II - Missing, presumed... ! (Europe)
DJ Wars (Japan)
Doraemon - Nobita to Fukkatsu no Hoshi (Japan)
Dragon Ball Z - Shinbutouden (Japan)
Dragon Ball Z - The Legend (Europe)
Dragon Force (USA)
Dungeons & Dragons Collection (Japan) (Disc 1)
Dungeons & Dragons Collection (Japan) (Disc 2)
Elevator Action Returns (Japan)
Enemy Zero (USA) (Disc 1)
Enemy Zero (USA) (Disc 2)
Enemy Zero (USA) (Disc 3)
Enemy Zero (USA) (Disc 4)
FIFA Soccer 97 (USA)
Fighter's History Dynamite (Japan)
Fighters Megamix (USA)
Fighting Vipers (USA)
Final Fight Revenge (Japan)
Fire Pro Gaiden - Blazing Tornado (Japan)
Fire Pro Wrestling S - 6 Men Scramble (Japan)
Fist (Japan)
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball (USA)
Frankenstein - Through the Eyes of the Monster (Europe)
From TV Animation Slam Dunk - I Love Basketball (Japan)
Funky Head Boxers (Japan)
Galactic Attack (USA)
Galaxy Fight (USA)
Gale Racer (Japan)
Gals Panic SS (Japan)
Game Tengoku (Japan)
Garou Densetsu 3 - Road to the Final Victory (Japan)
Gebockers (Japan)
Gex (USA)
Ghen War (USA)
Goiken Muyou - Anarchy in the Nippon (Japan)
Golden Axe - The Duel (USA)
Gradius Deluxe Pack (Japan)
Greatest Nine '96 (Japan)
Grid Runner (USA)
Groove On Fight - Gouketsuji Ichizoku 3 (Japan)
GT 24 (Japan)
Guardian Force (Japan)
Guardian Heroes (USA)
Gungriffon (USA)
Gungriffon II (Japan)
Gussun Oyoyo-S (Japan)
Hang-On GP (USA)
Hebereke's Popoitto (Europe)
Heir of Zendor - The Legend and The Land (USA)
Heisei Tensai Bakabon Susume! Bakabons! (Japan)
Herc's Adventures (USA)
Hexen - Beyond Heretic (USA)
Hi-Octane - The Track Fights Back! (USA)
High Velocity - Mountain Racing Challenge (USA)
Highway 2000 (USA)
Hyper 3-D Pinball (USA)
Hyper Duel (Japan)
Hyper Reverthion (Japan)
Image Fight and X-Multiply - Arcade Gears Vol.4 (Japan)
In the Hunt (USA)
Incredible Hulk, The - The Pantheon Saga (USA)
Independence Day (USA)
Iron Man X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal (USA)
Iron Storm (USA)
J-League Victory Goal '96 (Japan)
J-League Victory Goal '97 (Japan)
Jewels Of The Oracle (Europe)
Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius - Forever With Me (Japan)
Jinzou Ningen Hakaider - Last Judgement (Japan)
Johnny Bazookatone (USA)
Jonah Lomu Rugby (Europe)
K-1 Fighting Illusion Show (Japan)
Keio Flying Squadron 2 (Europe)
Keriotosse! (Japan)
Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden I - Senritsu no Blue (Japan)
Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden II - Ao wo Uketsugu Mono (Japan)
Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden III - Sabakareshi Mono (Japan)
Kidou Senshi Z Gundam - Kouhen Uchuu wo Kakeru (Japan)
Kidou Senshi Z Gundam - Zenpen Zeta no Kodou (Japan)
King of Fighters '96, The (Japan)
King of Fighters '97, The (Japan)
Konami Antiques MSX Collection (Japan)
Krazy Ivan (Europe)
Kururin Pa! (Japan)
Kyuukyoku Tiger II Plus (Japan)
Kyuutenkai Fantastic Pinball (Japan)
Last Gladiators - Digital Pinball (USA)
Layer Section II (Japan)
Legend of Oasis, The (USA)
Lode Runner - The Legend Returns (Japan)
Lost World, The - Jurassic Park (USA)
Lunacy (USA) (Disc 1)
Lunacy (USA) (Disc 2)
Lupin the 3rd - Pyramid no Kenja (Japan)
Machine Head (USA)
Madden NFL 97 (USA)
Madden NFL 98 (USA)
Magic Carpet (USA)
Magic Knight Rayearth (USA)
Magical Drop (Japan)
Magical Drop 2 (Japan)
Mansion of Hidden Souls, The (USA)
Marvel Super Heroes (USA)
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (Japan)
Mass Destruction (USA)
Maximum Force (USA)
MechWarrior 2 - 31st Century Combat (USA)
Mega Man 8 - Anniversary Collector's Edition (USA)
Megaman X3 (Europe)
Megaman X4 (USA)
Metal Black (Japan)
Metal Slug (Japan)
Mighty Hits (Europe)
Minnesota Fats - Pool Legend (USA)
Mortal Kombat II (USA)
Mortal Kombat Trilogy (USA)
Myst (USA)
NASCAR '98 (USA)
NBA Action 98 (USA)
NBA Jam Extreme (USA)
NBA Jam Tournament Edition (USA)
NBA Live 97 (USA)
Nekketsu Oyako (Japan)
NFL '97 (USA)
NFL Quarterback Club '96 (USA)
NFL Quarterback Club '97 (USA)
NHL 97 (USA)
NHL All-Star Hockey (USA)
NHL All-Star Hockey 98 (USA)
NHL Powerplay '96 (USA)
Night Striker S (Japan)
Night Warriors - Darkstalkers' Revenge (USA)
Nights Into Dreams... (USA)
Ninku - Tsuyokina Yatsura no Daigekitotsu! (Japan)
Ninpen Manmaru (Japan)
Noon (Japan)
Norse by Norsewest - The Return of The Lost Vikings (USA)
Off-World Interceptor Extreme (USA)
P.T.O. II - Pacific Theater of Operations (USA)
Pandemonium! (USA)
Panzer Dragoon (USA)
Panzer Dragoon II - Zwei (USA)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (USA) (Disc 1)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (USA) (Disc 2)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (USA) (Disc 3)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (USA) (Disc 4)
Parodius (Europe)
Pastel Muses (Japan)
PD Ultraman Link (Japan)
Pebble Beach Golf Links (USA)
Pinball Graffiti (Europe)
Planet Joker (Japan)
PowerSlave (USA)
Pu.Li.Ru.La - Arcade Gears Vol.1 (Japan)
Puyo Puyo Sun (Japan)
Puyo Puyo Tsuu (Japan)
Quake (USA)
Rabbit (Japan)
Race Drivin' (Japan)
Radiant Silvergun (Japan)
Rampage - World Tour (USA)
Road Rash (USA)
Robo Pit (USA)
Robotica (USA)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV - Wall Of Fire (USA)
Rox (Japan)
Sakura Taisen - Hanagumi Taisen Columns (Japan)
Samurai Spirits - Amakusa Kourin (Japan)
Samurai Spirits - Zankourou Musouken (Japan)
Saturn Bomber Man (Europe)
Saturn Bomberman Fight!! (Japan)
Scud - The Disposable Assassin (USA)
Sea Bass Fishing (Europe)
Sega Ages (USA)
Sega Ages - Afterburner II (Japan)
Sega Ages - Columns Arcade Collection (Japan)
Sega Ages - Fantasy Zone (Japan)
Sega Ages - Galaxy Force 2 (Japan)
Sega Ages - I Love Mickey Mouse & I Love Donald Duck (Japan)
Sega Ages - Out Run (Japan)
Sega Ages - Power Drift (Japan)
Sega Ages - Shukudai Ga Tant-R (Japan)
Sega Ages - Space Harrier (Japan)
Sega Ages Memorial Selection Vol. 1 (Japan)
Sega Ages Memorial Selection Vol. 2 (Japan)
Sega Rally Championship (USA)
Sega Touring Car Championship (USA)
Sega Worldwide Soccer '97 (USA)
Sega Worldwide Soccer '98 (USA)
Sengoku Blade (Japan)
Sexy Parodius (Japan)
Shanghai - Triple Threat (USA)
Shin Ou Ken (Japan)
Shingata Kururin Pa! (Japan)
Shining Force III - Scenario 2 - Child of God (Japan) (Translated En)
Shining Force III - Scenario 3 - Bulzome Rising (Japan) (Translated En)
Shinobi Legions (USA)
Shinrei Jusatsushi Taroumaru (Japan)
Shippuu Mahou Daisakusen (Japan)
Silhouette Mirage (Japan)
SimCity 2000 (USA)
Skull Fang - Kuuga Gaiden (Japan)
Sky Target (USA)
Sokkou Seitokai - Sonic Council (Japan)
Solar Eclipse (USA)
Sonic 3D Blast (USA)
Sonic Jam (USA)
Sonic R (USA)
Sonic Wings Special (Japan)
Soukyuu Gurentai (Japan)
Soviet Strike (USA)
Star Fighter (USA)
Steam-Heart's (Japan)
SteamGear Mash (Japan)
Steep Slope Sliders (USA)
Stellar Assault SS (Japan)
Street Fighter - The Movie (USA)
Street Fighter Alpha - Warrior's Dreams (USA)
Street Fighter Collection (USA) (Disc 2)
Striker '96 (USA)
Strikers 1945 (Japan)
Strikers 1945 II (Japan)
Suiko Enbu - Fuuun Saiki (Japan)
Swagman (Europe)
Syutokou Battle '97 (Japan)
Tempest 2000 (USA)
Ten Pin Alley (USA)
Tenchi Muyou! Rensa Hitsuyou (Japan)
Tenchi wo Kurau II - Sekiheki no Tatakai? (Japan)
Terra Cresta 3D (Japan)
Tetris Plus (USA)
Tetris S (Japan)
Theme Park (USA)
Thunder Force Gold Pack 1 (Japan)
Thunder Force Gold Pack 2 (Japan)
Thunder Force V (Japan)
Thunderstrike 2 (USA)
TNN Motor Sports - Hardcore 4X4 (USA)
Tomb Raider (USA)
Touge - King the Spirits 2 (Japan)
Touryuu Densetsu - Elan Doree (Japan)
Trash It (Europe)
Tryrush Deppy (Japan)
Twinkle Star Sprites (Japan)
UEFA Euro 96 England (Europe)
Vampire Savior (Japan)
Virtua Cop (USA)
Virtua Cop 2 (USA)
Virtual Casino (USA)
Virtual Hydlide (USA)
Virtual Open Tennis (USA)
Virtual-On - Cyber Troopers (USA)
VR Soccer (USA)
VR Virtua Racing (USA)
Waku Waku 7 (Japan)
Waku Waku Monster (Japan)
Wangan Dead Heat + Real Arrange (Japan) (Disc 1)
Wangan Dead Heat + Real Arrange (Japan) (Disc 2)
WarCraft II - The Dark Saga (USA)
Whizz (Europe)
Willy Wombat (Japan)
Wing Arms (USA)
Winning Post (USA)
Winter Heat (USA)
WipEout (USA)
World Cup Golf - Professional Edition (USA)
World League Soccer '98 (Europe)
World Series Baseball '98 (USA)
World Series Baseball II (USA)
Worldwide Soccer - Sega International Victory Goal Edition (USA)
Worms (USA)
WWF In Your House (USA)
WWF Wrestlemania - The Arcade Game (USA)
X-Men - Children of the Atom (USA)
X-Men vs. Street Fighter (Japan)
Zap! Snowboarding Trix '98 (Japan)
Zap! Snowboarding Trix (Japan)
Zoku Gussun Oyoyo (Japan)

One note: Rocket Launcher returns an error if you have games with mp3 or wav files in your folder that are named the same as your cue file. In these instances, you want your iso image to have the correct name as the database. Also, in a few cases, I found that a game wouldn't work from one collection, but would work fine from another. I'd only address it when I run into it if I were you, but perhaps down the road we can track this. Every image I've used so far has come from Pleasuredome btw.

 

In some cases, Rocket Launcher wasn't always handling region switching properly for me, so we can coax that along by making the default region the correct one, so if I write (J) or (E) next to the emu version, that means you should have those regions enabled by default. Don't forget to change your Bios as well! To play it safe, I started by just doing this for every region 'cause it seems to help and really just makes my life easier.

 

I didn't get very far into the exceptions list, but here's what I have so far:

v0.12 Beta R3 (J)
Advanced V.G. (Japan)
Akumajou Dracula X - Gekka no Yasoukyoku (Japan)

v0.12 Beta R1 (SH2 Cache Enabled)
Area 51 (USA)

v0.11 Alpha R2 (Europe region enabled)
3D Lemmings (Europe)

v0.09 Beta (J)
DoDonPachi (Japan)

Keep in mind, this was after attempting to launch and play at least a decent portion of every single game. I've also found that many times you can find someone saying XYZ game works with XYZ version, but in reality, you can't get to the gameplay, just the menu. If you help me on this, please make sure you can actually play the game and it's playing correctly! If you are unsure as to what the gameplay should look like, just watch your EmuMovie preview.

 

These games all worked fine in my default setup, but I found them to be overly heavy with Japanese text. You may not agree or maybe you can read Japanese:

Black Matrix (Japan)
Code R (Japan)
Densha De Go! EX (Japan)
Gekitotsu Koushien (Japan)
Princess Crown (Japan)
Sega Ages - Phantasy Star Collection (Japan)
Sega Ages - Rouka Ni Ichidant-R (Japan)

These games I still need to try other dumps / rips out or I just didn't have yet, so it's very possible that they work just fine in the default setup. Basically, this was my need to nab list that I still need to go through: 

2do Arukotoha Sand-R (Japan)
Arcana Strikes (Japan)
Arthur to Astaroth no Nazomakaimura - Incredible Toons
Atomic Runner Chelnov (Japan) (Proto)
Baldy Land (Japan)
Baroque (Japan)
Bishojo Variety Game - Rapyulus Panic (Japan)
Bomberman Wars (Japan)
Chaos Control Remix (Japan)
Choro Q Park (Japan)
Culdcept (Japan)
Cyber Doll (Japan)
Daitoride (Japan)
Daytona USA Circuit Edition (Japan)
Death Throttle (Japan)
Dragon Force II (Japan)
Dungeon Master Nexus (Japan)
Funky Head Boxers PLUS (Japan)
G-Vector (Japan)
Game no Tetsujin - The Shanghai (Japan)
Gekirindan - Time Travel Shooting (Japan)
Gokujou Parodius Da! (Japan)
Grandia (Japan) (Disc 1)
Grandia (Japan) (Disc 2)
Grandia - Digital Museum (Japan)
Grandia Prelude Disc (Japan)
Gun Frontier - Arcade Gears Vol.2 (Japan)
Hansha de Spark! (Japan)
Hat Trick Hero S (Japan)
Hissatsu! (Japan)
Hokuto no Ken (Japan)
Initial D (Japan)
Irem Arcade Classics (Japan)
J-League Go Go Goal! (Japan)
J-League Victory Goal (Japan)
Joshikousei no Houkago... Pukunpa (Japan)
Jun Classic Country Club & Rope Club (Japan)
Jung Rhythm (Japan)
Kidou Senshi Gundam (Japan)
Linkle Liver Story (Japan)
Madou Monogatari (Japan)
Magical Hoppers (Japan)
Mahjong Gokuu Tenjiku (Japan)
Masters Harukanaru Augusta 3 (Japan)
Minami no Shima Ni Buta Ga Ita - Lucas no Daibouken (Japan)
Motteke Tamago with Ganbare! Kamonohashi (Japan)
My Best Friends - St. Andrew Jogakuin Hen (Japan)
Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari (Japan) (Disc 1)
Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari (Japan) (Disc 2)
Ninja Jajamaru-kun - Onigiri Ninpouchou Gold (Japan)
O-chan no Oekaki Logic (Japan)
Pappara Paoon (Japan)
Pretty Fighter X (Japan)
Pro Mahjong Kiwame S (Japan)
Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine '97 (Japan)
Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine '97 - Make Miracle (Japan)
Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine '98 (Japan)
Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine '98 - Summer Action (Japan)
Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine
Purikura Daisakusen (Japan)
Real Bout Garou Densetsu (Japan)
Return Fire (USA)
Ryougae Puzzle Game Moudjiya (Japan)
Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus (Japan)
Savaki (Japan)
Segata Sanshirou Shinkenyugi (Japan)
Shadows of the Tusk (Japan)
Shanghai - Great Moments (Japan) (Disc 1)
Shanghai - Great Moments (Japan) (Disc 2)
Shining Force III - Premium Disc (Japan) (Translated En)
Shining Force III - Scenario 1 - The Titan of Aspia (Japan) (Translated En)
Side Pocket 3 (Japan)
Sound Qube (Japan)
Space Invaders (Japan)
Stakes Winner - GI Kanzen Seiha e no Michi (Japan)
Stakes Winner 2 - Saikyou Uma Densetsu (Japan)
Steeldom (Japan)
Strahl - Himerareshi Nanatsu no Hikari (Japan)
Street Fighter II Movie (Japan) (Disc 1)
Street Fighter II Movie (Japan) (Disc 2)
Street Fighter Zero 2' (Japan)
Street Fighter Zero 3 (Japan)
Super Casino Special (Japan)
Super Real Mahjong Graffiti (Japan)
Super Real Mahjong P 7 (Japan)
Super Real Mahjong P V (Japan)
Super Real Mahjong P VI (Japan)
Taito Chase H.Q. Plus S.C.I. (Japan)
Techno Motor (Japan)
Tengai Makyo - Daishi no Mokushiroku - The Apocalypse IV (Japan) (Disc 1)
Tengai Makyo - Daishi no Mokushiroku - The Apocalypse IV (Japan) (Disc 2)
Tennis Arena (Japan)
Thunder Storm & Road Blaster (Japan) (Disc 1)
Thunder Storm & Road Blaster (Japan) (Disc 2)
Time Gal & Ninja Hayate (Japan) (Disc 1)
Time Gal & Ninja Hayate (Japan) (Disc 2)
Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Puzzledama (Japan)
Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Tokkaedama (Japan)
Tokuso Kidoutai J-SWAT (Japan)
Tsuukai!! Slot Shooting (Japan)
Ultraman - Hikari no Kyojin Densetsu (Japan)
Uno DX (Japan)
Vatlva (Japan)
Voice Idol Maniacs - Pool Bar Story (Japan) (Disc 1)
Voice Idol Maniacs - Pool Bar Story (Japan) (Disc 2)
Wachenroder (Japan)
Waialae no Kiseki - Extra 36 Holes (Japan)
Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon (Japan)
Wizardry Llylgamyn Saga
Wolf Fang SS Kuuga 2001 (Japan)
Wonder 3 - Arcade Gears Vol.3 (Japan)
World Cup '98 France - Road To Win (Japan)
World Evolution Soccer (Japan)
Yakyuuken Special, The - Konya wa 12 Kaisen!! (Japan)
Zoop (Japan)

Last but not least. These are games that I haven't gotten successfully working yet. I'm noticing issues in some way or they just don't launch at all:

A+M+O+K (USA)
Astal (USA)
Bokan to Ippatsu! Doronboo Kanpekiban (Japan)
Burning Rangers (USA)
Capcom Generations 2 (Japan)
Capcom Generations 4 (Japan)
Cho Aniki - Kyuukyoku ... Otoko no Gyakushuu (Japan)
Choujikuu Yousei Macross - Ai Oboete Imasu ka (Japan) (Disc 2)
Clockwork Knight (USA)
Clockwork Knight 2 (USA)
Contra - Legacy of War (USA)
Corpse Killer - Graveyard Edition (USA) (Disc 1)
Corpse Killer - Graveyard Edition (USA) (Disc 2)
Croc - Legend of the Gobbos (USA)
Crow, The - City of Angels (USA)
Cyberia (USA)
Death Crimson (Japan)
Detana TwinBee Yahoo! Deluxe Pack (Japan)
Die Hard Arcade (USA)
Die Hard Trilogy (USA)
DonPachi (Japan)
Doom (USA)
Double Switch (USA) (Disc 1)
Double Switch (USA) (Disc 2)
DragonHeart - Fire & Steel (USA)
Duke Nukem 3D (Europe)
Earthworm Jim 2 (USA)
F1 Challenge (USA)
FIFA - Road to World Cup 98 (USA)
FIFA Soccer 96 (USA)
Formula Karts - Special Edition (Europe)
Grand Slam (USA)
Gunbird (Japan)
Horde, The (USA)
House of the Dead, The (USA)
Impact Racing (USA)
J-League Jikkyou Honoo no Striker (Japan)
King of Fighters '95, The (Europe)
Last Bronx (USA)
Loaded (USA)
Lode Runner Extra (Japan)
Magical Drop III Toretate Zoukangou (Japan)
Manx TT SuperBike (USA)
Mizubaku Daibouken (Japan)
Monster Slider (Japan)
Mr. Bones (USA) (Disc 1)
Mr. Bones (USA) (Disc 2)
NBA Action (USA)
NBA Live 98 (USA)
Need for Speed, The (USA)
NHL 98 (USA)
Olympic Soccer (USA)
PGA Tour 97 (USA)
Pocket Fighter (Japan)
Primal Rage (USA)
Pro Pinball (USA)
Quarterback Attack with Mike Ditka (USA)
Rayman (USA)
Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special (Japan)
Resident Evil (USA)
Resurrection - Rise 2 (USA)
Revolution X (USA)
Riven - The Sequel to Myst (Europe) (Disc 1)
Riven - The Sequel to Myst (Europe) (Disc 2)
Riven - The Sequel to Myst (Europe) (Disc 3)
Riven - The Sequel to Myst (Europe) (Disc 4)
Scorcher (USA)
Shellshock (USA)
Shienryu (Japan)
Shining Force III (USA)
Shining the Holy Ark (USA)
Shining Wisdom (USA)
Shockwave Assault (USA)
Skeleton Warriors (USA)
Slam 'N Jam '96 featuring Magic & Kareem (USA)
Sol Divide (Japan)
Soukyuu Gurentai Otokuyou (Japan)
Space Hulk - Vengeance of the Blood Angels (USA)
Space Jam (USA)
Spot Goes to Hollywood (USA)
Street Fighter Alpha 2 (USA)
Street Fighter Collection (USA) (Disc 1)
Street Racer (Europe)
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (USA)
Super Tempo (Japan)
Tama - Adventurous Ball in Giddy Labyrinth (Japan)
Three Dirty Dwarves (USA)
True Pinball (USA)
Tunnel B1 (USA)
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (USA)
Valora Valley Golf (USA)
Virtua Fighter (USA)
Virtua Fighter 2 (USA)
Virtua Fighter Kids (USA)
Virtua Fighter Remix (USA)
Virtual Golf (Europe)
VR Golf '97 (USA)
WipEout 2097 (Europe)
Word Heroes Perfect (Japan)
World Series Baseball (USA)
Z (Europe)
Zero 4 Champ - DooZy-J Type R (Japan)
Zero Divide - The Final Conflict (Japan)

And that's where I'm at! Any help would be appreciated!

[haimbilia]

for me A+M+O+K works with bizhawk what are the benefits of using ssf?

[kyoken]

I think you need a real Saturn Bios to improve compatibility, I know Street Fighter Zero 3 only works with a Saturn Japanese Bios

[gigapig]

When I set up my 41 System build which included Saturn, my main goal was to at least have Astal working. One odd quirk was it would only load if the Saturn Bios screen showed before the game, having it off just gave me a black screen.

[Aorin]

DOOM didn't work for me both in SSF or Yabause, it does start but never enter in gameplay, curiously seems that the Japanese version is the best among USA/EUR because that was released only after some improvements, though, unfortunately they didn't make a great work porting DOOM to Saturn, even the console having enough power to run that game.

 

Look this text excerpt. from Segaretro

 

There were a number of differences between versions released the North American, European and Japanese versions of the game. The American release does not feature multiplayer of any sort, despite being advertised on the box, and has the worst system performance. The Japanese release came out at a slightly later date and features improved performance. The European and Japanese releases of the game features multiplayer using the Taisen Cable accessory, which also requires two copies of the game played through two consoles. Multiplayer allows two players to play the game in cooperative or deathmatch modes on all the levels. (The boss levels however do not have level exits, where the only way to end an unlimited match is to quit the game.

 

I also could't play Virtua Cop 1 or 2, did you really entered in gameplay? I don't doubt it but I remember these weren't playable in R3 version.

 

Another curious case about the differences among regions, seems like Shinobi Legions in USA or Shinobi X in Europe has some significant differences too, look the text extracted from Wikipedia.

 

The European version of Shinobi Legions, published by Sega Europe and released as Shinobi X (a revert to the game's original title from when it was first announced at the Tokyo Toy Show in June 1994, was delayed and released in late 1995. It was delayed because Sega Europe's producer David Nulty disliked the original music score and wanted to change it for the European release, in a similar way that Sega of America did years before with the North American release of Sonic CD.

The whole in-game tracks were replaced by noted British video game composer Richard Jacques, while the cutscene music tracks were left intact. Jacques composed the soundtrack in imitation of the style of Yuzo Koshiro's The Revenge of Shinobi.[4] The North American version, published earlier the same year by Vic Tokai, had retained the same music as the Japanese version.

 

When I had a Saturn, I also noticed that Crimewave, another exclusive Saturn title had a bug in the European version and it had some freezes making a poor experience playing that, and the Japan/USA version was smooth.

[cowbells]

for me A+M+O+K works with bizhawk what are the benefits of using ssf?

 

Probably none. This is the kind of input I'm looking for thank you!

 

Edit: Ok, just double checked. Bizhawk is for sure using a Yabuse core, so I'll try it in that emulator instead. This is great info though. Last time I picked this up, I was stuck on that game with SSF.

[cowbells]

DOOM didn't work for me both in SSF or Yabause, it does start but never enter in gameplay, curiously seems that the Japanese version is the best among USA/EUR because that was released only after some improvements, though, unfortunately they didn't make a great work porting DOOM to Saturn, even the console having enough power to run that game.

 

I also could't play Virtua Cop 1 or 2, did you really entered in gameplay? I don't doubt it but I remember these weren't playable in R3 version.

 

Yes, to my knowledge Doom is a game that is currently unable to be emulated.

 

Yes, I'm positive about Virtua Cop 1 & 2. I have the dedicated arcade for 2, these are favorites of mine. One thing that really helps is to enable highest compatibility. It's in the far right tab in the options. At work right now so I can't look at it what's it's called atm.

 

Thanks for the info about different region games! This is exactly the stuff I'm looking for guys! If you want to do me a huge favor, pick a few games on the list and let me know what you did to get them working! I figure at the end, I can dropbox all of my emu setups so hopefully it helps everyone else out there.

 

Gigs, yes i've had loads of trouble with Astal. I can play perfectly outside of Rocket Launcher using R4 and enabled SH2 cache. For some reason that option gets overriden when launched from RL. Can't figure that one out yet! Here's a work around for the time being:

 

Load the game outside of RL with SH2 enabled. Save your state once you start the first level. Now you can launch from RL and load your state. I had that working for a minute. It's a workaround so it didn't make my list yet.

 

Edit: just reread your post. So do you have it working now? I still haven't used your settings ini that you gave me. It's next after AMOK on my list.

[cowbells]

I think you need a real Saturn Bios to improve compatibility, I know Street Fighter Zero 3 only works with a Saturn Japanese Bios

 

Yes, I'm aware. Read my post again. I haven't gotten to that title yet. Thank you for the info though!

[shitoken]

Cowbells can you help to post the xml and artwork for this sets?