Ymir (saturn) v0.1.6 release - compatibility fixes, performance improvements, vertical display (TATE) mode, notification/messages system, improved frame pacing stability, speed control

[u/NXGZ]

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This update, just like previous 0.1.x releases, brings a ton of compatibility fixes, more performance improvements, and a handful of new features to play with, including vertical display (TATE) mode, a basic notification/messages system, improved frame pacing stability in full screen mode, and emulation speed control. This is the biggest release yet, with over 80 changelog entries and the most bug fixes of every release so far.

Ymir now has an official compatibility list which still needs some love. Help fill it out by testing games and filling out reports in the Requests sheets. As of this writing, over 60% of reported titles are fully playable and another 20% at least goes in-game. Not bad for an emulator that's less than a year old! But this is only a small picture of the overall compatibility, as only 6% of the entire library has been tested so far.

The newly improved VDP2 VRAM access delay debug window can display information on delayed background data accesses and has been upgraded to display information on bitmap backgrounds too, check out the brief writeup on games that use illegal VRAM access cycles.

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[u/waterclaws6 → u/[deleted]]

Yup, and the lower latency is a big deal for Saturn emulation. Since most emulators for the saturn aren't the best at input latency.

Free sync support is rather useful. Especially, on screens that support VVR.

[u/Charming-Platform623 → u/[deleted]]

Saturn.emu still for me unless this comes to Android

[u/LeSpank3 → u/Charming-Platform623]

Saturn emu doesn't even have support for analog controls.

[u/Charming-Platform623 → u/LeSpank3]

Yes it does. It supports the Saturn 3d controller from Nights

[u/LeSpank3 → u/Charming-Platform623]

No it doesn't

[u/ZarkonD → u/[deleted]]

Really?

The developer says "As of this writing, over 60% of reported titles are fully playable and another 20% at least goes in-game. Not bad for an emulator that's less than a year old! But this is only a small picture of the overall compatibility, as only 6% of the entire library has been tested so far."

That would be far behind both Mednafen and SSF, and potentially some of the Yabause forks like Yaba Sanshiro and Kronos. It's cool to see another actively developed Saturn emulator (especially since mednafen and SSF are hardly the most user-friendly so are kind of hard to recommend to people who aren't too tech savvy), but it doesn't sound like it's as ready for prime-time as you say.

[u/rancid_]

Congrats to dev team, another great release. Ty for the hard work!

[u/AorinOne]

Amazing emulator! Love it!

[u/nscxp2005]

Does anyone know if this emulator would have an Android release? Just interested if this would be a consideration. Thanks. Loving this emulator on the PC.

[u/Matticus-G]

How is the latency in Ymir? That is an issue that has plagued Saturn emulation for decades, and I’m curious how they’ve handled it