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    Fs-uae setup for amiga and cd32

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    Cool. Thanks to your video I finally got a start into the Amiga side of things. I downloaded a whole pile of WHDs since they package the whole game into one easy to use file. Mounting multi disk games is not possible directly through Launchbox right now without a lot of extra effort. I'm not a big user of save states anyways so the WHD format works just fine for me.

    Fs-uae setup for amiga and cd32

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    Since I don't know a whole lot about the Amiga in terms of the rom releases were there more releases in the adf vs whd formats ? Doing a quick search for "amiga whd downloads" immediately gives what to me looks like a great site for getting what seems like everything anyone could ever want. Are there more adf files than that ?

    Also right now is the trade off between adf vs whd the ability to save state w/ adf vs the ability to load multi disk games w/ whd ?

    Like I said I am a total noob when it comes to Amiga stuff. While I knew of the Amiga as a kid growing up we just didn't see many of them, I think I saw one or 2 in my school way back when. I did own an  Atari ST back in the late 80s though, lol.

    Fs-uae setup for amiga and cd32

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    Thank you for this. I have avoided the Amiga because I knew just how much of a pain in the ass setting it up was. This made it so easy.

    Not sure if you made this clear in the video and I just missed it or what but for Launchbox people should definitely download the dev build and not the stable. With the stable build when you try and load through the launcher in Launchbox you just bring up the launcher and the game doesn't autostart. The dev builds launcher just boots straight into the game. Still and awesome video though, thanks again.

    Mednafen Saturn Game Demos

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    Since Retroarch now has their Mednafen core I had to make a video demo playing some Darius Gaiden. There is a couple of minor performance and sound issues but that was because I was recording and the Saturn core is heavy enough on the resources that it caused some very slight hiccups that are not there when not recording.

     

    Mednafen Saturn Setup Tutorial

    in Emulation

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    3D pad analog controller settings aren't in the core just yet but are being worked on according to a libretro dev over on /r/emulation, should be added in the next couple of days.

    If you plan on using a relatively heavy shader turning on Threaded Video in the video settings looks like it is going to be a must. Even using a middle of the road shader like Easymode-Halation caused slight framerate issues and some audio static but turning on Threaded Video allows me to run Royale-Kurozumi again at a full 60 fps and I saw no perceivable input lag issues.

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    Mednafen Saturn Setup Tutorial

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    Ahh ok, so maybe it's my dump. Ill try and get a new one.

    Edit:

    I think fixed my copy of Astal by running it through IsoBuster. The dump I had was a Darkwater release and it froze at the same place in the stand alone and the RA core but after using IsoBuster on it it hasn't froze up.

    Mednafen Saturn Setup Tutorial

    in Emulation

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    Double check your Astal and see if it freezes after about a minute or so into playing it. Alberts Odyssey works for me. I haven't tried any of the other games you mentioned other than Battle Arena Toshinden URA  which works for me as well.

    Mednafen Saturn Setup Tutorial

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    Having played around with the Retroarch Mednafen Saturn core for a little bit now I wanted to give some of my first impressions.

    First off I am extremely happy to see this core come out so soon after the stand alone. But as of right this moment the stand alone emulator is the better way to actually play games. The stand alone has better controller setup for the 3D analog since you can map a button for the "mode" button on the controller to toggle back and forth on the fly. Retroarchs default button mappings are a little questionable and remapping them isn't terribly difficult but does suffer from Retroarchs typical remapping confusion. While you can switch from gamepad to 3dpad in the controller config this doesn't actually seem to work, or at least not for me with an Xbox 360 controller. Putting it on 3D controller remapped start to right on the d-pad and other buttons to other d-pad directions and the analog stick still did nothing even though further down in the controller remapping it looked like it should have been set correctly. Maybe I was missing something, I don't know.

    Now to the more important issues I have right now. Performance is not as good as the stand alone, there is a noticeable performance hit in a game like Nights. It is close though and will get better with time I am sure. There is also something funky with compatibility compared to the stand alone. I loaded up the game Panzer Dragoon II Zwei and it loaded just fine til I got to the start screen. As soon as I hit start it put me into the cd menu screen. I know this game works because I have played it on the stand alone emulator and even posted a video showing it.

    Anyways, I am glad this is out and being worked on, this is the most important thing but for now stick to using the stand alone emulator to actually play your games.

    PS: Heavy shaders really hit this emulator hard, Royale-Kurozumi drops my framerate into the mid 40s but something like Easymode-Halation is fine and looks glorious. For reference my GPU is a GTX 970.

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    Mednafen Saturn Setup Tutorial

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    The bios needed are the same ones the stand alone uses which are the same bios from the Mame / Mess bios.

    The NA region bios should be named "mpr-17933" and the JP region bios "sega_101.bin". You can rename your SSF bios if you like, I did this at first for the stand alone emulator and they worked but I replaced them with Mame / Mess bios just because.

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    SNES Bug

    in Troubleshooting

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    This isn't a bug, the default platform name is Super Nintendo (SNES) in Launchbox. Somehow you changed your platform and in the "Associated Platforms" window it was using the default and if the name of the platform doesn't match it won't work.

    Mednafen Saturn Setup Tutorial

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    @DOS76 I have fixed several cue + bins with the program CDMage link.

    Just load your Saturn cue in and then you can use it to test the rom for corruption and attempt to repair it. Not sure if the corruption repair actually does anything though.

    Then go File > Save as and spit it back out to a different location and test it out. This may not work for all dumps though but it did fix some of mine.

    If you go looking for a new dump if possible try and get a Darkwater release, those so far have been rock solid.

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    Mednafen Saturn Setup Tutorial

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    Oh there is no doubt that SSF overall at the moment is the better emulator but keep in mind SSF has had years of development and this is just the first release of Saturn support in Mednafen. And for being the first "experimental unstable" release as the devs called it I would say its right on SSFs ass and going to surpass is very quickly.

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