Blackdog Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I have tried Mednafen stand alone (latest version) and the retroarch core of mednafen as well in Windows 10 for my Cue Bin Saturn games and nothing happens. I have the correct bios versions, multiple versions of the recommended bioses same thing, nothing. I have checked the cue files to make sure they are pointing to the correct Bin files and still nothing. I don't even get an error, nothing happens at all. I have followed multiple tutorials and still nothing. The other Saturn emulators like Yabause work as well as can be expected, but mednafen does literally nothing. My system info: Item Value OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Version 10.0.15063 Build 15063 OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name XXXXX-XXXXXX System Manufacturer XXX System Model XXX System Type x64-based PC System SKU XXX Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz, 4201 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s) BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. P1.10, 12/5/2016 SMBIOS Version 3.0 Embedded Controller Version 255.255 BIOS Mode Legacy BaseBoard Manufacturer ASRock BaseBoard Model Not Available BaseBoard Name Base Board Platform Role Desktop Secure Boot State Unsupported PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible Windows Directory C:\Windows System Directory C:\Windows\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.15063.0" User Name XXXXX-XXXXX\XXXXX Time Zone XXXXXX Daylight Time Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB Total Physical Memory 16.0 GB Available Physical Memory 12.3 GB Total Virtual Memory 18.3 GB Available Virtual Memory 14.4 GB Page File Space 2.38 GB Page File E:\pagefile.sys Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes If anyone can give me some help with this I would appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 If you are 100% certain of your bios then you most likely need proper dumps of your games. Just because they work in other Saturn emus that doesn't mean they will work in Mednafen, Mednafen is much pickier about proper dumps of the games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdog Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 58 minutes ago, lordmonkus said: If you are 100% certain of your bios then you most likely need proper dumps of your games. Just because they work in other Saturn emus that doesn't mean they will work in Mednafen, Mednafen is much pickier about proper dumps of the games. Well I will try again with the roms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdog Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 Well all my roms come from exxparadise so they should work. Iron Storm is a direct dump from the CD. Still nothing. I have tried 3 different bios downloads from different places including those listed in the tutorial video's, same thing, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Saturn games from the paradise are definitely no good with Mednafen, if you did get one to work from there it's a lucky one. The best I can tell you is too look for Saturn dumps from the release group Darkwater and try the "archive". I have dumped my own games using ImgBurn and it worked perfectly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdog Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 6 hours ago, lordmonkus said: Saturn games from the paradise are definitely no good with Mednafen, if you did get one to work from there it's a lucky one. The best I can tell you is too look for Saturn dumps from the release group Darkwater and try the "archive". I have dumped my own games using ImgBurn and it worked perfectly. I will give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdog Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Well got ahold of Darkwater dumps and no change. At least now with the Darkwater roms if I manually try to load it, it tells me it failed to load instead of nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 All I can tell you at this point is with proper bios and good game dumps Mednafen Saturn works and works well. I cannot give you the bios or disk images. I can suggest you take a look at this thread here and read about some of the possible issues and potential solutions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdog Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Well it is up and running. It was as you said earlier the bios. I tried a lot of them that said they were the "mpr-17933.bin" and the "sega_101.bin" and none of them worked until I used the two recommended from your video guide. Thanks so much for your help as I was on the verge of giving up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 No problem, glad you got it sorted. Mednafen Saturn is a bit more finicky with bios and disk images but worth it cause it is the superior Saturn emulator by far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdog Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 3 minutes ago, lordmonkus said: No problem, glad you got it sorted. Mednafen Saturn is a bit more finicky with bios and disk images but worth it cause it is the superior Saturn emulator by far. Absolutely agree. It was well worth the effort as it is the best Saturn emulator by far. Again thank you so much. Reliving a time before marriage, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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