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Saturn with Mednafen


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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.

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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.

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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,

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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.

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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.

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