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Saturn

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Overview

Introduced in 1994 by Sega, the Saturn was a console system.

Technical specifications

  • CPU: Dual Hitachi SH-2 32-bit RISC processors at 28.6 MHz working in tandem.
  • Memory: 2 MB main RAM, 1.5 MB video RAM, 512 KB sound RAM and 1 MB system ROM cache.
  • Display: VDP1/VDP2 subsystems delivering 2D/3D rasters up to 640×480 with 16.7 million colors and hardware texture mapping.
  • Sound: Yamaha YMF292-F with 32-bit PCM (up to 32 channels) and ADPCM playback with stereo outputs.

Supported ROM extensions

cue, ccd, m3u, chd, iso, zip, mds

Emulators

  • beetle-saturn (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_BEETLE_SATURN | Incompatible extensions: zip
  • kronos (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_KRONOS
  • yabasanshiro (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_YABASANSHIRO | Incompatible extensions: m3u
  • mednafen (mednafen) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_MEDNAFEN_SATURN

Source data: REG Linux emulationstation/es-system/es_systems.yml