Try Virtual CloneDrive, that's what I use.
Also remember to set the virtual drive in the settings.
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Sega Saturn Appreciation and Emulation Thread
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Also remember to set the virtual drive in the settings.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
You misunderstood me. SSF isn't booting at all for me anymore, no matter what else is or isn't installed.
You're a good sir.Astra Super Stars (requires 4meg ram cart tho)
Always been curious about Rabbit too... Is it exclusive to the Saturn?
Delete your SSF.ini file and then retry.
ResidentDante
Member
Copy your SSF folder and try deleting your settings file, it makes SSF go back to default settings again.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
I've already deleted everything and redownloaded it from the creator's site. Same error.
Mr. Pointy
Member
Do all 3D Saturn games on SSF have an interlaced look? Or am I missing something in the settings.
I'd kinda agree. I'm at the beginning still, managed to make my way in the forest and rescue the dog. I have heard that it's a good idea to save before going further to the cemetery so I'm back at the church now.
Music is good, especially battle music. The game flows well, but my copy was boxed without a manual so I was completely baffled by the pixie system, which the game itself doesn't explain. But once I got the hang of it it started to make sense. And of course I missed both pixies in the mine and all the items as well (went back for the pixies but screw that iron circlet). Finding them is not really easy, so I'm guessing they are not really integral to the story.
One of the characters Doyle will join you later on but he is a little tricky to find so you can miss him in a playthrough .
This looks like the wolf guy named "Halfling" at the first town inn, I did talk to him and arranged to meet at the forest.
Another one of my purchases was Silhouette Mirage which I also briefly tried and was pretty confused as well. I beat the punk frog (!) and got stuck in a battle with some jester who summoned a battleship to fire upon me (!!). Great-looking game but takes a while to handle the various mechanics.
Saturn Memories
Neo Member
Have you tried setting the emulator to read your physical CD-ROM drive and using an actual Saturn disc? Wouldn't exactly solve your problem, but it might help narrow down the issue.
You could also try downloading AppLocale and launching SSF through it. Then the error message will display in Japanese. You can screen cap it and maybe someone can figure out exactly what it's saying is wrong.
Saturn Memories
Neo Member
Open the options menu and click on the "Program4" tab. Check "Deinterlace (Very Slow)."
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
Only if the games are actually designed to run in an interlaced mode.
The program literally crashes on boot. I can't even keep it open to get into a settings menu.
I've been looking for a good pad to use with my PC and noticed that people generally considered the Saturn's d-pad to be the best d-pad ever made
Hence, I wanna know if you guys know of anybody that sells either new or non heavily used controllers that I can buy and if you guys had any experience with the mayflash Saturn ---> PC dongle
Hence, I wanna know if you guys know of anybody that sells either new or non heavily used controllers that I can buy and if you guys had any experience with the mayflash Saturn ---> PC dongle
Have you tried to delete the ini file?
I did have the same symptoms and that solved it.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
I already said that I deleted everything. :<
Someone post a settings.ini file if it's not too much trouble. SSF isn't making a new one for me.
Don't delete everything just the ini then restart SSF.exe (I just asked to be sure).
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
Did that before I decided to delete the rest of it.
Saturn Memories
Neo Member
I know you said you've redownloaded SSF from Shima's site, but have you tried running any older versions?
http://www.geocities.jp/mj3kj8o5/ssf/files/index.html
And this is a shot in the dark (especially given the error), but it might be DirectX related. You could try installing ye olde DirectX 9.0c from Microsoft's website. That's worked for me in the past when I couldn't get SSF to even launch.
ResidentDante
Member
Great to know! Does this need to be on at all times or just games with the interlaced look?
You're the guy with the awesome Saturn Memories YouTube channel?!
Saturn Memories
Neo Member
ResidentDante
Member
Great to know!You can just leave it on all the time. It won't hurt anything.
That's me!
Love your channel, keep up the great work!
You're a good sir.
Always been curious about Rabbit too... Is it exclusive to the Saturn?
It was an arcade game too but I think the saturn has the exclusive as far as I know quite bizarre for an EA game which isn't fifa or madden
Enemies that appear either; Straight ahead, appearing left of screen, Right of Screen, Top of the screen, Bottom of the screen. You might have to anticipate and decide which pixies to select as certain ones will only assist with initiating the first attack depending on where the enemy appears.
Spend some time learning it. It's worth it and once you begin to understand it those boss fights become intense but you can breeze through it. Basically the world's computer has an explosion and everything get's split into half. Some beings become silhouettes others become mirages ie split into Light and Dark sides. (i think this basically became the premise for games like Ikaruga).
As Shyna your task is to recover and rebuild the world back into order and you have split silhouette and Mirage sides. Changing sides help you absorb enemy projectiles and also power you up iirc along with reflecting the damage back to the enemy.. Also check out that debug stage. You will have to be careful with it as it will crash the game as there seems to be quite a huge bar on how you shrink or enlarge things. I honestly feel the debug option shows what kind of 2D power the saturn has along with Xmen VS Street Fighter and Vampire Hunter hidden speed levels which you can increase the game speeds to maximum...
Apart from "the saturn can't do transparencies" but it also faced the "the saturn can't do full screen FMV" Well Silhouette Mirage certainly has full screen FMV.
It's a very creative game - even by Treasure's standards - one that you don't want to approach as it was a classic action platformer. It will likely keep you surprised til the very end, once/if you find yourself at ease with its unique mechanics.
There's one boss in particular, that I remember helping out to pass through almost every single person I recommended to buy the game, back then.
Can't remember if it was Vampire Hunter or X-Men Children of the Atom, but one of those pre-RAM cart beat'em ups had a debug/cheat mode that allowed to play mirror matches in 2PVS with all the arcade animation frames unlocked, which was pretty damn impressive at the time.
sixteen-bit
Member
You're a good sir.
Always been curious about Rabbit too... Is it exclusive to the Saturn?
It' a really poor port of the arcade release, but yeah Saturn is the only home version.
IrishNinja
Member
finally got a deal on Shining Force 3, woo hoo! that takes care of my big saturn stuff, so glad - especially with SF CD almost done, gonna blaze through 2 and get this one going!
..except one of y'all said i should also finish Holy Ark before Scenario 2 or 3? i forget
anyway, holiday money for Silhouette Mirage and i think i'm done
aw, so D2's no good? finally gonna play 1 soon (tried for halloween & got stuck, haha) but was looking forward to that
yeah, that great 1up writeup Shane (i wanna say) did years ago highlighted this - it's an audio game he did for a blind kids home he worked at a short time, which i thought was really touching. it is indeed dirt cheap, and comes with seeds, too.
you know, i'd been buying US sports games & printing back & front covers for my loosies (pretty much just Burning Rangers now), but this actually might look better, especially since i can't get the measurements quite right
..except one of y'all said i should also finish Holy Ark before Scenario 2 or 3? i forget
anyway, holiday money for Silhouette Mirage and i think i'm done
aw, so D2's no good? finally gonna play 1 soon (tried for halloween & got stuck, haha) but was looking forward to that
yeah, that great 1up writeup Shane (i wanna say) did years ago highlighted this - it's an audio game he did for a blind kids home he worked at a short time, which i thought was really touching. it is indeed dirt cheap, and comes with seeds, too.
you know, i'd been buying US sports games & printing back & front covers for my loosies (pretty much just Burning Rangers now), but this actually might look better, especially since i can't get the measurements quite right
I just did my playthrough that I will upload on youtube on Fighters MegaMix as Janet...man the a.i. is quite tough no matter what setting I put it on, oh that's right, since it's in Japanese I can't tell what it is!!!
I lost a few rounds but thankfully did not have to use a continue.
It's in 60FPS though as I'm using a upscaler to convert interlacing into progressive...though I had to use svideo for this instead of RGB like I did for the Last Bronx playthrough.
I lost a few rounds but thankfully did not have to use a continue.
It's in 60FPS though as I'm using a upscaler to convert interlacing into progressive...though I had to use svideo for this instead of RGB like I did for the Last Bronx playthrough.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I tried calling around to find a part and I had no luck. I called a console repair store and a mom and pop store here in town. I was shocked. I'm sure I can buy a broken model online and repair it that way. I did however buy a NTSC model and Model 2 to take its place. I won't be so anxious next time I try and fix something like that.
Really? I found the AI in that game easier than VF2.
Actually had a VF2 tournament last night for a New Years Eve party. Lost in the finals.
I might have it set on really hard or something since I couldn't read it, lol.
Yes, the game is pretty fun and I plan to play it more as well, unlocking characters and such. But next week I'll get the vid up.
I read Darius Gaiden has 2 credits on Saturn and is quite a challenge, good luck once you get it.
blast processed
Member
Darius Gaiden is a good game, but can be challenging. You can always use this cheats with your Action Replay if it gets to tough There's coop, so that's always an option. My son and I did a play through about a month ago and did the upper and lower paths. Bosses recycle , but that's expected with how many levels there are.
If you've played a Darius game before, it's business as usual.
There's coop, so that's always an option. My son and I did a play through about a month ago and did the upper and lower paths. Bosses recycle , but that's expected with how many levels there are.If you've played a Darius game before, it's business as usual.
I think you'll be pleased with it. It's become one of my favourite shmups on the system. Looks, sounds, and feels great.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I got Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story 1-3. I played a bit of 3 tonight and it's a wonderful title because it plays in first person. I tried finding more information about this series and I found an article about the compilation they did on the Saturn entitled "Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny". That was about it. I didn't find anything on Gamefaqs either.
There's a few videos on YouTube and even a review of Side Story 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H7N_bVg2PI
Congrats! I just got mine last month as well, cool game!
Congrats man, I know you've been looking for awhile!
lol only cheat i've used was to have Panzer Dragoon Saga recognized when testing it out.
IrishNinja
Member
thanks guys! between this & that Shinobi 3 vinyl, holiday shipping's killin me
He just subscribed to my channel.=O
I will make sure to have many Saturn games on my channel!
blast processed
Member
I keep forgetting to subscribe to everyones channel. Doing it know.
Mine is mitu123Copper,
and I didn't come up with the name or account for that matter, my bro did
Oh and another thing, for 3D fighters there will be an 1440p 60FPS option in Chrome only so you see the best quality of my vids through that.
Cool, I'll look up your vids.
Speaking of, I'm surprised Batman Forever: The Arcade Game ran on Sega Saturn hardware in arcades. Seems random.
blast processed
Member
Strangely, I want that game but it doesn't show up too often.
Focus on the game playthroughs, let's plays and upcoming longplays. Also 1CCs and no deaths runs as well.
Ah, I heard about that game, I need to play it but man is it pricey.
blast processed
Member
So I'm near the end of Shining the Holy ark. Finishing up the East Shrine when I found a spot to level your characters real fast. I'll cover it in spoiler tags for those who haven't touched or don't want to know. Pics of location provided.
If this is well known, just ignore this post.
I don't think this game really needs grinding, maybe a little for money when you acquire all characters to upgrade weapons armor etc.. but if someone needs to quick grind. There ya go.
If this is well known, just ignore this post.
Basically go back and forth in this hallway until
This guy shows up.
Use Forte and Soul Steal to one hit kill him
tons of xp
I don't think this game really needs grinding, maybe a little for money when you acquire all characters to upgrade weapons armor etc.. but if someone needs to quick grind. There ya go.
Here's my Last Bronx playthrough as Lisa in 1440p/60FPS...no round lost.