Yabause 0.9.15 Emulator Setup:

 

Note: This emulator can also upscale and smooth out the graphics

Main Site: https://yabause.en.uptodown.com/windows

 

Go to settings and General:

First, select a folder for your Saturn BIOS. You will have to find them online. Do a search in Google for “Sega Saturn BIOS v1.00a (1995)(Sega)(US)(M6)” . These are the ones I used. Put them in the same folder as the Yaubause 0.9.15 installation folder. Next, CD-Rom should be set to *ISO-File Virtual Drive* . uncheck *Enable Built in HLE Bios* . Translation option should be set to *use system locale* . Lastly, make sure *Enable Frame Limiter* is checked. If not, the framerate will be way too high. And check off *Enable Multithreading* .

 

Next, go to Video:

Select *OpenGL* as the video interface. Select *Bilinear Filtering* . Also, for OSD Core use *Software OSD Interface* . Fullscreen Resolution should be 1920X1080. Also set *Integer Pixel Scaling* to 4. Apparently Bilinear Filtering will smooth out the graphics.

 

Next, go to Sound:

The best option here is *SDL Sound Interface* . You may experience slight sound issues in the Garil Desert, so if the sound gets louder than normal try un-selecting 'Enable higher quality sound', that fixed the issue for me.

 

Next, go to Input:

I was able to get the L and R buttons mapped with the pad option only. The 3D control pad option would not map the L and R buttons. Select the controller for *Pad* . You’ll have to map the movement to the d-pad because for some reason Yabause has issues with controller input settings. But the pad option will ensure you at least have all of your buttons mapped, just without analog movement. And the L and R have to be mapped to the top L and R buttons, doesn’t map to any back triggers of a 360 controller for some reason… But ironically for some odd reason the 3D controller option works with NiGHTS into Dreams just fine though, just without L button input, but you don't need L and R for that game anyways.

You can also use the new Retro-bit Analog PC Saturn Controller. If you press start and B held down on the controller you switch between D-input and X-input. Make sure the controller has 2 lights indicated. The pad option with (Dpad only) works perfectly. But like with all the other controllers the 3D control pad option lets you use analog but still won't let you map the L and R buttons.

 

Lastly, go to View:

Select hide on fullscreen. This will keep the top menu invisible when you go into fullscreen. You can go into fullscreen by going to the top menu, view, and select fullscreen. Once in fullscreen you can exit by pressing the command alt+Enter on your keyboard.

To load a game/ISO go to file and Open ISO. You will need to open a .cue file of the game you want to play. You also need to make sure that the .cue file has its other .bin file to go along with it, or the game won't load. And to save go to file, save state, or load state.