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On November 22, 1994, the Sega Saturn was launched. Equipped with unprecedented multimedia capabilities, it quickly became a playground for game development experimentation, inspiring countless innovations and leading to the creation of many timeless masterpieces. At the heart of it all was a strong passion for embracing new challenges.
To preserve this spirit forever, I have been continuously developing a Sega Saturn emulator. On this 30th anniversary, to once again share this passion with...
Finally, Yaba Sanshiro was released in the Apple App Store! You can play SEGA Saturn games on your iPhone or iPad or Mac. This version only includes basic features to facilitate approval. If there is demand, we will continue to expand it.
Devices equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, including models like the Galaxy S24 and Redmagic 9 Pro, are experiencing crashes when initiating games. It appears that the root cause of these issues may be linked to a bug within the SPIR-V compiler specific to these devices. I have reported this issue to Qualcomm via their developer forum, but have yet to receive a response.
https://developer.qualcomm.com/forum/qdn-forums/software/adreno-gpu-sdk/74382
In the meantime, as a workaround,...
I have heard complaints from many people about the on-screen D-PAD of YabaSanshiro. Indeed, it's terrible. There's no way this flat panel can beat a device designed to be physically easy for humans to operate. However, it's worth the effort to get as close as possible. I have considered why the on-screen D-PAD is terrible, based on the differences with the real Sega Saturn's D-Pad.
1. With a physical D-Pad, the user is not looking at the device, but feeling it.
On a...
I'm developing and testing a new "Auto backup sync" feature.
The key concepts are
Game save data is uploaded to the cloud automatically
Yaba Sansiro already has a memory management feature. But it needs tedious manual operations. It simplifies your game life if save data is saved whenever you finish a game.
Game save data can be restored even if you uninstalled the app
Your data is your won. But since the odd Android 11 feature called scoped storage makes your data lost when you...