HUGE MiSTer FPGA Saturn Update! New Update All Core for Everyone is Here Today!

[@alistairblaire6001]

Saturn core sound actually works on my mister now! srg you absolute legend. I’m playing through Nights and the sound is no longer glitched. I’ll probably spend half the day tomorrow testing random games out.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

That new ram update is seriously helping

[@METR0lD]

Gotta love that Daytona USA expert track map fix. My pixel peeping saved the day for us all! 😎

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I still dunno how you spotted that

[@ace3093]

Cool, I am new to Mister so I have been just using update all. Can't wait to try out the new Saturn core. So far I am loving your videos!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Glad you enjoy them. Plenty more coming :)

[@kenr3628]

A drag racing visual novel was something I didn't know I wanted, but now I have to check it out. Always appreciate you showing off the deep cuts.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Deep cuts are always fun at the end of the videos. That’s only when the die hards are watching anyway

[@andrij.demianczuk]

I’m an update all person. I tend to favour stable over bleeding edge. I gotta say, the Saturn Core and real hardware with a MODE is pretty much indistinguishable.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

That’s fair. Plenty of people wait :)

[@retrorobbgaming]

I usually wait for update all but once and I while I will dig around for a core if I have too - this is awesome news!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Gonna make a lot of people happy this weekend

[@calvin.w216]

Layer section 2, wrong background music when the boss appears , and the ready to go next stage of the score screen also load wrong music.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Good to know thanks!

[@bearonguitar]

Perfect timing! I hope to find some time to set up my new Mister this weekend.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Really is perfect for you

[@treesfebreeze7793]

Magic Knight Rayearth here I come!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Enjoy!

[@sidnamyzo]

I’ve sure never heard of Zero 4 Champ Doozy Type-R before! The Saturn is the most Japanese console possible that’s why we love it

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s like a 10/10 deep cut

[@kenbengtson5740]

So close. Love your vids

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Glad you enjoy :)

[@drewba7741]

When I got a MiSTer around April 2023, a ton of Saturn games didn't even boot. We've come a long ways since then.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Such a long way in what feels like a short amount of time

[@ozmaphase2]

Odd, Update All isn't updating any cores for me today, including my Saturn core. It's been quite a few days since I updated, but I checked my Saturn version and it shows v240323, so I don't think mine has updated since March. Is my updater broken somehow?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Hmm. That is odd. Maybe just a server side error. Try a bit later and see

[@ozmaphase2]

@@VideoGameEsoterica well, I figured it out. Somehow, all cores and updates were set to NOT update, by themselves. I’ve never seen that happen before. All fixed now at least.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Odd. But glad you fixed it!

[@DaveDoc1984]

I have a regression (which I don't remember having before). SEGA Rally (NTSC-J) shows a White Screen and hangs after the SEGA Sports logo. However, SEGA Rally Plus (NTSC-J) works fine as does the NTSC-U version of SEGA Rally so I am at a loss.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Interesting. Check the GitHub open tickets. Rally should work though.

[@Primeira_Fase]

Wow! Its time to update!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Very much so :)

[@vincentio1060]

I am one of the few that check discord every other day for Saturn unstable nighties.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha we do exist

[@Pawnband]

I resisted discord for so long until VGE helped me to see the light. I thought it was going to be a lot more complicated than it actually is.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

@Pawnband haha nope. Copy and paste job

[@ClintTheriault]

I have a real Saturn with a ODE so I've only been using the update all versions so far and usually only playing saturn games on the real hardware. Can't wait for the day I can just put my Saturn in a box and just use the MiSTer instead. (I've already done this with my NES, SNES, 32X, PSX, GBA, etc...)

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

The day is coming soon I think

[@ClintTheriault]

@@VideoGameEsoterica just glad the dev's doing okay (being where he is and all that). I said "Can't wait" but TBH I totally can. Still, I'm glad to see it's steadily making progress.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

@ClintTheriault he’s since apparently relocated and is in a lot better area

[@DisasterMillennial]

i update the core every once in a while from the unstable nightlies build. played some Grandia on it. noticed that the opening bit in the throne room has some flickering textures. updated to the latest update_all Saturn build and... it still happens :( oh well, i'm sure one of these updates will fix it and the fact that a lot of games look like they were fixed with the new update is awesome. Also hell yeah, show more Powerslave

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes not everything is perfect still. Better but not flawless

[@DisasterMillennial]

@@VideoGameEsoterica oh yeah, i don't expect a work in progress core to be perfect at all. i'm happy it's at the state it's at and can play games in the first place

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Some games do feel perfect that being said

[@beingsupersonic7499]

Mister is becoming the Saturn master. And the people working on this stuff are the Gandalf’s of the gaming world!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha some funny comparisons there

[@beingsupersonic7499]

@@VideoGameEsoterica why thank you lol. Seriously though, the stuff they’re pulling off is really impressive

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Super impressive. Making the impossible possible

[@beingsupersonic7499]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Defo. I honestly feel like a full catalogue compatibility might not be that far away.

[@BillsOldandNewGaming]

Great news - Something to tear me away from my new phone and the Anbernic rg35xxSP.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

And a good reason at that!

[@joel230182]

Virtual On is visually beautiful

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s aged really well

[@joaquimc9059]

Hyper Duel had problems. Wonder If the freezing was fixed.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Should be fine now

[@Wobble2007]

Been playing conker for the last couple of days non-stop btw, not a single issue, even multiplayer is perfect (thanks again VGE and the guy who made the patch), and this latest Saturn core sounds really good on my 2.5 RAM, maybe a tiny bit of clipping (music not sfx), but nothing really distracting tbh, I can really enjoy some Saturn games now, think a full play through Clock Work Knight 1 & 2 is in order, followed by Policenauts. Edit> I just realized the MegaCD core has full redbook audio support, so it is possible on MiSTer.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Glad you are enjoying Conker :) glad it’s 100% now

[@sajk]

"the guy who made the patch" = Ruleset

[@DJmetronik]

This is great. Are the correct bios files included with update_all? I've been having trouble with finding the correct files

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

If you enable bios getter in update all yes

[@alextirrellRI]

I usually wait for the Update All changes. Looking forward to seeing how this works with my 2.5 RAM, as I'd been waiting to get new RAM.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Hope it’s going well.

[@alextirrellRI]

@@VideoGameEsoterica I'm traveling until 7/8 -- I won't know until then. 😔

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Just a few more days

[@deusprogrammer_thekingofspace]

Now…can Virtual On be played with Twin Sticks on a dual stick controller?

[@axelkusanagi4139]

I feel like that would be a rom patch

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Like the original? Should work

[@brockraybon]

Thanks for the video. Where is the link for how to set up the bios? I don't see it.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Here you go MiSTer FPGA Sega Saturn Core Setup Guide! Play Saturn on MiSTer FPGA Today! MiSTer Tutorial! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHivnZymd9B7oqM

[@Wobble2007]

Yeah, and update all should instal all BIOS files automatically, so much easier, you have to go into update all settings and activate it, there are tons of other options too.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

@Wobble2007 also very true

[@plazma2891]

can you do retro achievements on MisTer?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

No not an option

[@Wobble2007]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Maybe one day though, maybe if a version of MiSTer with a compute module for a Pi ever exists, a MiSTer-Pi hybrid would make those things possible, mind you, the Replay 2 will have a CM slot to make FPGA/RISC hybrid emulation possible et cetera, an FPGA for up to 5th gen, and RISC for 6th gen, could just something like MiSTerCast to use whatever is running on the compute module, would be great for playing decompiled ports like Ship of Harkinian etc with much lower latency than an X86 PC can offer. MiSTer has everything it needs for hybrid emulation when someone or crew want to take up the task, plus I'd also love to see MiSTer & Replay OS come together one day in one ultra FPGA/Pi console, which would be fairly simple to do.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Maybe on MiSTer 2

[@Wobble2007]

@@VideoGameEsoterica More likely will be, hopefully MiSter 2.0 will be FPGA/ARM64 (would be dope for X86/PC emulation). (hope it has a nice big healthy pool of SRAM too)

[@fightaman7]

Some games look perfect but others (like Radiant Silvergun) are causing my consumer Trinitron to have this tearing where everything around the top left corner is getting shifted/pulled in that direction during gameplay. Any idea what this is and if it will ever be corrected?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It must be a sync issue. Analog support isn’t 100% yet

[@fightaman7]

​@@VideoGameEsoterica Thanks for the info, that makes sense

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

👍

[@AlfredRusselWallace]

the floaty movement in that Duke 3d Saturn version is so weird

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

You get used to it quickly. I did at least

[@Ryuujin1078]

Where’s the setup guide for the Saturn Bios file?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Run update all and make sure bios getter is enabled. Bout it

[@Ryuujin1078]

@@VideoGameEsoterica thank you! but what is the Bios getter being enabled? Bout what lol?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

@Ryuujin1078 update all config

[@Phoenix_1991]

You upload like twice every day. Do you think about combining the two videos and upload once a day?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

No. They are almost always on wildly diff topics

[@madson-web]

What a beautiful game virtual on is

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

One of the best ports from model 2

[@skandashiva1805]

Thanks for the video!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Happy to do it

[@PM-xc8oo]

My procrastination has finally been rewarded!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha you played it well

[@bartvb5059]

For some reason Sega Rally stopped having music with this new core. It used to work fine. Am I the only one? I have a 3.0 dual ram build

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Try the single ram core and see if that works

[@paulcooke17]

Same here - I also have a number of games that don’t work at all now but did before.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Hmm which ones?

[@paulcooke17]

Panzer dragoon zwei (EU) (resets after title screen), Quake (US) (now hangs on first loading screen ), virtua fighter (US) (no longer has character select music or music in game), panzer dragoon saga (EU) (horrible continuous noise on title screen and intermittent loading). I find this the same on both my misters - one is dual ram and one is a single ram build. Both were bought pre made, so I’ve no idea which ram versions they have etc

[@paulcooke17]

Panzer zwei used to work but had the missing vdp planes and assets etc

[@cardetailingstudioaustria4121]

Yes update_all😊 Inrun so good. What game not run on this core or has big Problem? Thx for great news

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

There’s a spreadsheet of compatibility on the MiSTer discord

[@gergalurg]

Ok, so half-speed for this video 😅

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

That’s fair

[@RetroRockGamer]

Srg320 is a man god

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha one way to look at it for sure

[@sajk]

It's a doozy!

[@seabassapologist]

Mister has been one of the best gaming investments I've ever made, but on the flipside it's been detrimental to reducing my game backlog and the Saturn core continually improving is not helping at all!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Hahaha yeah every core brings a new library. Never ending

[@thaKingRocka]

I just did update all and the only difference I could find was that the Saturn core was removed from my Mister.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Run it again. Def shouldn’t happen

[@thaKingRocka]

@@VideoGameEsoterica I did. No core. I'll try again in a couple of days. There might be something else going on. Some of the text is cut off from my screen when I run the updater on my consumer CRT.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

@thaKingRocka ahh yeah best to run it on a LCD if you can

[@captainthunderbolt7541]

I wait for 'update all'.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Lots of people do it seems :)

[@Ragesauce]

FIRST!

[@Conchobhar]

your mom was first

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

His mother was a saint!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

First to the Sega party

[@gunsmithx]

Wait mister works without update all!! Lies

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha

[@draketungsten74]

I've been manually updating. I don't know why people wait for update all,. it's so easy to copy the file over. I get it if it's in a really alpha stage, but I played through Symphony of the Night last year.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I figured you’d been updating manually :)

[@draketungsten74]

@@VideoGameEsoterica I haven't be doing it every release, but yeah once something's there and I have an easy enough update path.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

@draketungsten74 I’m constantly adding cores 🤣

[@draketungsten74]

@@VideoGameEsoterica I've added a few non-update-all ones.

[@jakesmith5278]

These pixels really hurt my eyes. Can we get some upscale on these FPGA devices??? It's 2024.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Native res and scaler after. No internal bumps. Like the lord intended