Yes I got Giri Giri to run Shining Force III, the fonts are totally
messed up but it seemed to run at a decent pace. Never tried any
other games on it though.


--- In SaturnEmulation@yahoogroups.com, alexatkin.geo <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
>
> --- In SaturnEmulation@yahoogroups.com, "Eric" <el_ash@y...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > OK....
> >
> > I've had EVERY emulator for the saturn and can't get ANY of them
to
> > work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (maybe if they just made the f'n sh*t
simple).
> >
> > I "hear" Girigiri can play games if you have the actual CD or
ISO,
> > thing is I have BOTH the ACTUAL SATURN CD, and an ISO of
it....and
> > can't get ANY emulator to play my F'n game! no boot-up no
nothing,
> > can't figure out the emu's....Girigiri gives me some weird
japanese
> > ERROR! and i can't figure out Satourne or whatever!
> >
> > has anyone gotten to use their ACTUAL CD's or ISO's to work on
ANY of
> > the emu's or is it some big hoax?
> >
>
> There is a version of Giri Giri that works but its rather illegal as
> its a hack of the version SEGA used for an online "Saturn games on
> your PC" rental service in Japan.
>
> I have no had any luck with any other emulator, personally. Even on
> that version of Giri Giri, the timings WAY off sometimes. The music
> on NiGHTS for example runs totally screwed up, the game itself even
is
> a bit dodgy especially as the emulator doesnt emulate the Analog
> controller only digital. :-(
>
> Also, I only ever got it working with a complicated system of
ripping
> the CD as a bin/cue set. You then have to run a program to
generate a
> toc file for the image. You THEN have to put it all together and
> cross your fingers as it probably wont work anyway. The Saturn was
a
> REALLY complicated system to emulate, unfortunately it means nobody
> has quite done it properly so we are stuck. Satourne looks like it
> might pull it off eventually, but things are progressing painfully
slowly.
>
> Alex.
>