Yaba Sanshiro, an improved, standalone Sega Saturn emulator, has been ported to the Nintendo Switch

Those who enjoy emulation on their Nintendo Switch now have something new to play around with, thanks to the recent port of the Sega Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro to the platform. Emulation of the Sega Saturn has always been tricky, and while performance can vary wildly, this open-source emulator manages to boot a good number of titles, including Sonic R, Burning Rangers, Nights into Dreams, and Die Hard: Arcade, with some in a very playable state. This emulator is a standalone version, based on Lakka, and requires specific instructions, which can be seen below. As this is still an early development project, there are a few issues, such as Joy-Con desyncing, volume being unable to be changed, and sleep mode not working correctly.

What you need

Way to start Nintendo Switch in RCM (Usb Recovery Mode)

2GByte or more SD card formatted with FAT32

Nitendo Switch without RCM measures

Prepare SD card

Format SD card with FAT32

Download image from here

Unzip image and copy yabasanshiro and bootloader folder to SD card

Create roms folder in yabasanshiro/storage folder and copy game ISO image

Get BIOS data from actual Sega Saturn machine and copy it to yabasanshiro/storage with the file name bios.bin (this step is not mandatory)

Download the latest version of hekate from [here] (https://github.com/CTCaer/hekate/releases)

Unzip and copy bootloader folder to SD card

When all steps are completed, the layout will be as shown below.

```

├── bootloader
│ ├── hekate_ipl.ini
│ ├── ini
│ │ └── 00-YabaSanshiro.ini
│ ├── patches_template.ini
│ ├── payloads
│ ├── res
│ └── sys
└── yabasanshiro
├── boot
├── licenses
└── storage
├── bios.bin
└── roms
└── game.cue

```

How to boot

Start NintendoSwitch in RCM mode and send hekate payload.

NOTE There are several ways to search for [RCM Nintendo Switch] (https://www.google.com/search?q=RCM+Nintendo+Switch) The easiest way is to purchase a USB dongle and use it.

Select "More Configs" -> "YabaSanshiro".

Notes / Restrictions

Not all games are playable
In Japan passing a copied game and BIOS image to others is against copyright law
In Japan using a game or BIOS image copied by someone else is against copyright law
Nintendo Switch may be damaged by performing this procedure
Sleep but not wake
Volume cannot be changed
Remote Joy-con is not available
Sometimes Joy-con does not work
OS sometimes fails to start