Saturn proof-of-concept bootloader Pseudo Saturn

I am not entirely sure but I was under the impression that when a burned CD was inserted it should read "Pseudo Saturn disc..."

 

Hey, am I reading incorrectly or CiberwarriorX made a log change in is site just 10 days ago refering to " Final changes before 0.832 release" ?

 

It's not a bug, this is a remain of the time when game needed to be "pseudo patched" in order to boot.
Both original game and backup copies will display this string.

It's just a change in the readme, stating that CyberWarriorX will no longer modify Pseudo Saturn. It's not a changelog event worth celebrating ...

 

Thanks!

I knew there had to be some explanation for it.

 

Hey, hey, hey!!!



It seems someone has released it and already compiled!

Has anyone tried it?

http://www.theisozone.com/downloads...rn-v0832-final-sega-saturn-action-replay-mod/


EDIT: sorry, it seems ciberwarriorx updated Pseudo to 0.832 here first, on the first page of this thread, on the 19th of September. How could we missed it?

 

I have Action Replay Plus 3 in 1 from EMS, 831 version I wrote in my cartridge and it has always worked perfectly , however when trying to write the 832 version , this message appears telling me that is not compatible :

Error dectecting cart.HW not supported.
HW ID : 53BF 4707

How is this possible if the previous version worked, and was successfully written to the cartridge and basically does the same with another version ?

 

does this latest version plays panzer dragoon saga ?

 

just tried it: flashed to 99%, then verify error. not working . also using AR 3+1 plus.

 

Worked for me , but only on my older model AR plus with the comms port...

The newer one, which I recently bought from EMS, reports the same "Error dectecting cart.HW not supported." as described above.

It features a nice logo on boot and supposedly is more compatible, which I can confirm to some extent since my copy of Batsugun crashed with 0.831 but loads fine with 0.832.

It also shows some additional information on screen, like cd region, but everything disappears so fast it's hard to make out.

However, Alien Trilogy still doesn't work for me (the lens goes crazy), I wonder if games like that still need patching.

From what I can tell after reading the changelog this release doesn't address the P.D.S. issue.

@caphealpha2: Could you please update your flasher utility to incorporate Pseudo 0.832.BIN ?
Maybe that would do the trick for many users. Thanks in advance.

 

I think the same, if caphealpha2 update the flasher utility, We have 0.832 in AR.

I try to pack the flasher utility iso with the 8.32 bin, but when I burn the disc, try to load in sega saturn, and i recibed this message in black screen:

Unrecognized cd

00 00 00 00 00

 

okay, I will rebuild the flasher utility, but I may not have enough free time for this this week.

saitoh00: are you located in japan ?

 

Many thanks, cafealpha2, I´m from Spain.

You think in the future, the saturn can load backups from hdd, like dreamcast?
I see your cool proyects in your web

 

Oh, spain I spent nice vacations in Tolede, many years ago

> You think in the future, the saturn can load backups from hdd, like dreamcast?

HDD may cause power supply related problems, but it should be possible I think.

> I see your cool proyects in your web

Thank you

 

Possible, but a bit unprobable. Dreamcast's GD drive sports an ATAPI interface with custom instructions, so there's almost no need in additional hardware, one should only patch BIOS calls. Saturn uses A-bus (which is basically async-RAM-like interface) from CPU to CD block, and multiple serial interfaces from CD block to the drive itself. Injecting HDD at either of these points would require at least an additional hardware ATAPI or SATA controller, and probably some glue MCU/logic. Every Saturn backup loader would require some additional hardware after all, but this one seems like a hard way in both senses.

 

Will test time provided

For now if I get the time that is I will make an Atlus disc with the new version of Pseudo on it so more can flash there carts, more to use up to the point that cafealpha2 can find the time to re-do his flasher

For Saturn there is a SD card mod, but that is not really related to this subject, there may even already be a USB port mod also, something I have not looked into in any great depth though, but know of 2 different approches one is a drive replacement like the GDemu (it is by them ) the other is just a cart with a SD slot


I do not own one of those but that is the one by the GDemu team called Rhea

If this has not already been talked about just create a new thread on the subject I'm sure plenty will jump on it

 

Ok, its time to move the offtopic to other site . I cant wait to test the 832 vers of PseudoSaturn. I want know if Skeleton Warriors and Panzer Dragon works in it.

 

Thanks you very much

 

I try to update my flash with PS 0.832, but I have this message:

Error detecting cart. HW not supported

HW ID: BF45 0741

I succesed to flash it with cafealpha2 version....

 

Here is the Atlas disc with PS830 PS831 and PS832 aka Pseudo Saturn version 830 to 832

This will allow a few others that can't flash it to be able to flash it

Also included are a few original firmware dumps so a restore can be done

Sorry that took a while I had to install XP to the virtual machine (just did not get round to it after my older PC died)

 

Thanks zorlon, the next week i try it