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Ymir Git (2026/04/21) is a work-in-progress Sega Saturn emulator featuring support for various game file formats (BIN+CUE, IMG+CCD, etc.), automatic BIOS detection, and region switching. It allows up to two players with customizable controls and includes features like RAM cartridge support, save state management, rewinding, turbo speed, and an integrated backup memory manager. The latest update brings experimental features, performance improvements, and several bug fixes related to VDP and threading. For a complete experience, users can download the latest version. The changelog documents these updates and provides insights on specific game fixes.
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Ymir Git (2026/04/21) has been released. It’s an in-progress emulator for the Sega Saturn.
Features:
Load games from BIN+CUE, IMG+CCD, MDF+MDS, or ISO files
Automatic detection of IPL (BIOS) ROM
Automatic regional switching
Supports up to two players with standard control pads on both ports (more features to come)
Customizable keybindings
Support for backup RAM and DRAM cartridges (additional features coming)
Integrated memory manager for importing, exporting, and transferring saves between internal and cartridge RAM
Save states
Rewind functionality (up to one minute at 60 fps), turbo speed, and frame stepping (both forwards and backwards)
An evolving, feature-rich debugger
Ymir Changelog:
* build: Add notes on experimental features in nightly builds
* build: Introduce feature flags to disable Virtua Gun in stable versions
* perf(VDP1): Shift framebuffer erasure to the VDP1 thread
* docs: Include GitHub issue number for FIFA – Road to World Cup 98 in CHANGELOG
* fix(VDP2): Allocate distinct compositor buffers for normal and alternate fields to prevent race conditions with threaded deinterlace rendering
* docs: Catalog games resolved by VDP1 threading fix
* fix(gamedb): Force SH-2 cache for Emit Vol. 3 – Watashi ni Sayonara o to eliminate FMV tearing
* docs: Update CHANGELOG with VDP1 threading fix
* fix(VDP): Remedy VDP1 framebuffer swap race condition
* fix(VDP2): Prevent illegal scroll CP accesses from causing shifts due to insufficient valid accesses in other banks when illegal accesses occur in the same bank as the PN access
