Ymir v0.1.0

The very first release of Ymir, a Sega Saturn emulator, is here!

This release includes the Ymir emulator and ymdasm, a command-line disassembler supporting SH-2, M68000, SCU DSP and SCSP DSP instruction sets.

Which version should I download?

If you just want the emulator, grab the ymir- release for your operating system. (Sorry Mac users, no version for you yet!)

The AVX2 version offers slightly better performance but requires a CPU that supports the instruction set -- pretty much any Intel Core or AMD CPU since 2011 and Intel Pentium/Celeron CPUs from 2020 onwards has support for it. If you don't know if AVX2 is supported or you have no idea what any of this means, it's probably safe to grab the AVX2 version if you don't have an ancient or cheap computer. If it randomly crashes for no reason, try the SSE2 version.

For Windows releases, the Console version opens a terminal window alongside the main emulator window and the Win32 version is a proper GUI application with no terminal. If in doubt, prefer the Win32 version. You might also need to install the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package (x86_64 installer).

The ymdasm tool is more useful for emulator or homebrew developers. Check its README for instructions.