You can go ahead and add new page(s); anyone can contribute to the wiki directly. We can iterate and reorganise based on what is created.
Okay I set up the page called “How to Emulate the Panzer Dragoon Series”.
Feel free to update and edit it as anyone wants. I need someone to add how to change discs in Retroarch and Mednafen as I have not done a full multi disc playthrough on said emulators. It involves creating a .m3u file.
Someone needs to add the emulator section to the main banner sub categories as well.
Question: In Retroarch is Mednafen even on the Saturn core list? I see Beetle Saturn is that Mednafen by any chance?
Well YabaShanshiro and the Beetle Saturn cores didn’t work. They weren’t able to load the game. I was only able to get Kronos and Yabause to work with Panzer Dragoon Saga.
I wish I could get PDS working on Yabause. Unfortunately I have a crappy 2.16 GHz laptop.
While Yabsuse and Kronos cores work for some reason you cant make a save state. When ever I try to make a save state the emulator crashes. But I can save normally though…Don’t know if anyone can test this or come up with any reason why making a save state would crash the emulator…?
Thanks. We’ll need to edit it into more of a wiki format, but this gives us a starting point to build upon.
any video on Panzer Saga working? would love to see what it looks like
Here is a video of the game running on Kronos and upscaled!
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wow!
Thanks for all your work here.
Did anyone ever upscale PDS and still had a good experience playing? I’ve tried EVERYTHING, and all emulators but beetle lead to graphical artifacts in some places and sound distortion (in garil desert for example) in others.
No problem glad to help. I can upscale to 720p in RetroArch Kronos with a smooth framerate. You can go 1080p, but for some reason even on high end pcs the framerate will drop.
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I get graphical artefacts in the beginning when Edge return to find his captain dead. Some in the first boss fight too. Also, horrible sound distortion in Garil desert. And that’s only the first hour of the game. Both issues are present in the YouTube clip you posted, I believe. Did you get these issues sorted? Are you using Kronos standalone or Kronos on Retroarch? Thanks!
I’m using RetroArch Kronos. The graphical artifacts are only at the excavation site I believe and nowhere else. As for the sound distortion, I don’t remember it being that bad, at least in any of the other areas. I guess these are a few minor flaws we have to live with as we play through the game. I guess even when emulated, most pcs have a hard time emulating the Saturn’s two CPUs.
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Also, in the RetroArch menu/online updater, be sure to update all cores, because the Kronos core just got a recent update that fixes the missing text in all the documents and books you get in Saga.
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With RetroArch Kronos, the graphical artifacts are only at the Excavation site and one part at the end of the game inside Sestren where the background is slightly glitched. Nothing that is game breaking though. As for the sound I’m not sure how to improve it but my experience wasn’t too bad. If it’s only the Garil Desert I would play past that and see how the rest of the game sounds.
I don’t remember the sound being that bad in my playthrough.
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Ok! I’ll give it a shot with Kronos. Also, have you tried the standalone SSF? It’s supposed to be able to upscale PDS.
I haven’t used SSF. Seemed to me like it was even less user friendly then RetroArch and standalone Yabause. But if anyone can comment on that, please let us know.
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A lot of praise for the new Odin Pro emulator
Sounds like Saturn might be hit or miss though …
My dirty Panzer secret- I have not played Panzer Saga (beyond the first hour or so) since it came out (1998!) I check it working one emulation, and watched a lot of lets play videos, but haven’t played it again since it was new. I’d love to play it one one of these handhelds in bed before going to sleep, like reading a book …
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