Saturn:SAROO

The SAROO is an open source ODE project create by tpunix. It utilizes the cartridge slot on the Sega Saturn, leaving the disk drive in a functional state.

Firmware Releases

Releases

Game Compatibility

Williamdsw's SAROO Compatibility List and SAROO Configuration List are two projects, creating a database of games he's tested on the SAROO. Please visit his GitHub pages for more information regarding game compatibility, and configurations that may be required for certain games to play properly

SAROO Configuration File Settings (saroocfg.txt)

The configuration file below is taken from the latest firmware released, and translated to english. For a full feature list and example of a configured saroocfg.txt file, please see williamdsw's saroocfg.txt file.

# SAROO config file
# Available configurations:
# lang_id=x
# Select menu language: 0: Chinese 1: EN 2: PTBR 3: JA 4: FR 5: RU 6: Traditional Chinese 7: de 8: es 9: IT
# debug=xxxxxxxx
# Various debugging options
# auto_update:
# MCU automatically upgrades firmware
# play_delay=xxxx
# Delay before PLAY starts. Decimal us units.
# pend_delay=xxxx
# Delay before PLAY ends. Decimal us units.
# sector_delay=xxxx
# Delay after each sector is read. Decimal us units.
# exmem_1M
# Use 1M expansion card
# exmem_4M
# Use 4M expansion card
# M_xxxxxxxx=xxxxxxxx
# Write 32-bit memory
# M_xxxxxxxx=xxxx
# Write 16-bit memory
# M_xxxxxxxx=xx
# Write 8-bit memory
# multi_disc="xxxx"
# Identify multiple games
# category="xxxx"
# Add a new game category

Multi Game Save Data Transfer

This will serve as a step-by-step guide to transferring save data from one game to another, for games like Panzer Dragoon Saga and Shining Force 3: Scenarios 1-3. This guide is currently a work in progress, and may change depending on the development and feature changes on the SAROO project.

These steps are for the firmware v0.6. For this example, we will be using Shining Force 3: Scenario 2 (SF3:S2) and Shining Force 3: Scenario 3 (SF3:S3).

1. Load the game of the save data you would like to transfer on SAROO, in this case, SF3:S2.
2. On the title Screen, press "ABC + Start" to go to the Saturn main menu.
3. Navigate to the Memory Manager, select Internal Memory and locate your save data for SF3:S2.
4. Copy the SF3:S2 save data to the External Memory and go back to the Saturn main menu.
5. Press "Start" to go back to the SAROO main menu.
6. Load the game that you would like to import the save data too, in this case, SF3:S3.
7. On the title screen, again, press "ABC + Start" to go back to the Saturn main menu.
8. Go to the Memory Manager, select External Memory, find your cleared game data, in this case, the SF3:S2 data you copied over in Step 4, and copy that data to the Internal Memory.
9. Exit Memory Manager and start the game from the Saturn main menu and press "A" to load the game.
10. If you did everything correctly the cleared SF3:S2 data should show up on SF3:S3 Internal Memory.