Yabause For Mac

Yabause is an open source project designed to emulate the Sega Saturn console without too much hustle. As a result, if you run Yabause on your Mac, you will be able to run the CDS or ISO files containing your old arcade games.

To get started, via the Yabause File menu, you must decide if you want to run a CD-ROM, an Image or a BIOS pack. In the Yabause Preferences window you must set up the path to the BIOS pack, or to the MPEG ROM. The same area allows you to set up the default region (you can also allow the app to automatically detect it).

Via the Yabause Preferences area you can also adjust the emulator video (includes support for OpenGL Hardware Video Core, Software Video Core, and Grand Central Dispatch Software Code) and audio (works with Core Audio Sound Core) settings. Of course, both the video and audio feed can be disabled.

You are able to assign different keys for the controller buttons. Yabause offers you the possibility to define two different sets of keys for 2 controllers.

Once you manage to run the game you can pause, resume, or reset the emulation, or enable the Frameskip function. Yabause also provides various hotkeys for controlling the game: Control + 1 (save game state), Option + 1 (load game state), Control + P (take screenshot), Option + L or Option + S (cheats lists and cheats search), and more.

Yabause offers you the possibility to play your old retro games by emulating the Sega Saturn console on your Mac. The application is very easy to use and provides support for a large collection of retro games (you can check the compatibility list online).