YABAUSE(1)

📦 version 0.9.15, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

💖 YABAUSE(1) 💖

okay bestie, sit DOWN — this is the manual for yabause, from the General Commands Manual section 1, and it's about to be your new hyperfixation. 🪐✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

yabause — Yet Another Buggy And Uncomplete Saturn Emulator

no literally, that's the name, it's self-aware, we love a humble icon 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

yabause [ -afh ] [ -b <BIOS> | -nb ] [ -c <CDROM> | -i <ISO> ] [ -ns ] [ --autoframeskip=0|1 ] [ --autoload=<SLOT> ] [ --autostart ] [ --binary=<BINARY>[:<ADDRESS>] ]

she's got range, she's got options, she's got a whole lotta brackets. periodt. 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So. Yabause is a Sega Saturn emulator. That's the whole vibe. 🌈

Here's the thing though — she does NOT just boot up empty. Yabause needs either a bios file, or a game, or a binary to actually run. Pick your fighter. 🥊

And the games? They can come from a real cd device OR from dump files. Both are valid, both are slay, no gatekeeping here. 💖

✨ OPTIONS ✨

one bullet per option because we respect the craft 🫶

  • --autoframeskip — turn auto frame skipping / limiting on or off. she skips frames, she limits frames, she does what she wants.
  • --autoload — automatically start emulation AND load a savestate. lowkey the laziest option and honestly? iconic. 💅
  • -a, --autostart — automatically start emulation. that's it. that's the tweet. 🎀
  • -b, --bios — choose a bios file. pick your girl. 🌸
  • -c, --cdrom — choose the cdrom device. 🍓
  • --binary — use a binary file. the content of the file gets loaded to 0x06004000 and execution starts from that address. ✨

You can also hand her an alternative address to load and run the binary from, using the --binary=<BINARY>:<ADDRESS> syntax. 📍

heads up bestie: when you use this option, emulation starts automatically, and you shouldn't use it in conjunction with -a. fr fr.

This one's for the homebrew developers wanting to test their programs in Yabause. main character energy for the devs. 👑

  • -f, --fullscreen — start the emulator in fullscreen. immersive. cinematic. the way that she fills the entire screen… 😭
  • -i, --iso — choose a dump file. the dump can be either in iso or bin/cue file format. two formats, one queen. 🌈
  • -nb, --no-bios — use the emulated bios. she fakes it, no cap. 💀
  • -ns, --no-sound — turns sound off. and bestie, this option actually sets the sound core to the dummy one. so like, it's not just muting — it's swapping the whole core out. 🎧🚫

🧚 FILES 🧚

the cast of characters, in order, with their little one-liners 🎬

  • <BINARY> — an executable for the Saturn, usually with a BIN extension. 📦
  • <BIOS> — a Saturn ROM BIOS image. 🧠
  • <CDROM> — a CDROM device file. 💿
  • <ISO> — a Saturn game dump. 🎮

💜 AUTHORS 💜

Copyright (c) 2002-2013 Yabause Team 🫶

Web: http://yabause.org 🌐

and please, please, PLEASE — don't ask for roms, bios files or any other copyrighted stuff. 🙈 we are not doing that here. respect the artists, bestie.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. slay, legally. ⚖️✨

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. (so like… no warranty, bestie. none. zero. nada.) 😭

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA 📬

See the GNU General Public License details in COPYING. 📄

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎉

this was yabause-0.9.15, dated July 13, 2016, and it lives in section 1 of the General Commands Manual — 💖 stay emulating, stay hydrated, and don't ask for roms 💖 🦋🌸🎀

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