The creator of the Satiator released two new menus over the weekend that improve how the optical drive emulator handles folders for Saturn games that use multiple discs. Professor Abrasive uploaded Menu 70 to his device’s official wiki website Saturday. It fixes an error in how the Satiator sees subfolders within a game’s folder. “[Doesn’t] […]
Professor Abrasive has placed the Satiator ODE on sale for $60 off it’s normal price, equaling $200 plus shipping. This ODE plugs into the rear MPEG slot of your Sega Saturn, allowing you to retain full disc drive functionality, as well as even run it in a “modchip mode” to boot original discs from different […]
New firmware for the Satiator released Wednesday adds new features to the Saturn optical drive emulator, including support for switching discs during gameplay and booting up discs that have been burned or are from any region. Firmware version 161 and menu version 68 can be downloaded from the official Satiator website. Being able to swap […]
The team behind the most widely used Sega Saturn softmod released a significant update to cap off 2023. Pseudo Saturn Kai V6.541 comes to the Saturn scene after about two years of development and testing, according to lead tester privateye. The team, lead by developer cafe-alpha, added a new menu with cheat support for users […]
When Professor Abrasive released the Satiator — the optical drive emulator he invented that plugs into the Saturn’s rear VCD card port — it could play hundreds of games off an SD card without issue. But players looking to try out their newly bought Satiator seemed to run to one game again and again: Marvel […]
It’s been almost a year (11 months to be exact) since the Satiator saw it’s last firmware update, so while this new may not be a big deal.., seeing the announcement from Professor Abrasive certainly caught our attention… Satiator owners may remember the last update FW157, which allowed for better handling of cards with frequent […]
Professor Abrasive has just opened public orders on Satiator optical drive emulators. The price is $260 and there are a few in stock now, with a much larger stock coming soon that should make them readily available. Satiator: https://www.satiator.net/Satiator_p_12.html 128GB SD Card: https://amzn.to/2Kqw01C The Satiator is an awesome device, but it might not be for everyone. […]
Professor Abrasive has recently posted a custom firmware for Action Replay carts based on AR firmware 2.02C. This retains full AR functionality for discs and can be used as a 4MB RAM cart when launching games from the Satiator. At the moment, I don’t think it will allow cheats with games launched from the Satiator, […]
The “Satiator” is an optical drive emulator that works with all models of the Sega Saturn. It’s 100% plug-and-play and requires no mod: Simply insert it in the MPEG card slot in the back of the Saturn. Satiators will be available for purchase soon for $260 plus shipping: https://www.satiator.net/ A review of the beta hardware […]
With the Satiator finally seeing a “Retail” release (right now it’s only being sold to Patreon patrons, but will be available to everyone in the fairly near term) I was finally able to kick the tires on this long-awaited device. A Crowded Market In the three years that the Satiator has been incubating the Saturn […]
