Kronos Documentation

version 2.1.3
last updated : August 15th, 2020

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Kronos is a Sega Saturn/ST-V emulator based on Yabause and Yaba Sanshiro. Copyright (C) 2017 - François Caron. 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. 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. 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.


Table of Contents

For recent changes refer to the English Changelog.txt file.


Introduction :

Kronos is an open source Sega Saturn/ST-V emulator written in standard C/C++. Based on Yabause/UoYabause/Yaba Sanshiro, the goal is to improve Sega Saturn Emulation.

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Before starting :

To get a full experience, follow these steps :

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OpenGL / Compute Shader video core :

Kronos introduce a new video core : Compute Shader core. Here differences with OpenGL core :

Some graphics issues should not be resolved with OpenGl core (i.e : Sega Rally holes on the road).

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Specific Kronos Features :

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How to launch a STV game ?

To launch a STV game, follow these steps (Windows port) :

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ST-V Compatibility list :

A compatibility list with ST-V games (need more tests) :

Working games :

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How to create a CHD image ?

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What do we need ?

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How to translate Kronos ?

You have to download this file : Kronos_default.yts

Translating Kronos is pretty simple. Here's an example :

File|"translate the string here"
Close|"translate the string here"

Here's a french example :

File|Fichier

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Translations

Author Language
Benjamin Siskoo French
Luis Manuel Sánchez Pérez Spanish


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Contact :

Name E-Mail
François Caron François Caron
Benjamin Siskoo Benjamin Siskoo


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Team :

Name Description
François Caron Kronos developper
Benjamin Siskoo Translator, build maintainer, tester
Barbudreadmon Kronos Retroarch port
Faffling Tester with technicals docs knowledge
Luis Manuel Sánchez Pérez Spanish/deutsch translator, tester


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Kronos is Copyright © 2017-2020 by François Caron.

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Kronos is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of the companies mentioned.