Sega Saturn

📄 Capacitors (Sega Saturn)

Revision note: Sega Saturn capacitor SMD/through-hole classification. VA0, VA0.5, VA0.8 and VA1 are SMD-era boards; VA1 ...

Schematics (Sega Saturn)

Below are several schematics for the Sega Saturn. Both original scans and redrawn. 📎 Sega Saturn Schematic VA0.5.pdf (f...

AV Pinout (Sega Saturn)

Below is the Sega Saturn AV pinout.

📄 Sega Saturn Minimum Boot

The Sega Saturn only requires the main motherboard and the 5V power in rail operational to boot to the BIOS and show vid...

50Hz 60Hz Switch (Sega Saturn)

The Sega Saturn has various revisions so performing the mod depends on version. As with most consoles to do a frequency ...

📄 Audio Circuit (Sega Saturn)

TODO: Reverse engineer the audio circuit. A worthwhile note if you have audio stuttering but game running at normal spee...

Laser Tuning (Sega Saturn)

The Sega Saturn has several versions, but most versions have various potentiometers you can use to tune the laser. Befor...