Trying to get Policenauts emulated (Saturn)

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Ego_Bizarro
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Trying to get Policenauts emulated (Saturn)

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Hey guys!
So, I wanted to finally play this masterpiece (thank you for your translation efforts!) and I got the jap Saturn version of the game and the patching seems to have worked.
However, every emulator I try to run it on seems to have at least one big issue. And since I guess there's a lot of people here who have tried various things I'm hoping someone can help me with this.
First, I tried SSF, which... I don't even know anymore, I think I couldn't even get it to boot. Then I tried Retroarch with mednafen (Saturn) core but unfortunately, that seems to be rather slow.
Then I tried mednafen stand-alone emulator, but... well, it took some figuring out with Bios files and renaming them and dragging the game cue file onto the exe file because it doesn't have a GUI... then, however, it worked and even at full speed. Only, I have no idea how to configure the controls there. Especially, since I want to play with the mouse. Also, with not even a GUI I kinda fear I won't be able to switch from CD 1 to 2 when the time comes and that would be frustrating for sure.
Then I tried Bizhawk (multi emulator) and it also works... and seems to have a function for switching discs... however, I can't get the mouse to work right there. I can, once I booted the game, go into Saturn settings and there choose mouse as 1. input. And then mouse clicks actually work in-game, however, the cursor does not.
Anyone know how to fix that mouse issue or get the Saturn version to run smoothly whatever other way?

Thanks!
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Re: Trying to get Policenauts emulated (Saturn)

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The other emulation guides I could find are all for the PSX version or whatever...
No one here got it to work right for Saturn? :/
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Re: Trying to get Policenauts emulated (Saturn)

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Sorry, I've got no experience with Saturn emulation
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Re: Trying to get Policenauts emulated (Saturn)

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I would suggest looking at r/emulation for help
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Re: Trying to get Policenauts emulated (Saturn)

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Nope, no luck there either. Everyone seems to have/play this on other systems, even though the Saturn version is said to be the best one.
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Re: Trying to get Policenauts emulated (Saturn)

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It appears that everyone has this or plays it on a different system, despite the fact that the Saturn version is considered the finest slope
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