The Android version of Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro was updated last week with a new look to its game list and a new way of reviewing games within the app.
The free version is here while the paid “Pro” version, which adds some extra features for US$5, is here.
The developer, Shinya “DevMiyax” Miyamoto, gave details about the update on his blog April 9.
“The previous game selection screen was outdated, clunky, and full of bugs — so we gave it a complete overhaul,” he said. “Now, you can search and sort your games easily, making it much quicker to find what you want to play. We’ve focused on making the interface clean, responsive, and more enjoyable to use.”
He also explained how the rating system for games within the app is now separated into two factors: emulation quality and game quality.
“Some games are extremely popular but don’t run well on the emulator yet,” Miyamoto said. “By highlighting games with high popularity but low emulation quality, we can prioritize improvements that will benefit the most users. This way, we can better meet your expectations and bring more people a better experience, faster.”
He said users can check the ratings — both from Miyamoto and from other users — by selecting “Details” on each game, or by browsing the game list directly on the Yaba Sanshiro website.
This is the first significant update to the Android version of Yaba Sanshiro in more than a year. The developer has focused on versions for Apple devices and Windows PCs in that time.
Last month, Miyamoto teased an update to Android with a screenshot of the Action Replay cheat code manager that the iOS version got in February. That doesn’t seem to have been included in last week’s update, though.
Yaba Sanshiro began development in late 2015 as a fork of Yabause, an emulator that is no longer actively worked on, to bring it to Android devices. A PC version was released about a year later that’s been occasionally updated alongside the Android version — most recently, it was updated in February.
Its name was changed to Yaba Sanshiro 2 in April 2021 after Google blacklisted the original app for including Action Replay cheats.
The emulator wasn’t approved for the Apple App Store until August last year when Apple changed its policy regarding game emulators.
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