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(created 2026-03-14, and painstakingly translated to gopher by yours truly)
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SEGA DOCUMENTATION
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Saturn Programming Manual Vol.1
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(BIN) Saturn Introduction Manual
Short description of the development environment.
(BIN) Sega of America Introduction to Saturn Game Development
Basic overview of the Saturn.
(BIN) Saturn Overview Manual (temporary version 1)
So temporary they were still handing it out in 1997.
(BIN) SCU User's Manual
Third Version.
(BIN) SCU Final Specifications: Precautions
(BIN) SMPC User's Manual
Info on the SMPC, a central piece of the Saturn.
(BIN) Saturn SCSP User's Manual
All about the sound system. No real info on the DSP, though.
(BIN) Sega Saturn Dual CPU User's Guide
How to make the two CPUs work together.
Saturn Programming Manual Vol.2
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(BIN) VDP1 User's Manual
Sprites, polygons.
(BIN) VDP1 User's Manual Supplement
(BIN) VDP2 User's Manual
Version 1.1.
Saturn Development Tools Manual
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(BIN) Sega Saturn Software Development Standards
Make sure your programs adhere to these!
(BIN) Boot ROM User's Manual
(BIN) Disc Format Standards Specification Sheet Ver. 1.0
Specifies the format and layout of a Saturn disc, ISO9660 file system, IP.BIN and other things.
(BIN) Backup System Production Standard
(BIN) Saturn Demo-Demo File Loader Specifications Ver. 1.20
(BIN) SCU DSP Assembler User's Manual
(BIN) SCU DSP Assembler User's Manual Addendum
(BIN) SCU DSP Simulator User's Manual
(BIN) SCU DSP Assembler User's Manual Addendum
(BIN) CD Development Tool Description File
(BIN) Virtual CD System User's Manual
(BIN) Virtual CD Supplementary Manual
(BIN) Virtual CD System (Release 3) Limitations
(BIN) Write-Once CD-R System User's Manual
SEGA Basic Library (SBL)
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(BIN) Saturn System Library User's Guide Ver. 1.0
System Program's User's Manual, SMPC I/F User's Manual, Backup Library User's Manual.
(BIN) System Library User's Manual
This and the previous document were first released as one document but
was split up. This part contains the CD Communication Interface User's Manual.
(BIN) Program Library User's Guide 1
CD Library.
(BIN) Branching Playback Library User's Manual
For your very own FMV game.
(BIN) Program Library User's Guide 2
Graphics Library.
(BIN) Program Library User's Guide 3
(BIN) External Specification Doc. Saturn Stream System
Saturn Graphic Library (SGL)
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(BIN) SGL Developer's Manual Tutorial
What it says.
(BIN) SGL Developer's Manual Reference
With inspirational foreword by Yu Suzuki.
Saturn Graphics Tools Manual
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(BIN) SEGA 3D Editor 1.72US ReadMe/Release Notes
(BIN) MapEditor 1.81E/ScreenEditor 1.07E ReadMe/Basic Operations/Release Notes
(BIN) QuickViewer Ver. 3.17E ReadMe/Release Notes
(BIN) Saturn Tool Sega2DViewer ReadMe
(BIN) SegaConverter 4.83E ReadMe/Release Notes
(BIN) SegaPainter Ver. 1.11 ReadMe
(BIN) SpriteEditor 1.2E ReadMe/Release Notes
(BIN) Saturn/32X Graphics References ver. 2.0
Saturn Sound Tools Manual
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(BIN) Sound Development Manual Ver. 1.1
(BIN) Saturn Sound Simulator Manual
(BIN) Wave Editor User's Manual
(BIN) SCSP Waveform Editor Technical Specifications
(BIN) Tone Editor User's Manual
(BIN) Tone Editor User's Manual Addendum: File Format
(BIN) SCSP/DSP Effect Module Specifications
(BIN) DSP Linker User's Manual
(BIN) dAsms User's Manual
(BIN) Parameter Editor User's Manual
(BIN) Saturn Sound Tools Manual Supplement
(BIN) Saturn Sound Driver Implementation Manual
(BIN) Saturn Sound Driver System Interface Version 3.03
(BIN) Standard MIDI File: Converter Specifications
(BIN) Sound Programming Debugger's User Manual
Mac-based debugger for the sound CPU.
(BIN) Microcomputer Developing Int. Environment for Macintosh
Saturn Technical Bulletins
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(BIN) Technical Bulletins
Sega bulletins #1-#41 and SOA bulletins #1-#12, merged into one file.
Preliminary Technical Bulletins
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(BIN) Preliminary Technical Bulletin #42
Cautions on Using SMPC.
(BIN) Preliminary Technical Bulletin #44
Shuttle Mouse Data Format Ver. 1.00
(BIN) Preliminary Technical Bulletin #45
Saturn Keyboard Data Format Ver. 1.00
(BIN) Preliminary Technical Bulletin #46
Data Cartridge Manual Ver. 1.00
(BIN) Preliminary Technical Bulletin #47
SEGASaturn Extended RAM Cartridge Manual Ver. 1.02
(BIN) Preliminary Technical Bulletin #48
SEGASaturn Development Tool Segments
(BIN) Preliminary Technical Bulletin #51
Restrictions for the MC68EC000 Sound CPU and the SCSP
Other (Outdated or unspecified, not distributed in 1997)
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(BIN) SH2 Dynamic Load Linkage Editor Function Specification
(BIN) Authoring Environment Guide
(BIN) MPEG Stream Build Precautions
(BIN) Sample Game Program User's Manual
(BIN) Sample Data User's Manual
(BIN) Saturn Author User's Manual
(BIN) SEGA Saturn Target Box User's Manual
(BIN) SEGA Saturn Sound Box User's Manual
(BIN) Saturn Software Library Release 3.01 Supplemental Disk
(BIN) SEGA Saturn SMPC Sample Program (tentative title) User's Manual
(BIN) SEGA Saturn Master CD-ROM Release Form
(BIN) SEGA Saturn Address Checker Operation Manual
(BIN) SEGA Saturn Address Checker Reference Manual
(BIN) Saturn CartDev Rev.B Hardware Installation Guide
(BIN) Saturn Development System Order Form June 1996
Check the prices!
(BIN) SEGA DTS document on sound development
(BIN) SIFF file format specification
(BIN) SS-SDK Win95 Graphic Tools v 1.0J Manual and Reference
DTS Developer Newsletter
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(BIN) October 1994
(BIN) January 1995
(BIN) June 1995
(BIN) September 1995
(BIN) April 1996
(BIN) May 1996
(BIN) June/July 1996
(BIN) November 1996
(BIN) January/February 1997
(BIN) ADPCM Encoder
(BIN) Sound tools
(BIN) Sound demos
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RENESAS/HITACHI DOCUMENTATION
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(BIN) SH-1/SH-2 Programming Manual
If you want learn SuperH assembly.
(BIN) SH7604 Hardware Manual
The chips in the Saturn. DMA controllers, watchdog timers etc.
(BIN) SuperH RISC Engine Assembler, User's Manual
(BIN) SH Series C Compiler, User's Manual
(BIN) H Series Librarian, User's Manual
(BIN) SuperH RISC Engine Simulator/Debugger, User's Manual
(BIN) SH Series Simulator/Debugger, User's Manual
(for SPARC version)
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FREESCALE/MOTOROLA DOCUMENTATION
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(BIN) Motorola M68000 Family Programmer's Reference Manual
For the sound CPU, also useful for Megadrive people.
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PSY-Q DOCUMENTATION
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(BIN) Systems Manual
Contains the docs for ASM68K/ASMSH which have an almost identical syntax to SNASM68K and SNASMSH2.
(BIN) Assorted Psy-Q tools
Most related to their development hardware, but there's some good stuff there like the SCU DSP emulator.
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CROSS PRODUCTS DOCUMENTATION
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(BIN) Mirage CD Emulator Manual
Also contains a reference for their CD image building tool which should be compatible with Sega's.
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COMPILERS, LIBS, AND TOOLS
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(BIN) Saturn compiler
(4,8MB) (Outdated, Cygnus v.2.7. I recommend getting the KPIT package, see further down.)
(BIN) SGL libraries
(5,7MB)
(BIN) SGL tweaked for Unix-based development
(2MB). The fixing was done by ExCyber.
(BIN) Sega Basic Library 6.01
A combination of the low-level libs of earlier SBL versions and the
high-level SGL library. Comes with sources!
(BIN) bgCon
A tool for converting background graphics.
(BIN) HSITOOL
A COFF downloader for the official development hardware. Comes with sources.
(BIN) IPGNUSRC.zip
Tools for building an IP.BIN for the GNU development environment.
(BIN) Virtual CD software
Includes tools for building disc images.
(BIN) SS-SDK Win95 Graphic Tools
ver. 1.0J.
(BIN) CF
seems to be a file converter for binaries.
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MACINTOSH TOOLS
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(BIN) ADPCM Encoder
(BIN) AIFF to Redbook converter
(BIN) Sega graphics tools
June 1996 distribution. Also includes two PC utilities.
(BIN) Sound tools
(BIN) Sound demos