PSn00bSDK

Or an alternative for the Sega Genesis https://github.com/Stephane-D/SGDK Or the Super Nintendo Entertainment System https://github.com/alekmaul/pvsneslib Or the Gameboy / GBC, Sega Master System, Gamegear, Nintendo Entertainment System https://github.com/gbdk-2020/gbdk-2020 Or the TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine, Nintendo Entertainment System (alt), Commodore 64, Vic-20, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Apple II/IIe, or Pet 2001 https://github.com/cc65/cc65 Or the ZX Spectrum, TRS-80, Apple II (alt), Gameboy (alt), Sega Master System (alt), and Game Gear (alt) https://github.com/z88dk/z88dk Or the Fairchild Channel F https://channelf.se/veswiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Note: Some are slightly pre-1999 (all these, I have at least successfully made a "Hello World" with) ---------------- If they're really wanting 1999, that's the 5th to 6th generation co

yes there are multiple, such as https://github.com/Lameguy64/PSn00bSDK

The original PlayStation's main SoC (which is incidentally about 30 years old at this point) included a trimmed down JPEG decoder [1] meant to be used for video playback. It still relied on the CPU to handle Huffman decompression [2], but it allowed that otherwise anemic 33 MHz MIPS core to push 320x240 video at 30fps. [1] https://psx-spx.consoledev.net/macroblockdecodermdec/ [2] https://github.com/Lameguy64/PSn00bSDK/blob/master/examples/...

I have been almost single-handedly maintaining and expanding one of the largest open source PlayStation 1 SDKs [1] over the last year, adding all sorts of things from video playback to a dynamic linker. There are still plenty of bugs to fix and things to improve, but I think it can already be considered production ready for the most part. Unfortunately, however, the tooling around PS1 development still has a long way to go; while there are e.g. several open source image or audio conversion tools, none of them are on par with old Sony tools in terms of features. In fact most people still use the official SDK complete with its 1998-era compiler, despite its bloat and heavy use of undocumented proprietary file formats. [1]: https://github.com/Lameguy64/PSn00bSDK

I have been working on PlayStation 1 homebrew SDKs [1] and tools over the last year. Unlike other retro consoles - especially Nintendo consoles - the PS1 gets almost no attention at all; "PS1-style" games made using Unity or Unreal Engine seem to be decently popular, but nobody wants to bother with the real hardware anymore. Which is a shame, as the PS1 is a relatively simple platform which can be found for relatively cheap and offers a bare metal development experience reminiscent of modern 32-bit microcontrollers, with some interesting graphics and audio hardware thrown in. It is a platform unencumbered by the tile/sprite and storage limitations of the 8- and 16-bit eras, yet still limited enough to be a breeding ground for creativity and at the same time easily expandable with custom hardware through its integrated serial port and ISA-

That post introduced me to both WebGL and reverse engineering back in the day. I remember reading it years ago and asking myself "seriously, is it that easy to do 3D in a browser???". The web as an app platform is not without its issues, sure, but for quick prototyping being able to just write some JS and have instant access to plenty of APIs is awesome. Last year I decided to finally break out of the browser and get into actual PS1 homebrew. Unfortunately the state of the scene wasn't, and to some extent still isn't, that great: most homebrew games are still made using what's basically a modded version of the original Psy-Q SDK, which is rather limited in many ways. I started contributing to an open-source PS1 SDK instead [1] by first adding a dynamic linker, then revamping the build system entirely and now building a custom high efficie

Source here: https://github.com/lameguy64/psn00bsdk Since the N64 programming guide showed up on the front page, here's a good PSX SDK that I stumbled upon the other day.