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Alvaro_69 - Oct 20, 2003
  Alvaro_69 Oct 20, 2003
HELLO, i am a spanish sega fan (4 ever!), i have a master system, a mega drive, 2 sega saturn (my favorite) and a dreamcast. I have a problem, i am studing programming and networking, but i am not yet ready, i would like start saturn programming, i love that console, and i don´t want it die. Please i wait your help, samples or mini-tutorials, something for to know what i need to start wortking, thanks.

 MasterAkumaMatata Oct 20, 2003
Visit antime's feeble Sega Saturn page.... Pretty much all the stuff you need to get started.

 vreuzon Oct 21, 2003
Get the SGL (Sega Game Library) and the GNU compiler, and the starting tutorial in the "saturn dev" section of this site. It should be enough for an "hello word".

What kind of progs do you plan to write ?

 Alvaro_69 Oct 21, 2003
I would like to make a aplication, anyone, to a institute project, i want show everybody the sega power, i am studing programming,but i´m not an expert yet.

i´d like make it at saturn, or dreamcast perhaps, but i´d preffer saturn. thanks for your help, i hope you help me more (excuse my english)

 racketboy Oct 21, 2003
If you're interested in Dreamcast, you can check out the Dev site at DCEmulation.com...

 AntiPasta Oct 22, 2003
well, if you're totally new to programming I wouldnt start on the Saturn! Hell, not on any console for that matter...

 racketboy Oct 22, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by AntiPasta@Oct 22, 2003 @ 08:38 PM



 well, if you're totally new to programming I wouldnt start on the Saturn! Hell, not on any console for that matter...


good point, but whatever motivates you.

 Mask of Destiny Oct 22, 2003
I agree that learning programming on a console probably isn't the best place to start, but if you're trying to learn game programming it tends to make things simpler. Doing 2D graphics on the Genesis is a piece of cake, of course the C dev environment isn't well developed so you have too learn 68K assembly first...

 Alvaro_69 Oct 22, 2003
well, i have chosen the dreamcast, because it supports linux, and i would like a c aplication on that linux, and connect it to a server with sql...

lots of thanks everybody!!!,and if you know something of dreamcast programation...put it here...thanks again