Megadev: A Development Kit for the Sega Mega Drive and Mega CD Hardware (github.com)

by XzetaU8 11 comments 140 points
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[−] tndata 63d ago
Wow! Nice work!

I reversed engineered the MegaDrive for 35 years ago and build my own hardware development kit, got a blog about this project at https://nestenius.se/hardware/how-i-built-my-own-sega-mega-d...

[−] bananaboy 63d ago
Woah this is amazing! Thanks for the write up!
[−] tndata 61d ago
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
[−] chrismaltby 63d ago
Very nice! I've been building a drag & drop layer on top of GBDK [1] called GB Studio [2] for making Game Boy games for a few years now. I'm starting to think about how it could support other platforms eventually so this is definitely a project I'll keep an eye on.

[1] https://gbdk.org/

[2] https://www.gbstudio.dev/

[−] wartywhoa23 63d ago
Sega, such a nostalgic dear thing from my childhood! No other device gave me the feel Sega did..

The game experience was completely immersive, and it strangely felt both futuristic and absolutely belonging to its time at once. It was pure Zen of gaming. Oh yes, and the grass was greener, of course..)

Flashback is still the #1 game ever for me, followed by Earthworm Jim and Mortal Kombat.

[−] poisonarena 63d ago

>Flashback is still the #1 game ever for me, followed by Earthworm Jim and Mortal Kombat.

didnt even mention a genesis exclusive in your list!

[−] F7F7F7 62d ago
I come from a barely middle class upbringing. Now that I'm raising my own kids and seeing the pressures of holiday gift giving and budgets there's two things I regret.

1. Sega CD

2. Game Gear

My parents could have done better things with that money. Excited to see what people can do with this combination (CD + 32x) today that Sega couldn't.

[−] nebster 62d ago
Ah, reminds me of playing mega-lo-mania and sonic the hedgehog as a kid... I played mega-lo-mania recently and I still enjoy it!
[−] metalforever 63d ago
Thank you for making this. I was genuinely considering a solution at this abstraction level for Megadrive / Sega development .
[−] eska 61d ago
Is this an intentional pun on “Megadeath”? If so, awesome o/
[−] speakbits 63d ago
This was a great reminder that there is so much hardware that continues to have software made for it