Development

Development

The official Dreamcast development IRC channel is #dreamcastdev on irc.freenode.net

Free Development Tools

There are three development libraries you can choose to start developing for the Dreamcast console.

• libdream (now replaced by its successor KallistiOS)
• libronin
• KallistiOS

fackue has released a special pre-configured development ISO for Windows. Check out his DC Dev ISO.

He also released a pre-compiled version of the Code::Blocks IDE for Windows. Check it out!

Documents and Tutorials

Tutorials

• Configuring a development environment under Linux by henzenmann

• 2D Graphics Tutorial by BlackAura
• Introduction to SDL 2D Graphics by reaper2k2
• PowerVR Introduction by BlueCrab

Documents

• About the IP.BIN
• About the Hitachi SH4 CPU
• Dreamcast Memory Map

Official Development Tools

• SEGA Katana SDK
• Microsoft WinCE SDK

Additional Libraries

• AllegroDC
• SDL-DC

Tools

• dc-load
• 1ST READ.BIN Checker

Developers

A list of quite all independet/homebrew Dreamcast developers can be found here.