Resources
Tools, communities, and reading I keep coming back to. These are external projects and references, separate from my releases.
Used in these projects
- Yaul / libyaul ↗
The open development kit I use for my Saturn projects.
- Mednafen Saturn documentation ↗
My quick route to booting a build, finding obvious trouble and trying another idea.
- Beetle Saturn documentation ↗
Setup notes for the Saturn core I use for emulator checks and screenshots.
- SAROO ↗
The cartridge I use to run test builds on my Saturn, and its upstream project.
- EasyRPG Player ↗
An open-source player used as a compatibility reference for RPG Maker 2000 and 2003 games.
- Sonic Robo Blast 2 ↗
The open-source fan game behind the earliest Sonic Saturn experiments.
- RPG Maker 2003 ↗
The editor I use for The Goddess Tourney, and the format my Dreamcast player aims to support.
- liblcf ↗
An open-source library for reading and writing RPG Maker 2000 and 2003 project data.
- RM2K3 Dreamcast player source ↗
My player source, development notes, and test results.
Communities and archives
- SegaXtreme Saturn Dev forum ↗
Saturn programming, experiments, documentation, and hard-won advice.
- SegaXtreme resource library ↗
Saturn homebrew, tools, patches, documentation, and audio/video utilities.
- Sonic Fan Games HQ resources ↗
A long-running fan-development community sharing art, audio, tools, and advice.
- Sonic Fan Games Music Archive ↗
Music made for Sonic fan games, preserved for history and inspiration.
- Sonic Sounds Ripping Project ↗
A community effort to preserve and organize Sonic sound effects. Individual assets still need their own rights and credit checks.
- SRB2 sound and music guide ↗
How SRB2 organizes and uses custom sounds and music.
People and further reading
- Jim Bagley interview ↗
The Saturn Doom programmer on the machine's strengths, limits, and tradeoffs.
- XL2's HELLSLAVE ↗
A modern Saturn homebrew project I look to for hardware-aware 3D work.
- SEGA SATURN, SHIRO! ↗
Saturn interviews, history, and preservation work.
- Evan-Amos's Japanese Saturn photograph ↗
The public-domain photograph I used as a reference for the little grey Saturn illustration on the home page.