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drpaneason Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast

glad to hear that tasa

drpaneason Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast

Thanks Kosta <3

drpaneason Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast

I think Lua (yes you can code Dreamcast games with it) would be really awesome for kids, being able to make their own games, given the language is simple, like Python. But in general, for serious stuff C/C++ is still the preferred way.

drpaneason Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast

thanks @steeve :D

drpaneason Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast

Thanks :D How about porting Diablo? https://x.com/PanosGeorgiadis/status/2005692695402955143

drpaneason Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast

You've put a smile on my face reading your comment, thank you for your feedback, happy holidays :D

drpaneason Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast

problem is TinyGo uses LLVM, which doesn't support SH-4. The only reason I went with gccgo is due to SH4 target. In any case, I learned a ton of things doing this project :D

drpaneason Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast

Many thanks @dontaj much appreciated, indeed documenting the process felt like another project of its own, so I am very happy to hear that! The effective dreamcast Go was inspired from the old time classic https://go.dev/doc/effective_go :D

drpaneason Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast

I am using sh-elf-gccgo (GCC) 15.1.0 which is ok-ish I guess. But in general gccgo tries to be close to Go, but they do not implement all the features. e.g. generics are still missing for example.

drpaneason Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast

yeah, been there, nostalgia hits hard. Dreamcast was a beast of its era, it even had Ethernet! Even the VMU was something extraordinary! Too bad SEGA had to cancel it :(

drpaneason Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast

thanks @rpastuszak, much appreciated :D

drpaneason Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast

Hey Timur, long time no see, I hope all is going well :) No, you cannot use generics, they are not yet supported by gccgo.

drpaneason Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast

you're very welcome :D Thanks!

drpaneason Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast

thanks @danhau, much appreciated, indeed documenting the process felt like another project of its own, so I am very happy to hear that :D

drpaneason Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast

I built a Go runtime that runs on the Sega Dreamcast, the 1999 console with 16MB RAM and a 200MHz SH4 CPU.

You can write games in Go with goroutines, channels, garbage collection, and all the language features you'd expect. It compiles using gccgo and runs on real hardware or emulators.

The project includes 3 game examples Pong, Breakout and Platformer, input handling, audio support, and integrates with KallistiOS (the Dreamcast homebrew SDK).

* Star Here: https://github.com/drpaneas/godc * Documentation: https://drpaneas.github.io/libgodc/ * Video Tutorial: https://youtu.be/ahMl0fUvzVA

Happy to answer any questions about the implementation!