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The Pocketstation Dev Kit is a C library and a set of tools that makes it easy to create games and demos for the cute PocketStation console from Sony.
(An ARM GCC compiler like devkitarm is required)

The library supports:

  • Pixel drawing.
  • Sprite drawing with clipping and transparency mask.
  • Keypad processing.
  • Text drawing functions.
  • A random number generator.
  • Sound player up to 8kHz.
  • IRQ user callback.

The tools provided are:

  • ASCII Text conversion to Shift-JIS Japanese text format.
  • Raw binary conversion to MCS Memory Card format.
  • BMP image conversion to 1bpp Pocketstation image format.
  • TIM image conversion to PS1 Memory Card image format.

All the tools contains their source code so that you can compile them on your platform (linux, mac, etc...)

One example on how to use the library is included.

More information
Published 1 day ago
StatusReleased
CategoryTool
AuthorOrionSoft
Tagsdev-kit, playstation, pocket-station, pocketstation, ps1, psone, sony

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In order to download this tool you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $15 USD. You will get access to the following files:

psdevkit.zip 50 kB

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Lollie2 hours ago

Thanks for getting this back online Orion!
If it's not already possible, I'd love to be able to read the RTC's time and date! Built-in support for animated PS1 Icons would also be a nice extra, since it's already possible for the mono icon.

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Lollie2 hours ago

For anyone attempting to compile the example project on Windows 11:

  • Make sure to install Cygwin64, and select the "make" package during installation. (It should have the description "The GNU version of the 'make' utility.")
  • You will also need to edit "compil.bat" to ensure that it directs to the correct folders. EG: The file lists "C:\cygwin\bin" by default, but you will need to change it to "C:\cygwin64\bin" — or another path, if you changed cygwin's location during installation.
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