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Andre Lamothe Launches XGameStation

Posted by michael on from the everything-old-is-new-again dept.

TheAdventurer writes "Andre Lamothe, author of many popular video game programming books, has released his XGameStation. The initial offering, the XGameStation Micro Edition, is a retro level hardware platform, similar to the old Atari and NES systems, designed to teach enthusiasts and students the elements of console hardware design and effective low level programming skills. The unit comes with an e-book written by Andre on how to develop on the platform using its assembly language IDE (included) and how to make your own extensions to the device. It is priced at $199."

3 of 173 comments (clear)

  1. Re:interesting by duckpoopy · · Score: 4, Informative
    but modern consoles don't need such low level programming

    You haven't done much PS2 programming, have you? I have, and yes they do.

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  2. Dreamcast Programming by ecliptik · · Score: 5, Informative

    200$ is a bit expensive for a hobby video game programming system. Why not just pick up a dreamcast for cheap and use it?

    There are plenty of resources for it and some good examples of homebrewed games and applications already out there.

    Not to mention it's a lot more modern and you can use some nice rendering hardware.

    Linkage:
    Dreamcast Programming
    Dreamcast Homebrew
    Dreamcast Emulation

  3. Re:Pretty cool by SQL+Error · · Score: 4, Informative

    An 80 MIP RISC doesn't have the power for abstraction layers.

    Blup?

    As someone who started out on 0.25 MIPS CISC processors, I can comfortably say that you don't have the faintest idea what you are talking about. Abstraction layers appeared shortly after the stored-program architecture. 80 MIPS is serious, serious luxury.