Master System News

It's reality again, here comes PDROMS CODING COMPETITION v4.01 - Retro Coding Fun for Console and Handhelds! Coding on "closed" handhelds or consoles must not be a privilege; dozens of free development kits proof the opposite. The steadily growing "homebrew scene" produces unlicensed software for devices not meant to be open for everyone. Read more about PDRoms Coding Competition v4.01 (Master System misc)

From 1st April 2009 to 31st May 2009 PDRoms will be hosting another coding competition. This time we will only allow 8 BIT systems (as another sister site wants to go for newer mainstream systems and we don't want to collide). Read more about PDRoms Coding Competition v4.01 – Pre-Announcement (Master System misc)

FluBBa updated his Sega Master System VDP testing program. It conducts severall tests which would pass flawless on real hardware, but probably fails on most emulators out there. Read more about SMS VDP Tester (26-02-2009) (Master System Application)

The guys at SMS Power ( http://www.smspower.org ) are conducting a coding competition for the following systems: Master System, Game Gear, SG-1000 and SF-7000. Read more about SMS Power Anniversary Coding Competition (SMS misc)

XPMCK is a music (expressed in MML) compiler kit targeted towards various video game systems. It currently supports the following systems: Read more about XPMCK (27-12-2008) (SMS misc)

This is a little program for making simple adventure games for the Sega Master System. It has a simple built-in script language for text, menus and game logic, and supports the displaying of static images along with the text. Read more about Simple Adventure Maker v0.04 (SMS Application misc)

XPMCK is a music (expressed in MML) compiler kit targeted towards various video game systems. It currently supports the following systems: Read more about XPMCK (18-11-2008) (Master System misc)

This is a little program for making simple adventure games for the Sega Master System. It has a simple built-in script language for text, menus and game logic, and supports the displaying of static images along with the text. Read more about Simple Adventure Maker v0.02 (SMS Application misc)

Newcomer maxxfarras is trying to realize his dream of a Special Edition Shinobi Remake for the Master System. For now it's a pretty simple demo which let you walk your character left and/or right. Read more about Shinobi SE Demo (25-10-2008) (SMS Techdemo)

Femto VM is a compiler that translates a Forth-like (and now also BASIC like) language into a compact bytecode, wich can then be run using the interpreter that runs on the Master System. Read more about Femto VM (21-08-2008) (SMS misc)