roger@caen.engin.umich.edu (Roger Roberto Espinosa) (07/01/89)
Hi. A friend (non-programmer, educational major) and I (programmer, but as of yet, still a mainframe baby) are trying to plan an education tool that we would like to reach as wide an audience as possible. A lot of our decisions are being based on what sort of platform the tool is based on: e.g. which computer, etc. One possible option for us is all those dedicated video arcade systems out there these days. I've read that some cartridge manufacturers produce games that cary 1.2 Meg of information, complete with battery backups, so that the cartridge acts like a "virtual disk." I don't want any information about this technology (it's probably propietary anyway :-) but I am curious as to how one goes about developing any software for Nintendo or Atari or Sega game systems. Are cross compilers involved? Is there a development platform? etc. Please email any reponses, or directions for further investigation to roger@caen.engin.umich.edu THANKS. Roger Espinosa roger@caen.engin.umich.edu