Programming the NEO GEO AES in C, (Paperback)

<p>The Neo Geo AES is one of the most powerful home consoles of its era - and one of the most exotic to program. No background layer. A sprite-only video system. 64 KB of working RAM and a Motorola 68000 at its heart.</p><p>This book shows you how to harness all of it, in C.</p><p>Starting from a blank project with <b>ngdevkit</b> - the open-source toolchain for Neo Geo homebrew - you will build a complete shoot'em up from scratch: sprites, parallax scrolling, palettes, input handling, collisions, sound effects, chiptune music, and a final boss. Every concept is introduced when you need it, demonstrated in runnable code, and reinforced with exercises drawn from the real constraints of the hardware.</p><p><b>What you will learn: </b></p><ul><li>The Neo Geo hardware architecture: video system, sprites, palettes, sound</li><li>Setting up a modern C development environment with ngdevkit on macOS, Linux or Windows</li><li>Building a complete game step by step: from Hello World to a full shoot'em up</li><li>Fixed-point arithmetic, sprite animation, collision detection, game architecture</li><li>Optimization on a 7.67 MHz 68000 with 64 KB of RAM</li><li>Running your game on a real AES console via flashcart</li></ul><p><br><b>No prior console experience required.</b> If you know C - pointers, structs, a while loop - you are ready to program the most powerful home console of 1990.</p>

• Programming the NEO GEO AES in C, (Paperback)
• Author: Daniel Novak
• ISBN: 9798183638851
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-06-21
• Page Count: 190