NGDK - Neo Geo Development Kit (beta version 0.72)

• NGDK discord server: https://discord.gg/2VCJN5c
• Neo Geo documentation: https://wiki.neogeodev.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
• More Neo Geo interesting stuff here: https://www.chibiakumas.com/68000/platform3.php

Installation

Windows

1. Download the NGDK archive from the Download page and unzip it where it suits to you, for instance D:\NGDK.
2. Download and install a Neo Geo emulator (for example http://www.kawaks.fr/).
3. Define NGDK environment variable with your installation path in unix path format (D:/NGDK).
4. Define NGDK_WIN which still point to your installation path but in windows path format (D:\NGDK).
5. Now verify everything is properly set up by trying to compile the library:

%NGDK_WIN%\bin\make -f %NGDK_WIN%\makelib

or

%NGDK_WIN%\compile_NGDK.bat

You should see compilation logs then at the end you should obtain the following file

%NGDK%\lib\libNGDK.a

Linux

1. Install GCC for M68K
   1. debian/ubuntu: install gcc-8-m68k-linux-gnu package
   2. fedora: install m68k-linux-gnu package
2. Define NGDK environment variable with your installation path in unix path format (/usr/NGDK)
3. TODO: write next steps...
4. Now verify everything is properly set up by trying to compile the library:

make -f %NGDK%/makelib

About the Neo Geo...

The Neo Geo has 6 ROMs

• C1-C2 for Sprites: automatically created when running compile.bat --res or %NGDK_WIN%\bin\make -f %NGDK_WIN%\makefile ressources in the examples/ folder.
• S1 for Fix (HuD): a 128 KiB pre-compiled file in the examples/fix/ folder.
• M1 for Z80: a pre-compiled file in the examples/sound/ folder.
• V1 for Samples: a 2 MiB blank ROM in the examples/sample/ folder.
• P1 for M68000: generated when running compile.bat or %NGDK_WIN%\bin\make -f %NGDK_WIN%\makefile build in the examples/ folder.