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Sega Mega Drive debugger

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 6:44 pm
by deadmarshal
Hi!

How can i debug m68k assembly code for the Sega Mega Drive? Can i use gdb? or if not what other tools are available?
Preferably for Debian Linux but Windows is fine too...

Re: Sega Mega Drive debugger

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2022 5:56 pm
by matibee
Hi there,
The megadrive is on my list of platforms to tackle too :)

I've not tried it yet, but this emulator runs on windows/linux etc and has an integrated debugger. Debugging through an emulator on a modern PC is breeze compared to the tedium of the old days!
https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/

This is an excellent article on the the megadrive; https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/ma ... me-in-2019
While it's not M68000 coding, I think for a first project I will give the C game library a try that it mentions.

- Matt