Programming on the Neo Geo CD help - Page 1

Hey y’all, so anyways the Neo Geo cd is my favorite console of all time (right next to the AES!) but I have a question. How do I program for it? What SDK’s are available and how do I run my code on official Neo Geo cd hardware?

That's a lot of questions at once.
What's your programming background? Do you know 68K asm?

If yes, search for Freems tutorial and code. It covers the Neo CD as well.

I use the neobitz sdk but how do I make a disc image that can be burned to a disc for the neo-geo cd? also im kind of good at C programming and Idk anything about 68K ASM.

hi,
you need "mkisofs.exe".
put all necessary files into a folder (e.g. TEST) and create the iso with the command:
mkisofs -iso-level 1 -o test.iso -pad -N -V "TEST" iso.
now copy this ISO file and a matching CUE file (and any CDDA tracks) to the MAME ROM-folder and start with the command:
mame64 neocdz -cdrom roms\test.cue, that's all.

Making an ISO file

what's the best sdk for neo geo cd ?
I know there are a lot of sdk for neo geo, but mostly focused on MVS/AES, not CD.
(I know 68k and C pretty well, I made games for atari st, jaguar, megadrive)

blastar (./4):
hi,
you need "mkisofs.exe".
put all necessary files into a folder (e.g. TEST) and create the iso with the command:
mkisofs -iso-level 1 -o test.iso -pad -N -V "TEST" iso.
now copy this ISO file and a matching CUE file (and any CDDA tracks) to the MAME ROM-folder and start with the command:
mame64 neocdz -cdrom roms\test.cue, that's all.

Making an ISO file

Huh, that is odd when i compile my iso image and run it in mame, it gives me an error. the error says, Disc IO Error or something like that. I Don't know what to do! can you help me with this error please.

Update: i got the iso compilation finished, but how do i convert the data from a cd to a cartridge?

What data?

i want to convert a neogeo cd game to a aes game. Ie: a game I made on the neo geo cd then I want to convert it to the AES/MVS Cartridge format. so how do i do this?

NeoGeoFreak2004 (./9):
i want to convert a neogeo cd game to a aes game. Ie: a game I made on the neo geo cd then I want to convert it to the AES/MVS Cartridge format. so how do i do this?

Hello my friend, which game did you make for neogeo cd? and on the contrary, can you convert AES/MVS games to NEOCD?

UPDATE: so anyways i was just messing around with the neocore sdk, a sdk for the neo-geo cd, so anyways i installed the sdk and followed the tutorial but when i typed in mak run in the command prompt, it gave me a error, this error says: FATAL: Can't create /Users/thepl/AppData/Local/Temp/neocore/hello/crt0_cd.o: No such file or directory
make: *** [/Users/thepl/AppData/Local/Temp/neocore/hello/crt0_cd.o] Error 1
idk what this means so can you please help me!
UPDATE: it works now.