#PSP RROOTAGE CODE#
#PSP RROOTAGE LICENSE#
#PSP RROOTAGE PSP#

The game is from 2002, using makefiles, and a fairly weird build process on windows. If i was doing the port for a 3rd party, its here where i would calculate the cost of doing the port. This was done while i was considering to do the port or not, as if this game had dependencies that didn’t work on switch i wouldn’t have chosen it. I know that SDL is ported to switch as part of SDL 2, and OpenGL runs on nintendo switch mostly as-is, which makes this a specially simple project to port as there are no great blockers. Upon checking the game, I see that the game is mostly written in C, with a few dinosaur era Cpp files (pre-cpp11) and uses SDL 1 and OpenGL (super old) as dependency.

#PSP RROOTAGE CODE#

Stage 0: Analysisįirst thing is to grab the source code and look at it, seeing what are its dependencies and what languages it uses.

The process of porting the game was done in stages, which i mostly follow in all the porting projects i do as its mostly a general workflow. Meanwhile MIT and other similar licenses only require you to give attribution, but they dont require you to post all the source code, so its possible to use in consoles.

#PSP RROOTAGE LICENSE#

In short, the GPL license forces the developer to release the source code of the executables if any small part of the project uses GPL code, and this conflicts with the console NDAs. Licenses like MIT and BSD2 are completely fine to port to consoles, but GPL licenses are completely impossible to port. The code license is BSD2, which is mostly like MIT. In here, i write about how I ported it to Nintendo Switch I chose that game to port because I like bullet hells and because this is a easy project to port due to its minimal codebase and dependencies while it has a license that allows porting to consoles.

#PSP RROOTAGE PSP#

Its a bullet hell game that has been ported to many platforms over the years, such as Android, IOS, and PsP homebrew. The game is rRootage, made by Kenta Cho, a japanese developer who has released tons of open source games.

I'm sure the v1.01 release of PSP rRootage will fix the bugs present on version 1.00.As my latest side project, ive ported a 2002 open source game to nintendo switch. The offending routine may be identified with:

I regret to inform you your psp has just crashed Yes, I too have the firmware version 1.50 PSP and after downloading/installing the 1.5v of PSP rRootage program, it ran fine for an entire single rRootage gaming session.then I got the same PSP 'blue' colored crash screen (as stated in it's entirety): This will be great once they get the bugs worked out.Įdit: actually it seems only Psy(variar) mode crashes, the other modes are playable! 'I regret to inform you your psp has just crashed'

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