Building an OS/platform?
Building an OS/platform?
Hello, I am working on a project and want to build an OS similar to what you would see on a game console. I tried searching for some info on this but I believe I'm just unsure on how to word it. Basically I want to make a platform that on start up allows you to select a game and then it plays it. Yes I could accomplish this by running an emulator on my computer but whats the fun in that? I have done some game programming with c++ and c# so I'm not a complete dope. Basically what is just some guidance to resources related to what I want to create. Thank you.
Re: Building an OS/platform?
How much time are you willing to invest?dbyrd26 wrote:Hello, I am working on a project and want to build an OS similar to what you would see on a game console. I tried searching for some info on this but I believe I'm just unsure on how to word it. Basically I want to make a platform that on start up allows you to select a game and then it plays it. Yes I could accomplish this by running an emulator on my computer but whats the fun in that? I have done some game programming with c++ and c# so I'm not a complete dope. Basically what is just some guidance to resources related to what I want to create. Thank you.
Have you done any low level programming before?
Re: Building an OS/platform?
I'm willing to invest as much time as it takes, and I actually have not done any of that.. I suppose that would be a good start.seuti wrote:How much time are you willing to invest?dbyrd26 wrote:Hello, I am working on a project and want to build an OS similar to what you would see on a game console. I tried searching for some info on this but I believe I'm just unsure on how to word it. Basically I want to make a platform that on start up allows you to select a game and then it plays it. Yes I could accomplish this by running an emulator on my computer but whats the fun in that? I have done some game programming with c++ and c# so I'm not a complete dope. Basically what is just some guidance to resources related to what I want to create. Thank you.
Have you done any low level programming before?
Re: Building an OS/platform?
I guess, you want to create an OS which will run games in privileged mode, i.e. you want them to have full access to the hardware, right?dbyrd26 wrote:Hello, I am working on a project and want to build an OS similar to what you would see on a game console. I tried searching for some info on this but I believe I'm just unsure on how to word it. Basically I want to make a platform that on start up allows you to select a game and then it plays it. Yes I could accomplish this by running an emulator on my computer but whats the fun in that? I have done some game programming with c++ and c# so I'm not a complete dope. Basically what is just some guidance to resources related to what I want to create. Thank you.
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Re: Building an OS/platform?
Yes this is correctRoman wrote:I guess, you want to create an OS which will run games in privileged mode, i.e. you want them to have full access to the hardware, right?dbyrd26 wrote:Hello, I am working on a project and want to build an OS similar to what you would see on a game console. I tried searching for some info on this but I believe I'm just unsure on how to word it. Basically I want to make a platform that on start up allows you to select a game and then it plays it. Yes I could accomplish this by running an emulator on my computer but whats the fun in that? I have done some game programming with c++ and c# so I'm not a complete dope. Basically what is just some guidance to resources related to what I want to create. Thank you.
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Re: Building an OS/platform?
It's the same as for any other kind of OS project: Read the page on getting started.