S1C88 C Tools for Pokemon Mini

The aim of this project is to provide a multi-platform toolchain for developing games for the Pokemon Mini in the C language.

Warning: Work in progress... Things can change drastically

System requirements

Linux (not WSL)

These packages must be installed in your system (and be available in your PATH) to run all the scripts and make files:

• git for cloning this repository.
• curl, unzip - for downloading and extracting the the installer
• wine - for running the TASKING C compiler for S1C88
  • The installer will attempt to install it for you, if it's not
• srec_cat (from the srecord package) - for converting the locator output to .min

# On Ubuntu and other Debian-based distros, install the prereqs
sudo apt install git curl wget unzip srecord

# Install these tools (and wine, if it's not)
./install.sh

# Install PokeMini emulator
./install.sh pokemini

# List other things you can install
./install.sh --list

# More info
./install.sh --help

Windows

# Install these tools
.\install.ps1

# Install PokeMini emulator
.\install.ps1 pokemini

# List other things you can install
.\install.ps1 -list

# More info
Get-Help .\install.ps1

OSX

OSX no longer supports running 32 bit binaries as of Catalina, so running the suite on the bare OS is not possible. You will have to run them in a VM. If you have an earlier version of the OS, you can try the linux installer.

Building the example

You may use CMD, MSYS, or a Linux shell emulator. It's recommended to have c88tools/bin in the PATH but not required.

Commands

The makefile comes with the following targets:

• all - the default, build the min
• clean - clean up all the build object
• assembly - build all C files to their assembler forms
• run - build and run the min in PokeMiniD
• src/main.src - build main.c to its assembler form (can do this with any C file)

Linux

# Start in the example's directory
cd examples/helloworld
# Build with mk88
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=../../wineprefix wine mk88
# ...or...
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=../../wineprefix wine ../../c88tools/bin/mk88.exe
# ...or with GNU make
make

Windows

:: Start in the example's directory
cd examples\helloworld
:: Build with mk88
mk88
:: ...or...
..\..\c88tools\bin\mk88
:: ...or, in MSYS only, with GNU make
make