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  <title>VMU demo and game development</title>
  <picture href="vmu.jpg" text="VirtuaMUnstaz"/>

  <tip>#0:  
    <link href="doc/tutorial.txt">hello world + fonts</link>
  </tip>
  <tip>#1: 
    <link href="doc/ASM-2000-07-001.txt">optimized multiplication</link>
  </tip>

  <news>
   <headline date="2006-04-18"><link href="nh/">Nethack for the PSP 1.0c</link></headline>
   <headline date="2005-08-17"><link href="nh/">Nethack for the PSP 1.0b</link></headline>
   <headline date="2005-08-03"><link href="nh/">Nethack for the PSP released</link></headline>
   <headline date="2005-07-31"><link href="nh/">Upcoming: Nethack for the PSP</link></headline>
   <headline date="2005-07-14"><link href="VMUDEMO.ZIP">VMU Emulator Demo</link>
   for the PSP</headline>
   <headline date="2001-08-29"><link href="pso/">where VMU plays</link> </headline>
   <headline date="2001-05-23"><link href="vmi_all.jsp">view all uploads</link> </headline>
   <headline date="2001-01-19"><link href="pics/dcirc.jpg">screenshot</link> the broadband passport IRC</headline>
   <headline date="2001-01-04"><link href="vmi.jsp">vmu data creator</link> now lets you upload with planetweb</headline>
   <headline date="2000-12-17"><link href="bmp2asm.zip">bmp2asm tool</link> from NeuroS added</headline>
   <headline date="2000-10-12"><link href="vmi.jsp">online vmu creator</link> works again</headline>
   <headline date="2000-08-01"><link href="mail">vmu-coders</link> ml archive</headline>
   <headline date="2000-07-18">first <link href="doc">assembler lesson</link></headline>
   <headline date="2000-07-03">VMU data creator 2.3, bug fixes by MORB+RM</headline>
   <headline date="2000-03-03">VMU data creator for DOS/Linux/Solaris</headline>
   <headline date="2000-03-02">VMU data createor 2.2, extracts icons</headline>
   <headline date="2000-03-01">VMU data creator 2.1, decodes now VMI+VMS</headline>
  </news>

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  <references>
    <title>VMU infos</title>

    <info href="http://mc.pp.se/dc/">
      <title>marcus website</title>
      <descr>marcus wrote a VMU assembler, a VMU simulator, some documentation 
            about VMU programming and a game example</descr>
    </info>
    <info href="http://www.maushammer.com/vmu.html">
      <title>j maushammer website</title>
      <descr>john did a windows port of marcus tools and wrote a disassembler 
            for the VMU</descr>
    </info>
    <info href="http://vmudev.dcemulation.com/">
      <title>RAMTronics</title>
      <descr>VMU development site, including the VMU FAQ and ports for good 
            old amiga :-)</descr>
    </info>
    <info href="http://www.egroups.com/group/vmu-dev">
      <title>VMU-DEV mailing list</title>
      <descr>discussion group for real vmu development</descr>
    </info>
    <info href="mail">
      <title>VMU-coders mailing list</title>
      <descr>a mailing list supported by SEGA of America</descr>
    </info>
    <info href="http://www.booyaka.com">
      <title>booyaka</title>
      <descr>discussion boards for DC/VMU programming and game 
             development</descr>
    </info>
  </references>

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    <title>projects</title>

    <info href="nh/">
      <title>Nethack for the PSP</title>
      <descr>the best adventure game ever is coming up next on your PSP</descr>
    </info>

    <info href="VMUDEMO.ZIP">
      <title>VMU Emulator for the PSP</title>
      <descr>
        look at this little program emulating a vmu on the sony psp.
	comes with our old demo and even comes with the missing sine scroller.
	works with 1.5 firmware. after some cleanup the sources will be
	available here too.
      </descr>
      <download>
        <file href="VMUDEMO.ZIP">download and extract onto your memory stick into PSP/GAME</file>
        <file href="vmudemo-1.0.zip">sources for PC (zip)</file>
        <file href="vmudemo-1.0.tgz">sources for unix (tgz)</file>
      </download>
    </info>

    <info href="PASSPORT.VMI">
      <title>BBA Configuration file</title>
      <descr>
        this is a broadband adapter configuration file. it may
	not work as it seems to be encoded somehow. i will see if
	i can make a general one.
      </descr>
      <download>
        <file href="PASSPORT.VMI">DC download</file>
        <file href="PASSPORT.SY2">PC download</file>
      </download>
    </info>

    <info href="http://mg.mud.de/servlets/de.vmu.telnet">
      <title>flash mud client</title>
      <descr>
        if you are able to read and understand german you may try
	the this link. it should work with your dreamcast browser
	and allow you to log into a MUD (multi user dungeon).
	if unsure, use "gast" as name. it not perfect yet as it does
	not display the welcome screen fully at the beginning. this
	project was made possible by <link href="http://www.first.fhg.de/">FhG
	FIRST</link> who wrote the java flash library.
      </descr>
    </info>

    <info href="SCROLL.VMS">
      <title>scroller demo</title>
      <descr>
        the first VirtuaMUnstaz demo based on tetris code from marcus.
      </descr>
      <download>
        <file href="SCROLL.VMI">DC download</file>
        <file href="SCROLL.VMS">PC binary</file>
	<file/>
        <file href="scroll.s">source code</file>
      </download>
    </info>

    <info href="vmi.jsp">
      <title>vmu data creator</title>
      <descr>the vmu data creator can read vmi and vms files and write
             vmi files and icons out of vms files.
             <link href="vmi.jsp">try the online vmu data creator.</link>
      </descr>
      <download>
        <file href="vmi.tgz">source (unix)</file>
        <file href="vmi.zip">source (dos/win)</file>
	<file/>
        <file href="vmu">linux executable</file>
        <file href="vmu.solaris">solaris executable</file>
        <file href="vmu.exe">dos/win executable</file>
      </download>
    </info>

    <info href="bmp2asm.zip">
     <title>bitmap 2 assembler converter</title>
     <descr>
     NeuroS (aka pascal lacroix) made up a dev tool which converts 
     images to binary data (screens, sprites and icons). being windows-based, 
     the tool currently 
     processes .bmp files only. both the binary and the source is included
     in the archive. the source is managed and compiled with microsoft vc 6.0.
     the code it generates is in conformance with the assembler and tetris 
     source code from <link href="http://mc.pp.se/dc/">marcus</link>.
     </descr>
     <download>
       <file href="bmp2asm.zip">binary (win) and source</file>
     </download>
   </info>

    <info>
      <title>other projects</title>
      <descr>we have a lot more ideas for software to bring on the VMU but
             as we have real-life jobs time is tight. maybe you are interested
	     in implementing some of them, like a text browser, a wap
	     browser, calendar with alarm and more.
      </descr>
    </info>
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  <column>
    <title>information</title>

    <info href="doc">
      <title>documentation</title>
      <descr>
      we are collecting the tutorial lessons posted on the 
      <link href="http://www.egroups.com/group/vmu-dev/">vmu-dev</link> mailing
      list. if you want to learn about the VMU and assembler you should have
      a look <link href="doc">here</link>.
      </descr>
    </info>

    <info href="pso">
      <title>pso</title>
      <descr>
      like everyone else we are playing phantasy star online. visit
      our <link href="pso">pso page</link>.
      </descr>
    </info>
    <info>
      <title>about us</title>
      <descr>
      we found a info to the dc animator website in a german mag 
      (<link href="http://www.dc-kult.de/">dc-kult</link>). 
      there we came in contact with VMU programming and later found the 
      assembler and simulator. so we decided to fo rm a demo group (hey, 
      like back in the 80s ;-) and write some code. after a weekend of partying
      and some coding we had our first vmu program working. this is our first 
      demo for 10 years ;-)
      </descr>
    </info>

    <info>
      <title>greetz</title>
      <descr>
      to <link href="http://mc.pp.se/dc">marcus</link>, 
      <link href="http://www.booyaka.com/">loren</link>,
      <link href="http://www.maushammer.com/">j maushammer</link>,
      alexander (<link href="http://www.sega.com/">SEGA</link>), and 
      <link href="http://vmudev.dcemulation.com/">richard</link>
      </descr>
    </info>
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