[RESOLVED]Playstation

[Mxjerrett]

Is it possible to design a game in vb6 and put it on a cdrom and play it on playstation

[si_the_geek]

I'm afraid not.. Playstations have specific security measures to stop that kind of thing, so even if you were programming in a valid language (VB isn't, as they dont use Windows), and knew how to make things work (as they use specific libraries/API's), you would not be able to run the program.

[Rich2189]

There is something called Yabasic which can be used to make primitive games for the playstation. Yabasic for the playstation is called Playstation-Basic, i would invest in a USB keyboard as typing code with a controller will suck.

[Jacob Roman]

Playstation requires a special kind of C++ programming language, that compiles into a Playstation format that the system can read, called VectorC. The professional edition costs around $800 - $4000 depending on what licences you want! VB6 is a Microsoft based language that depends on the Windows OS and runtime dlls to run them, so it's not possible.

[NoteMe]

Errrr, VectorC is just a very optimized compiler for vector code.

What you need to make full games on a PS is a dev kit (as Si said). The same yields for Wii and XBox. YOu have to be a software house to usually get one, and sign a lot of stuff, and of course pay a lot of money.

Here is pictures of what the PS3 dev kit will probably look like:
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/705/705349p1.html



Then again, there is rumours about the Wii Dev Kit going to be really really cheap (few hundred dollars). And it might be easier to get a license there. The XBox kit might be a bit cheaper this time too, but don't dare to think about PS3 just yet...


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[Mxjerrett]

thanks for all the help guys

[tylerm]

To use Visual Basic .NET you would need .net framework on the playstation, not possible. C++ is the only unmanaged .net language.

[NoteMe]

To use Visual Basic .NET you would need .net framework on the playstation, not possible. C++ is the only unmanaged .net language.

Now that must be a nice oxymoron. How can a language be an unmanaged .NET language. Either you use the .NEt version or you do not. Just like you can write unmanaged code in C++, or you can use the .NET framework to make managed code.



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[BramVandenbon]

Playstation requires a special kind of C++ programming language, that compiles into a Playstation format that the system can read, called VectorC. The professional edition costs around $800 - $4000 depending on what licences you want! VB6 is a Microsoft based language that depends on the Windows OS and runtime dlls to run them, so it's not possible.

Pfff sounds pretty expensive. Mxjerret I guess you really want to go for the playstation right?

Maybe the following is something worth considering:
I have a "ATI Radeon 9700 Mobile"-card in my laptop and it has a TV-out port so that I can attach my laptop to my TV. Last year I bought myself 2 gamepads and now I often play videogames on tv. And because there are a lot of emulators available that means I can also play the old Sega, Nintendo NES and SNES games. Of course I can also play selfmade games (in VB or any language) or watch some dvd, do some programming on tv or whatever I like doing.

( Lol, at least it's a cheaper solution to buy yourself a laptop and some gamepads instead of buying some $2000 software )