Dreamcast Homebrewing

Join us at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, October 5th as Tim Simpson presents on the long rumored topic of programming for the Sega Dreamcast! Doors will open at 6:30 so please arrive ahead of time so we can get ready.

In 2000, an exploit was found for the Sega Dreamcast video game system that allowed any yahoo with a CD burner to produce discs that would play on the system without the need for hardware hacks. While this enabled mass piracy that helped kill the system, hobbyists grasped the opportunity to create a rich ecosystem of free and opensource compilers, libraries and even operating systems to produce legal homebrew games and apps which continue to be updated to this day. Learn about the history of these tools, where to find them, and how to utilize some of C++11's coolest features on the hottest gaming system of 1999.

Tim Simpson was recently discovered frozen in a block of ice by a team of antarctic researchers. He currently works at Rackspace as part of the Managed Security team. He's also the current organizer of the Austin C/C++ Meetup as well as part-time salesperson for Hyper Basic. In his free time he enjoys catching up on the history of the past 16 years.

The talk will take place at Rackspace's Austin office, located on the East side of IH-35 right before Rundberg and after Henna Chevrolet (there is a sign for Rackspace which is visible from the highway). Feel free to park in the same lot as the big Rackspace flag.