I'm interested in creating software/games for Sony PlayStation 2 consoles since they contain powerful processors for graphics (GPUs), floating-point calculations and general CPU.
I have acquired a PS2 console and its PS2 SDK v3.07 which, supposedly came with the PS2 Dev Kit (which costs $8,000). I don't have the PS2 Dev Kit console though.
Can I use my ordinary PS2 console, to develop native programs and games? Will I require that special PS2 which comes with the PS2 Dev Kit or can I re-program my PS2 to behave that way? I don't mind lack of debugging features as long as I can write code and get it to run on the PS2!
Also, is the PS2 supplied with the PS2 Dev Kit a special one with extra/different hardware? Or just a different OS in order to have debugging facilities etc?
Here's whats I got in the PS2 SDK:
- PlayStation 2 Programmer Tool Tool Chain EE 3.2-ee-030926
- PlayStation 2 Programmer Tool Runtime Library Release 3.0.2
- PlayStation 2 Programmer Tool Runtime Library NTGUI package Release 3.0
- PlayStation 2 CD/DVD-Rom Generator 1.5
- PlayStation 2 CD/DVD-Rom Generator 2.0
- ProDG for PlayStation 2
- License for ProDG tools (PlayStation 2)
- License for ProDG Target Manager & ProDG NDK Analyzer
- GCC ee 3.2 ee Cygwin
- Hardware Docs (eg. Instruction Set Manual, User Guide, etc)
Thanks for any help!