Section idea: Development Tools

[codeman38]

I'm considering adding a section for tools that were used by pirate developers in the development of their games. These will often be shared among games made by the same developer or closely related developers.

Things I'm considering adding include:
* PC Paint - A very popular paint program amongst pirate devs. Pretty much all the companies based out of the greater Taichung area (Gamtec, Chuanpu, V.Fame) used it, as did Super Game and BBD.
* Deluxe Paint - Equally popular amongst pirate devs. Hummer Team, BBD, and Yong Yong have all used this one, judging from fonts used in their games.
* Borland BGI - The graphics library from Borland's Turbo compilers, the font from which has appeared in games by NTDEC.
* Tomsoft Studio Sega Kit - Used for a number of pirate Mega Drive games.
* Gamtec Gameboy Hex -> Update Bin - Referenced in a number of pirate Game Boy ROMs. I still have no idea what this tool actually did (patcher? compiler? converter?), but it obviously existed.

Anyone think this would be worth adding?

[taizou]

Yeah, I'd say it's worth doing - I've found myself mentioning PC Paint particularly in a few articles recently, itd be nice to draw it all together somewhere.

[Awesome Panda]

It's definitely worth adding these pages to the wiki if you ask me.

[codeman38]

OK, I'll start working on a page about PC Paint, at least, since it's been mentioned on several pages already. Plus I can get screenshots easily since I have it installed in DosBox.

If I do a second one, it'll probably be about Deluxe Paint, since I've got an old copy of that too.

[KingPepe]

I say go for it.

[codeman38]

I've created an article on PC Paint and linked it where it's mentioned in other articles.