xsytem35-sdl2

This is a multi-platform port of xsystem35, a free implementation of AliceSoft's System 3.x game engine.

Compatiblity

See the game compatibility table for a list of games that can be played on xsystem35-sdl2.

Unique Features

In addition to the original System 3.x's functionalities, xsystem35-sdl2 has the following features.

Playing audio files as fake CD music

Many System 3.x games had music as audio tracks on the CD-ROM. Xsystem35 can play music from audio files instead, to avoid the hassle of inserting CDs. To use ripped audio files, create a file named playlist.txt in the game directory, and enter the paths to your tracks, one per line. For example:

# The first line is not used
BGM/track02.mp3
BGM/track03.mp3
...

The first line is not used, because track 1 of game CD is usually a data track.

Unicode translation support

The original System 3.x only supported Shift_JIS (a Japanese character encoding), but xsystem35 supports Unicode and is able to run games translated into languages other than Japanese and English.

See xsys35c's document for how to build a game with Unicode mode.

Debugging

Xsystem35 has a built-in debugger that allows you to step through the game and examine / modify variables in the game. There are two ways to use the debugger:

• Through Visual Studio Code (recommended): The vscode-system3x extension provides graphical debugging interface for System 3.x.
• Using CUI debugger: Running xsystem35 with -debug option will start the debugger with console interface. Type help to see a list of available commands.

Installing

Prebuilt packages for Windows and Android can be downloaded from the Releases page. For other platforms, see the Building section.

Running

Windows

Execute xsytem35, and it will show a dialog to select a folder. Select the game folder (where the ALD files are located).

Android

See android/README.md.

Other Platforms

Run xsystem35 from within the game directory.

cd /path/to/game_directory
xsystem35

Building

Linux (Debian / Ubuntu)

$ sudo apt install build-essential cmake libgtk-3-dev libsdl2-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev libwebp-dev libcjson-dev
$ mkdir -p out/debug
$ cd out/debug
$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ../../
$ make && make install

MacOS

Homebrew is needed.

$ brew install cmake pkg-config sdl2 sdl2_mixer sdl2_ttf webp cjson
$ mkdir -p out/debug
$ cd out/debug
$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ../../
$ make && make install

Windows

MSYS2 is needed.

$ pacman -S cmake mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2 mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2_ttf mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2_mixer mingw-w64-x86_64-libwebp mingw-w64-x86_64-cjson
$ mkdir -p out/debug
$ cd out/debug
$ cmake -G"MSYS Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ../../
$ make

Emscripten

$ mkdir -p out/wasm
$ cd out/wasm
$ emcmake cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=MinSizeRel ../../
$ make

To use the generated binary, checkout Kichikuou on Web and copy out/xsystem35.* into its docs directory.

Android

See android/README.md.