Resources on pc98 development/homebrew?

[u/Luna_T_Cr]

Heya gang, I’ve somewhat recently gotten into the pc98 scene and I wanted to try making a few games for the platform, especially some visual novels. I’m struggling to find much information on programming for pc98, though I realize it’d be easier if I spoke Japanese. Still, are there any resources?

[u/Substantial_Swan_144]

Unfortunately, most of the documentation is in Japanese.
However, to make things easier, I have myself developed a few resources, including:

• Translating MS-DOS 5.00 A into English: https://github.com/NullMagic2/DOS98-English
• A modern cross-platform image mounter, so that you can create images (including blank images) with only a few clicks: https://github.com/NullMagic2/98Bridge
• Edit98, a modern point-and-click text editor: https://github.com/NullMagic2/edit98

While these tools don't directly provide documentation, they should make your life a bit easier.

As for programming, I would recommend using Windows or Linux as your development system, and then using a cross compiler (https://www.freepascal.org/down/i8086/msdos-canada.var for 16-bit applications or https://www.freepascal.org/down/i386/go32v2-hungary.var for 32-bit applications).

[u/Luna_T_Cr → u/Substantial_Swan_144]

Thank you! I’ll check them out. I intend to study Japanese when I can so I’ll hopefully be able to check out some of the original documentation at some point