SDCC is a optimizing Standard C (ANSI C89, ISO C99, ISO C11) compiler suite that targets Zilog Z80 (among others MCUs). It is composed of many tools including C compiler (based on GCC), assembler and linker (based on asxxxx).

Homepage: http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/

Standard library

SDCC's ANSI C standard library.

• Link: https://smecers.appspot.com/SDCC_msx/index.htm (March 2015)
• Author: various
• License: GNU General Public License version 2.0 & 3.0
• Version: Lastest
• Platform: Windows, Linux and macOS
• Features: stdio, math, string, time, ...

Other libraries

Avelino Herrera

• Link: http://msx.avelinoherrera.com/index_en.html (July 2016)
• Author: Avelino Herrera Morales
• License: Creative Commons BY-NC 2.0
• Version: T.B.D. (2016 SDCC version)
• Platform: T.B.D.
• Features:
  • SDCC backend for MSX-DOS
  • SDCC backend for MSX ROMs
  • MoonSound programming
  • Huffman compression
  • Graphics
  • PSG
  • Fixed point math

Fusion-C

• Link: https://github.com/ericb59/Fusion-C-v1.2 (Sep 2021)
• Author: Eric Boez
• License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0]
• Version: SDCC 4.0.0
• Platform: T.B.D.
• Features: T.B.D.

More details: Fusion-C

Konamiman

• Link: http://www.konamiman.com/msx/msx-e.html#sdcc (May 2019)
• Author: Nestor "Konamiman" Soriano Vilchez
• License: MIT license (code) / Creative Commons BY-SA (document)
• Version: T.B.D.
• Platform: T.B.D.
• Features:
  • MSXCHAR: Standard C console functions for MSX
  • CRT0 for MSX-DOS: Startup code files that allow the generation of MSX-DOS executable files with SDCC
  • ASMLIB: C library for assembler and UNAPI interop
  • INLIB: C library for InterNestor Lite 1.x
  • BASE64LIB: C library for Base64 encoding and decoding
  • SHALIB: C library for SHA1 hashing

MSXgl

• Link: https://github.com/aoineko-fr/MSXgl (December 2022)
• Author: Guillaume "Aoineko" Blanchard
• License: Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0
• Version: SDCC 4.2.0
• Platform: Windows, Linux and macOS.
• Features:
  • Output media: MSX-DOS, Basic binary, ROM (8 to 64 KB) and MegaROM (ASCII 8/16, Konami, Konami SCC)
  • VDP (9918, 9938 & 9958), Sprite, Input (Keyboard, joystick, mouse), Math, String, Draw, BIOS, Real Time Clock, ...
  • Audio chip: PSG, MSX-Music (FM-PAC), MSX-Audio and SCC
  • Audio format: Arkos, PT3, ayFX, Trilo SCC, WYZ, VGM, lVGM and PCM-Enc

More details: MSXgl

rlengine (retrodeluxe engine)

• Link: https://github.com/retrodeluxe/rlengine-msx
• Author: RetroDeLuxe (Enric Martin Geijo)
• License: GPLv2
• Version: Custom SDCC fork based on 3.8.5
• Platform: T.B.D.
• Features:
  • Build System support for 32K, 48K and up to 2048K ROMS
  • Support for banked calls and automated bank switching allowing larger code bases
  • Automatic compilation of assets (Maps, Tiles, Sprites) from common tools and formats (PNG, Tiled, etc.)
  • Vortex Tracker II Music and SFX player (PT3, AFB)
  • Different modes of compression for Map and Tile Data
  • Several abstractions to ease development of complex games: Display Lists, Animations, Collision Handlers, Fonts, etc.
  • Early support for MSX2 (screen 5 blit, palette, sprites mode 2, and mouse)

SolidC

Based on SOLIDC compiler source port to SDCC.

• Link: https://smecers.appspot.com/SDCC_msx/index.htm (March 2015)
• Author: T.B.D.
• License: T.B.D.
• Version: T.B.D.
• Platform: T.B.D.
• Features: BIOS, DOS, Sprite, VDP command

ubox

• Link: https://www.usebox.net/jjm/ubox-msx-lib/ (Dec 2021)
• Author: Juan J. Martinez
• License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0
• Version: SDCC 4.0.0
• Platform: T.B.D.
• Features: T.B.D.