Home Info Downloads Source Message Board Links   04 January 2002 - Version 1.2 is finished  It took a while, but they're ready...  Changes include: 3D support is looking good - check out the demos You can now read the second joypad Semi-transparency for tiles Fixed many silly bugs here and there.  Grab them now from the Downloads Page.   17 November 2001 - Starfield 2 is ready  More great work from Peter gives us Starfield 2.  You can get it from the Source Page.   13 November 2001 - IDE available for download  Kaigoh has written a nice IDE for the Blade Libraries.  You can download it from the Downloads Page.   07 November 2001 - Message board open  You can now leave any suggestions, questions or bug reports on the Message Board.   10 October 2001 - New version available  Changes for version 1.1 include: Many clipping problems fixed Rotation and scaling for sprites Fixed-up some of the documentation   02 July 2001 - First release of the Blade Libraries  The Blade Libraries, a set of C programming libraries for the Playstation, are ready for a first release.  They've been designed to be easy to use, and unlike Yaroze and PsyQ they're legal and free.  This is a beta release, but the libraries are fairly advanced: Automated install Useful auxiliary tools Double buffering support Simplified Ordering Table usage Comprehensive 2D Graphics support Most GPU primitives implemented Play sound effects Support for MOD music files Preliminary 3D support Documentation and example source code  The MIPSGCC compiler and auxiliary tools are for Windows 95 upwards.  Grab them from the Downloads page and let me know how you get on at blade@ip3.com.   01 July 2001 - Web site open  The basic design of the web site is complete, now for some content... e-mail Blade Playstation is a registered trademark of Sony Inc. This page is NOT sponsored, endorsed or approved by Sony Inc.