SN Systems is a provider of Windows

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 development tools for games consoles, including the PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3

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, PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

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, PSP

PlayStation Portable

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. Before it was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment

Sony Computer Entertainment

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 Inc. it also provided tools for the Nintendo 64

Nintendo 64

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, GameCube, Game Boy Advance

Game Boy Advance

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 and the Nintendo DS

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.

Centre to the SN Systems product line is the ProDG suite, comprising a compiler

Compiler

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 and integration with Microsoft Visual Studio

Microsoft Visual Studio

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, together with a debugger

Debugger

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 and additional build tools. SN Systems has recently started to include its own compiler (SNC) with ProDG, rather than a derivative of the compiler provided by the console manufacturer

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 (frequently a variant of GNU Compiler Collection

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).

The company was founded in 1988 by directors Martin Day and Andy Beveridgehttp://www.snsystems.com/company/. Both directors have background from developing game console software development tools, such as SNASM and Psy-Q, at Cross Products and later Psygnosis.

SN Systems was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment

Sony Computer Entertainment

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Inc. in 2005 to provide tools for the PlayStation 3.http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/050927be.pdf

External links

• SN Systems - Homepage
• About SN Systems - Official Press Release