Simple DirectMedia Layer

Software theme

A cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D video framebuffer.

1642

games

platforms

Alternate name: SDL

Daimonin

WIN 2005

The Battle for Wesnoth

LIN 2003-06

Val & Rick

LIN 2005-03-14

AstroMenace

LIN 2007

Block Attack - Rise of the blocks

LIN 2006

LIN 2009-11-05

LIN 2015

WIN 2005-06

WIN 2013-12-03

WIN 2006-07-31

LIN ? *

GBA 2003? *

The first video game about Simple DirectMedia Layer was released in 1990.

New Breed Software, ABA Games and LGames has published most of these games

Supported platforms:
* Linux, BSD, Solaris, IRIX, QNX
* Windows
* Windows CE
* BeOS
* Mac OS X

Unsupported platforms (that may work):
* AmigaOS
* Dreamcast
* Atari 16-bit
* AIX
* OSF/Tru64
* RISC OS (support dropped with 2.0)
* SymbianOS
* OS/2

Parent groups

License: Lesser GNU Public License, License: PNG/ZLIB, License change, Programming libraries

Child group

Simple DirectMedia Layer 2

Related site

Official website

Platforms

Linux		914
BeOS		194
BSD		135
Windows		120
Mac OS X		77
Pandora		31
GP2X		31
OS/2		30
Solaris		24
Amiga		13
Unix		12
Atari ST		9
Zaurus		9
Mac OS Classic		6
MS-DOS		5
Android		5
Xbox		4
PSP		3
Amiga AGA		3
Nintendo DS		2
GamePark 32		2
Palm		1
TI Calculators		1
Wii		1
GBA		1
GameCube		1
TizenOS		1
PS4		1
Win3.1		1
PS Vita		1

By year

A	1998 - Initial release
B	2007 - SDL 1.2.13
C	2013 - SDL 2.0.0

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