libgodc
Ranked 6 of 11 language runtimes by recommenders
Lets people write Go programs that run on the Sega Dreamcast, with documentation praised as better than many books. One commenter found it a bit pricey for a 200MHz system.
Lets people write Go programs that run on the Sega Dreamcast, with documentation praised as better than many books. One commenter found it a bit pricey for a 200MHz system.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Documentation praised as very good
“The "book" documentation is better than most of the books I have read and paid this year!”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast” “The documentation is great and I've even learned a thing or two about golang from it!”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast” “The "Effective Dreamcast Go" docs on this are fantastically well written.”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast” Impressive that it exists
“This is awesome, but it's even more amazing that it even exists.”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast” “This is a beautiful thing to exist.”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast” Appreciation for the effort
“This is kind of cool, kudos for the effort.”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast” “You've made my entire WEEK! Thank you!”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Libgodc: Write Go Programs for Sega Dreamcast”
Other language runtimes people recommend
The four most recommended other language runtimes, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .NET | 293 | 148 | 66% | 12 | 10 yrs28 owners | — |
| BEAM (Erlang VM) | 80 | 25 | 76% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Java Virtual Machine | 42 | 23 | 65% | 12 | — | — |
| JVM | 39 | 22 | 64% | 11 | — | — |
| libgodcThis page | 13 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This is awesome, but it's even more amazing that it even exists.”
“The "book" documentation is better than most of the books I have read and paid this year!”
“This is a beautiful thing to exist.”
“It runs fine. It is perhaps a bit pricey for a 200MHz system”
“You've made my entire WEEK! Thank you!”
“The documentation is great and I've even learned a thing or two about golang from it!”
“This is kind of cool, kudos for the effort.”
“The "Effective Dreamcast Go" docs on this are fantastically well written.”
“I built a Go runtime that runs on the Sega Dreamcast, the 1999 console with 16MB RAM and a 200MHz SH4 CPU.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.