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[[File:PDS board UK front.jpg|thumb|right|320px|A PDS development board for use with [[ZX Spectrum]] and [[Amstrad CPC]] 8-bit home computers.]]
{{stub}}The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (PDS) was a popular command-line assembler developed by English software engineer Andrew Glaister{{ref|http://www.glaister.com/History/Andy/Andy%20History.htm}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20231209104922/https://www.worldofsam.org/products/pds-development-system}} and first released in 1985 by his London-based company Programmers Development Systems Ltd.{{ref|http://www.glaister.com/History/Andy/Andy%20History.htm}}{{ref|http://www.glaister.com/History/Andy/Business%20Card%201985.jpg}} It was used to develop a number of games for [[Sega]] platforms, generally for 8-bit home computers{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20240228171455/http://retro-hardware.com/2019/05/29/programmers-development-system-pds-by-andy-glaister/}} and the [[Master System]].{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20230111200243/https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/467rau/what_development_tools_did_game_developers_use_in/}}

==History==
===Development===
{{quote|During the rest of the 1980's I started working on a development system as typing in hex using a two line basic program was becoming more and more difficult. This was developed on one of the first [[IBM PC]] clones from England - the '[[wikipedia:Apricot Computers|Apricot PC]]'.

This was an extremely well designed machine and actually had some advantages over the early IBM PC's - namely a 960K memory limit, a separate LCD in the keyboard and great hardware and software manuals. The assembler, editor, debugger, profiler, graphics tool and hardware card to connect to [[Commodore 64|C64]]'s, [[ZX Spectrum|ZX Spectrums]], [[Amstrad CPC|Amstrads]], [[Commodore 16|C16]]'s etc... became really popular with first my friends and then more and more developers.
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I formed a company called 'Programmers Development Systems Ltd.' or PD Systems with [[Jacqui Lyons]] (of [[Marjacq]]) and [[Fouad Katan]] (of [[Bits]]) and for the remainder of the 1980's and early 90's we sold about 500 systems to pretty much all the game development companies in England. Many of the people who bought these systems would never have used the PC for anything else, so it was quite a large investment at the time.|''Andy Glaister''|ref={{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20240401192401/https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/PDS_development_system}}}}

===Release===
Originally released for 8-bit home computers in 1985 as the '''PDSZ80''', it was used to develop software for the [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Commodore 64]], [[MSX]], [[ZX Spectrum]], and [[Master System]]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20230111200243/https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/467rau/what_development_tools_did_game_developers_use_in/}}, among others.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20240228171455/http://retro-hardware.com/2019/05/29/programmers-development-system-pds-by-andy-glaister/}} The hardware was available as a standalone PCB which would connect via parallel cable to the target system. [[Realtime Games Software]] even adapted it for use with the [[Apple Macintosh]], with which they developed the Macintosh port of the game ''[[wikipedia:Carrier Command|Carrier Command]]'' in 1988.{{fileref|AmigaComputing UK 005.pdf|page=20}}{{fileref|AmigaComputing UK 005.pdf|page=21}}

A later release known as the '''PDS68000''' was designed for use with 16-bit computers like the [[Amiga]] and [[Atari ST]].{{ref|http://trastero.speccy.org/cosas/JL/PDS/Introduccion.html}}

==List of developed games==
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*''[[OutRun (Amstrad CPC)]]''<ref>The [[OutRun (Amstrad CPC)|Amstrad CPC version]] was built on the PDS-developed code of the [[OutRun (ZX Spectrum)|ZX Spectrum version]]</ref>{{intref|Interview: Alan Laird (2000-01-02) by reassembler.blogspot.com}}
*''[[OutRun (ZX Spectrum)]]''{{intref|Interview: Alan Laird (2000-01-02) by reassembler.blogspot.com}}
*''[[OutRun Europa (Game Gear)]]''<ref>Hidden text mentions a PDS CONVERTER program, and the game was developed by [[Probe Software]] (known for their PDS use)</ref>{{intref|OutRun Europa/Hidden content#Game Gear version}}
*''[[OutRun Europa (Master System)]]''<ref>Hidden text mentions a PDS CONVERTER program, and the game was developed by [[Probe Software]] (known for their PDS use)</ref>{{intref|OutRun Europa/Hidden content#Master System version}}
*''[[Sega Chess]]''<ref>Hidden text mentions a PDS CONVERTER program, and the game was developed by [[Probe Software]] (known for their PDS use)</ref>{{intref|Sega Chess/Hidden content}}

==Physical scans==
{{gitem|PDS UK manual.pdf|Manual}}

==Photo gallery==
{{gitem|PDS board UK front.jpg|Board (front)}}
{{gitem|PDS board UK rear.jpg|Board (rear)}}
{{gitem|PDS PCcard UK front.jpg|[[IBM PC]] card (front)}}
{{gitem|PDS PCcard UK rear.jpg|[[IBM PC]] card (rear)}}

==References==
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[[Category:Development tools]]