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SDL

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Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D video framebuffer. It is used by MPEG playback software, emulators, and many popular games, including the...

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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about SDL, and it has gotten 34 likes

SDL was added to AlternativeTo by marevalo on May 22, 2012 and this page was last updated Oct 2, 2021. SDL is sometimes referred to as Simple DirectMedia Layer.

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Oktay Mercan
Mar 8, 2020
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Nice and support many platform.

What is SDL?

Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D video framebuffer. It is used by MPEG playback software, emulators, and many popular games, including the award winning Linux port of "Civilization: Call To Power."