sony interactive entertainment industry software development computer and video games founded 1990 1990 headquarters bristol england united kingdom key people andy beveridge founder and director martin day founder and research director products prodg snc compiler sn dbs distributed build server parent sony interactive entertainment website www.snsystems.com sn systems is a provider of windows based development tools for games consoles including the playstation 4 playstation 3 playstation 2 playstation 1 playstation vita and psp . the company had provided tools for the atari st 1 amiga 1 sega saturn 1 sega genesis mega drive 1 super nes 1 nintendo 64 2 gamecube game boy advance and nintendo ds . history edit the company was founded in 1990 by martin day and andy beveridge . 3 both directors have backgrounds of developing game console software development tools such as snasm and psy q at cross products and later psygnosis . sn systems long association with the playstation line of consoles began in 1993 when playstation manufacturer sony acquired psygnosis who were publishing sn systems tools at the time . while sony had provided mips r4000 based sony news workstations for playstation development psygnosis disliked the thought of developing on these expensive workstations and asked sn systems to create a pc based development system . 1 at the 1994 winter consumer electronics show psygnosis arranged an audience for sn systems with sony s japanese executives and sony were impressed enough with their development tools that they decided to abandon their plans for a workstation based development system in favor of using sn systems development system exclusively . 1 in 1999 sn systems won a game developer magazine front line award in the programming environment category for its nintendo 64 development product called sn64 . 4 2 the company won again in 2005 this time for the prodg for psp suite . 5 sn systems was acquired by sony interactive entertainment inc. in 2005 6 to provide tools for the playstation 3 and future consoles . based in bristol england they have satellite offices in campbell california and dublin ireland . 7 products edit central to the sn systems product line is the prodg suite comprising a compiler and integration with microsoft visual studio together with a debugger and additional build tools . sn systems now may include its own snc compiler with prodg rather than a derivative of the compiler provided by the console manufacturer frequently a variant of gnu compiler collection . references edit a b c d e f g h the development system . next generation . imagine media 6 49 50 . june 1995 . a b sn64 nintendo64 development tools . parent frame . sn systems . archived from the original on june 14 2002 . retrieved january 15 2015 . our history . sn systems ltd. retrieved january 16 2015 . 1999 front line awards finalists & winners . game developer magazine . archived from the original on january 23 2013 . retrieved january 15 2015 . 2005 front line awards finalists & winners . game developer magazine . archived from the original on may 2 2013 . retrieved january 15 2015 . sony computer entertainment to start providing prodg tools for playstation 3 game content development pdf . sony computer entertainment inc. retrieved september 27 2005 . sn systems expands to ireland . develop . retrieved 3 september 2008 . v t e sony primary businesses sony corporation electronics & holding of the sony group sony entertainment sony interactive entertainment playstation sony pictures entertainment sony music entertainment sony atv music publishing sony financial holdings sony life sony bank sony assurance sony lifecare technologies and brands alpha betacam blu ray bravia cd cell cyber shot dash dream machine dvd felica handycam hdcam hdcam sr locationfree memory stick minidisc minidv mylo playstation reader s pdif sdds sxrd sony tablet transferjet triluminous display umd vaio video8 hi8 digital8 walkman walkman phones xdcam 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