diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1746e326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bin
+obj
diff --git a/NDS.cpp b/NDS.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9922975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NDS.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "NDS.h"
+
+
+namespace NDS
+{
+
+//
+
+
+void Init()
+{
+    Reset();
+}
+
+void Reset()
+{
+    FILE* f;
+
+    f = fopen("bios9.bin", "rb");
+    if (!f)
+        printf("ARM9 BIOS not found\n");
+    else
+    {
+        // load BIOS here
+
+        fclose(f);
+    }
+}
+
+
+template<typename T> T Read(u32 addr)
+{
+    return (T)0;
+}
+
+template<typename T> void Write(u32 addr, T val)
+{
+    //
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/NDS.h b/NDS.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e051b88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NDS.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+
+#ifndef NDS_H
+#define NDS_H
+
+#include "types.h"
+
+namespace NDS
+{
+
+void Init();
+void Reset();
+
+template<typename T> T Read(u32 addr);
+template<typename T> void Write(u32 addr, T val);
+
+}
+
+#endif // NDS_H
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index b4392ec5..fee895c3 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-#include <iostream>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "NDS.h"
 
-using namespace std;
 
 int main()
 {
-    cout << "Hello world!" << endl;
+    printf("melonDS version uh... 0.1??\n");
+
+    NDS::Init();
+
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/types.h b/types.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b4a408a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// types, common crap
+
+#ifndef TYPES_H
+#define TYPES_H
+
+typedef unsigned char       u8;
+typedef unsigned short      u16;
+typedef unsigned int        u32;
+typedef unsigned long int   u64;
+typedef signed char         s8;
+typedef signed short        s16;
+typedef signed int          s32;
+typedef signed long int     s64;
+
+#endif // TYPES_H