When comparing Microsoft XNA Game Studio vs CRM32Pro SDK, the Slant community recommends Microsoft XNA Game Studio for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D game engines?” Microsoft XNA Game Studio is ranked 80th while CRM32Pro SDK is ranked 91st. The most important reason people chose Microsoft XNA Game Studio is:
it is very easy to import your own 2 dimensional assets
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Pros
Pro Easy assets
it is very easy to import your own 2 dimensional assets
Pro Very easy to use
relies largely on drag and drop elements and has been used to create notable high quality 2d games such as DLC Quest
Pro Great tools included
EditorDPF: resource editor for managing images, tiles, sprites, sounds, etc. of your game
MSTE: tile-based parallax scrolling engine with support to Tiled Qt .TMX files
SetupProject: customized configuration system.
Pro Cross-platform
CRM32Pro works on Windows, Linux and MacOS X.
Pro Open source and free
CRM32Pro is licensed under LGPL license with full access to the source code on the website.
Cons
Con It's dead
It is not getting updated and Microsoft does not recommend using it anymore.
Con Limited platform support
Only supports Xbox 360, Windows and Windows Phone
Con Not as beginner friendly
C/C++ skills and general knowledge of SDL and basic game programming is required in order to get all the benefits.