-void Sys_Printf (const char *fmt, ...);
-// send text to the console
+/// an error will cause the entire program to exit
+void Sys_Error (const char *error, ...) DP_FUNC_PRINTF(1);
+
+/// (may) output text to terminal which launched program
+void Sys_PrintToTerminal(const char *text);
+
+/// INFO: This is only called by Host_Shutdown so we dont need testing for recursion
+void Sys_Shutdown (void);
+void Sys_Quit (int returnvalue);