Category: MSX
Clube MSX, the Portuguese-speaking magazine about the MSX line of computers, has announced the pre-sale of its 9th issue. The magazine can be pre-ordered from today, June 10th through June 17th for the special price of R$ 21,90 (~ USD 4.50). After that, the price will be R$ 24,90 (~USD 5.10). This issue brings an interview with Renato Degiovani, author…
Yazzie MSX Remastered is the fourth entry running for the best MSX game of 2020, contest organized by MSXDev since 2003. Developed by RetroSouls, Yazzie is a colourful puzzle-platform game where you have to find the best way to grab the gold while avoiding the enemies that get on your way as well as mines placed strategically to prevent you…
Fabio Ritter has announced the release of his new racing game for the MSX. Endurance is a racing game heavily inspired by 1983 Activision’s Enduro for the Atari 2600, but with some nice additions that make it more interesting and fun to play. Endurance offers two game modes. On the enhanced mode, other than the original race-against-time gameplay, your car…
Subcommander is the third entry for the 2020 edition of MSXDev, the already traditional MSX game development contest that this year is, for a change from previous years, allowing only pure MSX1 games to participate. With this in mind, Zoran Majcenić has created a colourful and fast-paced submarine shoot’em up game. The gameplay is straightforward: you have to destroy as…
Yes, today is Friday, 13th! If you are not superstitious and you are an MSX enthusiast, today is your lucky day! Clube MSX is starting to accept orders for its eighth issue. Issue #8 will have 40 pages full of MSX goodies, including a special article about MSX soundtracks and their composers; review for the games Shoulder Blade OUTERSPACE and La…
I have to admit I am a big fan of WebMSX. We have many good web-based emulators for different machines, but I find WebMSX the only one that I can really replace a desktop counterpart without compromises. Paulo Peccin just announced on Twitter the immediate availability of a major update of the emulator. This version 6.0 brings support for the…
Jäästä is a graphical text-based adventure for the MSX1 where you play a penguin and your objective is to buy a “hatching day” gift to your friend Paula. In order to do that, you need money you don’t have. There is where your adventure begins. The premise is simple and the game is short but well-executed. I’ve played the whole…
Dot Attack is the very first contestant for the 2020 edition of MSXDev. Released at Beuningen 2020, the game developed by the group N.O.P is a colourful gunfight two-player game where the cowboys duel. Only the fastest will survive! The duel doesn’t end with a simple fast draw because cactuses and other elements can be on your way preventing you…
Who Dares Wins for MSX2, a remake of the ’86 game Who Dares Wins 2 by Alligata, was launched in 2017 as a physical copy. If you haven’t had the chance to purchase or simply don’t have a real machine, you can now download the game for free. Retroforce has announced the great news at the 56th Barcelona MSX meeting, which…
I believe everybody, even outside of the ZX Spectrum community, knows about Jonathan Cauldwell’s Arcade Game Designer (AGD), a game engine that lets you create professional-looking games for the Speccy and Amstrad CPC. Not long ago the Dragon and CoCo community were blessed by a converter tool that helped to bring nothing less than 219 games made with AGD to…
