Category: MSX

After months of preparation, which included the MSX community participation, the 2017 MSXDev has all the rules defined and it is ready to start tomorrow, Jan 1st, 2017! The development contest will run throughout the year, but the most important date is the submission deadline – October 1st 2017. There will be two categories: This year, there will be two categories:…

MSX Cartridge Shop has announced three games that you will be able to have in physical cartridges and awesome packaging. Manbow 2 and Caos Begins are re-editions and the third one is Alien 8 for the MSX2, which will have a physical edition for the first time. Based on the photos provided, they are well worth The shop also informs that if…

WebMSX is a fully-featured browser-based MSX emulator. With the new version 4.0, it brings support for mobile browsers. With this release, you can play your favorite MSX game on the go using your iPhone or Android phone. It not only runs the emulator but also allows the user to play games in full screen using virtual buttons that work on your…

Werner Augusto Roder Kai is for sure the largest MSX collector in Brazil, but with 170 MSX machines in his collection, it is not hard to believe it might be the biggest in the World. The photo above shows only part of his collection, with 145 machines! Adding all software, boxes, cartridges, and accessories the collection would weight easily more…

MSXDev’17 is a go, and the organizers are back preparing the iconic MSX development contest. This year, the MSXDev team is asking your input about the contest, rules, prizes, or whatever you think would make it a great contest. MSXDev’15 edition had a lot of road bumps, mainly for the lack of interest, even from the judges (you can read…

Imanok, a prolific MSX game developer has announced that he’s taking pre-orders of his upcoming game ‘Tina’s Adventure Island’ for the MSX. According to the developer, you only need an MSX1 computer to play the 64Kb game, which features 35 stages and including 5 bosses. I played a bit of the demo available and the side scroller platformer game shows…

MRC user Victor has released the Salamander IPS Patch, which upgrades your existing Salamander .ROM with the following changes: – smooth scrolling and bug-fixes; – turbo FIX, Dynamic Vsync, Ripple Laser FIX, new colors; – voice SET (with second SCC inserted); – Gradius 2 included to get the “Crystal Breeze” for a happy end; – invincible mode; – and in-game…

It’s been a good couple of days for MSX Homebrew. Yesterday we announced Sector 88 and Transball and today we have a special treat for you! Eric Boez over at msx.org has given us the heads up about the new Pre-order Launch of ‘Code Name Intruder’. Code Name Intruder is a new Arcade Shoot ’em up that has been WIP…

Earlier this summer, the game Transball was released as free to play software. Now there’s a cartridge version available! The cartridge version of Transball is for sale for 24 euros at the Repro-Factory MSX shop. [youtube GkkUxyVAiwg nolink] In this game battle against gravity and base defenses to recover energy balls, then bring them back with you and escape. Will…

MRC User KAI Magazine has recently released Space RPG Sector 88. This new MSX2 gem is digitally available and a cartridge version will follow soon. The game has 11 missions, 10 visual stages (graphic novel style) with 3 endings depending on your choices. The 10 stages which will reveal a deep story, freedom to upgrade your ship at will, freedom…