Category: MSX
As some core openMSX developers felt uncomfortable at SourceForge.net because of the story where SF repacked GIMP to include ads, the development team decided to move from SF to Github, at https://github.com/openMSX/. Also the project has a new official address http://openmsx.org. The change really only affects developers that like to either contribute to the project, or simply check the source…
[youtube rushX-wtDig nolink] The Centre for Computer History in Cambridge – UK has announced that the next Retro Gaming Night is happening on June 26th, from 7pm to Midnight. Besides the obvious retro-gaming-jam, the event also allow you to bring that extra retro game or hardware to swap or sell during the event. The space is limited and you can…
If you lost the opportunity to buy these awesome games when they were available on MSX Cartridge Shop, you have another chance! The online store specialized in MSX games has a new batch of both vamped-up versions of Gremlin Graphics’ 1986 classic Gauntlet and Ocean 1986 classic Batman. They can be purchased for 35 euros each (plus shipping) following the…
[youtube Opu-w2LgpK0 nolink] The MSX AREA website made available a new gameplay video and a playable demo of ‘Booming Boy’, a game that features all the components required that will make you enjoy as a classic Japanese arcade game in the first half of the 80’s. Good playability, full of colour and a great music The game will be sold…
Javi Lavandeira is already known by us with his series of articles about MSX development. Today he published on his blog an great article about his visit to ‘Sony Design: MAKING MODERN’ exhibition about the design of Sony products, happening in Ginza, Japan. There, according to Lavandeira (which we agree 110%), they have on display one of the coolest-looking MSX…
VCF East is now part of the history that it tries to tell. The last event took place last weekend, and it seems whoever was able to attend had a blast! If you, like myself, couldn’t be there, you can have a glimpse of the event visiting the link below, containing some nice photos of the event. Link: VCF East…
[youtube 8biJKMm3NEk nolink] This is just a reminder for those who will be able to attend. The 10th edition of the Vintage Computer Festival will be next weekend, April 17-19 in Wall, New Jersey. The sessions for this Friday will include everything from chiptunes to retr0bright to emulating vintage computers on FPGAs, and Saturday and Sunday will feature an incredible…
MSX Magazine Revival were released by ASCII in 2003 in occasion of the platform 20th anniversary, and were sold only in Japan. Each edition had a companion CD containing games and other goods. Now, these CDs are freely available on our beloved Internet Archive in ISO format. Some of the contents of the CDs are: CD1 • “Pleasant 8-Bit Games:”…
[youtube W5VC1s-bbw8 nolink] GM (Video Game Music) is a sound logging format for many machines and sound chips. It logs the commands sent to the sound chips, resulting in files much smaller than mp3s, and more importantly, files that can be played by the sound chips on our MSX computers. VGMPlay for MSX 1.0 has been released supporting all sound…
This time around, Lavandeira goes through the basics of a C program, aiming people that never programmed using the language. Reading through the text, I was gladly surprise how he explained basic concepts and syntax structures. Even if you are not interested on MSX programming, but want to learn a bit more about C language, I strongly recommend this article….
