Category: MSX
AAMSX, in collaboration with CulturaChip, organized a music compo for the AY-3-89xx chip series, included as standard part of all MSX computers. As a result of the competition, 10 songs were published. The lucky people able to attend the 46th users meeting were able to buy a disk with the songs, to be played on the MSX. For everybody else,…
Nextor is a disk operating system for MSX computers. It is actually an enhanced version of MSX-DOS, with which it is 100% compatible, and it identifies itself as MSX-DOS 2.31 to MSX-DOS aware applications. This version is the first one incorporating a much requested feature: the disk image emulation mode, that allows to boot the computer using disk image files…
Javi Lavandeira is back with his series of articles teaching MSX development using C language. This time he will show how to compile a program that actually does something, introducing the concepts of: Command line parameters Input/output redirection Pipes Link: Lavandeira’s Blog
[youtube RahrXhQBzW0 nolink] If you liked to watch Banjo’s Video about MSX ‘Knightmare’, you might like to play its remake on your modern PC. Demon Games is releasing ‘Knightmare, the Legend Revives’ for Windows, and as a free download! If you are not sold to the idea yet (what’s the problem with you!?), you can also watch the trailer above….
It’s been almost one month since Javi’s last article, but now he’s back with the 16th part of “Relearning MSX” with a non-technical article, explaining what are his plans from this point forward with this series of articles. First of all, he says that he will be posting updates every Friday, and the next articles will be covering ‘Introduction to…
[youtube R_erjYfuKZA nolink] MSX-AREA magazine will release a new game for MSX2 in cartridge format called BOOMING BOY. The game will be on sale, if the minimum required capacity is completed, during the next veteran MadridSX fair on 27th of June in Madrid. To celebrate the return of this MSX fair, MSX-AREA will offer: BOOMING BOY: 25€ BOOMING BOY +…
If you happen to be in Rio de Janeiro next weekend, and you can’t stand the heat, the stunning scenery or even the beaches with all that pretty people that go there, your weekend is safe! On March 14th (next weekend) the MSXRio is happening, gathering all the MSX fans in a single place to exchange information, show off equipments…
[youtube dvgwp7lciS0 nolink] Banjo Guy Ollie is revisiting and introducing Konami’s Knightmare on this new video of his series ‘MSX Mansion’. He promises to keep a few of knightmare secrets unrevealed too so you’ll need to play it to find out by yourself. Link: YouTube
[youtube cyDB-eg0vtA nolink] You know how YouTube keeps playing new videos after the one you were watching has finished, right? Because of that, I accidentally/luckly learned about this new video series called MSX Mansion, where the user Banjo Guy Ollie reviews MSX games. The reviews are really well done, and his narrative is entertaining as well. So far, there are…
[youtube oi3WrkgRGsQ nolink] Zombie Incident is a Platform/Zombie Smasher game which is being launched this week on Nintendo’s European eShop. The interesting bit is that it was originally developed by a team including NeneFranz in 2011 for a contest, in which multiple games were developed on retro hardware. It won MSXdev’11 which, as the name suggests, challenged teams to create…
