Category: MSX

Double Rainbow is a new puzzle game for the MSX1 by Hakogame. You have a choice to play either Hunt, or Peck game modes. In Hunt, the goal is to find rainbow chains in a screen filled with coloured blocks, while in Peck, the goal is to fill the screen with coloured blocks. Both are clever puzzle games that’ll keep…

A simple technical demo of the first level of Prince of Persia for the ColecoVision, MSX and SG-1000. These consoles never got a port of Prince of Persia. This is a prototype release to keep you updated with progress on the project. The game plays smoothly, but it’s still missing a few features. Guards have been added to prove it…

The Goblin is the 22nd entry to the MSXdev23 Competition. Similar in many ways to the Arcade classic Bubble Bobble, this game is confined to one screen and you have to immobilize your enemies first, in order to dispatch of them. Naturally, there are game elements such as a time limit, differentiating enemy movement patterns, and elaborate platforming mechanics in…

The aim of the game is the simplest but fun at the same time, where we play the role of a strange thief, intent on plundering a crazy house (hence the name Mad House) with features more similar to a museum, where inside there are treasures, jewels and above all whole bags of gold tokens belonging to an ancient dynasty…

The history so far… You were there for the orbital battle. Victory was never the question, but you gained time. Time for the people below. When the inevitable happened, you escaped, come back. In the planet, you helped defend the cities. No victory expected there either, but you persevered. Saved more people by pushing the inevitable. Then the bomb hit….

In the game Woods Rat you’re stuck in a maze of trees, collecting keys, avoiding spooky ghosts and using the keys to find the exit. During all this chaos, you still somehow manage to find the time to enjoy a hot bowl of noodle soup and a refreshing ice cream dessert! What? Rats need food too! What else would you…

Spellbound is a computer game that was designed and programmed by David Jones with music by Rob Hubbard and released in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC home computers. It is the second game in the Magic Knight series. Unlike the other Magic Knight games, Spellbound was never released for the MSX system back in 1985, but an authorised version has finally been released by Tracy Lewis…

FX Software and AAMSX have released the Batman ROM for MSX2, an unofficial remake of Ocean Software’s Batman (1986) for systems such as ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, that was originally published in 2014 as a paid game in physical format. Funny thing is, this isn’t even new News! I found the announcement on Twitter today from July this year….

Welcome to the Space Archeology Corps! Our mission is to explore and document each and every ancient ruin that’s found in outer space. There’s so much to learn about the sentient species that lived in the universe thousands of years ago. Your current assignment is to investigate the planet Shyre. Remains of unspecified alien origin have been discovered, and we…

Attack of the Petscii Robots has been ported over to the MSX by Robosoft. Your goal is to infiltrate the settlements and destroy all of the robots. The trick, however, is finding all of the right tools and learning how to use them to complete that task. Exploration ahead, indeed. The manual doesn’t give any more clues than this, so…