Tag: MSX
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…
Developer: Oniric Factor Publisher: Unknown Year of release: Work in progress Oniric Factor, the Spanish developer of games like Dribol and Spring Warrior, are currently working on a great MSX2 project taking as a reference the well known martial arts game Yie Ar Kung-Fu. But it’s not gonna be a clone of the game published by Konami in 1985, it…
Yes, you read it right. Amstrad, MSX and Enterprise can get a modern multitask operating system and it actually works very well. SymbOS is a graphical user interface (GUI) based multitasking operating system for Z80 based supported home computers. SymbOS provides true multitasking and a complete windows like GUI. It supports up to 1024KB Ram for data and code execution…
When 2015 was coming to an end, somewhere in the MSX Resource Center headquarters the whole website saw its whole life flashes before its eyes when the server two hard disks decided to crash at the same time. We all, retro computing enthusiasts were breathless with the possibility of losing invaluable content related to MSX. The most important MSX site stayed…
We know you can play MSX games on-the-go on your smartphone, but how about do it using a Sega Game Gear!? It is like emulating an Altair in your Commodore 64, but cooler! Developed in Japan, the GGMSX is an adapter that allows you to use MSX1 cartridges in your Game Gear. The video below shows it in action. [youtube q9lrUXYykJ8 nolink]…
Life on Mars is a new game by Kai Magazine, an MSX2 action-platformer game that features good graphics and music. The game will be released as a 512KB megarom cartridge. The requirements are MSX2 or higher with at least 128KB RAM/128KB VRAM (OPL4/MOONSOUND version) or 64KB RAM/128KB VRAM (FM-PAC/MUSIC MODULE version). You can check the game watching the video below….
The YouTube channel “Nostalgia Nerd” has published a video review about the MSX System & Platform. If you know very little about the MSX platform, it is a good opportunity to learn more about it. It tackles the platform history, going from its origins, different models, hardware overview and games. Probably die-hard MSX fans will find it a little superficial, but…
