All-right. Nobody ever said this was going to be easy. But the 7 choices that await you in this round... might cause you some sleepless nights. It's time for round 5 in our quest for the most essential MSX event. So, what's there to vote about? We're on a quest to find out which event the visitors of MRC think is the most essential MSX event that took place between 1985 and 2005. From the initial 78 nominees, there 14 have moved on to this round.

Right here you can find a list of all nominees that are still in the competition with the reasons why they were nominated. To make it even easier for you, the nominees are listed in the order of the votesheet below. Please read it first, carefully, and don't hesitate too look back at this list later on. Got it? Great!

Below is a list of 7 pairs. Your job is to divide three points between each pair. So with the pair

option A | option B

the following scores are valid:

3 - 0 ;option A | option B
2 - 1 ;option A | option B
1 - 2 ;option A | option B
0 - 3 ;option A | option B

It is NOT permitted to give halve points [yup, only non-negative integers are allowed!], the total points divided each pair HAS to be 3 points. You will have to make this decision each pair, until you completed the entire list. Mixing pairs with others is not allowed. Only completely valid submissions will be counted.

So all you have to do to vote is join the MRC, log in and fill in the votesheet below. This second round closes at October 8th, 23:59 CET. Happy voting!

Release of MSX2 | Tilburg fair
Konami | The release of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
MSX disk drive | The release of SD-Snatcher
Compile | MSX turboR
Japan software houses | MSX Resource Center
V9938 | V9958
Sunrise - gameproductions | Sunrise - hardware

3-0 Release of MSX2 | Tilburg fair
3-0 Konami | The release of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
2-1 MSX disk drive | The release of SD-Snatcher
3-0 Compile | MSX turboR
2-1 Japan software houses | MSX Resource Center
3-0 V9938 | V9958
1-2 Sunrise - gameproductions | Sunrise - hardware

I mainly vote for historical siginificance.. tR, 9958, all nice stuff, but nearly zippo dedicated software. So, out they be!

3-0 Release of MSX2 | Tilburg fair
3-0 Konami | The release of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
3-0 MSX disk drive | The release of SD-Snatcher
3-0 Compile | MSX turboR
3-0 Japan software houses | MSX Resource Center
2-1 V9938 | V9958
1-2 Sunrise - gameproductions | Sunrise - hardware

3-0 Release of MSX2 | Tilburg fair
3-0 Konami | The release of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
3-0 MSX disk drive | The release of SD-Snatcher
0-3 Compile | MSX turboR
3-0 Japan software houses | MSX Resource Center
3-0 V9938 | V9958
3-0 Sunrise - gameproductions | Sunrise - hardware

It's gonna be close... "Release of MSX2" vs "Konami"....

3-0 Release of MSX2 | Tilburg fair
3-0 Konami | The release of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
3-0 MSX disk drive | The release of SD-Snatcher
3-0 Compile | MSX turboR
3-0 Japan software houses | MSX Resource Center
3-0 V9938 | V9958
0-3 Sunrise - gameproductions | Sunrise - hardware

2-1 Release of MSX2 | Tilburg fair
2-1 Konami | The release of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
3-0 MSX disk drive | The release of SD-Snatcher
3-0 Compile | MSX turboR
2-1 Japan software houses | MSX Resource Center
3-0 V9938 | V9958
0-3 Sunrise - gameproductions | Sunrise - hardware

Japan software houses | MSX Resource Center

*awaiting snout's shameless vote ^_^

2-1 Release of MSX2 | Tilburg fair
3-0 Konami | The release of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
3-0 MSX disk drive | The release of SD-Snatcher
1-2 Compile | MSX turboR
1-2 Japan software houses | MSX Resource Center
2-1 V9938 | V9958
1-2 Sunrise - gameproductions | Sunrise - hardware

3-0 ; Release of MSX2 | Tilburg fair
3-0 ; Konami | The release of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
3-0 ; MSX disk drive | The release of SD-Snatcher
0-3 ; Compile | MSX turboR
3-0 ; Japan software houses | MSX Resource Center
2-1 ; V9938 | V9958
0-3 ; Sunrise - gameproductions | Sunrise - hardware

3-0 Release of MSX2 | Tilburg fair
3-0 Konami | The release of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
3-0 MSX disk drive | The release of SD-Snatcher
3-0 Compile | MSX turboR
3-0 Japan software houses | MSX Resource Center
0-3 V9938 | V9958
0-3 Sunrise - gameproductions | Sunrise - hardware

3-0 Release of MSX2 | Tilburg fair
3-0 Konami | The release of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
3-0 MSX disk drive | The release of SD-Snatcher
3-0 Compile | MSX turboR
3-0 Japan software houses | MSX Resource Center
0-3 V9938 | V9958
0-3 Sunrise - gameproductions | Sunrise - hardware

2-1; Release of MSX2 | Tilburg fair
2-1; Konami | The release of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
1-2; MSX disk drive | The release of SD-Snatcher
2-1; Compile | MSX turboR
2-1; Japan software houses | MSX Resource Center
3-0; V9938 | V9958
1-2; Sunrise - gameproductions | Sunrise - hardware

this poll is too cruel...

3-0 Release of MSX2 | Tilburg fair
3-0 Konami | The release of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
3-0 MSX disk drive | The release of SD-Snatcher
1-2 Compile | MSX turboR
2-1 Japan software houses | MSX Resource Center
2-1 V9938 | V9958
0-3 Sunrise - gameproductions | Sunrise - hardware

3-0 Release of MSX2 | Tilburg fair
3-0 Konami | The release of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
2-1 MSX disk drive | The release of SD-Snatcher
2-1 Compile | MSX turboR
2-1 Japan software houses | MSX Resource Center
2-1 V9938 | V9958
1-2 Sunrise - gameproductions | Sunrise - hardware

Quote:

this poll is too cruel...

Indeed

2-1 Release of MSX2 | Tilburg fair
3-0 Konami | The release of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
3-0 MSX disk drive | The release of SD-Snatcher
3-0 Compile | MSX turboR
2-1 Japan software houses | MSX Resource Center
3-0 V9938 | V9958
1-2 Sunrise - gameproductions | Sunrise - hardware