http://www.msx.org/ The latest news from the MSX Community. en-uk http://www.msx.org//themes/Classic/images/msxlogo.gif http://www.msx.org/ rss@msx.org http://www.msx.org/Django-translations%3A-Devil-Hunter.newspost5364.html Django has provided a new translation for fans of the RPG genre: the 1990 game Devil Hunter is now partially translated. Despite being an MSX1 game, the graphics look very detailed and colorful. The gameplay and the controls may lack behind a bit for those who've been spoiled by famous MSX2 RPG's such as Xak, Dragonslayer, Ys and SD Snatcher. Now that the game is a bit more play... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:04:55 +0100 http://www.msx.org/Playball-III-Enhanced-HD-version.newspost5363.html Playball III by Sony/Klon had a lot of qualities that could have made it a good game by design, graphics, music, creative voice simulation using the YM2413, and an innovative center-view that allowed the game to be played from the perspective of the pitcher instead of the traditional batter perspective. It also featured imperfect players, from time to time someone will let the b... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:20:08 +0100 http://www.msx.org/Vampier-videos%3A-Makaijima-Higemaru.newspost5362.html Shiver me timbers! For all ye swashbucklin' sprogs and landlubbers out thar who want to raise the Jolly Roger but only met the cat o' nine tails, scallywag Vampier has created a new video for all ye lily-livered gentlemen o' fortune, Yo-ho-ho. In fifteen videos he'll be demonstratin' how to finish this grand fine game called Makaijima - Higemaru, an MSX2 doubloon from 1987 by Ca... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:19:00 +0100 http://www.msx.org/Photoshop-Screen-2-tutorial.newspost5361.html For years aorante has had an MRC account, but only since this month he showed himself to us. His first newspost submission is all about creating graphics. In fact, it's about a little tutorial he has put online in which he explains how to use Photoshop (Elements) in order to create MSX1/screen 2 graphics. Relevant link: Photoshop Screen 2 tutorial... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:48:29 +0100 http://www.msx.org/openMSX-PuppyRus-port.newspost5360.html MRC translator dim-kut compiled and built openMSX for a Linux distribution called PuppyRus. PuppyRus is Russian branch of Puppy Linux that can run from a CD or USB drive-on-a-key, even on very old machines with 128M RAM or less. With PuppyLinux you can boot from your CD or USB drive and play MSX games using openMSX on virtually any PC you encounter on your way. This is extremel... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:47:39 +0100 http://www.msx.org/Raymonds-MSX-pagina.newspost5359.html Raymond, not our favourite bird, but the Dutch guy with the big MSX tattoo on his leg, created a new personal website. Unfortunately for non-Dutchies, the tale about the legendary MSX tattoo will remain a mystery, because its carrier's homepage is in Dutch. People that understand this language can read all about ray2day's MSX adventures on Raymond's MSX pagina. Relevant link:... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:04:15 +0100 http://www.msx.org/MRC-Download-Charts-January-2010.newspost5358.html And so, with the first month of the new year behind us already, it's high time to look at the monthly downloads statistics. DemonSeed's Descending Theme from Deep Dungeon Adventure proved to be a popular download, as well as the usual Metal Gear franchise. If only Konami would know.. Would they actually know? Without further ado: the downloads statistics of January 2010! MSX ... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:13:23 +0100 http://www.msx.org/Vampier-videos%3A-The-Maze-of-Galious.newspost5357.html Currently, Vampier is creating more videos than mankind has time to watch them. His latest output is a walkthrough of Konami's legendary MSX1 platformer The Maze of Galious. Like his other recent game walkthroughs, prepare for razor sharp image quality! Relevant link: The Maze of Galious video... Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:37:13 +0100 http://www.msx.org/Vampiers-openMSX-tutorials.newspost5356.html With Vampier's Laserdisc preview video still fresh in our memory, we can now watch his latest efforts again. He plans on making weekly openMSX video tutorials, aimed at the more complex corners of openMSX. There're three videos already to start with, two of them being part of a longer series of tutorials: * Working with TCL scripts - Part 1 * Working with TCL OSD elements - Part... Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:21:29 +0100 http://www.msx.org/openMSX-LaserDisc-preview.newspost5355.html If you visited the MSX fair in Nijmegen, last weekend, you may have seen LaserDisc support being demonstrated at the openMSX booth. Also, if you follow the dev-versions (developer versions between official releases) you may even have tried it yourself already. Vampier, from recent game video fame, has created a video in which he demonstrates this new feature. It gives you a good... Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:06:14 +0100 http://www.msx.org/fMSX-Dingux-mod.newspost5354.html MRC translator cax made a mod of Zx-81's Dingux port of Marat Fayzullin's fMSX. He's felt a few features were missing and added the following: * added full-screen up-scaling * added MegaROMs type auto-detection by SHA1 (so games like Aleste and Batman work now) * assigned "Exit" from menu to X button * first save state is loaded automatically on ROM opening * path to las... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:19:58 +0100 http://www.msx.org/Nijmegen-2010-photos-online.newspost5353.html Last weekend the Nijmegen 2010 fair took place. This time it was an international event, with standholders from France and Finland. We reported on a photoshoot from this event earlier and now a selection of over 80 photos from Manuel Bilderbeek has been added to our photoshoots. If you have any pictures from MSX fairs and meetings that are not present in our photoshoot secti... Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:20:58 +0100 http://www.msx.org/Nijmegen-2010-photos-at-MSX-Posse.newspost5352.html The first Nijmegen photoshoot is a fact, and without doubt videoshoots will appear later this week. MSX Posse has uploaded no less than 44 pictures taken at yesterday's MSX fair, giving a good impression of the atmosphere. If you weren't able to visit the fair, see what you may have missed! Relevant link: Nijmegen 2010 photoshoot at MSX Posse... Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:41:11 +0100 http://www.msx.org/Ys-1-video.newspost5351.html While Nijmegen visitors are sound asleep, Vampier uploaded a new game video: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen (aka Ys 1). The game itself doesn't need much of an introduction of course. A large franchise of RPG's by Falcom, one which gained recognition for the strong background music, back in its days. As with other recent Vampier videos, sound is crisp and pixels are as sharp as sugar ... Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:27:39 +0100 http://www.msx.org/Goemon-and-Woody-Poco-updates.newspost5350.html Some time ago translations for Goemon and Woody Poco were released. Goemon - being MSX Translations' first release - didn't feature a Turbo mode. But now that feature has been added. Woody Poco had a minor bug in it. Saving to PAC in R800 mode appears to cause data corruption as BiFi pointed out (FM-PACs don't suffer from this flaw). This has now been addressed so you don't need... Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:52:37 +0100 http://www.msx.org/MSX-Info-Update-2010.newspost5349.html You may recall the promotion video made for MSX Info Update 2010, about four months ago. It's a returning tradition, a video where a running MSX can be found in the middle of nowhere of Finland, caves not excluded. As of today, the website of the Finnish MSX meeting MSX Info Update has been updated with the latest news. The dates of this year's edition have been set to the 21st ... Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:34:35 +0100 http://www.msx.org/Becky-English-translation.newspost5348.html Becky-chan, the coolest tomboy on the block, just had her game translated by hap and Rikusu. It's a simple 1983 platform game similar to Lode Runner, but unlike that classic, not worth playing unless you're an Audrey Tautou fan. The patch can be obtained from hap's website, which has recently been relocated to http://tsk-tsk.net/. Relevant link: hap's stuff... Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:25:48 +0100 http://www.msx.org/Franky-Development-Tools.newspost5347.html Franky, the external Sega Master System VDP cartridge by SuperSoniqs, is steadily getting more attention from developers. Yesterday, BiFi opened up a new section on his homepage with Franky mode 4 tools, to encourage development. The toolset currently consists of MSX Screen 5 to Franky mode 4 tile/sprite converters, and a simple viewer to check the result on Franky. BiFi plans t... Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:04:40 +0100 http://www.msx.org/SD-Snatcher-video.newspost5346.html Certainly one of the best MSX games, maybe even the best one. There has been a complete SD Snatcher video on youtube for over two years already, but obviously with 2007 quality. Vampier, one of the few MSX game video providers at this moment, has just finished uploading the final part of his own SD Snatcher video. The difference is evident: crystal clear sound and pixels as shar... Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:14:59 +0100 http://www.msx.org/Deep-Dungeon-Adventure-SCC-enhanced.newspost5345.html Matra has released a Shockware cartridge version of Deep Dungeon Adventure. As a bonus to celebrate this, DemonSeed made a reworked version of the game's "Descending Theme". This is an SCC enhanced re-arrangement, using the same technique featured in Trilobyte's upcoming adventure game Moon Over Arba Minch. The replayer is derived from the PT3 player developed by [WYZ]. This son... Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:07:51 +0100 http://www.msx.org/Deep-Dungeon-Adventure-Shockware.newspost5344.html Deep Dungeon Adventure, an improved version of the MSXdev'08 winning game Deep Dungeon by Trilobyte (ARTRAG, Huey, DemonSeed) has been added to Matra's Shockware library. Changes to this cartridge version include improved graphics, a step counter, and a depth indicator, among other things. For an impression of the gameplay, watch the video of DDA DemonSeed uploaded to YouTube. ... Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:12:35 +0100 http://www.msx.org/Game-videos.newspost5343.html How many game videos will 2010 bring us? Would 50 be a safe bet? People like Vampier and Hydragon are already doing their part, and now FiXato has joined the parade. Let's have a look at the latest videos: * ANMA's Trailblazer inspired game Troxx, by FiXato * M-Kai's Pleasure Hearts, by Hydragon * Norakomi's Manbow 2, by Hydragon. Vampier also made a video of Manbow 2 in 200... Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:50:34 +0100 http://www.msx.org/Philips-Music-Module-Expander-available.newspost5342.html Back in 2005, MSX users around the world were very excited about FRS improving the Philips Music Module BIOS and publishing upgrade schematics. Little did they know that almost five years later, fresh MSX hardware producer SuperSoniqs would be making this upgrade available. This upgrade PCB for the Philips Music Module will turn it into a Panasonic MSX Audio compatible device... Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:18:03 +0100 http://www.msx.org/R-Type-Improvement-Addition.newspost5341.html Irem's R-Type, a fine shooter regarded by some MSXers as a cheap Gradius ripoff, originally only sang MSX-MUSIC if it detected an FM-PAC cartridge. A fix for this peculiarity is already floating around on the internet, though not without its bugs. Today, BiFi (not active on our forum anymore), released an additional ROM image that's able to make R-Type detect MSX-MUSIC. It al... Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:09:00 +0100 http://www.msx.org/Reserving-Sunrise-hardware.newspost5340.html As you may have noticed, Sunrise will bring quite a bunch of hardware and software to the MSX Fair in Nijmegen, two weeks from now. It may not be possible for Sunrise to bring epic quantities of every product though. So, to make sure everyone will be enabled to buy that specific piece of MSX hardware, Sunrise requests you all to inform him of the hardware you seek, upon which it... Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:04 +0100