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/Metal-Gear-Solid-4-tour.newspost4734.html Gaming website IGN reports that Hideo Kojima will tour around the world, promoting MGS4, the latest chapter of a game series that once started out on MSX! This was revealed during a two hour press and insider event in Tokyo. The announced cities include: Tokyo, London, Madrid, Milano, Amsterdam, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. While there may be MSX users everyw... Thu, 15 May 2008 20:54:57 +0200 http://www.msx.org/RPG-company-poll-down%2C-game-hero-poll-up.newspost4733.html It's halfway the month again, time for a new poll! Prior to presenting the new poll, let's have a look at the outcome of the RPG company poll from April/May. Which company made the best RPG? After 533 votes, here is the result: * Konami 25.33% * Falcom 22.89% * Micro cabin 18.76% * Compile 16.70% * Other 16.32% Conclusion? Konami seems to have done it again! No matter th... Thu, 15 May 2008 00:07:34 +0200 http://www.msx.org/QBIQS-Quarth-for-MSX1.newspost4732.html Source: Karoshi's MSX Forum Z80ST Software is working on a game for MSX1 called QBIQS which is based on Quarth, the well-known puzzle/action game released by Konami for MSX2 and other platforms in the late eighties/early nineties. QBIQS has a smooth scroll, much better than the one of Block Hole, a Quarth clone made by Zemina for MSX1 in 1990. You can watch a video of the cur... Mon, 12 May 2008 22:01:02 +0200 http://www.msx.org/Metal-Gear-Retrospective-trailer%2C-Part-One.newspost4731.html All Metal Gear fans around the world hold their breath waiting for upcoming Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the patriots (planned release date is 12/06/2008), a new installment in the highly popular Metal Gear series, which originally took off on the MSX in 1987. While waiting for the release, GameTrailers decided to heat up the interest by publishing the Metal Gear Restrospecti... Mon, 12 May 2008 17:05:24 +0200 http://www.msx.org/Aldebaran-announced.newspost4730.html It's the year 2100, and to secure its own future mankind is out to colonize another planet in the solar system surrounding the star Aldebaran, the brightest star in the Taurus constellation. This is the story of a new arcade game in development by people from the French MSX website MSX Café. Relevant link: MSX Café - forum thread (in French)... Mon, 12 May 2008 11:36:24 +0200 http://www.msx.org/MajiKazo%2C-Traffic-Jam%2C-Operation-Wolf-Artwork-revealed.newspost4729.html AAMSX has revealed the artwork for the upcoming releases of the MSXdev games MajiKazo, Traffic Jam and Operation Wolf. These cartridges will be sold at the MSX meeting Barcelona on June 7th 2008. Relevant link: AAMSX Mon, 12 May 2008 11:22:09 +0200 http://www.msx.org/MSX-users-meeting-in-Argentina.newspost4728.html The members of the Argentinian MSX mailing list MSX Error 51 have organized a meeting on 21st and 22nd of Juny. There will be draws, an exhibition of MSX hardware and exchange of MSX software. For more information send an email to altaris2000@yahoo.com.ar. Relevant link: MSX Error 51... Sat, 10 May 2008 10:57:59 +0200 http://www.msx.org/Konamito-BASIC-contest%3A-River.newspost4727.html Lord Zett from Darkstone has just submitted his entry for the 25th Anniversary BASIC contest on Konamito: River, a game inspired by Activision's River Raid. Just like the MEGA-Challenge, this contest runs until June 27th, the day we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the computer that has been keeping us busy for a while already. For this contest, you can win a Philips MSX com... Tue, 06 May 2008 10:35:39 +0200 http://www.msx.org/MSXart08.newspost4726.html You may recall a SymbOS image in advertisement style in 2007. That particular image was the winning entry of MSXart'07, a competition organized by the Passion MSX website. If you intended to compete with that challenge, but couldn't make it in time, you'll get a new chance: MSXart'08 has just been announced! As with previous editions, the idea is to create an MSX-themed wallpape... Mon, 05 May 2008 23:46:25 +0200 http://www.msx.org/New-T-Shirts-at-Konamito.newspost4725.html Konamito has prepared a few new t-shirts, all of them related to MSX-personages and -games. These new shirts are available in: S, M, L, XL and XXL and colors are available upon request. A shirt costs €20 including shipment. Relevant link: Konamito T-Shirts... Mon, 05 May 2008 16:09:21 +0200 http://www.msx.org/MSX-Solutions-Malaya-no-Hihou.newspost4724.html Not being someone to take a rest, only_69 keeps himself busy with map making. This little update is about the 1989 MSX2 game Malaya no Hihou by Pony Canyon. Unfortunately the map isn't complete yet. Japanese texts are bothering only_69 and thus he hasn't been able to finish the game. If anyone with Japanese skills - or who otherwise knows how to finish this game - could be of as... Mon, 05 May 2008 10:10:53 +0200 http://www.msx.org/MSX-O-Mizer-v1.0.newspost4723.html MSX-o-mizer v1.0 is an adaption for the MSX of Magnus Lind's Exomizer Windows cruncher which was originally made to pack c64 files. MSX-o-mizer's main features and differences: * Minimal set of parameters (compared to the original exomizer) * Handles MSX binary files (not MSXDOS ones) * Creates MSX executable files by inserting a depacker routine and a binary files header... Sun, 04 May 2008 18:09:55 +0200 http://www.msx.org/Twinbee-rearrange-by-Wolf.newspost4722.html Wolf's latest rearrange is a game from the early Konami years: the vertical MSX1 shooter Twinbee. Rather than his usual near-1:1 rearranges, and rather than a created atmosphere not far away from the original game, this remake is totally different. Partly inspired by music from The Neverending Story, this version is fast, uplifting and loud. If you have free material for our ... Sun, 04 May 2008 14:47:15 +0200 http://www.msx.org/MSX-Solutions-May-2008-update.newspost4721.html Mapmaker only_69 has released five new maps again! These maps can be of great assistance in finishing a relevant game, but could also provide a lot of insight into the design of the game itself. The latter being highly useful for game makers of course. The new maps are: * Yami no Ryu ou Hades no Monshou * La Espada Sagrada - Part I * La Espada Sagrada - Part II * La Esp... Sun, 04 May 2008 12:37:53 +0200 http://www.msx.org/MSX-Download-Charts-April-2008.newspost4720.html It's May 3rd, time to take a look at the MSX Download Charts of April 2008, our monthly overview of the most downloaded files from our Freeware MSX Downloads corner. Infinite's MEGA-Challenge entry Montana John and the Templar's Treasure has entered the MSX Downloads Overall Top 25 with more than 570 downloads. The complete MSX Downloads Charts of April 2008 look as follows: ... Sat, 03 May 2008 09:53:41 +0200 http://www.msx.org/MSX-Viewer-Appendix-English-translation.newspost4719.html Marcelo Teixeira Silveira from Brazil has created an English translation of his MSX Viewer Appendix. This is a PDF document which explains MSX screen modes in their fullest detail while still being understandable for beginning MSX'ers, it's a valuable document for novice MSX developers! Relevant link: MSX Viewer Appendix - English... Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:31:43 +0200 http://www.msx.org/Boxboy.newspost4718.html Good news for Sokoban fans, a new MSX1 game has just been finished: Boxboy. It will be demonstrated on MSXRio'08. This Sokoban-style game has 150 levels divided into 6 worlds and all this in just 32kb! A video of the game is online right here! Relevant link: Boxboy ... Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:26:59 +0200 http://www.msx.org/Micro-Mind.newspost4717.html Xavi_Gipe from Barcelona has finished his entry for Konamito's 25th Anniversary MSX-BASIC Contest: Micro Mind. This game, a Mastermind clone offers you to play 3 levels and up to 8 colors. This is the fourth finished game for this contest, no doubt there are more to come! Relevant link: Micro Mind... Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:47:11 +0200 http://www.msx.org/Caos-Begins-and-Hikaru-Games-in-MundoCombo.newspost4716.html MundoCombo, also known as Nakoko, is a spanish web magazine devoted to a variety of topics such as books, movies, music and videogames. Recently, MundoCombo has published a review of the MSXDev'07 winner, Caos Begins, together with additional information about the group who developped the game, Hikaru Games, and about each of its components. This is certainly good news, as it... Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:17:49 +0200 http://www.msx.org/M.A.Z.E.-final.newspost4715.html Source: Karoshi In march we reported about a beta version of M.A.Z.E., which was to become an entry for the 2KBOS contest. Daniel Vik and Vincent van Dam -a duo of highly active and surprising developers- have now finished this entry. Source code is included, as well as a game ROM and the relevant files you could copy to a disk. Have fun finding your way out! Relevant link... Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:22:28 +0200 http://www.msx.org/Golvellius-translation-patch.newspost4714.html Novalia Spirit just released a translation patch for Compile's action RPG Golvellius. Players that get lost in the game will be happy to know that Novalia Spirit's webpage also contains an informative map of the Golvellius overworld. Let's hope to see more quality translations from Novalia Spirit in the future! Relevant link: Novalia Spirit... Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:14:11 +0200 http://www.msx.org/Donkeyrol-jukebox%3A-April-2008-update.newspost4713.html There are four new songs available for listening and downloading in the donkeyrol jukebox, being: * Andalussian Dragon (by [DK]). Flamenco remix of some Dragon Slayer IV tunes * Demon Horde (by Jorito). Rock remake of the Maze of Galious monsters' theme * MoG Shrine (by Jorito). Ambiental arrangement of the Maze of Galious shrine song * MoG Story (by Wolf). Classical arra... Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:27:59 +0200 http://www.msx.org/Hideo-Kojima-ponders-Snatcher-remake.newspost4712.html On the website IGN, Hideo Kojima has been interviewed regarding the future of Snake, the character of a game that made MSX history and needs no further introduction anymore. On the final page of this interview, Hideo stated these lines: "Finally, it's the end of Snake, so I'd really want to start something really fresh and new when I create the game for the next one. However, ma... Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:43:03 +0200 http://www.msx.org/Best-demo-poll-down%2C-RPG-company-poll-up.newspost4709.html It's the 14th already, high time for a new poll! Prior to presenting the new poll, let's have a look at the outcome of the megapoll finale from March/April. Which MSX demo is the all-time best? After several rounds of voting and finally a front page poll, here's the outcome after 438 people have voted: * 1. Unknown Reality (NOP) 28.54% * 1. MSX Unleashed (dvik and Joyrex) 28.5... Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:16:32 +0200 http://www.msx.org/New-AAMSX-website.newspost4708.html Source: Karoshi forum After the "Concili de Mataró" (Mataró Council) -an MSX meeting held in Mataró (a town near Barcelona, Spain)- the organization of the Asociación de Amigos del MSX (MSX Friends Association) suffered some changes. New members joined the AAMSX to help to liven up the RUs (MSX user meetings in Barcelona) in order to make them more dynamic and to attract new ... Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:32:45 +0200