2004 minigame compo
Topic: Development
For the fourth year in a row an international multi-platform minigame competition is being held over here. The purpose of this competition is to create either a 1K or 4K game on NES, Plus/4, Atari 800, Atari 2600, Commodore 64/128 or VIC-20, Apple 2 or MSX.
ASCII MSX C page
Topic: Development
Not new, but perhaps unknown: a website dedicated to the ASCIII MSX C compiler at http://fvu.myweb.nl/Projects/Msx/Web/msx.htm. The pages are written by Freddy Vulto. Here you will find not only information about this official MSX C compiler, also example programs and utilities like MAKE utilities.
asMSX 0.11c
Topic: Development
Today a new version of Eduardo Robsy's Z80 compiler asMSX was released. In this new version a few minor bugfixes were implemented. What is more important is that it now comes with a set of easy-to-use tools that come in very handy when developing MSX software. The included tools are binDB, RLEpack, PCX2MSX and MSXwav.
asMSX 0.12e
Topic: Development
A new version of Karoshi's assembler asMSX has just been released. In this new version several improvements were implemented, most notably the direct support for creating megaROMs. Several macros have been predefined, allowing you to create megaROMs easily.
asMSX 0.12g
Topic: Development
Yesterday a new version of Eduardo Robsy's Z80 cross-assembler asMSX was released with the following new features:
- Fixed a bug that prevented local symbols from working correctly in PHASEd code
- Improved conditional assembly: new IFDEF conditional statement
- Generates CAS files
- Generates WAV files
- Minor adjustements to improve stability
Earlier this year, the rights and source code to the popular MSX/Z80 cross-assembler asMSX were sold by its original developer pitpan.
asMSX v0.10c
Topic: Development
At the moment, Robsy is busy creating a Z80 cross-assembler for the Windows platform.
ayFX 1.1
Topic: Development
Z80ST-Software has released a new version of their ayFX replayer for MSX.
The popular demogroup Bandwagon surprised both MSX-lovers and people who never even saw an MSX with their stunning MSX1 demo's. Many people have wondered how these demo's were created. Although there are no real hints on techniques or source codes it might be interesting to read the newspost on their website.