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Introduction
GFX9000 is a cartridge for the MSX computers which has a V9990 Video Display Processor as heart. The V9990 is based on the never released V9978 VDP, which was supposed to be in the MSX3. Instead, the MSX turbo R was released with a V9958. After the failed project, the compatibility features were stripped off the IC and the result is the V9990, see also the MSX turbo R section. So, in 1994 Sunrise decided to make this cartridge with the new VDP in it. It has a seperate video-(RGB)-output connector. Henrik Gilvad even wrote a special BASIC for it, called PowerBASIC (for MSX turbo R). It enables you to use the capacities of the GFX9000 in your own BASIC programs. An alternative is G-BASIC, written by Koen van Hartingsveldt, which also supports Video9000 and runs on MSX2 and higher.
Capabilities
Please see V9990.
Software support
Included with the GFX9000:
- Paint9000: 512×212 P2 mode with 16 colours (from a 32768 palette)
- GFXAGE: 256×212 P1 mode.
- PowerBASIC and X-BASIC (GFX9000 version) for MSX turbo R
- PICVIEW: displays BMP and GIF files
- I guess nowadays it is delivered with all the software on the Sunrise for MSX GFX9000 download page.
Other software:
- G-BASIC
- X-TAZY, a shootem up game for GFX9000/Moonsound/Turbo-R/Harddisk... Unfortunately it was never finished
- A bomberman clone for GFX9000, called 'Battlebomber', made by the Bitboyz
- A utility called Put9000, by Erik Maas
- WiOS, Windows OS for GFX9000. Never completely finished.
- Some software by Msd, get it on his homepage, including Magic, a MoonBlaster Wave replayer that runs on GFX9000, while you can continue working on the normal VDP
- Some small demos (XOR, car race)
- Golden Power Disc 12
- The Hi-Spec demo by Patriek Lesparre
- Team Bomba Underwater Demo
- Team Bomba's Blox (development stopped)
- Team Bomba's GFX9K lib, use this to develop GFX9000 software more easily!
- Calculus, a demodisk for both MSX 2 and GFX9000 by Compjoetania TNG.
Where to buy
Buy at Sunrise.