Once again, Konami released some classic MSX games, restyled for iMode phones. This time Vampire Killer (Castlevania), Road fighter, Antarctic adventure, Mahjong, Pooyan and Time pilot were unleashed for the people who subscribed to the iMode Konami games service.
Melon-DOS 0.01
Boukichi, the creator of C-BIOS has started development of Melon-DOS. Melon-DOS is a new Operating System for the MSX which can be used to run files contained in a .DSK image. Currently, the first version doesn't do much more than actually boot. Sources are included, however so it could be interesting material for coders, who are allowed to change whatever they desire.
Michiel de Vries has been working quite a lot lately, and the results are impressive. After seeing each others products, Michiel de Vries and Marcel Delorme (known from several GFX9000 tools and programs like Moonblaster Wave) decided to team up. The OPL4 wave-editor for GFX9000 and Meridian will support a new wave-format, specially designed for these two programs.
MadriSX 2003 fair report
As reported earlier, two members of the MSX Resource Center crew visited this years MadriSX MSX fair in Madrid.
You could already have a look at the things that happened over there in our photo shoots section, but today we've added an full-length report about the
666 - the haunted house.
In the rare games section of the MSX Files, a new game for MSX1 can be found, called 666 - The haunted house. It's a text based adventure, available in both English and Portuguese.
On the MSX games box, a three-in-one review was added, giving information on the three very first MSX games, released in 1982: Night Flight (Colpax / Tomy), Saurusland (Colpax / Tomy) and Star Blazer (Star Craft).
Arcade Action
Currently, in Holland, you can't turn on your television set without being confronted with moving images of famous MSX games such as Hyper Olympics, Roadfighter, Galaga & Nemesis.
The Telsell channel is selling this 'Arcade Action' console. It contains 84 classic games and the console is being delivered with 2 controllers and a lightgun.
The website dedicated to the new Mega Flash ROM cartridges was updated today. First of all, there's a new version of the program to load ROM images to the flash memory, OPF. In version 0.3, the following things changed:
- More ROMs are supported. You don't need special ROM versions, or patched ones.
Kame graphics
Source: HispaMSX
MSXKun of Paxanga Software, who also created the new puzzle game MSX Hot Numbers, has put a editor for SCREEN 1 graphics on his website. This program could become an interesting tool for the upcoming MSXdev competition
Get the tool on page 5 of Magapeich web
MGSC emulator for Windows
Together with the release of MSXPlug 0.27, PC Sound Antiques released a new program for Windows. The MGSC emulator enables you run an MML to MGS convertor (which usually runs in MSX-DOS) on PC. This way, you can create MSX Music on your PC. A nice tool for those who prefer cross-development.
