meisei 1.0
Today hap has released the first version of meisei, a new MSX emulator for Windows.
Airwaves #25
Airwaves #25, the online radio show dedicated to chip- and game music by poke-1,170, is on! This episode is a compilation of themes from earlier shows, but with new music.
MSX History was updated with a special article about Tutankham from Konami, the game that was released before King's Valley. The article covers most versions of Tutankham (including exclusive photos).
bgMSX - Peach Up #3 added
Today, bgMSX added songs from Peach Up magazine #3 to their database of currently 1796 songs. In addition, there's an interesting text explaining the roots of Momonoki House, the creators of the famous Peach up series. The bunny photo on top of that article reveals that in a most compelling way!
The Japanese chiptune composer Hackurl has released another MSX flavored music remake.
Autumn has always been that time of the year when a large MSX fair was being held in The Netherlands. First there was the famous Zandvoort fair, nine years ago, the Zandvoort organization teamed up with TNI to continue this event in Bussum.
The new website MSX walkthroughs has just added a new walkthrough to their collection: Tooshin Toshi, a not so well known RPG with 18+ content. Perhaps the lack of music is one of the major reasons for its obscurity, the graphics however are of very good quality.
MSX tunes by Naruto
In december last year, at the Blip Festival in New York, the well-known chiptune composer Hally from VORC gave a musical performance, using the One Chip MSX for one song.
bgMSX - Nightfuse added
bgMSX has just added Tsuyoshi Shimokura's "Nightfuse", on which MRC reported last week. Additionally, the website speaks fondly about the contacting procedure with the composer.
There can be no MSXdev contest without Karoshi Corporation tossing in a number of games. Their games are usually of excellent quality, especially their graphics demand respect for their detailed usage of sprites over tiles in order to create "impossible" title screens on MSX1.
