Today, a first preview of EdiOS was released. EdiOS is a new GUI (graphical user interface) for MSX2 and higher. EdiOS is developed mainly in C, assembly is only used when speed is essential, or when a functionality that C can't offer by itself is needed.
- Support more than one SCREEN mode.
The Japanese chiptune composer Hackurl has released an MSX2 remake, using the PSG and MSX-MUSIC, of the BGM to stage one of Valis V. You can listen to this and many other chiptune remakes on Hackurl's website
Valis X
Telenet Japan are to release a new game in the Valis series, of which the first two editions (Valis 1 - The Fantasm Soldier and Valis 2 - The Fantasm Soldier) were released on MSX as
MSX Vriendenclub Mariënberg have published a small photo shoot with pictures taken on their most recent meeting, which was held on March 11th. You can find the photo shoot in the 'Clubverslag' section of the MSX Vriendenclub Mariënberg website.
ViewMSX 0.04
ViewMSX, an MSX picture viewer for the Win32 platform, has just recieved another update. This time, the rendering engine was rewritten, which makes larger files display a lot faster, even on slower computers. The bitbuster decompression routines were also rewritten, making viewing large G9B files much faster.
Apart from this, two new formats are now supported in ViewMSX: SGX and VID files.
MSX History - Updates
One year after its launch, MSX History celebrates its birthday with the following updates:
- Label of Konami´s Mahjong
- Program languages section with an article on COBOL for MSX
- The first part of a new PASCAL programming course specifically targeted at coding for MSX
- Restyled front page
Dragon Slayer IV maps
On this Japanese website you can find maps to Falcom's classic RPG Dragon Slayer IV - Drasle Family.
The fresh website MSX Solutions has been updated with the complete walthrough of Castle Excellent and seven maps of other games:
- Mythos (Opera Soft, 1989)
- Dustin (Dinamic, 1987)
- Abu Simbel Profanation (Dinamic, 1986)
- Phantomas II (Dinamic, 1987)
- Future Knight (Gremlin, 1986)
- Green Beret (Konami, 1986)
- The Palace Of Death (Falcon, 1989)
Knightmare Saga update
The spanish website Knightmare Saga, dedicated to the Knightmare game serie on MSX and NES computers, has been updated with maps of the 8 stages of Knightmare. Kinghtmare is the first game in this series which consists of Knightmare, The Maze Of Galious and Shalom.
