RuMSX 0.40
A new version of RuMSX has just been released.
MSXPró - updates
The Brazilian MSX portal MSXPró has been updated with an article on how to open an SCC cartridge safely, and an extension of the article on how to install a new disk drive in a turboR.
In the 1980s, Steve Wallis and his brother Sean used to develop computer games for the Sharp MZ-80K/MZ-80A/MZ-700, Amstrad CPC-464 and MSX together. Several of there games were released commercially by Kuma Computers. As of now, their games can be downloaded for free from Steve Wallis's website.
Marcos Daniel has put 2614 photos from the Funet MSX hardware photo archive, which contains pictures of almost every MSX model ever released, in one online photoalbum at Meualbum.
MSX Blue website updated
The MSX blue website has been updated with some screenshots of the incredible MSX Unleashed demo created by Daniel Vik and Vincent van Dam. Furthermore a disk image (.dsk) version of the demo can be downloaded from the MSX blue website.
A few days ago, the first MSX-BASIC game contest, organized on the Karoshi forum, was closed. In the end, no less than 14 entries were submitted, 5 of which we had not reported about yet:
- Police force by Yemani Soft
- Fireplay by Yemani Soft
- Drink it!
MSX Unleashed
After eight months of development Daniel Vik and Vincent van Dam are finally ready to release their new megademo for MSX1. The demo, MSX Unleashed contains several effects never seen MSX before on an MSX1, such as 105 color images, horizontal bars and a border scroller.
On February 11th, MSX Vriendenclub Mariënberg organized an MSX user meeting and MSX auction in Mariënberg, the Netherlands. Both Age Lammertsma and Manuel Bilderbeek sent us a photo shoot with pictures taken during this crowded day.
In our previous poll we asked how alive or dead our visitors considered MSX to be. With no less than 113 unique votes cast, these are the results:
- still alive (45.13%)
- more alive than ever (26.55%)
- barely alive (15.04%)
- dead (13.27%)
So, there you have it.
