GFX lib for C
Source: MSX BR-L mailinglist
Rafael Jannone has released a GFX library for C with several compiled examples, such as a star scroller and even a simple, yet fast scrolling basis for a shoot 'em-up of which you can find a screenshot on the GFX lib website. From the looks of it, this library is a novice MSX developer's dream coming true.
MSXPro - Updates
The active Brazilian website MSXPro, which contains a lot of information on hardware projects, has been updated with a tutorial on how to install an ACVS 2.0 kit, which is used to upgrade a Gradiente MSX1 to MSX2. The tutorial comes with many pictures, which gives you a great look on this Brazilian MSX computer.
Dear Blue by Hackurl
Hackurl has released an SCC arrangement of the song 'Dear blue' from Konami's arcade game Salamander 2.
UniPT2Player - Release 1
Surgey Bulba, the developer of Vortex Tracker II, has released a new version of his Universal .PT2 player for MSX and ZX-Spectrum. This new version is a bit smaller, more optimized and includes PT2TIME, which can be used to determine the song length of a .PT2 file. You can find the UniPT2PLayer in the 'programmers' section of his website.
Since last week, the website of Sargon is temporarily offline. The website itself was very much outdated and a thorough update was announced, but due to a crash of the server HD, Sargon decided to take the site offline until the new site is ready. When this new Sargon website will be ready is yet unknown.
PT3 Tools - Update
About a month ago Vincent van Dam and Alfonso D.C. released a set of PT3 Tools for MSX. As of today, this package of tools has been updated.
The active Japanese MSX group Syntax, well known from their diskmagazine NV (which is still being released on a regular basis) have released a free disk containing four of the shoot'em-ups that were published on the NV diskmagazines by Imahi in the past.
The website of the active Spanish MSX1 developers Karoshi Corporation is back online in a completely restyled version. At the moment not all sections of the website are operational yet, but you can already browse the section with information on the games Karoshi has released in the past.
After the return of the YS series with YS VI - The Ark of Napishtim, soon to be released on Playstation 2 by Konami, Falcom announced a new title
IOMBCC - First three entries
A while ago Nyyrikki started the IOMBCC (International Obfuscated MSX-BASIC Code Contest) on the MRC forums.
