Z80 made of plastic
In October 2002 SEL and Sharp created a Z80 made of glass. SEL continued improving this technology until the next step was made: a fully functional Z80 CPU on a flexible plastic print. The final goal is a processor that can be used on a foldable Sheet computer.
Source: International MSX Mailinglist
On the 8th of april 2004, version 0.2 of Illusion City English was released.
fMSX/S60 1.00a/b
Today, we celebrate the first 1.xx-version of the MSX emulator for Nokia Series 60 phones! This emulator makes it possible to run MSX software on Nokia 3650, Nokia 7650, Nokia N-Gage and Nokia 6600 phones. The emulator might also run on other mobile phones that run on Symbian OS, but this has not been verified as of yet.
After quite a long wait, Team Bomba finally managed to release the updated version of Bombaman. The most important feature of this new version is the inclusion of two extra languages, French and German. Also, quite some bugs were fixed in this version, and some other things were done to improve the game.
Firebird BGM remake
It are good times for MSX Game Music lovers, as Low_Profile treats the MSX Music fans with yet another fine remake of a popular MSX game song. Inspired by the Firebird topic on our forums, Low_Profile decided to remake the ingame music of this Konami game.
MRC - Back in South America!
Did MSX Association buy the msx.org domain? Did we deliberately block access to all visitors from South-America because of the MSX Manifest? Were we down and out forever?
Opcode released Sky Jaguar for Colecovision on this years Philly Classic East Coast Video Gamer's Event held on March 20-21. Although the legal status of the game is questionable, it's fun to see that the MSX system also serves as a source for game idea's on other platforms, even in 2004.
Metal Gear In Concert
Arrangements are hot! Today, Thijs pointed us to an orchestral version of the famous Metal Gear theme. He wrote this Metal Gear In Concert three years ago and thought it might be something interesting for all the Metal Gear freaks out there. We'd say this is an understatement, the tune is a must hear for everyone!
Deep in the dark moisty dungeons below Wolf's studio, the evil skeleton who keeps track of all the backup CD's and does all the financial administration, notified Wolf about four unreleased covers. Since these covers were done in 2001 already, they have a slightly dated sound.