Project EGG, a Japanese retrocomputing webshop has closed a deal with Aiky which made it possible to release several Compile titles running on the MSXPLAYer engine.
In January the curtains fell for one of the best Japanese softwarehouses,
On the Open Contents Platform Association website a report about Wireless Japan 2003 can be found. In this report, there is special attention to the activities of the OCPA members on this event, including the demonstration of MSXPLAYer on several platforms.
Roland MT-32 emulator 0.58
The Roland MT-32 was one of the first polyphonic MIDI modules targeted for home use. Using the then new and revolutionary LA-synthesis it set the standards for home MIDI audio. For this reason it was supported by many computer games.
When we started our Best MSX Game song ever mega-poll we received a huge amount of nominations. We decided to split up the poll in 3 sections: PSG songs, FM-PAC songs and SCC songs. Right now you can listen to all the nominated PSG songs on MSX Radio.
Arranger - new website
Right here you can find the new Arranger page. The Arranger team is about to release their 'Arranger Platinum', the successor to the popular 'Arranger Gold' which was released some years ago.
Arranger Gold and Arranger Platinum are both audio CDs with arrangements of well known MSX tunes.
MSXRio 2003
The 27th and 28th of September seem to become an international day of MSX Celebration this year. While the Dutch can head to the MSX Fair in Bussum and the MSX Marathon, people in Brazil can celebrate the 20th anniversary of MSX during MSX Rio in the same weekend.
The MSX Games bOX just launched the 2003 edition of the Artwork contest it already organised last year. Although being very open, emphasis will be given to artworks that will showcase the theme of '20 Years of MSX gaming'. Full details of the contest rules and prizes to be won can be read at http://www.msxgamesbox.com.
Only a day after the first pre-release, a new preview version of fMSX for Nokia Series 60 mobile phones has been released. This version does not come with any System or game ROMs anymore, you need to add them separately after installing the emulator. The emulator now also supports gzipped ROM and DSK files.
Konami is about to release a new game in the Castlevania saga. On the MSX2, the first version of this game series was better known as Vampire Killer.
On MyTech Italy an interesting article on the 20th anniversary of MSX can be found. The article describes a bit of the history of MSX and its creator, Kazuhiko Nishi. Also a small look into the future is given.
