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First entry since a very long time. Well, I decided to add some news here once in a while. So that you will have something to read and come back for (apart from the links of course ;-).
X68000 emulator
Ever heard of the X68000 home computer system? Konami and other Japanese game-companies made some great games for this Japanese home computer. Download the PC Pentium emulator and some great games (Salamander, Nemesis, Bubble Bobble etc.etc.) from: www.emulatronia.com/reportajes/x68000/x68000.htm.
Namco game remakes
Found two old games redone for windows95 on the Namco site, check it out now at: www.namco.co.jp/main/cs/pc/nh_vol2/download.html. Nrally and Druaga.
MSX World Expo
On november 23-24 the MSX World Expo will take place: www.venus.dtinet.or.jp/~satoko-k/gigamix/expo97/.
Konami games for PSX
Although not for MSX, Konami will release some games that gives you that special MSX feeling and therefore are mentioned on this pages. Konami will release a new family member of the Gradius series (in Europe known as Nemesis) for the Sony Playstation on August 8th.
Metal Gear Solid
Konami has made an English page for Metal Gear Solid, the third episode of the legendary Metal Gear Series. Read more about this upcoming Playstation game at www.konami.co.jp/kcej/Products/metal-e/index.html
Konami has released a game pack for windows95 with Gradius I and Gradius II (arcade versions). Although I have seen a copy of this, you need the original cd-version to be able to listen to the game music.
Coming soon:The Official JBSoft Pages with- MSXView97 an image converter for windows95. From and to YJK, JPG, BMP, SC*, can also read GIF, TGA, PCX, DIB, RLE. Filters for smoothing, sharpening. Tools for adjusting brightness etc. Supports drag'n'drop, is clipboard client and can put your image directly on your desktop as a wallpaper, single or tiled.- AGE+ The MSX drawing tool for the PC.
JBsoft website
For those who are wondering where the pages of JBsoft went; Jacco has redesigned his pages. His new pages with a new version of Age+ for PC and a great new MSX<->PC graphics converter will be put online very soon. I have seen the graphics converter (WIN95 required) and -believe me- it's truly amazing! You make a picturedisk full in a few minutes! ;-) Stay tuned for his new link!