Hi there, I'm new to the MSX scene. I'm a long time Metal Gear series fan and I love other typed of retro gaming (famicom, pc engine etc.) so I've been looking into getting an MSX to play Metal gear and maybe someday metal gear II: solid snake.
It's my understanding that I need an MSX2 computer from japan to play Metal Gear II on anyways, so if I get that, will it play the Euro version of the first metal gear?
Also, I spend a lot of time on my laptop, so should I get this official USB MSX Reader from ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=350150719563
or should I just go with a Sony MSX2 from japan?
I really like the convenience of that USB reader with the MSX PLAYer software, but does it only run on Windows XP?
I have two laptops: Macbook and PC, the PC is Vista Ultimate 64bit, now I understand I can get a program that runs windows on a mac, as well as OSX so would it cost way too much to get that program and a copy of XP for my mac just to run the USB MSX Reader, or will it run on my Vista PC?
Okay so maybe not a quick question, but any and all help is GREATLY appreciated! :)


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