http://www.racketboy.com/retro/sega/sms/2008/12/sega-master-system-101-a-beginners-guide.html
I've offered racketboy to write about the MSX but it seems it's been too long for me (not to mention my lack of involvement other than gaming) to write about the MSX without some MAJOR injustices. The article above is a general guideline I was asked to follow.
Intro - Well this is probably the easiest bit :P
Historical Impact
1-First standard of Home computing from Japan, suffered from regional business animosities
2-Major platform for Japanese devs before the Famicom
3-Elite coders from many countries grew up with the MSX
4-Used to sub bootleg VHS tapes
5-Prominent platform for computing in several regions
6-Edutainment through the likes of Konami and Sakhr
7-???
Strengths
1-Metal Gear and Snatcher, and Hideo Kojima's debut with Penguin Adventure
2-Microsoft's first foray into the gaming industry, albeit strictly in an indirect manner
3-Quality Japanese games for the international market
4-???
Weaknesses
1-Was too late to the scene to compete with the C64 and IBM PC
2-Limited library compared to the Famicom and C64
3-Lack of scrolling and unfriendly documentation hurt software development for it
4-???
Game Library
What are the games that defined the MSX? And what are the better ports that appeared on it? What are its cult classics?
Hardware variations
What are the models worth mentioning here? Or is it enough to list major manufacturers and the difference between the MSX and MSX2
MSX Accessories
I only had the gamepad and I don't have it anymore. What else was there?
Emulation
We'll talk about MSXPLAYer and the various other emulators, as well as Nintendo's VC of course.
Importing
Are MSX carts region free?
Affordability
I've had a hard time finding bids for it on eBay.
All contributions will be credited (in fact I'll link racketboy here) and I appreciate all the help you can give! (not looking to take any credit for myself but the MSX was my first computer and it's a special product that more need to learn about)



