With the One Chip MSX1 announced and Bazix taking the MSX Revival worldwide, the MSX Revival will...

Ambassador (0)

17-11-2004, 02:06

It's me again, the newbie

I translated all the one chip msx articles i could find. Seems they target a price around 100$us (10000 yen). They talk of already having msx 2 + fm sound working on the one chip msx. They also talk of removing some connectors, which i hope doesn't happen as the specs are nearly perfect right now. Can't wait to see which kind of case they'll come up with.

By Sonic_aka_T

Enlighted (4130)

17-11-2004, 13:40

Oh dear, I hope they don't remove my VGA and TV connectors tho... And USB is kinda handy to have too.... Hmm... ponder, ponder...

By [D-Tail]

Ascended (8259)

17-11-2004, 13:45

Let's remove the joystick ports! I only need a keyboard

And eh... A joypad to play Lost World. :|

Hmm... ponder, ponder...

By Latok

msx guru (3867)

17-11-2004, 13:48

Ethernet, please.......

By snout

Ascended (15187)

17-11-2004, 13:52

Although onboard ethernet would be coul it's not an absolute necessity to me. One can always use an ObsoNet cartridge, right?

By Sonic_aka_T

Enlighted (4130)

17-11-2004, 16:59

"The internet is gonna be a big flop anyway..." ^_^

By arnold_m

Master (173)

17-11-2004, 17:44

IC wrote

I don't think the MSX community will suffer from the MSX revival.. In stead, I think the opposite will happen

What makes you think the MSX revival will suffer from the MSX community?

By xonox

Ambassador (0)

17-11-2004, 18:33

I just found out on the Altera website that you can update the core of the FPGA using an USB cable, i think usb will stay. They seem to mention that the cartridge slots will support add-ons so my guess it's that the obsonet cart should work. I hope they don't reduce the cart slots to just one. Oh well, time will tell.

Seems they want to release it in spring 2005, some articles mentionned march.

In case anyone have doubts the MSX can relive, you should read up on the neogeo game system, which remained alive without any sort of upgrade for like 13 years. They just stopped making new games for it. A new king of fighters could sell in the dozens of thousands units for the home system (i think it could be twice that but i have no hard numbers so i'm relying on my memory).

By [D-Tail]

Ascended (8259)

17-11-2004, 19:22

What makes you think the MSX revival will suffer from the MSX community?Well, he said the opposite would happen, now didn't he

By arnold_m

Master (173)

17-11-2004, 21:41

"the MSX revival will suffer from the MSX community"
and
"the MSX community will suffer from the MSX revival"
are opposites, aren't they?