Clubguide Special 02
NOTE!
The interface and almost all provided software for the MSX system is for MSX2 and higher. However, three software are also for MSX1, while three other software are only for MSX2+ and MSX Turbo R. In a few cases, you can easily adapt the software for MSX1.
Contents |
Introduction
Diskmagazine created by the Genic team and released in December 1991. It was the last issue before Sunrise took over and started counting from 1 again.
Tips:
- This diskmagazine has an intro: Wave Intro, created by Cain with a MSX-MUSIC melody created by Knightram
- To skip the intro, you need to boot while pressing the ESC key
- All the TXT files are plain ASCII text files
- The magazine part is enhanced by original MSX-MUSIC songs in the FAC Soundtracker 1 format
Main content
General info
- Kazuhiko Nishi
- Sprites in machine language
- Relative assembly
- CALL cartridge
- How to use 128kB VRAM in ML
- How to handle case(s) in ML
- How to superimpose Screen 5 picture with Screen 12 picture
- Interesting functies for MSX in Turbo-Pascal
- Variant records in Turbo-Pascal
- Coding/Decoding text files in Turbo-Pascal
- Kanji BASIC
- MSX-JE
- How to make TSR programs
- Diskdrive problems
Software
Demos
| MSX-BASIC loader | Title | Author | Generation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMATIO.MSX | MSX2 Animation | J.H. Sukizuzo | MSX2 | |
| DIVERS1.MSX | Miscellaneous 1 (Diversen 1) | Various users from Japan | MSX2 | With PSG music |
| DIVERS2.MSX | Miscellaneous 2 (Diversen 2) | Various users from Japan | MSX2 | With PSG music |
| KANJI.ART | Kanji BASIC Demo | Stefan Boer | MSX2+ | |
| KLOK.ART | Clock (Klok) | Stefan Boer | MSX2 | |
| SHOW-JIS.ART | Kanji Viewer | Stefan Boer | MSX2+ |
Music
| MSX-BASIC loader | Title | Author | Generation | Soundchips | MSX1 launching |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PD0061.FMP | Neurobeat | Ganp | MSX2 | MSX-MUSIC + PSG | LOAD"PD0061.FMP":RUN310 |
| PD0062.FMP | Penguin Adventure | JL2TBB | MSX2 | MSX-MUSIC + PSG | LOAD"PD0062.FMP":RUN310 |
| PD0063.FMP | Kusikos | MSX・FAN | MSX2 | MSX-MUSIC | LOAD"PD0063.FMP":RUN310 |
| PD0064.FMP | Hector 87 | MSX・FAN | MSX2 | MSX-MUSIC + PSG | LOAD"PD0064.FMP":RUN310 |
| PD0065.FMP | Title BGM | MSX・FAN | MSX2 | MSX-MUSIC | LOAD"PD0065.FMP":RUN310 |
| PD0066.FMP | Twinbee | Andreas Truetsch | MSX2 | MSX-MUSIC | LOAD"PD0066.FMP":RUN310 |
| PD0067.FMP | In My Life | ? | MSX2 | MSX-MUSIC | LOAD"PD0067.FMP":RUN310 |
| SOUNDS.MSX | Sounds | Various users from Japan | MSX1 | PSG |
- Details about all the FAC Soundtracker 1 songs on Clubguide Special 02
| Song (MUS) | Title | Composer |
|---|---|---|
| CHERISH | Cherrish | Remy van Tol |
| FLYMOON | Fly Me To The Moon | Stefan Boer |
| KNMANMA1 | We Gonna Jive | Knightram |
| KNMANMA2 | KJ 5000 X | Knightram |
| MILORD | Milord | Stefan Boer |
| PABLO | Pablo The Dreamer | Stefan Boer |
| SUNNY | Sunny | Stefan Boer |
You can optionally put these files on a dedicated FAC Soundtracker music disk.
For more tips about this format, check the FAC Music Disk 1 Wiki page, especially to play the songs on MSX1.
Utilities
| MSX-BASIC loader | Title | Author | Generation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DYN-EASE.MSX | Dynamic Ease | Savage | MSX2 | Converts a Dynamic Publisher stamp to a file in Ease format |
| IMPOSE.M2P | Superimpose | Stefan Boer | MSX2+ | Machine language version Picture in screen 5 is superimposed with picture in screen 12 |
| BLOAD"name",R | ||||
| TSR.BIN | TSR Example | Michel Onstein | MSX2 | Back to BASIC from DOS with TAB key |
| MSX-DOS required | ||||
| CODE.COM | Text Code | Misha van Tol | MSX1 | Pascal source: CODE.PAS |
| DECODE.COM | Text Decode | Misha van Tol | MSX1 | Pascal source: DECODE.PAS |
| DOWNLOAD.COM | Download-Character Editor | Rudy Oppers | MSX2 | Use MODE 80 before |
| XDEL.COM | Xdel 2.32 | Rudy Oppers | MSX2 | Use MODE 80 before |
Misc
- 1 TSR file to be used with MemMan 2 and the TSR MSX-DOS tools
- TSR.TSR to go back to BASIC from DOS with TAB key