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A New Book On The MSX Is Releasing In Japan Later This Month

3 years ago MSXALL

‘The MSX Hardware Catalogue’ is out in Japan on February 26th.

A new book called The MSX Hardware Catalogue is set to be released later this month in Japan, covering all 134 models of the MSX computer. This includes products from companies like National, Panasonic, and Sony, to name just a few (thanks GameWatch!)

In case you’re unaware and need a quick recap, the MSX was a home computer architecture, which was first released back in 1983. It aimed to create a unified set of standards for various home computing systems at the time and was eventually adopted by several Japanese manufacturers who built and released their own MSX home computers to take advantage of the platform.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

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The First Ever Megami Tensei Game Has Just Been Fan Translated Into English

3 years ago MSXALL

Telenet Japan’s 1987 MSX title has been translated into English.

While Atlus is the video game company that is most often associated with Megami Tensei today, it’s important to note it wasn’t the first to try and adapt Aya Nishitani’s Digital Devil Story novels into an interactive medium.

That honour instead belongs to the company Telenet Japan who, in 1987, beat Atlus to the punch by releasing its own game titled Digital Devil Monogatari: Megami Tensei for Japanese home computers.

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D4 Enterprise Wants To Know What Classic Japanese Computer Games It Should Bring To Switch

3 years ago MSXALL

So far, it has released three games on the platform with more to come.

Over the last few months, D4 Enterprise has been releasing a bunch of classic PC-88 games on Nintendo Switch across multiple regions as part of its EGG Console label, and it is now asking Japanese players what other titles they would like to see on the platform.

As noticed by Gosokkyu, it published a link to a Google form earlier today on Twitter asking players to list the name of the game and platform they’d like to see, as well as their reasons for wanting it reissued and any memories they may have about the title.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

TRH9000: an Open Source video card based on the original GFX-9000

4 years ago MSXALL

The MSX is finally finding its ways to the Open Source world. First with many games, then with a few shy hardware projects, and now with this massively important endeavor that, if successful, can help reshape the landscape of game design for the platform.

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TFMSX

4 years ago MSXALL

A new MSX 2+ Clone lurks in the horizon!

Decade Dungeon Gaiden, a new MSX RPG game by HABIT SOFT (JP)

4 years ago MSXALL

An action RPG that you can play as many times as you like because the game is never the same twice. Good luck challenging the dungeon because the map change every time you play it!

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Tri-Nauts, a new game by Physical Dreams lurks on the horizon

4 years ago MSXALL

Promised for the end of this year, Tri-Nauts is just one of the Physical Dreams’ projects in full power towards completion, and it is looking – and sounding – awesome.

New version of Graphein, the SC5 graphics editor for Windows!

4 years ago MSXALL

Graphein, the recently released SC5 Graphics Editor for Windows, gains a new version with many bug fixes and new features!

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MSXDev’22 #11: Micro Rocketz

4 years ago MSXALL

Keen on overpowering planet Earth, a menace lurks from beyond the stars.

SA-ZI-RI Game Translation, by Django

4 years ago MSXALL

The French game translator Django released his latest conversion for the MSX2 game Sa-Zi-Ri. The patch will translate all Japanese text to English. Free to download, as always.