Preserved issue 9 of MSX Soft Magazine

3 days ago Fred Rique

J. Alberto is the user behind the preservation of MSX Soft Magazine. He started doing it several years ago, encouraged by the fact that it was the first…

J. Alberto is the user behind the preservation of MSX Soft Magazine . He started doing so several years ago, encouraged by the fact that it was the first magazine he received at home as a Sony HB-75P user in 1985. It just so happened that the magazine on hand at the nearest newsstand was MSX Soft Magazine.

The remaining issues of this publication were issues 8 and 9. Well, issue 9 is now available for our daily MSX nostalgia fix. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did.

This issue is a bit special to me because I hadn't heard of this month's program, Shark Hunter, nor did I remember ever having played it. However, when I saw the screenshot on page 16, I remembered that the game called "Shark Hunter" was actually "Learn to Surf," an alternative title for the game, as it appears on the home screen when loading.

I clearly remember that my father and I copied the MSX-BASIC list for Learn to Navigate (he dictated to me and I typed on the MSX) from a magazine published by Monser. It was probably issue 7 of Type & Run , which has not yet been preserved.

So, as of today, only issue 8 remains to be preserved , curiously the first issue that J. Alberto had in his hands and which included the tape with the games Rana sideral and Gusanoco:

Once again, I want to thank J. Alberto for his work in preserving a piece of MSX history in Spain . And I wish him the best of luck in his quest for issue 8 of MSX Soft Magazine. We're eagerly awaiting that issue.