From renowned hardware designer Supersoniqs, the MSXdev received their Darky Jr. sound extension to drop it in the loot box for any winner to take.
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The Supersoniqs MSX hardware extension named Soundstar delivers 6 channels of unprecedented stereo tone generated audio to the MSX system.
The brand new sound extension from Supersoniqs called Makoto brings NEC sounds to your MSX and is now in the loot box!
The MSXdev24 competition ran from May 2024 until January 2025 and yielded a grant total of 31 registered games. It is now to the jurors to decide the ultimate winner
NOP releases another patched Konami game with Enhanced audio.
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MSX Vriendenclub Mariënberg organizes their yearly auction, with plenty of interesting goods to bid on!
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Xavirompe never stops inventing things that make life easier for those of us who have an MSX. After his interfaces to connect USB flash drives to the MSX, a controller…
The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough!
A new unofficial version of Konami’s 1986 MSX platformer The Goonies has just been released by a group of developers called NOP, which impressively replaces the game’s original audio with music and sound effects taken from the film of the same name (h/t: MSX.org).
According to the developers, the project was initially built as a technical showcase to test out the PSG sample routines they had devised for their custom compiler (as opposed to as “an actual game that people would play”), with all samples and sound effects that are included being mixed in realtime at 6khz on a 3.57mhz Z80 CPU. But now they have released a free demonstration over on their website, allowing people to take a closer look at their work, which can either be played in your browser of choice or downloaded and flashed to an MSX cartridge to work on real hardware.
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In the recently held Meeting of Users of the North (RUN QuesadaSX) the book that the good araubi has been working on collecting all kinds of…