Zodiac 0.8.1
A small update of the Windows-version of the multi-OS MSX emulator, Zodiac, was released yesterday. You can download the emulator and its source code for free at the Zodiac website.
3D Modelling on MSX
Source: MSX Mailinglist
Slotman has found a japanese utility called Magical Producer IV that enables you to model 3D graphics on your MSX computer. To make it even more interesting, there also is a stripped BASIC 3D-modeller. Yes, you read it right the first time. A 3D-modeller programmed in BASIC. ON the site you will also find a game (SSW) that uses graphics created with Magical Producer IV.
DSKexplorer 0.82
Source: JP Grobler on the MSX Mailinglist
Since we last reported about this diskmanager, a lot of bugs were fixed and features were added. The DSKexplorer is a tool for handling disk images.
fMSXSO 0.94
Today, a new version of the highly tweakable fMSX-port fMSXSO was released. PSG and SCC are emulated throug wave-emulation. These waves can be logged, so you can record MSX game music. A very special feature is the OPLL (FM-PAC) emulation.
Bargain 4.00
Source: ActiveMSX
Right here you can download a simple tool that compresses MSX pictures from Screen 5 -12 with acceptable speed and a nice compression rate. The tool comes complete with sourcecode and a BASIC tool to browse for files & compress them. Version 4.00 of this BARGAIN compressor was released today.
Online translation
I just found a good online translator on the japanese Excite to translate websites from Japanese to English.
This saturday, I visited Platenkoning, a shop in the Hasselaerssteeg in Amsterdam, Holland.They do not only sell vinyl records, but are also specialized in buying and selling old computersupplies. I was very surprised to see they have quite an MSX collection too! Mainly MSX1 stuff, but you can also go there if you are in search of i.e. Rastan Saga.
Source: MSX.ORG Staff
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CAIN sources
Most people will remember CAIN from their immense ammount of demo's on the Sunrise Picturedisks and the MSX game "Bozo's Big Adventure". Now you can view a huge collection of sources (a 124KB ZIP file) of this group on Hans Otten's MSX fun pages.