MadriSX 2003 fair report
As reported earlier, two members of the MSX Resource Center crew visited this years MadriSX MSX fair in Madrid.
You could already have a look at the things that happened over there in our photo shoots section, but today we've added an full-length report about the
666 - the haunted house.
In the rare games section of the MSX Files, a new game for MSX1 can be found, called 666 - The haunted house. It's a text based adventure, available in both English and Portuguese.
On the MSX games box, a three-in-one review was added, giving information on the three very first MSX games, released in 1982: Night Flight (Colpax / Tomy), Saurusland (Colpax / Tomy) and Star Blazer (Star Craft).
Arcade Action
Currently, in Holland, you can't turn on your television set without being confronted with moving images of famous MSX games such as Hyper Olympics, Roadfighter, Galaga & Nemesis.
The Telsell channel is selling this 'Arcade Action' console. It contains 84 classic games and the console is being delivered with 2 controllers and a lightgun.
The website dedicated to the new Mega Flash ROM cartridges was updated today. First of all, there's a new version of the program to load ROM images to the flash memory, OPF. In version 0.3, the following things changed:
- More ROMs are supported. You don't need special ROM versions, or patched ones.
Kame graphics
Source: HispaMSX
MSXKun of Paxanga Software, who also created the new puzzle game MSX Hot Numbers, has put a editor for SCREEN 1 graphics on his website. This program could become an interesting tool for the upcoming MSXdev competition
Get the tool on page 5 of Magapeich web
MGSC emulator for Windows
Together with the release of MSXPlug 0.27, PC Sound Antiques released a new program for Windows. The MGSC emulator enables you run an MML to MGS convertor (which usually runs in MSX-DOS) on PC. This way, you can create MSX Music on your PC. A nice tool for those who prefer cross-development.
MSXPLug 0.27
A new version of MSXPlug was released today. MSXPlug is a plugin for Winamp 2.xx which allows you to play MSX music files in the KSS, MGS, MPK, BGM, OPX and MBM format. The changelog of the latest version:
- Changed the MBK loading priority.
Novatec website is back
Egor Voznessensky (Solid), the man behind the russian group Novatec is back. At www.getbanner.ru/novatec/ you can find his website about the Novatec projects, like a 85Hz upscan convertor (to connect an MSX to a VGA monitor), some interesting software and sourcecode and a SuperATA-IDE interface.
In the latest edition of the Spanish computer magazine @rroba there's an interview with the MSX Resource Center crew. Admins Sander van Nunen, Sander Zuidema (snout) and Bart Schouten answered questions about the history of the MSX Resource Center, the latest developments in the MSX Scene and the MSX Revival.