Post-Matranet

Master (179)

30-09-2021, 01:13

So, I got some sad news from Matranet by email the other day:

"sorry. I've left the business, no more games will be
resissued or published anymore.
(...) No more Matranet. And no more publishing games, no more fairs and events
assistance, no more writting video games books, it's over."
- S.T.A.R

Does anyone know if there's any plans for some other seller or shop to restock some of the old titles from Matranet? Or if there's been any plans for digital downloads for sale?

Titles like:

Children of the Night
Ghost*
Inq & Suq vs Nightmare
Prisoner of War

*Mini-Ghost for PC is still available on itcho for only 2$

By ro

Scribe (4920)

30-09-2021, 08:48

hai, https://www.msx.org/news/en/matra-computer-automations-close...
it's a big mystery for all of us, I guess.

By Briqunullus

Hero (646)

30-09-2021, 09:12

I have contacted Unepic Fran about Ghost a few weeks ago. He said it should be available at MSX Cartridge Shop soon. Both in physical and digital form. And his other games will be as well.

By hamlet

Scribe (4106)

30-09-2021, 18:55

Good news Briqunullus! Thanks for investigating!

By siddy6581

Master (179)

01-10-2021, 01:22

Yes, I also got mail from Fran
"I'll be busy a couple of weeks with the launch of UnMetal, but after that I'll work on new digital + physical editions for my MSX games. That's something I planned to do as soon as I finished UnMetal.

I will publish all the information on my twitter.

fran"

By Metalion

Paragon (1622)

01-10-2021, 09:44

Matranet wrote:

Sorry. I've left the business, no more games will be resissued or published anymore. (...) No more Matranet. And no more publishing games, no more fairs and events assistance, no more writting video games books, it's over.
- S.T.A.R

This answer seems heavily laden with bitterness.
Did something happen that we don't know about ?

By gdx

Enlighted (6116)

01-10-2021, 09:52

A long time ago I met S.T.A.R and Z-0. They were very friendly and charming.

By ghost_jp

Master (136)

01-10-2021, 21:56

INQ & SUQ vs NIGHTMARE has been playable online since it was released, however the service menu is unavailable on this version.

Launch on WebMSX:
http://webmsx.org/?CARTRIDGE1_URL=http://gray.ap.teacup.com/...

PDF instruction:
http://gray.ap.teacup.com/ghost/html/inqandsuqinstructions.pdf

By siddy6581

Master (179)

03-10-2021, 14:51

Thanks! Found the rom in the File hunter archive now

By VG_MSX2PLUSER

Supporter (1)

11-01-2022, 14:00

"Ghost" and "Prisoner of War" by Unepic_Fran are available as physical cartridges in https://msxcartridgeshop.com/

So new physical editions for both games have been released.

Sadly, there is still no option to buy both games digitally, even though Unepic_Fran has some other games (for Windows) to sell in https://franfistro.itch.io/

It would be great if Unepic_Fran's MSX games could be bought digitally from his itch.io storefront too.