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While MSX Resource Center is all about bringing you MSX and related news, we don't always make space on the front page for that. For every piece of news that didn't make it, we keep track of it in the nuts and bits news post right here. Here it is, the news you might have missed.

The Video Game Years 1983 - Full Gaming History Documentary.
The series on Video Game Years on YouTube mentions MSX in the highlights of gaming during 1983. Besides that the whole video is interesting. Submitted by whizzy.

The Music of Illusion City (MSX)
YouTube channel PixelatedAudio dedicated episode 105 of their podcast to
"The Music of Illusion City", featuring the soundtrack lovingly completed with comments. Very well organized and informative about the whole IC series on different platforms, although the main focus is on MSX.

Atari2600 remakes for MSX1
8-bit programmer Amaury Carvalho has released some nice MSX1 gems, such as Entombed and CatsPots, inspired by the Atari 2600 originals.

Compass declared free to use
The 1999 MSX Z80 IDE Compass has been put online for free download, fittingly named "The Finally Free edition". It is actually the latest version, 1.2.09 (September 1999). The sources are also made available for educational purposes. ("All rights reserved"). Get all the goods from here.