The MSX Files

Boxboy!

slotman — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:06:15 +0000

A new MSX game, which will be demonstrated on MSXRio - Boxboy, a “Sokoban” style game for MSX1.

The game is finished, it has 150 levels dividided into 6 worlds, all in just 32kb! A video of the game is online right here!

More info in the game website!

Transylvania 3

slotman — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:40:29 +0000

Watch here a video from the game Transylvania 3, a new MSX1 graphical adventure, available soon!

MSX Rio 2008

slotman — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:17:08 +0000

Once again, the yearly MSX meeting on Rio de Janeiro will be held at SESC Engenho de Dentro located on 1661 Amaro Cavalcanti Avenue - Engenho de Dentro, on May 1, 2 and 3!

for further details on the event, check the official website here!

EDUCOM Project

slotman — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:56:53 +0000

The Educom project was an attempt by UFRJ University, dated from 1983, to create on MSX an educational project. However when the project was finished, MSX computers were no longer comercialized in Brazil.

Now, a homepage was made to show the program and can be seen here.

New MSX hardware

slotman — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:20:08 +0000

Ricardo Oazem, creator of VDU (Video Display Unit - shown on 2007 MSX-Rio and on 2007 MSX Jaú meetings) just anounced the evolution of his project, which now is called VSU (Video and Sound Unit).

The VSU is made with 2 v9958 together with 2 v9990 (instead of the 4 v9958 from VDU), and it also comes with an OPL4 chip! VSU will be 100% compatible with both GFX9000 and Moonsound!

The VSU prototype will be displayed on MSX Rio this year… just wait and see!

Sim City MSX!

slotman — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:36:01 +0000

Amusement Factory once more shakes the MSX world, with another convertion from Spectrum: Sim City! Among several news (like the game song that few Spectrum users must know) the game have mouse support - functional even on MSX1!

Get the game here!

Ghost’n Goblins updated!

slotman — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:18:44 +0000

Amusement Factory just released a new updated version of Ghost’n Goblins, fixing a problem that prevented the game from running on a real MSX1, although it was working on all emulators.

Get the updated version here.

Ghost’n Goblins MSX!

slotman — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:32:00 +0000

Seems unbelievable, but after so many years, another classic game that was made for several platforms, now is also available on MSX: Ghost’n Goblins!

Amusement Factory just released the game, a port from the ZX Spectrum game, with several exclusive improvements for MSX!

Don’t waste any time, check it out on the project page!

Knight Ghost

slotman — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:46:36 +0000

Another game adaptad from tape to disk, and fixed by Amusement Factory: Knight Ghost!

Get this game here!

Karateka!

slotman — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:03:52 +0000

Another tape to disk conversion, this time Amusement Factory - which some short time ago released the Alteread Beast conversion - now released the Karateka disk version.

This version has several changes, including bugfixes that appeared even in the original ZX Spectrum version!

Visit the project page here