MSX Resource CenterThe latest news from the MSX Community.D4E offers 25% discount on OCM- June 24, 2008 Celebrating the upcoming 25th anniversary of MSX, D4 Enterprise are currently selling the last 250 One Chip MSX computers from the initial batch of 5,000 at 25% discount. As a result, sale price (in Japan) is now 15,590 Yen (at current rates about 85,-) ex. shippnig and VAT. Needless to say, the offer stands for residents of Japan only. Relevant link: Project MSX...http://www.msx.org/D4E-offers-25%25-discount-on-OCM.newspost4793.html Bargain 6.51- June 24, 2008 Last week a new version of Bargain has been released. Since we last reported about the tool, it has been optimized for speed and better compression and several bugs were removed. Bargain is a lossless compression tool for MSX images in screen mode 5 upto 12. On the Bargain website, you can find the tool itself, the sources and a comparison of Bargain to other compression tec...http://www.msx.org/Bargain-6.51.newspost4792.html Dino Island - Opening theme by Hackurl- June 24, 2008 Source: VGM or Chiptune News Japanese chiptune composer Hackurl has released yet another MSX inspired song: a PSG-style remix of the opening theme of Game Arts' adventure game Dinos Island (originally released on Sega Saturn. On Hackurl's website you can find many other songs recorded with andor inspired by MSX. Relevant link: Dino Island - Opening theme by Hackurl...http://www.msx.org/Dino-Island-Opening-theme-by-Hackurl.newspost4791.html ROMLOAD and IPS4MSX removed from MRC- June 24, 2008 Today, two software titles were removed from our freeware MSX downloads corner, following a cease and desist request from TNI. After quite some consideration and several failed attempts to get a constructive discussion going, recent communication with TNI revealed there was no chance of resolving the matter whatsoever, leaving us with two options: holding on to our point of view...http://www.msx.org/ROMLOAD-and-IPS4MSX-removed-from-MRC.newspost4790.html Konamito BASIC contest: oodles of Yermani Soft entries- June 24, 2008 Just when you think the Konamito.com BASIC contest has no shortage of entries already, Yermani Soft (Germn Gmez Herrera) submits a large bag of entries all of a sudden. No less than twelve games for you to check out: Bank, Brik, Drive, House, Invaders, Lander, Pickup, Puzzle, Robots, Space Way, Star Battle and finally Tetris. This contest ends on June 27th, the day of the 2...http://www.msx.org/Konamito-BASIC-contest%3A-oodles-of-Yermani-Soft-entries.newspost4789.h... RU Barcelona photoshoot- June 24, 2008 The website La seKTa has published a photoshoot containing 91 photos of the RU Barcelona which was held a few weeks ago on June 7th. Relevant link: La seKTa - RU Barcelona photoshoothttp://www.msx.org/RU-Barcelona-photoshoot.newspost4788.html fMSX-PSP 3.5.3- June 23, 2008 A new version of this MSX emulator for the Playstation Portable has been released. New in this version: Gamesapplications that require MSX AudioMSX Music will no longer crash the emulator if either is disabled in System settings - there will simply be no Y2413YM8950 audio (PSG and SCC will still render as usual, however) ROM type settings are now saved between sessions - ...http://www.msx.org/fMSX-PSP-3.5.3.newspost4787.html 2KBOS contest: G-MONKEY- June 23, 2008 Karoshi Corporation has joined 2KBOS mini-game development contest with G-MONKEY, an MSX adaptation of the well known Microsoft's Q-basic Gorillas. In this game, each player has to hit the other monkey with explosive bananas, adjusting angle and speed. The first player to score five points wins. The source code will be released along with the final version of the game. 2KBOS ...http://www.msx.org/2KBOS-contest%3A-G-MONKEY.newspost4786.html MSX Cartridge Shop updated- June 23, 2008 The MSX Cartridge Shop has been updated. The main changes are: The site has been ported from Flash to XHTML+CSS+JavaScript by Juno Added new games: Majikazo, Operation Wolf and Traffic Jam A new 1024K MegaFlashROM cartridge is available. Its 8 Megabits make it possible to run a full 720KB DSK image converted to ROM (using DSK2ROM by Vincent van Dam). It is also possibl...http://www.msx.org/MSX-Cartridge-Shop-updated.newspost4785.html MSX Event Den Dolder - Photoshoot on MSX Posse- June 22, 2008 Yesterday the 25th anniversary event took place in Den Dolder. Today, MSX Posse has published a photoshoot of this event, with most photos made by oeioeivogeltje. Relevant link: MSX Posse - Den Dolder photoshoothttp://www.msx.org/MSX-Event-Den-Dolder-Photoshoot-on-MSX-Posse.newspost4784.html |