Dear readers, This automated two-weekly email message contains the MSX Resource Center news summary dating from Apr 01, 2005 until Apr 15, 2005. In these two weeks 32 news articles were posted at the MSX Resource center. The complete newsarchive can be found here: http://www.msx.org/newsarchive.html
Kind regards, MSX Resource Center team ___________________________________________________________________________________ MSX BLUE - LAUNCHED (2005-04-14 11:41:25) A new MSX community portal, MSX Blue has been launched. This bilingual (English and French) website includes a forum and intends to be an independant place for MSX information and discussion. The website also hosts several websites of MSX community projects... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2895.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ MSX HIST�RIA - UPDATES (2005-04-14 11:37:11) The Konami cartridge label preservation website MSX Hist�ria has been updated with a new layout of the frontpage. The site now contains 25 Gradiente-style cartridge labels that can be printed and then used to make damaged cartridges look like new again. Relevant... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2894.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ YS: THE OATH IN FELGANA - INFORMATION AND SCREENSHOTS (2005-04-13 17:00:23) As we reported earlier, Falcom announced a new Ys game, of which little more than the title was known. Now, more information and screen shots can be found on the Ys: The Oath in Felgana website. You might notice that this game is not called 'Ys 7'. A... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2893.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ MSXPR� - UPDATES (2005-04-12 15:29:32) The Brazilian MSX portal MSXPr� has been updated once again, adding datasheets of the following MSX (related) chips: * HD6845 - 80 column video controller (VMX-80) * LM1889 - Video encoder and RF modulator (HotBit) * MC1374 - RF modulator (Expert) * MC1377... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2892.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ CROSS BLAIM IN EGG (2005-04-12 14:53:06) Amusement Center have added dB-Soft's Cross Blaim to the online retrogaming store Project EGG. Relevant link: Project EGGRead more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2891.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ PALETTE EDITOR 1.1 (2005-04-12 13:06:00) Albert Beevendorp released a new version of Palette Editor, a tool which can be used to alter the palette of the MSX2 to your own liking (or to one of the presets) in order to make games that don't change the palette (at least all MSX1 games) look different.... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2890.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ MSX BANZAI! - GFX9000 UPDATES (2005-04-11 20:31:17) Source: MSX Mailinglist Patriek Lesparre has updated MSX Banzai! with Henrik Gilvad's original documentation to V9990 PowerBASIC. On MSX Banzai!, you can also find a frequently updated V9990 programmers manual. The Yamaha V9990 is the best videochip... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2889.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ MSX IN THE MEDIA CHALLENGE 2: 25TH NOMINEE (2005-04-11 02:11:43) Jon Cortazar Abraido (Viejo_archivero) sent us a special nominee to the second MSX in the Media Challenge: The Spanish TV Station Antena3 used a Sony MSX computer as a prop in a Star Trek parody for the TV-show Homo Zapping. The video has been added to... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2888.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ WB2TXT 1.1 (2005-04-10 14:53:09) Source: TNI Vincent van Dam and TNI released a tool that translates tokenized WBASS2 files to readable text. The tool can be used in MSX-DOS and Win32 environments. Sources are included, making it possible to compile WB2TXT for other platforms (like... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2887.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ MSX MAGAZINE 3 HITS THE CHARTS (2005-04-10 12:36:25) Source: Syntax As with MSX Magazine 1 and MSX Magazine 2, the upcoming edition of ASCII's MSX Magazine (on which you can find more information over here) is already selling very well before its actual release date. Many people have already pre-ordered... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2886.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ FALCOM MUSIC ENCYCLOPEDIA (2005-04-10 12:26:15) Source: Vorc Niki has launched a website completely dedicated to the Japanese software developer Falcom, particularly focusing on the music this company released. The website contains an impressive list of more than 200 albums Falcom, released between... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2885.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ BLUEMSX MANUAL ONLINE (2005-04-09 14:05:34) As part of the MSX blue website, which has recently been launched and is still under construction, the English version of the blueMSX manual is now online at this location. MSX blue also hosts the MSX Valley, MSX Solutions, MSX Maps and a mirror of... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2884.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ BLASTER BURN COLLECTION 2 AT PLUS! (2005-04-09 13:34:58) Amusement Center have released a second Blaster Burn collection in Plus!. On March 2nd, the first Blaster Burn collection was releaed. Relevant link: Blaster Burn Collection 2Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2883.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ C-BIOS - MSX2 BOOT LOGO POLL (2005-04-09 13:30:17) The developers of C-BIOS are looking for end-user feedback on which is the coolest C-BIOS bootlogo for MSX2. In this forum thread you can find a zip file containing 4 different options. If you like, you can have a look at them all and cast your votes. Relevant... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2882.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ MSX HIST�RIA MOVED AND UPDATED (2005-04-07 21:13:35) MSX Hist�ria has moved and has added a lot of new labels to celebrate that. In total seventeen Konami cartridge labels can be found in the "Etiquetas" section. Relevant link: MSX Hist�riaRead more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2881.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ HISPAMSX AVANTGO (2005-04-07 21:09:56) HispaMSX, the Spanish MSX community website maintained by Karloch is as of now available for AvantGo. The AvantGo website can be viewed in e.g. a mobile phone or FudeBrowzer. Relevant link: HispaMSX AvantGoRead more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2880.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ TROJKA HDD TOOL (2005-04-07 20:45:45) BiFi released a tool that enables you to correctly play Trojka from harddisk. Trojka is a game inspired by Tetris, developed by the Dutch MSX group BCF. Relevant link: BiFi's homepage - bugfix sectionRead more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2879.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ MSX EVENT IN AKIHABARA (TOKYO) ON MAY 8TH (2005-04-07 16:06:49) Today, Gigamix reported about an MSX event supported by ASCII that is said to be planned for May 8th, 2005 in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan. However, at the moment there's still much uncertainty about this fair. What is clear, is that it is not an MSX Denyu... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2878.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ MSX MAGAZINE 3 - MORE INFORMATION (2005-04-07 15:49:56) Tuesday we reported about the release date of the third edition of ASCII MSX Magazine. Today, Gigamix Online reported that little is known about the specific contents of the magazine yet, but that some titles that are delivered together with the magazine... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2877.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ MSX MAGAZINE 3 - APRIL 28TH (2005-04-05 14:08:16) The release date of the third edition of ASCII MSX Magazine has finally been revealed. On April 28th, 2005, MSX Magazine 3 will hit the streets. It can already be pre-ordered at Rakuten, 7&Y and bk1. The main contents of the magazine are: * New version... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2876.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ KONAMI MSX TITLES RELEASED ON MOBILE PHONES IN CHINA (2005-04-04 23:15:56) Konami enters the mobile phone gaming industry in China, starting off with three MSX titles: Contra (Gryzor), Antartic Adventure and Salamander (Life Force). The games will be released by Shanghai Mobile and are offered for prices as low as $0.24 per... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2875.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ FAT16 DRIVER 0.10 (2005-04-04 20:02:30) Source: MSX Files SLotman of MSX Files noticed Okei has recently released a new FAT16 driver for MSX, fixing issues with RAMDISK in MSX-DOS 2.20. If the RAMDISK is installed before the FAT16 driver, everything should work fine now. Relevant link:... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2874.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ MSX EMULATOR COMPARISON - BLUEMSX REVIEW UPDATE (2005-04-04 12:30:15) The MSX Emulator Comparison has been updated today, updating the review of blueMSX to the latest release of blueMSX, version 2.2, which has been released March 19th, 2005. The MRC EmuRank of blueMSX increased once again, strengthening its lead in the... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2873.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ MESS 0.95 (2005-04-04 12:24:49) A new version of MESS, the Multiple Emulator Super System based on MAME has been released. As usual, this version incorporates all changes which were made to the latest version of MAME and some emulation specific changes. In this case, a small bug affecting... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2872.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ MSXPR� - NEW PHOTOSHOOTS (2005-04-04 11:48:32) The Brazilian MSX community portal MSXPr� has been updated with 4 new photoshoots taken on MSXRio 2003 and MSXRio 2004 by several different photographers. Furthermore the incorrect links to the photoshoots of MSX Ja� 2001, 2002 and 2003 have been fixed,... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2871.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ YUPIPATI - PROMO (2005-04-04 00:51:28) Source: HispaMSX website Magapeich has released a promo-version of the latest Paxanga game, Yupipati, a high speed game inspired by the classic 'paper, scissors, rock' game. If you'd like to find out what the game is like before you order yourself... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2870.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ TWO NEW ENTRIES TO MSXDEV'05 (2005-04-03 18:51:19) The 31st of March two new entries were added to the MSXDev'05 game development contest organized by Eduardo Robsy. The new contestants are: * Caverns of Titan by Jos� Luis Tur * Namake's Bridgedrome by Buresto Faiya Both games are still work in progress,... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2869.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ MSX SOLUTIONS - UPDATES (2005-04-02 18:30:24) The MSX Solutions website, which recently moved to a new location, has been updated once again. Three new maps of MSX games have been added. It concerns 2 Spanish games - Bestial Warrior (released in 1989 by Dinamic), Arkos Part 1 (released in 1987 by... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2868.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ DOWNLOADS TOP 10; MARCH 2005 (2005-04-01 19:50:22) It's the first of the month, so lets have a look at which files have been downloaded the most during March 2005. We had an amazing amount of downloads last month. As expected, the mp3 recordings of the MRC Airwaves Challenge songs got quite a few hits,... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2867.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ C-BASIC 0.01 (2005-04-01 19:05:29) Boukichi has just released C-BASIC 0.01, a freely distributable MSX-BASIC compatible BASIC interpreter. Together with C-BIOS, C-BASIC makes it possible to create a fullyMSX compatible emulator free of Microsoft and MSX Association copyrights. Relevant... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2866.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ OBSONET - FIRST BATCH RELEASED (2005-04-01 09:13:24) In August 2004 we reported about Obsonet: Ethernet for MSX. Finally, it would be possible to connect MSX computers to the internet and/or a home network by using ordinary ethernet connections. The first batch of Obsonet (Ethernet for MSX) cartridges... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2865.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ IRON STAR RELEASED AFTER 15 YEARS (2005-04-01 00:13:31) Iron Star is an MSX 1 compatible game developed by Paulo Larini in the 80's. He started developing this game around 1986, and it took almost four years to finish it. Strangely enough the game has never been released, but MSX-ALL Team is, cooperation with... Read more at: http://www.msx.org/newspost2864.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ MSX mailing list ([email protected]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
