Earlier today, hap (known for his MSX1 emulator meisei and his outspoken Audrey Tautou worshipping) released an English translation patch for Borfes to 5-nin no Akuma.
PSPMSX 1.4.1
A new version of PSPMSX has been released.
Django, who never seems to stop providing game translations on Passion MSX, has given us yet another translated game: Super Daisenryaku, a strategy game from 1988 by Systemsoft, presented for MSX by
Passion MSX has just placed a new game review on their website: Arkanoid. This MSX1 game, released by Taito in 1986, is one of the front runners in the arsenal of addictive games.
Jungle Hunt announced
Muffie has just finished his conversion of Jungle Hunt from the Coleco to MSX.
MiniGame Compo 2008
Yukio drew our attention to the MiniGame Compo 2008. It is a competition for 1, 2 and 4 kB games on a variety of 8-bit platforms, including MSX. At this moment only the 4k competition is still running.
MIDI framework
Programmer Vincent van Dam (also known as joyrex from the dvik-joyrex duo) has decided to release his WIP version of a MIDI framework. The framework is an implementation of the MIDI protocol, and allows applications to create event handlers on MIDI-in events to easily create MIDI applications.
NYYRIKKI, whose output is usually unpredictable yet fascinating, has competed in the Alternative Party 2008 with his demo Cow. This demo, which requires a turbo-R to run, ended up second place!