MSXdev'07 - Penguin Mind
With less than two weeks to go, finished MSXdev'07 entries will start coming in. Many developers have -no doubt- locked themselves in, not to let their entry be disturbed by anyone. Today, the organization has updated their website with the latest entry: Penguin Mind.
openMSX forum restyled
The MSX-Audio is the fairly large granddaddy of musical MSX extensions, quite comparable with the Music Module from Philips. Thanks to MSX user Ravazzi, who lent out his FS-CA1 manual to Antoniutti and sd_snatcher, the original MSX-Audio BASIC manual is now available online.
BlueMSX 2.7.1
With a new version of openMSX released earlier this week, the other giant among the MSX emulators has now been updated as well! A new feature is the support of the most complex mapper, the Halnote mapper, which is also used by the firmware of the MSX2+ Sony HB-F1XDJ and HB-F1XV machines.
Delta Soft update
Dutch MSX developers Delta Soft have updated their website two days ago. Among their other news are these highlights:
- Due popular demand, their latest project Thunderbirds Are Go Missie 2 has been announced.
Another month, another poll! Prior to presenting the new poll, let's have a look at the outcome of the poll from November/December. Do you wish to learn Z80 assembly?
In November, we reported that the PC & MSX Gebruikersgroep Nijmegen was to have a special MSX themed meeting. MSX users Manuel and OeiOeiVogeltje visited the place to have a look.
openMSX 0.6.3
A new version of openMSX, the multi-platform emulator that aims for perfection, has been released! A lot of work has gone into this new version, resulting in -among others- many new sound related features. As usual, this emulator comes without system ROM's. If you don't own these essential ROMs, you won't be able to use all the possible MSX configurations and extensions.
The French website MSX Café has published an article about Konami's classic Metal Gear 2 - Solid Snake.
Amazing Maze, a game by Jos Hulzink (JHAM), has been added to the MRC downloads section. The game, which was originally made to be a promo for the MSX GG Tilburg, is all about wandering robots who lost their heads, collecting cards, and escape in a space shuttle. All this, in a maze of 25 screens.