MSX
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Sega's Moonwalker Coming to Wii, Says Euro Rating Board...on the service. I have updated the Wonder Boy page accordingly. Konami said that it would bring a variety of its classic games for the MSX computer to Japan, including the first two Metal Gear games. The first five games - Yie Ar Kung Fu 2,... In this article: Sega, Wii, Metal Gear, Wonder Boy, Konami, Square Enix, Revenue, SaGa, Penguin Adventure, and MSX |
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Joystiq | November 02, 2009
God of War Collection porting 'lasted 15 weeks'
...(no, really) 2 days ago on Joystiq Nintendo: Super Mario Galaxy commercial brings a tear to our eye 2 days ago on Joystiq Nintendo: MSX returns to Virtual Console in Japan with ... Metal Gear!? 2 days ago on Joystiq Nintendo: European...
In this article: E3, Sony, Halo 3, Dog, Forza 3, Dashboard, and PlayStation
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Namco announces 2.5 million shipped copies of Tekken 6
...GOTY issues 9 hours ago on Joystiq Nintendo: Super Mario Galaxy commercial brings a tear to our eye 10 hours ago on Joystiq Nintendo: MSX returns to Virtual Console in Japan with ... Metal Gear!? 11 hours ago on Joystiq Nintendo:...
In this article: Namco, Tekken 6, Forza 3, Namco Bandai, Super Mario Galaxy, North America, and Europe
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Nintendo Wii Fanboy | October 30, 2009
MSX returns to Virtual Console in Japan with ... Metal Gear!?
...last 60fps game' 3 hours ago on Joystiq: Reuters: RE5 sold 1.94M in US; Dead Space 2 in development for 2010 There hasn't been an MSX game released on Virtual Console in Japan since July 2008. Konami has decided to start releasing...
In this article: Metal Gear, Japan, Insomniac, GameStop, Konami, and Reuters
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Wikipedia | November 02, 2009
Lode Runner
...as one of the "Greatest Games of All Time". Over the years, Lode Runner was ported to numerous systems, including Commodore 64, MSX, Atari ST, PC-8001 , PC-8801 , PC-6001 , PC-6601 ,X1 , FM-7, SG-1000 , Atari 400/800 , PC-9801 ,MS-DOS,...
In this article: Lode Runner, Broderbund, Commodore 64, Computer Gaming World, Fortran, Atari ST, Choplifter, and Bomberman
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Gamespot | June 17, 2009
Choplifter to fly again?
...a helicopter. First released in 1982 for the Apple II, the 2D airborne action game was eventually ported to the Commodore 64, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MSX, NES, and Sega Master System. Sequels and...
In this article: Choplifter, Trademark, Brian Fargo, Commodore 64, Broderbund, Interplay, Atari 8-bit, The Bard's Tale, and Bard's Tale
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Microsoft Flight Simulator
...1-2-3. subLOGIC continued to develop the product for other platforms, and their improved Flight Simulator II was ported to Apple II in 1983, to the Commodore 64, MSX and Atari 800 in 1984, and to the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST in 1986.
In this article: Microsoft Flight Simulator, Microsoft, Flight simulator, Bruce Artwick, Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Windows Vista, Guinness World Records, Microsoft Windows, Game Studio, and Altair 8800
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Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
...the game's start. The game was originally created for the Atari 2600 and released in 1984 , but it was also faithfully ported to the Atari 5200, ColecoVision, CoCo , Apple II, Atari 8-bit , MSX and Commodore 64 systems. In 1985 , Sega...
In this article: Pitfall II: Lost Caverns, David Crane, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Pitfall, Atari, and Activision
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Mr. Do!
...of computer systems and video game consoles, including the Atari 2600, several Atari 8-bit home computers , the ColecoVision, Apple II, MSX, Tomy Tutor and the Commodore 64 series of computers. The game has also been adapted to more advanced...
In this article: Mr. Do!, Apple drops, Mr. Do series, Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit, Dig Dug, Namco, SNK, and Taito Corp.
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Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness
...were also released. Many subsequent releases were made in later years, including the 1989 version for the MSX, published only in Japan by Pony Canyon, as well as an Apple IIGS specific port in late 1994 by Vitesse. In 1997, the DOS/EGA...
In this article: Ultima, Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness, Mondain, Akalabeth, Lord British, Richard Garriott, Goods and services, and Space Shuttle
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Level 9 Computing
...Austin, the company produced about 20 games for BBC Micro, Nascom, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Oric , Atari , Lynx 48k , RML 380Z, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Amiga, Apple II, Memotech MTX, and Enterprise until the commercial declining market of the text...
In this article: Level 9 Computing, Nascom, Adventure, Minas Tirith, Middle-earth, ZX Spectrum, Memotech MTX, Amstrad CPC, and Amiga
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MSX was the name of a standardized home computer architecture in the 1980s. It was a Microsoft-led attempt to create unified standards among hardware makers, conceived by one-time Microsoft Japan executive Kazuhiko Nishi. Despite Microsoft's involvement, MSX-based machines were seldom seen in the United States and Britain, but they were popular in other markets. Eventually 5 million MSX-based units were sold world-wide.
Nishi proposed MSX as an attempt to create a single industry standard for home computers. Inspired by the success of VHS as a standard for video cassette recorders, many Japanese electronic manufacturers along with Goldstar, Philips and Spectravideo built and promoted MSX computers. Any piece of hardware or software with the MSX logo on it was compatible with MSX products of other manufacturers. In particular, the expansion cartridge form and function were part of the standard; any MSX expansion or game cartridge would work in any MSX computer.
The system MSX most closely resembled was the Spectravideo SV-328 home computer (Spectravideo even claimed to be "MSX compatible" in advertisements before the actual launch of MSX systems) but it was in fact not completely compatible with it. This led to a new and short-lived kind of software cracking: converting. Since the MSX games were unplayable on the SV-328 computer, SV-328 crackers developed a method of modifying the (MSX) games to make them work on the SV-328. In most cases this included downloading the MSX BIOS to the SV-328 from tape or floppy disk. Spectravideo later launched a system, the SV-728, which did completely adhere to the MSX standard.
- Name:
- MSX
- Type:
- Home computer
- OS:
- MSX-DOS / MSX BASIC
- Processor:
- Zilog Z80
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