It is with great thrill that we announce the 18th edition of MSXdev to be open for entries! MSXdev22 is on, yes sir! This rendition of the long running game compo accepts all MSX software in “Free Style format”.
Yearly Archives: 2021
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The MSXdev21 edition, running from January 2021 until September 2021, has resulted in 34 registered games. A record in MSXdev history! And now, the jury has come to a conclusion, so here are the results of MSXdev21. First place, winner of MSXdev21, with a total score of 88 points is […]
The Winners Loot Box got dressed up with shirts Be proud, stand tall, and wear MSX t-shirts. Any winner of MSXdev can now sport one of those thanks to MSXblog’s sponsoring. This gift comes from a familiair person, as he’s none other than one of the former organizers of this […]
We made it! – MSXdev21’s deadline has passed, resulting in 34 new MSX1 games on the shelf. Now it is time for the jury panel to do their duties.
Title: Arya Genre: Puzzle Author: André Baptista ROM size: 16KB Registered: 20210831 Arya is a puzzle game, inspired by the classic SEGA title “Columns”. A game from Brazil written completely in C language, with all sources available. The goal is to remove pieces by putting at least 3 blocks of […]
Navigate the maze. Bounce, flow, and defy gravity in order to seek and collect the hearts… In this unusual platformer, both your skills and nerves will be put to the test!
Once you ascend, you can’t go back! Climb huge towering buildings with caution in this vertical scrolling arcade by game studio SoCal (Vincent, Sylvian, Cedric).
Hakogame’s “Open Wide! “is not for the faint of heart, as we’re seriously pulling dents. Now here’s a game to sink your teeth into.
A certain round yellow guy, who’s probably the most iconic video game character ever, makes his entrance in ARC8’s recent MSX game called “PAC-01”. That’s right, it is Pac-Man himself that makes waves in the world’s fastest dot eating game.
Wireless Fidelity at the Winners Loot Box Connecting your MSX machine wireless to the net with BaDCaT, a hardware unit provided by Andrés Ortiz (BaDCaT electronics). Sounds good, right? Well, this fine piece of work has now been added to the loot box. Why use cables while we can connect […]
Perhaps it is the Nimbus 2000, because this broomstick is magic as it hovers on its own to clean the sidewalk. Gamecast Entertainment just swept in another game entry.
Oh, no… what’s this? A spiderweb, and you’re caught in the middle! Robosoft’s third game entry this year.
One bullit, one shot, one life… Pick the right target at the right time by following the clues. Scope and shoot.
The Winners Loot Box got covered up with dust covers From Spain we received MSX dust covers to give away to any winner that needs his or her machine kept clean. The Winners Loot Box has five of these items inside. Keeping your precious 8-bit wonder in perfect and […]
All shooter fans can rejoice, as “Alien Attack” comes ripping through the horizon and breaking through the sound barrier with a bang.
Fantastic Football is a welcome addition to the dev’s games heap. Prep yourself for a good match, for the World Cup awaits you.
XOR 2021 is a remake of XOR, a game originally released in 1987 for other systems. Here’s the MSX version, made by Timmy C.
Entry number #23 is another game that forces us to use our mind, while at the same time, trying to not lose our mind.
An MSX conversion of the original Atari Jaguar puzzle game. Eric “Ricco59” Mendel his second game for this years MSXdev edition
Tere-Kinesis delivers power of the mind to the Winners Loot Box The new Physical Dreams game, called “Tere-Kinesis” is all about mind control to move objects, and it’s here in the loot box. Tere-Kinesis is a physical cartridge ROM compatible with MSX1, 48KRAM, PSG systems. Tere-Kinesis is a brand new, […]
The Retro Format Magazine is added to the Winners Loot Box Retro Format is a full sized A4 professionally printed magazine covering all things retro for 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit home computers and consoles. It contains many reviews of new games for old hardware like C64, CPC, ZX Spectrum, MSX, […]
The 8-Bit Annual 2021 sneaks its way into the Winners Loot Box Eight Bit Magazine is a magazine for collectors and users of 8-bit computers. Every year, the magazine gets complemented with an annual print where ; The 8-Bit Annual 2021 is a compilation of all issues from the year […]
The Eight Bit Magazine ends up in the Winners Loot Box Eight Bit Magazine is a magazine for collectors and users of 8-bit computers. All 8-bit computers are covered – from the ultra rare to popular computers like the MSX system. A high quality printed A5 full color retro computer […]
The Winners Loot Box just got filled up with pages of retro computer game reviews Blast Annual 2020 vol2 is retro gaming awesomeness in a printed book with over 200 pages! Including MSX coverage. There are 3 print-editions to win. Plus, there is a digital edition for every participant of […]
The Clube MSX magazine slides into the Winners Loot Box Clube MSX is a Brazilian print magazine dedicated to the MSX system, which is released quarterly (meaning – 4 times a year). The publication is aimed at collectors and platform enthusiasts, aiming its main focus on the present without leaving […]
A sci-fi adventure game in three chapters, this game by Uninteresting happens to be quite interesting.
The Winners Loot Box just got expanded by Modulon , the MSX external slot expander. Modulon is a stackable MSX slot expander with 3D printed casing and volume controls. It allows more external extensions to be connected to your machine. A modern piece of hardware kindly donated by Supersoniqs. With […]
The stereo ePSG soundcard with effect processor “Darky” just filled up the Winners Loot Box. From Dutch retro hard- and software makers Supersoniqs, we received their new 6-channel PSG board for any winner to loot. This device is backwards compatible with the existing MSX PSG sound chip and has a mixer […]
What’s new in the Winners Loot Box is called Neotron. The Neotron OPN soundcard fills the gap between the existing OPL and OPM range of sound cards. Neotron contains the YM2610 OPNB sound chip, found in Neo Geo MVS and AVS systems and a lot of Sega and Taito based […]
A physical edition of the book “Modern MSX Basic Game Development” takes resident at the Winners Loot Box Just recently, Raul Portales published his new book “Modern MSX Basic Game Development” and gives away a free copy to MSXdev winners. As the title says, it is a book about programming […]
Entering the Winners Lootbox is a set of boards to create Omega, a new MSX2 compatible computer From the MsxMakers, the MSX compatible computer called Omega is added to the Winners Loot box of MSXdev21. The boards, created by Sergey Kiselev, is a DIY kit to make a machine compatible with […]
Booting sequence completed… Little android LOGIC finds itself in a room in an unknown location, all his communications are offline and one simple directive in its program: Get Out.