SD-Snatcher

The IBM-PC also had crappy scrolling in the 80s.

It would be nice to know which games had hidden the messages you post.

There were plenty of mouse models available for the MSX.
But the one in the picture has a male DE-9 connector with flanges, so it doesn’t look to be made for the MSX.

The original MSX3 was intended to be released in 1987, and would have the Z280 CPU and the V9978 VDP.

The Z280 also has some a nifty support for many coprocessors, in a way that’s much quicker than the x86 of that era.

Ahem… She was the official Sony game mascot back in the 80s

No need for a transistor. Just connect the A15 from the MSX to the A14 of the ROM and you’re ready to go.

The Trace Viewer in action after running my profiler script in Tcl.

I created a profiler with some lines of Tcl script thanks to OpenMSX new Trace Viewer. It's easy to use and doesn't require the programmer to insert INs and OUTs in his code, so it works with old ROMs too. #openMSX #msx #tcl #debugging #gamedev #profiler #homebrew #8bit

Adding MSX-Music to a FS-A1FX Today I finished building MSX-Music (based on a YM2413) into my FS-A1FX Here is a Demo Video where you can hear the difference. On this picture the extra circuit I’ve added to get the FM-Soun…

Yours is safe. The only MSX2+ computers that have that HIC1 daughterboard were made by Sony.

BTW, if you want to add the internal FM chip to your A1FX, there's an article here:

www.msxinfo.net/2013/06/15/a...

What model is it? If it's one of the models that has the EMC-NX0039 aka "HIC1" daughterboard, you might need to replace its elcaps ASAP:

www.msx.org/forum/msx-ta...

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Basically, to install it you just have to unzip it into a folder on your SDcard, like SOFARUN, and run it from there.

What kind of issues do you still have?

Yep. For the MSX models that don’t have the space for an internal FM chip, that’s the best choice.

But for those where it can be installed internally, this will save you from using an external slot.

Parodius indeed has some particularly hard stages.

But the rest of the Gradius series for the MSX has just "normal Gradius difficulty".

I would recommend to play the patched versions with smooth scroll for the MSX2/2+.

Bonus tip: there’s also the fan-made sequel for the MSX2, called “Pampas & Selene”.

Tip: There’s also a fan-made remake for the MSX2.

It keeps the original engine, but upgrades the graphics and music.

Too sad that, like in this case, the original files of a lot of Pixel Art published on MSX-Magazine & MSX-Fan seem to have been lost forever.

All that remains from them are the (literally) screen shots that were published.

It looks really nice, thanks! But it's a shame that I can't read Japanese. ( ͒˃̩̩⌂˂̩̩ ͒)

Tip: The FS-A1WX is virtually identical, but easier to find and somewhat cheaper. The diff is the s-video output.
There’s also the cheaper FS-A1FX, but since it doesn’t have the FM chip and you seem to have an allergy to the soldering iron (to add the chip yourself), it’s probably not an option.

Playing Snatcher (or most disk games) on an MSX with turbo and mass storage (SD or CF card) improves the loading times considerably.

Thanks!

I own an HX-22 and an HX-23F. Just in case I need this info in the future, could you please share how to easily fix this type of keyboard? :)

Can it detect the T6950?

Humm. Sorry I can't help you with those. I mainly use openMSX and webMSX.

What emulator are you using? Have you tried webMSX?

In fact, most NTSC CRT TVs were limited to at most ~216 lines due to the overscan, so the devs decision to limit the games resolution to 320x200 was probably not only related to Atari ST & PC portability, but also with NTSC compatibility.

This has exact the same problem, but in the opposite direction: Games designed for PAL320x256 will look vertically stretched when run on NTSC, and the screen will be cropped at the bottom, since the max number of lines will be 240p.

That same PAL aspect ratio issue affected even way more expensive machines like the Amiga.

It was somewhat expensive to deal with this in the 80s, so only devices produced in the late 90s/early 2000s began having proper NTSC/PAL aspect differentiation.

The MSX1 VDP outputs YPbPr, not Y/C. But it had some quirks that were poorly documented, and somewhat expensive to workaround. Most engineers had to cheat with some cheap trick.

If you really want good RGB, you’ll be better served by an MSX2/2+. Or install a TMS-RGB v2 kit.