Msx

[Breetai]

So, I just picked up an old MSX computer from Hard-Off today for the very difficult price of 525 yen. :)

I don't really know much about the system, other than some of the earliest Komami games like Vampire Killer, Metal Gear, Nemesis, Parodius, etc. were on it. After doing a slight bit of research, it seems that an MSX2 system is required for pretty much all of the interesting games (ie. Komami games). My 525yen system is a 1983 model Sanyo Wavy MPC-10 MSX-1. In other words, it's quite the underpowered system. That being said, it looks very nice (ummm... aside from the missing "V" key; hence the 525yen price tag). It's very lightweight and has the power cord built in, which is a nice alternative to having to plug in an AC adapter.

Does anyone here know much about the MSX? Are there any worthwhile games to be had on it? I'd pick up an MSX2, except that I'm pretty cheap these days and don't really want to spend more than a few thousand yen on something like this. Most MSX2 systems I come across are in the 10,000yen range. It might be going back to Hard-Off. :P Oh well, at least I can say I've owned an MSX!

[Breetai]

Sometimes I answer my own questions...

http://membres.lycos.fr/msx/zrom.htm

Still, this list doesn't look complete to me. It seems, perhaps, to be a list of European games?

1983 Games
Name of the Game Editor Quality Mode
Beamrider Activision Bronze MSX1 - Virtual MSX
Dig Dug Namco - MSX1
Exerion Jaleco - MSX1
HighWay Star WayLimit - MSX1
Lode Runner Broderbund Silver MSX1
Lode Runner 2 Broderbund Silver MSX1
Mappy Namco - MSX1
Midnight Building WayLimit - MSX1
Super Cobra Konami Silver MSX1
Time Pilot Konami Silver MSX1

1984 Games
Name of the Game Editor Quality Mode
Alibaba ICM - MSX1
Antartic Adventure Konami Bronze MSX1
Baseball Konami Bronze MSX1
Billiards Konami - MSX1
Bokosuka Wars ASCII Silver MSX1
Bosconian Namcot Bronze MSX1
ChoroQ Taito Bronze MSX1
Circus Charlie Konami - MSX1
Comic Bakery Konami - MSX1
Danger 4 ASCII - MSX1
Exerion 2 Jaleco - MSX1
Fruit Panic Ponyca - MSX1
Galaga Namcot Bronze MSX1
H.E.R.O Activision Gold MSX1 - only fMSX
Hole-in-One Hal Bronze MSX1
HyperOlympic Konami - MSX1
Magical Tree Konami Gold MSX1
Mouser - - MSX1
Mister Chin Hal - MSX1
O'Mac Farmer - - MSX1
Pacman Namco Silver MSX1
Rally X Namco - MSX1
Rollerball Hal Bronze MSX1 - only fMSX
Sky Jaguar Konami Silver MSX1
Sweet Accorn Taito - MSX1
Tennis Konami Bronze MSX1
Top Roller Jaleco Bronze MSX1
Warroid ASCII Corp. Bronze MSX1
Xyxolog Taito Silver MSX1

1985 Games
Name of the Game Editor Quality Mode
Boxing Konami Bronze MSX1
Cabbage Patch Kids Konami Bronze MSX1
Car Fighter Casio - MSX1
Castle Excellent ASCII - MSX1
Champion Pro Wrestling Sega Bronze MSX1
C SO! Ponyca Silver MSX1
Eggerland Mystery Hal Gold MSX1
Back to the future Ponyca - MSX1
Hang-On Sega Bronze MSX1
Hyper Rally Konami Gold MSX1
Mopiranger Konami - MSX1
Payload Zap Bronze MSX1
Ping Pong Konami Gold MSX1
Pippols Konami Gold MSX1
Roadfighter Konami Bronze MSX1
Soccer Konami Bronze MSX1
Yie Ar Kung Fu 1 Konami Bronze MSX1
Yie Ar Kung Fu 2 Konami Gold MSX1
Zexas dB Soft - MSX1
Zoom 909 Sega - MSX1

1986 Games
Name of the Game Editor Quality Mode
Arkanoid Taito Silver MSX1
Catboy Casio - MSX1
Coaster Race Sony - MSX1
Dungeon Master ASCII - MSX1
Egg's Sega - MSX1
Exoid-Z Casio - MSX1
Game Master 1 Konami - MSX1
GulKave Sanumi - MSX1
Gyrodine Taito Bronze MSX1
Hole-in-One Pro Hal Gold MSX1
Inspecteur Z Hal - MSX1
K-Leon Casio Bronze MSX1
Knightmare Konami Gold MSX1
Mobile Planet Hal - MSX1
Mr. Do's Wildride Universal Angel - MSX1
Mystery Zemina Silver MSX1
Pashka Casio - MSX1
Penguin Adventure Konami Gold MSX1
Q-Bert Konami Bronze MSX1
Snake-It EagleSoft Silver MSX1
Super Laydoc T-esoft Gold MSX1 - konami5 8Kb format
The Goonies Konami Gold MSX1
Twinbee Konami Silver MSX1
TZR Grand Prix ASCII - MSX1
Zanac Ponyca Silver MSX1
ZanacEX Ponyca Gold MSX2

1987 Games
Name of the Game Editor Quality Mode
1942 Zemina Silver MSX1
Dragon Slayer II Falcom - MSX1
F1 Spirit Konami Gold MSX1
Firebird Konami Bronze MSX2 - Japanese Version
Flicky Sega Silver MSX1
Goemon Konami Bronze MSX2 - Japanese Version
Jagur Hudson Soft Bronze MSX1
Maze of Galious Konami Gold MSX1
Metal Gear 1 Konami Gold MSX2
Nemesis2 Konami Gold MSX2
Salamander Konami Silver MSX1
Samuraï Konami Bronze MSX2 - Japanese Version
Tetris - Bronze MSX1
The FairyLand Story Taito Silver MSX1
Treasures of Usas Konami Silver MSX2

1988 Games
Name of the Game Editor Quality Mode
Aleste Compile Bronze MSX2
AlterWars 2 ASCII Gold MSX2
Crazy Cars VipSoft Bronze MSX1
Game Master 2 Konami - MSX2 - ruMSX
Kings Valley 2 Konami Silver MSX2 - Konami5 8Kb format
Nemesis 3 Konami Gold MSX1
Outrun Sega Silver MSX2 - ascii 8Kb format
Parodius Konami Silver MSX2 - Japanese Version
Pennant Race 1 Konami Gold MSX2 - Konami5 8Kb format
Scarlet 7 Crack FM - MSX1

1989 Games
Name of the Game Editor Quality Mode
Ashguine T-esoft Silver MSX2 - Konami4 8Kb format
Gryzor Konami Silver MSX2 - Japanese Version
Pennant Race 2 (Anglais) Konami Gold MSX2 - Konami5 8kb format
Space Manbow Konami Gold MSX2
SuperBoy 2 - MarioLand Zemina & Sega Gold MSX1

1990 Games
Name of the Game Editor Quality Mode
Columns Sega Bronze MSX2
Quarth Konami Silver MSX2 - Konami5 8kb format

[gokugohandave]

im not sure if the msx ever made it to the usa, i know it was in japan but thats it.

[delafro]

My experience with the MSX is pretty limited, just to the Antique packs that made it onto the Playstation. Seems like there are some pretty interesting titles on there, if you don't mind the jerky scrolling. Worth it to see some of the early classic franchises, I would guess.

[Breetai]

My experience with the MSX is pretty limited, just to the Antique packs that made it onto the Playstation. Seems like there are some pretty interesting titles on there, if you don't mind the jerky scrolling. Worth it to see some of the early classic franchises, I would guess.Yeah, I just downloaded an emulator to try some of the games out. VERY jerky. Still, now that it seems like my old MSX-1 will play quite a few games, I think I'll try and pick out a couple just for the hell of it. Only if they're cheap, though! We'll see if I hang onto it or not...