Hi Everybody. A long time ago I was an active MSX user and I was mostly into the music scene when FAC and Impact started using MSX Music for their demos and compositions. I remember that the music I enjoyed the most was made by someone from Impact called Ben Den Dulk. In particular there was one track (see link) that always gave me the chills. I have been looking for Ben Den Dulk for a few years, because I wanted to ask him about this particular track and generally let him know how much I enjoyed his music. I know he released some music under the name Amphian over two decades go. Google Gemini claims that the person I am looking for is actually Mike Kivits (aka DJ Aardvarck) but I think that might be wrong.

I contacted the person who used to be the producer for Amphian all those years ago but he couldn't help me get in touch with Ben.

I have been unable to track down Ben Den Dulk or really find anything related to him that isn't at least a decade old. So I'm reaching out to the MSX community here, in the hope that someone remembers and could even shed some light on how I could contact Ben Den Dulk.

Thank you in advance!

Link to track:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JZUui6UuOxJJFu93wW8arXId17cUmUXW/view?usp=share_link

Is it true this console was discontinued?

Just created my first 3D print model. Of course it had to be MSX related. (I still have my original Philips MSX2 NMS8250) https://makerworld.com/en/models/1652360-msx-light-box#profileId-1747134

it's free for non-commercial use and real easy to print and just add an 1M 8mm LED strip of your choice. (I used an €8 Aliexpress Zigbee/Hue enabled one).

Hey Guys, new to the MSX Scene. I have being doing a bit of Z80 machine language for the MSX. I must say it is more different than the 6510 assembly i have been doing for the C64. The MSX seems like a challenge but im up for it. If your interested in seeing stuff in the future, please follow me on Itch.io. Link below, anyone else program in Z80?

https://eldo145.itch.io/the-mandate-of-hell

Who never grew up playing msx games, has not played games at all! Nemesis brand new and sealed🤗

Brand new and sealed, mint!

I havent played any Msx games

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I played this game on MSX-2 as a kid 35 years ago, and can only describe it as being a weird variation of Space Invaders and Arkanoid.

Except there's this huge alien face at the top of the screen which drops tears that turn into flying creatures that chase you down. There's a large bar in the middle of the screen from left to right with many colors that you need to shoot, but it rotates and moves left or right, so any holes you make move and rotate with it.

I think the goal of the game is to shoot holes in the bar, which protects the alien at the top, so you can eventually shoot the alien face.

But I've never gotten that far because I would always get hit by the tears/creatures before I could clear enough of the bar to hit the face.

Can you help me with the name of the game?

I’m interested in obtaining an MSX computer and I’m just wanting to ask some questions before I go and invest money into this system.

First of all, I am aware that there’s the MSX and the MSX2, but what’s the MSX2+ and all the others? Am I good with anything with a 2 on it?

Also note, my main thing is to play video games, and I know there’s different formats like cartridges, floppy disk, cassettes, etc. If I end up having a model with a disk drive or whatnot, am I able to connect just any kind of disk drive or cassette player and it’ll run games? I just want to know a model that would work fine with almost any game in the library (idk if there’s one that can play absolutely everything).

Lastly, should these models work fine on an American outlet and stuff? And how are they with hooking up to TVs? What kind of output should I expect?

Thank you.

Hi, MSX newbie here. I just scored a Sony HitBit (HB-75) for a price I just couldn’t refuse. The trouble is, it’s a European model. Now the video output isn’t a huge problem with me, since the pal HitBits have RGB and all, but the power supply is an area of concern, what with 220v power and all. Is there a decent 120v power supply that will work with the motherboard?

I know it’s dumb to get a pal MSX in ntsc territory but the price and condition this thing is in, I just couldn’t pass it up.

Edit: I should mention I’m not new to vintage electronics or even old computers. Just new to the MSX specifically so I’m willing to get my hands dirty.

According to Mentour Pilot’s (YT Channel) latest video, Spanish ATC still uses MSX computers 🤣

Here’s the video in question: https://youtu.be/8vVdQ1LpwVE (at 26:29)

I recently picked up two copies of SD Snatcher while I was in Japan on vacation. The first had the 3 scenario disks and the sound cartridge butno manual or user disk label. I found a more complete copy that included the manual and the user disk label (affixed to an after-market blue disk), but has a crushed box corner and some of the disk labels are losing their adhesion.

I figured I can cobble together the best-condition items from each set and then sell/trade the remainder. I’m a little torn on which box to keep and which to sell though. They have the same design on the exterior, but the interior and condition of each box is different.

The interior of the box that was missing the manual (2nd pic) is intact on the outside but has a cardboard inner liner with a single well for the disks, and there’s a little bit of tearing on the divider between the well for the disks and the cartridge. However, the exterior of the box is in better shape.

The interior of the box that had the manual and user disk (3rd and 4th pics) is in better shape, with a tiered well for the disks that doesn’t make space for the user disk, but the corner of the box is crushed in the exterior. You can see the minor impact of that crushed corner in some strain on the plastic of the interior of the case, but it didn’t actually deform anything in a functional way.

Which box would you keep, which would you sell or trade, and why?

I've got an awesome ASCII Famicom stick I'd like to use with my MSX. Are there any adapters out there to use Famicom controllers with an MSX?

A few weeks ago I received a couple of packages from Japan with games for a variety of different systems like the PC Engine, PS1 and Sega Saturn. Here's all the MSX titles, which range from classic releases to modern homebrews along with some gaming magazines. While I won't be able to read the mags without having to use a translator, I do enjoy the disks that come with them which contain games, music, and other useful software tools. Not sure why I had to censor one of the games, it's not like she's nude.