The MSXdev contests were originally created by Eduardo A. Robsy Petrus to give a strong boost to developing games for the first generation of the MSX system. Years later, the same spirit remains, even though the rules have evolved over time.
MSXdev’03
The first edition of the MSXdev contest was canceled due to a lack of entries (only three), but it served as a good warm-up for the editions to come.
- Crew: Jon Cortazar, Eduardo Robsy
- Jurors: Néstor Soriano, Hustin Olivier, Manuel Pazos, Róman Van Der Meulen, Jukka Mirkkula
- entries: 3 (6)
MSXdev’04
- Crew: Jon Cortazar, Eduardo Robsy
- Jurors: Néstor Soriano
- entries: 16 (16)
- winner: Sink King
MSXdev’05
- Crew: Jon Cortazar, Eduardo Robsy
- Jurors: Patriek Lesparre (aka GuyveR800)
- entries: 19 (22)
- winner: The cure
MSXdev’06
- Crew: Jon Cortazar, Benoît Delvaux , Sjoerd Lammertsma
- Jurors: Cas Cremers, Jesús Pérez Rosales, Philip Pera
- entries: 19 (26)
- winner: Monster Hunter
MSXdev’07
- Crew: Jon Cortazar, Benoît Delvaux , Sjoerd Lammertsma
- Jurors: Timo Soilamaa, Roberto Vargas, osé Andrés Gil
- entries: 12 (16)
- winner: Caos Begins
MSXdev’08
- Crew: Jon Cortazar, Benoît Delvaux , Sjoerd Lammertsma
- Jurors: Takamichi Suzukawa, S.T.A.R.
- entries: 12 (15)
- winner: Deep Dungeon
MSXdev’09
- Crew: Jon Cortazar, Benoît Delvaux , Sjoerd Lammertsma
- Jurors: Tomas Karlsson, Rudi Westerhof, Albert Beevendorp
- entries: 9 (16)
- winner: Dr. Pill
MSXdev’10
- Crew: Jon Cortazar, Benoît Delvaux , Sjoerd Lammertsma
- Jurors: Benoît Delvaux, Sjoerd Lammertsma, Eduardo Robsy
- entries: 7 (9)
- winner: Heroes Arena
MSXdev’11
- Crew: Jon Cortazar, Benoît Delvaux , Sjoerd Lammertsma
- Jurors: Benoît Delvaux, Sjoerd Lammertsma, Sir Garbagetruck
- entries: 9 (15)
- winner: Zombie Incident
MSXdev’12
- Crew: Karoshi
- Jurors: Public poll
- entries: 3 (4)
- winner: Teodoro No Sabe Volar
MSXdev’13
- Crew: Karoshi
- Jurors: Public poll
- entries: 6 (6)
- winner: Shouganai
MSXdev’14
- Crew: Karoshi
- Jurors: Public poll
- entries: 10 (19)
- winner: Pretty Kingdom
MSXdev’15
- Crew: José Andrés, John Hassink
- Jurors: David Fernández, Paco SantosRamírez, John Hassink, Maartenvan Strien, Bart van Velzen
- entries: 4 (4)
- winner: BitLogic
MSXdev’17
- Crew: José Andrés, John Hassink
- Jurors: Richard Cornelisse, Toni Gálvez, Javier García, Fernando García, Germán Díaz
- entries: 10 (11)
- winner: ΧΙ∧∃Χ (Zevimodoki)
MSXdev’18
- Crew: José Andrés, John Hassink
- Jurors: Miikka Poikela, Toni Gálvez, Maarten van Strien, David Fernández, Manuel Bilderbeek
- entries: 15 (15)
- winner: Dreams Puzzle
MSXdev’20
- Crew: José Andrés, John Hassink
- Jurors: José Andrés, John Hassink
- entries: 21 (21)
- winner: The Menace from Triton
MSXdev21
- Crew: Róman van der Meulen, John Hassink
- Jurors: Cas Cremers, Richard Cornelisse, Hans Cnossen, Bart van Velzen, Tony Cruise
- entries: 32 (34)
- winner: Alien Attack
MSXdev22
- Crew: Róman van der Meulen, John Hassink
- Jurors: Micha Mulder, Toni Gálvez, Tadahiro Nitta
- entries: 32 (32)
- winner: Lilly’s Saga – The Stones of Evergreen
MSXdev23
- Crew: Róman van der Meulen, John Hassink
- Jurors: Ronald van der Putten, Danilo Danisi, Robert Vroemisse
- entries: 29 (29)
- winner: Snake and Rhino in the sketchbook
MSXdev24
- Crew: Róman van der Meulen, John Hassink
- Jurors: Santiago Ontañón (Santi), Javier Garcia (Gryzor87) & José Vicente Masó (WYZ), Joel Verdonck (Mumbly)
- entries: 31 (31)
- winner: Maiden’s Extreme Fist – BUN-GA-RUA
MSXdev25
- Crew: Róman van der Meulen, Sander Niessen
- Jurors: Timo Soilamaa (Nyyrikki), Tohji Murakata (Retromixis), and Mario Cavalcanti (Clube MSX).
- entries: 48 (50)
- winner: Neon Horizon