A fresh platformer with an unusually morbid plot and setting for the genre has been stirring up the retrogame development scene for quite a while now. The name of the culprit is “l’Abbaye des Morts”, which translates to “The Abbey of The Dead”. This quite special kind of platforming adventure, […]
Name of the game: Witch Day Game size: 392KB RAM size requirements: 16KB Game genre: Adventure Individuals involved: Main program: José Soto Gándara (joesg) Testing and translation: Daniel González Witch Day is an adventure that reminds Zelda and other games. Saying that, we play the role of old lady named Anabel that comes […]
Name of the game: SPC Super HOOPS Game size: 32KB RAM size requirements: 16KB Game genre: Sports / Arcade Name of the group / individuals involved: Hakogame It’s showtime! Time for playing a basketball-like game before times runs out. There is a power bar at the bottom of the screen where a […]
Name of the game: BlockPuzzle Game size: 32KB RAM size requirements: 16KB Game genre: Casual puzzle Individuals involved: David “turbor” Heremans Puzzles, a good way to spend our spare time playing with our MSX computer. Here we have a new one that pretends to be casual but also give a good moments of entertainment. The […]
Name of the game: Relevo’s Snowboarding Size: 48KB RAM size requirements: 8KB Genre: Sports / Racing Name of the group involved: Relevo Here we have it – the eleventh entry for MSXdev’20 while we are approaching the deadline for contest entries, at the end of this month. The veteran developers […]
Name of the game: Raftoid Game size: Working to be finally 16KB RAM size requirements: 16KB Genre: Brick Breaker (heavily inspired by Arkanoid) Individuals involved: Raúl Portales (Platty Soft) with some help from bitsofbas The era and time of this story is mostly unknown. After contact was lost with the mother […]
Name of the game: Cuncuna Game size: 16KB RAM size requirements: 16KB Genre: Arcade License: Freeware Individuals involved: Christian Córdova Hey kids, remember The Very Hungry Caterpillar? Well, now we actually get to play one, in a Snake-inspired (yes, the eating one, but not the one eating in the jungle) […]
Name of the game: Stupid Martians Game size: 64KB RAM size requirements: 16KB Genre: Shoot’em up (a bit bullet hell) Name of the individuals involved: Code and graphics: Visualedu Music: Bitcaffe Betatesters: Antxiko and Pablibiris Right after The Menace from Triton gave us some fresh shoot’em up action to chew […]
Name of the game: The Menace from Triton Game size: 48KB RAM size requirements: 16KB Genre: Space shooter Name of the individuals involved: Santiago Ontañón (Brain Games) One could argue that for the recent years, an edition of MSXdev isn’t complete without contributions from certain long time contenders such as […]
Name of the game: Litter Box Game size: 16KB RAM size requirements: 16KB Genre: Maze License: Freeware Individuals involved: RAY2DAY MSX SOFTWARE According to a popular theory, cats are really plotting to take over the world. And arguably, that could be for the best. It’s not a far stretch to […]
Name of the game: Landing Game size: 16KB RAM size requirements: 8KB Genre: Action License: Freeware Individuals involved: Z80 Epoch Cats are awesome and beautiful! So how can we not be enthusiastic about a new entry to the contest featuring one of those furry feline friends? In this game, our […]
Name of the game: Yazzie MSX Remastered Game size: 32KB RAM size requirements: 16KB Genre: Puzzle Platformer Individuals involved: Retro Souls & FRS Here comes a new challenger! Yazzie MSX Remastered, and as the label “MSX Remastered” says, this is a totally rebuilt game made from the original Yazzie, which […]
Name of the game: Subcommander Game size: 32KB (ROM version) Requirements for ROM version: MSX1 with 16Kb RAM Requirements for Disk version: MSX1 with 64Kb RAM Genre: Shoot’em up Individuals involved: Zoran Majcenić Control a well-armed military submarine ready to sink as much enemy ships as you can before time […]
Category: MSX Classic Name of the project / game: Quartet Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 32Kb / 8Kb RAM Game genre: Action Puzzle Name of the group / individuals involved: Ilkke & bitsofbas Here comes a new challenger! The name is Quartet, and it’s a puzzle […]
Category: MSX Classic Name of the project / game: PWND3 – Full Metal Snake Twitch Edition Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 16Kb / 8Kb RAM Game genre: Puzzle Name of the group / individuals involved: Metal Soft The snake returns! After paying a visit to the […]
Category: MSX classic Name of the game: XRacing Game Size / RAM requirements: 48KB ROM / 16KB RAM Game genre: Car racing Name of the group / individuals: Brain Games (Santi Ontañón) Having been announced last month, finally XRacing has made it before deadline and it is available for download. […]
Category MSX Freestyle Name of the project / game: Barbarian The Duel Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: MSX2/MSX2+/MSXTurboR ROM ASCII16 – 1024KBytes 128KBytes VRAM PSG or FM (SFX Samples optional with OPL4 (Moonsound or clone) Game genre: Fighting Name of the group: Bitvision Software Individuals involved: […]
Category: MSX Classic Name of the fame: GRAVITICA Game size / RAM size requirements: 32KB ROM/16KB RAM Genre: Original (STG-like) Name of the individual involved: Yusuke Miyauchi Yusuke Miyauchi brings us an original game where we control a spaceship which has no attacking capabilities. As we travel along space, there […]
Category: MSX Freestyle Name of the game: Shoulder Blade OVERDRIVE Game size / RAM size requirements: 48KB / 128KB VRAM Requires MSX2 Game genre: Shootem’up Name of the group / individuals involved: Nobuaki Washio, GW’s-Workshop Here’s the second game for the MSX Freestyle category in this issue of MSXdev! Shoulder […]
Category: MSX Classic Name of the game: Any Treasure Day Game size / RAM size requirements for the game : 32KB ROM / 16KB RAM Game genre : Text Adventure Name of the group / individuals involved : Timmy Any Treasure Day is the 8th entry for MSXdev’18, and it […]
Category: MSX Classic Name: Bumper Ship Racing Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 32KB ROM image, 16KB RAM Game genre: Racing, Multiplayer Name of the group / individuals involved: Uninteresting Here we have a multiplayer game for up to 4 players at the same time! Why play […]
Category: MSX Classic Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 32 KB ROM / 16 KB RAM Game genre: Puzzle Name of the group / individuals involved: Wim Dewijngaert Linez is a game based on Numberlink logic puzzles. Here, you have to connect faces of the same colours […]
Category: MSX Freestyle Min specs: MSX1 + V9990 + MSX-MUSIC Name of the game: Dreams Puzzle Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 4096KB ROM / 16KB RAM Game genre: Puzzle Name of the group / individuals involved: Mapax Website Josephine Wall (author of the illustrations) Here we have […]
Name of the game: C.C.R. Anexo 1 El Algoritmo Category: MSX Classic Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 32KB ROM / 16KB RAM Game genre: Adventure Name of the group / individuals involved: José Soto Gándara (joesg) This game is a graphical adventure where you play the role of a […]
Fort Apocalypse is a game released in 1982 for Atari computers and later ported to Commodore 64. The latter version is the one chosen to port to MSX, with written permission from Steve Hales, the original author. It’s a side scrolling shooot’em up where the player controls a helicopter, destroying […]
Category: MSX Classic Name of the game: Virus LQP-79 Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 48Kb / 16Kb Game genre: Shoot’em up Name of the group: Pentacour This game is a port to MSX of Virus LQP-79 coded by Team-Arg for Arduboy.Although it’s a 48Kb ROM (not […]
Category: MSX Classic Name of the game: BUDDHAGILLIE / 佛陀斬 Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 32Kb / 16Kb Game genre: Shoot’em up Name of the group: Nobuaki Washio, GW’s-Workshop Prince Shiddhartha made a vow, to make all sentient beings my equal without any difference The second entry […]
Category: MSX Classic Name of the game: Burn Us Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 32Kb Game genre: Strategy/Platform Name of the group: CARAMBALAN Studios This game gives you the experience what it’s like to be a member of a weird, masochistic sect. Make your wishes come true […]
Name of the game: Sweet Punch Category: MSX Freestyle Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 111KB / 256KB RAM Other requirements: MSX2, MSX-DOS2 Game genre : action Name of the author: Mr.Ghost Contact e-mail: msx2plus AT naver.com From South Korea comes this little action game where our female […]
Name of the game:Magical Tower Adventure Category: MSX Classic Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 32KB ROM / 16KB RAM Game genre : dungeon crawler Name of the group: Timmy Contact e-mail: timmy_2038 AT yahoo.co.uk Here’s the 9th contest entry. It’s an MSX port from a ZX Spectrum […]
Name of the game: XSpelunker Category: MSX Classic Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 32KB ROM / 16KB RAM Name of the group: Santiago Ontañón (Brain Games) Contact e-mail: santi.ontanon AT gmail.com This is a game heavily inspired in games such as Spelunky and Livingstone Supongo. This means: exploration, items […]
Category: MSX Classic Name of the game: Andrea Petkovic Torneo de Tenis / Andrea Petkovic Tennis Tournament Game size / RAM size: 16KB ROM / 16KB RAM Game genre: Sports Name of the group: José Soto Gandara (joesg) Contact e-mail: jsggs AT yahoo.es This game features an original concept. We play the role […]
