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I've just released the v2.0 the Space Manbow enhancement patch. It does a complete overhaul on the game engine, with many enhancements, optimizations and bug fixes. frs.badcoffee.info/patches.html Follow the thread for more details. 🧵 #MSX,#8bit,#patch

TANNHÄUSER GATE for MSX2+ (by Furcifer Studios) 🎧🔊 This gate is a fictitious place mentioned in the 1982 film Blade Runner during Roy Batty’s famous "tears in rain" monologue. Game is a run and gun game about replicants exploring space mining locations and it's nice to see the MSX2+ horizontal hardware scrolling put to good use. Also part of MSXdev25: msxdev.org/2026/03/13/msx… #MSX #gamedev #8bit

@nishikazuhiko MSX2+2 😄

MSX2のロゴマーク

@soytraka @sndpl Notice that the VG-8235 clearly has the NEC logo on its motherboard. The NMS-8245 doesn't have the logo, but it's undeniable that its motherboard is just a newer revision. Most of the components are even at the same places.

@SnatcherAlpha @sndpl Oh that 1DD which is seldom found with the original 1DD. Are you certain NEC made them?? Whatever, the extra size compared to HB-F1XD sure indicates FDD downsizing that happened between 1985-1987.

Was there any MSX outside Japan with the PCB, keyboard and disk drive built in a single enclosure eg HB-F1XD? 日本以外のMSXで、HB-F1XDみたいに基板とキーボードとディスクドライブが一つの筐体に入ったのありましたっけ？ youtube.com/watch?v=IMcw0T…

@soytraka @sndpl The Philips VG-8230, VG-8235 and NMS-8245 were in fact MSX computers made by NEC, as OEM for Philips.

@sndpl Oh I didn't know this one. It shows the influence of Sanyo, Toshiba and such. And..."The Spanish version is still used in some parts of Spain for the Driver's License Test on cartridge," WHAT?😮

@soytraka • Philips VG-8235 • Philips NMS-8245

Indie Retro News: Castlevania is still coming to the Sega Master System and here's some cool footage and a demo! indieretronews.com/2026/02/castle… #retrogaming #castlevania @RetroGamingRVG @TheRetroAsylum @ClassicReplay @SEGAotaku @bluesnewsdotcom

#スーパーゲ制デー #スーパー開発デー にわとりが降ってくる落ちものパズルをつくっています🙂 #Chiptune #MSX

@thara1129 In fact, it’s the TMS9x28 colors that are pale, because the makers chose to use ~50% saturation. The TMS9x18 colors are vivid, and most colors have a strong orange tint.

HX-31 は、TI の TMS9918 と互換性のある東芝製の VDP が載っていて、これもまた 9918 とは違う色合いを醸し出すのですよね・・。 TMS9918 が淡い明るい色中心。 V9938/V9958 のデフォルト色はビビットな色。 HX-31 もビビットに近い感じだったかと。

ピクセルアート界隈の作品を眺めてみると、色深度より解像度のほうが重要視されてる印象を受ける。32や64pxで4色とか16色縛りだけど色深度は8bit(24bitカラー)とか。あるいは白黒2色やRGB原色とか極端な方向性。絵なんて内容次第とは思うけど…色深度の視点では困りたくないのかもしれないね…

@Moervish @Emps_rex @PolyDepression “Just” doesn’t even comes close. At least an OLED display should be used. All variations of the LCD are just laughable in terms of contrast and color gamut.

@Emps_rex @PolyDepression Just use CRT filter.

Game artists used to work around CRT TVs. Many techniques allowed them to reach more detailed and smooth lines. These ceased when CRT was replaced by LCD early 2010s

MSX BASICでジャンケンゲームあっちむいてホイ! 1996 DATAEAST DM-SYSTEM2 + Tablacus DISK ROM Lite まいこ(18)とたま(3)とも対戦してみました(^^)

@yoshimatsuTUQ Yep! exactly like "Playstation" is used to mean any generation of that console, and when people want to refer to a specific version the'll use "Playstation1", "Playstation2" or "Playstation5". (Or shortened to PS1, PS2, PS5 etc)

これはMSX界隈の慣習ですね。MSX2用でもMSX用って言っちゃう。初代用であることをあえて強調したい時はMSX1と言う、みたいな…。理由は定かではないですが、上位互換があったせいかなあ。でも88SR以降用のソフトも88用って言っちゃうような…。

@bitsofbas @CRTpixels There’s way more digital noise OTA nowadays. But if you use the correct cable type (75 Ohms coaxial) the image will be totally clean. Using Composite-Video cables for the RF connection was a cheap compromise that doesn’t work anymore.

@CRTpixels Hasn't the signal quality decreased over the years? ( Failing caps, etc ) I've got many an MSX computer that looks really horrible over RF, and I'm sure it wasn't like that back in the day!

Demon Attack (1982, Imagic) - Intellivision I spent my morning testing out a Mattel Intellivision that a friend gave me and came to some pretty startling conclusions. The console’s (very) noisy RF signal goes some way to adding texture to its simplistic graphics.

今作ってるPC-98風ゲームにおまけコーナーを実装した。自室です (※音が出ます)

@nishikazuhiko This is like saying that the PC lost to the iPhone. Different devices, with different objectives.

決意表明 MSXのことを悪く言う人は無視することにしました そういうツイートにも今まで返事もして対応して来ましたが、読み返してみて、全く時間の無駄であったということが判りましたので全部削除しました 我慢していたことが悪かったのです

@thara1129 @thegeps74 IMHO, an external version that works like the NEOS MA-20 would be a nice way to test this VDP without having to mod your MSX2/2+.With all the compatibility disclaimers, of course. But it doesn’t need to be the only way. A version to be installed internally via mod is also needed.

NIOS 等から発売されていた MSX2バージョンアップアダプターと同じ方式をとれば良いということですよね？ もはや、0006h, 0007h を見ずに 98h 決め打ちのソフトウェアもあります。 あの BIOS乗っ取り方式は、不完全で私は採用したくない方式です。 その方式の採用による不具合なのか、 V9968 の不具合なのか、切り分ける作業に、 これから永遠に追われることを私は望みません。

勘違いしちゃいけないのは、V9968カートリッジは MSX2++ ではないという点です。 MSX2++ という新規格を作ります。それには V9968 が載っていて、V9968 新機能も制御する BIOS や BASIC を搭載していきますし、 MSX1/2/2+/turboR 向けのソフトも動くように互換性を持たせます。 V9968カートリッジは、MSX1/2/2+/turboR/2++ に装着できる 2nd VDPカートリッジです。 本体とは別に動く 2nd VDP です。 I/O同じにして、リードだけ遮断しておけば動くだろ？って、そんな簡単じゃありません。 本体側が 9918 で、9918 にない SCREEN5 に切り替えた瞬間に本体側VDPが暴走しておかしな信号を出し始めます。それは実際に試しました。ダメなんです。

@leo__oliveira @madscient @AOldfJaHcEmvAWC Not entirely true, since the Sharp brand wasn’t exclusively used on advertising. It was prominently present on all of the Hotbit line product boxes.

@AOldfJaHcEmvAWC By the way Japan SHARP had a contract with the Brazilian Machline group which used the "SHARP" brand to sell consumer electronics. In 1984 Macline created EPCOM to sell MSX compatible machines. They never put "SHARP" on the actual machine but breached contract on advertising.

メスイサのPAL50Hzモードでブラ汁のホットビットが動いたんだという。

@xbeeing Does it really have to be an electrolytic capacitor? Because you can easily find a MKS film or MKP film capacitor with these specs. Much higher quality. Specially if it was used for filtering or timing purposes. Bonus: you’ll never need to replace it again.

100V 0.33μF..... こんなの売ってるのかいな....??? へんてこなコンデンサーばかりでしんどい...

@frioglobal1 “Even its slow motion feature works now” (damn you, autoincorrect)

@frioglobal1 Tip: Game Master 2 can help you with the "easy" difficulty. 😉 Even is slow motion feature works now.

I've just released the v2.0 the Space Manbow enhancement patch. It does a complete overhaul on the game engine, with many enhancements, optimizations and bug fixes. frs.badcoffee.info/patches.html Follow the thread for more details. 🧵 #MSX,#8bit,#patch