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Fans of 2D action adventure games probably know the name Inferno by now. If not, let me tell you a bit about it. This is one of the latest games by Aetherbyte – the company behind games such as Pyramid Plunder and Insanity both for the Turbo Grafx-16 CD-ROM and Atlantean on Hucard for the […]
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MSX Receives Ghost, a 2D Side Scrolling Action Adventure, Beta
July 24th, 2017 
Carl Williams The MSX gaming computer never made a significant impact in North America but over in Japan, it had quite a following. Enough support that Microsoft released a follow up computer called the MSX2, and a few other variations. Interesting that the MSX ran an extended version of Microsoft BASIC and yet still, developers were able […]
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Myths and Dragons Coming to MSX 2 Gaming Computer
June 2nd, 2017 Carl Williams Who likes beat em ups like Final Fight, Streets of Rage, or Rival Turf? How about the more fantasy based ones like Knights of the Round or Warriors of Fate? Well, you are in for some fun come the end of July then because Myths and Dragons will be available then. You just have to […]
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Review- Ninja Savior Brings Mobile Jumping Game to MSX Computer
January 23rd, 2016 Carl Williams There is a trend in homebrew development that involves taking modern ideas and making games for classic platforms. We have seen this most prominently with Bejeweled style games being released on Game Boy Advance and other platforms. With Ninja Savior we see another mobile game style being released for a classic platform. The MSX computer […]
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Sydney Hunter and the Caverns of Death Coming to ColecoVision and MSX Computer
January 11th, 2016 Carl Williams While Sydney Hunter and the Caverns of Death is scheduled to be the only release from CollectorVision for the Coleco Chameleon, it is destined for two retro platforms also. Sydney Hunter and the Caverns of Death is also coming to the original ColecoVision console and the MSX computer, also thanks to CollectorVision. Below we have a […]
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Metroid 2 Clone “Life on Mars” Coming to MSX2, Order Now
December 14th, 2015 Carl Williams Retro gaming fans the end of the 2015 just got awesome. Inspired by the Nintendo franchise, Metroid 2, MSX developer Kai Magazine, has just released his homebrew version titled Life on Mars for the MSX 2 range of computers. Quite frankly this homebrew production looks and sounds amazing. It is a run and gun platformer […]
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Bandit Gaming- Super Mario World Being Ported to the MSX2
June 9th, 2015 Carl Williams The MSX2 is a gaming computer that we never received here in the United States. Many of the titles that we later cherished though had great outings on this gaming computer, Metal Gear 1 and 2 being just a couple of the big releases, at least later in gaming history. We covered the fan translation […]
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New Game- Matrix: Quest for Deliverance Released for MSX Gaming Computer
February 7th, 2015 Carl Williams Matrix: Quest for Deliverance is not a port, homage or anything, related to the movie franchise of the same name. No, this Matrix game is one from way back in October of 1994. Matrix: Quest for Deliverance is a Breakout/Arkanoid style game, one of the earliest styles of entertainment that video games saw.
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New Game: Inferno Coming to MSX2 Thanks to Aetherbyte Studios
February 1st, 2015 Carl Williams Hell. A fictional location that is quite popular in media from movies to books and even games. We have seen games go to Hell such as the PC/3DO title of the same name and adaptations of Dante’s Inferno to name a couple. Hell is a popular location for games is what I am getting at […]
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Snatcher MSX Turns Gamers Into Junkers on MSX2 – December 13th 1988 – Today in Video Game History
December 13th, 2014 Carl Williams Snatcher MSX is slightly different than what we got in North America on Sega CD. Snatcher is a game that. It was one of the first of a small genre called digital comics. This genre has not progressed much in the two plus decades since either. We covered Snatcher in our second issue of Retro […]
