112 MSX Basic Games presents: NED-HELI.GAM (82)

I know, I know, Radarsoft made perfect commercial Topografic games for the MSX-1 and 2, but hey, this game THE NETHERLANDS PER HELI shows you dont need ML to create a fast game on MSX.

I got some trouble with translation and tried to make it easy for all to understand how the game works.

Why this game about cities in the Netherlands ?

Well, if you ever visit the Netherlands and you must travel to one city to another, it can be very helpfull if you know where it lies (or at least which direction you must go). Cause not every "big" city will be listed on the trafficsigns...

I like how the introscreen and the instructions were made and the gameplay is very challenging. I dare you the get all levels !

Mediafire / Pcloud

Google week 42, 2016

While I was search for some scary pictures from MSX games, I got 2 websites full of MSX games I never heard of (well most of them) and some are even free to download !

So without any warning, here is: http://www.icongames.com.br/msxfiles/maine.htm

 PS: search for Rare Games...

And the next one, called: http://imanok.msxblue.com/games.html

Both sites wil keep you MSXing until it's spring again !!!

Happy Halloween : MSX Horror Games update

Just after completing the post with the Harror games list, I found a couple more MSX games that absolutly should be on the list as well.
I'm talking about (in random order):

* Dead of the Brain
* Predator
* Tetra Horror
* Shiro To Kuro Densetsu
* Laplace No Ma
* Blinky Scary School

Yeah, there were more scary MSX games then I ever imagined. If you leave a comment I will prepare an update batch of MSX Horror Games.

Until then...have fun google these titles, some of theme have complete webpages from hardcore fans.

Happy Halloween : MSX Horror Games list

It all started when I googled "MSX Horror" and got on a page of the forum of MSX.org, where somebody asked the community for MSX Horror themed games.

Between lot of unnecessary comments, there were some titles of MSX games listed.
I decided to create an alfabetic list and after that I decided collect these
(with some additional titles by myself).

That was not so easy, some titles were only known with their Japanse titles and some websites with MSX files are vanished. So I had to look for others instead.

Most of the games on the list came from a nice website completly dedicated to MSX Games, called http://www.msxgamesworld.com others came from
an unexpected good French emulator site called: http://www.planetemu.net/
When the search was over I had 4 different MSX file-formats with 3 different compress-methodes. I got .PMA .LZH .ZIP files and when decompressed I got .ROM .DSK .CAS and .BIN, not very handy.
I search again now for the 3 best known formats for MSX emulators, .CAS, .ROM and .DSK.

So hereby I presents: The MSX Halloween Games Collection 2016

* Alien 2 ROM
* Aliens CAS/DSK
* Alien Syndrome CAS
* Chiller CAS
* Chima Chima CAS/DSK
* Demonia ROM
* Dracula CAS
* Ghost Busters CAS/DSK
* Ghost Busters 2 CAS/DSK
* Ghost House ROM
* Gremlins 2 CAS/DSK
* Haunted House ROM/DSK
* Haunted Mansion DSK
* Invasion of the Zombie Monsters ROM
* Kikikaikai ROM
* Little Vampire DSK/DSK/DSK

* Mad Mix CAS/DSK
* Mad Mix II CAS
* Mon Mon Monster ROM/ROM
* Mr. Ghost DSK/ROM
* Mr. Ghost 2 ROM
* Socery CAS/DSK* Spirits DSK
* Sanatorium of Romance DSK
* Tengoku Yoitoko ROM
* The Munsters CAS
* Undeadline DSK
* Vampiro CAS
* Vampire Empire DSK
* Vampire Killer ROM/ROM
* War of the Dead 1 DSK
* War of the Dead 2 DSK/DSK
* Youma Kourin DSK
* Zombie Near ROM
* Zombie Incident ROM
* Zombie Hunter ROM/ROM



I put these in 1 big zip-file at Mediafire and Pcloud (if this is still illegal then I am sorry and will remove the links).
I didnt test these games, cause I use blueMSX emulator only and I dont know which one other people are using. If it dont work, you always can google for an other version and let me know where you find it.

Happy Halloween on your MSX computer !!!

NB: I know Shit is a Pacman game, but this cover fits very good for Halloween.

112 MSX Basic Games presents: SUMITUP.GAM (83)

After a serie of action games. Here is another mind game.
The Dutch name was SPROKKELEN, which was hard to translate, sort of collect things. But a game called COLLECT is very boring so I had to think very hard before I came up with the title SUMITUP.

It was not the only setback I had with this game. It seems I downloaded it from a Videotex page with MSX software and at the end there was a nasty bug that cause the MSX to reset.
So I saved the listing in ASCII and deleted the corrupted lines of code.

Then the next problem appeared, the description was made partial in SCREEN 2,
I had to be very carefull with the words I wanted to use, otherwise it wont fit in the screen.
And that was not all, joystick controls were hard to build in, sometimes the game didnt registrate the firebutton. It took me 2 evenings to find an solution.

Was it worth the effort ?
Yes, I believe so, you can play with 2 players or against the computer. I suggest you play against another person, cause the computer is nearly unbeatable.
I forgot what this game SUMITUP is all about. Well, you must get more points than your opponent, by selecting a number every turn until all numbers are gone.

I like the game, cause it's has a good explanation, good GFX design and very playable.
It really deserve a place in the 112 list.

Mediafire / Pcloud

112 MSX Basic Games presents: ASTRO RESCUE (86)

Once I bought a Dutch MSX listingbook with lot of nice true Basic games, which were a bit converted from an earlier TRS-80 listingbook. Most of these games had original animated  sprites, fast enough gameplay and colorfull backgrounds.

And ASTRO RESCUE is no exception to this. When I had typed it in, I was really into the SOUND command, so I created a couple of soundeffects to make the game more enjoyable (or more annoying I dont know).

For the 112 MSX Basic Games collection, I only had to translate it and add more controls
to it. The game itself is quite simple, you have to rescue the people at the other side of
the screen, without being hit by alien spaceships.
Not so easy, the game gets more difficult every time you managed to rescue 1 human.

Have some fun with this ASTRO RESCUE game at Mediafire & Pcloud

AS you can see no more Gavitex, cause they changed the login and now I cant get in, WTH GAVITEX I LOST ALL MY UPLOADS !!!

112 MSX Basic Games presents: Clown Diver (85)

I played a lot of MSX Basic games and some games were so well made, I wanted to included them here in the 112 list. But I felt this 112 list should include MSX Basic games that have more original gameplay.
That means, I wont include any Pacman/Froggy/Space Invaders/Snakey style games. Sadly I re-discover 3 very nice Pacman clones, which could not be included.

Well, if I cant find enough MSX Basic games I maybe reconsider. There were clones and there were clones that had a slightly different gameplay that made them unique.

And CLOWN DIVER is unique. Let a clown jump into a basket is really original game idea.

The original title was PIPO DUIKER, very Dutch, so I translated it into CLOWN DIVER.
I like the idea, the animated sprites and the good gameplay, this time MSX Basic is fast enough to let it work. Well... all you have to do is press the firebutton at the right time.

Mediafire / Pcloud are waiting for you.

I hope I can find a good MSX Basic racing game, but most games I saw so far were too slow or too ugly. I guess MSX Basic was too slow for any racing game.

112 MSX Basic Games presents : HORROR.GAM (84)

While I was looking for more Basic games that were good enough for the 112 list, I realised it was almost Halloween and everybody does something Halloween related.

So on my list to be included in the 112, I found this game, MOUNTAIN of HORROR, a listing from the Dutch MCM Magazine and S. Gommans won a price with it.
Perfect for Halloween.


It pretend to be more than 1 game, with a nice long intro, but that was not true.
Game 2 etc were never made, which is kinda sad, cause game 1 is very difficult to succeed and if you fail, don't blame the programmer,  the game itself runs fast enough.

The game itself is very simple, run from left to right, without being hit by aggresive bats. I have to admit I wasnt able to get to the other side once. Can you do better ?

I forgot to mention I added more controls and the intro so it was a lot shorter and more interactive for the gamer. Strangely the short description was in Dutch, but all other texts were already in English, so not much to translate.

Get it on Media Fire or Pcloud as long as its available...