Nominee 49: Sony
Media: Sony website
Spotted by: Keita Takagi (RetroPC)
Description: In Japan several companies are trying to keep the environment clean and have started a PC-Recycling program in which people are offered a small amount of money for returning their no longer used computers to the companies they came from. On the Sony webste about PC recycling MSX gets mentioned in the FAQ. The answer to the question 'can I return MSX computers as well' is yes...


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NOOOOO Don't RECYCLE your MSX's!! ^^;;;

the answer to the question is.. NO!
You cannot..
You MAY not
You WILL not
Recycle you'r MSX

just send them to the following address:
Stadzicht 107
2317RW
Leiden Holland

(ok.. I will not pay anything for it.. but.. heck.. It will be used again )

http://www.ntsc-uk.com/feature.php?fea=MSXCollectorsGuide

plus a discussion on the article above: http://ntsc-uk.domino.org/showthread.php?t=29465

Nice!!
Great so see MSX getting more and more coverage! And they even mention recent amateur products and commercial developments! ^_^

whoa, I totally missed this one earlier today. Will add it to the list of nominees later this evening

Nominee 50: Ashley Day
Media: NTSC-uk (Gaming website)
Spotted by: Thom Zwagers
Description: The gaming community website NTSC-uk has published a collectors guide to MSX with a lot of detailed and recent information on our beloved computer system.


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Nominee 51: Getset
Media: Slashdot Japan
Spotted by: Takashi Kobayashi (Gigamix)
Description: Slashdot Japan pays attention to the MSX programming contest held by MSX Association and ASCII.


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Woah! This is incredibly cool!

www.microsoft.com/Rus/Casestudies/CaseStudy.aspx?id=65

This is an article on russian Microsoft site. The title of article translates like this:

Almost 20 years ago, high school N1533 from Moscow used Microsoft-based platform for advanced studies of applied programming, computer graphics and information systems

In text they mention KUVT Yamaha MSX-1 and MSX-2 systems

I'm sorry for not searching the nominees but did this already came to your attention:

http://www.konamijpn.com/mgs/english/mgs_series.html

Nominee 52: Peliplaneetta
Media: Peliplaneetta - Finnish news site
Spotted by: Sander Zuidema
Description: The first pressrelease of Bazix got some attention on this website.


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Nominee 53: Videogamenews
Media: Videogamenews - Allround game news website
Spotted by: viejo_archivero
Description: The first pressrelease of Bazix got some attention on this website.


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Nominee 54: Warp2search
Media: Warp2search - Allround computer news website
Spotted by: Sander Zuidema
Description: The first pressrelease of Bazix got some attention on this website.


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Nominee 55: iP Magazine
Media: iP Magazine - Japanese computer magazine
Spotted by: Daniel Vik
Description: iP Magazine published an article on emulation. Several MSX emulators (including some information on MSX) are put to the test.


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Nominee 56: Konami
Media: Konami's English Metal Gear Series pages
Spotted by: Evulopah
Description: On the Metal Gear series website of Konami, the MSX version of Metal Gear 1 and Metal Gear 2:Solid Snake are mentioned as the gread breakthroughs in computer gaming they were and still are.


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