Yup, there it is: the third round of the 'Best MSX news of 2004' megapoll. The second round turned out to be just as exciting as the first, with 8 nominees staying very, very close to each other. 19 MRC members took the time to vote on the second round and every single vote counted. Do you want to have a say in which is the best MSX news of 2004? Register an account at the MSX Resource Center, log in and fill in the votesheet below!

So, you want to vote, but you're new to the megapolling system? No problem, it's very simple! Below is a list of 8 pairs. Your job is to divide three points between each pair. So with the pair

newspost A | newspost B

the following scores are valid:

3 - 0 ;newspost A | newspost B
2 - 1 ;newspost A | newspost B
1 - 2 ;newspost A | newspost B
0 - 3 ;newspost A | newspost B

It is NOT permitted to give halve points, the total points divided each pair HAS to be 3 points. You will have to make this decision each pair, until you completed the entire list. Mixing pairs with others is not allowed. Only completely valid submissions will be counted. This first round closes at January 19th, 23:59 CET. Happy voting!

Dungeons and Dragons - Release on MSXJaú 2004 | MSXdev'04 - Closed
Bombaman - Finished | C-BIOS 0.19
Meridian 3.0 beta3 | fMSX/S60 1.06a/b
ObsoNET: ethernet for MSX | One Chip MSX1 - A closer look
VScreen 0.9a | MNBIOS - Third demo version
Team Bomba announce Blox for GFX9000 | One Chip MSX1 - First peek
Illusion City English 0.5 | Global MSX Revival - Bazix
ASCII and MSX Association demonstrate One Chip MSX1 at PLD World 2004 | openMSX 0.5.0

Alternative votesheet:

Dungeons and Dragons - Release on MSXJaú 2004 | MSXdev'04 - Closed
Bombaman - Finished | C-BIOS 0.19
Meridian 3.0 beta3 | fMSX/S60 1.06a/b
ObsoNET: ethernet for MSX | One Chip MSX1 - A closer look
VScreen 0.9a | MNBIOS - Third demo version
Team Bomba announce Blox for GFX9000 | One Chip MSX1 - First peek
Illusion City English 0.5 | Global MSX Revival - Bazix
ASCII and MSX Association demonstrate One Chip MSX1 at PLD World 2004 | openMSX 0.5.0

1-2 Dungeons and Dragons - Release on MSXJaú 2004 | MSXdev'04 - Closed
3-0 Bombaman - Finished | C-BIOS 0.19
0-3 Meridian 3.0 beta3 | fMSX/S60 1.06a/b
0-3 ObsoNET: ethernet for MSX | One Chip MSX1 - A closer look
2-1 VScreen 0.9a | MNBIOS - Third demo version
1-2 Team Bomba announce Blox for GFX9000 | One Chip MSX1 - First peek
3-0 Illusion City English 0.5 | Global MSX Revival - Bazix
3-0 ASCII and MSX Association demonstrate One Chip MSX1 at PLD World 2004 | openMSX 0.5.0

1 2 Dungeøns and Dragøns - Release øn MSXJaú 2004 | MSXdev'04 - Cløsed
2 1 Bømbaman - Finished | C-BIOS 0.19
2 1 Meridian 3.0 beta3 | fMSX/S60 1.06a/b
2 1 ObsøNET: ethernet for MSX | One Chip MSX1 - A cløser løøk
2 1 VScreen 0.9a | MNBIOS - Third demø versiøn
1 2 Team Bømba annøunce Bløx for GFX9000 | One Chip MSX1 - First peek
1 2 Illusion City English 0.5 | Gløbal MSX Revival - Bazix
2 1 ASCII and MSX Assøciation demønstrate One Chip MSX1 at PLD World 2004 | øpenMSX 0.5.0

snout, I recommend you disqualify wolf_'s vote. On purpose he changed all 'o' characters to 'ø' to confuse future voters

Wølf shøuld be ashamed øf himself!

hey.. tradition! I always mess up votes

0 3 Dungeons and Dragons - Release on MSXJaú 2004 | MSXdev'04 - Closed
3 0 Bombaman - Finished | C-BIOS 0.19
3 0 Meridian 3.0 beta3 | fMSX/S60 1.06a/b
0 3 ObsoNET: ethernet for MSX | One Chip MSX1 - A closer look
3 0 VScreen 0.9a | MNBIOS - Third demo version
0 3 Team Bomba announce Blox for GFX9000 | One Chip MSX1 - First peek
0 3 Illusion City English 0.5 | Global MSX Revival - Bazix
3 0 ASCII and MSX Association demonstrate One Chip MSX1 at PLD World 2004 | openMSX 0.5.0

0-3 Dungeons and Dragons - Release on MSXJaú 2004 | MSXdev'04 - Closed
1-2 Bombaman - Finished | C-BIOS 0.19
1-2 Meridian 3.0 beta3 | fMSX/S60 1.06a/b
3-0 ObsoNET: ethernet for MSX | One Chip MSX1 - A closer look
0-3 VScreen 0.9a | MNBIOS - Third demo version
0-3 Team Bomba announce Blox for GFX9000 | One Chip MSX1 - First peek
0-3 Illusion City English 0.5 | Global MSX Revival - Bazix
1-2 ASCII and MSX Association demonstrate One Chip MSX1 at PLD World 2004 | openMSX 0.5.0

0-3 Dungeons and Dragons - Release on MSXJaú 2004 | MSXdev'04 - Closed
2-1 Bombaman - Finished | C-BIOS 0.19
1-2 Meridian 3.0 beta3 | fMSX/S60 1.06a/b
2-1 ObsoNET: ethernet for MSX | One Chip MSX1 - A closer look
2-1 VScreen 0.9a | MNBIOS - Third demo version
1-2 Team Bomba announce Blox for GFX9000 | One Chip MSX1 - First peek
1-2 Illusion City English 0.5 | Global MSX Revival - Bazix
2-1 ASCII and MSX Association demonstrate One Chip MSX1 at PLD World 2004 | openMSX 0.5.0

2 - 1 Dungeons and Dragons - Release on MSXJaú 2004 | MSXdev'04 - Closed
1 - 2 Bombaman - Finished | C-BIOS 0.19
2 - 1 Meridian 3.0 beta3 | fMSX/S60 1.06a/b
2 - 1 ObsoNET: ethernet for MSX | One Chip MSX1 - A closer look
2 - 1 VScreen 0.9a | MNBIOS - Third demo version
2 - 1 Team Bomba announce Blox for GFX9000 | One Chip MSX1 - First peek
3 - 0 Illusion City English 0.5 | Global MSX Revival - Bazix
1 - 2 ASCII and MSX Association demonstrate One Chip MSX1 at PLD World 2004 | openMSX 0.5.0

1 - 2 Dungeons and Dragons - Release on MSXJaú 2004 | MSXdev'04 - Closed
2 - 1 Bombaman - Finished | C-BIOS 0.19
2 - 1 Meridian 3.0 beta3 | fMSX/S60 1.06a/b
3 - 0 ObsoNET: ethernet for MSX | One Chip MSX1 - A closer look
2 - 1 VScreen 0.9a | MNBIOS - Third demo version
0 - 3 Team Bomba announce Blox for GFX9000 | One Chip MSX1 - First peek
1 - 2 Illusion City English 0.5 | Global MSX Revival - Bazix
1 - 2 ASCII and MSX Association demonstrate One Chip MSX1 at PLD World 2004 | openMSX 0.5.0

0-3 Dungeons and Dragons - Release on MSXJaú 2004 | MSXdev'04 - Closed
3-0 Bombaman - Finished | C-BIOS 0.19
3-0 Meridian 3.0 beta3 | fMSX/S60 1.06a/b
3-0 ObsoNET: ethernet for MSX | One Chip MSX1 - A closer look
3-0 VScreen 0.9a | MNBIOS - Third demo version
0-3 Team Bomba announce Blox for GFX9000 | One Chip MSX1 - First peek
0-3 Illusion City English 0.5 | Global MSX Revival - Bazix
3-0 ASCII and MSX Association demonstrate One Chip MSX1 at PLD World 2004 | openMSX 0.5.0

3-0 Dungeons and Dragons - Release on MSXJaú 2004 | MSXdev'04 - Closed
3-0 Bombaman - Finished | C-BIOS 0.19
0-3 Meridian 3.0 beta3 | fMSX/S60 1.06a/b
0-3 ObsoNET: ethernet for MSX | One Chip MSX1 - A closer look
3-0 VScreen 0.9a | MNBIOS - Third demo version
0-3 Team Bomba announce Blox for GFX9000 | One Chip MSX1 - First peek
0-3 Illusion City English 0.5 | Global MSX Revival - Bazix
3-0 ASCII and MSX Association demonstrate One Chip MSX1 at PLD World 2004 | openMSX 0.5.0

3 - 0 ;Dungeons and Dragons - Release on MSXJaú 2004 | MSXdev'04 - Closed
2 - 1 ;Bombaman - Finished | C-BIOS 0.19
2 - 1 ;Meridian 3.0 beta3 | fMSX/S60 1.06a/b
2 - 1 ;ObsoNET: ethernet for MSX | One Chip MSX1 - A closer look
1 - 2 ;VScreen 0.9a | MNBIOS - Third demo version
3 - 0 ;Team Bomba announce Blox for GFX9000 | One Chip MSX1 - First peek
1 - 2 ;Illusion City English 0.5 | Global MSX Revival - Bazix
3 - 0 ;ASCII and MSX Association demonstrate One Chip MSX1 at PLD World 2004 | openMSX 0.5.0

3-0 Dungeons and Dragons - Release on MSXJaú 2004 | MSXdev'04 - Closed
3-0 Bombaman - Finished | C-BIOS 0.19
3-0 Meridian 3.0 beta3 | fMSX/S60 1.06a/b
2-1 ObsoNET: ethernet for MSX | One Chip MSX1 - A closer look
3-0 VScreen 0.9a | MNBIOS - Third demo version
0-3 Team Bomba announce Blox for GFX9000 | One Chip MSX1 - First peek
3-0 Illusion City English 0.5 | Global MSX Revival - Bazix
2-1 ASCII and MSX Association demonstrate One Chip MSX1 at PLD World 2004 | openMSX 0.5.0