Clubguide Magazine 11
This page was last modified 00:58, 14 February 2021 by Mars2000you. Based on work by Gdx.
NOTE!
The interface and many provided software are for MSX2 and higher. However, there are also many MSX1 software. In a few cases, you can easily adapt the software for MSX1.

Contents

Introduction

Diskmagazine created by the Genic team and released in November 1991.

Tips:

  • You need to boot while pressing the CTRL key
  • This diskmagazine has a small intro: Pixel Party created by Dinomight and Stefan Boer - the PSG + MSX-MUSIC melody is in the MuSICA format (file INTRO.002)
  • To skip the intro, you need to press the ESC key after booting
  • All the TXT files are plain ASCII text files
  • The magazine part is enhanced by original MSX-MUSIC songs in the FAC Soundtracker 1 format

Main content

Clubguide Magazine 11
Issyukan
Exciting Volleyball

General info

  • Structured programming
  • The CALL Basic instruction (2)
  • MSX2/2+ VDP (5) - the next part is on Sunrise Magazine 01
  • How to control VDP speed
  • MSX Turbo R speed in BASIC
  • Programming tips

Hardware reviews

Software reviews

Software

Demos

MSX-BASIC loader Title Author Generation
CALLSCRL.ART Vertical scroll in SCREEN 0 Stefan Boer MSX1
MCBCII.LDR MCBC II Demo Savage MSX2


Games

MSX-BASIC loader Title Author Generation Soundchips
ISSYUKAN.MSX Issyukan MSX・FAN MSX1 PSG
SIKAKU.MSX Sikaku MSX・FAN MSX2 PSG
SURVIVAL.MSX Survival MSX・FAN MSX2 PSG
TOUMEI.MSX Toumei MSX・FAN MSX1 PSG
VOLLYBL.MSX Exciting Volleyball Shunsuke MSX2 PSG


Music

MSX-BASIC loader Title Author Generation Soundchips MSX1 launching
PD0057.FMP Comic FM Sound Andreas Truetsch MSX2 MSX-MUSIC
+ PSG
LOAD"PD0057.FMP":RUN310
PD0058.FMP Drive My Car Hans-Juergen Rechsteiner MSX2 MSX-MUSIC
+ PSG
LOAD"PD0058.FMP":RUN310
PD0059.FMP Missing Link Yohichi Kitami MSX2 MSX-MUSIC
+ PSG
LOAD"PD0059.FMP":RUN310
PD0060.FMP Snow At Last Marco van der Vliet MSX2 MSX-MUSIC LOAD"PD0060.FMP":RUN310


  • Details about all the FAC Soundtracker 1 songs on Clubguide Magazine 11
Song (MUS) Title Composer
DOFORYOU I Do It For You Stefan Boer
JUMPRYTH Jump To The Rhythm Coen van der Geest
KEEPCALM Keep Calm !! Coen van der Geest
KNMANMA1 We Gonna Jive Knightram
KNMANMA2 KJ 5000 X Knightram
REMIX Remix Stefan Boer
SUNNY Sunny Stefan Boer
ZOOLOOK Zoolookologie Coen van der Geest


You can optionally put these files on a dedicated FAC Soundtracker music disk.

For more tips about this format, check the FAC Music Disk 1 Wiki page, especially to play the songs on MSX1.

  • Song in MuSICA format - PSG + MSX-MUSIC
    • Pixel Party (coded by Stefan Boer)
      • INTRO.001 - driver 1.0 published by ASCII (official name: REPLAY.BIN)
      • INTRO.002 - song with binary header (official extension is BGM)

Example of simple replayer for these files (on MSX1 and higher) - based on INTRO.LDR:

10 CLEAR200,&HAFFF:DEFINTA-Z
20 DIMI(1)
30 BLOAD"INTRO.001"
40 BLOAD"INTRO.002"
50 DEF USR=&HCE00
60 I=USR(0)
70 REM MUSIC ON
80 I(0)=0
90 I(1)=&HB000
100 DEFUSR=&HCE03
110 I=USR(VARPTR (I(0)))
120 A$=INKEY$
130 IFA$=""THEN120
140 REM MUSIC OFF
150 DEFUSR=&HCE06
160 I=USR(0)

See MuSICA page for more info.

Misc

Art Gallery

CG 11 Art Gallery - Pixel Party
CG 11 Art Gallery - Flying Ducks
CG 11 Art Gallery - Owls

See CGPP.TXT file - Pictures created in screen 7 by

  • Dinomight - PLAATJE1.CRH (also used for the intro demo), PLAATJE2.CRH
  • Marco Nagelhout - PLAATJE3.CRH

These pictures are compressed and have their loader: CGPP.MSX

Playing tips