MAD Club Infodisk Special
Contents |
Introduction
Diskmagazine released by MSX Avengers Doetinchem in September 1991. This special edition, subtitled 1A, comes with a selection from MAD Club Infodisk 1 and some new things.
It was provided for free to the disk subscribers of MSX Club Magazine 37.
Tips:
- the Station Group has created the hardware test and contributed to the intro demo, both are in screen 5
- the menu is in screen 7, the end demo is in screen 0 width 80
- the magazine has support for keyboard and mouse, PSG and MSX-MUSIC
- all the TXT files are plain ASCII text files
- you need to boot while pressing the CTRL key
Main content
General info
- How to get stereo (MSX-AUDIO + MSX-MUSIC) with a MSX computer
Software reviews
- Tips for Dynamic Publisher
Software
Demos
M.A.D. Demo
Stand-alone version of the promo included in the New Sensation demo disk created by the Station Group for MSX2.
It includes a new Station intro and uses a RAM version of the runtime compiler X-BASIC (file MAD-DEMO.001 with CALL STATI ON and CALL STATI ON2 as replacements for CALL TURBO ON and CALL TURBO OFF).
Direct launching: RUN"MAD-DEMO.LDR"
Games
| MSX-BASIC loader | Title | Author | Generation | Soundchips | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSXSPEL.LDR | MSX Spel (MSX Game) | MAD | MSX2 | PSG | Actually a triple game: a sliding puzzle game, then an Arkanoid-like game and finally a MSX Jackpot! Version without surprise when pressing ESC |
| SCHUIFF.BAS | Slide (Schuiff) | Maarten Brouwer | MSX1 | PSG |
Music
| MSX-BASIC loader | Title | Author | Generation | Soundchips | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMPAC.LDR | BGM Loader | Uwe Schröder | MSX2 | MSX-MUSIC | Driver FMPAC.BIN and 5 .BGM files included |
- Details about all the BIT2BGM songs on MAD Club Infodisk Special
| Song (BGM) | Title | Composer |
|---|---|---|
| BLUES | Blues | Uwe Schröder |
| DREAM1 | Dream One | Uwe Schröder |
| HOTELCAL | Hotel California | Uwe Schröder |
| KOBOLD | Kobold | Uwe Schröder |
| REGGEA | Reggae | Uwe Schröder |
Example of simple replayer for these files (on MSX2 and higher):
10 CLEAR 200,&H8AFF 20 BLOAD"FMPAC.BIN",R 30 BLOAD"SONG.BGM",&H8B00 40 A=USR(&H8B00) 50 A$=INPUT$(1) 60 A=USR(0)
Utilities
| MSX-BASIC loader | Title | Author | Generation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCTLOAD.BAS | PCT Loader | Mi-Chi | MSX2 | Uses RAM version of X-BASIC |
Misc
- PCT files for Dynamic Publisher - Note: HARDWARE.HWU is a 'hidden' PCT file