MSX Magazine Eternal Preservation Edition
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Introduction
MSX Magazine Eternal Preservation Edition (MSX Magazine 永久保存版) is a revival edition of MSX Magazine, released on 24 December 2002 for ¥2,500 + tax.
It includes a CD-ROM with version 1 of MSX-PLAYer.
Main content
General info
- How to use MSX-PLAYer
- Interviews: Kazuhiko Nishi - Tohru Furuya vs. Shunichi Taguchi - Project EGG - Ryouzou Yamashita
- The Intent Operating System (on which MSX-PLAYer is developed)
- MSX history and development of MSX-PLAYer
- MSX websites
- MSX-PLAYer tips
- Components of the 4 MSX generations
- MSX-DOS 1 + PDF file on the CD-ROM: excerpts from MSX-DOS Super Handbook
- MSX-BASIC for the MSX2+ emulated by MSX-PLAYer
- includes Disk BASIC, MemoryDisk BASIC and MSX-MUSIC BASIC
- extra on CD-ROM: excerpt from MSX Graphic Workbook (PDF file)
Software reviews
Software embedded with MSX-PLAYer
Commercial games option
- The Castle
- Castle Excellent
- Bokosuka Wars
- Thexder
- Fire Hawk
- Famicle Parodic 2
- Quinpl
- Theseus
- Iligks Episode IV
- Tawara
- Rise Out
- Pairs
- Rotors
- Trial Ski
- Pai Panic
- Red Zone
- Scope On
EGG Trial option
Homebrew games option
Graph Saurus option
- Graph Saurus 2.0 + Manual on CD-ROM (PDF file)
BASIC option
- Reviews of all the software available on the 2 first disk images
- including a long review of MuSICA
Other software (with links to websites)
- Gigamix DM-System2
- Text Editor V&Z 2
- SHEM v.1.23
- SEPT v.2.0
- BMP Saver
- Animecha
- MPX v.1.12
- MGSEL v.3.01v
- MPK v.1.06
- Hi-Tech C v.3.09
- MSX-BASIC-LIST (for Windows)
- Susie32 Plug-in for MSX BSAVE File (for Windows)
- BMP2MSX v.1.11008 (for Windows)
- MSXplug (for Windows)
Extra on CD-ROM
- Excerpt from MSX Magazine Summer 1992 Edition about μ.SIOS (PDF file)
Gallery
Software
The BASIC option of MSX-PLAYer uses 4 embedded disk images: basic.dsk - dos.dsk - user0.dsk - user1.dsk. The two last ones are empty, aimed to save your own creations.
Disk image 1 (basic.dsk)
(...)
Disk image 2 (dos.dsk)
This disk image contains MSX-DOS 1 (MSXDOS.SYS + COMMAND.COM) and a few other files, explained in the book or the MSX-DOS Super Handbook (PDF file).
Utilities
| MSX-DOS required | Title | Author | Generation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASM.COM | MSX Self Assembler 1.4 | Hiroyuki Onuki Kenichi Nagai | MSX1 | |
| BUG.COM | MSX Debugger 1.1 | Masashi Shimizu | MSX1 | |
| FCOPY.COM | File Copy 1.0 | Kenichi Nagai | MSX1 | |
| FCOPY2.COM | File Copy 2.0 | H. Nagamatsu | MSX2 | |
| FDUMP.COM | File Dump | Zhang Dong | MSX1 | |
| KTYPE.COM | Kanji Type | Kenichi Nagai | MSX2 | Kanji-ROM required |
| PED.COM | Text Editor | Zhang Dong | MSX1 |
Misc
- 2 source codes: CLS.MAC - HELLO.MAC
Playing tips
- The Castle
- Castle Excellent + PDF file on the CD-ROM: Castle Excellent Super Hint Book
- Bokosuka Wars
- Rise Out
- Theseus