Tina's Adventure Island - MSX game developed over the years available for pre-order! (+Demo)

This week just gets better and better as after mentioning two NES games high on the play-ability scale, Imanok has announced his seriously cool looking platformer ' Tina's Adventure Island ' which is now available for pre-order in cartridge form for the MSX with a promo demo. Developed over several years, this game has the essence of classic oldschool MSX games with a very strong inspiration

LIZARD WILLY - ZX Spectrum inspired platformer appears on the MSX

A new homebrew for you to play, as this week Sfranck72 released his very first MSX game called Lizard Willy. Developed in assembly and inspired by the ZX Spectrum game Endless Forms Most Beautiful, you play as what looks like a blue ghost who has to traverse through 7 difficult multi-themed levels, avoid lots of different enemies and finally collect all the cracked eggs for a level completion!

Salamander - Konami's Shoot Em Up improved on the MSX2

The weather is naff outside as it's cold and it's wet but thankfully to warm us up and push our adrenaline through the roof, is the recent improved MSX release of the great shoot em up game ' Salamander ', which was released in the late 80s from the Arcades as a spin off from Gradius by that famous company ' Konami'. Although Salamander was released on many other systems such as the Amstrad,

Code Name Intruder - Classy Shoot Em Up on the MSX now available for pre-order

Of all the genres I like the most are RPGs and Shoot Em Ups, and it is with great excitement to announce Bit Vision's MSX Shoot Em Up 'Code Name Intruder ', which is available for pre-order, complete with cartridge, manual and visually appealing box by Repro Factory. Due for main release 25th October, Code Name Intruder is a high quality sci-fi shooter complete with stunning arcade graphics,

Sector 88 - HQ Sci-fi RPG Shoot Em Up gets an MSX2 release

Moving on to the MSX2 now, as a new shoot em up has just been released called ' Sector 88 ', which has been made available by KAI Magazine through ordering for cart and digital download. Classed as a space-RPG but at its core a shoot em up, Sector 88 was originally an experimental game using pre-rendered 3D graphics on the PC, which was later converted over to the MSX to gauge peoples

Oniric Kung Fu - Martial arts game in development for the MSX2

If Karate chops and high powered kicks is your idea of fun, then 'Oniric Kung Fu' developed by Oniric Factor for the MSX 2 might just be the game for you. As an inspiration by that classic game ' Yie Ar KUNG-FU ' published by Konami in 1985, Oniric Kung Fu takes a different approach to Konami's game, with polished graphics and fresh game mechanics where your strategy and fighting skills will

2017 Retro Calendar by ChinnyVision.

Youtuber ChinnyVision, who specializes in reviewing games from the golden 8-bit generation, has produced a rather neat and tidy 2017 retro themed calendar. Featuring many of the 8-bit systems of the 80's, each month highlights a classic game such as Chase HQ or Bomb Jack 2, and how it looked on different formats of the day. As an Amstrad fan, Chinny gives the CPC a lot of coverage, but

Sky Fighter - A SMS Shoot em up dump is the first version available on the internet

Even more retro goodness from our friends SMS Power is the recently internet released 'Sky Fighter' for the Sega Master System. This game by Clover Soft 1990 is a top scrolling shoot em up that according to SMS Power, was first discussed in HG101 article on Clover Soft, showing a single screen from an advertisement. It was apparently released on both MSX and SMS, but up to this day the MSX

Coppersky Musicdisc - A new music disk for the Amiga by Coppersky

Something fresh this morning thanks to a heads up by our friendly remixer Aaron is Coppersky's Amiga music disk ' Coppersky Musicdisc ' which was released late yesterday. Unlike the usual scene demo tunes this one has many tracks converted over from some of the other popular systems of their time such as the MSX and the X68000. Tunes such as Bosconian - Little Wave from the X68000 converted by

Bubbo World 2 - A new MSX game for your enjoyment

After the recent Amiga release it's time for a bit of MSX love, as N.I has now released his MSX game ' Bubbo World 2 '. In this action oriented shooter, you control a little blue man who has to collect all the yellow objects to complete the level, but watch out, as the game is full of big coloured balls that must be shot at or your poor little guy will get badly hurt! Featuring lots of levels

TRUN - MSX game based on movie Tron looks cool as!

In 1982 many of us had the pleasure of seeing the awesome science fiction film Tron! It pulled not just a computer hacker, but even the viewers into a digital world full of trippy colours, 80's computer graphics and fast paced digital motorbike destructive racing. Well fast forward to the end of last month and VG Source in collaboration with thepetsmode and Frankitu released the Tron clone '

BitLogic - 4th entry for the MSXdev’15 is an action shooter

We've put aside the C64 and mentioned the NES but now it is time for a bit of MSX news! This one is the 4th entry for the MSXdev'15, as ' BitLogic - A Cyberpunk Arcade Adventure ' developed by OXiAB Game Studio. In this game you control the character of Bit, who calls you as his master and allows you to shoot your way through the levels killing other baddies to reach an end goal, in a very

Wing Warriors - Vertical shooter entry announced for the MSXdev’15 is finally here!

A new week begins and we have just learnt of the release of the vertical shoot em up ' Wing Warriors ' for the MSX! Developed by EGS/Kitmaker in a ROM size of 32kb and the first announced entry in the MSXDEV'15 Compo, you have a choice of three selectable characters and much travel through different scenarios battling many strange enemies that will stop at nothing from blowing you out of the