Useful MSX Links
A curated collection of resources, databases, tools, and friends within the MSX community.
Community & News
- MSX Resource Center - The definitive global portal for MSX news, forums, and downloads.
- MRC Wiki - A massive, community-driven knowledge base covering MSX hardware, software, and history.
- MSX Village - A highly active French and international MSX community.
- The File-Hunter - Arnaud's incredible archive for playing MSX games directly in your browser.
MSX Databases
- Generation-MSX - The most complete English MSX software database on the internet.
- Tagoo - The most extensive Japanese MSX software database.
- MSX Games World - A massive repository featuring game info, maps, and walkthroughs.
Modern Hardware & Cartridges
- MSX Cartridge Shop - Home of Manuel Pazos and the legendary MegaFlashROM SCC+.
- ASCII-X FlashROM Cartridge - Grauw's brilliant open-source FlashROM cartridge design based on the ASCII16 mapper.
- 8bits4ever - Creators of MSX clones, slot expanders, and modern flash cartridges.
- Russian Bear Service Crew (RBSC) - Open-source hardware developers behind the Carnivore2 and FDD interfaces.
- Repro Factory (Ebsoft) - Publishers of physical MSX games and hardware accessories.
Modern MSX Gaming & Homebrew
- MSXdev - The official site for the annual, highly competitive MSX game development contest.
- Kai Magazine Retro - Developers and physical publishers of high-quality, modern MSX2/TurboR titles.
- Locomalito - Brilliant indie developer whose arcade-style games (like Mutants from the Deep) have been officially ported to the MSX.
Programming & Dev
- MSX Assembly Pages - The ultimate source of information for MSX Z80 assembly programmers.
- MSXPen - An incredible web-based environment to write, run, and share MSX-BASIC and assembly code.
- 8bitworkshop - A powerful online IDE supporting MSX development in C and Assembly.
- MSXGL - A free, open-source, highly optimized Game Library written in C targeting MSX computers.
Emulators
- openMSX - The most advanced, cycle-accurate open-source MSX emulator featuring a built-in debugger.
- WebMSX - A phenomenal online emulator that supports online multiplayer.
- blueMSX - One of the best legacy MSX emulators with a well-designed GUI.
- fMSX - A pioneering, highly portable classic MSX emulator by Marat Fayzullin.
Patches & Utilities
- IPS4MSX & IPS Archive - IPS tool to apply patches directly on MSX, plus an archive of bug fixes and translations.
- FRS Patches - Impressive patches, HDD versions, and turbo fixes (including King's Valley 2 Gold edition).
- ROMhacking Utilities - A vast list of IPS patching tools and reverse-engineering utilities for various OSes.
- MIA tool - A robust tool to batch-apply patches over multiple files.
Fellow Translation Projects
- Project Melancholia - Excellent English translation for SD Snatcher.
- Burai Volume One - Your English translation site for the massive 6-disk MSX2 epic.
- Snatcher - English and Portuguese translation for Snatcher.
- Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake - The definitive translation (v1.4) by BiFi, Maarten ter Huurne, and Takamichi Suzukawa.
- Metal Gear - High-quality translation (v1.9) by Nekura_Hoka and Takamichi Suzukawa.
- King Kong 2 - The ultimate English and Spanish translation patches by Imanok.
- Mitsume ga Tooru - High-quality translation of "The Three-Eyed One Comes Again".
- Moon Light Saga - A brilliant translation project for this humorous Turbo R RPG.
- Takamichi Suzukawa - The legendary translator behind many iconic MSX localizations.
- Parodius - English translation for Parodius (Wayback Archive).
- Illusion City - 1st English and Portuguese Translation for Illusion City (Wayback Archive).
- Young Sherlock - Translation to Portuguese. This was never translated to English unfortunately (Wayback Archive).