Who remembers Domark’s 2nd Bong game The Living Daylights? It’s certainly better than A View To A Kill I recently tackled but it’s not as good License To Kill. How would you rate this game and what are your thoughts and memories?

Imagine starting a game 35 years ago and (almost) finishing it today. Imagine a platform you once loved, and thought lost to history, coming back in full glory... u/RSS130871 's fantastic work inspired me to get back to it... And voila.

Rich with game modes, striking visuals, and smooth gameplay, built around a firing resolution algorithm that runs Monte Carlo simulations, all so it can be a worthy opponent. And all of it fits inside the computational constraints of the 1980s.

Enjoy the game. For free.

For more information and Download links: https://ko-fi.com/i/IR6T425S4GL

Lets say that Turbo-R wasn't the last computer. How would this play out?

Personally, id say that ASCII would be like Google. Specifically on how Google gets other companies to manufacture their Chromebooks or Google Pixel phones.

Hi everyone!

iMSX2 2.5 is here!

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/imsx2/id6499231192

This is one of the biggest updates I've released so far, with a major focus on MSX disk games.

The biggest improvement is the new native DSK support, which significantly improves compatibility with a large number of MSX games and software that use floppy disks.

What's new in iMSX2 2.5?

• Much improved DSK compatibility, many more MSX disk games can now run properly.
• Multi-disk support, load complete multi-disk games and swap disks while playing using the new Manage Disks menu.
• User Disk support, create a virtual user disk to save game data and progress in supported games.
• SD Snatcher is now playable, including its enhanced SCC-I audio.
• More DSK games are now compatible, including Cloaca Maxima and many others.
• New control options, the on-screen D-pad can now work as either a joystick or MSX cursor keys.
• Better support for different disk sizes and formats, including 360 KB and 720 KB disks.
• Various compatibility and usability improvements.

The native disk support and multi-disk functionality are probably the biggest changes in this update. Games that previously couldn't run correctly, or required changing disks manually, can now be played much more naturally on iPhone and iPad.

The new User Disk feature also makes it possible for supported games to save data directly to a virtual disk, making it possible to keep your progress and other game data between sessions.

I've spent a lot of time testing different games and disk images, and there's still plenty more to explore. If you find a DSK game that doesn't work correctly, please let me know!

A special thanks to the developer of Cloaca Maxima for helping me track down and reproduce several compatibility issues.

And of course, thank you to everyone who has been testing iMSX2, reporting bugs, suggesting improvements and supporting the project.

Youtube shorts:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uUhGlcUi9Is

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sNIwEEnAzBc

Enjoy iMSX2 2.5!

My retrospective game review of A VIEW TO A KILL: THE COMPUTER GAME for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX and Oric. It’s an early game of a series of Bond games released by Domark. Let me know if you have played any of these versions and if you thought the game was decent or just rubbish 😉

Before the Atari 8 bit family was my go-to for retro systems for YEARS. This MSX2+ has dethroned it. I only have 1 cartridge game, Raid on Bungeling Bay but have been able to load a few games from floppies I had laying around.

Hi!

I recently bought a red Sony HitBit HB-101 for my collection, but unfortunately noticed afterwards that the TAB keycap is missing.
The switch/plunger underneath is still intact, so I only need the keycap itself.

I’m looking for:
an original TAB key from Sony HB-101 / HB-201
a spare/damaged keyboard for parts
a cheap donor machine with the TAB key still present
The Sony part number for the TAB key is 9-987-081-01.

If anyone knows of another Sony/MSX model or vintage keyboard that uses the same or a compatible keycap, I’d really appreciate any information.
I’m located in Norway and can pay for the part and shipping.
Photos attached showing the missing key and what the original TAB should look like.

I have an 1chipMSX and would like to upgrade the firmware. I've downloaded the OCM-PLD Pack v3.9.2 (2025.06.29) from KdL but don't know what to do. Could someone explain to me like I was 5 years old? Please!

This is not a bitmap screen. The picture is built entirely from redefined 6×8 character glyphs in 40-column SCREEN 0.

Just because we can...!

Myth: History in the Making is a 2D platform game developed and published by British publishing house System 3 for the Commodore 64, Amiga, Amiga CD32, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum, MSX. It was also released on the NES as Conan: The Mysteries of Time. It was officially announced for Atari ST and a preview version was available, but the full version was never released.

I recently picked up one of these from Yahoo Auctions, and it's pretty dirty underneath the keys. Is there any way to disassemble the keyboard to get under the keycaps? When I look at the keyboard assembly, it doesnt look like they are removable beyond separating the plastic part from the PCB.

I sat down today to do some pixelart.
What do you guys think...?

For those wondering what kind of tool I used for the pixelart: EXCEL!!!
There's a macro in there that exports the picture into three linked BASIC programs, that once run create a 16kb binary file that you can BLOAD straight into VRAM...

Today I take a retrospective look at the Running Man across all formats. Share your thoughts and memories if you ever played this game.

Hey team, thought I’d share what is my very first computer, back in the 80’s. It still runs and the cartridge slot works. I have been too nervous to mess with the tape player and test some tapes.

It a Toshiba Hx-10 and started a lifelong passion for computing for me.

Currently running openmsx on a raspberry pi 3 to relive that alien8 and knightlore nostalgia, hoping to actually play this on the machine when I have time to figure out the tape player.

Bubble Bobble running on the MSX2 Core (ASCII8 Mapper) - uses the C-BIOS

TESTING is under way, and some interesting things have already been found. MAINLY compatibility issues, which have led to my switching from blueMSX to openMSX.

That helped A LOT with tracking down some nasty timing issues in the game's ASSEMBLY routines.

A new BETA has been distributed to the testers, and I managed to get the game running on my own Philips VG8020...!

THANKS to everybody who is helping, the game can only get better!