With this decision, MSXblue-dev will only be a repository of new MSX games, released inside or outside a contest. In some cases, you’ll find no any file on the site, but I will give you a link to find the game. I will also continue to give tips to convert games in the DSK and ROM formats, because they are the more easy formats to use, especially in an emulator.

As logical consequence of this decision, I’ve disabled the comments. MSXblue-dev becomes therefore a ‘classical’ simple website, just like in the beginnings of Internet! If you have some comments to make, go to MRC!

It is called the 2KBOS Game Development Contest, because the binary file (BIN) could not exceed the size of 2KB. We have added the games on this website. In most cases, the sources are included, but unfortunaly, they are missing for El Bola.

There are 6 games and some of them come from non-Spanish coders. It should be a good example to follow for MSXdev’14 and we can also notice that the Karoshi Boards include a very active section where coders can share portions of their coding skills !

Check the [Other] section !

In second place for the comfort of the end-users, we have the DSK format. In some cases, this format is the only solution for coders when they want to include saving options other than S-RAM management or to use MSX-DOS2 for some unknown reason. Here the problems can start their annoying existence, when coders forget to rename a BAS file as AUTOEXEC.BAS or to include a similar AUTOEXEC.BAT file. It can be even worse when organizers of a contest remove the MSX-DOS files and provide only the other files as loose files.

The less interesting format is the CAS format because it requires to enter the good command to launch the game (I know that openMSX can ‘detect’ and execute the required command, but it’s not guaranteed to work in all cases). When a contest accepts this format, it can have its nostalgic charm, but generally CAS should only be used when a game requires ‘extra’ memory, I mean the memory that is lost when you use at least 1 drive.

Most CAS games can be converted into DSK games and most DSK games (or provided as loose files) can be converted into ROM files. In the following threads, I’ve added the procedure to follow if you want to make yourself these conversions. If some coders agree with the publishing of the converted versions, they can contact me.

At the moment, the conversion tips are limited to #msxdev Compo 2012 and MSX-BASIC 2012 Contest, more tips for other contests are planned. Enjoy the real MSX spirit !

MSX-BASIC 2012 Contest :

Resurection

Alicia

Firefighter

Knights & Demons

#msxdev Compo 2012 :

#msxdev Compo 2012

Since MSXdev’12, this website is no more the official MSXdev’ website, simply because I’ve decided to stop the organization of MSXdev’ contests. But MSXdev’ history continues on the Karoshi forums. It implies that official news about the current edition of the competition can only be found on Karoshi.

It implies also that the presentation of new games on MSXblue-dev can include non-official elements and that some of these additionnal infos can be controversial. It’s my personal approach about the new games in development, exactly in the same way that the presentation on the MSX Resource Center reflects the personal approach of the person who has posted the news on MRC.

Besides, the same can be said for games announced and/or released in other contests or even outside a contest. I’m not the organizer of all these contests and it’s obvious that I’m not involved in the development of these games. In all cases, I refer to the official website where 100 % reliable infos can be found.

Resurection is an action game, created by Dakar Soft, a Spanish team who invites us to contribute to the MSX revival by becoming the best vendor of MSX products and this way provoke a new MSX supremacy.

This game is released in CAS and DSK versions. However, the DSK is not clean (useless files, traces of erased files) and does not run the game automatically. Here’s the procedure to fix that before creating the ROM version :
- extract all the files with Disk Manager
- create a new blank DSK image with Disk Manager
- transfer on the DSK image the files in the following order : RESDSK.BAS – ROOM – COLOR – PANBIN – RESURT.BAS (the RES1.BAS, RES2.BAS, RES3.BAS and RES4.BAS files are not required for the DSK version)
- rename RESDSK.BAS as AUTOEXEC.BAS
- use DSK2ROM with the parameters -fc 1 to create the ROM version (mapper : Konami SCC)

MSX-BASIC 2012 Contest

Resurection

Alicia is an adventure game in text mode, created by José Soto Gandara (joesg), a Spanish coder who has tried to summarize the Lewis Carroll book in an original game, divided into 5 parts with a password at the end of a part to get access to next part.

This game is released under the form of 5 CAS files. Here’s how to create the DSK and ROM versions :
- download the .zip file
- unzip it
- create a blank DSK image with Disk Manager
- insert the DSK file in the virtual A drive of blueMSX
- insert the Carga1.cas file in the virtual tape port of blueMSX
- launch blueMSX (MSX1, 2 or 2+ machine) and press CTRL while booting
- enter LOAD”CAS:”
- replace RUN on line 1990 by RUN”ALICE2.BAS”
- save the file on DSK by SAVE “AUTOEXEC.BAS”
- insert the Carga2.cas file in the virtual tape port of blueMSX
- enter LOAD”CAS:”
- replace RUN on line 1260 by RUN”ALICE3.BAS”
- save the file on DSK by SAVE “ALICE2.BAS”
- insert the Carga3.cas file in the virtual tape port of blueMSX
- enter LOAD”CAS:”
- replace RUN on line 1300 by RUN”ALICE4.BAS”
- save the file on DSK by SAVE “ALICE3.BAS”
- insert the Carga4.cas file in the virtual tape port of blueMSX
- enter LOAD”CAS:”
- replace RUN on line 1300 by RUN”ALICE5.BAS”
- save the file on DSK by SAVE “ALICE4.BAS”
- insert the Carga5.cas file in the virtual tape port of blueMSX
- enter LOAD”CAS:”
- save the file on DSK by SAVE “ALICE5.BAS”
- use DSK2ROM with the parameters -fc 1 to create the ROM version (mapper : Konami SCC)

MSX-BASIC 2012 Contest

Alicia

Ninja Love is a fast dexterity game, created by Oniric Factor, a new Spanish coder who challenges us on an infernal road, where a little Ninja needs to avoid deadly traps by jumping at the right time with the up cursor.

The package includes the DSK and ROM versions, the BAS file and the listing (ASCII version of the BAS file) are also available.

MSX-BASIC 2012 Contest

Ninja Love

Firefighter is another puzzle-game, created by the Spanish coder Pentacour, who challenges us in 15 still more difficult levels where a fireman needs to connect first correctly the pipes before getting water to the hose and being able to put out the fire. Your time is limited, an option “Continue” is available but you will lose points if you need to use it.

This game is provided in CAS format and the ASCII version of the BAS file is also available. Here’s the good procedure to create the DSK and ROM versions :
- create a blank DSK image with Disk Manager
- insert the DSK file in the virtual A drive of blueMSX
- insert the CAS file in the virtual tape port of blueMSX
- launch blueMSX (MSX1, 2 or 2+ machine) and press CTRL while booting
- enter LOAD”CAS:”
- save the file normally on DSK by SAVE “FIREFIGH.BAS”
- create an AUTOEXEC.BAS to launch FIREFIGH.BAS
- close blueMSX
- use ROM Creator to transform FIREFIGH.BAS into FIREFIGH.ROM

MSX-BASIC 2012 Contest

Firefighter

Knights & Demons is a puzzle-game, created by Kabuto Factory, a brand new Spanish team and that’s the 1st entry to this contest. In this nice game, the goal is to defeat the evil forces by replacing the dangerous demons by brave knights ! Three difficulty levels to prove your skills !

This game is provided in CAS format and a corrupted ASCII version of the BAS file is also available (problem with MSX Taper). Here’s the good procedure to create the DSK and ROM versions :
- create a blank DSK image with Disk Manager
- insert the DSK file in the virtual A drive of blueMSX
- insert the CAS file in the virtual tape port of blueMSX
- launch blueMSX (MSX1, 2 or 2+ machine) and press CTRL while booting
- enter LOAD”CAS:”
- save the file normally on DSK by SAVE “KD.BAS”
- create an AUTOEXEC.BAS to launch KD.BAS
- close blueMSX
- use ROM Creator to transform KD.BAS into KD.ROM

MSX-BASIC 2012 Contest

Knights & Demons

Besides the games, you will also find the results of the contests. If the winner of the 1st edition was already known, it was not the case for the second edition. Due to different problems, these results had been delayed. Finally, they are here, on this website, especially because Passion MSX is no more active and as his “follower”, I mean the MSX blue website, is no interested in the launching of an eventual 3rd edition. The prizes of the 2nd edition will soon be sent to the developers.

Check the [Other] section !

Important note about Jailbreak : an improved and bugfixed version 1.02 is available on the Infinite website.