Bomb Jack (Final) (MSX1) (Game)

#BombJack #Fregarni #Game #MSX1

Bomb Jack by fregarni for the MSX1. An excellent remake, freshly released.

This game takes you across 5 different screens, collecting bombs and defeating the enemy as you go. You are 'Jack', can you collect all the bombs, dodge the many obstacles in you way to go through to the next screen?...

https://www.retroveteran.com/2023/02/01/bomb-jack-final-msx1-game/

This game looks amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC9_j1NpxYs

#CorneliusInForbiddenZone #msx #msx1 #wip #actionGame #JumpAndRun #platformGame#PhysicalDreams

RT @clear_observer@twitter.com

(english) MSXVR - User Interface in DOS Program using VR-Script
Just released a videos about progress in programming a user interface for DOS applications on #MSXVR computer. #MSX1 #MSX2 #MSX3 #retrocomputing #programming #DOS

https://youtu.be/8f22HOPMo-o

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/clear_observer/status/1596987138331279361

Q*Bert demo with the ubox MSX library #MSX #MSX1 #uboxMSXlib https://youtu.be/wF9XN8-4Nlo

Man, glad I finished that lousy #ZXSpectrum-based port of #SWIV for the #MSX.
Such a boring version with far lousier graphics and performance than could've been possible on #MSX1...

#gaming

@kelbot I personally wouldn't mind seeing some more #MSX2 games instead of the steady flow of #MSX1 games.

The #MSXdev competition has done a great job at breathing back life into the first generation of the #MSX standard, at least when it comes to #games, but perhaps it's time for later revisions to be put a bit more into the spotlight instead.

Having said that, I don't think it's the responsibility of MSXdev to organise that. If they want to keep their scope limited, I can completely understand that, especially since it would add quite a bit of complexity to the judging process.

Instead, people are free to organise another competition, contribute to existing multi-platform ones, or just release outside of any compo.

The MSX scene has had MSX2 or more free-form competitions in the past, usually running concurrently, and I guess that the low participation count is being attributed to MSXdev overshadowing them. Something that perhaps is not quite fair to state.

Anyway, I welcome any event that brings some more attention to the system from my childhood, even though I don't actively use it anymore myself.

Disclaimer:
While I am not directly involved in MSXdev, I am somewhat part of the #MSXResourceCenter at msx.org (I edit news posts, do some moderating, take part in staff discussions, and occasionally contribute original content too), which took over organising MSXdev since this year's edition.