BiFi wrote:
> But still, why is Europe (and other parts of the world) so fixated on
> MSX 2, with MSX-MUSIC and MSX-AUDIO then?
because that's the most frequently appearing configuration, at least
in Europe, AFAIK! in other words: there's the largest user-base.
The more you deviate form this user-base, the smaller chances will be
that anyone else but yourself will be playing your game, using your tool
etc...
Apart from that, programming for this config is quite easy: standard
MSX2 graphics handling and lots of music tools available. If you want
to develop for e.g. 2+, the only really valuable extra features are:
(and you said so yourself, IIRC)
- horizontal scroll in HW
- extra colordepth for background graphics.
IMHO, most games and other apps can do without the HW horizontal scroll
and the value of extra colordepth is killed by the fact that it's a b*tch
to program, right?
>Sometimes (not THAT frequently) SIMPL/Covox is used and MoonSound is
>used more and more these days, but that's really it. What do people have
>with sound-extensions these days? Many of them are used,
Like Parn stated: sound is optional in a game. You can add support for
MoonSound, but your game can run perfectly without it - same for SIMPL/Covox.
And including support for additional hardware like this is quite easy.
> but when it comes to
>video extensions (digitize and superimpose for V9938, V9958 and V9990 and
>just MSX2+ features and Gfx9000) is hardly used.
digitizing/superimposing: Name more than 2 useful applications for it.
Especially: name a useful application of these features in a game ;-)
('cause 90% of the applications programmed for MSX are games...)
V9958/MSX2+ features: see above
Gfx9000: I'm not a happy owner :-( My guess is: you can't add V9990 features
to your program as additional stuff, like you can do with music extensions.
You'll have to rewrite your game/util/whatever for it, meaning more effort.
Another thing is IMHO, this:
The image of the Gfx9000 is completely separated from the image of the V99x8
of your MSX so you either need an extra monitor, or an RGB-switch: extra
hardware - extra hassle. If the Gfx9000 would have been designed differently
(I'm not saying *better*!), so you could superimpose the V9990 image on the
V99x8 image or vice versa, I think it woudl have been much more appreciated...
Just my 2cents,
Eric
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