[MSX] Agent who bids in Yahoo Auction in place of you
I know many of you are very curious of MSX stuffs traded in Japanese Yahoo Auction. And there are several agents who bid and buy in place of you. Among them this Buyee website seems to charge lowest and has good reputation, at least among Japanese people living abroad. http://buyee.jp/ I hope this information helps a lot of you. Takamichi ___ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] Yahoo Auction translation website
The Buyee.jp I mentioned in previous post does not translate the Yahoo auction. To find interesting products and offers I recommend using this website which translates not only to English but many others. http://www.auction-jp.com/ It basically runs on Google translation but is very easy to read. Enjoy! Takamichi ___ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] Wants information on Italian manga fairs
Of course I remember you, and wrote to you a few weeks ago, but did not get any reply. Is your e-mail address written here [EMAIL PROTECTED] still valid? If you are reading this, please write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] directly. Takamichi - Original Message - From: Nrgo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: msx@stack.nl Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [MSX] Wants information on Italian manga fairs Hi Takamichi, I'm Enrico, do U remember? (Chisato etc...) So I'm a fan of Mangas and I have many videos of Romics and Lucca. Let me know in pvt if you are interested. ___ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx ___ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] Wants information on Italian manga fairs
I am not sure whether this has got anything to do with MSX, but I guess it has, so I post it anyway. I heard manga/game fairs in Italy are huge and attract dozens of thousands of visitors, so I thought visiting one would be fun, and if lucky I'd be able to obtain rare MSX items. One is Romics in Roma during 2nd week of October, http://www.romics.it/web/ and other is Lucca Comics in first part of November. http://www.luccacomicsandgames.com/07/ I heard Lucca Comics is much bigger, but Lucca is a rather distant area. I am also worried whether visitors who don't understand Italian much can enjoy or even survive these fairs. If there is any recommendation or useful information, please let me know. I am especially looking forward to visit those manga-only fumetterias ;) Takamichi ___ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] Kunji Ikeda
Hi All, Who knows what happened to Kunji Ikeda? His emailaddress doesn't work anymore. Ikeda-san, if you read this, the package with HBF1XD arrived last month! Aregato gozaimasu! I mailed him through [EMAIL PROTECTED] , and he replied immediately. Please try again. Takamichi ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] Illusion City English texts
Am I meant to post something? To explain 100KB of texts why they were translated that way, you have to write 400KB of explanation. I did that before, please don't casually ask me to do twice. Takamichi ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] Looking for Victor Martinez
Does anyone know current contact address of Victor Martinez (Spain)? Takamichi ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] Antarctic Adventure motif in The Document of Metal Gear Solid 2
If you have a chance to view "The Document of Metal Gear Solid 2" for PSX2, choose CHARACTERS - SOLID SNAKE - SKETCHES. One of the drawings shows Snake wearing penguin outfit beside the note "kekkyoku nankyoku snake". As you know, original title of Antarctic Adventure was Kekkyoku Nankyoku Daiboken. Takamichi ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] Butako just learnt some English....
Shalom in English! Need I say more? Check out the MSX Files! =)) No one responded to this news. Does this mean news of a translation does not deserve being called a news anymore, but an everyday common situation? ;) Is there anyone trying to translated the HUGE manual glossary where every single character in the game are listed? Takamichi ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] Mellow Place, the Gals Quest Extra Part PSG music collection is released
Yesterday, Tomorrows Soft released the music collection based on Gals Quest Extra Part: Princess's Pursuit. It's downloadable from: http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~caveofts/gqmmp.html As always, the requirement is MSX2 with 64KRAM and no extra soundmodule. .dsk file for emulator (paraMSX recommended by the author) playing is bundled in the archive. Takamichi ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] Looking for MSX NBNO contact address
Don't use the Demon-account to send messages to... if you want to contact MSX-NBNO then use [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Maico) or [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mari)... OK, 'll write to you personally. Takamichi ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] Looking for MSX NBNO contact address
Is anyone out there who knows contact address of MSX NBNO? http://www.xsw-msx.demon.nl/ is down, so is Mari's e-mail ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Takamichi ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] Snatcher in Portuguese v0.7.0
Now it looks more like Brazil than Blade Runner to me... (I know that Terry Gilliam film had nothing to do with real Brazil, but heh;). Two major points; 1. Line break rule sometimes works strange. Too often a line ends after a character or two, leaving rest of the line blank. 2. Unnatural pause occurs alot, especially prone to happen before pressione espascio prompt I'll personally report details later. CTRL feature is fine. Now I only need to wait 15 seconds instead of 30 seconds (or even a minute) before loading a screen. From http://www.caetano.eng.br/snatcher/ ... Gráfico do Pachinko corretamente traduzido para Baú Would you mind describing what this is in MAXIMUM details? ;) Takamichi PS I noticed Seu fudeba! already ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] MSX2 and PC88 Snatcher difference
This is not much important for MSX users, but one of the neglected fact anyway. It's has been received notion that PC88 and MSX2 versions of Snatcher, which were released almost at the same time, were almost identical, but in fact there are considerable differences. You realize it when you see "Metal Slave" logo right after PC88 version startup. One of the major differences is that in case of PC88, GAUDI informs bio data of Konami developer staffs if you type their name. This feature is also supported in later versions (Sega CD, PSX...), but the data in PC88 is much more private and harsher than those in later versions.;) If you try same thing with GAUDI in MSX2 version, GAUDI does not display anything. The keyword is supported, but no data is included in the game. I also heard; - Disk access time is much shorter with PC88 - MSX2 version has larger variation of music than PC88 Takamichi ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: Snatcher in Spanish v0.0.0
Hmm, I'm glad to announce the help of two friends on the translation: Dante Nishida (atom) is now translating the game's graphics and Daniel Kim (Ginseng) is now translating the game's booklet. !? http://www.caetano.eng.br/snatcher/ You forgot to replace the image (Gilian holding the gun) with e laser! ;) Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Release MSX Player
Whatever, the credit card and other forms of payment (including biglobe.ne.jp monetary system) applicable to EGG payment system seems to be valid only in Japan. Remember, we the .jp lives in a secluded world. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Nazono Game Makyou 3
Woooha! Is there really a Venom, a Randar and two penguins in the cover, amongst others?? Can someone obtain a bigger version of this image? Looks like it also there is this ashguine guy. There are; - Moai - Venom - Ashguine - Randar - Penguin gate - Red-haired Babo (MSX-FAN article writer) - That MSX-FAN girl who had Rushao dog on her shoulder - Cookier-kun (a mouse featured in several Casio games) - Yocchan (the MSX-FAN music critic drawn as a white cuttlefish) - Taguchi (brown-haired smiling MSX-MAGAZINE editor in chief) - Green pillar in one of Konami shootemup I remember seeing theses sphere- and conical metal robots, but cannot recall who were they. :( The green airship looks like Vic Viper, but can be something different. The bikini-clad woman is probably purely Zoruge Ichizo's original. In the book he says he originally tried to make "MSX goddess" fully naked but had to compromise. The boy holding a joypad is another original called Hiroshi-kun. He's described to be a boy who has unfortunate father who keeps buying one MSX after another for him. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: What a rare cartridge
http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e10331760 What exactly is this cartridge for ?? From what I have briefly searched... According to http://www.itoi.co.jp/attic/time7.html , this device was released as a subset to Victor HC-95 MSX2 (famous for having extended CPU). I guess, with this VHD interface stuff, HC-95 could control VHD (something similar to laser disc but became obsolete soon), such as superimpose and screen capture. http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Oakland/4084/p-01.htm suggests Victor released several other VHD interfaces which were dedicated to HC series. http://www02.so-net.ne.jp/~imwyd/apolg1.html says back in 1985, there was a book describing how to browse VHD disk using HC-95. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: What a rare cartridge; VHD format
Thanks.. I was already wondering what VHD was since the device in the picture could have been anything between a VHS recorder up to a laserdisc system.. VHD is an abbreviation for Very Highdensity Disk (no space between High and Density). http://www.google.co.jp/search?q=VHD+very+High+Density+Disk+Victorhl=ja lists will give you several clues. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: 3D modeller for MSX in BASIC
http://www.vega.or.jp/~tanaka/hiroshi/doc/?rq=MSX Hey, don't put the direct link here. My browser crashed. This page is obviously direct link forbidden page. To reach properly, visit http://www.vega.or.jp/~tanaka/hiroshi/ then click Software for MSX. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Watch out for virus with my name
One my acquaintance reported he received a virus mail saying my first game with [EMAIL PROTECTED] stated as the sender. If any of you receive an e-mail from me and you don't remember why you should receive it, trash such mail. For one thing, I NEVER send any HTML mail. ;) Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: aleste gaiden translation
I put on my home page the translation of the prologue and epilogue of the game Aleste Gaiden in english. Just go to http://www.mundobizarro.tk and select English in the top of the page. Whoa... you translated so many things to Portuguese including Kodocha anime...;) I too considered of Rona translation once, but I could not proceed after stage 4. (btw, if you found any errors in the translation, please contact me.) Are you sure Waizen is really Waizen? It's alway so difficult to guess which name the original script designer had in mind. The name waizen suggests it's German origin, so it might be Weisen or something like that. Doesn't this Waizen-san appear somewhere else (Aleste or Aleste 2) together with alphanumeric spelling? Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Ikeda MSX Print: More news on MSX Player
I did get the credit. Where, and when? Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Usage of hidden feedback graphics
Inside the disk sectors of the game called Feedback, there are two (probably) SCREEN8 pictures that occupy almost 20% of entire disk. They are seeminly pictures of four developers who participated in game design. Does anyone happen to know whether these graphics are displayed during the game by any chance? I know there is a screen 8 picture that is displayed after opening demo, only when CAPS is kept locked. However, I completed Feedback with CAPS locked, but there was no difference in any part of the ending. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Famous MSX war starting up again? was :Re MSX PALYer news
Marat is obviously not reading this. May I say it's unfair to debate where he is not looking at? Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: MSX Web Server
http://soulmatrix.dynodns.net:14000 I can't reach it. Is it down? Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Snatcher v0.1.3
Subject: Snatcher v0.1.3 Today I purchased a Portuguese dictionary. :) Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Snatcher Translation
The new version 0.1.1 of Snatcher in portuguese is on the WebPage. There are several changes on it, and I can say that about 19% of the entire game is translated. About the peculiarity of the Snatcher game engine, I think it's fair to say that's because MSX version should had been a rough port of the PC88 version. PC88 was a Z80 machine which was made on a totally different architecture from MSX. PC88 had poorer graphics (only 8 colors at a time) but better sound. PC88 made much bigger success than MSX in late 1980s as a game console, I think. Here's a collective fansite; http://www.pc88.gr.jp/ I personally know almost nothing about PC88, however. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Snatcher SCC+ cart isn't supported by Portuguese translation
I tried Daniel's Portuguese translation, then I found strange a strange phenomenon. I inserted my trustworthy Snatcher SCC+ cart, chose SCC+ with first menu. Then I booted the game, I noticed music sounds are seriously out of tune. The sounds were OK with SD Snatcher SCC+, however. I don't know who originally made this version of Snatcher crack, but it had been astounding to purposefully modify original music routine (which was meant to work with Snatcher SCC+ cart) to run only properly with SD Snatcher's. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Snatcher SCC+ cart isn't supported by Portuguese translation - maybe I was wrong
The THSNATCJ?.DSK that are on FUNET works with your SCC+ cartridge? I'm asking because I do not touch sound routines, and the author of the SCC patch was not me. I don't know THSNATCJ?.DSK you mention, but probably it's the one which displays; Frequence: 60Hz Cartridge: SCC+ Slot: No.1 Ok This version does not cause any sound problem. But strange, it seems I cannot reproduce the previous sound problem I reported. I have tried running your Portuguese disk again, but sound problem I had did not occur anymore. Maybe I jsut did not insert Snatcher SCC+ cart properly? ;) Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Nishi Kazuhiko retired ASCII.
This is big news. If I understand your message well, you are not only telling us that Nishi now fully retreated from ASCII corporation but also that ASCII is not a publicly-traded company anymore but a privately owned company? Exactly. However, according to Unison Capital press release, they will privatize ASCII before October 2002. At this point, you can still view latest ASCII stock price here. http://stock.www.infoseek.co.jp/View?pg=basic_view.htmlsv=STqt=%A5%A2%A5%B 9%A5%AD%A1%BC The price is 81 yen when I'm typing this. Nishi, until November 29, used to own 910,000 stocks personally. Who is this investment group Unison Capital? Their website; http://www.unisoncap.com/english/ however did not give a hint what this company was about. At least it's not a computer company, nor is a publishing body (of which ASCII is). This John Ehara owner (he is simply mentioned Ehara Nobuyoshi in Japanese portion of this website, by the way) has a branch in London. Nishi has several unknown ties with UK (like Madge corporation and also his latest;) wife being a anglo-japanese), but I don't know if this is coincidence or has something to do with him. I found a US corp with similar policy, but have failed to locate any link with; http://www.unisoncapital.com/default.htm What are their plans with ASCII? Total liquidation? Big restructuring? Latter. Unison Capital declared they'll cutback anything other than magazine publishing division and game development, and they'll fire most of current ASCII employees. But they haven't announced the very motive why they bought ASCII, which everybody wanted to know. By the way, at this point, 1ch.tv I mentioned as a joke earlier is not a joke anymore. Some people already phoned police. Stay away from it. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Nishi Kazuhiko retired ASCII.
The overweighted MSX founder, Nishi Kazuhiko, quitted ASCII corporation, as of December 15, 2001. Sources: - Nishi himself announced this fact in certain magazine called Dias (January 17). - He is no longer listed as an executive member (http://www.ascii.co.jp/info/profile/) though he was there a month ago. - "Biography" section in http://www.nishi.org, and also http://www.ascii.co.jp/info/profile/nishi/ lists "special advisor" position as a position of past. He currently works for a newspaper (and stock manager) company called Nihon Shoken Shinbun (http://www.kabutocho.co.jp), which is run by one of the former ASCII employees. One of Nishi's secretaries also quitted ASCII together with him. Nishi calls his room as "WEst" of which the word "nishi" stands for in Japanese. Background: CSK (Sega and a lot of others) disconnected ASCII Corporation as of November 29, 2001, a quite big incident in the world of finance. In turn, an unknown company called "Unison Capital" bought its position as ASCII owner. They decided to quit ASCII stock going into market, which is de facto end of ASCII as a proper corporate. ASCII stock price became as low as 70 US cent. Notes - English "biography" section of http://www.nishi.org however states "ASCII special advisor" as his present position. Reason of discrepancy between the Japanese counterpart is unknown. - WhoIs search reveals that the "nishi.org" domain is reserved by ASCII and E-store (a company former ASCII staff founded), since 5 years ago. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Snatcher translation site with complete text
This is Takamichi. I erected a site for reflection on possibilty of translating MSX Snatcher into English. Huge thanks to Fritz who is reading this, and Artemio who is not reading this. http://www.msxnet.org/gtinter/snadistr/stransm.htm Here you can find; - Complete translation of all the texts. - Information on the known factors that prevent actual translation - Contradictions in, and lesser known facts about Snatcher - Various screenshots, including Dancing Isabella Velvet. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Another unknown game... (Love Hina)
Well, the picture is from an anime known as Love Hina! (surprise! ;) ) It's a series about a guy who's lucky enough to get a job as a 'housermaster' in a girls dormitory. There are 5(?) girls there if I remember correctly and they live through all sorts of every day live adventures. Almost correct, but there are some more girls. And don't forget the flying tortoise;) Lovehina started around 1999 (and quitted several months ago), so it's unbelievable to think there was MSX game for Lovehina. The fact Lovehina is chosen as a motif and the touch used in; http://grauw.blehq.org/temp/anotherunknownrpg.gif reminds me of some GFXer I know (http://www.interline.or.jp/~akao/), but probably I'm wrong. My Google (MSX,Lovehina,RPG) hinted nothing relevant so far... Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Disk splitting
I think there was a util that splits fMSX-DOS concatenated disk image into independent disk image files, but I forgot the download site. Can anyone tell me quick MS-DOS commandline to split; - A 1440KB file into two 720KB files - A 2160 KB file into three 720KB files ? Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: 1ch.tv
] Is anyone informed of anything about http://1ch.tv BBS? What is it about? I have run it through babelfish translation service but still, I do not understand it. Machine translation is still far from perfect :-( You'll wish you haven't read if automatic translators were accurates. Japanese tend to use jargons and alliterations purposefully when writing in BBS, thus automatic translations are out of question. 1ch.tv was (initially thought as) a BBS which Nishi started from personal hatred against 2ch. But my survey through megabytes of web texts proved there's quite complex background behind. Whatever, 1ch became quite notorious nowadays, and since there's Nishi, MSX isn't regarded nice either. Actually, 1ch made Nishi famous more than ever, though not by most favorable reason. The story so far is quite exhaustive so I summarized what I learned in; http://www.msxnet.org/gtinter/what1ch.htm I also mentioned why that August 11 MSX meeting became famous. Beside, are you PAID? Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
1ch.tv
Is anyone informed of anything about http://1ch.tv BBS? Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
More Snatcher text data extracted
Artemio has extracted Snatcher text data out of PSX and Saturn version as well. They are available in; http://junkerhq.net Again, they are of no direct help for translation of MSX version, though it's rather big advance, and seems he is currently the only person who is still working on MSX version text. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Multiple definition of M, S and X
Within an interesting page; http://www.nti.co.jp/~kobakan/contents/nishi.html which is explained to be the summary of Nishi Kazuhiko's speech in February of 1999, the well-known definitions of M, S and X caught my attention. --quote from here of compatible PC (called MSX, meaning MS eXchangeable, and Matsushita Sony, etc.), --quote to here This web article was not written by Kaz himself, but given that the webmaster wrote this article at point of 1999, it's safe to conclude that MSX already had two definitions and even more multilateral meaning then. Perhaps since birth of MSX. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
RuMSX error...what is it?
And, Takamichi, what is that error with RuMSX all about? I have no idea. Why I'm addressed, instead of Rudolf or Softbank? As far as I know, those who can speak Deutsche/English should ask Rudolf, not me, for RuMSX-related questions. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Manesis and Tokimeki Knightmare no longer available
Konami clones, Manesis and Tokimeki Knightmare developed by Gyonin are no longer downloadable from http://www.alles.or.jp/~gyonin/game.htm . According to announcement some time before, Konami directly threatened Gyonin to stop distribution. I still have them, by the way. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Kazuhiko Nishi... not much in BBS nowadays.
Can I just say 'way cool' now??? Nishi seldom appears in 2ch nowadays. Probably because in July 7 and 8, rude guys who call themselves former and current ASCII members appeared by masses and openly harrassed him. According to the latest news Nishi sent e-mails to his supporters about details of fan gathering in August. Wow... wish we had something like this here in Holland... totally nuts! Are there a lot of 'big shots' like Nishi there??? Endo Masanobu who developed mega titles in Namco once is known to frequent 2ch. He appeared in Nishi board sometimes. Other celebrities appear from time to time, but I don't know for sure, especially because their names are usually displayed nanashisan (nameless) like everyone else. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Kazuhiko Nishi is answering online questions NOW
The nishi in 2ch is real Nishi. First of all, 2channel (http://2ch.net ) is an extremely nationally recognized hell hole BBS system where virtually everyone can utter politically incorrect opinions incognito (without revealing name). Special syntax and spelling rules are observed (I'll explain this later). While 2ch was once infamous for being a host to certain murderer who hijacked a bus, nowadays 2ch is also seems as good debate ground. Of course there is an MSX BBS too. The Nishi Kazuhiko of ASCII retired being executive? thread initially appeared weeks ago, and wretches who claimed they were ASCII employees were recalling ASCII inside feud. Sudddenly, a guy claiming nishi appeared and started accusing them in I know you!, stop lying!, you fool! kind of way. The audiences were really pleased. Of course everyone doubted nishi to be an imposter. So nishi began disclosing his e-mail address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and announced he would reply to anyone who would write him. To everyone's surprise, nishi actually replied to all e-mails he replied. Days went by, nishi became more and more familiar with those guys who find peace in having touch with nishi, who gets irritated easily shouting aho (you fool) urusai (shut up) even kane wo moukete kara ie (only those who ever made money is allowed to say that kind of thing) a word which certainly is not a man neck-deep in 450 yen of debt is allowed to say. ;) A lot of people slander and make fun of him, but nishi seems to be finding peace in being a chubo (kitchen/junior high school student), a title applied to 2channel frequenters. Nishi is currently even planning meeting with his fan chubos. Nishi is very proud being an MSX guy, and is fully convinced he'll succeed (without firm reason; nishi too often is unrealistic). He seems to have a lot of personal problems; he is short-tempered, has very bad memory, arrogant, and worst of all, accepts only flatteries and refuses any negative comments thrown at him. But I think Nishi is a good mate as long as he is not a boss of your company. ;) Note on 2ch 1) A lot of terms are spelled in transliterated kanjis; I mean, kanjis pronounced same but with greatly different meanings. For instance, chubo means kitchen, but is used as reference to junior high school student which is also pronounced chubo, and nowadays chubo term tends to refer to anyone in 2channel. Also, smile or 'lol is almost always spelled wara that literally means straw but is used as transliteration of laughter. There are an army of transliterations and deliberate spelling mistakes, which, needless to say, render automatic translation TOTALLY USELESS. 2) Many subscribers share same name. In case of Nishi's thread, 90% of people are nanashisan@dottokomu (nameless@dotcom). This happens because, in 2channel, most people are encouraged to omit their name, which result in origination of one standardized name provided to each of the BBS genres. A few people (like nishi) sticks to one fixed name, though. 3) ASCII arts are occasionally posted to provide good laugh, biting insult or just for fun. Some of them are taken from old anime or face of the Japanese prime minister, but most of them feature cats called Monaa. Monaas are de facto official 2channel mascots. They are cute, but often depicted doing impolite acts such as murder. Even Nishi draws Monaa. ;) 4) Large percentages of postings are totally meaningless. Some of them are deliberate lies. Fictions fabricated to irritate or entertain audiences are called neta, and are tolerated. Notes specific to nishi Nishi never uses when he quotes. He quotes, then writes : and then his answer. When Nishi leaves, he announces what time he will appear next. But he often appears in other times without warning. At this point, Nishi's last next-appearance announcement is 10:00 (Japan time) of June 24. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Gals Quest; Princess's Pursuit promo released
Kamei of Tomorrows Soft released a promo for Gals Quest; Princess's Pursuit as his 4th title in the Gals Quest lineup. The promo runs on any MSX2 environment, and probably on any MSX emulator. Download gqmtrial.lzh from http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~caveofts/gqmtridl.html More information and screenshots are browsable in; http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~caveofts/gqm.html Princess's Pursuit deals with Princess Melone, who was giving orders to Haide in Gals Quest 1 (http://www.msxnet.org/gtinter/gq1/gq1warne.htm), leaving her home to the quest for Haide who disappeared without trace. This promo version does not include any gameplay, though you can enjoy a 10-minute long scale animating opening demo, and a character selection where you can choose one from assortment of almost twenty cuties and a few ugly dudes. The opening demo includes; - Fullfledged PSG tunes - State-of-the-art graphics - Smooth animations - Three brutal punches in a guy's face Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: MSX mouse
I said I had schematics for pc to msx mouse. I forgot to give the url: http://homepage1.nifty.com/anikun/ One of the instructions says that I should refer to http://anikun.hoops.ne.jp/page3.htm , so I visited. Quick look told me the hardware that Anikun is explaining, including the PS/2 - FM towns, assumes use of his PIC converter which is a complex programmable box. His apps and hardware allows use of optical and wheel mice. However, in my personal opinion, whole this huge idea is very complex. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Junk A1-GT for sale
I have a broken A1-GT. The status is terrible; 1. Disk drive is not working. 2. SPACE key is not working. I even replaced the embedded spring, but could not repair. 3. Worst trouble; it doesn't startup even if you press power on button. However, I think someone might be interested in resurrecting, ripping apart, reverse-analyzing or any anything to do with hopelessly malfunctioned A1-GT. If you are interested, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED], then I'll sell you for the remitment cost only. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Personal e-mail
Thank you for your effort. I found another disturbing posting. And, please don't ignore this e-mail. I REALLY don't want to reply. I don't even want to write I'll ignore, because assholes would try to yell again and again if I do so. If you are kind, please post Takamichi privately told me 'Under no circumstance I shall excuse for the incident.' or something similar. You did a great job to quieten the situation. Thank you. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Personal e-mail
Oops, forget last one. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
MSX1 Web Browser on mobile phone
This is Takamichi. Ricardo Bittencourt once mentioned his project for implementing MSX1-compatible chip into mobile phone to enable viewing WWW through Fudebrowser. Does anyone know more details on his project? Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
About Snatcher script translation
Many years ago, someone manually typed down messages that appear in PC Engine Snatcher. A few weeks ago, I started replacing them with English texts taken from Mega CD version. http://www.msxnet.org/gtinter/snatex.htm Surprisingly, most texts match exactly, and quality of the translation is high. However, it's a big load of work (200KB or so I think). I wish if there is someone more concentrated. Beside, is anyone interested in translating the English to 3rd language? Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
[proposal] Subject of articles
Though I am aware the contents of the messages in this this mailing list tend to have no resemblance to the subject name, I hereby solemnly ask attention not to reuse the some of the very demeaning subject names which I am very ashamed of. Like : Re : Your mother wears combat boots. Also, I know I am not even at modest position to propose, but I would like you conscience-minded subscribers not to quote the shameful paragraphs which were initially released by my name. At this moment, I think that is my obligation to prevent them from exposure to conscious readers' eyes again. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: MSX1 Web Browser on mobile phone
http://fly.to/flybrowser/ Thank you for telling me. Actually, I asked because this URL which Ricbit told me was down. But I found it's back alive. Though I can only guess its contents, I love this nihongo kochirahe (Japanese language this way) picture. You can find at least three people browsing WWW using mobile phones in one train carriage. ;) Ricbit's way of surpassing such thing like conventional knowledge always amazes me. ;) Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Self criticisms
Dear all sane readers. I have reread what, since there was no one in my room other than me, my fingers inputted. Yes, I too think this looks like some impersonator who stole memory wrote. I here take silly assumption that someone (alter ego?) called Tbkbmichi wrote this. Do any of you remember Ghost (Yurei) who attended Tilburg 2000 with his Morning Star and his other gimmicks? This looks like what I wrote. He told me he was initially preparing to attend T. 2001, but dropped his intention after he heard Nishif_ck would attend the fair. Use of censorship code _ is my favorite play of word. He also agreed that the current MSX Revsomething crap is a holocaust which essentially is the ethnically cleansed attempt to rule anyone other than .jp under THEIR (where me nor Ghost is included) totalitarian rule. But Tbkbmichi thinks MSX Revivalists are trying to ethnic-cleanse everyone other than Japanese. What Yurei told me was, that he thinks some people, all of them Japanese, are trying to control the MSX users. He nor I did not even think about actual murder and dictatorship. He finally recommended me to keep away from .jp nazis, and wished those non-jp chicks eager to be fed with nazi food to be snuffed with nutrious gases or something then they would probably realize they were THE collaborators. Hey, Tbkbmichi is crazy! He wants all non-jp MSX users to be mortally dead. I (Takamichi) certainly cannot remember thinking of such genocide. No, for Yurei's dignity, he didn't say this kind of thing! Beside, the English style used here can be identified as a phrase written by someone other than me. To readers. Do you think I (Takamichi) actually developed an alter ego? Please inform me if I repost this kind of obviously abnormal message. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
MSX Holocaust
Do any of you remember Ghost (Yurei) who attended Tilburg 2000 with his Morning Star and his other gimmicks? He told me he was initially preparing to attend T. 2001, but dropped his intention after he heard Nishif_ck would attend the fair. He also agreed that the current MSX Revsomething crap is a holocaust which essentially is the ethnically cleansed attempt to rule anyone other than .jp under THEIR (where me nor Ghost is included) totalitarian rule. He finally recommended me to keep away from .jp nazis, and wished those non-jp chicks eager to be fed with nazi food to be snuffed with nutrious gases or something then they would probably realize they were THE collaborators. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: MSX Holocaust
Takamichi san, what is this supposed to mean? Is this a joke or what? I know Adolf and that jew-hates can't be joke. Unlike most nihonjin who reply who are the yudayajin (jews)?, I (who grew up in strange circumstance) know much more and I solemnly is happy of the fact that Adolf is dead. However, I learned that European schools teach that Adolf was a insane patient and was a devil, which hides the historical fact that many people supported Adolf, and many people were persecuted and gased because they were honest enough to express Adolf was a psycho. II do not think Adolf was a single responsibility to be blamed, but all the jew-haters at that time were responsible in one way or the another. More than one of my relatives were nuked in Hiroshima and, and one of my grandfathers, a high rank officer who witnessed atrocity in Chinese continent, was eventually torpedoed down in a submarine in 1945. I would like to make my point clear that I hate war probably more than average. What is wrong with Mr. Nishi? And whatever it is, do you think he really deserves to be compared with nazis? It has something to do with MSX at all? I just can't stop myself shudder with the current flow of the discussion. If my understanding is correct, conscience to accept the existence of opposing schools was one of European was virtue. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: MSX Holocaust
Your [off topic] nazistory from a couple of weeks ago on the mailinglist just didn't do the trick, hey, so now you're making yourself more clear!? Well, at least you get reactions now... I didn't want to get this kind of reaction. Beside, I am a scholarlistic sort of person who try to get reaction for (surficially) meaningless information. For instance, how many of you knew that Auschwitz facilites were rebuilt tourist attractions (I think the destroyed gas chamber was much much diabolic that what you can see today however)? It has a side effect though, your comparison to Nazi's is very very wrong. You must realize the impact these kind of stories have here in Europe. It's your right to dislike mr. Nishi, but to compare him and Nasu with Nazi's is completely out of proportion. I used to think so, but my instinct and my shallow knowledge with Adolf's life made me to think deeper about budding evidences of unforeseen subjects. We are dealing with a computer issue here, nothing less, but certainly nothing more! Yes, I can definitely predict it will mean something more than what seems at this moment. I would like to point one point. Why the April 22 meeting appointed important personage as participants, despite only a handful were given privilege to decide importance? I personally understood the decision process as a step toward aristocracy. If you wanted to build up some credit with European MSX-users, you did a stupid thing. People will now see you as a complete lunatic. I never meant that much. If all of my phantasies are my delusions (I hope so) and everyone will be happy, I'll happily spend rest of my life being branded as a lunatic. But, if I'm not... Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Open letter to person calling himself Takamichi
Hi person calling himself Takamichi, Are you really Takamichi Suzukawa? I am. Takamichi is not even an alias. I am, needless to say, taken back by the fact that I have become a monster of which those who knew me before could not even identify. The Takamichi that I remember from the past was a helpful MSX-er, who was amongst others involved in several translation projects and who could point us towards interesting information. For example about the mysterious CAPTAIN system that was mentioned in the OPLL application manual. I repeat, I am Takamichi who once, or may be still living 16 hours a day as human being and rest as one A1GT. I am the same person who typed SNAKE and ran around Akihabara hundreds of hours just for a package of SD Snatcher. If you are really Takamichi, then what happened that you suddenly changed your behaviour towards the MSX-scene this much? Firstly, I apologize for my overstatement. I have a tendency to choose most extreme word in the thesaurus, but apparent I chose wrong word. Suimasen. Perhaps I am now suffering from mental disorder, but I know it can't be an excuse. I told the possible reason for mental disorder to some of the people reading here, but that's rather personal thing. Why are you suddenly spreading these rumours? A few weeks ago you spreaded the rumour that the MSX Player is an illegal fMSX clone, while in reality the negotations between Marat and ASCII are still ongoing. ASCII did not think they needed to negotiate Marat. He never noticed if no one told him. For your notice, Japanese MSX peers did not regard this as illegal, but they were more offended by the fact ASCII did not develop by their own. Now you are spreading the rumour that Nishi and friends are Nazi's that want to rule the world and that want to execute ethnical cleansing. Nishi tried and is always trying to rule the world all 15 years, didn't/isn't he? ;) Last part is probably my grammatical error. I wanted to express they wanna rule MSX world by their 100% Japanese members kind of words. You even go one step further by calling us collaborators. I really feel personally attacked by that remark. Then I don't. However, please do not estimate the ravage that MSX Revivalists brought since 2 years ago. A lot of MSX users quitted MSX for the same reason which caused Yurei to postpone Tilburg 2001. I do not understand what happened to you. Can you please enlightnen us? I have no idea. I cannot even enlighten myself at this moment. I can't even continue Snatcher script, a project I began one month ago. My fingers attempts labor strike. Takamichi Suzukawa http://www.msxnet.org/gtinter/ -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: MSX H*
I have never this done before in the MSX mailinglist: If the mail is by Takamichi or his name in the mail it is directed by my rules directly to the wastebasket. So let it be. I am the real Takamichi, who spent most of his childhood in certain part of Europe. Maybe I should excuse, but since I'm a real Japanese, I won't. I only bow and express embarrassment (not forgiveness) for my action. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Is MSX Player = fMSXintent?
So that sluggish thing running on some small computer was actually fMSX, not ASCII's original after all. Actually, I thought so, since I douted Goripon/Miyashita (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]), who is known as responsible developer for "ASCII-official emulator" had skill to develop a new MSX by his own. My guess was right. Beside, I would like to whisper here that Marat did not give proper permission to ASCII/Nishi/anyone else. Actually, one of the ASCII accountants misunderstood his word. Therefore, Nishi's word "we have license" is wrong (ask Marat if you are curious). I personally felt disdainful on the fact that ASCII, with thousands of employees and thousands of professional they can ask, decided to steal codes from Marat, a mundane ex-MSX user. This is nothing unlike personal hey-you-copied-mine riffraff. Note Goripon/Miyashita is not an ASCII employee. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
[off-topic]Nazi history
I (Takamichi) am currently surveying modern European history. I know this is off-topic, but I'd like anyone point to me if my understanding is wrong. I'm aware what documented below is a sensitive topic, but I know some facts differ from common understanding. For instance, the "gas chamber" now in the concentration camp is actually a fake made for tourist attraction, while real one was immediately destroyed after end of WW2. -- Erich Ludendorrf was German chief military commander during World War 1, which means he was a loser dog. However, many who fought at German side DID NOT ADMIT THE FACT WW1 WAS A FAILURE. Later, a mustached man found use in Erich and decided to use Erich's name, not Erich's mind for his purpose. The mustached man tried to plan a uprise in Munich, claiming Erich as icon while the man himself rallied THOSE WHO CLUNG TO THE DREAM by shouting and disseminating fictions his malformed brain created. Of course, the mustached man was clever enough to avoid the sympathizers from mingling with real Erich who was much more self-satisfied, had more position and was not a psycho like the mustached man. His tactic was to rent a small beer house, stuff those whom he thought were eager to listen his own story and thus easy to control, and spoke; "I cannot say this in public, but General Ludendorrf told me this... tell me your opinion, I shall tell your to him! And do not leak this news, otherwise our dream will not be fulfilled!". Name of the mustached man was Adolf Hitler. Outcome of his dream did not include Erich, but something much worse. Later, many non-Germans, for instance Vichy in France and considerable number of Dutchmen voluntarily cooperated Adolf. Some of them were executed later, others spent or are still spending rest of their life in regret. --- Any resemblance of this historical story to modern situation is probably pure coincidence, but I hope none of the people reading this will be embarrassed before their grandchildren for having been collaborators of the psycho (s) in their youth. A tip; look at the eyes of someone who is going to convince you. Adolf looks really "scared" in the remaining videos. Takamichi http://www.msxnet.org/gtinter/gtinter.htm -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Moon Light Saga with RuMSX
Does the demo of this game run with RuMSX emulator? I'm not able to play it. Maybe I'm doing something wrong... Very old version of RuMSX (when it was called FreeMSX) could run Moon light Saga demo, but later versions can't, as far as I remember. Note RuMSX can play complete version of Moon light Saga. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: great page
Shnake... shnake... Shhhnake! http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/msx/mg2.htm The quantity of the GIFs is exhausting and hardly can load to the end. I think they should've distributed into two or more separate pages rather than stuffing into one page. Solid Snake kind of looks like Mel Gibson I always used to regard him "young Sylvester Stallone". Mr. Snake is know to grow younger and younger. In MGS2 seems he noticed he'll look more mature with facial hairs. ;) Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Deelname van Japanners aan de beurs in Tilburg
Nishi Kazuhiko, vice-president Ascii, ontwerper van de MSX A few days ago a newspaper featured Nishi's interview "I quitted ASCII. I'll become a professor in US university. I might come back to computer world a few years later, maybe not. I think Masayoshi Son of Softbank is a cool banker." kind of thing. But newspaper never say much. Useless tip. "vice-president" is known to be an easily misunderstood title when translated. Unlike army of vice-presidents in US corps, only one "fukushachou" exists in one Japanese corp. Someone made error of directly translating fuku - vice and shachou - president, and since then fukushachous keep using this mistranslation as their titles.. Japanese translator's guidebook describes as "the common error that ignorants conduct". Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Snatcher translation...
Just want to know if anyone ever visits http://SnatcherTranslation.cjb.net ... We really need to get that game translated, please help by visiting... 1. From MY point of view, "translating" something which Konami, though far from parallel (and I hate ACT3), has already translated is a humilating task. 2. http://www.usiwakamaru.or.jp/~randam/snatcher/contents.htm Contains almost all of the essential texts in Snatcher storyline, which seems to be based on PC-Engine version. If you have spare time enough, translate all of them. That'll be far easier task than making the "English MSX Snatcher". Takamichi http://www.msxnet.org/gtinter/snatex.htm -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: A1 computer. Incredible!
FS-A1 (64KB RAM, no FM/kanji ROM/disk), the first among the line of cheap (3 yen or less) MSX2 releases was actually released in two colors, red and black, and I actually saw both of them. But most people (including me) did not care to buy ugly red version. Later, Panasonic ceased to release red version anymore. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Championship Mushroom Shooting Game released.
Tomorrows Soft, known for Gals Quest (http://www.msxnet.org/gtinter/gq1/gq1-us.htm) series, released Snatcher-style typing-shooting game "Championship Mushroom Shooting Game" for MSX2. There aren't any ero scenes, but the dying mushrooms are hilarious still. For screenshots; http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~caveofts/ckinoko.html Download from; http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~caveofts/downck.html Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Captain Multi Station information page.
Captain Multi Station, an MSX2 released in 1986 or later is the device for connecting to CAPTAIN, the Japanese state-run teletext system. CMS has various characteristics which are unseen in other standard MSXes. Numerous close-up photos and a few descriptions are available in; http://www.msxnet.org/gtinter/capmul/capmul.htm Takamichi http://www.msxnet.org/gtinter/gtinter.htm -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Captain Multi Station ram checkup result
OUT (255),16 Do? My guess is that it'll work fine, suggesting 256kb RAM. When I tried this, CMS restarted instead of hanging up. I am getting suspicious of "memory card", which I found to be out of battery. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: KINGKONG 2 ENGLISH DISK VERSION NOT FINISHED
I just finished the disk version of KINGKONG II And the bad end-demo over 500 days playing time is not translated it contains some bad french. Which isn`t actualy the translation it also contains greetz, to the crackers. So if anyone can fix this. So that it will be complete. I am no fan of Kingkong, but my filmy memory suggests me of a site which notifies password just prior to the game ending. I'll see if I can quickly view the Kingkong 2 ending and get quick translation job of it. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Captain Multi Station ram checkup result
To Maarten: A simple but inaccurate method is this: PRINT (256-INP(HFF))*16 CMS returned "2048". To Sean: If you type: OUT (255),4 And the machine does NOT crash, it has 64kb. If it did crash, it has more. Try: OUT (255),8 If that didn't crash the machine, it has 128kb. Another possibility is that the machine doesn't have mappers, in which case it has 64kb ram. Try: OUT (255),1 If that didn't crash it, it has 64kb unmapped RAM. To be honest... all three commands caused CMS to hang up silent. Leonard told me another method to check MSX memory size. Result suggested that CMS seems to have mapped 128KB, but showed a little strange behavior while checking. More facts on CMS. CMS has not cassette recorder port, so there could had been no way to store your program, or to save MGear1 data ;) As I said before, I have no idea how, or if it's possible to use the memory card from MSX. In addition, CMS could run Mgear2 cartridge. It's OK as long as you don't mind getting GM2 or typing lengthy password ^^; CMS has 8-pin RGB output, which is compatible with A1-GT cable. Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
impression on www.dolicargames.com
This article might be better sent to that castellano mailing list, but, anyway,... See info on www.doliclargames.com but only in spanish I think. OVC Ru XVIII section. Does this mean SaveR made website and, what't more, learned to write some English?! Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Simplest way to check RAM size
I was trying to write some article on Captain Multi Station MSX2. I wanted to know whether the RAM size is 64KB or 128KB, since before 1987, Japanese MSX2s with 128KB were also being released. However, CMS isn't equipped with disk drive. So I must type something by myself to check RAM size. Does anyone know simplest of simple methods to know RAM size? Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Page update
Not much of the news at all. I just overhauled my top page, which up to now held too much contents and too heavy to download. Also available are stupid Solid Snake image and a (I hope someone can be deluded to believe) cool banner. http://www.msxnet.org/gtinter/gtinter.htm Takamichi -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Tokimeki Knightmare, the Knightmare clone
Gyonin, who was once a subject of dispute in this mailing list for his Manesis, recently released another Windoze Konami clone - Tokimeki Knightmare. While resembling that Knightmare, Tokimeki Knightmare takes opposite stance; Aphrodite rescues kidnapped Popolon. A lot of reference to old Konami MSX1 games, and sarcastic ending where the couple only finds their castle occupied by Galious. ^^; The download URL is; http://www.alles.or.jp/~gyonin/game.htm Cheats; Input following passwords in the title screen then press ENTER. Input same password again to deactivate. 1. FIND : Hidden jewels become visible 2. EASY : Halve damages 3. ZAKURO : Invulenrability, even if crashed by a scrolling obstacle. Takamichi http://www.msxnet.org/gtinter/ -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Metal Gear 2 swamp route
http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/i/takatemp/mg2swamp.htm is the map as an answer to stereotypical MG2 question "how to walk over the swamp without drowning". Also comes with laughable wallpaper. :P Takamichi Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Studio Wing games downloadable.
Studio Wing is the existing game company recently decided to release their old MSX2 titles in; http://www.st-wing.com/pg4/pg4.htm The .lzh files located below "MSX2" character string are the disk images compressed in .lzh format. I guess most of you have almost never heard of their titles "Kuro to Shiro no Densetsu" for example, and most of them are "adventure games" which need extensive knowledge with Japanese language. But adding them to your collection is not a worst idea I think. Takamichi Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Re: Ultra rare MSX2
Take a look at this computer auctioned: OK. Seems I nearly caught up in last minute, actually, one hour before end of bidding term. http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/19238650 Translation provided by e-lingo: MSX2 personal computer with captain made by NTT terminal function The content is a main body, a keyboard, PAD, and a manual. Though it is a captain terminal of NTT communications The basis is a personal computer of the MSX2 specification. ROM cartridge can be pierced. A brief explanation on "captain".. CAPTAIN is a Japanese information database system which took off in late 1970s, but never acquired success, though Japanese government had British (and others?) Teletext style service in mind. Around 1995, CAPTAIN project tried to revive hoping someone will mistake it with Internet (in my opinion) but miserably died. In 2000, CAPTAIN still exists as one of obsolete projects. The picture in Yahoo auction page suggests NMS8250-style heavy body and, surprisingly "modern"-looking tiny (we Japanese love anything tiny) keyboard and cool joypad. Takamichi Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Re: MSX-Fair Bussum (2)
I forgot to mention that buyers of the Gals Quest Premium Package can collect their English version of Gals Quest 1 for free at our stand. Caution! We will only hand you the English version if you bring with you the original Gals Quest Premium Box and the Japanese version of Gals Quest 1... ...And don't forget that cool new package graphic for non-Japanese only. Kamei is so proud of his design he is hanging the original design down the wall of his room. ;) Takamichi Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
MSX magazine preliminary issue (pro bably) ceased publication.
Now, one year later, we can see that ASCII has really taken steps to stick to this roadmap. Step 1: the new MSX magazin from ASCII is reality. It exists. NO. There's no "MSX magazine" from ASCII. Only publication released so far was "MSX Magazine Preliminary Issue no. 1", which was edited and distributed by Imahi of Syntax. Currently, there's no hope of no. 2 issue release (at least I heard so). Imahi is currently not planning to pay refund to those who already ordered no. 2. My honest impression was "I thought so". Takamichi Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Re: NEW MSX. NICE !!. BUT BEST ???? - Ese-PLD is not related to ASCII -
Going out to the street, get nacked, and dance until the new MSX appears
??
No. This is Takamichi's mission. :)
Please tell me street address, city, nation, etc, and MOST importantly,
distance to nearest police station so I will be able to estimate how long I
can stay out of bound (from what?) before getting caught.
By the way, ag0ny-san, maybe you don't want to hear this, but when I showed
Tsujikawa translation of your HispaMSX posting to Tsujikawa, he commented
you have certainly overestimated most of the things.
Tsujikawa especially did not like the part you described Ese-PLD project as
part of ASCII plan ("hey, my PLD's got nothing to do with ASCII!").
Nasu has obviously bluffed to Nishi (Nasu is known to claim someone else's -
in this case Tsujikawa's - project as his own) again.
You can forget about the "whichever will be built first will be chosen as
ASCII product" part, therefore.
You need to be very careful against Japanese stories. You probably noticed
Japanese audiences getting rather bored listening to fantasies of ASCII corp
employees (real Japanese never take anyone's word literally) instead of
getting excited. Main reason is that there had been no progress at all since
one year ago despite fancy announces then.
Takamichi
P.S I have red, white, red/white (one you saw; two strips sewn together),
pink and violet fundoshis, so please specify color when you ask me to dance.
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After Denyu something.
Cool YMSsomething and Denyu Land is over. Since Nishi quitted talking before I arrived, I really don't know what he was barbling about, but witnesses told me Nishi didn't speak much fun (at least he did NOT say he'll release real MSX). I heard Yamashita guy was explaining Intent (sorry, I lied to some people that the name was "Indent" ^^;), Java-supporting version of Elate, the OS-running-on-another-OS (but you can also run Intent without other OS) which owes a lot to technologies of Tao System, the UK corp. Yamashita boy mentioned, while you can already buy Intent as uptodate Amiga-Linux system, release detail of Windoze version of Intent is still a mystery at this point. Looks someone (I am not going to mention his name but at least he's Japanese) already owns Intent prototype and is trying to develop MSX emulator for Intent, such emulator was not disclosed (as I said earlier, I personally think development is still in very early stage). Given the fact proper release of Intent from ASCII is still unknown, I cannot predict whether such "ASCII-official Intent MSX emulator" will be released or not... that was my impression. New MSX... nearest thing was Tsujikawa's "hardware-emulated" V9938 which was plugged in his MSX's cartridges slot. I could play Salamander with it. Sorry, guys, I couldn't find anything like "homemade MSX3". ^^; I didn't fail to ask most important question; is ASCII going to release ero game for Intent? Yamashita initially pretended he did not hear me but I pushed him so he answered "there is no reason not to". I was relieved. ^^; As for the other news... I guess a number of chicos now fully acknowledge why almost all Japanese MSX users know me (jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja) Takamichi Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Re: IMPORTANT NEWS FROM ASCII (about line in castellano original)
While reading the Spanish original in http://www.egroups.com/message/hispamsx/4501 , I found one phrase which I did not find in English translation. Gotou es el que está programando el emulador. --- However, the "emulator programmer" I was informed of was not Gotou, so I'm feeling quite confounded now. Beside above line, I found a picture showing ag0ny sitting in ASCII account desk ^^;, and long memoir on how ag0ny talked with Nishi. Seems Nishi could converse in English (?), and that SaveR was not present as translation (I imagined to be so but looks ASCII survived being victim to el cabron). Y...yo no es el chino (if you read Spanish original you understand why I'm saying this ^^;). Takamichi Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Re: IMPORTANT NEWS FROM ASCII
And no one, absolutely no one (except for Takamichi) reacts... The largest point of this news is, that ag0ny is first 3rd party who actually saw ASCII employees mention these subjects. ag0ny's Spanish article suggests ASCII employees told him those news from their own mouth (using English I guess, not castellano). I have appointment with him 1 hour later. Good luck to me! Takamichi Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Re: IMPORTANT NEWS FROM ASCII
This emulator is already almost finished No. Obviously Nasu bluffed to ASCII. and it will be presented on Den-yu land 2000. It will emulate MSX, MSX2 and MSX2+ as well as a PC can emulate it. If I understood correctly, from now on they do not worry about Turbo-R. Once finished, english, spanish and portuguese versions of the emulator will be developped. And *MAYBE* (I repeat: maybe) MSX DataPack (+1000 pages) will be translated to these three languages. Phase 1 status: The emulator will be finished in approximately one month. No. In fact I know who is developing that "ASCII-listed emulator" which is expected to run on Indent, the rather unknown OS created by ASCII. Currently, he hasn't even learned Indent sematics. Also, I personally will be very crossed if he'll try to simply copy fMSX- or RuMSX (or, though I see few possibility, BrMSX) codes and inform Marat/Rudolf/Ricardo of cheating. Takamichi Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Re: Please be careful!
I admit, there are nuances in japanese culture that even after years working with them, I still do not understand. But in the end, discrepancies between the meddling parties are always safely bridged by bit (or more than a bit) of Grolsch (or any other beverage you might prefer), don't they? :P It's a pity that electronical transmission of the alcohol is still not technologically established (if you have already developed, please do not hesitate to try on me). So pitiful, I decided to visit somewhere to swap some toxic substance with one (or even more) of the original English Metal Gear 2 development team. I already bought the plane ticket. "Booze is mightier than bomb" Takamichi Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Re: Unknown game
http://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/15274786 Does anyone know this game? Photos and a bit of explanations given in the page afford following information. 1. Name of the game is Erika, released from Jast, once an emminent brand in ero game industry. 2. Style of the girl picture suggests release date near 1985. 3. Nothing in the package states MSX2. Only "MSX" is notified. Whatever it might be, the auction is over by now. I personally hardly think the final biddding price (20250 yen?) is worth paying for MSX1 ero game. Several MSX1 ero games, which seem "impractical", really were released. Takamichi Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Re: RONA game -link FIXED-
I have fixed the link to 'd-webzone' site in the RONA section. Gracias :) Well constructed site. I especially like "anos" choice. I mailed May-be soft to order Rona package, only to instantly receive "no stock". :'''( Rona is only 6 years old! Takamichi Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Re: RONA game
To download the game you are supposed to click on the 3 blue dots proceding the name of the game. Each dot represents 1 disk in a zip-file called: rona1.zip, rona2.zip and rona3.zip. I know. I already downloaded them. The link which is supposed to email Daniel Torrado at [EMAIL PROTECTED] has a typo in the HTML source of the page (the '' behind the email address is supposed to be a '"') But should not affect the download of the game. I didn't seriously wanted to e-mail to 40+ characters long address. I asked because I wanted to know MSX Data base. What is that ? JAM Rona seems to run on MSX2. I used to believe Rona was a turboR-only game but, even MSX-FAN 1994 April issue didn't state so. Human memory is a fragile thing. ^^; I also searched for 2-byte kanji codes or raw graphics among the sectors, but kanjis were not directly inputted in the sectors (in that case - like, Illusion City disks which contain messages in form of pure S-JIS codes - you can directly change them using hex editor), and only raw graphics in the Rona disk A was the title. Therefore quick translation is not possible. But I'm sure not many wants Rona to be translated since Rona is playable without being translated. Rona disk A also contained curious messages among the sectors, obviously written by the developing crews. Judging from dates notified among such in-sector articles, Rona really was released in early 1994. DIXIE, the distributor/developer of RONA seems to have been lost, but its parent company May-be Soft still exists as brand name, and owns own website in http://www.teck.co.jp/maybe/ . Management authority moved to another company Tech Arts, however. Takamichi Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Re: RONA game
I have put on-line the game called 'Rona'. This is a great japanese shot'em up unknown in Europe. It is a 3 DISK game and it is available on: I have clicked a link on "D-Webzone" and suddenly e-mail sending dialogue opened, where I could find extreme length of Send to: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]Daniel Terrado/awhich is who has 'rescued' this great game. Don't forget to visit his home pageand his MSX Data Base a href=". Simple HTML glitch, maybe? Takamichi Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Re: Another event... (about YM2413)
I recall it is August 6th. I can't go, since I'll arrive to Tokyo on August 11th. By the way, there are two more events: Comic Market (has anything to do with MSX), and YM2413 Nite, the night before MSX Den-yu Land (it is the pre-party). SaveR and me will go at least to YM2413 Nite. Anyone else? :) YM2413 in fact seems to have few connection with MSX, but rather a music-event held in small "club", and will wear you down since it's the "morning" (up to 07:00 a.m perhaps) morning but you can see VDP(0)'s hilarious MSX demo anyway. I rolled on the floor laughing when I saw his "murata Hideo" pun of Psycho Mantis in MGSolid. Takamichi Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Re: Who is moon light saga text replacer?
If you are the "text replacer" who is reading this, and are yet to receive the text, and still have guts to release Moon light Saga which is now de facto far from being available :(, contact me (http://www.msxnet.org/gtinter/tcontae.htm ). Answering to myself... The "text replacer" happened to be Sander Zuideman. What a pity, he hasn't received anything. OK, let me contact Ealia. He is almost retired from MSX, but things can never be too late. Takamichi Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
test desu
Only I hope this mail'll return to me as part of majordomo or god-knows-what proggie operation. Takamichi MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes) in the body (not the subject) of the message. Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] More information on MSX can be found in the following places: The MSX faq: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/ The MSX newsgroup: comp.sys.msx The MSX IRC channel: #MSX on Undernet
Re: test desu
Only I hope this mail'll return to me as part of majordomo or god-knows-what proggie operation. Seems I got reply from myself. My sincerest apologize for two extra garbage mails which just ate your precious tinytiynytiny harddisk (I think). Takamichi MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes) in the body (not the subject) of the message. Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] More information on MSX can be found in the following places: The MSX faq: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/ The MSX newsgroup: comp.sys.msx The MSX IRC channel: #MSX on Undernet
Is translated Game Master 2 manual necessary?
Let's begin some new topic... While reading old part of http://www.msxnet.org/gtinter/wnew-e.htm , I noticed I forgot many subjects I considered. One of them was translation of Konami no Shin 10bai kaatorijji, or so-called Game Master 2 manual. Size will be about 45KB or so and not an overwhelming, but still timestaking effort. So I only translated one page. ^^; (you can find that page in RuMSX help file) In my opinion, given scarce populatiry of GM2, this subject is much less valid than it seems. Tell me negative opinions, please. ;) Note RuMSX help file contains my translation of entire FM-PAC manual, which isn't much important. Takamichi MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes) in the body (not the subject) of the message. Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] More information on MSX can be found in the following places: The MSX faq: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/ The MSX newsgroup: comp.sys.msx The MSX IRC channel: #MSX on Undernet
About my answer my ICQ writing...
Many of readers of this mailing list seemed to have acted instinctively against my "answer to my ICQ request!!" writing a few days earlier. Well, that was, in one word, a mistake. I was deluded that I was writing to Valery, while I made mistake of mailing to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For your notice, I am NOT taking mailing list subscription. I only read the writings here as newsgroup, by reading certain part of http://www.msxnet.org . And that's about once a month. Takamichi MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes :-) Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] (www.stack.nl/~wiebe/mailinglist/)
Are you using ICQ?
I have sent ICQ request to you many days ago, but still you haven't answered me. Are you doing ICQ at all? Takamichi http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/i/gtinter.htm P.S I know where I can buy turboRs. MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes :-) Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] (www.stack.nl/~wiebe/mailinglist/)
