List of MSX games
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This is the list of MSX
games. Note that the list is far from complete, there exist more than 1000 MSX
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MSX
MSX was the name of a standardized home computer architecture in the 1980s conceived by Kazuhiko Nishi, then Vice-president at Microsoft Japan and Director at ASCII Corporation...
games. Note that the list is far from complete, there exist more than 1000 MSX
MSX
MSX was the name of a standardized home computer architecture in the 1980s conceived by Kazuhiko Nishi, then Vice-president at Microsoft Japan and Director at ASCII Corporation...
gameshttp://www.generation-msx.nl/msxdb/index?kind=game&is_compilation=0&maxrows=25&orderby=title&order=ASC&op=search.
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King's Valley King’s Valley is a platform/maze game from Konami, released for the MSX computer and MS-DOS in 1985. The game plays is like Lode Runner except it takes place in pyramids instead of egyptian ruins. As an intrepid adventurer, the player's goal is to collect various gems, while evading angry mummies... King's Valley II King's Valley II: The Seal of El Giza is a computer game for the MSX platform by Konami. It is a sequel to the popular puzzle/action game King's Valley.The game was released both for the MSX1 and MSX2 systems.... Knight Lore Knight Lore is a computer game developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1984. The game is the third in the Sabreman series, following on from his adventures in Sabre Wulf and Underwurlde. Unlike the earlier games in the series it used Ultimate's filmation engine to achieve a 3D look... Konami's Ping Pong Konami's Ping Pong is a sports arcade game created in 1985 by Konami. The game is noted as the first video game to accurately reflect the gameplay of table tennis, as opposed to earlier over-simplifications like Pong... La Abadía del Crimen La Abadía del Crimen is a computer video game programmed in 1987 by Paco Menéndez. The game was originally conceived as a version of Umberto Eco's book... http://www.abadiadelcrimen.com Lazy Jones Lazy Jones is a computer game for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, MSX and Tatung Einstein. It was written by David Whittaker and released by Terminal Software in 1984. The Spectrum version was ported by Simon Cobb.... Lot Lot is a multiplatform puzzle video game developed by Irem.-Summary:Tokuma Shoten published the game themselves on home platforms, including the Famicom... Manic Miner Manic Miner is a platform game originally written for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith and released by Bug-Byte in 1983 . It is the first game in the Miner Willy series and among the pioneers of the platform game genre. The game itself was inspired by the Atari 800 game Miner 2049er... Martianoids Martianoids is a ZX Spectrum video game developed and published by Ultimate Play The Game in 1987. Although it uses isometric projection, as with Ultimate's second-generation isometric releases such as Nightshade and Gunfright, Martianoids used a scrolling display rather than the flip-screen of... Metal Gear Metal Gear is a series of video games.Metal Gear may also refer to:*Metal Gear , bipedal tanks appearing in the Metal Gear series-Metal Gear video game series:... Molecule Man Molecule Man is a fictional character, a supervillain or reluctant hero in the Marvel Comics universe, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The character first appeared in Fantastic Four vol. 1, #20.-1960s:... Nightmare A nightmare is an unpleasant dream that can cause a strong negative emotional response from the mind, typically fear or horror, but also despair, anxiety and great sadness. The dream may contain situations of danger, discomfort, psychological or physical terror... Nightshade (video game) Nightshade is a ZX Spectrum video game developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1985. Building upon the earlier titles Knight Lore and Alien 8 using the flip-screen, isometric gameplay branded Filmation, Nightshade introduces a scrolling isometric environment branded Filmation II.-... Nemesis Nemesis may refer to:* Nemesis , in Greek mythology, a spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris* Archenemy, the principal enemy of a character in a work of fiction-Literature:... Oh No! "Oh No!" is the fourth single by Welsh singer-songwriter Marina and the Diamonds from her debut album, The Family Jewels. It was released on 2 August 2010.-Background:"Oh No!" was added onto The Family Jewels after the album was mastered... Parodius , or just Parodius, is a scrolling shooter video game developed by Konami for the MSX computer and was released in Japan. The game is notable for being the first title in the Parodius series, although it is often confused with its sequel Parodius Da! －Shinwa kara Owarai e－ in that respect, which... Penguin Adventure is an action-adventure platform video game released by Konami in 1986. It is a sequel to Antarctic Adventure and has the distinction of being the first game that game designer Hideo Kojima worked on; he was an assistant designer. It has been acclaimed as one of the best MSX action games for its... Pentagram A pentagram is the shape of a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes... Pooyan is a classic arcade game manufactured by Stern Electronics under license from Konami in 1982. In it, the player controls "Mama", a pig whose babies have been kidnapped by a group of wolves.- Gameplay :... Rambo (1985 video game) Rambo is a 1985 video game based on the film Rambo: First Blood Part II. It was produced by Platinum Productions and published by Ocean Software for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 64.... River Raid River Raid is a scrolling shooter videogame and was released in 1982 by Activision for the Atari 2600, and later the Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, C64, ColecoVision, IBM PCjr, Intellivision, ZX Spectrum, and MSX... Road Fighter is a car-based arcade game developed by Konami and released in 1984. It also was the first car racing game from Konami. The goal is to reach the finish line within the stages without running out of time, hitting other cars or running out of fuel... RoboCop (video game) RoboCop is a 1987 action movie set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan in the near future. RoboCop centres a police officer that is brutally murdered and subsequently re-created as a super-human cyborg, otherwise known as a "RoboCop"... Rollerball (video game) Rollerball is a video game produced by HAL Laboratory, Inc. in 1988 for the Nintendo Entertainment System four years after its initial release on the MSX. It is designed to be played by one to four players, in turn... Salamander (arcade game) , retitled Life Force in North America and in the Japanese arcade re-release , is a scrolling shooter arcade game by Konami. Released in 1986 as a spin-off to Gradius, Salamander introduced a simplified power-up system, two-player cooperative gameplay and both horizontally and vertically scrolling... Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons... Starquake (game) Starquake is an arcade adventure, platform and maze game written by Dave Collins and Stephen Crow and published by Bubble Bus software in 1985. It was released for Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari XL, Tatung Einstein , the BBC Micro and IBM Compatible and Atari ST... Star Force is a vertical shoot 'em up arcade video game made in 1984 by Tehkan . In Japan, it is considered to be a monumental work among shooting games... Super Bowl The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather... Super Cobra Super Cobra is a 1981 horizontally-scrolling shooter, arcade game. It was developed by Konami from the engine of the popular Scramble , and manufactured and distributed by Stern in the U.S..-Gameplay:... Superman: The Man of Steel (1989 video game) Superman: The Man of Steel is a 1989 computer game, based on DC Comics' flagship character Superman. It was developed and published by UK software company Tynesoft under license from First Star Software.-Gameplay:... Survivor (video game) Survivor is an action game released in 1987 by the Spanish software house Topo Soft and later re-released in the UK by U.S. Gold. It was published for several 8-bit formats including Amstrad CPC, MSX and ZX Spectrum.-Overview:... Survivors (video game) Survivors is a game for home computers published by Atlantis Software originally in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum. It was ported to the MSX, Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 16/Commodore Plus/4, Commodore 64, Acorn Electron and BBC Micro and the Amstrad CPC... Thexder is a classic action-arcade game from Game Arts, released on a number of platforms throughout the late 1980's and 1990.-Background:In the game, the player is a fighter robot, but is able to transform into a jet. Originally released in 1985 for the NEC PC-8801 platform in Japan, the game quickly... Time Pilot Time Pilot is a multi-directional scrolling shooter and free-roaming aerial combat arcade game designed by Yoshiki Okamoto, released by Konami in 1982, and distributed in the United States by Centuri... Turmoil (1984 video game) Turmoil is a computer game released in for the ZX Spectrum, and in for the MSX by Bug Byte.The player takes control of Mechanic Mick who has been employed by a rich Arabian Sheikh. the Sheikh has refused to pay Mick for work done, so Mick decides to steal his collection of expensive cars in lieu... Twinbee is a video game series composed primarily of cartoon-themed vertical-scrolling shoot-'em-up games produced by Konami that were released primarily in Japan. The series originated as a coin-operated video game simply titled TwinBee in , which was followed by several home versions and sequels... Vampire Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person... Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu is an action RPG developed by Nihon Falcom in 1985 for the PC-8801, PC-9801, FM-7, MSX and X1 computers. Enhanced remakes were released for the Sega Saturn, PC-9801 and Windows systems... Yie-Ar Kung Fu is a 1985 arcade fighting game developed and published by Konami. It was considered by many gamers in Japan to be the basis for modern fighting games. It pit the player against a variety of opponents, each with a unique appearance and fighting style... Zanac is an arcade-style shoot 'em up video game designed by Compile and published in Japan by Pony Canyon and in North America by FCI.It was released for the MSX computer, the Family Computer Disk System, the Nintendo Entertainment System, and for the Virtual Console. It was reworked for the MSX2... Zaxxon Zaxxon is a 1982 arcade game developed and released by Sega. Some sources claim that Japanese electronics company Ikegami Tsushinki also worked on the development of Zaxxon... |
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- AkinAkin (MSX)Akin is a hybrid adventure/platform game created by the Dutch amateur software producer Parallax for the MSX-2 home computer system. The game takes place in a distant future, where human's consciousnesses can be up- and downloaded between different hardware after their deaths...
- AlesteAlesteis the first game in the Aleste series of shoot 'em up video games. Developed by the Japanese developer Compile and released in 1988, it has been seen on the MSX and Sega Master System....
- Aleste 2Aleste 2Aleste 2 is a scrolling shooter video game for the MSX 2. It is a sequel to Aleste and was released by Compile in 1989, exclusively in Japan...
- Aleste Gaiden
- Andorogynus
- ARC
- Ash Guine
- Ash Guine Story II
- Ash Guine 3
- Blade Lords
- Burai
- ColumnsColumns (video game)is a puzzle video game, first created in 1989 by Jay Geertsen. Early versions of the game were made and ported among early computer platforms, and then the Atari ST, until 1990, when Jay Geertsen sold the rights to Sega, where it was ported to several Sega consoles.-Description:The game takes...
- ContraContra (arcade game), known as Gryzor in Europe and Oceania, is a run and gun action game developed and published by Konami originally released as a coin-operated arcade game on February 20, 1987. A home version was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in , along with ports for various computer formats,...
- CrimsonCrimsonCrimson is a strong, bright, deep red color. It is originally the color of the dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now also used as a generic term for those slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose; besides crimson itself, these colors include...
- Daiva Story 4
- Deep Forest
- Dix
- D'
- Dragon Slayer IV: DraSle FamilyLegacy of the Wizardis a fantasy-themed action role-playing platform game released for the MSX and Famicom in Japan and for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the United States. Legacy of the Wizard is the fourth installment in Falcom's Dragon Slayer series...
- Dragon Slayer VI: The Legend of HeroesDragon Slayer: The Legend of HeroesDragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes is a role-playing game developed by the Nihon Falcom. It is the sixth game in the Dragon Slayer line of games, and the first in the The Legend of Heroes series....
- Eggerland II
- Famicle Parodic
- Famicle Parodic 2
- Feedback
- Final Fantasy
- Firehawk: Thexder the Second Contact
- Frantic
- Fray in Magical Adventure
- Ganbare GoemonGanbare Goemon, known as Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Mystical Ninja, and Goemon in North America and the PAL region, is a long-running video game series produced by Konami....
- Gall Force: Eternal StoryGall Forceis a metaseries of science fiction anime OVA by the studio Artmic, with production by Youmex and AIC. The original character designs were by Kenichi Sonoda, though these were dropped for the Gall Force Revolution remake .-Star Front Gall Force:This was the origin and precursor to the Gall Force...
- Gorby's Big Pipeline Operation
- Great Strategy II
- High School! KimengumiHigh School! Kimengumiis a manga series written by Motoei Shinzawa which ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1982 to 1987. The title literally translates to High School! Funny-face Club or High School! Weird Face Club. An anime TV series and movie based on the series were also released...
- Hino ToriHino ToriHino Tori, also unofficially called Firebird, is a game developed by Konami. It is in essence a Knightmare-like vertical scrolling shooter with the player viewing his character on the back and enemies and obstacles entering from the top of the screen. In addition, the game's six stages are laid out...
- Hydefos
- King Kong 2: Yomigaeru DensetsuKing Kong 2: Yomigaeru Densetsuis a 1986 MSX role-playing game by Konami. It was released only in Japan and based on the movie of the same year, King Kong Lives...
- Laydock
- l'Affaire
- Inspector Z
- Lenam: Sword of Legend
- MagnarMagnarMagnar is a somewhat common forename for men in Norway. The name is known in Norway from the late 19th century. The name may be derived from the Norse word magn meaning "Strength" or possibly from the Latin name Magnus. Many sources also claims that this is a Polish name due to its Nordic...
- Match Maniac
- Metal Gear 2: Solid SnakeMetal Gear 2: Solid Snakeis an overhead stealth action game that was originally released by Konami in for the MSX2 computer standard exclusively in Japan. Metal Gear 2 was directed and written by Hideo Kojima, who also designed the MSX2 version of the original Metal Gear...
- Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World
- Mon Mon Monster
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- Mr. Ghost
- NOSH
- Nyancle Racing
- Pac-ManiaPac-Maniais an arcade video game in the Pac-Man series, released by Namco in 1987 and distributed by Atari Games in the United States and Europe. It is a pseudo-3D interpretation of the classic maze game genre using an isometric view and features most elements of the original Pac-Man, as well as several new...
- PalamedesPalamedes (video game)Palamedes is an multiplatform video game released by the Taito in 1990. The video game was a Japan-exclusive release for all versions except the NES version . In North America, Palamedes had to compete with Tetris and Dr...
- Penguin Wars II
- Pennant Race II
- Pixess
- Princess MakerPrincess Makeris a series of Japanese life simulation bishōjo games by the computer game and anime production company Gainax. The first Princess Maker, while popular enough to be translated into Chinese, was never released in the United States. Princess Maker 2 was translated by for a North American release,...
- Psy-O-Blade
- Psychic War : Cosmic Soldier 2
- Psycho World
- Pumpkin Adventure III 'The hunt for the unknown'Pumpkin Adventure III 'The hunt for the unknown'Pumpkin Adventure III: The Hunt for the Unknown is a video game for the MSX, created by Umax and released in 1995 by Sunrise Foundation. It is a role-playing game with a turn-based fighting system.-Synopsis:...
- Puyo PuyoPuyo Puyois the inaugural game in the Puyo Puyo series originally released in 1991 by Compile for the MSX2. Since its creation, it uses characters from . It was created by Masamitsu "Moo" Niitani, the founder of Compile, who was inspired by certain elements from the Tetris and Dr...
- QuarthQuarthis a hybrid puzzle game/shoot 'em up developed by Konami which was released in 1989 as an arcade game, sold as Block Hole outside Japan. Besides the arcade version, there were also ports of the game to the MSX2 , Famicom, and Game Boy—home releases used the Quarth name worldwide is a hybrid puzzle...
- R-TypeR-Typeis a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game produced by Irem in 1987. The player controls a space fighter named R-9a "Arrowhead" to defend humanity against a mysterious but powerful alien life-form known as "Bydo", which was later discovered to be not entirely alien in origin...
- RAD-X 8
- Replican
- Rastan SagaRastan Saga, known in North America simply as Rastan, is a hack and slash platform arcade game developed and published by Taito.-Gameplay:The player controls the barbarian named Rastan, who has to cross a number of levels and defeat enemies inspired by Greek mythology while avoiding obstacles and traps. The...
- Rune Worth
- RuneMasterRunemasterA runemaster or runecarver is a specialist in making runestones.Most early medieval Scandinavians were probably literate in runes, and most people probably carved messages on pieces of bone and wood. However, it was difficult to make runestones, and in order to master it one also needed to be a...
- RuneMaster II
- RuneMaster: War among Three Empires
- Sa-Zi-Ri
- SD SnatcherSD SnatcherSD Snatcher is a role-playing video game by Konami for the MSX2 computer platform in exclusively in Japan. It is a spinoff of the original Snatcher, adapting the same storyline into a different genre...
- Seikima II Special
- The Shrines of Enigma
- SnatcherSnatcheris a cyberpunk-themed graphic adventure game produced by Konami, originally released in Japan for the NEC PC-8801 and MSX 2 computer platforms in 1988. It was followed by a CD-ROM-based remake released for the PC Engine video game console in 1992, which was subsequently ported and localized into...
- Sorcerian : Dragon Slayer VSorcerianis an action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom, and the fifth in the Dragon Slayer line of games. It was originally released for the NEC PC-8801 in 1987, and was later ported to other PC platforms such as the NEC PC-9801, the NEC PC-88VA, the Sharp X1 Turbo, and the MSX 2, for which it...
- Space ManbowSpace ManbowSpace Manbow is a shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Konami for the MSX2 in 1989. It was later re-released for the Wii's Virtual Console service on the 24th of November, 2009. It has never been released outside of Japan.-Summary:...
- Super Cooks
- Teacher's Terror
- TetrisTetrisTetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
- The ZooThe ZooThe Zoo is a one-act comic opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by B. C. Stephenson, writing under the pen name of Bolton Rowe. It premiered on 5 June 1875 at the St. James's Theatre in London , concluding its run five weeks later, on 9 July 1875, at the Haymarket Theatre...
- Trojka
- Undeadline
- The Treasure of UşasUsasis a side-view platform game released by Konami for the MSX2 computer platform in .Each of the game's five stages is divided into four sub-stages and a boss area . All four ruins need to be completed and their respective sub-bosses defeated before the shrine can be entered and the level's boss beat...
- Valis IIValis II, which had a remake done with super deformed characters and released as on the Japanese Sega Mega Drive and Syd of Valis -a translation mistake as SD means super deformed- on the North American Sega Genesis, is the second title in the Mugen Senshi Valis video game series...
- Vampire KillerVampire KillerVampire Killer, known as in Japan, is a platform-adventure game produced by Konami and released in for the MSX2 computer platform in Japan, Europe, and Brazil. It was never released in North America. It was in development around the same time as the Nintendo Entertainment System game...
- Woody PokoWoody Pokois a Japan-exclusive video game for the Family Computer in addition to various other console systems.-Summary:In this video game, the player controls an old wooden figure named "This Baggage."...
- Xak: The Art of Visual StageXak: The Art of Visual Stageis the first game in the fantasy computer role-playing game series Xak developed and published by Micro Cabin. It was originally released for the NEC PC-8801 computer system, with subsequent versions being developed for the NEC PC-9801, Sharp X68000, MSX2, PC-Engine, Super Famicom, and mobile...
- Xak II: The Rising of the Red MoonXak II: The Rising of the Red MoonXak II: The Rising of the Red Moon is a fantasy computer role-playing game developed and published by the Japanese software developer MicroCabin. It is a direct sequel to Xak: The Art of Visual Stage . The game was released in Japan only, but due to an MSX scene that arose in Europe some of the...
- Xak: The Tower of GazzelXak: The Tower of GazzelXak: The Tower of Gazzel is a fantasy computer role-playing game developed and published by the Japanese software developer MicroCabin. The full name the title is actually read as Xak Precious Package: The Tower of Gazzel; however, most shorten the name as simply Xak: The Tower of Gazzel...
- XeviousXeviousis a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game by Namco, released in 1982. It was designed by Masanobu Endō. In the U.S., the game was manufactured and distributed by Atari. Xevious runs on Namco Galaga hardware. In Brazil the arcade cabinet was printed with the name 'COLUMBIA' for the game, while the...
- Ys I: Ancient Ys VanishedYs I: Ancient Ys Vanishedis the first installment of Ys, an action role-playing video game series developed by Falcom in 1987...
- Ys II
- Ys III: Wanderers from YsYs III: Wanderers from Ysis an action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom Corporation. It is the third game in the Ys series.Ys III was initially released for the NEC PC-8801 and NEC PC-9801 in 1989, and versions for the MSX 2 and Sharp X68000 soon followed. In 1991, a number of console ports were produced:...
- anac-EX (1986) (Pony Cannon) (J)
- oids (1988) (Toshiba Emi) (J)
- ombie Hunter (1989)
- ukkoke Yajikita Onmitsudoutyuu (1987
- ZOO
MSX2+
- F1 Spirit 3D (Photos screen 12 + scrolling)
- Laydock 2
- Starship Rendezvous (Photos en Screen 12)
- Dix (Screen 11 et 12)
- Golvelius 2
- Megadoom (Screen 12+ scrolling)
- Nyancle racing (Screen 12)
- Space manbow MSX2/2+(scrolling)
- Quinpl (Jeu de puzzle en screen 12)
- Sea sardine side II -MSX Mag- (scrolling)
- Super cooks(scrolling)
- Twinkle star (Scrolling)
- The golf 3d de Pack in video (Screen 12)
- Tetris II Special Edition (Images in screen 11)
MSX Turbo-R
- Illusion City
- Seed of Dragon
- Fray (an extension to the MSX2 version)
- Clopy http://www.msx.org/Clopy.newspost3651.html
- Ranma 1/2
See also
- Konami game masterKonami Game MasterThe Konami Game Master, released as in Japan, is a special cheat cartridge specifically designed for Konami games on the MSX.It allowed the player to start at different stages, with more lives, save the game's progress and high scores, make screen dumps, and play in slow motion, as well as other uses...
series - Konami MSX cartridge combos
- List of games by Konami