Platform: MSX
Congo Bongo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Arkanoid
Eric and the Floaters
City Connection
Bubble Bobble
Xenon
Spelunker
Altered Beast
Hang-On
Zaxxon
Binary Land
1942
Ghostbusters
Dragon Warrior
Karateka
Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World
Klax
Commando
James Bond 007: Licence to Kill
RoboCop
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
The Tower of Druaga
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
OutRun
Auf Wiedersehen Monty
Dragon Warrior II
Time Pilot
Mappy
Lode Runner
Oh Shit!
Jet Set Willy
Ranma 1/2: Hiryuu Densetsu
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
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In a 1985 interview with Bill Gates published in the 8/83 issue of LOGiN magazine, he stated the "X" letter in the MSX name doesn't have any special meaning. It was added purely for aesthetic reasons that he felt the logo needed to look good, and that it had an almost artistic sound and a nice ring to it. He thought the logo captured their distinctive style, and that it acted as a "guarantee of compatibility" when systems compatible with the MSX would start using it.
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Miner Machine is the only Finnish game ever released internationally on the MSX. Astonishingly, this was done without any permission or knowledge from its developers whatsoever. The French publishing house Eaglesoft first released their own copy of the game without ever contacting the developers. Spanish developer System 4 then took the Eaglesoft release and published it with slightly altered cover art. Finally, it was featured in a compilation called "30 MSX Hits" from Premium III.
It wasn't until 2005, 17 years after the game's original release, that the developers found out about this. Neither developer ever received any royalties for their copied games.
It wasn't until 2005, 17 years after the game's original release, that the developers found out about this. Neither developer ever received any royalties for their copied games.