News Tagged: MSX

Friday 30th October, 2009 - 18:47 GMT

News: Konami Announces Planned MSX Releases for Japan

Konami Announces Planned MSX Releases for Japan

It's not just November's five games, there's even more in the pipeline!

It seems like Konami is supporting the Wii's download services more and more - First the ReBirth games on WiiWare, and now support for the MSX catalogue on Virtual Console in Japan. No new MSX Virtual Console games have been released in Japan for over a year, so the fact that Konami has now announced 13 of them to be released..

36 comments | In Virtual Console, MSX, Konami, Announcements.

Wednesday 28th May, 2008 - 12:23 BST

News: MSX Hits Japanese VC, Includes Special Options

MSX Hits Japanese VC, Includes Special Options

As you might remember, the MSX was set to get its first games on the Japanese Virtual Console this month. Up until yesterday, the two slated games (Aleste and Eggy) still did not have an actual release date though, and it seemed as if they would be delayed again (Making it almost a year after their initial planned release date!). At the very last minute, Nintendo of Japan decided to release Aleste yesterday, together with the rest of the games that were planned for this week.

That's not all - Aleste (And we assume every future MSX game) actually includes some special options on the VC. You can press the "-..

62 comments | In Virtual Console, MSX, Japanese Releases.

Friday 29th February, 2008 - 16:42 GMT

News: MSX to Hit Japanese Virtual Console in May

MSX to Hit Japanese Virtual Console in May

The two upcoming MSX titles Japan was getting, Eggy and Aleste, had a date of "2007, after fall" slapped on them around last summer. When 2008 came creeping around the corner they still weren't released though! They actually kept that date throughout the first two months of this year as well!

The MSX was extremely popular in Japan - The Metal Gear franchise made it's debut on it. It never..

22 comments | In Virtual Console, MSX, Japanese Releases.