Overview
Failed attempt to create a unified PC hardware standard in the early 1980s.
- Known As
- MSX • ASCII MSX
- Company
- ASCII Corporation
- Launched
- 27th Jun 1983
- Type
- Home Computer
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX
Latest Reviews of MSX Games
Review MSX0 Stack – Handheld MSX Revival Is A Bitter Disappointment
Needed longer in the oven
Popular MSX Games
Latest MSX News
News "A Legend Returns" - Castlevania-Inspired MSX2 Game Enlists The Help Of A Konami Icon
Now that's what I call fang-tastic news!
News The MSX2 Versions Of The Ambitious RPG 'Burai' Are Coming To Nintendo Switch Later This Month
New 'Burai Complete Edition' announced for Japan
News The MSX2 Titles 'Wonderland Of Carbuncle' & 'Super Tritorn' Are Making Their Way To Switch
Courtesy of D4 Enterprise's 'EGGCONSOLE' series
'Carbuncle Pi' was released in 1991
News T&E Soft's MSX Shoot 'Em Up 'Super Laydock Mission Striker' Arrives On Switch Next Week
The MSX shooter is about to gets its console debut
News Zainsoft's Sci-Fi Action RPG 'Aramo' Is Making The Trip To Nintendo Switch
Landing on the Nintendo Switch eShop tomorrow
News A Fan Translation Is In The Works For The Japan-Exclusive MSX2 RPG 'Burai'
A demo will be available later this year
News A Rare Manga Spin-Off To One Of Hideo Kojima's Greatest Games Is Being Preserved Online By Fans
Act 1 of Osamu Kobayashi's 'Snatcher' is now online
News The VGHF Is Set To Dump 125 Mystery Prototype ROMs Live On Stream
Includes titles for the NES/Famicom & MSX2
News MSX Co-Creator Aims To Devote Life To Education, Following End Of Bankruptcy Proceedings
Teases a new project called the "Japan Advanced Institute of Technology"
News Over 30 Years Later, A Lost MSX2 Game Exclusive To Japanese Kiosks Has Just Been Preserved
Dark Castle was released by MNS Soft in 1993 for MSX2 computers
News This Impressive MSX2+ Demo Is The Sonic Wings Tribute We Never Knew We Needed
A new demo of 'MSX Wings' has just been released
News XeGrader Is A New MSX2 Game By M2 Staffer And Hydlide Creator Tokihiro Naito
Available to order now
News Nightstalker Is Castlevania In All But Name, And We Can't Wait To Sink Our Teeth In
Coming to MSX2 computers soon
News The MSXBOOK Is A New Laptop Based On The Japanese Home Computer Standard
From the creators of the Pocket386 and Pocket8086
News Megami Tensei Author On Why The Game Got Two Versions For Nintendo Famicom & Japanese Computers
"By chance, the CEO and producer of a game company called Nippon Telenet saw my plan"
News Aqua Polis SOS Is The Latest MSX Game Heading To The Nintendo Switch eShop
The MSX title was originally released back in 1983
Related Hardware
List of hardware items (add-ons?)
Where To Buy
List of places to buy this system
About
MSX was the name of a standardized home computer architecture in the 1980s. It was a Microsoft-led attempt to create unified standards among hardware makers, conceived by one-time Microsoft Japan executive Kazuhiko Nishi. Despite Microsoft's involvement, MSX-based machines were seldom seen in the United States and Britain, but they were popular in other markets. Eventually 5 million MSX-based units were sold worldwide.