MSX-1-MANIA ARCHIVE
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WHAT IS THIS?
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MSX-1-MANIA is a collection of MSX 1 games brought on 130 single sided disk
images, acompinied with two extra disks which contain conversions of MSX 1
games which require 128k RAM or 128k VRAM. Each disk has the same interface
which allows starting each game with a single key press.

WHY THIS ARCHIVE?
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There are two reasons. The first reason is that most of the distribution 
sites deliver the games as a serie of game files which are not directly 
readable in most emulators. The second reason is that most of the big sites 
contain a huge collection of games, but a lot of games are double or don't 
work. This archive contains almost no doubles and all games were tested. If 
a game did not work, it was examined and in most cases fixed (this also 
includes conversion that needed a memmory mapper, and ROM conversion that 
started after a reset, or came back after a reset).

DID YOU INCLUDE MEGAROMS?
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Nope, you will not find any megarom in this archive. In the past when I used
my real MSX I allways considered megarom conversions to be MSX-2 games, 
because they needed a memmory mapper. Yes, I know that this is in 
contradiction to the two extra disks (SP1 and SP2) because they also need a
memmory mapper, and in one case 128k VRAM. However, the original tapes of 
these games could be copied and played on your MSX-1. Who knows, maybe I will
expand the archive in the future with these megaroms.

ARE YOU SURE THERE ARE NO MSX-2 GAMES?
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Yes, I am very sure. I did not include them because the archive would be a
lot bigger and probably would have lost its' charme. Playing games from this
archive reminds me of the time I only had a MSX-1 with a tape recorder. Well,
I think enough is said about the archive and time has come to play some games!

MORE INFO?
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The official site is located at: http://jove.prohosting.com/~msxmania
For more information contact: vincentd@kip.sateh.com





