There are 3830 game entries (game titles) in Generation MSX at the moment..so, regardless of demos, music disks, diskmagazines, challenge entries etc. 10% would mean 383 games already!
These 3830 entries also include demos, music disks 'n stuff! ^^; But it's not quite complete, just a good indication.
And let's not format the disk/cas service from the Dutch MCM, with all the listings 'n stuff. And let's not forget the equally Dutch MK Public Domain. And let's not forget all the BBS promo demos, all the unknown MSX software from Latin America, Russia, the Arabic Emirates, Japan etc. etc.
<5% here...
I have seen quite some stuff through the years... Especially when those collections came out a few years back... All was checked on its integrity/doubles etc and then on the play-factor/does it work from CF/MegaFlashROM SCC+ SD...
A lot of stuff didn't make it to the finals cuz of it not being english and therefore not fit for me...
Also did I see a lot of dutch stuff from the 90s and later.
But knowing how many little tools and programs got coded in Holland alone, it's easy to say that the scenes from other countries had such a bulk as well. I think of Japan, Korea, Spain, Brazil to name a few... I've never seen scene or pre-scene stuff from those countries and I think I never will cuz it is known for being in the native language...
I guess I've seen a little less than 30% of dutch stuff (next to MSX Computer & Club Magazine there were quite some other magazines with loadsa listings... Then there's business software from the 80s... Stuff that was just friggin expensive or friends didn't have it...) and I think that's quite an average...
Knowing that at least Japan was way more active through the years I know my global average goes into freefall way below 5%...
Really, I can hardly believe that anyone went over 10%...
In the pc shareware days, I've actually helped on making an MSX collection... gray matter at its best of course (legal issues). We contacted several people though, and most were enthusiastic about our product. Even though I was an MSX user and fan far before that, I've gone through dozens of MSX software titles at that time, hence my daring 20% entry.
Just for the fun of it I opened the first PDF of MC(C)M I got from their site... That'd be ms(x)dos_computer_magazine_22 from may 1988.
I typed every software title and listing (not the little 10 liners) name I could find in reviews, tests and advertisements and I am sure I skipped a few. Out of the 118 found titles I've only seen 17... That's one issue of one MSX Magazine which...
To the guys who voted more that 10%, tell me, how much of the list below have you actually seen? There is so much more than you think. There's been a big line of commercial business software for MSX in every country by their own national publishers and I wonder who will ever have seen any of it
Title: Release: Seen by Meits:
3D Knockout commercial Nope
747 Flightsimulator commercial Nope
Aacko Desk commercial Nope
Aliens commercial Yep
Alpharoid commercial Yep
Arkanoid commercial Yep
Army Moves commercial Yep
BALWRP listing Nope
Batman commercial Nope
Beach Head commercial Nope
BMX simulator commercial Nope
Boardello commercial Nope
Boulderdash I commercial Yep
Boulderdash II commercial Yep
Break in commercial Yep
Bridge commercial Nope
Buzz Off commercial Nope
Chopper I commercial Yep
Chopper II commercial Yep
Comsta commercial Nope
Confused? commercial Nope
Dawn Patrol commercial Nope
Deathwish III commercial Nope
Diskit commercial Yep
Dota commercial Yep
DRWMS2 listing Nope
Eddie Kidd commercial Nope
Elite commercial Nope
F-1 Spirit commercial Yep
Fastan commercial Nope
Fastan - fakturering commercial Nope
Feud commercial Nope
Fire Hawk not thexder2 commercial Nope
Fistan commercial Nope
Flash assembler commercial Nope
Flash Gordon commercial Nope
Flight Deck commercial Yep
Football Manager commercial Nope
Galaxians commercial Yep
Gary Lineker's soccer commercial Nope
Gauntlet commercial Yep
Gnome Ranger commercial Nope
Happy Fret commercial Nope
Hard Boiled commercial Nope
Head over Heels commercial Yep
Hunt for Red October commercial Nope
Hyper Rally commercial Yep
Indiana Jones commercial Nope
International Karate commercial Yep
Jet Bomber commercial Nope
Jewels of Darkness commercial Nope
Kastan - database commercial Nope
Katapult Schaak commercial Nope
Knight Orc commercial Nope
Knightmare commercial Yep
Konami Boxing commercial Yep
Konami Football commercial Yep
Life in a fast lane commercial Nope
Mappy commercial Yep
Mask II commercial Nope
Masters of the Universe commercial Nope
Mastervoice commercial Nope
Maze of Galious commercial Yep
Mazes Unlimited commercial Nope
Metal Gear commercial Yep
Miner Machine commercial Nope
Musix commercial Nope
Mutant Monty commercial Nope
Nemesis commercial Yep
Nemesis II commercial Yep
North Sea Helicopter commercial Yep
Ocean Conqueror commercial Nope
Oh Shit commercial Yep
Oil's Well commercial Yep
Pacman commercial Yep
Penguin Adventure commercial Yep
Pico Pico commercial Yep
Polar Star commercial Nope
Police Academy commercial Yep
Protector commercial Nope
Psychadelia commercial Nope
Rambo commercial Yep
Red Lights of Amsterdam commercial Yep
RF Assembler commercial Nope
Road Fighter commercial Yep
Robot Wars commercial Nope
Salamander commercial Yep
Sea King commercial Nope
Silicon Dreams commercial Nope
Skooter commercial Yep
Sky Vision commercial Nope
Slapshot commercial Nope
Snelfactuur commercial Nope
Sorcery commercial Nope
Space Camp commercial Nope
Space Shuttle commercial Nope
Speedboat Racer commercial Nope
Speedking motorrace commercial Nope
Spy Story commercial Nope
Spy vs Spy commercial Yep
Starfighter commercial Nope
Storm Bringer commercial Nope
SuperKasboek commercial Nope
Taswords MSX2 commercial Yep
The Chess Game commercial Nope
The Heist commercial Yep
The living Daylights commercial Yep
Thexder commercial Yep
Time Bandits commercial Nope
Traingame commercial Nope
Turbo 5000 commercial Nope
Turmoil commercial Nope
Usas commercial Yep
Vampire commercial Nope
Vampire Killer commercial Yep
Wintergames commercial Nope
Yie Ar Kung Fu II commercial Yep
Zanac commercial Yep
This list contains a huge number of Aackosoft titles which were just then released as one collection (30 MSX hits). That will skew the answers, depending whether or not you own that particular set. (I do.)
You've seen 40% of the Dutch software and choose 40% of all software... So you've seen 40% of all Brazillian, Spannish, Korean and Japanese software as well...
I can understand your theory of chosing 40% of the Dutch software, but somehow I doubt the rest
Max, I just opened one of the 90 most popular MSX Magazines from Holland... A lot of it was from advertisements which would reappear once in a while. It's a tiny bit of titles named in all of these magazines. Then there's the countless listings which count as well... There once was a magazine in Holland which almost exclusively consisted of listings... Then there's all the 1983-1986 professional Dutch software... And that's just Holland... It's (luckily) not just the Dutch that created software...
Actually, I think it's impossible to even guess how many titles ever appeared on MSX
Looking at the results I think it's very hard to answer this question, because nobody really knows how much software really exists on MSX. I don't think that this poll will produce accurate results. Because everybody judging differently. And do we count all major commercial software or all available programs including basic listings? I voted based on major commercial software and high quality home-brew stuff.
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