On April 28th, ASCII will release the third edition of MSX Magazine - Permanent preservation edition. As of today a PDF file with the complete contents of the magazine is available on the official MSX Magazine website. This two page PDF gives a clear indication on what one can expect from the contents of the magazine:
- Detailed information on the One Chip MSX1 (pre-ordering of this new MSX computer starts soon)
- Information on current and future MSX revival projects, focusing on MSXPLAYer for Windows, MSXPLAYer for mobile phones and, of course, the One Chip MSX
- The truth behind the V9978 (the MSX3 VDP)
- MSXPLAYer - Manual, tips and an explanation on how to create skins
- Bernard's international MSX corner with in-depth information on MSX in Russia, Arabic countries and Spain. ObsoNET is likely to get some attention in this section as well
- An article on how to create your own MSX action games with Casio Gameland Special
- An article on how to create your own MSX Role Playing Games with R-System 3.4
- The results of MSX Association's second short BASIC programming contest
- A beginners' course to MSX-C
- Music composing courses focusing on Synth Saurus, MSX-MUSIC and SCC
- Programming courses focusing on MSX-BASIC and Kun-BASIC
- A dialog between Kazuhiko Nishi and Masatoshi Shima on the challenges of opensource hardware through FPGA
- An interview with Hideo Kojima of Konami, the man behind Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake and SD-Snatcher
- An interview with Kazuhiko Uehara, famous SCC composer
- An interview with Casio
- An interview with Mr Yokoyama on controlling games by voice
- Various software developers giving their opinions on MSX
- A one year look behind the screens at Project EGG
- Information on the MSX Game Reader
- An announcement of the MSX World 2005 (I love MSX) fair
- A preview on the upcoming Playstation 2 game Princess Maker 4
- MSX Magazine games archive
- A comic on the 20th century MSX youth
- Mr. Uu's skating and gaming shop (a comic?)
- MSX Maintenance section - How to repair your damaged diskdrives, cartridge slots et cetera
- Free windows software
- MSX Magazine Newscorner
- Technical data on the MSX-BIOS and memory
- Information on MSX Magazine 4
Apart from all these articles, the magazine also comes with a CD-ROM which contains the latest version of MSXPLAYer and the following software titles:
- Aleste 1
- Casio World Open
- Chaos Angels
- Chibi goes on adventure (adventures of a small cat)
- Emmy 2
- Ghost house
- Greatest Driver 2D special
- Harry Fox - MSX special
- Iga Ninja
- Iga Ninja 2
- Kung-Fu Acho
- Princess Maker
- Rune Worth
- Star Arthur legend - Planet Mephius
To top it off, the magazine also contains no less than 7 independantly developed MSX games. As you can see, this edition of MSX Magazine 3 is crammed with new MSX information and classic MSX software, with the detailed information on the One Chip MSX1, the future of MSXPLAYer (for mobile phones) and the interview with Hideo Kojima as a few its highlights. MSX Magazine 3 can already be pre-ordered through various on-line webshops, including Amazon Japan.
Relevant link: MSX Magazine 3 - Contents
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