MSX comments.... (Re:)

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_crl.com>
Date: Thu Jun 12 19:27:46 1997

On Thu, 12 Jun 1997, Cord Coslor wrote:

> And, finally, this project (the MSX) did NOT fail miserably. In the United
> States, teh MSX did fail miserably... but mainly because of the fact that
> it was not widely marketed here. The MSX was VERY popular in Asia and, I
> believe, in Europe. To tell you the truth it still is! I happen to be a
> fan of the MSX, and can to you the quality of the many, many, game titles
> for it are quite similar to that of first Nintendo Entertainment System.
> Many of the games were sold on both platforms.... such as Metal Gear,
> Donkey Kong, Dig-Dug, F-16 Fighting Falcon, Frogger, Galaga, The Goonies,
> Zelda, Thexder, Zaxxon, etc., etc. A large manufacturer of game software
> for the MSX was Konami, and world-wide leading game manufacturer. So, that
> should let you know about some fo the MSX capabilities.

WoW! The more I hear about this thing the more I want one. It's amazing
that this system was so unknown in the states. It's like discovering a
whole new species. Of course, I'd never heard of the Oric either until I
started doing more research into older computers. I wonder if anything
will come out of the old eastern bloc countries. I hear they did quite a
bit of cloning of western technology.

Sam
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