(Re-uploaded with improved video quality and an error fixed.) Here's the spiral staircase scene from Ys III: Wanderers from Ys across the different versions of the game. For some reason, this scene isn't included in the Famicom and PS2 releases. #Falcom #Ys

Here's Randar as he appears in Super Cooks (MSX2, Disc Station Special #2, 1989). Super Cooks is a spin-off of the Golvellius series by Compile.

Randar appearances from Compile Disc Station MSX2 manuals (1988-1991, issues 3, 10, 16, 24, 28, 32, SP1, and SP3): #randar #msx #compile #discstation

Illustrations from the MSX2 manual of Mahjong Shikaku (麻雀刺客), AKA Mahjong Assassins, a game released by Nichibutsu in 1990 and based on the 1988 arcade game of the same name.

Manual illustrations and in-game portraits from Hai no Majutsushi (牌の魔術師), a 1989 Konami game for the MSX2, featuring Popolon, Aphrodite, Simon Belmont, Pentaro, Goemon, Moai, Dr. Venom, and Snatcher. #msx #konami

Gagnant is a #MSX game released by Humming Bird Soft in 1986. It’s quite good, with nice mechanics (enemies stay dead, destructible environments), but was released broken. The good ending couldn’t be reached, and the high-score feature didn’t work. @larsthe18th.bsky.social has now fixed it!

Here is the goddess Artemis from Phelios, a Namco game released for arcades in 1989 and the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1990:

It was fun exploring the AX series for the PC-6001. Lots of stinkers or generic games there, but there were also games of some interest: Arabian Rhapsody (AX-1) Nostromo (AX-2) Olion (AX-5) Quest: The Adventure (AX-5) Bounder Robo (AX-9) Outlaw (AX-10) Pop Hand (AX-10) The Seven Bibles (AX-10)

Illustrations from the Game Boy manual of Penguin Land:

Every illustration from the Japanese MSX manuals of Gradius (グラディウス), Gradius 2 (グラディウス２), Gopher's Ambition Episode II (ゴーファーの野望ＥＰＩＳＯＤＥII), and Salamander (沙羅曼蛇). Beautiful artwork! #MSX #Konami #shmup #gradius #nemesis #salamander #lifeforce

Here are some graphics from Battle Tycoon: Flash Hiders SFX, a 1995 Super Famicom game published by RIGHT STUFF Corporation: i.imgur.com/CxbGRFC.png

Since I've mapped every other game in the Iligks series, I might as well map the Saturn version of Theseus: mp83.file-hunter.com/Maps/Theseus...

A perfectly normal early English localization of Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Omen. It was released in the West for the Apple IIGS and DOS under the title Ancient Land of Ys. Nothing unusual here. Nope, not at all!

What a pleasant surprise! In 1998, Masakuni Mitsuhashi, one of the developers of Theseus (MSX), decided to remake the game and include it as one of the sample applications in "GAME BASIC for SEGA SATURN". I had no idea this even existed! It's quite charming.

There we go! I just finished mapping Micro Iligks (MSX), a game that was released as a type-in program listing in LOGiN. With this, the entire Iligiks (MSX) series is now mapped. mp83.file-hunter.com/Maps/

I recently learned about the AX series for the NEC PC-6001 computer, published by ASCII in the early 80s. I became interested in the AX series after learning that "Quest: The Adventure" from AX-5 is a precursor to "Iligks Episode IV" (MSX). Time to explore the PC-6001! 🤓

Theseus II (MSX) mapped! It's an interesting sequel that was only released as a type-in program listing in LOGiN magazine (02/1985) and later in LOGiN Game Book (08/1985). It may have also appeared on one of the LOGiN compilation tapes. mp83.file-hunter.com/Maps/Theseus...

I appreciate the extra effort Fairytale put into Mai when porting it from the PC-98 to the MSX2. The artwork was redrawn to suit the lower resolution, and the game even received additional animations that weren't in the original version. imgur.com/a/RI579WU

Mai (PC-98 vs. MSX2)

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Here's the complete map to Shattered Future (シャッタード・フューチャー), a Sharp X1 game developed by Yohsuke Seki, and published by Cross Media Soft in 1986. mp83.file-hunter.com/Maps/Shatter... vgmaps.com/Atlas/X1/Sha...

Finished my map for Iligks Episode One: Theseus (MSX, 1984): vgmaps.com/Atlas/MSX/in...

Before-and-after images of the Golvellius (MSX, 1987) title screen. The image on the left is from the 08-1987 issue of MSX Oendan magazine.

My latest mapping project is now complete! Here's the map for Guardic, a MSX game developed by Pac Fujishima and published by Compile in 1986. This map includes enemy information for all 112 Areas. mp83.file-hunter.com/Maps/Guardic...

Nice mistake in the Game Boy sliding puzzle game, Franky, Joe & Dirk: On the Tiles. Developer accidentally used the password TVBS twice, meaning that there's no direct way to access Level 25, Difficulty 3 with a password. Easy to fix with a hex editor, however.

Illustrations of Adol Christin from Ys II, as seen in the 1988-07 issue of MSX Oendan:

Randar, Compile Corporation's early mascot, got his own game series for the MSX2 computers in 1989 and 1990 (Japan only). Adventure of Randar games are RPGs with turn-based battles, and Arandar is a Bubble Bobble style single-screen action game.

Epic handshake from Daina Airan (だいな あいらん) for the Sega Saturn/Windows:

Let's do this again! 😁 Here's many different MSX1 games attempting to do scrolling. Thanks to community for the suggestions. Some examples are smoother than others.

Did you know that MSX1 hardware is actually capable of smooth scrolling with the right kind of programming? Here's some examples:

Adverts for Guardic, a Compile game released for the MSX in 1986. It later got a direct sequel for the MSX2 known as Blaster Burn, which is an episodic shmup released on various issues of Disc Station (1988-1991) disk magazine. It's one of the games in the "Budruga Wars" saga.

War of the Dead (死霊戦線, Shiryō Sensen) is a horror action-RPG by Fun Factory, released in 1987 for the MSX2, and 1989 for the PC-88 and PC Engine. Here's the portrait comparisons for it: i.imgur.com/c9aPPG9.png