MSX Games — The Standard That United Japan
MSX, announced by Microsoft and ASCII Corporation on 27 June 1983, was an ambitious attempt to create a unified home computer standard across multiple manufacturers — ensuring that software developed for any MSX machine would run on all others. The standard specified a Z80A processor at 3.58 MHz, TMS9918 video processor, AY-3-8910 sound chip, and MSX BASIC, with manufacturers including Sony, Panasonic, Philips, Yamaha, Pioneer, and dozens of others producing compliant hardware throughout the 1980s.
The MSX software library is dominated by Japanese publishers, reflecting the standard’s greatest commercial success in Japan. Konami was the most celebrated MSX developer, producing early versions of Metal Gear (1987), Castlevania (Vampire Killer, 1986), and Gradius on the platform before those franchises became globally known. The MSX also had significant markets in the Netherlands, Brazil, and South Korea. This collection reflects the Spectravideo connection — the SV-318 and SV-328 computers whose architecture directly inspired the MSX standard — giving the Computer Museum Ata’s MSX software particular historical resonance.
Tietokonemuseo Ata’s games:
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10 Frame CIB T (2)
3-D Golf Simulation CIB T
737 Flight Simulator CIB T
A
Aackotext B T
Abu Simbel Profanation CIB T
Ace of Aces CIB T
Alien 8 CIB T
Alignment + Programs L T
Alpha Blaster CIB T
Antart CIB T
Army Moves CIB T
B
Backgammon CIB T
Batman CIB T
Barn Stormer CIB T
Bio-Syntax CIB D
Bitti MSX ohjelmat 1987 CIB T
Borland Turbo Pascal L D
Boulder Dash CIB T
Boulder Dash 2 CIB T
Buck Rogers L T
Bubbler CIB T
C
Calc Star L D
Camelot Warriors CIB T (2)
Captain S CIB T
Castle Combat CIB T
Cetus L T
Chess Player CIB T
Chicago 30’s CIB T
Chiller CIB T
Chima Chima Private Eye CIB D
Choro Q CIB T
Colossus Chess 4 CIB T
Computer Games&Utilities CIB D
Computer Games&Utilities CIB T
Computer Scrabble CIB T
Courageous Perseus CIB T
CP/M L D
CP/M L D
CUE CIB T
D
Dambusters L T
Darts CIB T
Data Star L D
Datasort CIB T
De Demo CIB T
Deelsom CIB T
Defcom 1 CIB T
Dics Warrior CIB T
Dizzy Dice CIB T
Donkey Kong CIB T
Drome CIB T (2)
E
E.I (Sony Hitbit) L C
Edusom CIB T
Elidon CIB T
Elite CIB D (2)
Emerald Isle CIB T
Exterminator CIB T
F
Finders Keepers CIB T (2)
Flintstones CIB T
Flight Path 737 CIB T
Formula 1 Simulator CIB T
G
Gountlet CIB T
Grand Prix Master L T
Gunsmoke CIB T
H
Heist CIB T
H.E.R.O CIB T
Hole in One CIB C (2)
Hunchback CIB T (2)
Hunt for Red October CIB T (2)
Hydlide 3: The Space Memories (Jpn) CIB C
Hyper Olympic CIB T
Hyper Sports L C
Hyper Rally L C
I
Ice CIB T
Inca CIB D
Indy 500 CIB T
International Karate CIB T
Introduzione Al Basic CIB T
J
J.S.Compilation MSX CIB T
Jet Bomber CIB T
Jet Fighter CIB T (2)
Jet Set Willy II CIB T (2)
Joe Blade CIB T
Juno First (Sony Hitbit) L C
K
Knightlore CIB T
Konami’s Billiards CIB C
Konami’s Comic Bakery CIB C
Konami’s Golf CIB C
Konami’s Golf L C
Konami’s Goonies B C
Konami’s Hyper Rally CIB C
Konami’s Hyper Sports CIB C
Konami’s Hyper Sports B C
Konami’s Hyper Sports 2 B C
Konami’s Hyper Sports 3 CIB C (2)
Konami’s Knightmare B C
Konami’s Knightmare CIB C
Konami’s Maze Of Galious CIB C (2)
Konami’s Maze Of Galious L C
Konami’s Monkey Academy B C
Konami’s Mopiranger B C
Konami’s Nemesis CIB C (2)
Konami’s Nemesis 2 CIB C
Konami’s Penguin Adventure CIB C
Konami’s Ping Pong CIB C (2)
Konami’s Qbert CIB C
Konami’s Road Fighter CIB C
Konami’s Road Fighter B C
Konami’s Salamander CIB C
Konami’s Sky Jaguar CIB C
Konami’s Soccer B C
Konami’s Super Cobra CIB C
Konami’s Tennis CIB C
Konami’s Time Pilot B C
Konami’s Track & Field 1 CIB C (3)
Konami’s Track & Field 2 B C
Konami’s Vampire Killer B C
Konami’s Yie Ar Kung-Fu B C
Konami’s Yie Ar Kung-Fu L C
Konami’s Yie Ar Kung-Fu 2 CIB C (2)
Kuma Superchess CIB T
L
Laser Bykes L T
Le Mans CIB T
Le Mans 2 L Card
Living Daylights CIB T
M
Manic Miner CIB T (2)
Manic Miner L T
Master Chess CIB T (2)
Master Chess L T
Master Of The Lamps CIB T (2)
Maxima CIB T
Mayhem CIB T
MSX Classics CIB T (2)
MSX Dos And Basic L D (2)
MT-Base CIB C
N
Nero 2000 CIB D
Nightshade CIB T
Noughts & Crosses CIB T
Noughts & Crosses L T
Nova Games CIB T
O
Ocean Conqueror CIB T
Oh No Classics CIB T
Oh Shit! CIB T
Outrun CIB T
P
Pac-Land CIB T
Panel Panic CIB T
Panique CIB T
Peter Beardsley’s International Football CIB T
Price Of Magik CIB T
Print Xpress CIB D
Puzzlebrick CIB T
Punch & Jude CIB T
Q
Queen’s Golf CIB T
R
Rambo III CIB T
Red Moon CIB T
Road Fighter CIB T
Roger Rubbist CIB T
Rollerball L C
S
Samantha Fox Strip Poker CIB T (2)
Scentipede CIB T (2)
Sea Hunter CIB T
Senjyo (Sony Hitbit) L C
Skooter CIB D
Skramble CIB T
Sky Jaguar B C
Sky Jaguar L C
Smash CIB T
Snake Runner CIB T
Sorcery CIB T (2)
Sorcery L T
Space Busters CIB T
Space Shuttle a Journey into Space CIB T
Special Operations CIB T
Speed King CIB T (2)
Spread Sheet L D
Spy vs Spy the Island Caper CIB T
Squash CIB T
Squash L T
Star Games 1 L T
Star Seeker CIB T (3)
Strip Poker 2 Plus CIB T
Super Bowl CIB T
Super Cross Force CIB T
Super Cross Force L T
Super MSX 1 CIB T
Super Seller 2 (Confused?, Drome, Time Curb) CIB D
Super Seller 2 (Confused?, Drome, Time Curb) L D
T
Tennis CIB T
Tennis B C
Tennis L T
Terremex CIB T
Tetris CIB T (2)
Time Rider L T
Track & Field II CIB C
Track & Field II (Sony Hitbit) L C
U
Ultra Chess CIB T
V
Vera Cruz CIB T
Voidrunner CIB T
W
Word Star L D
Wordstore CIB D
Y
Yamaha 96 Sound Effect CIB T
Yamaha DX7 Voicing Program SW C
Yamaha DX9 Voicing Program SW C
Yamaha FB-01 Voicing Prog. SW C
Yamaha FM Music Composer II CIB C
Yamaha FM Music Composer SW C
Yamaha FM Music Macro II CIB C
Yamaha FM Music Macro SW C
Yamaha FM Voicing Program II CIB C
Yamaha FM Voicing Program SW C
Yamaha Guitar Chord Master CIB C
Yamaha Keyboard Chord Prog. 1 B C
Yamaha RX Editor SW C
Yamaha Sound Synthesizer Unit II CIB C
Z
Zakil Wood CIB T
Zoids CIB T
Zorni CIB T