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Re: Review: MSX0 Stack – Handheld MSX Revival Is A Bitter Disappointment

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:33:41 GMT

This seems cool & innovative 💡 with the gamepad & they keyboard being able to be switched out , I would possibly consider buying one if the software was available in English & it works with English fan translations of games. The idea of being able to develop your own games & software is cool too , I was just expecting this to be an MSX emulator device & nothing more

By Badboykilla187

Re: Review: MSX0 Stack – Handheld MSX Revival Is A Bitter Disappointment

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 09:58:26 GMT

@_NetNomad I think this perfectly illustrates my point that there's no easy way to do it, and the ways that do exist will be too complicated for average users

By Jellyscare

Re: Review: MSX0 Stack – Handheld MSX Revival Is A Bitter Disappointment

Sun, 22 Sep 2024 22:31:08 GMT

>The SD card features a folder that allows your own disk images to be added and easily loaded from the OS. It’s baffling to us why the designers would allow disks to so easily be used but not ROMs, but we are grateful – though even this isn’t without complications.

This is pretty standard MSX behavior. Even on a vintage MSX, if you don't have a cartridge but rather a ROM file, you typically put it on a disk or a hard drive and then load it with one of the many ROM loaders available. Sofarun would be a good choice in this regard because it's designed to be navigated entirely with a gamepad. Put Sofarun and all of the games you want on one MSX-DOS disk, add Sofarun to your AUTOEXEC.BAT, load THAT disk, and then use the Sofarun menu to select what you want to play. If the MSX0 lets you use HDD images then you can even put regular DSK files on the disk and load them with Sofarun

By _NetNomad

Re: Review: MSX0 Stack – Handheld MSX Revival Is A Bitter Disappointment

Sun, 22 Sep 2024 19:55:17 GMT

Most surprising thing about this is how tiny it is. Thought it'd be bigger than that.

By N00BiSH

Re: Review: MSX0 Stack – Handheld MSX Revival Is A Bitter Disappointment

Sun, 22 Sep 2024 19:10:54 GMT

These new MSX devices are all the idea of Maxim Vlasov, and all generally using off-the-shelf parts. He's known as maxis at msx.org https://www.msx.org/forum/msx-talk/hardware/msx3-qa?page=1

I have more expectation from any FPGA devices, but these rebadged M5 units are very underwhelming and nothing you couldn't build yourself. Maxim is not responsible for the MSX0 Software emulator

By gingerbeardman

Re: Review: MSX0 Stack – Handheld MSX Revival Is A Bitter Disappointment

Sun, 22 Sep 2024 17:17:37 GMT

Here's the direct link to the product page: https://www.beep-shop.com/ec/products/detail/49558

By GameInterest