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MSX homebrew

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File:Destroyer MSX cover.jpg Destroyer Shoot 'em up Port of a 1980 Spanish arcade shmup. Cleverly designed so that it can be played with the screen set to either horizontal or vertical. Link File:Destroyer MSX screenshot.png
File:Tales of Popolon MSX cover.jpg Tales of Popolon Action-adventure Impressive homebrew 3D dungeon crawler, starring Knightmare's hero Popolon. Yes, really - 3D on the humble MSX. Link File:Tales of Popolon MSX screenshot.png

MSX2 homebrew

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File:Kyokugen MSX2 cover.jpg Kyokugen Shoot 'em up That ship on the cover looks a bit familiar... ah, whatever. From the same devs of Pleasure Hearts, another homebrew shmup that squeezes some impressive effects out of the MSX2. Link File:Kyokugen MSX2 screenshot.png
File:Lillys Saga The Stones of Evergreen MSX2 cover.jpg Lilly's Saga: The Stones of Evergreen Platformer Recover the four magical jewels and free your land. A platformer in the vein of Super Mario and some other recognizable influences, full of secrets and puzzles. The ROM is free, but there's a physical version too. Link File:Lillys Saga The Stones of Evergreen MSX2 screenshot.png
File:Manbow 2 MSX2 cover.jpg Manbow 2 Shoot 'em up Excellent fan-made sequel to Konami's Space Manbow. Link File:Manbow 2 MSX2 screenshot.png
File:Pleasure Hearts MSX2 cover.jpg Pleasure Hearts Shoot 'em up Indie horizontal shooter released long after the system's discontinuation, it pulls some impressive effects and fast gameplay. Translation patch here. Link File:Pleasure Hearts MSX2 screenshot.png
File:SAK Stab And Kill MSX2 cover.jpg S.A.K.: Stab And Kill Platformer Stab and kill all the enemies on your way to rescue the kidnapped general. Spanish clone of Konami's arcade classic Green Beret, which had an uglier official port on the OG MSX. Link File:SAK Stab And Kill MSX2 screenshot.png
File:The Goonies R Good Enough MSX2 cover.jpg The Goonies 'r' Good Enough Platformer, adventure A fully new game adaptation of '80s cult classic The Goonies, with much prettier visuals and more faithful to the movie than the old one by Konami. The cartridge runs on MSX, but has digitized cutscenes when ran on a MSX2 (or better) machine.
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Link File:The Goonies R Good Enough MSX2 screenshot.png

MSX Turbo R homebrew

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Cover Title Genre Description Download Screenshot
Another World Action-adventure, cinematic platformer An experiment goes wrong, and a scientist gets isekai'd to Australia an alien world where everything is out to kill him. This Amiga & ST classic gets fan ports to every retro system out there. Link File:Another World MSX Turbo R screenshot.png
File:Brain Drive MSX Turbo R cover.jpg Brain Drive Fighting Fast-paced fighting game with cute cartoony visuals. Link File:Brain Drive MSX Turbo R screenshot.png
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